Danny Ainge once told Larry Bird he shared a personality profile with serial killers: "I ought to kill you for saying that" Danny Ainge once told Larry Bird that many serial killers shared his intense ...

Larry Bird's tenure with the Indiana Pacers as head coach and President was just as successful as his Boston Celtics tenure, minus the NBA titles. While there, Bird became the first person to win both ...

Today in Boston Celtics history, the team debuted their sensational new rookie drafted the summer before from Indiana State, the Hick from French Lick, Indiana -- a man you likely know better as Larry ...

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, ...

Larry Bird – one of the greatest players in the history of the NBA – once gave up his college basketball career to return to his hometown, French Lick, Indiana. But soon after, an assistant coach went ...

Indiana State's 1979 team reunited in Terre Haute to talk about Larry Bird, that season and author Keith O'Brien's new book on the topic, "Heartland." Coach Bill Hodges, eight players and even an ...

Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium hosted the NCAA Midwest Regional semifinals and finals in 1979. Future NBA legend Larry Bird and Indiana State University dominated the NCAA Midwest regionals with two ...

“There’s only one place I’d rather be…French Lick.” I didn’t grow up a Celtics fan (I rep the orange and blue), but I was a ’90s kid, which meant Larry Bird: A Basketball Legend was a permanent ...

Keith O’Brien’s latest book deep dives into one of the most improbable runs in men’s college basketball history and provides surprising insight into how difficult it was to get Larry Bird to embrace ...

Good morning. The torrid Celtics’ weekend wipeout of the Lakers has brought a sense of swagger to the team that Larry Bird once led to championships. We talk with biographer Keith O’Brien about how ...