Basketball Network on MSN6h
"He played with my eight $20 bills in his shoe and lit up the 76ers" - Larry Bird won a shooting bet against journalist with all five fingers wrapped up
Larry Bird once taped all five fingers together and still won a free throw bet against journalist Dan Shaughnessy.
Basketball Network on MSN15h
"I don't care how it comes off. Nobody else can do that" - Larry Bird called out refs for favoring the Chicago Bulls in 1998
Larry Bird criticized Scottie Pippen’s defensive leeway on Mark Jackson in the 1998 Eastern Conference Finals, accusing the ...
Basketball Network on MSN22h
"Thing that bothers me the most is guys taking big pay cuts" - Larry Bird on why has an issue with players taking less money to go chase rings
Bird often objected to players taking pay cuts in the hopes of securing a title. This issue has only grown more relevant with ...
Basketball Network on MSN1d
"I would probably be thrown out of the games now" - Larry Bird admits his competitive fire would be too extreme for today's NBA
But in today's NBA, with cameras capturing every angle, replays dissecting every move, and a league that enforces ...
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First Friday Art Walk: think pink
Initiated in 2006, the First Friday Art Walk Sequim is an encouraging and educational arts event that is sponsored and produced by Renne Emiko Brock. The mission is to create approachable and ...
Basketball Network on MSN2d
"Everyone knew where I lived, but hardly anyone bothered me" - Larry Bird on why Celtics fans would never approach his house
Fans knew where he lived, but they treated him like just another neighbor. "It was the perfect area for me," the legendary ...
Basketball Network on MSN7d
Larry Bird admits some of his Celtics teammates were jealous of him: "I know I was tough to play with"
Larry Bird imposed his will playing basketball. At 6 feet 9 inches and with an uncanny knack for reading the game two moves ...
Basketball Network on MSN8d
Bird claimed others envied both him and Magic: "He had a lot of the same things happen that I did, with players being jealous"
In 2009, former sportswriter Jackie MacMullan teamed up with Larry Bird and Magic Johnson to write "When the Game Was Ours." ...
Armand LaMontagne, Meticulous Sculptor of Sports Greats, Dies at 87
Working in wood, he captured the zeal of New England sports with his exacting, lifelike renderings of Hall of Famers like Ted ...
Remembering sculptor Armand LaMontagne, ‘our enduring star’ whose wooden sculpture work commemorated Boston’s sporting greats
LaMontagne's legacy is that of having been, in the estimation of many, America’s greatest wood portrait sculptor.
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Twitter bird sign sells for nearly $35,000 at auction
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter's iconic bird logo that was removed from the company's former San Francisco headquarters when Elon Musk took over the social media company and rebranded it to X has ...
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Twitter ‘bird logo’ sign goes for nearly $35K at auction
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The iconic Twitter “bird logo” sign that once adorned the social media company’s Market Street headquarters in San Francisco has sold for nearly $35,000 at an auction.