Despite all the championships Bill Russell piled up, Tatum preached to those around him that Larry Bird deserved the title. Advertisement During the conversation, which also included some ...

but nobody was as lethal a scorer or as clutch at the end of games like Larry Legend." "Bird knocked down daggers like it was nothing and loved ripping out the hearts of his rivals while talking ...

He wants to be the greatest Celtic of them all. For him, that means surpassing Larry Bird, his fellow Midwesterner who proved long ago that playing forward didn’t preclude being a supernatural ...

Jayson Tatum is a scoring machine from the Midwest who plays forward for the Boston Celtics, so it makes a lot of sense why he would idolize Larry Bird. Everyone needs someone or something to ...

"I think he is almost – to me, he’s [Larry] Bird-like, a little bit. Except he is quicker, faster, more athletic, doesn’t shoot it as well, but his shot’s coming," Boeheim said during a ...

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson can close the century knowing they resuscitated the pro game and gave new life to the college tournament. Bird, the fair-haired white shooter from the sticks of ...