Converse began as a weather-proof rubber shoe company that released its first basketball shoe in 1917. Since then the ...

NBA.com's Todd Spehr on Bird: "This is the thing that is most difficult to work out about the way Larry Bird played basketball: He often made the simple play, the play that, if you watched Bird ...

In the process, he surpassed Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird in the all-time 3-pointers list. Dort, contracted with the Thunder under a five-year, $82.5 million deal, is now in the 320th spot in ...

Boston Celtics great Larry Bird is one of the greatest players in NBA history. He dominated the 1980s before a back injury slowed him in the `90s. At the time, he possessed rare size (6-foot-9 ...

Q. Why did Larry Bird retire early? - + A. On August 18, 1992, Bird announced his retirement from the NBA due to a back injury. He spent 13 years playing with the Celtics. Although Larry played ...

After one quarter, the Bucks have a 31-28 lead after Damian Lillard hits a catch-and-shoot 3 from 28 feet before the buzzer sounds. Lillard had 10pts/2ast/2stl in the first quarter. AJ Green with ...

When he entered the league, Bird was given a five-year, $3.25M deal and with that, he became the highest-paid rookie not only in the history of the NBA but also in sports in general.

In his second season, he averaged 29.7 minutes per game. Bird, meanwhile, averaged 36.0 minutes per game as a rookie and 39.5 minutes per game in his second season. In his first two NBA seasons ...

The hitch that had been there previously is now gone. It looks a little like how all-time great Larry Bird used to shoot. It’s worked. Jokić has been a more willing 3-point shooter this season.

Larry Bird ranks as one of the all-time top players of the NBA. He starred in college at Indiana State, taking them to the NCAA final game in 1979, virtually as a one-man team. In the final, they ...

Experts often credit Larry Bird as one of the key figures responsible for elevating the NBA into the global phenomenon it is today. Over nearly 15 years with the Boston Celtics, Bird dominated the ...