Category: Larry Bird
Friday, April 12th, 2013
After three straight seasons of finishing in ninth place in the West and on the outside looking in at the NBA playoffs, the Houston Rockets are back in the postseason. They locked up their spot this week. Coach Kevin McHale talks about combining his old-school ways with the new-school aspects ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
Former Los Angeles Lakers Hall of Fame owner Jerry Buss passed away on Monday, only hours after the NBA's best were on display for the world in its annual All-Star Game. As the league's commissioner for the past three decades, David Stern is well aware of the many ways in ...
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Thursday, June 28th, 2012
Larry Bird stepped down as the head of Indiana Pacers on Wednesday, setting up the return of Donnie Walsh to the front office in Indy. Walsh spent 20 years as the franchise's president before leaving for the New York Knicks in 2008. Now Walsh will be the president of basketball ...
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Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
Say what you want about Charles Barkley, but the man is fair with his opinions. He never has a double standard. Sir Charles even makes this point during the following interview with ESPN Radio.
What better way to put a nice bow on the NBA season than talk with Barkley? The ...
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Friday, February 24th, 2012
I don't pay much attention to the Slam Dunk Contest in normal years. Sure, I've been impressed with some of the highlights of the past few years, but I'm certainly not tempted to find the contest while it's airing. This year I might not even pay attention to the highlights ...
Posted in Indiana Pacers, NBA | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
Stan Van Gundy is a big fan of the Jeremy Lin story and really isn't too happy with the media right now. What else is new with the Orlando Magic head coach? Van Gundy always gives his honest opinion to the media, and he seems sick and tired of the critics ...
Posted in NBA, Orlando Magic | 5 Comments »
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
As a player, Larry Bird will go down as one of the best of all-time. His resume is filled with All-Star appearances, NBA Championships, and MVP’s. He also had a bit of success as coach. Even though it was a short tenure in Indiana, Bird has a Coach of the ...
Posted in Indiana Pacers, NBA | 3 Comments »
Friday, November 11th, 2011
This week marked the 20th anniversary of when Magic Johnson found out he had been diagnosed as HIV positive and went public with the news. His retirement from the Los Angeles Lakers accompanied the announcement. I remember watching the coverage at the time, but having absolutely no idea what it ...
Posted in Los Angeles Lakers, NBA, Politics, Sports Business | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
If you're hoping for loads of NBA Lockout news, no such luck. Larry Bird, the president of the Indiana Pacers, is obviously prohibited from talking about anything CBA related. But Larry Legend is always worth listening to mainly because if the host is worth his salt, we'll hear at least ...
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Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Larry Bird is far from a media recluse. You can't get away with that as the President of an NBA franchise. But he's still fairly judicious about which media appearances he agrees to. That includes radio spots, which I'm sure he gets an avalanche of requests each week. But on ...
Posted in Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat, NBA | 4 Comments »
