winning Rookie of the Year. On June 8, 1979, less than three weeks before the 1979 NBA draft, the Boston Celtics signed Larry Bird to a rookie contract. If they failed to reach an agreement ...

Why, Larry Bird’s old kicks ... his nemesis Earvin “Magic” Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers for Rookie of the Year honors. You can bid on Bird’s sneakers here.

Allen Iverson, the first pick of the 1996 NBA Draft, won the Rookie of the Year that year, while Bryant was not considered for the award. Larry Bird and Magic Johnson made the NBA explode in the ...

8. Twitter's logo is named Larry the Bird. 9. The Celtics won 61 games in Bird's rookie year — up from just 29 the year before. 10. Nicknamed Larry Legend and The Hick from French Lick.

That year, Larry Bird won MVP for the second time in a row, and Michael Jordan took home the Rookie of the Year award. As the Celtics legend predicted, Jordan quickly became the league's biggest ...

Over the last three decades, no Boston athlete has been written about more than Larry Bird. The man, who turns 56 today, was even the subject of a Broadway play. There isn’t much left for the ...

When Larry Bird made his NBA debut ... But even with his talent and reputation, he was just a 23-year-old rookie entering the NBA, where he was expected to 'pay his dues.' Larry, however, had ...

1922 — The Supreme Court rules organized baseball is primarily a sport and not a business and therefore not subject to antitrust laws and interstate commerce regulations. 1946 — Two-year-old ...

The fact that a superstar like Bird, an eight-year veteran at the time ... been a great boost to the aging Celtics roster. Larry welcoming the rookie with open arms could have eased the latter's ...

During Bird's rookie season in the ... Sports gurus called it the Larry Bird Effect. Could Clark have that effect on the Fever, who finished 13-27 last year and 5-31 the year before, the worst ...