{"id":1397908,"date":"2021-08-11T19:57:59","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T23:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1397908"},"modified":"2021-08-13T11:21:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T15:21:45","slug":"is-womens-basketball-legend-sue-bird-related-to-nba-icon-larry-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/is-womens-basketball-legend-sue-bird-related-to-nba-icon-larry-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Women\u2019s Basketball Legend Sue Bird Related to NBA Icon Larry Bird?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sue Bird was one of the biggest stories at the Tokyo\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/olympics\/\">Olympic<\/a>\u00a0Games. The American basketball player started the Games as the Team USA flag-bearer with baseball player Eddy Alvarez. The 18-year WNBA vet then became, along with teammate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/devin-booker-credits-basketball-legend-right-backyard-success\/\">Diana Taurasi<\/a>, the first-ever basketball player to win five Olympic gold medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite her college, professional, and Olympic success on the court, one question persists more than all others because of her chosen profession and her last name: Is Sue Bird related to <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/larry-bird-gave-bill-walton-life-back-you-have-not-spent-six-years-of-your-life-on-the-clippers\/\">Larry Bird<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sue-bird-gets-asked-if-she-s-related-to-former-boston-celtics-legend-larry-bird-all-the-time\"><strong>Sue Bird gets asked if she\u2019s related to former Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird all the time<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I can\u2019t even count.&quot; - Sue Bird. Q from Terry Holmes: How many times have you been asked if you are related to Larry Bird? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/usabquestions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#usabquestions<\/a><\/p>&mdash; USA Basketball (@usabasketball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usabasketball\/status\/229866624671436800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2012<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It makes sense that people think Sue Bird and <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/larry-bird-told-qdefender-how-going-hit-game-winning-shot-then-apologized-i-didnt-mean-to-leave-two-seconds-on-the-clock\/\">Larry Bird<\/a>\u00a0are related. They are two of the greatest basketball players ever to play the game, and their ages \u2014 Sue Bird is currently 40 and Larry Bird is 64 \u2014 make it conceivable that the two are father and daughter, uncle and niece, or cousins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Sue, this is a question she\u2019s been getting since she picked up a basketball. In an interview with\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wnba.com\/archive\/wnba\/voices\/bird_061201.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WNBA.com<\/a>\u00a0in 2006, she shared how often this subject comes up when she meets someone new:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Matt Wurst, WNBA.com Editor:<\/strong> I know you\u2019re NOT related [to Larry Bird], but people always think you are.<\/p><p><strong> Sue Bird:<\/strong> Totally. Since I\u2019ve been five, people asked me if we\u2019re related. It is usually the third question in the line of questions. What\u2019s your name? Sue Bird. Oh, what do you do? I play basketball. Are you related to Larry Bird? That\u2019s how it goes. I guess it could be worse, though, since he is a legend and all.<\/p><cite>Sue Bird on Larry Bird<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It sounds like Sue appreciates who Larry Bird is and all he accomplished in the game. However, she may also be a little sick of answering the same questions for 30-plus years.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-comparing-their-basketball-careers\"><strong>Comparing their basketball careers <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sue-Bird-Larry-Bird.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=576&#038;strip=all&#038;quality=89\" alt=\"(L-R) Sue Bird of USA during the Women's Semifinal Basketball game between United States and Serbia on day fourteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Saitama Super Arena on August 6, 2021 in Saitama, Japan; Larry Bird of Team USA, the Dream Team, answers questions from the media after practice for the men's basketball competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.\" class=\"wp-image-1397910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sue-Bird-Larry-Bird.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sue-Bird-Larry-Bird.jpg?w=300&amp;h=169 300w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sue-Bird-Larry-Bird.jpg?w=768&amp;h=432 768w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sue-Bird-Larry-Bird.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=576 1024w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sue-Bird-Larry-Bird.