At the risk of rewriting another's story, I am compelled to express my perception of the embattled saga by and between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.
HBO deserves paramount credit for their retelling of the iconoclastic tale and I recommend that any sports enthusiast quickly find the station to relive or experience this amazing intertwined journey of heart and soul competition and friendship that no work of fiction could ever encapsulate.
In an era marked by the progression of racial tension and inequity, the story of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson was a rivalry that unintentionally fortified the racial divide and later em-blemished it's nature.
Bird and Johnson battled for accolades and titles for over a decade with a passion that the modern athlete has largely lost and forgotten. The p ...
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