Larry Bird’s career was full of clutch moments. His most famous one came in Game 5 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals.

The jersey matches the one worn by Bird for seven NBA playoff games as he tore up the court. The jersey was worn for Game 5 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals. Bird's stats: 37 points, 9 rebounds ...

Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird was feeling the wear and tear of playing professional basketball by the 1986–87 NBA season. A suite of injuries caused him to miss eight games — the most he’d missed ...

One of the hallmarks of passing the torch in great dynasties is embracing the team's culture. In the case of the Los Angeles Lakers, for example, we have big, flashy stars who electrify the crowd with ...

A Boston Celtics Larry Bird jersey worn during the 1987 Eastern Conference playoffs, including two finals games, has sold for more than half a million dollars -- $524, 600 to be exact. The jersey, ...

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson spent years competing against each other and being compared to each other. It took a 1987 commercial shoot in French Lick, Indiana, to bridge that gap. "In the beginning, ...

Larry Bird should have been excited about attending Indiana University in the late summer of 1974. The man who had recruited him to come there, Dave Bliss, had been chasing him for more than a year, ...

Dennis Rodman later admitted regret over his racially charged comment about Larry Bird following the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals.