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"You better get out of here, get back out on that perimeter” - Larry Bird recalls how trash talking Michael Jordan backfired in their first playoff battle
Larry Bird reflects on the 1986 playoff battle with Michael Jordan, where Jordan’s record-setting 63 points proved he was ...
NBA Great Larry Bird Felt Disrespect When Guarded By White Players
Byron Scott tells a story of Larry Bird getting upset because an opposing coach guarded him with a white player ...
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"It's good for a fan base" - When Larry Bird and Magic Johnson agreed the NBA needed more white players
In 2004, "Larry Legend" weighed in on one of the most intriguing yet very fitting issues in the NBA: the lack of exceptional ...
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Isiah Thomas on the aftermath of his racial remarks about Larry Bird: "I'm more hurt about this than I am about losing the series"
Dennis Rodman was the first to make the "racist" remark on Bird. The Worm said that the only reason Larry won three consecutive NBA MVP awards was because he was white. However, Thomas drew more ...
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Byron Scott reveals what made Larry Bird the ultimate trash talker: "Larry would tell you what he was going to do"
Larry Bird had an edge that ... is that he made good on every single one. Bird's competitive fire knew no limits. To him, ...
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Caitlin Clark, much like Larry Bird, the focus of talks about race and double standards in sports
Now Clark, like NBA Hall of Famer Larry Bird was 45 years ago ... Though Clark hasn't said anything to fuel the Black-white narrative surrounding her meteoric rise, talks about a double standard ...
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"Just show up, pick up the check, and go home, that's my motto now" - Larry Bird delivered an iconic one-liner after securing his second 3-Point crown in 1987
"Just show up, pick up the check and go home, that's my motto now." Other participants in the 1987 3-Point contest included ...
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"Who's guarding me? You ain't got no brothers?" - Isiah Thomas recalls Bird feeling disrespected when the Pistons put a white player to guard him
Countless stories have been told about Larry ... history, black athletes have been lauded for their physical prowess and abilities, which, in general, were greater than their white counterparts.
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John Salley thinks the NBA and WNBA rely on white superstars to boost ratings: "An anomaly of a white athlete that matches the ability of a black athlete"
“When Larry Bird came out,” Salley said ... Larry was, upon everything was the hardest guy to ever play against white or black. ‘Cause he was that good.” Historically, major American ...