While Larry Bird may have been a fan of other sports, most biographies about him say that he gravitated towards Basketball as a kid, and continued to focus entirely on basketball throughout his athletic career-- in high school, college, and the NBA. There have been a few basketball players who tried to play other sports (for example, Michael Jordan tried to become a pro baseball player, but his efforts were unsuccessful); however Larry Bird decided at a young age to make basketball his life, and that is what he did-- first as a player, and then as a coach.
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Basketball has gone past the times of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. These type of aggressive rivalries were the stuff that people wanted. Now you have way too many fouls. Basketball shouldn't be like hockey, though. Basketball is NOW a little bit of a contact sport.
Larry Bird is a person and, at 6'9", he is taller than most ostriches and plays basketball better.
Larry Bird was a member of the Boston Celtics between 1979-1992.