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	Larry Bird - MSN Encarta
		Larry Bird, born in 1956, American basketball player and coach, one of the greatest all-around performers in the sport’s history.
		Throughout the 1980s Bird shared the spotlight as best player in the NBA with Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers.
		In 1998 Bird was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame for his contributions as a player.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761551983/Bird_Larry.html (382 words)

	ESPN.com: Plain and simple, Bird one of the best
		Bird was born Dec. 7, 1956, in West Baden, Ind., and raised in French Lick, Ind. He averaged 31 points, 21 rebounds and four assists as a senior for Springs Valley High School, earning a scholarship to Indiana University.
		Bird was second in the league in scoring (28.7) and 3-point shooting (42.7 percent) in retaining the league MVP award.
		Bird averaged a career-high 29.9 points in 1987-88, becoming the first NBA player to shoot better than 50 percent from the field and 90 percent from the foul line for consecutive seasons.
	espn.go.com /sportscentury/features/00014096.html (1311 words)

	Larry Bird at AllExperts
		Bird was voted to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team[1] in 1996 and inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame[2] in 1998.
		Bird was born in West Baden Springs, Indiana, the son of Georgia and Joe Bird.
		Bird led the ISU Sycamores to the NCAA championship game in 1979, his senior season, only to lose to the Michigan State University Spartans, who were led by his future NBA rival, Earvin "Magic" Johnson.
	en.allexperts.com /e/l/la/larry_bird.htm (3690 words)

	Larry Bird Speaker - Book Motivational Celebrity Speaker Larry Bird and Other Corporate Entertainment
		Larry Bird was the embodiment of "Celtics Pride." He was a classy, confident, hardworking player who thrived on pressure and inspired teammates to excel.
		Larry Bird helped rebuild a Celtics franchise that had been suffering from substandard play and poor attendance in the late 1970s.
		Bird's legend was born in the tiny town of French Lick, snuggled in Indiana's corn country, where his family led a spartan life.
	www.allamericanspeakers.com /speakerbio/Larry_Bird.php (1074 words)

	All Larry Bird, basketball, nba, larry bird, sports, posters, NBA!
		Bird was so self-confident that he was known to waltz up to the opponents' bench before tip-off and predict a 40-point performance for himself.
		Bird was the embodiment of "Celtics pride." He was a classy, confident, hardworking player who thrived on pressure and inspired teammates to excel.
		Larry Bird is one of the greatest basketball players of all time and one very good reason to have Celtic Pride.
	www.hollywoodauditions.com /Biographies/larry_bird.htm (486 words)

	NBA.com: Larry Bird Bio
		Bird was so self-confident that he was known to waltz up to the opponents' bench before tipoff and predict a 40-point performance for himself.
		Bird was the embodiment of "Celtics Pride." He was a classy, confident, hardworking player who thrived on pressure and inspired teammates to excel.
		Bird's scoring average soared to 28.7 points in 1984-85, the second-highest mark in the league and the second highest of his career.
	www.nba.com /history/players/bird_bio.html (2848 words)

	Larry Bird (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Larry was selected sixth overall in the 1978 NBA draft and the league has not been the same since.
		His first season, Bird was named NBA Rookie of the Year and the Celtics advanced to the conference finals, the start of 13 straight postseason appearances.
		Bird ranks 21st all time in points with 21,791, 17th all time in feild goals made with 8,591, and 28th all time in assists with 5,695.
	pubpages.unh.edu /~bpb3/project/bird.html (456 words)

	Larry Bird Biography and Summary
		When Larry Bird entered the National Basketball Association (NBA) he was the "Hick from French Lick," a country boy coming to live in the big city.
		Bird took the NBA by storm as a rookie in 1979 and dominated the league almost without a break throughou...
		Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American former NBA basketball player.
	www.bookrags.com /Larry_Bird (223 words)

	Larry Bird : Hall of Fame
		Bird has put in 13 years in the NBA which includes three championships with the Boston Celtics.
		Bird was born in West Baden, Indiana to Joe and Georgia Bird.
		Larry was selected as the sixth overall pick in the 1978 draft.
	www.angelfire.com /la3/larrybird2004/index.htm (413 words)

