Team owner Paul Gaston approached Bird, who had long retired as a player but remained a living symbol of Celtics pride, and ...

"He rebounds. He plays at his own pace. He sort of controls the tempo on offense," he further said of Dirk. "It'd be nice to ...

Few people could go toe-to-toe with Michael Jordan on a basketball court. Larry Bird was one of them. 12-time All-Star Larry Legend is a three-time NBA champion, two-time Finals MVP and three-time ...

This giddy clash — Hicks versus Knicks, cornfields versus concrete — revives a rivalry that shaped the N.B.A.’s most ...

"At last I fit somewhere in the category of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson," he said. >> Episode 3 opened with the Indiana Pacers beating the Bulls, 94-83, on Nov. 27, 1997 to drop Chicago to 8-7.

Jordan (11) and Chamberlain (10) combined to make 21 All-NBA teams, while Johnson (10) and Bird (10) combined to make 20.