Bird revealed how loyalty to the Celtics stopped him from retiring earlier than 1992, despite years of chronic injury and ...

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

"I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me" - Larry Bird on why he felt outrageously disrespected when guarded ...

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.

Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird defined basketball greatness. You can’t have a serious conversation about NBA ...

Bird announced his retirement in the summer of 1992, but for a man who had once lived and breathed basketball, the decision ...

Lakers legend Michael Cooper shares another wild story about Larry Bird and why he was such a general on the basketball court ...

He was not some perfunctory add to the roster. If he had been anyone other than Larry Bird, he might not even have been on that team at all and, if he were, maybe as a backup. Bird was 35.

Larry Bird Says He Had Something Modern Players Don’t While talking with NBA Hall-of-Famers Reggie Miller and Isaiah Thomas, Larry Bird revealed what made him different from today’s NBA players.

In 1979, Magic Johnson vs. Larry Bird faced off for the first time in the NBA. SI examines the rivalry between the basketball hall of famers and how they changed the landscape of the NBA.

White N.B.A. players are often compared to Larry Bird, but Luka Doncic does share some of Bird’s do-it-all talent. Dave Tenenbaum/Associated Press Yet Maxwell has a gift for making convincing cases.