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=675 1200w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sue-Bird-Larry-Bird.jpg?w=107&amp;h=60 107w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" \/><figcaption>(L-R) Sue Bird, Larry Bird | Photo by Jean Catuffe\/Getty Images: Photo by Icon Sportswire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sue Bird and Larry Bird both accomplished more in their respective professional basketball leagues than almost anyone else in history. Going through their list of numbers and accomplishments is truly incredible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Larry Bird, from <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/larry-bird-still-mad-about-high-school-point-guard-missing-free-throws-decades-later\/\">French Lick, Indiana<\/a>, took his Cinderella Indiana State Sycamores to the 1979 NCAA Tournament Finals before beginning his career with the Boston Celtics. He spent his entire 13-year career in Beantown and became, arguably, the best player in the storied franchise\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Larry Legend won three NBA titles (1981, 1984, 1986) to go along with his three consecutive NBA MVP Awards (1983-1986). He made 12 All-Star Games and earned All-NBA selections 10 times. And, maybe more significantly, his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/larry-bird-really-liked-ervin-johnson-less-fond-magic-johnson\/\">rivalry with Magic Johnson<\/a>\u00a0and the Los Angeles Lakers in the \u201980s helped turn the NBA into the globally beloved league it is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sue Bird\u2019s origin story is almost the polar opposite of Larry\u2019s upbringing. Sue grew up in Syosset, Long Island, and attended the women\u2019s college basketball powerhouse UConn. Under legendary coach Geno Auriemma, she won three straight NCAA championships (2000-2002).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After college, the Seattle Storm picked Sue No. 1 in the 2002 WNBA Draft. She's now a four-time WNBA champion (2004, 2010, 2018, 2020) and 12-time All-Star, and she made eight All-WNBA teams. She\u2019s also the league\u2019s all-time minutes (1,7025) and assists (3,003) leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her five Olympic golds also trump Larry\u2019s one with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/charles-barkley-created-international-incident-during-dream-team-first-game-1992-olympics\/\">1992 Dream Team<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sue-bird-will-soon-be-related-to-another-impressive-athlete\"><strong>Sue Bird will soon be related to another impressive athlete<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe share a moment after Team USA wins gold \ud83d\udc4f<br><br>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCOlympics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBCOlympics<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KaO2DV5yKv\">pic.twitter.com\/KaO2DV5yKv<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1424223623800184832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sue Bird might not be related to Larry Bird, but she will be related to another world-class athlete through marriage soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/megan-rapinoe-and-sue-bird-are-americas-most-successful-sports-couple\/\">Sue and USWNT soccer star Megan Rapinoe<\/a> got engaged in October 2020. The pair of extraordinary athletes started dating in 2016 when they met at an event leading into the Rio Olympics, according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.popsugar.com\/celebrity\/megan-rapinoe-sue-bird-olympic-kiss-pictures-48452641\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Popsugar<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rapinoe is a decorated Olympic athlete herself. She has Olympic gold and bronze medals in soccer. She's also won two FIFA World Cup trophies. In 2019, she was both the World Cup\u2019s Golden Boot and Golden Ball winner for top scorer and best player, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>All stats courtesy of <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Basketball Reference<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/larry-bird-perfect-comeback-craig-hodges-tried-talk-trash-nba-three-point-contest\/\"><strong>Larry Bird had the Perfect Comeback When Craig Hodges Tried to Talk Trash About the NBA Three-Point Contest<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sue Bird and Larry Bird are two of the greatest basketball players to ever step on a court, but are they related?  The answer is no. Although, Sue has been answering that question since she was five years old. Sue Bird will soon be related to marriage, though, to Megan Rapinoe. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":1397910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,69717],"tags":[4814,62310,11071],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is Women\u2019s Basketball Legend Sue Bird Related to NBA Icon Larry Bird? - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"WNBA star Sue Bird and NBA legend Larry Bird are two of the greatest basketball players to ever step on a court, but are they related?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/is-womens-basketball-legend-sue-bird-related-to-nba-icon-larry-bird\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is Women\u2019s Basketball Legend Sue Bird Related to NBA Icon Larry Bird?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WNBA star Sue Bird and NBA legend Larry Bird are two of the greatest basketball players to ever step on a court, but are they related?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/is-womens-basketball-legend-sue-bird-related-to-nba-icon-larry-bird\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-11T23:57:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-13T15:21:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sue-Bird-Larry-Bird.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1250\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"703\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tim Crean\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Sue-Bird-Larry-Bird.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@twcrean\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tim Crean\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/is-womens-basketball-legend-sue-bird-related-to-nba-icon-larry-bird\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/is-womens-basketball-legend-sue-bird-related-to-nba-icon-larry-bird\/\",\"name\":\"Is Women\u2019s Basketball Legend Sue Bird Related to NBA Icon Larry Bird? 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