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Old-time fans called him 'The Great White Hope'
    Larry Bird had to 'walk the tightrope'
  He was no dope; he knew he was special
    So he focused hard on crossing that threshold

  By 1980, the NBA had become a black man's jungle
    Woe to Bird, or any white boy, should he bungle
  his chance to prove unearned accolades true
    The league would just spit him out, after a sharp-fanged chew

  But Bird never backed down; he brawled from start to finish
    Winning games on raw hustle, desire and 'magic' undiminished
  by the taunts and elbows he took from those who hated his guts
    The 'white boy' dished out what he took; the cries no longer heard, 
                                                                                 'Bird is a klutz'...

  When they tallied wins and losses at the end of his first season
    Bird's Boston Celtics improved by 32 games, and Larry was the reason
  Everyone who saw him play knew it, including the haters who blew it      
    ~ then grudgingly renamed him 'Larry Legend' ~ 'cos it fit



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  'Larry Legend' went on to play 13 years for the Celtics, scoring over 25,000
   points, winning 3 MVP awards, was selected to 13 all-star teams, and won 
   the respect of every black superstar who ever played the game. Was he the 
   GOAT (Greatest of All-Time)? That's an endless debate. But I can tell you 
   this: When Michael Jordan, THE MICHAEL JORDAN, played against Bird for 
   the first time in the NBA, he (Michael) asked for Larry's autograph (!) Bird 
   snickered, 'Earn it first, rookie.'... 

   Postscript: Jordan's Chicago Bulls never once beat Bird's Celtics in a playoff
   game, going 0-6. (And in the last three contests, Bird limped badly before  
   each game due to a horrific spine injury that ended his career). 'Nuff said!
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