Larry Bird didn't achieve success by mere chance. Growing up in the small town of French Lick, Indiana, the NBA legend learned early on that success requires hard work and perseverance. From a young ...

You first see Larry Bird’s jumper up close in December 1984 at the Omni pregame shootaround. Bigger, blonder than on TV, he drains shot after shot, swish after swish. You strain on tiptoes, age eight, ...

Larry Bird should have been excited about attending Indiana University in the late summer of 1974. The man who had recruited him to come there, Dave Bliss, had been chasing him for more than a year, ...