Podcast Interview of Keith O’Brien

Spadora takes us one-on-one with Keith O’Brien, to uncover the “origin story” in the new book “Heartland” of Larry Bird moving beyond the NBA superstar to reveal the “hardscrabble” roots of a young man who nearly walked away from basketball to drive a garbage truck in rural French Lick. We look past the NBA “Larry Legend” persona to find the real story of a young man and explore the personal tragedies of Bird and the small-town grit that nearly ended his career before it even began, providing a rare, human-centered look at one of basketball’s most guarded icons.