Description: 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.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/28/1986
Description: Alan Dershowitz interviews Red Auerbach. They discuss his career in sports as a coach. They talk about basketball and it's national and international prominence. They talk about Auerbach's discovery of Bill Russell, and Russells' career, as well as many other Celtics players. Auerbach reviews some of his coaching techniques. Auerbach talks about his old-fashioned views, especially not having women in the locker rooms. He also talks about women both playing and watching basketball. He talks about K. C. Jones as a coach. Auerbach talks about his teaching a class for lawyers at Harvard. Reporters Christy George and Christopher Lydon also asks questions, often rephrased by Dershowitz for editing purposes.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/28/1985