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"People tell me I'm Black on the inside and White on the outside" - Larry Bird on why he never cared about the "white men can't jump" stereotype
Black on the inside. Bird wasn't just white. He was unapologetically white in a Black-dominated league and he understood ...
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"It just last for a minute or so, then it's looking forward to next year" - Larry Bird admits winning championships didn't excite him that much
Larry Bird won three championships, but with every title he captured, the excitement gradually faded. The first felt ...
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"I think that takes away from the game of basketball" - Larry Bird on why he believed the NBA increasing live TV games in the 80s was a terrible idea - MSN
Larry Bird saw the NBA explode in popularity during the ‘80s, but behind the rise, he worried live TV broadcasts were draining the game’s raw energy. advertisement BasketballNetwork.net ...
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"Have you seen this guy run or jump?" - Jeff Van Gundy points out a possible issue with Larry Bird if he played in today's NBA
"Have you seen this guy run or jump?" - Jeff Van Gundy points out a possible issue with Larry Bird if he played in today's ...
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Larry Bird took issue with a bold player comparison early in his NBA career: "It wasn't really fair to either of us"
In a 2011 interview with SLAM Magazine, basketball legend Larry Bird was asked about a recurring trend in NBA discourse — white players often being compared to one another. Bird confessed that ...
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"They want me to come back and play home games" - Larry Bird on why he chose to retire instead of playing part time after injuries
"They want me to come back and play home games" - Larry Bird on why he chose to retire instead of playing part time after ...
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"You don't belong in this league, Homes" - Dominique Wilkins recalls when a trash-talking Larry Bird broke his confidence before a game
Bird was being Bird. Wilkins had been brimming with confidence when he came up against the Celtics icon. A rising star with ...
Larry Bird Made $20 Million In The NBA — But Wouldn't Spend $60,000 On A Mercedes
NBA great Larry Bird once hesitated to spending $60,000 on a Mercedes even after earning roughly $20 million during his ...
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Larry Bird on his first time teaming up with Magic Johnson before their rivalry began: "He wouldn't give me the ball" - MSN
A while before their names became synonymous with NBA greatness, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson shared a court in relative obscurity. The year was 1978. Both were just college kids — rising ...
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"The only ball I ever really wanted was in 1986" - Larry Bird on why he coveted the game ball from his last NBA championship - MSN
Larry Bird was never fond of basketball souvenirs or memorabilia, including game balls. However, in 1999, the legendary forward revealed that he coveted one game ball used in Game 6 of the 1986 ...
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"This is off the charts. This is a shocker" - Larry Bird on the NBA's punishment of Artest after the Malice at the Palace - MSN
This is a shocker" - Larry Bird on the NBA's punishment of Artest after the Malice at the Palace. Story by Julian Eschenbach • 1h. ... a record 86 games, the longest in NBA history.
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Hear Larry Bird reveal the only game ball he ever wanted - MSN
Larry Bird once revealed that the only game ball he ever truly wanted was from Game 6 of the 1986 NBA Finals, when his Boston Celtics defeated the Houston Rockets to win the championship. Bird ...