INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The signs are all around downtown Indianapolis now: NBA All-Star weekend finally has arrived. Yes, nearly seven years after Larry Bird drove a blue-and-gold IndyCar down New York's Fifth Avenue to hand-deliver the city's bid, and three years after Indianapolis'...
The 19-foot, 4,000-pound statue of Kobe Bryant in downtown Los Angeles is just the latest example of a sports team honoring a player with this kind of larger-than-life presence. The Crypto.com Arena alone has statues of six other former Lakers employees, including five players....