Larry Bird retired after the 1992 NBA Playoffs with a career of highlights that rival any player in basketball history. The 1992-93 team yearbook featured an extensive look back at highlights, records ...

Larry Bird Night at Boston Garden was special for the future Hall-of-Famer, and just as memorable for the fans who followed his 13-season career. The more than 14,000 fans lucky enough to get into the ...

Most NBA players get a brief pregame or halftime presentation when they retire. That would not do for Larry Bird. Perhaps fittingly scheduled between home games against the Los Angeles Lakers and Phil ...

Without Larry Bird, the Celtics were clearly Reggie Lewis’ team. It made sense when Lewis was elected team captain during training camp in 1992. “I think it’s great that the coaches and players have t ...

While the Celtics officially said “happy retirement” to Larry Bird at Boston Garden on February 4, 1993, there were parties all around Boston that weekend for the Legend from French Lick. The final pa ...

There has never been a sports rivalry quite like the one between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. Starting when both were in college, the rivalry spilled into the professional ranks as they starred for t ...

Kevin McHale and Robert Parish welcomed back former teammate Danny Ainge and his new Phoenix Suns cohort Charles Barkley before a 1993 game. The trio had helped power Boston’s dominance in the 1980s a ...

While Larry Bird became the biggest star of Boston’s 1980s NBA World Championship teams, he was always a little uncomfortable with the spotlight directly on him. Said Bird at his farewell celebration ...

Robert Parish wore this jersey, outfitted with a black shoulder patch to commemorate late broadcaster Johnny Most, during the 1992-93 season. Parish, of course, became a Celtics legend in the 1980s af ...