Larry Bird navigated through intense negotiations, which, if unsuccessful, could have forced him to enter the NBA draft again. However, undeterred by the challenges, the Boston Celtics decided to ...

Denver's superstar isn't new to making history. But this specific type of record becomes even more remarkable when you ...

4. Larry Bird, Boston Celtics, 1979-80 The year before Boston gave Bird the largest rookie contract in pro team sports history, the Celtics went 29-53. His first season, the Celtics went 61-21.

Larry Bird, who called himself "a hick from French ... and their 32-game improvement in 1979-80. He was named the Rookie of the Year. For an encore, Bird led the Celtics to a comeback from 3-1 ...

Larry Bird won two prestigious media awards, and basketball inventor James Naismith published the sport's original 13 rules.

Modern-day NBA has come a long way in establishing the global influence and reach it has today. This is the result of long ...

The fact that a superstar like Bird, an eight-year veteran at the time ... been a great boost to the aging Celtics roster. Larry welcoming the rookie with open arms could have eased the latter's ...

As a rookie, Pope was part of an Indiana team that was up against a Bulls team that was trying to win its sixth NBA championship. Bird, in his first year as ... about Larry Bird in the 1998 ...