Celtics fans were accustomed to winning from their Bill Russell days and were very knowledgeable of the game, as Larry Legend ...

As the story goes, Larry Bird received a threat on his life in the middle of Game 5 of the 1984 Finals. Jones, the Boston Celtics head coach at the time, broke the news to his superstar, who then ...

Roaming the same grass as Ted Williams, he played for Boston for his entire 12-year major league career and came in second in ...

Jason Voorhees might be the best slasher in history, but his mother Pamela Voorhees also deserves a place among horror's ...

2019 — Kenyan distance runner Eliud Kipchoge becomes the first to run the marathon in under two hours (1:59:40) ...

1986 — Walter Payton becomes the first NFL player to accumulate 20,000 all-purpose yards in the Chicago Bears’ 20-7 victory ...

Oct. 11 1890 — The first 100-yard dash under 10 seconds is run by John Owens at 9.8 in an AAU track and field meet in Washington. 1902 — Laurie Auchterlonie beats Stewart Gardner with a 307-total to ...

An adult in WNC died due to complications of the flu earlier this month, NCDHHS announced Oct. 8. It's the first reported ...

That said, Bird always felt a sense of fear before every game, especially those against arch-rivals like Magic Johnson and Julius Erving. Adding to his pressures was representing an iconic franchise ...

In 1982, 18-year-old Naomi Kidder vanished while hitchhiking from Rawlins to Buffalo, Wyoming, and her body was found months ...

It makes for an epic of extraordinary abundance, one that occupies an uncharted border region of history and supernatural invention. The cast of characters is drawn with an eye to multiplicity. “You ...

Tributes have poured in for the West End star, who was best known for playing the Phantom in the musical of the same name. He ...