Monday, August 27, 2018

THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY- AUGUST 27

Bird Karma

"I spoke to him one day in a meeting, and I talked to him one day on the phone. The communication wasn't really there."

- Larry Bird

On this day in 2003,  Indiana Pacers new team president Larry Bird fired Head Coach Isiah Thomas. The two were contentious rivals from their days of leading the Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons to NBA Championships in the 1980s.

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