Here’s a look at the life of NBA Hall of Fame forward Larry Bird. Personal Birth date: December 7, 1956 Birth place: West Baden, Indiana Birth name: Larry Joe Bird Father: Joe Bird Mother: Georgia ...

It is not very often that a rookie player makes the NBA All-Star game. In fact, it has only happened 45 times in the history of the game, and not since Blake Griffin made the All-Star team in 2011.

No two basketball players have more entwined legacies than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. During the late 70s, when the NBA ...

When Larry Bird discovered his edge over others in the NBA: "It wasn't long after I joined the Celtics" originally appeared on Basketball Network. A revolutionary figure in NBA history, Larry Bird was ...

After his retirement from the NBA, Gilbert Arenas had made plenty of claims about the game from the 1980s and `90s. The latest came during a recent podcast appearance when he said Michael Jordan was ...

Larry Bird averaged an incredible 30 points and 20 rebounds in his senior season at Springs Valley High. Bird's older brother Mark was a major influence on him becoming No. 33, the basketball ...