Old School Friday - When Birds Attack

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Larry Bird’s Awesome Explosion at Bill Laimbeer
Published 5/9/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... The sun rises, and The Commission unearths a fantastic video. This takedown by Laimbeer is downright criminal; Bird’s reaction is priceless. If someone threw the ball at another player like Bird did, would it be an automatic suspension? If Miyagi can go to town on the hamstring of Chauncey Billups, perhaps we’ll be treated to Celtics-Pistons, where the foils would clearly be KG and Rasheed Wallace. ...

YouTube Classic: Larry Bird goes ballistic
Published 5/9/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
... Thank you, The Commission! This is exactly the type of stuff I want to watch on a lazy Friday afternoon while eating nuked leftovers. Can you imagine the length of suspensions the league would hand out if this happened in today's NBA? Man, Bill Laimbeer would be dragged out behind David Stern's shed and shot. ...

This Week in Bloggernets: Don't forget Mother's Day, chief
Published 5/10/2008 by Dan Lamothe, Red Sox Monster at Red Sox Monster - MassLive.com
... , classic video of Larry Bird hitting Bill Laimbeer in the face with a basketball after Laimbeer takes him down. You better believe the replays of this series will come up again if the Celtics and Pistons advance. ( The Commission ) -- To have been a fly on the wall for this conversation: "Uh, DUDE! You know what would be like, AWESOME? We should smoke this weed out of some guy's HEAD! ( ...

Bird vs. Laimbeer
Published 5/12/2008 by Matt Watson at Detroit Bad Boys
Watching Bill Laimbeer and Larry Bird go at it never gets old. (via TBL)