	Amazon.ca: Bird Watching: Books: Larry Bird,Jackie Mcmullan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first sentence of Larry Bird's candid post-player memoir begins blandly enough: "On August 18, 1992, I announced my retirement from the Boston Celtics." It's the one that follows--"It was one of the happiest days of my life"--that sets the tone for the book.
		Bird, now the head coach of the Indiana Pacers, also explains, quite briskly, how his relationship with fellow Celtic Kevin McHale went sour: as their careers wound down, McHale and another teammate went behind Bird's back to reporters with complaints that his play had become selfish.
		Bird Watching is a detailed account of the life of Larry Bird, from his NBA career with the Boston Celtics to his coaching position with the Indiana Pacers.
	www.amazon.ca /Bird-Watching-Larry/dp/0446608882 (1727 words)

	CNN/SI - 33: Larry Bird enters the Hall of Fame
		Larry Bird is like when you first learn fractions and you have to change everything to 12ths—12ths!—to make it possible to add up the thirds and fourths and sixths and stuff.
		Bird is simply one of those grown- up daydreams: I wish I could be pretty; I wish I could be back in high school and know what I know now; I wish I could be king of the world; I wish I could find a million dollars; I wish I could be Larry Bird.
		Bird's utter genius on the court had to be accounted for in some way, however, and so he was explained away as some sort of idiot savant of the hardwood.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /basketball/nba/1998/bird/flashbacks/1988flash.html (5964 words)

	Larry Bird , Celebrity profile, bio, biography
		Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is a former NBA basketball player.
		Bird is generally considered to be one of the greatest players in NBA history.
		After working as an assistant in the Celtics front office from 1992 to 1997, Bird was the head coach of the Indiana Pacers from 1997 to 2000.
	www.starglimpse.com /celebs/pages/larry_bird/larry_bird.shtml (413 words)

	The Books: Bird Watching by Larry Bird and Jackie MacMullan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Just as he stunned opponents with over-the-shoulder passes, killer steals, and jaw-dropping long-range jumpers on the court, Larry Bird now offers one startling revelation after another as he candidly recounts his rise to become one of the most respected NBA coaches in the game today.
		Bird reveals what it was like to start a new coaching career, from his first meetings with Pacers president Donnie Walsh to his first look at his new players.
		Here Larry Bird proves to be the rarest of birds: a human being who knows himself, knows the game, and knows how to win on and off the court.
	www.twbookmark.com /books/98/0446524646/index.html (390 words)

	A day to celebrate Bird's greatness - The Boston Globe
		Given that among the program items will be "Larry Bird Through The Years" (what they term the "best of the best" clips from the NBA video library), to air at 5:30, and "Larry Bird's 50 Greatest Moments," to air at 6:30, this will be definite
		It will be a chance for the young'uns who think Paul Pierce represents the apex of basketball artistry to see what the greatest forward of all time actually looked like, and for the rest of us to relive some of our happiest days as sports enthusiasts.
		Larry was not going to be one of those guys flirting with a comeback.
	www.boston.com /sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2006/12/07/a_day_to_celebrate_birds_greatness (834 words)

	Larry Bird
		Larry Bird Autographed Shooting 8 x 10 Photograph (Unframed)
		Larry Bird Boston Celtics Autographed Authentic Green Jersey
		Larry Bird Boston Celtics -Jumpshot- Framed 8x10 Autographed Photograph
	www.bostonfangear.com /larry-bird.htm (280 words)

	NBA.com: NBA.com’s Favorite All-Star Memories: Larry Bird, 1988
		Bird had won the first two three-point contests and is looking for the three-peat.
		No, this was Larry Bird, he would back up his words — something that meant a lot to a young basketball fan.
		Cocky but the coolest, that was Larry Bird on that February night in 1988.
	www.nba.com /features/allstar_memories_bird88.html (561 words)

	Larry Bird, white basketball archetype. - By Josh Levin - Slate Magazine
		The Bird myth goes that he got no favors from his DNA but scraped by on his wits and work ethic.
		The allure of the Bird comparison is that many of the qualities that made him great—his court vision, his anticipation, his leadership—are stereotypes associated with white basketball virtue.
		Bird is one guy who never had a white inferiority complex.
	www.slate.com /id/2132097 (1205 words)

