From legendary trash talk to playing left-handed just for fun, the stories about Larry Bird are almost too crazy to believe. But former players confirm—they’re all real. Bird wasn’t just a ...

While Larry Bird's legendary status as a player is often attributed to his versatility and game acumen, his most renowned trait was his penchant for on-court trash-talking. However, off the ...

Less than two weeks after helping the Dream Team etch itself into the history books as the most dominant collection of ...

When Larry Bird announced his retirement in 1992, he had something to say about his Eastern Conference rival, Patrick Ewing.

The same man who built his legend on cold-blooded shooting and fearless trash talk now approaches his own story with something close to caution. He had the accomplishments neatly stacked across a ...