"A scary player" - Larry Bird once named the only player he feared while coaching the Indiana Pacers

However, as the 1998 playoffs loomed, the man who instilled fear in his rivals felt an unfamiliar flutter of anxiety. As a ...

Larry Bird allowed the Pacers to talk trash under one condition: "There were a few of our guys talking junk"

During his playing years, Larry Bird didn’t just beat his opponents — he stripped away their pride with relentless trash talk ...
The Boston Globe

Larry Bird was left out of pickup games in French Lick. He nearly slipped away entirely.

Were it not for a string of unlikely events and minor miracles, the world might have never known a basketball legend. In the beginning, the boy didn’t like basketball as much as he seemed to like just ...
Tribune-Star

'Heartland' book celebrates Bird's years at Indiana State University

Though Larry Bird was very much on the minds of everyone attending Monday evening’s official book launch for “Heartland: A Forgotten Place, an Impossible Dream, and the Miracle of Larry Bird,” much of ...
The Gazette

Pikes Pick: New book on Larry Bird explores lesser known chapters

FILE - Indiana State star Larry Bird makes his way through the crowd of players and fans getting congratulations after his team defeated Arkansas, 73-71, to win the NCAA Midwest Regional tourney crown ...
NPR

Keith O'Brien on 'Heartland,' Larry Bird and the basketball career that almost wasn't

Larry Bird – one of the greatest players in the history of the NBA – once gave up his college basketball career to return to his hometown, French Lick, Indiana. But soon after, an assistant coach went ...