"It was the most rejection I'd felt since my first high school dance" - Dan Shaughnessy recalls getting humbled by Larry Bird ...

Rick Fox got a front row seat of how Larry Bird could eviscerate an opposing defense when his body allowed him to.

"He tells me, 'Fly, bird'" - Larry Bird once humiliated Brad Daugherty with two savage words and a cold-blooded jumper ...

"I'd like to see them win it" - Larry Bird surprisingly backed the Lakers in the 1988 NBA Finals originally appeared on ...

"I did not shake Larry Bird's hand for 13 years" - Dominique Wilkins on how intense his rivalry with Larry Bird was ...

"It would be a different game for me if he was gone" - Magic Johnson opens up about Larry Bird rivalry and legacy originally ...

"He rebounds. He plays at his own pace. He sort of controls the tempo on offense," he further said of Dirk."It'd be nice to be 7 foot and when they run plays and switch (defenders) on him, it ...

There was nothing Larry Bird loved more than a challenge — and nothing he respected less than a defender who couldn't keep up. Even if that defender was Dennis Rodman, the human flytrap of the ...

During the 1984-85 season, Bird shot 42.7 percent from beyond the arc, a mark nearly unheard of at the time, leading the league in three-point percentage. That same year, he averaged 28.7 points ...

At the height of his powers in the 1980s, Larry Bird was many things — a ruthless scorer, generational passer, unrelenting competitor and fearless trash talker. But one thing he never pretended ...

A s a humble Indiana native, Larry Bird's appearance was unassuming. He did not carry the aura of an elite player. In fact, when Boston Celtics president Red Auerbach first laid eyes on "The Hick ...