Before Michael Jordan vs Isiah Thomas ever existed in the NBA, Larry Bird vs Magic Johnson ruled the show. A rivalry so ...
Good morning. The torrid Celtics’ weekend wipeout of the Lakers has brought a sense of swagger to the team that Larry Bird once led to championships. We talk with biographer Keith O’Brien about how ...
Were it not for a string of unlikely events and minor miracles, the world might have never known a basketball legend. In the beginning, the boy didn’t like basketball as much as he seemed to like just ...
FRENCH LICK, Ind- In a town better known for mineral springs and historic resorts, basketball greatness quietly began in a simple driveway. Long before he was draining three-pointers in the NBA or ...
More than three decades after his final game—a pain-wracked cameo in the United States’s gold-medal win over Croatia in the 1992 Olympics—Larry Bird retains a mythopoeic quality. Michael Jordan and ...
Larry Bird should have been excited about attending Indiana University in the late summer of 1974. The man who had recruited him to come there, Dave Bliss, had been chasing him for more than a year, ...
The NBA’s old-school era was legendary for its physicality, its grit, and its trash talk. But what Vernon Maxwell confirmed on “All the Smoke” podcast goes far beyond anything you’d expect — even from ...
As a freshman, Kelvin Troy was tasked with defending future NBA legend Larry Bird in a 1978 NIT game. Kelvin Troy was a freshman on the Rutgers basketball team, less than a year removed from starring ...
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View post: Slo-Mo Video of Caitlin Clark’s Pass for Team USA Is Getting Major Attention Larry Bird is the only person to win MVP, Coach, and Executive of the Year. Bird earned more than $24 million as ...
The legend Larry Bird is one of the NBA's greatest trash talkers of all time. Here are 10 of his most savage career moments. Lindsey Vonn breaks leg in Olympic crash, Trump calls skier a loser for ...
A Boston Celtics Larry Bird jersey worn during the 1987 Eastern Conference playoffs, including two finals games, has sold for more than half a million dollars -- $524, 600 to be exact. The jersey, ...