Word: birding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Reported by Maryann Bird and Julie K.L. Dam/London
ALMOST 4 YEARS LADY BIRD JOHNSON...
When I was growing up, I had the chance to see some of this. Larry Bird and Magic Johnson revitalized the NBA, but I was too young to really understand what was going on. The same thing is true with Wayne Gretsky, Michael Jordan, Dan Marino, and Jerry Rice. They were not really of my generation, I didn't have the chance to watch it all develop with full comprehension...
...Magic, Byron, Coop, Worthy and Kareem. Other teams like the Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers had consistency in their lineups as well. It wasn't about the money, it was about winning. It may be a myth, but I remember a story of Larry Bird walking into contract negotiations with Red Auerbach and before Red said a word Larry supposedly signed a blank contract telling Red to fill in the salary. It is inconceivable to imagine anyone doing that today...
...ever seen. There was this undescribable and irrepressible sense of excitement wafting through the building. I couldn't help myself from becoming caught up in the experience. And then, just when I thought it couldn't possibly get any louder, something extraordinary happened: an image of Larry Bird (Larry Bird!), cheering from his court side seat, flashed onto the monitors scattered around the Garden. When the fans saw the basketball legend, they reacted as if God himself had sided with the Celtics; the already overpowering level of electricity in the Boston Garden doubled! The crowd was gloriously bound together...