Dan Shaughnessy book excerpt: The time Larry Bird hustled me out

In an exclusive excerpt from his forthcoming book, a Globe sports columnist recalls lessons learned on the 1980s Celtics beat.

Dan Shaughnessy book excerpt: The time Larry Bird hustled me out of $160, and other Celtics stories

Dan Shaughnessy book excerpt: The time Larry Bird hustled me out of $160, and other Celtics stories

Larry Bird Said Boston Celtics Didn't Want To Give Him More Than $500,000 As A Rookie Because He Was Too Slow And Couldn't Jump, Fadeaway World

That time Larry Bird won $160 off a sportswriter then played with the cash stuffed in his sock

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Larry Bird with the Boston Celtics, 1986. : r/OldSchoolCool

Larry Bird Said Boston Celtics Didn't Want To Give Him More Than $500,000 As A Rookie Because He Was Too Slow And Couldn't Jump, Fadeaway World

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Dan Shaughnessy Tells LARRY BIRD STORIES Never heard Before!

Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics: Shaughnessy, Dan: 9781982169978: : Books

Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics by Dan Shaughnessy, Hardcover

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Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics: Shaughnessy, Dan: 9781982169978: : Books

Larry Bird with the Boston Celtics, 1986. : r/OldSchoolCool

Larry Bird Said Boston Celtics Didn't Want To Give Him More Than $500,000 As A Rookie Because He Was Too Slow And Couldn't Jump, Fadeaway World