... back in Boston, the Celtics would advance to the NBA finals for the first time since Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish took them there in 1987. Chauncey Billups scored 26 and Richard Hamilton had 25 points for Detroit, which has reached ...

... past finally forced Rick Pitino to the breaking point, with his memorable rant that Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish "aren't walking through that door." But cheerleaders aside the new owners have embraced the history. "The whole ...

... a decade of watching other teams celebrate, can come back and do it again. The original Big Three of Larry Bird, Robert Parish and McHale the same McHale who handed Garnett to his former teammate won three times in the 1980s, reaching the finals ...

... Celtics in 1980, McHale played for 12 seasons and formed one of basketball's great front lines with Larry Bird and Robert Parish. A 6-foot-10 forward with long arms, McHale set a modern standard for big men with his touch and moves around ...

... Nicklaus ... Joe Paterno's bowl victories at Penn State. 21 -- Record number of years played by Wayne Gretzky and Robert Parish. 22 -- Muhammad Ali's title victories ... Grand Slam singles titles by Steffi Graf. 23 -- Michael Jordan ...

... Strawberry. "Larry Bird is not walking through that door, fans. Kevin McHale is not walking through that door, and Robert Parish is not walking through that door. What we are is young, exciting, hardworking and going to improve. People don ...

... to feature O'Neal and other NBA players. Toronto's Vince Carter, Portland's Dale Davis and former NBA star Robert Parish were at the game, which capped the Shaquille O'Neal Tampa Celebrity Basketball Weekend. "Everyone's disappointed ...

... Magic Johnson, Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy and Bob McAdoo. Boston had Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Bill Walton and Robert Parish the following season. --- AP Sports Writer Doug Alden in Salt Lake City contributed to this report.

... The Celtics won their last championship, the third with the original Big Three of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish, in 1986. Two members of that club orchestrated Tuesday's blockbuster trade Celtics executive director of basketball ...

... rebounds and a season-high 17 points for Boston. Bird returns -- triumphantly Monday, January 19, 1998 Robert Parish (left), who had his Boston Celtics uniform retired Sunday, exchanges a greeting with former teammate Larry Bird ...