A new book, 'As if by Magic' reveals little known details of Larry Bird's youth and his rise out of nowhere to become a star ...
However, after just one month in the Jersey of the Hoosiers, the young Bird returned home - partly to care for his family. His mother, Georgia, struggled to feed the children alone, and Larry ...
Every major biography of Larry Bird touches upon his difficult early life of poverty, his parent's eventual divorce and his father's alcohol issues. ...The family dynamic that has been missed is a ...
The story of Larry Bird's upbringing in poverty, his parent's eventual divorce, his dad's struggles with alcoholism, his college glory days at Indiana State, his illustrious NBA career as a trash ...