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There Can Only Be One: Magic and Bird (video)
Visit http://www.nba.com/video for more highlights. Lakers great Magic Johnson and Celtics legend Larry Bird say rivalries never die.
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There Can Be Only One - MAGIC and BIRD!
Docksquad Sports — Check out this sick there can be only one commercial featuring Magic and Bird. Just released at halftime... BallHype - There Can Be Only One - MAGIC and BIRD! ...

Bird/Magic Ad
RedsArmy.com - The Voice Of Celtics Fans — goosebumps

Magic/Bird: Rivalries Never Die Ad
The Lakers Nation — This is pretty awesome. Bird & Magic coming together for a splitscreen ad:

There Can Only Be One: Magic and Bird
FanHouse — Filed under: Celtics, Lakers, NBA Playoffs, NBA Videos The only thing that was missing from this Finals was an appearance from Magic Johnson and Larry Bird in one of those split-screen playoff ads. Well, thankfully, it's missing from our collective consciousness no more. I think it's cool to see the old guys throw on their jerseys one more time and get into the 2008 NBA spirit by participating in the league's current ad campaign. But just as cool was Magic's reaction to the spot during halftime of Game 1, where you could clearly ...

Larry Bird/Magic Johnson: There can only be one [Video]
Hail Mary Jane — The NBA couldn’t have asked for a better NBA finals matchup to make up for last years ratings debacle they called the finals. This is a marketers dream and heres one of the reasons why. The “There Can Only Be One” campaign has featured some of the NBA’s top stars but here is are old school pros, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird: Tags: larry bird, magic johnson, nba finals

Friday Video Blowout
SimonOnSports — Everyone needs something to keep them occupied on Friday afternoons so the Friday Video Blowout was born. Spend your next few minutes, laughing, crying of laughter, pissing your self, whatever, but mostly wasting your companies time. ...

Magic Johnson vs Larry Bird - 2008
LABallTalk.com — So which one of the two is a better actor? Which one has gained more weight? You be the judge: This entry was posted on Friday, June 6th, 2008 at 11:03 am and is filed under Off-topic . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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A little bit of Larry, a little Magic, and a whole lot of Kige
The Serious Tip — I know they are legends and all that, but everytime I see the Magic Johnson/Larry Bird commercial, their collective voice reminds me of someone. Someone near and dear to sportsbloggers everywhere. Our own sports legend ... Kige Ramsey. ...

Please Don't Make Legends Wear Their Old Uniforms [NBA Finals]
Deadspin — Like the rest of you, we enjoyed seeing Larry Bird and Magic Johnson making a cameo appearance in those new NBA Finals ads. But still: Why make the poor guys wear their old uniforms? Middle-aged guys in tank tops? We really don't want to see two legends from our youth in their old uniforms; this is one behind-the-scenes video we do not want to see. Most frighteningly, as The Serious Tip points out, their collective voices sounds like ... well, an old friend. ...

Magic/Bird NBA Finals ad.
Clubhouse Cancer —   Technorati Tags: Clubhouse Cancer,2008 NBA Finals,ABC,Magic Johnson,Larry Bird

Wednesday (Best teams?) edition: Wha’ Happened?
Randball — soft.jpg Lest we be considered blasphemous amidst all the ratings bonanzas and retrospectives on the renewal of a rivalry, we think the overriding theme in this year’s NBA finals so far has been mediocrity. We’re just not all that impressed with the overall quality of play or the level to which individuals are elevating their games. Perhaps it’s because we haven’t paid this much attention to a finals since the Bulls were doing their thing in the 1990s, and those series were always going to be scintillating, but more so we think there’s really something lacking through three games. Neither team seems like a worthy champion right now. They both seem a little soft, ...

There Can Only Be One...
The Urban Backpacker — ... and after the Lakers hit the self-destruct button last night in Game 4 to blow a 24 point lead and lose 97-91, it seems pretty clear now which one it’s going to be. Another fucking team from fucking Boston looks set to capture a title, and a city that’s been spoiled lately with the success of the Pats and the Red Sox is now probably organizing another victory parade. What’s especially frustrating about a potential Celtics title is the fact that the management basically went out and bought a round of NBA Championship rings. They didn’t build up their franchise through the draft with skilful ...

Shaquille O’Neal Exposed
BallerBlogger.com — [image]“He’s been great all year. He was great in the playoffs and he’s showing everyone what he’s made of. He’s on the verge of being the latest great one with four rings.  He’s come a long way. All I can say is, I’m happy for him. And I’m proud of him.” - Shaquille O’Neal on Kobe Bryant as reported by Stephen A. Smith of ESPN just three weeks ago ...

What if Kobe and LeBron were roommates?
The Sports Culture — Some very elaborate puppet mansion between LA and Ohio houses two families: LeBron James and his family, and Kobe Bryant and his family. We can clearly see this in the following video, which shows Kobe celebrating his recent Finals championship, while LeBron monches down on his favorite fruity cereal, which TSC highly endorses, by the way. ...

The Furor over Danny's Hair
Celtics 17 — It appears that Danny Ainge has gone grey. I'm not sure whether he was previously coloring his hair or the stress finally got to him, though in a video at Red's Army Danny suggests he was coloring it. The way I look at it is this: Red Auerbach once had red hair. It went grey. Danny Ainge, his replacement, is in the same predicament. No worries. It's all part and parcel of being King of the NBA. What I am more worried about is the extra weight sported by some former Celtics. Last December, several months before Danny's heart attack, I wrote ...

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