Bird & Magic, Best of Frenemies
Electrifying March Madness and the NBA
Magic Johnson (left) and Larry Bird facing the press before the 1979 NCAA Final. Their storied rivalry in the NBA began at that game, the most watched in the history of college basketball.
One of the most storied rivalries in sports history became so ingrained in popular culture that it was even recreated as a Broadway show called ‘Magic/Bird’.
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