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"Your shorts are coming down" - Tennis legend found out the hard way why you should never talk trash to Larry Bird

As expected, Tanner was outright intimidated by Larry Legend's size and aura. However, the competitor in him took over and for some reason, he challenged Bird to shoot the ball. Tanner then grabbed ...
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Larry Bird Trash-Talked Norm Nixon—Then Backed It Up on the Court

Larry Bird told Norm Nixon he’d shoot “all threes tonight”—then torched defenders and won the contest, proving his trash talk ...

"We don't have players with heart sometimes" — Larry Bird's brutal postgame message that saved Boston's 1984 championship run

Larry Bird wasn't one for sugarcoating. After the Los Angeles Lakers embarrassed the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of the 1984 ...
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Larry Bird admitted how being too competitive shortened his NBA career: "That's the way I play, and I'm not going to stop playing like that"

Larry Legend was the poster boy of that mentality. From a sprained finger to persistent back soreness, Bird played through it ...