For Hammer, Larry Bird was his idol ... Then he saw the photo of Bird's childhood basketball hoop. "It was nothing more than a rusty rim and wood backboard," he said, "hanging on a dilapidated ...

How many kids does Larry Bird have? Larry has three children: Corrie Bird, her biological child, and his adopted kids, Connor and Mariah Bird. Here is a closer look at Larry Bird's kids and wife ...

More: Blown away by Larry Bird's childhood hoop, he traveled 200,000 miles in search of more That's what most people know about Bird's high school years, those ridiculous stats as a senior ...

All his life, Larry Bird has always represented his humble ... There were no luxuries in his childhood — only the basics and sometimes not even that. That perspective never faded.