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.

Even if you thought you knew everything about basketball legend Larry Bird, this book is full of surprises. Bird speaks with amazing candor, offering a personal and honest look at his career with the Celtics, his experience with the '92 Olympics Dream Team, and his transition from superstar player to respected coach. Bird offers striking revelations about his health problems and how they shaped the man and his game. He shows how the things he learned...

Describes the life and career of the noted Boston Celtics basketball player, from his childhood to the present.

A biography of the basketball star who led the Boston Celtics to their fourteenth championship.

"Learn about the life of Hall of Fame basketball player Larry Bird in this sports biography. From all of the struggles and hardships he faced as a child, Larry found a way to overcome it all and become one of the best basketball players in Boston Celtics' and NBA history"--Provided by publisher.