When the Game Was Ours - Larry Bird [159]
Barry, Rick, [>], [>]
Baylor, Elgin, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Beard, Dale, [>]
Behnke, Bob, [>]
Belkin, Steve, [>]–[>]
Bender, Jonathan, [>]
Benner, David, [>]–[>]
Benson, Kent, [>]
Bertka, Bill, [>], [>], [>]
Best, Travis, [>]
Bias, Len, [>], [>]
Bing, Dave, [>]
Bird, Conner (son), [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Bird, Corrie (daughter), [>]
Bird, Dinah (wife). See Mattingly, Dinah
Bird, Georgia (mother), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Bird, Joe (father), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Bird, Larry (LB), x, [>]–[>]
and Abdul-Jabbar, [>]
in All-Star Game (1982), [>]–[>]
basketball personality of, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
playing through pain, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
on being "in the zone," [>]
childhood of, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]– [>]
endorsement requests of, [>]–[>] (see also Converse commercials)
injuries and disabilities of, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
back condition, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
and spinal fusion surgery, [>]–[>], [>]
marital life of, [>]–[>] (see also Mattingly, Dinah)
on 1992 Olympic team, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
personal qualities of, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
post-playing life of
in Celtics front office, [>]–[>]
as Pacers coach, [>]–[>]
as Pacers president, [>]–[>], [>]
purchase of expansion franchise bid, [>]–[>]
and substance abuse, [>]–[>]
COLLEGE CAREER OF
efforts to recruit, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
at Indiana State, vii, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]– [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
and return for senior year, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
against Russian national team, [>]
and Sofia, Bulgaria, incident, [>]
as student teacher, [>]–[>]
and Indiana University, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
at Northwood Institute, [>], [>]
WITH BOSTON CELTICS, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
and approaches by other teams, [>]– [>]
and Auerbach, [>]–[>]
drafted and debut, [>]–[>], [>]
invited to join before tournament, [>]–[>]
and Ewing, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
free-throw percentage of, [>]
as "Great White Hope," [>], [>]
and Michael Jordan, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
and Laimbeer, [>]
and Maxwell, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
and McHale, [>]–[>] (see also McHale, Kevin)
MVP awards, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
in 1979–80 season, [>]
in 1980–81[>] season, [>]
in 1981 Finals, [>], [>]
in 1982 All-Star Game, [>], [>], [>]
1983 off-season conditioning by, [>], [>]–[>]
and 1984 Finals, x, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
after 1984 Finals win, [>]–[>], [>]
in 1985–86 season, [>]
perfectionist leadership, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
retirement, [>]–[>]
and Riley, [>]–[>]
60-point game of, [>]–[>]
skepticism about ability of, [>], [>]
steal against Pistons (1987), [>], [>]– [>], [>]
and Stern, [>], [>], [>]
and Thomas's racial belittlement, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Bird, Mariah (daughter), [>], [>]
Bird, Mark (brother), v, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Bird, Mike (brother), v, [>]
Bird-Magic relationship, v–viii, ix–xi, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
as adversarial, vii, x, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
frustrated opportunities for, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
and conference call before 2008 Finals, [>]
in Converse commercials, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
and history of Celtics-Lakers rivalry, [>]
and LB as 1980 Rookie of the Year, [>]
and LB's retirement, [>], [>]
and LB's views of Magic, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
and MJ's enhanced 1986–87 role, [>]
and MJ's Hall of Fame induction, [>]–[>]
and MJ's HIV, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
and MJ's views of Bird, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
and NBA, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
and news of MJ as coach,