Ebook {Epub PDF} When the Game Was Ours by Larry Bird

 · How wrong they were. If there was one thing that surprised me most in co-authoring When the Game Was Ours with Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, it was how envious -- okay, upgrade that to jealous -- these two superstars were of each other. Both checked the box scores each morning to see how their rival had fared, but that was only a small part of their obsessive need to chart their . "When The Game Was Ours" provides an intimate look into the evolution of the relationship between Larry Bird and Earvin "Magic" Johnson. The book does a great job telling the story of how two men became bitter rivals and eventually close friends/5(). When the game was ours by Bird, Larry. Publication date Topics Bird, Larry, -- , Johnson, Earvin, -- , Basketball players -- United States -- Biography, Basketball -- United States -- History Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Collection.

When the Game Was Ours. Larry Bird, Earvin Johnson, Jackie MacMullan. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Nov 4, - Sports Recreation - pages. 23 Reviews. From the moment these two players took the court on opposing sides, they engaged in a fierce physical and psychological battle. Their uncommonly competitive relationship came to symbolize. 'When the Game Was Ours' , Lexington, Kentucky. The errant shot came off the glass at a sharp angle, but Larry Bird, charting the flight of the ball, pulled down the rebound and. When the game was ours. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, With intimate, fly-on-the-wall detail, "When the Game Was Ours" transports readers to an electric era of basketball and reveals for the first time the inner workings of two players--Larry Bird and Earvin "Magic" Johnson--dead set on besting one another.

When the Game Was Ours perfectly captures the defining moments of their lives from the very beginning of their fiercest of rivalries through their constantly evolving historical relationship and friendship right up to the present. This epic tome is the capstone of their landmark careers. ‘When the Game Was Ours’ , Lexington, Kentucky. The errant shot came off the glass at a sharp angle, but Larry Bird, charting the flight of the ball, pulled down the rebound and. "When the Game was Ours" was composed by a collaboration of authors including Larry Bird, Earvin (Magic) Johnson, and Jackie MacMullan. Their purpose for creating this masterfully written biography was to bring Bird and Johnson's fascinatingly intertwined lives as basketball players to the public's eyes.