Larry Bird

PRO BASKETBALL—Playing on surgically repaired heels, Larry Bird led the Celtics in points (32) and minutes (33) in their season opener, a 127-114 defeat of the Bucks. In Boston's second game, with four seconds left,...

Larry Bird, Eastern Europeans and Minneapolis are all making comebacks, and, come the spring, the Pistons and the Lakers will be back, playing for the championship

Larry Bird played his first game since November. It was as if he had never left