Larry Bird joined the Dream Team for the 1992 Olympics ... Larry underwent numerous treatments and heavily relied on anti-inflammatory drugs and painkillers to make it to the Olympics.
After the Celtics won Game 5, Rodman and Thomas downplayed Bird's talent by saying he was only a star because he was white. "I think Larry is a very, very good basketball player," Thomas said ...
Barkley asserted that Magic Johnson and Larry Bird are arguably the two most significant ... too thuggish, too drug-infested, ...
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 ...
The league was riddled with drug problems and attendance was sagging. Many like to credit David Stern with reviving the league. But where would David Stern be without Magic Johnson and Larry Bird?