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Ten O'Clock News; Larry Bird
05/28/1986
Larry Bird wins MVP award for the third year in a row. NBA commissioner David Stern announces the award. Bird gives comments upon receiving it. Interviews with Bill Russell, Hakeem Olajuwon and Tommy Heinsohn. Montage of Celtics game play featuring Bird.
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- Series
- Ten O'Clock News
- Title
Larry Bird
- Series Description
NIGHTLY NEWS WITH CHRISTOPHER LYDON AND CARMEN FIELDS Began January 1976. Replaced evening news show EVENING COMPASS. Original host: Steve Nevas. Other anchors, Christopher Lydon (1977-91) and Gail Harris (1983). In 1980 - hour long. Ended in 1991.
(PREDECESSORS: Louis Lyons began news operations at WGBH in 1952. The News at 10 began in 1966. The Reporters premiered in 1970. The Evening Compass started in 1974.) Series release date: 1/1976
- Duration
00:02:54
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Sports
- Basketball players
- Boston Celtics (Basketball team)
- Russell, Bill, 1934-
- Heinsohn, Tommy
- Awards
- Basketball
- Olajuwon, Hakeem, 1963-
- Bird, Larry, 1956-
- Athletes
- Genres
- News Report
- Topics
- News
- Contributors
- Olajuwon, Hakeem, 1963- (Interviewee)
- Bird, Larry, 1956- (Speaker)
- Heinsohn, Tommy (Interviewee)
- Russell, Bill, 1934- (Interviewee)
- Jones, Marcus (Reporter)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Larry Bird,” 05/28/1986, GBH Archives, accessed April 1, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_C05DA187D7CA4C74AC2AA79F80A825DC.
- MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Larry Bird.” 05/28/1986. GBH Archives. Web. April 1, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_C05DA187D7CA4C74AC2AA79F80A825DC>.
- APA: Ten O'Clock News; Larry Bird. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_C05DA187D7CA4C74AC2AA79F80A825DC