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Larry Bird exposed how a miscommunication with Paul Gaston made M.L. Carr believe he'd been stabbed in the back.
Eliason returned to sports in 1946, joining Boston in its inaugural BAA season, the same year he rejoined the NFL. His stint ...
When Larry Bird discovered his edge over others in the NBA: "It wasn't long after I joined the Celtics" originally appeared ...
Before Celtics fans know it, Tatum could join the top 25 scorers in NBA history, which consists of six currently active players. For more news and notes on the Boston Celtics, visit Boston Celtics ...
Larry Bird is a Boston Celtics legend, having won three titles and multiple MVPs during his time in Boston. However, he also had a profound impact on NBA champions who came after him, like Metta ...
By the time the Boston Celtics hoisted the Larry O'Brien Trophy in 1981, the foundation of a new NBA dynasty had been set. Led by a rising star from French Lick, Ind., the team had assembled a ...
In 1 1/2 seasons of Winning Time, Bird hasn't said much outside of taunting Magic Johnson (Quincy Isaiah) on the court and in his mind. When the Boston Celtics celebrated winning the 1981 NBA ...
These Are Not Larry Bird’s Celtics. And That’s Just Fine. Trips down memory lane have grown harder as Celtics greats pass away. But the new generation is carving a memorable path of its own.
Somehow Larry Bird became one of the greatest basketball players the NBA has ever seen. The Boston Celtics legend wasn’t the most athletically-gifted player to lace ’em up on the court.
He was not some perfunctory add to the roster. If he had been anyone other than Larry Bird, he might not even have been on that team at all and, if he were, maybe as a backup. Bird was 35.
The Bird-Magic Finals of the NBA’s golden 1980s — the Celtics and Lakers met three times in a stretch of four seasons between 1984-87 — were like the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier title fights.