"Could do almost anything and everything by himself" - Bill Walton says Larry Bird sacrificed his stats to make the Celtics a winning team originally appeared on Basketball Network. Considering that ...

Ever since Larry Bird entered the league as the 6th overall pick in the 1979 NBA Draft, one thing was immediately clear — his competitiveness was unmatched. Any time he stepped on the court, Bird went ...

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson played 18 games against each other in the regular season and 19 in the playoffs. In those epic duels, Bird kept himself fueled to outmatch Johnson by secretly checking his ...

Comparing players from different eras is difficult. The game has changed. There are different rules, but it’s always a fun topic. During Patrick’s interview with Salley, who won two NBA championships ...

Larry Bird – one of the greatest players in the history of the NBA – once gave up his college basketball career to return to his hometown, French Lick, Indiana. But soon after, an assistant coach went ...

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, ...

Larry Bird’s journey from a small-town kid in French Lick, Indiana, to an NBA icon is nothing short of amazing. Before dazzling fans on the court, he worked regular jobs—like collecting garbage—to ...