As, an Indiana resident for all my life I am proud to say no other state can hold our candlestick in terms of how many well-known people in US society have called Indiana home.
I mean take a look at this list...
Michael Jackson
You missed a whole lot out man...John Wooden who won 12 college b-ball national championships...John Davis, the creator of Garfield
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana#Fam ous_Hoosiers
The Sixers pulled off a 99-86 win over the Celtics on Friday night in Philly, and the victory gave head coach Doug Collins 400 for his career. More importantly, however, it allowed Smith the opportunity to take the podium after the game and address the media.
Sure, Smith was thrilled that Collins added a nice, little milestone to his coaching resume. But the victory was even sweeter because of who the opponent was, as Smith claimed that Larry Bird ruined his childhood.
Fortunately for Bird, there's still time for the longtime Celtics legend to throw a wrench into Smith's excitement this year. Currently, the Sixers and Bird's Pacers sit in fourth and fifth place, respectively, in the Eastern Conference, meaning the two teams are on a collision course to meet in the first round of the playoffs.
www.mslaw.edu Larry Bird and Earvin "Magic" Johnson. In thispresentation of The Massachusetts School of Law's program, Books of Our ...
Rich weaves the words of Larry Bird s childhood experiences in such a way that even the youngest basketball player will be inspired to play with a passion. Meticulously researched, Francine Poppo Rich crafts the important details of Larry Bird s early life into a powerful, true story of one boy s determination to play the best game of basketball he could play. This is the story of his childhood....
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Larry Bird, The Boy from French Lick Most books about famous athletes focus on the career of the person as a professional athlete. This story focuses only on Larry Bird's life BEFORE he became a star of the Boston Celtics. This is the story of his childhood. |
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When the Game Was Ours Bird was already obsessed with basketball when his father died, but after that it became a welcome escape from the ... Bird's childhood friend Tony Clark recalled numerous times when his mother would drive him past the outdoor courts ... |
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Marketing fundamentals Can a product such as salt be positioned? Larry Bird's Boston Connection ... The walls of the Boston Garden Room are lined with childhood photographs of Bird, old uniforms, and even a basketball hoop. |
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Larry Bird Georgia Bird was nearly six feet tall herself. The difference for Larry was that his height would be appreciated in a state that thrived on its love of basketball. Even as a child, Larry had some obstacles to overcome. |
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Indianapolis Monthly never met anybody who I cared more — or less — JL about money than Larry Bird. It works in his favor that Bird's never lost the Depression- era feeling of his childhood. He didn't have much money growing up, and as every Larry scholar ... |
Shaq wasn't a C's fan early on
I always thought that was a compliment from the great Larry Bird." Asked about any particularly memorable moments from that childhood rivalry, O'Neal's eyes lit up. "I remember one time, I pushed him out of bounds and he shot that [expletive] over the
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Magic Johnson and Larry Bird: The Rivalry That Transformed the NBA
Larry Bird grew up less than 400 miles away in tiny, rural French Lick, Ind. He was one of six kids in a poor family that was lower down the economic scale than Johnson's. Bird's mother worked as a waitress and a cook. His father, a Korean War veteran,
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NBA finals and 'no excuses' charter schools Nowitzki, a German-born centerpiece of the Dallas Mavericks, has been repeatedly compared to Larry Bird, one of the NBA all-time greats who shares with Nowitzki an important quality — race — which appears to translate into a default assessment |
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Man of a Certain Age gets a little misty-eyed If it has to do with the NBA, we will compare it to Larry Bird and the Celtics and Magic Johnson and the Lakers of the 1980s. * We enjoy yardwork and golfing. But we also realize there's really not much else we can do nowadays, is there? |
John Rooke's Scattershooting – “Killer” is Gone and So Could Walsh
What say you, Big East? What geniuses really think Dirk Nowitzki is better than Larry Bird? Career numbers to date: Bird - 22.8 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 6.0 apg, 3 titles. Dirk - 23.0, 8.4, 2.7, 0 titles (so far). Which player makes his team better? Slam dunk…
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