The Over and Back NBA podcast is celebrating the NBA at 75 by rewatching some of the greatest Slam Dunk Contests in NBA history. The 1986 NBA slam-dunk contest is famous for being the night when ...

The Boston Celtics clinched another championship Monday night and while we wait for details on their victory parade, we're digging into the archives to travel back to their 1986 and 2008 celebrations.

Editor’s note: While the games are on pause, the Globe is reaching into its archives to bring you “Replay,” stories from the past that highlight something interesting, timely, or revealing. This story ...

The Boston Celtics lost the 1985 NBA Finals to the Los Angeles Lakers and entered the following season looking for the right role player to complement their already loaded roster. Bill Walton turned ...

Ask any NBA fan who the best team ever was, and probably about 90 percent will say one of two possibilities: the 1986 Boston Celtics or the 1996 Chicago Bulls. Each team featured a top-five caliber ...

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - This year's NBA Draft is next Thursday, however, today marks the 30th anniversary of one of the most dreadful drafts of all-time. The 1986 NBA Draft (a.k.a. the "Drug Draft") ...

As the Boston Celtics celebrated their 1986 title, little did they know that it would take three decades before they hoisted the Larry O'Brien trophy again. That Celtics team is considered one of the ...

Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird recently reunited with several of his 1986 championship teammates ahead of the start of the Celtics-Heat playoff series. After an impressive season that saw Boston ...

The career of Larry Bird is full of impressive accomplishments: Back-to-back-to-back NBA MVP awards from 1984 to 1986, three NBA championships, two NBA Finals MVP awards, 12 NBA-All Star appearances, ...

As much as those who construct teams in sports would like to think that they have a formula and a blueprint that they can go execute with any team in any market and be successful, the fact of the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Cavaliers' No. 1 overall draft pick, Kyrie Irving, joins the ranks of players going from Duke to the NBA. He hopes to have a better NBA career than many Blue Devils who have gone ...