INDIANAPOLIS -- Larry Bird, always a ... Monday on the death of his former Boston Celtics teammate Bill Walton. "I am very sorry about my good friend, Bill Walton. I love him as a friend and ...

"Larry came out of nowhere from one year to become probably the greatest high school basketball player we've seen in Indiana, ...

He briefly spoke about his rivalary with ... I hated Larry [Bird] and every Celtic. I really don't like you [Paul Pierce] but you my little brother. Now I love you because you're out of that ...

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 ...