"I'm pretty sure he thinks I'm an idiot," Eric continued. "I mean, truthfully, most people do. My own family does, so I'm ...

Larry Bird, who called himself "a hick from French Lick," is anything but. He was one of those rare athletes who made everybody around him better. His uncanny passing, deadly shooting and ...

Boston Celtics great Larry Bird had no boundaries when it came to talking trash. It didn't matter if you were the 12th man on the bench, a role player or a Hall of Famer. Bird was going to give it ...

After the Celtics won Game 5, Rodman and Thomas downplayed Bird's talent by saying he was only a star because he was white. "I think Larry is a very, very good basketball player," Thomas said ...