Article: IT'S LAUGHING MATTER FOR THOMAS, BIRD

Article: UPI NewsTrack Sports, Larry Bird fires Isiah ...
United Press International;  August 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... via COMTEX) Seven weeks after returning to Indiana as president of basketball operations, Larry Bird announced Wednesday he had fired Coach Isiah Thomas. "I just didn't think it was going to work," Bird said. "I just thought that we needed ...

Article: 50 years, 50 greats Kareem, Big O helped put NBA, Bucks on sports ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 30, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... who spent all or part of their careers with the franchise on the team. That group includes Archibald, Cowens, Russell, Larry Bird, Bob Cousy, John Havlicek, Sam Jones, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, Bill Sharman and Pete Maravich. The Minneapolis ...

Article: Sports Center; Isiah Thomas fired. Could it be bad ...
New Pittsburgh Courier;  August 30, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Larry Bird fires Isiah Thomas as coach of the Indiana Pacers. This headline came as a shock to me. I'm still trying ... for what he is--and sent packing back to the farm where he belongs. Photograph (Isiah Thomas and Larry Bird)

Article: BIRD STOLE SERIES THE PISTONS APPEARED TOO POWERFUL FOR THE ...
The Boston Globe;  June 16, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... way back into the NBA Finals the second Larry Bird got his hand on Isiah Thomas' inbounds pass and began a chain reaction ... and they won the game." Correction. Larry Bird stole the ball and Larry Bird won the game and the Celtics won the ...

Article: Isiah Thomas Might Get Pacers Job
AP Online;  June 20, 2000 ;     670 words ... ... Sports Writer AP Online 06-20-2000 Isiah Thomas Might Get Pacers Job INDIANAPOLIS (AP ... move quickly to name a new coach, and Isiah Thomas reportedly is the leading candidate to succeed Larry Bird. The 116-111 loss to the Los Angeles ...

Article: A Hoosier Hero Comes Home.(former star basketball player ...
Basketball Digest;  December 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Interview: Isiah Thomas The new Pacers ... HALL-OF-FAMER ISIAH THOMAS is one of only ... Magic Johnson and Larry Bird tried and failed ... winning has come from Larry Bird and Magic Johnson ... them taught you? ISIAH THOMAS: I was able to ...

Article: Isiah Thomas to Knicks fans: Keep hope
New York Beacon, The;  December 31, 2003 ;     668 words ... ... three days before Christmas. Isiah Thomas, the new President of Basketball ... surprising, isn't a coincidence. Isiah Thomas, who was fired as head coach of the Indiana Pacers after Larry Bird took over after last season ...