Larry Bird is arguably the greatest Boston Celtics ... his college basketball choice and why he ended up with the Indiana State Sycamores instead of the Division-I powerhouse Kentucky Wildcats.

Larry Bird, who called himself "a hick from French ... In college, he carried lightly regarded Indiana State to the NCAA final. In the pros, he turned a 29-53 Boston team into a 61-21 club as ...

Larry Bird won two prestigious media awards, and basketball inventor James Naismith published the sport's original 13 rules.

It's well-known Larry Bird was at Indiana University for ... After Kentucky stopped recruiting Bird, his two choices were Indiana and Indiana State. "Financially I couldn't stay," Bird said.

INDIANAPOLIS — There's a new book out on Larry ... ve seen in Indiana," Mills said. Mills remembers seeing Larry play at Springs Valley High School and went to college with one of Larry's brothers.

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson can close the century ... Bird, the fair-haired white shooter from the sticks of Indiana, led an undefeated Indiana State to the national title game in 1979.