Indy Star (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Larry Bird was at a crossroad with Shawne Williams. The Indiana Pacers president liked his potential, but he just drafted Brandon Rush, and Williams had hurt himself by being involved in several off-the-court incidents during his first two seasons.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -Larry Bird's housecleaning project has claimed another casualty.
The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Filed under: Mavericks , Pacers , Eastern , Western , NBA Transactions Larry Bird has been frank with his concern about the Pacers' image problem, telling the Indy Star last month , "All the off-the-court problems have been a disaster for us. ... It's something we said we were going to clean up and we're doing that." He started a couple of years ago by dealing Stephen Jackson ( guns !) and Al Harrington...
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
INDIANAPOLIS � Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird has settled a lawsuit he brought against a couple he claimed used his name without permission to promote a bed-and-breakfast in his former hometown in southern Indiana.
Pet Connection Blog (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
We’re back home, and so is Larry Bird. When we picked him up this afternoon, Tim and John told us that Larry was apparently tired of walking and fluttering to get around. He’s taken to riding Bearback–Bear being their Pomeranian. Several times, Bear has come walking nonchalantly into the living room with Larry on his [...]
Fox News (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
The Indiana Pacers declined to comment Friday on a report that point guard Jamaal Tinsley would be traded to Denver for Steven Hunter and Chucky Atkins. Pacers president Larry Bird downplayed the report, which appeared in Friday's New York Post, saying the team wouldn't comment on "trade rumors" involving any of its players. Hunter's agent, Mark Bartelstein, denied his client was involved in the reported...
The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Yeah, that’ll work: Denver Nuggets acquire dangerous PG Jamaal Tinsley from the Pacers for Chucky Atkins and Stephen Hunter. Now all Larry Bird has to do is get rid of Shawne Williams and he’ll have purged the roster of troublemakers. TJ Ford or Jarrett Jack will run point for the Pacers. (Tinsley’s Mouthpiece, aka Pete [...]
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
When Reggie Miller retired, the Indiana Pacers lost more than his 18 points per game and clutch shots. They lost their leader. Team president Larry Bird has been looking for one since, even though Jermaine O'Neal was anointed with the role before being traded to Toronto during the offseason.
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Larry Bird built a Hall of Fame career out of hard work and a nearly unmatched desire to win. Few things infuriate him more than players who don't share his dedication, unselfishness and professionalism.
Fox News (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Jamaal Tinsley will remain on the Pacers roster while the team tries to trade him, but the guard won't practice with Indiana when it opens training camp Tuesday. The team will not buy out Tinsley's contract, Pacers president Larry Bird said Friday. "He will stay wherever he's at until we get something done. Jamaal knows that, his agent knows it and we know it," Bird said. "Nothing has changed from...
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird said today that point guard Jamaal Tinsley will remain on the roster but away from the team until he's traded.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
If you want to know what it's like to be a Philadelphia Sixers fan, hating Celtic legend Larry Bird, only to wake up one glorious...
Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008
Under normal circumstances, a WNBA head coach sneering at the post-playing career of an NBA team president would be slightly newsworthy. When the coach in question is the Detroit Shock’s Bill Laimbeer, speaking ill of the Pacers’ Larry Bird to WFNI’s Eddie White and the Indy Star’s Bob Kravitz, the results are nothing short of [...]
Farther Off the Wall (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
When he's not rocking a Larry Bird tank-top courtside at a Celtics-Lakers NBA finals game, dissing the Lakers' huddle talk, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has time to crank out more stuff about ex-teammmate Manny Ramirez. As...
Spartans Weblog (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
Eric Lacy has a couple encouraging updates on Delvon Roe: First, he remains on schedule to be ready for the start of the season; he participated in “basketball related activities” for the first time in nine months on Monday. Caveat: “If Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, God took off nine months, they aren’t going to [...]
