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Larry Bird’s Coldest Autograph Denial Ever: "I Guess She’s Married To A Dead Man"
One story, originally shared by Dan Shaughnessy who wrote 'Wish It Lasted Forever: Life With the Larry Bird Celtics', ...
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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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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"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 ...
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NBA Great Larry Bird Felt Disrespect When Guarded By White Players
Larry Bird Was An Absolutely SAVAGE Trash Talker ... It's disrespectful for y'all to put a white guy on me. Put a black guy on me."' And that's why Bird is considered one of the best trash ...