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‘Legend’-ary: Author tells little-known story of Larry Bird’s rise

The silky smooth jump shot, the electric rivalry with Magic Johnson, the legendary trash talk — certain aspects come to mind when thinking about the life of Larry Bird.
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"I know it’s been very tough on Eddie" - Larry Bird admits he felt bad for putting an unfair spotlight on his younger brother

Greatness rarely travels alone, but in Larry Bird's case, it cast a shadow so long it swallowed nearly everything around it. The small-town legend from French Lick was the superstar of superstars. He ...
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"We don't have players with heart sometimes" — Larry Bird's brutal postgame message that saved Boston's 1984 championship run

Larry Bird wasn't one for sugarcoating. After the Los Angeles Lakers embarrassed the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of the 1984 Finals, Larry Legend delivered one of the harshest locker-room messages in ...
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How Larry Bird welcomed Bill Walton to the Boston Celtics: "You wanna stay on this team, you throw the ball to me"

Guiding an NBA team often means helping new players adjust as quickly as possible. One of many occasions Larry Bird faced that task was when the late Bill Walton joined the Boston Celtics ahead of the ...
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Ex-Pacers president said Larry Bird shouldn't have joined the Celtics: "He talks about guys staying in their state, right?"

LeBron James unsurprisingly generated a lot of buzz ahead of his free agency year in 2010. The 2009-10 season had just started, but everybody, including Indiana Pacers executive Larry Bird, had ...