The legendary Larry Bird was indeed a player like no other. However, during his tenure as the head coach of the Indiana Pacers, "The Hick from French Lick" openly acknowledged that he noticed ...

Larry Bird, who called himself "a hick from French ... he showed you could go home again when he was named coach of Indiana on May 8, 1997. He guided the Pacers, who hadn't made the 1997 playoffs ...

They've got 12 guys. He's number 12. And, he hears his name being called, and he hears the coach say, 'Bird, get in there,'" Mills said. Mills said Larry's drive continued in high school. "With Larry, ...

With one slick pass, Nikola Jokic made history. The Denver Nuggets star broke another NBA record and surpassed a legend ...

According to then-Celtics head coach Red Auerbach, that enthusiasm even reached the legendary Larry Bird. "Larry Bird was so excited, he said he'd be coming up to rookie camp," Auerbach recalled ...

Boston Celtics great Larry Bird had no boundaries when it came to talking trash. It didn't matter if you were the 12th man on the bench, a role player or a Hall of Famer. Bird was going to give it ...

Today is also the birthday of former Celtics big man Thomas Harold "Junior" Burrough, born this day in 1973 in Charlotte, ...

“Larry Bird is probably the best player to ever wear ... all over the place and probably in that third quarter. “Joe (coach Mazzulla) just challenges me every night, just to amplify my ...

In the process, he joined Larry Bird as the only players in franchise ... it's just great," Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said. "I thought he kind of controlled the entire game.

Larry Bird, three times. Bird came close to achieving ... but Tatum notably posterized Chicago’s Jalen Smith in the third quarter. Head coach Joe Mazzulla heaped praise on Tatum postgame ...