News

Basketball Network on MSN2d
"Larry Bird is one of my great mistakes" - Bob Knight admitted he feels terrible for the way he treated Larry Bird in college
"Larry Bird is one of my great mistakes," Knight once said. "I was negligent in realizing what Bird needed at that time in ...
Basketball Network on MSN18h
"Larry Bird could've been green" - Salley disagrees with Rodman saying Bird would be 'just another guy' if he were black
The loudest comments came from Dennis Rodman and Isiah Thomas, who, after getting beaten by the Celtics in the playoffs, let ...
ESPN3y
Plain and simple, Bird one of the best
Larry Bird, who called himself "a hick from French Lick," is anything but. He was one of those rare athletes who made everybody around him better. His uncanny passing, deadly shooting and ...
Hosted on MSN1mon
Robert Parish admits Larry Bird was sometimes tough to deal with: "Larry could be a real pain in the backside when things weren't going his way"
Larry Bird finally walked away from the game in 1992. Kevin McHale followed suit in 1993, and with that, the legendary Boston Celtics frontcourt trio was done. But their era didn't end with a ...
Hosted on MSN1mon
Larry Bird admitted Dream Team's 1992 gold medal was too easy: "When you've been winning by 50 every night, it sort of takes something away"
Larry Bird was also one of the legends who deservingly found his place on this star-studded roster. However, although it was sweet for him to win his first and only Olympic gold as his career was ...
Basketball Network on MSN7d
"I would probably be thrown out of the games now" - Larry Bird admits his competitive fire would be too extreme for today's NBA
But in today's NBA, with cameras capturing every angle, replays dissecting every move, and a league that enforces ...
Basketball Network on MSN5d
"He played with my eight $20 bills in his shoe and lit up the 76ers" - Larry Bird won a shooting bet against journalist with all five fingers wrapped up
Larry Bird once taped all five fingers together and still won a free throw bet against journalist Dan Shaughnessy.
Basketball Network on MSN4d
"No one ever asks me about Kareem" - Magic Johnson talks about fans always asking him about Larry Bird
Have you talked to Larry?' No one ever asks me about Kareem or James Worthy or Bryon or Coop. It's always Larry. We've gotten ...
Basketball Network on MSN8d
"His elbow was killing him…He won't say anything" - Kevin McHale recalled how Larry Bird fought through injury to lead the Celtics in 1985
Larry Bird was as tough as nails and didn’t let injuries slow him down. For as long as he could bear it, “Larry Legend” would ...
Basketball Network on MSN6d
"I don't care how it comes off. Nobody else can do that" - Larry Bird called out refs for favoring the Chicago Bulls in 1998
Larry Bird criticized Scottie Pippen’s defensive leeway on Mark Jackson in the 1998 Eastern Conference Finals, accusing the ...