Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird was known for his great passing and shooting, but one hidden side of his game is not celebrated as much. A recent story finally reveals just how far he went to get ...

Many books have been written about Larry Bird. The most recent one, by Keith O’Brien, provides new details and additional context about the basketball legend. Heartland: A Forgotten Place, an ...

It got to the point where nothing that Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird did surprised anyone — at least on the court. Bird, who won three straight MVPs in the 1980s for the Celtics, went on to become ...

Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium hosted the NCAA Midwest Regional semifinals and finals in 1979. Future NBA legend Larry Bird and Indiana State University dominated the NCAA Midwest regionals with two ...

ACTON — With 70 Bird-watchers crammed into his living room-sized bookstore, Paul Swydan began the evening with an important announcement. The evening’s featured author — on the ride to town from ...

Cooper Flagg's latest ad campaign caught basketball fans' attention when he teamed up with NBA legend Larry Bird to promote Chime's new banking app. It wouldn't be a commericial involving Bird if it ...

Good morning. The torrid Celtics’ weekend wipeout of the Lakers has brought a sense of swagger to the team that Larry Bird once led to championships. We talk with biographer Keith O’Brien about how ...

Were it not for a string of unlikely events and minor miracles, the world might have never known a basketball legend. In the beginning, the boy didn’t like basketball as much as he seemed to like just ...

FRENCH LICK, Ind- In a town better known for mineral springs and historic resorts, basketball greatness quietly began in a simple driveway. Long before he was draining three-pointers in the NBA or ...

More than three decades after his final game—a pain-wracked cameo in the United States’s gold-medal win over Croatia in the 1992 Olympics—Larry Bird retains a mythopoeic quality. Michael Jordan and ...

Larry Bird should have been excited about attending Indiana University in the late summer of 1974. The man who had recruited him to come there, Dave Bliss, had been chasing him for more than a year, ...