hi, i am a big len bias fan. i have an official life-size len bias autographed poster, which we had for a long time...and its something that would be hard for me to give away. but i want to sell it to someone for them to give to their child for christmas
We will never know what Bias could of been.
This is the hope for the new "Magic/Bird", which focuses on the players' lives both on and off the court.
The story follows the relationship of the two NBA superstars, starting with their collegiate rivalry that culminated in Johnson's Michigan State beating Bird's Indiana State for the 1979 NCAA Championship. The storyline continues to when there friendship began on the set of their famous 1985 Converse commercial, ending with their career highlighting 1992 Olympic medal run with USA's "Dream Team."
Tug Coker stars as Bird, Kevin Daniels ("Modern Family") as Johnson, and Peter Scolari takes on the roles of Red Auerbach, Jerry Buss, and Pat Riley. The show intersperses live dialogue with actual NBA footage of the stars.
The NBA is a producing partner for the show, much in the same way that the NFL participated in the production and marketing of "Lombardi."
The Magic/Bird story has been told before, by a popular Jackie MacMullan dual biography, as well as two recent documentaries; one by HBO in 2010, and the other, a 2012 ESPN project that focuses on the aftermath of Johnson's revelation of his HIV positive status.
A biography of Celtic great Larry Bird. Taken from NBA at 50 CD-Rom.
He was drafted sixth overall by the Boston Celtics NBA in 1978, Larry Bird started off as a small forward as well as a power forward for thirteen seasons, teaming up with legendary center Robert Parish and Kevin McHale later on. Due to chronic... In 1988, Bird had the best statistical season of his career, but the Celtics failed to reach the NBA Finals for the first time in five years, losing to the Pistons in six games in the Eastern Conference Finals. Larry Joe Bird who was born on December 7, 1956, is a former NBA News basketball player and a former coach. Birds began the 1988-1989 season with Boston, but ended his season after six games as his bone had to be surgically removed from both heels....
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Larry Bird, An Indiana Legend He's the coach who left Larry Bird on the bench. "Nobody knew how good he was going to be," said Overman, whose name was spelled "Olberman" in Bird's biography, Drive. "I wouldn't do it any different today knowing he's all-world and ... |
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Drive, The Story of My Life The basketball superstar recounts his tragedies--from his father's alcoholism and suicide to his own failed marriage--and triumphs |
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Current biography yearbook On May 8, 1997 Larry Brown was replaced by Larry Bird, a player whom Rose had grown up disliking because he was his idol Magic Johnson's chief rival but whose extremely successful NBA career he nonetheless respected. |
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Larry Bird, The Boy from French Lick The true story of the childhood of basketball great, Larry Bird |
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The Boston Celtics Encyclopedia The only thorough and objective Bird biography which focus largely on his playing years in Boston. ... in a season which witnessed Red Auerbach's fading from the front office scene, Larry Bird's final postseason hurrahs which mark a sad ... |
Innovating like Da Vinci may mean spurning traditional education system
By volunteering in the Da Vinci exhibit I've also had to learn something about the basic Da Vinci bio. What I've learned — which brings this discussion back to the topic of education and teenage innovators — was that Da Vinci was an illegitimate
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Get out and hear the music The "Colombia: The Nature of Culture" program at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will celebrate the rich bio-cultural diversity of Colombia and explore how Colombian cultural expressions are inextricably connected to their distinctive |
Taryn Simon: the woman in the picture
She is represented by Larry Gagosian, the gallery owner and art dealer who also represents Damien Hirst in New York and oversees the estate of Andy Warhol. A Living Man Declared Dead is on loan to Tate Modern from Jane and Michael Wilson,
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Armstrong County Commissioner Race Day one begins with the sun shining and the birds singing. I hope the days are numbered for having to listen to the Elderton cry babies. First stop, bulldoze that dump and sell the property to a landfill company. That will create some jobs am improve |
LeBron James: Nisam bolji od Jordana
Michael je bio nevjerojatan igrač. Preda mnom je još dugi, dugi put da bi me se moglo spomenuti kao jednog od velikana svih vremena. Ne samo uz Jordana. Puno je velikana koji su igrali u ovoj ligi, Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell,
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