For Larry Bird — undoubtedly one of the most iconic players in basketball history — that figure was Jim Jones, his high school coach at Springs Valley High School in Indiana. It's safe to say that ...
On the court, Bird may have ran his mouth, but unlike other loud players, he also let his game do the talking. More often ...
Larry Bird and Magic Johnson helped define basketball in the 1980s, their rivalry driving the NBA into the mainstream. Although many saw them as evenly matched, Bird believes Johnson came out ahead.
Today in Boston Celtics history, the team debuted their sensational new rookie drafted the summer before from Indiana State, the Hick from French Lick.