Cover photo: Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, and Elgin Baylor in a star-studded game in the early 1970s between the Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks. Photo credit: NBA Entertainment. Three of the NBA’s all-time greatest players posted incredible performances on this date, Dec. 11, two of which happened in the same season. Sixty-three years ago today, on Dec. 11, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain produced one of his 32 career 60-point games.  Aga

Cover photo: Mark Aguirre with the Dallas Mavericks. Photo credit: Getty Images. An NBA legend celebrates a birthday on Dec. 10 as 3-time all-star and 2-time NBA champion Mark Aguirre turns 66.  One of the best players to ever come out of Chicago, Ill., Aguirre starred at Westinghouse Prep alongside future NBA Sixth Man of the Year Eddie Johnson. In 1978, Westinghouse won the Chicago Public League title. Aguirre averaged 33 points and 16 rebounds per game and was All-City, Al

Two NBA legends celebrate birthdays on Dec. 9, as one-time all-star World B. Free turns 72, and four-time all-star Otis Birdsong turns 70. Born Lloyd Free, World B. changed his name to World B. Free in 1981. It was a nickname that he had gotten in junior high, an allusion to his “All-World” talent. Free was born in Atlanta, Ga., but grew up in Brownsville, Brooklyn.  Photo: World B. Free as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers. Photo credit: NBA Entertainment. A 1997 inductee i

Photo: Larry Bird shoots against the Washington Bullets in 1986. Photo credit: Porter Binks, USA Today. Cover photo: Larry Bird shooting the ball against the Los Angeles Lakers. Photo credit: Focus on Sport, Getty Images. One of the greatest players in NBA history celebrates a birthday as 12-time all-star, 3-time NBA champion, and 3-time MVP Larry Bird turns 69 on Dec. 7. Born in West Baden, Ind., Bird went to high school at Springs Valley in French Lick, which provided the g

In an effort to continue their momentum of three straight victories and put themselves in better position for the postseason, the Dallas Cowboys stumbled on Thursday night in Detroit, producing ugly performances on both sides in a 44-30 loss.  The Cowboys were never in sync in the game, failing to capitalize and convert when they needed to early on and throughout. Facing a 2nd and 6 in the red zone on their first defensive possession, the defense made a stand with a play in t