Bird & Magic look back

Jackie MacMillan looks back at the professional rivalry between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.

In "When the Game Was Ours," Larry Bird and Earvin "Magic" Johnson collaborate with sportswriter Jackie MacMullan to reveal personal histories and detail what drove one of the great rivalries in professional basketball. Whether it was personality, playing style, or skin color, it seemed that Bird and Johnson had nothing in common. But the two shared a competitive spirit that brought out the best in each player, and created a bicoastal feud between Bird's Boston Celtics and Johnson's Los Angeles Lakers.

In "When the Game Was Ours," Larry Bird and Earvin "Magic" Johnson collaborate with sportswriter Jackie MacMullan to reveal personal histories and detail what drove one of the great rivalries in professional basketball. Whether it was personality, playing style, or skin color, it seemed that Bird and Johnson had nothing in common. But the two shared a competitive spirit that brought out the best in each player, and created a bicoastal feud between Bird's Boston Celtics and Johnson's Los Angeles Lakers.

Guest:

Jackie MacMullan, sportswriter and author with Larry Bird and Earvin Magic Johnson of "When the Game Was Ours" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).