Manute Bol was a giant and had to be stopped at all costs. That was the view of Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird, and he was so determined to stop Bol, he devised a special tactic in order to ...

Today in Boston Celtics history, several players from the storied ball club went to see the Grateful Dead live in concert in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1985. Not all of the Celtics on the team went, ...

The Lakers enter the week with a 15-4 record, but is it a good value to bet on Luka, LeBron and company to win it all this ...

Today in Boston Celtics history, Reggie Lewis was born in 1965. Lewis played his NCAA ball at his hometown Northeastern under ...

Red Auerbach once made waves by saying Larry Bird had dethroned Bill Russell as the NBA’s greatest of all time — a bold claim ...

On what would have been Bill Walton’s 73rd birthday, a community advocate on Wednesday launched a campaign to rename several sites across the county after the basketball legend and philanthropist. A ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) - Activist Shane Harris was joined today by family members of the late Bill Walton to announce twin proposals to rename a street in San Diego and a memorial area in La Mesa ...

LA MESA, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Known affectionately as “Mr. San Diego,” late NBA Hall-of-Famer Bill Walton is being honored in his hometown on what would have been his 73rd birthday, and the ...

The late Bill Walton gets ready to do the color commentary for ESPN before the Kansas Jayhawks met the Chaminade Silverswords during the first round of the Allstate Maui Invitational on Nov. 20, 2023, ...

LOS ANGELES — Because producing a Pac-12 battle between Arizona and UCLA at Pauley Pavilion or McKale Center isn’t possible anymore, maybe Friday night’s game at the Intuit Dome was the best possible ...

William "Bill" Neal Walton, 96, of Scottsdale, Arizona, passed away peacefully on November 3, 2025. Born in Kewanee, Illinois, on June 19, 1929, to William Franklin and Violet Welch Walton, Bill grew ...