larry bird

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. Kings owner meeting with Larry Bird today means decision on hiring president is on hold. Source says asking 5M per, maybe piece of team Peter Vecsey Bird’s [...]

I’ve read quite a few submissions for Fan Friday over the past couple of years, but this week’s story really touched me. Timmy G. is a 27 year-old Boston Celtics fan from Chelmsford, Ma. He’s loved the Celtics all his life, and has been a season ticket holder for 5 years now:  I have been [...]

Everyone here at Red’s Army would like to wish Larry Bird a happy 56th birthday. It’s nearly impossible to put what Larry’s done for the Boston Celtics and the game of basketball into words. Larry will always be remembered for his clutch shooting, hard-nosed work ethic and leading the Boston Celtics to NBA Championships in [...]

For those of you who don’t know, I contribute to CrossoverChronicles.com on a regular basis.   All this month, we’re doing a team-a-day preview, accompanied by a Twitter hashtag discussion.  Yesterday was #CelticsDay, and I took over the site.  Here’s a recap for you so you can check out my look ahead to the C’s [...]

This still bums me out. I’m so happy Larry Bird doesn’t play today.  Somehow, some way, people would over-analyze him, overreact to him, and over-emphasize things that aren’t important about him. The back injury that ultimately shortened his career?  He hurt it putting up a retaining wall at his Indiana home… when he easily could [...]

The Dream Team. The greatest team ever assembled. A collection of some of the greatest players to ever play the game. ….. and Christian Laettner. Well, the Dookie can finally get some burn for the Dream Team… if you get the new NBA 2K13 game.  Yep, you can start Laettner if you want… you can [...]

In the spirit of the 4th, today’s Sneaker Rewind focus on Larry Birds Dream Team Converse.  Larry Bird put the exclamation point on his hall of fame career in the 1992 Summer Olympics.  Bird wore a player exclusive pair of Converse on the way to a gold metal. The shoes featured the Dream Team logo [...]

Thanks to the generous folks at The Forest Lab, we have 5 Larry Bird t-shirts to give away today. The first 5 correct responses – submitted in the comments section of this blog post – get a free t-shirt. Question: With 26 points and 11 rebounds last night, Kevin Garnett put up his 9th 20/10 game [...]

If you're not pumped-up for tonight's Game 7 of Celtics-Sixers, you may want to see your doctor. I've also got a short clip that may help. This is another in ESPN's "A Champion Will Rise" series. It features Larry Legend telling it like it is: "You don't play for stats…..your records will be broken….."   [...]

I still get chills watching that play. [...]