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"I didn't want to no part of it" - Larry Bird on why he rejected Magic Johnson's hug before their first college game against each other

Long before they defined a generation of basketball together in the NBA, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were two young talents on a collision course. Their first real intersection didn't happen under ...
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'We call him Lucky Larry' - Why Dale Ellis wasn't impressed by Larry Bird's 1988 3-point shootout win

As the saying goes, "History is written by the victors." In the 1988 3-point shootout, Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird sealed his place in history as one of the greats when he started celebrating ...
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"He hit 20 out of 20" - Peja Stojakovic recalls 50-year-old Larry Bird showing the Indiana Pacers how to shoot 3-pointers

Peja Stojakovic's brief tenure with the Indiana Pacers is a chapter in his NBA career he will always remember mostly because of Larry Bird. At that time, "Larry Legend" was serving as the president of ...
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'Take Three of Them Teeth Home': Larry Bird Revealed Why He Rejected Magic Johnson’s Friendship

Magic Johnson and Larry Bird are parts of arguably the greatest basketball rivalry we’ve ever seen. The two Hall-of-Famers had intertwining careers that led to them first meeting in the national ...