INDIANAPOLIS -- Larry Bird, always a quiet ... issued a statement Monday on the death of his former Boston Celtics teammate Bill Walton. "I am very sorry about my good friend, Bill Walton.

After the Celtics won Game 5, Rodman and Thomas downplayed Bird's talent by saying he was only a star because he was white. "I think Larry is a very, very good basketball player," Thomas said ...

Larry Bird, who called himself "a hick from French Lick," is anything but. He was one of those rare athletes who made everybody around him better. His uncanny passing, deadly shooting and ...