It came from a number of factors but in episode 4 of ESPN's 'The Last Dance' on Sunday, Jordan detailed a major source: Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. The duo is widely credited with saving the NBA ...

NBA great Larry Bird ... we did," Bird said later in an interview to explain the comments. "We got beat by 30. They just drove by us and they got every loose ball, rebound would pop out of our ...

Throughout his legendary NBA career, the great Larry Bird demonstrated a remarkable ability to perform consistently, especially in the playoffs. His reliability made him the go-to guy of the ...

Everyone knows Larry Bird was one of the NBA's best trash-talkers. Apparently, he was also pretty good at pranks. Former Boston Celtics teammate Brian Shaw told a story on how Bird tricked the ...

Not every day you hear about a player from the 80s being dangerous off the ball, but that's exactly how Los Angeles Lakers legend Michael Cooper felt about Larry Bird. Both stars played at a time ...

When Larry Bird retired from the NBA in 1992, he was considered the best small forward in league history. A lot has changed since. Bird has fallen on the list in the eyes of many, most notably the ...

John Salley on Larry Bird and Luka Doncic: ‘The difference between Larry and Luka, cuz somebody tried to tell me that, is Larry played defense. Larry played defense, and Larry was all was so ...

The stories of Boston Celtics great Larry Bird talking trash are endless. One of the best, however, was when he faced the Denver Nuggets during the mid 1980s. Bird thought Nuggets coach Doug Moe ...

We are republishing it as part of our review of the year's most popular stories. It's well-known Larry Bird was at Indiana University for a few weeks before dropping out in 1974, but in a recent ...

Larry Bird averaged an incredible 30 points and 20 rebounds in his senior season at Springs Valley High. Bird's older brother Mark was a major influence on him becoming No. 33, the basketball ...

NBA.com's Todd Spehr on Bird: "This is the thing that is most difficult to work out about the way Larry Bird played basketball: He often made the simple play, the play that, if you watched Bird ...

During his playing days, Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird was known as one of the game's best shooters. He never had the label of 3-point specialists except when he competed in the competition at ...