"I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me" - Larry Bird on why he felt outrageously disrespected when guarded by a white player originally appeared on Basketball Network. He's somewhere ...

When former players talk about the disparity in physicality between the past and today’s brand of basketball, it isn’t an exaggeration. For instance, Charles Barkley found himself in one of the most ...

Larry Bird and Julius Erving were two players rarely associated with in-game violence. They were intense, competitive and brutally skilled but not the type to swing first. And yet, in November 1984, ...

The love Bird received that day was justified — he averaged 15.3 points, 15.3 rebounds and 7.0 assists in six games against ...