* Led by the legendary French Lick standout Larry Bird, Indiana State was the runner-up in the 1979 NCAA Tournament.

* Larry Bird

Los Angeles Lakers Magic Johnson and Boston Celtics Larry Bird in Game Two of the 1985 NBA Finals at Boston Garden.

That same year, rookies Larry Bird and Magic Johnson joined the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers respectively, initiating a period of significant growth in fan interest in the NBA throughout the country and the world.

Later on, Larry Bird won the first three three-point shooting contests.

* Magic Johnson and Larry Bird face against each other in three NBA Finals ': ' 84 ,' 85, and ' 87.

* Larry Bird

* December 7 – Larry Bird, American basketball player

Jordan returned for the playoffs, and took the 8th-place Bulls up against the 67 – 15 Boston Celtics, led by Larry Bird.

In the 1997 – 98 NBA season Larry Bird coached the team, under whom they posted a new franchise record, finishing 58 – 24, a 19-game improvement from the previous season.

Pacers President Larry Bird noted that Carlisle had the opportunity to return to the Pacers franchise in another role.

All of Walsh's basketball-related duties were given to Pacers ' President of Basketball Operations Larry Bird.

The following day, president of basketball operations, Larry Bird stepped down.

The 29-game improvement was by far the best in league history — a record which would stand for 10 years until the Boston Celtics jumped from 29 wins in 1978 – 79 to 61 in 1979 – 80 ( the difference again being a highly-touted rookie, Larry Bird ).

The rivalry had been less intense since the retirements of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird in the early 1990s, but in 2008 it was renewed as the Celtics and Lakers met in the Finals for the first time since 1987, with the Celtics winning the series 4 – 2.

However, it is best known as the hometown of Larry Bird.

The town has been best known for being the hometown of NBA great Larry Bird ever since his professional basketball career took off.

It is the birthplace of NBA legend Larry Bird.

The first endorsers of " The Weapon " were Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, who were prominently featured in a Converse commercial set in Bird's hometown of French Lick, Indiana in 1986.

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Three of Gonzaga's most recent notable athletes are basketball players — former center Ronny Turiaf ( now playing for the Miami Heat ); third overall 2006 NBA Draft pick and Red Star Belgrade Adam Morrison ( who was selected by the Charlotte Bobcats ), regarded for his likeness to Hall of Famer Larry Bird ; and Courtney Vandersloot, 2011 winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award as the leading Division I women's point guard and women's Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the top Division I player no taller than 5 ' 8 " ( 1. 73 m ), selected third overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2011 WNBA Draft.

Fitch was a U. S. Marine Corps drill instructor, a fact that Larry Bird credited in his book Drive: The Story of My Life as an important reason for Bird's own strong work ethic.

* Boston Celtics Forward Larry Bird is awarded NBA Most Valuable Player Award

* Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – Larry Bird, NBA Finals NBA basketball

Patty is a housewife with a beehive hairdo who loves both her husband and son, although she is continually frustrated with her husband's failed attempts to kill Zebra-which more often than not, result in Larry being forced to go to Kentucky Fried Chicken and purchase food, which he eats by himself in shame ( although Patty does do some grocery shopping and Larry once stole a frozen zebra from a pair of male lions that also moved into the neighborhood, which he claimed to catch )- as well as his lack of intelligence and common sense which led to her leaving him at least once.

* In the 2006 film, Night at the Museum, when Larry Daley ( Ben Stiller ) is at the Job agency presenting his resume, he mentions that he created " The Snapper ", and that " The Clapper " stole " a bit of his thunder ".

Larry returns the $ 2 million to the insurance company, but not before learning Bernie actually stole $ 3 million.

Larry Zbyszko showed up to cut a promo on Vince McMahon challenging him to a fight and talking about Chris Jericho, who was WWF Champion at the time, saying that he stole Zbyszko's " Living Legend " moniker.

* In Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David used the " crime " that his cousin stole an Almond Joy for him once as a failed attempt to get out of jury duty, before the second and successful attempt in which he referred to the defendant being a negro.

In Game 5, Johnson was involved in a crucial play: down 107-106, Larry Bird stole the inbounds pass by Pistons point guard Isiah Thomas with 5 seconds left and passed it to a sprinting Johnson, who converted a difficult layup with 1 second left in the game.

Novelist Larry Donner ( Billy Crystal ) struggles with writer's block due to his resentment towards his ex-wife Margaret ( Kate Mulgrew ), who stole his book and garnered mainstream success and critical acclaim with it.

The Dolphins also had an excellent offensive line to open up holes for their running backs and protect Griese on pass plays, led by future Hall of Fame guard Larry Little.

According to Buoniconti, the Dolphins ' priority on defense was to stop Larry Brown and force Kilmer to pass.

Then Mercury Morris ran right for four yards, Larry Csonka crashed through the middle for two, and quarterback Bob Griese completed a 13-yard pass to tight end Jim Mandich to advance the ball to the Vikings 43-yard line.

The Vikings cut the score, 9-6, late in the fourth quarter by recovering a blocked punt in Pittsburgh's end zone for a touchdown, but the Steelers then drove 66 yards on their ensuing possession to score on Larry Brown's 4-yard touchdown pass to pull the game out of reach.

The first was a key 30-yard pass completion from Terry Bradshaw to tight end Larry Brown.

But 2 plays later, defensive back Larry Brown intercepted Reich's pass at the Dallas 28-yard line to preserve the Cowboys ' 18-point lead at halftime.

Then on Green Bay's ensuing drive, Larry Brown intercepted a pass from Favre and returned it 28 yards to set up Smith's third touchdown run.

However, on third down, Cowboys cornerback Larry Brown intercepted O ' Donnell's pass at the Dallas 38-yard line and returned it 44 yards to the Pittsburgh 18-yard line.

With the score tied 5 – 5 and 1: 26 minutes to go in regulation, Lemieux one-timed a pass from Gretzky on a 3 – on – 1 with defenceman Larry Murphy.

Two backs, fullback Larry Centers and halfback Marshall Faulk, rank among the NFL's top 20 pass catchers.

Gino completed a 27 yard fake field goal touchdown pass to Larry Garron in the Patriots 37-30 loss to the New York Titans on 10-01-61.

On February 7, 2012, during a game against the Charlotte Bobcats, Pierce scored fifteen points to pass Larry Bird for second place on the Boston Celtics'all-time scoring list.

In the half century since its inception, the series has featured many of the leading artists to pass through New York in the postwar decades — from Louise Bourgeois to William de Kooning to David Hockney, Helen Frankenthaler, Keith Haring, Robert Indiana, Alex Katz, Ellsworth Kelly, Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers, James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha and Andy Warhol.

Head coach Larry Smith set for Marinovich the goal of a 70 % pass completion rate.

Most of Tampa Bay's passing yards came from a 42-yard halfback option pass from Jerry Eckwood to wide receiver Larry Mucker in the fourth quarter.