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 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 ...
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.
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 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 ...
On May 21st in 1986, Ralph Sampson got the game-winning shot to fall over Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at the buzzer. On the back of this shot, the Houston Rockets, who were already leading the Conference ...
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 ...
The Coliseum's roof was notoriously leaky, but on January 7, 1986, an NBA game was cancelled because of a rain delay. This Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather ...
The 12-time All-NBA guard was a member of the NBA's 50th and 75th anniversary teams and one of the league's most iconic players. Shaun Powell A defining figure in the NBA, Jerry West left a monumental ...
SAN ANTONIO — If you ever thought that former San Antonio Spurs guard Johnny Moore's basketball card would be incredibly valuable, raise your hand. No? Well, it is. In 1986, Fleer released basketball ...
In January, a pair of mint-condition Michael Jordan trading cards were auctioned off, selling for a stunning $738,000 apiece. The 1986-87 Fleer Jordan cards were graded perfect 10s by PSA ...