How Larry Bird snapped Bill Walton out of his guilt after one loss: "I can't stand hearing this eighty-one more times. Go have a beer and forget about it"

To return the favor on the defensive end, Bird helped Walton pad his shot-blocking stats. Walton would ask Bird to set the ...
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John Salley can't believe he was happy to guard Larry Bird at first: "I don't do drugs, but boy, I must have been on something"

Salley would admit over the years that guarding Bird was one thing. Stopping one of the best basketball players of all time was another. Worse, Bird endlessly talked trash to him, rubbing Salley's old ...
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"I wish I could go back in time and change the moment, but I can't" - Larry Bird's cold rejection left Dan Shaughnessy humiliated for decades

Larry Bird never shied away from a cold one but drew the line when he felt it was needed. Boston Globe reporter Dan Shaughnessy recalled offering him a second round of beer at a bar, only for the ...
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What if Larry Bird was Drafted by the Knicks?

On this episode of the Bob Ryan NBA Podcast, Bob and Gary Tanguay discuss what Larry Bird on the Knicks would have looked like.