The tradition of sports teams visiting the White House dates back more than 160 years, but it only became a regular occurrence in the 1980s during the Reagan Administration. For a good 20-plus years ...

For all the mythology wrapped around the 1992 Dream Team, one of the funniest truths comes straight from Larry Bird. He, ...

Today in Boston Celtics history, Hall of Fame Boston big man Bill Russell's jersey was retired during a ceremony at the former Boston Garden in 1972.

You always hear the phrase "larger than life," but in Magic's case, he really was. As Charlie Pierce first pointed out in GQ Magazine, the HIV saga introduced us to Magic's alter-ego, "Earvin," with ...

When Magic Johnson stepped into the Lakers' front office to take the reins as President of Basketball Operations in 2017, Larry Bird was unsurprisingly quizzed by the media for comments, given the ...