Hall of Fame Boston Celtics small forward Larry Bird typically kept to himself as a player. And while he didn't begrudge the press interviews on camera, there are not many of them floating around on ...

In an old interview with The New York Post in 2008, Bird described a mix of iconic NBA figures from different eras with either just one word or a one-liner. Among them were Julius Erving, Michael ...

The two met many more times throughout the years in the course of countless regular-season contests and on the greatest of stages in the NBA Finals. But the very first time they met in the league was ...

The great Larry Bird recognized that he had reached legendary status during his playing years. He understood that many fans admired him, but unlike other iconic NBA figures, "The Hick from French Lick ...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — By his own admission, Larry Bird has always been a shy introvert. So he wondered why he has to keep talking on stage in front of thousands of people. “It’s because of the love and ...

Quinn Buckner pushed back on the notion that Larry Bird would ever fall out of the top 10 of all-time basketball players. The national champ at Indiana who was a teammate of Bird's for three seasons ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Larry Bird, always a quiet, under-the-radar former NBA superstar, who doesn't often talk publicly unless he has something that really matters to him, issued a statement Monday on the ...