Blog: This Week in Sports Venue Statuary

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In months past, I've reported on a statue-erecting surge among conference rivals, the honoring through sculpture of fallen athletes, coaches and fans, and the recently debated fate of a disgraced coach's likeness within its stadium home of nearly a dozen years. But I have never seen so much sports venue statuary news take shape in a single week.

First came word that 6-foot-9 Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird will by next fall be standing 15 feet tall outside the Hulman Center at Indiana State University, where Bird starred as a collegian. The reason for the much bigger Bird, according to sculptor Bill Wolfe, is to outsize any statue of longtime on-court rival Magic Johnson.

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