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 ...

"He just really wanted to motivate himself," Ainge said of Larry's trash-talking. "But the most characteristic one was he ...

Bird wasn't a loudmouth trying to compensate. He spoke with quiet confidence, throwing out lines that cut deep but didn't beg ...

Larry Bird doesn't look back at his Boston Celtics front office stint with a sense of pride. If anything, it was an ...

Bob Cousy is recognized as one of the pioneers of the Celtics franchise. Before Russell made his mark on the team, Cousy was ...

Those who played with and against Larry Bird — and watched his career unfold — know that he deservedly should be mentioned as ...

Chris Mullin thought he had Larry Bird beat in a Dream Team shooting contest — until Bird caught up and ended the game in ...

At the height of his career, Bird was one of the highest-paid players in the league. Between NBA salaries and endorsement ...

After making another All-NBA First Team, Celtics star Jayson Tatum continues to follow in the footsteps of Bill Russell and ...

On this day in 1987, Boston's Larry Bird went shot for shot with Atlanta's Dominique Wilkins in that year's Eastern ...

From Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James to Bostin Celtics Hall of Famer Larry Bird, the greatest small forwards in NBA ...