The first Sports Illustrated feature story on Larry Bird came out in February of his senior season at Indiana State, when they were 18-0 and about to take over the #1 spot in the country. So sayeth the article:
Though Boston failed to sign Bird last summer, his talks with the
Celtics dragged on so long that NBC's schedule of national
games-of-the-week was announced before anyone knew if he would return to
school this year. Indiana State was not on NBC's list, because the
network felt that the Sycamores with—or, especially, without—Bird did
not have a big enough reputation or sufficiently enticing opponents to
draw a big audience. The result is that, unless NBC suddenly revises its
schedule, Indiana State will appear on nationwide television only if it
makes the NCAA tournament semifinals next month. "Should we ever get on
national TV," says Sycamore Coach Bill Hodges, "I imagine the first
thing that would surprise a lot of people is that Larry Bird is a white
guy."
Yeah yeah yeah blah blah blah we've heard it all before but more importantly? The person on the cover of the first SI issue with a feature story on Larry Bird was...
....Christie freaking Brinkley!!!
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