	Message Boards - CBS SportsLine.com
		Bird has actually done a pretty good job if you look at the number of times he has taken the Pacers to the playoffs.
		I will give you that one, Larry being better as a coach but as a player Magic is still considered the 2nd best player player in NBA History and Bird ain't 1st.
		Besides who beat that weak Larry Bird coached team in the 2002 Finals?So quit your Laker hating, Lakers the are tied for the 3rd best record in the League after tonights road victory against the Spurs and thats without Lamar Odom and Kwame Brown for the last month and a half.
	cbs.sportsline.com /mcc/messages/chrono/1154196 (1811 words)

	Larry Bird biography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bird was a consensus All-American and college player of the year.
		However, with Bird averaging 21.3 points and 10.4 rebounds a game, Boston had the greatest turnaround in NBA history, going from a 29-53 record to 61-21 in 1979/80.
		Bird was named the league's rookie of the year.
	www.netkushi.com /hollywood/larry_bird.php (641 words)

	Larry Bird - Moviefone
		PERSONAL: Larry Joe Bird is married to the former Dinah Mattingly; has two children, a daughter, Corrie and a son Connor...
		Larry Bird was a versatile wing man who played the power forward and small...
		Larry Bird has always said that Michael Cooper was the only player who could...
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/larry-bird/6281/main (160 words)

	Terre Haute's Top 40 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bird's most recent high-profile visit came in February 2004 when ISU conducted a ceremony in Hulman Center to retire the jersey numbers of Bird and Duane Klueh.
		Bird's name also was affiliated with the Bird-Gibson Recreational Facility, which now consists of the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center and LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course on 240 acres of property in eastern Vigo County.
		Bird pledged $100,000 toward its development in 1994 in memory of his late father, Joe Bird.
	specials.tribstar.com /terrehautestop40/stories/bird.html (1041 words)

	USATODAY.com - Bird: NBA needs more white stars (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Basketball Hall of Famer and Indiana Pacers President of basketball operations Larry Bird says the NBA lacks white superstars, and his sentiment seems echoed by fellow Hall of Famer Magic Johnson, who is a Los Angeles Lakers co-owner and vice president.
		Bird also says that when he was playing he "really got irritated" when a white player guarded him.
		You see, Larry Bird was the only guy that was mentioned in the barbershop.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/basketball/nba/2004-06-08-bird-interview_x.htm (635 words)

	www.myspace.com/larrybird
		One Larry Bird reunion show quickly turned into several Larry Bird shows, and a new EP, which will include the rerecording of songs “3” and “5” from our “Winter 2004” demo, plus several new songs.
		Taylor, known from Call Her Alaska and Codeine Comely, will now be adding his musical talent to Larry Bird in the forms of bass guitar and vocals.
		This is why I know that Larry Bird will continue to remain great friends in the future, as we all take our individual paths in music and in our lives.
	www.myspace.com /larrybird (1040 words)

	Larry Bird Memorabilia
		Bird was a superb scorer, passer, rebounder, defender, team player and above all, a clutch performer matched only by Michael Jordan.
		Bird was named Rookie of the Year in his first season after averaging over 21 points per game.
		All in all, Larry Bird won three NBA Championships, three NBA MVPs, two NBA Finals MVPs, and was voted one of the Top 50 players in NBA history.
	www.netstoreusa.com /sports/Larry_Bird.shtml (489 words)

	Larry Bird Biography
		In 1979, when Bird joined the Celtics, he launched an era both in Boston and throughout the NBA that may never again be duplicated.
		Following the draft, Bird returned to the college ranks for his senior season and completed a memorable career at Indiana State.
		Bird, who won the Sporting News, Naismith and Wooden awards as national college Player of the Year in 1979, led ISU to an 81-13 three-year record, including a 33-1 mark in 1979, the year Bird's Indiana State team lost to Johnson's Michigan State squad in the national championship game.
	www.hoophall.com /halloffamers/bird.htm (636 words)

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