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Below the Parquet Floor
Not every piece of the Boston Garden parquet was shined and polished, but they all mattered. Below the glossy surface was a network of wood planks, brass screws and 988 bolts that kept the 247 5-by-5- ...
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Big Bird’s Big Game
In the early days of Larry Bird’s career, players wore shorts with a three-inch inseam, and by the end of his career, shorts were closer to five inches. While some men wouldn’t feel comfortable playin ...
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Bird’s Back in ’89
With their window closing, the Celtics hoped for another championship run when Larry Bird returned from injury in 1989. Bird didn’t disappoint as he placed top 20 in the league for points, rebounds an ...
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Bird’s Dream Team Threads
Larry Bird grew up watching the Olympics with his dad, whom Bird said would stand with his hand over his heart when the national anthem played. Though both were retired, Bird and Magic Johnson became ...
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Bluegrass to Green: Rick Pitino
In 1997, the Celtics tapped University of Kentucky Coach Rick Pitino to run the team. He already had some experience coaching in New England with former stints at Boston University and Providence Coll ...
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Boxing out Bird
Following in the footsteps of sports heroes Lou Gehrig, Muhammad Ali and Mary Lou Retton, Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird appeared on a Wheaties box to celebrate his storied career. While the boxes w ...
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Can’t Keep Larry Down
Larry Bird had been out of the lineup for weeks when Boston met the Indiana Pacers in the 1992 Eastern Conference First Round. Thankfully, the Celtics didn’t require any heroics from the Indiana nativ ...
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Celebrating Red Auerbach’s Birthday
There was only one way to celebrate Red Auerbach’s birthday: by joining him in a birthday cigar. Auerbach took it a step further for his 80th birthday celebration by sending invitations in the form of ...
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Chief Stands, Captain Falls
Just weeks after collapsing on the court during the 1993 NBA Playoffs, newly-minted captain Reggie Lewis passed away at just 27 years old. The tragic ending made basketball small by comparison, but th ...
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Dee Brown’s Dunking Feat
Boston’s first-round pick in the 1990 NBA Draft, Dee Brown became most famous for his “no-look” dunk to win the 1991 Slam Dunk Contest. Brown’s achievement was unique not only because he was the first ...