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IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S BEEN
42-YEARS SINCE LARRY BIRD LED
THE UNDEFEATED INDIANA STATE
SYCAMORES TO THE NCAA

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CHAMPIONSHIP TO FACE MAGIC
JOHNSON AND MICHIGAN STATE.
HE BECAME ONE OF THE GREATEST
PLAYERS OF ALL TIME WITH THE

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CELTICS
AND SEVERAL DECADES LATER, LARRY
LEGEND'S ON-COURT SUCCESS STILL
FUELS SMALL BUSINESS IN HIS TINY

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HOMETOWN OF FRENCH LICK.
AROUND INDIANA REPORTER
MARY-RACHEL REDMAN HAS MORE.
>> FRENCH LICK IS KNOWN BEST FOR

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ONE NAME.
>> I TRAVEL EXTENSIVELY FOR WORK
AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE RESORT
AS A DESTINATION I ALWAYS GET

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HOME TO LARRY BIRD.
THAT IMMEDIATELY LETS PEOPLE
KNOW WHERE WE ARE AT AND WHAT
OUR TRADEMARK IS.

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>> EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN ALMOST
50 YEARS SINCE HE GRADUATED FROM
HIGH SCHOOL, THE HICK FROM
FRENCH LICK IS STILL A MAJOR

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PLAYER IN GENERATING DOLLARS FOR
SMALL BUSINESS IN HIS HOMETOWN.
>> HE HAS ALLOWED A DIFFERENT
DIFFERENT KIND OF TOURISM.

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YOU CAN GET HANDS-ON WITH A LOT
OF HIS MEMORABILIA.
>> IT'S THE BRAINCHILD OF TRACY
TUCKER AND DANNY BORN AND RAISED

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IN FRENCH LICK.
>> HIS DAD WAS THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SCHOOLS
HERE SO THAT IS HOW THEY ALL

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KNOW LARRY.
>> YES, THAT LARRY.
> THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING
FROM THE AREA FUN RELATED AND WE

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HAD NOTHING LIKE THIS AND SO
THEY APPROACHED HIM WITH SOME
PLANS AND SAID THEY WERE LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING UNIQUE JUST ONE OR

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TWO ITEMS.
WHEN THEY GOT TO HIS HOUSE IT
WAS IN A BARN.
TAKE ALL OF THIS.

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>> SO IT'S LITERALLY STILL ON
HIS JACKET HIS ORIGINAL 92 DREAM
TEAM WARM-UPS.
>> HIS SHOES AND JACKET AND

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EVERYTHING STILL IN THE DUMP
FULL FROM THE OLYMPICS WHEN IT
WAS BROUGHT HERE.
WAS NEVER REMOVED.

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>> HE CALLED HIMSELF THE HICK
FROM FRENCH LICK AND HERE YOU
CAN LITERALLY TOUCH HIS TROPHY
FROM THE GAMES.

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>> THIS IS HIS COLLEGE AND NBA
CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHIES.
ALL ORIGINALS.
>> AS AUTHENTIC AS THE

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MEMORABILIA 33 BROOK STREET
FOOD.
>> TENDERLOIN OUR PORK
TENDERLOIN, OF COURSE THAT WE

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HAND BREAD.
STEAKS AND BURGERS ARE
100 PERCENT CERTIFIED ANGUS
BEEF.

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FISH AND CHECKS IS REALLY
POPULAR THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
A LOT OF NICE ITEMS.
>> IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE FIX

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AFTER A STOP HERE, WHY NOT SPEND
THE NIGHT AT HIS FIRST HOUSE HE
BUILT AFTER ENTERING THE NBA.
IT IS LIKE AN '80s TIME

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CAPSULE FILLED WITH MOST
ORIGINAL APPLIANCES AND EVEN
FURNITURE.
YOU CAN RENT THE 20-ACRE

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PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES A POOL
AND BASKETBALL COURSE AND TENNIS
COURTS.
A HUGE HOUSE WITH A LOT OF

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SPACE.
WE HAVE SIX SUITES AND EVERYONE
HAS THEIR OWN PERSONAL BATHROOM.
ONE HAS THEIR OWN KITCHEN.

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>> THE OWNER'S SUITE HIS FORMER
MASTER BEDROOM AND JUST AS
INTRIGUING THE CELEBRITY SUITE.
RUMORED TO BE BUILT FOR MAGIC

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JOHNSON WHEN HE WAS IN TOWN.
AND SOME ARGUE THIS IS THE COURT
THAT CHANGE THE FACE OF THE NBA
WHEN LARRY BIRD AND MAGIC

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JOHNSON SHOT A CONVERSE, BURSAL
IN THE '80s.
>> OKAY, MAGIC SHOW ME WHAT YOU
HAVE.

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>> FAMOUS FOR THIS CLIP.
>> I DON'T KNOW I DON'T THINK
YOU WILL EVER MAKE IT.
>> CAN'T RUN OR JUMP AND BAD

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BACK.
PATHETIC.
>> PEOPLE FROM AUSTRALIA HAVE
COME TO TRY ON THE JACKET.