Larry Bird once admitted that he felt disrespected whenever a white player was assigned to guard him — not because of race, but because of what it symbolized to him competitively.

Kobe Bryant’s name has been in the headlines a bunch over the last few weeks. The Black Mamba was recently ranked No. 11 by ...

Larry Bird once pointed to a surprising moment as the beginning of the Celtics’ decline: the loss of Sly Williams in 1985.