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When the Game Was Ours, by Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Jackie MacMullen
 
A memoir of their many battles on the basketball court, and the friendship and respect that grew between them, When the Game Was Ours highlights the rise and rivalry of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, and the enormous boost they gave to the popularity of the National Basketball Association.  The book has attained a small amount of notoriety due to Magic’s disparagement of Isiah Thomas for spreading, according to Johnson, rumors that Johnson contracted the HIV virus because he was gay.  As for Bird, he’s not that fond of Isiah either, and he adds a few unkind words about the work habits of former Celtic Cedric Maxwell.  But When the Game Was Ours is not about vituperation; it’s about basketball in the 1980s, when the Celtics-Lakers rivalry was red hot.  It’s a perfectly entertaining sports book for the basketball fan.  You can polish it off in a couple of days, and, if you’re from the Boston area and of a certain age, it may even make you miss the smelly old Garden.
 
The Complete Sopranos (86 episodes on DVD plus 3 soundtrack CDs plus 2 DVDs of “extras”; there is also a less expensive version without the soundtrack CDs)
 
Enough has been written about The Sopranos; there is nothing more I could really hope to add.  It’s not perfect.  Of  the six (really seven) seasons the series ran from 1999 to 2007, only the fourth season had real weaknesses, marked by a tendency sometimes to slip into soap opera.  But when the series focused on the big topic – good and evil – it was unstoppable.  It’s authentic − full of violence, foul language, and sex − and nothing in the story is gratuitous.  The acting, the writing, the directing and the camera work, are truly exceptional.  From the first astounding episode to the final smash cut, it’s a trip.  That said, I suppose this is not a story for everyone.  Nevertheless, if I have any credibility with the reader, trust me when I say that this is the greatest television series ever produced.  I enjoyed it almost as much the second time as the first.