Lakers legend James Worthy once explained why Celtics legend Larry Bird was much tougher to defend than Michael Jordan.

The guy guarding him falls for it. All of a sudden, Bird blows by him, gets the ball back, goes in and scores. It's like the ...

"Larry Bird is one of my great mistakes," Knight once said. "I was negligent in realizing what Bird needed at that time in ...

Michael Jordan never asked for forgiveness. He rarely explained himself, either. That was part of the mystique. He took the ...

There was nothing Larry Bird loved more than a challenge — and nothing he respected less than a defender who couldn't keep up ...

Larry Bird was not only a Hall of Fame basketball player, he also had success as a coach in the NBA. Bird coached the Indiana ...

Michael Jordan entered the basketball mainstream consciousness when he nailed the game-winning shot as a freshman in 1982 to ...