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Kobe Bryant Named His 5 Greatest NBA Players of All-Time - No Shaquille O'Neal
The Los Angeles Lakers icon named his top five picks for the NBA's best players of all-time, leaving out Shaquille O'Neal and ...
"It's funny, all these kids that come in now have all the answers" - Larry Bird says not all NBA rookies listened to his advice
As the Indiana Pacers president, Larry Bird mentored incoming rookies, but not everyone was receptive to his teachings.
Converse Chronicles: The Untold Story of Magic, Bird, and Grandmama
The No. 1 overall pick in the 1991 NBA Draft out of UNLV said Converse’s original idea was to have him share the screen with ...
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"He can't jump, he can't do this, he can't do that" - Patrick Ewing recalls how Boston fans initially disrespected Larry Bird
Ewing, who grew up in Cambridge just across the Charles River, was raised in an environment where basketball conversations ...
"He tells me, 'Fly, bird'" - Larry Bird once humiliated Brad Daugherty with two savage words and a cold-blooded jumper
"He tells me, 'Fly, bird'" - Larry Bird once humiliated Brad Daugherty with two savage words and a cold-blooded jumper ...
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"No one had ever blocked me four times before" - Michael Jordan admitted Reggie Lewis had him rattled during a rare off-night in 1991
Reggie Lewis once blocked Jordan four times in a single contest. A feat no one ever came close to replicating, and to this ...
Indiana sports fans know championship defeats. Which loss hurt most?
Indiana sports fans know heartache all too well. Here's a look back at some of state's hardest-to-swallow championship defeats, if you can stomach it.
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"Without Dennis Johnson, we'd be a mediocre team" - Larry Bird says there'd be no dynasty in Boston without D.J.
Larry Bird revealed that Dennis Johnson was the most integral piece of the Boston Celtics' 1980s dynasty — the glue guy who ...
"I really don't talk as much as I used to, because I can't back it up" - Bird on when he realized he had to tone down his trash talk
"I really don't talk as much as I used to, because I can't back it up" - Bird on when he realized he had to tone down his ...
‘Got something for you’ – Larry Bird handed Shawn Kemp brutal ‘welcome to NBA moment’ he never forgot
Larry Bird established himself as a basketball legend through both his deadly shooting and his sharp tongue. The only thing ...
Skip Bayless slams 'sellout' Tom Brady for 'kissing LeBron James' a**' in latest bizarre rant
Sports commentator Skip Bayless has slammed 'sellout' and legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady for 'kissing LeBron James a**' in latest bizarre rant going after two of America's best sportsmen.