me and my friends are having an argument bout it. my friend is trying to tell me that he went to our hometown Moline Illinois logan elementary. i think everyone here would know bout that.
He is from my home state of Indiana. Is Moline near French Licks, where he is from. If that is on the Indiana-Illinois border Bird could have probably went there.
After years of struggles and sharp criticism from an Indiana fanbase that once worshipped him as one of the state's most prominent natives, the Pacers president has his team back near the top of the Eastern Conference standings. The Pacers entered Saturday's action with a 27-19 record, creating an optimism around the franchise that has been absent for years.
"There's places we want to go with this team," Bird told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "We think we've got talent to do it. It's just how we compete every night, and if we're going to get better from now to the end of the year. We feel if we get better, we have an opportunity to do something special."
Last season, the Pacers were 17-27 when Bird fired coach Jim O'Brien. Interim coach Frank Vogel then took a young team with core pieces Danny Granger, Roy Hibbert, Tyler Hansbrough and Darren Collison and guided it to the playoffs. The Pacers challenged the Chicago Bulls before losing the first-round series 4-1.
While on the NBA on ESPN RV, Jason Kidd, Stuart Scott, Luke Walton and Mike Breen discover French Lick, Indiana, the hometown of Larry Bird, isn ...
He played four years in New York, becoming only the second player ever to lead the league in assists and steals in 1980—Bird and Magic’s rookie year. When it looked like there was one way he couldn’t go, he’d always go that way. “Sugar” was the fourth pick in the 1978 NBA draft, taken by the Knicks two spots ahead of Larry Bird. We could be mentioning his name with Isiah, Bird, and Magic....
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Larry Bird, An Indiana Legend A WELCOME HOMECOMING In the town that spawned a superstar, Larry Bird's neighbors are sure he's right man to lead Pacers. May 11, 1997 BY PHILLIP B. WILSON The down-to-earth folks in Larry Bird's hometown have all the answers regarding ... |
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The Legacy of the de Lacy, Lacey, Lacy Family, 1066-1994 Larry Bird previously declined to host such a camp in the Boston area. However, he knew this camp would help his former coach, his hometown, and our school. He agreed readily. We laid-out six basketball courts on our atrium floor. |
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Bird on basketball, how-to strategies from the great Celtics champion Like Pete Maravich, Larry Bird put on many dazzling performances for home town college fans. When he "cooked," his fans feasted on haute cuisine. And they would savor one of his superb shooting-passing- rebounding dishes until he served ... |
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Same Knight, Different Channel, Basketball Legend Bob Knight at West Point and Today ... around the square before turning” and end up on 150 West instead of 150 East and see a sign for French Lick, Larry Bird's hometown. ... Turns out Larry Legend never even practiced, much less played, at Indiana. It was not Knight, ... |
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Larry Bird At the press conference, Bird told reporters, "If we didn't win today, we were in a world of trouble. We had to win a game to get back in the series, which we did." Game 4, like Game 3, was played in Indianapolis. The hometown crowd was ... |
JaJuan Johnson works out for Pacers
Johnson, who played high school basketball locally at Franklin Central, believes he'd be a good fit with his hometown team and was thrilled to have Larry Bird in attendance of today's workout. "It's an honor to have him watch you work out,
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Why Keeping Larry Bird as President Is the Right Move for the Pacers
Hometown hero Larry Legend was driving the beloved franchise into the ground. The Pacers had not only become the laughingstock of the NBA on the court, off the court players were getting arrested/suspended so quickly it was like watching a season of
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Indiana Pacers: Five Draft Day Moves the Pacers Can Make to Get Better
Then last summer GM Larry Bird pulled off a surprising trade that landed Darren Collision. Dynamic point guard of the future? Check. All that was needed was for the team to produce on the court. When interim coach Frank Vogel took over just after the
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Mark Cuban's quiet time goes on, to Mavs' delight With Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish at their best, and Bill Walton contributing off the bench, the 1985-86 Celtics went 67-15 in the regular season. They lost just one game on their way to the finals against the Houston Rockets. |
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Lebron James – the most talented, but never Jordan After the announcement James was slammed by the basketball elite, with legends of the game such as Charles Barkley, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird all agreeing that they would never have joined forces to win a championship. |