Q. Why did Larry Bird retire early? - + A. On August 18, 1992, Bird announced his retirement from the NBA due to a back injury. He spent 13 years playing with the Celtics. Although Larry played ...

It is no secret NBA Hall of Famer Larry Bird loved trash talk. It was even more important when Bird faced a rookie for the first time. Former NBA player Jayson Williams learned this his first ...

Not only did Clayton have a big game and lead his team to a win, he also became the first player since the legendary Larry Bird to have back-to-back 30-point games in the Elite Eight and national ...

Few players changed the landscape of the NBA in the 1980s as much as Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird. A three-time NBA champion with the Celtics, Bird not only made his mark as one of the greatest ...

NBA Hall of Famer Larry Bird could talk trash with the best of them. He is considered among the most disrespectful trash-talkers in league history. As great as he was at it, he was perhaps even ...

Mar 10, 1991; Portland, OR, USA: FILE PHOTO; Boston Celtics forward Larry Bird (33) is defended by Portland Trail Blazers forward Jerome Kersey (25) at Memorial Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Imagn ...

“Larry Bird is watching Tobias Harris make $300 million and he's like, ‘I was so much better than that guy,'” said Parsons, via the Run It Back Podcast. Parsons' point seemed to be that the ...

As noted by Fox Sports' John Fanta, the 6-foot-3 guard, who was named a finalist for the Wooden Award, joined Larry Bird as the only two players in the history of the NCAA Tournament to have back ...

It happened when another rivalry that began in the NCAA tournament between Celtics legend Larry Bird and Lakers icon Magic Johnson continued into the context of the NBA in the early 1980s. The folks ...

Some of the best games of Larry Bird’s Boston Celtics career came against Dominique Wilkins and the Atlanta Hawks, and one of the most memorable happened on this day 40 years ago. On March 12 ...