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Article: BIRD OF DIFFERENT FEATHER ALSO IS OFF-COLOR.(Sports)(Column)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- June 11, 2004
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Byline: Bernie Lincicome, Rocky Mountain News
As the most recent, if not the final, word on political incorrectness, Larry Bird joins the company of such famed foot-in-mouth inadvertents as John Rocker and Ben Wright and Marge Schott and Reggie White and Jimmy the Greek and Fuzzy Zoeller and, yes, even Tiger Woods.
None of the worst stuck to any of them, though a couple lost their jobs, and it is not likely to stick to Bird, either, a man never known for his great intellect.
If we are going to allow Bird to provide the answer to such social complexities as race relations, we might as well let Bill Parcells, no disrespect to anyone, label his ...