Although Bird maintained he never talked trash to Erving, the people around them said that’s exactly what happened. Charles ...

NBA commissioner Adam Silver might not be a big fan, but trash-talking is an essential aspect of basketball. It adds entertainment value and even differentiates the good from the great players. Down ...

In an old interview with The New York Post in 2008, Bird described a mix of iconic NBA figures from different eras with ...

When former players talk about the disparity in physicality between the past and today’s brand of basketball, it isn’t an exaggeration. For instance, Charles Barkley found himself in one of the most ...

Larry Bird may have come across as one of the greatest trash talkers of his generation. But beneath the ruthless competitiveness and the scathing one-liners was a quiet, complex figure — someone who ...