Is Larry Bird a Cubs fan?

What has Larry Bird said about the Chicago Cubs?

Fadeaway World, in a piece dated August 6, 2023, attributed this line to Larry Bird: "I was always a Cubs fan, but now I follow the Red Sox." The outlet reports the Cubs fandom, and the quote comes from Bird himself, but this is a Reported tier entry, not a statement in his own words that has been confirmed on the spot. The phrasing also tells you what kind of fan he is. The Cubs are the team he says he always followed, and the Red Sox are the one he follows now.

Did Larry Bird grow up a Cubs fan?

Fadeaway World reported on August 6, 2023 that the Cubs are Larry Bird's childhood team. Bird was born on December 7, 1956, in West Baden Springs, Indiana, and went to Springs Valley High School in French Lick, Indiana. Nothing given places him in Chicago, and none of his playing stops line up with the Cubs: he went to Indiana State from 1976 to 1979 and then played his whole career, 1979 to 1992, for the Boston Celtics, who drafted him sixth overall in 1978. So the Cubs tie rests on the childhood allegiance attributed to him, not on where he played. No year is given for when he picked the team up.

Is Larry Bird still a Cubs fan?

The quote Fadeaway World attributed to him complicates a simple yes. "I was always a Cubs fan" reads as a lifelong lean, but the second half, "but now I follow the Red Sox," shows his current baseball attention is in Boston. Nothing indicates the Cubs fandom ended, and no source disputes it, so the safest reading is that the Cubs are his childhood team and the Red Sox are the one he tracks today. The Red Sox fandom is also in his own words. Other baseball and football leanings attributed to him are reported rather than confirmed: the St. Louis Cardinals and the Indianapolis Colts. The Boston Bruins appear only as a background tie, not a stated fandom.

Which other athletes are Cubs fans?

Scottie Pippen is reported to be a Cubs fan. As with Bird, that is a reported fandom, not one confirmed by the athlete.

Questions people ask

Is Larry Bird a Cubs fan?

Reportedly, yes. Fadeaway World quoted Bird in August 2023 saying "I was always a Cubs fan, but now I follow the Red Sox."

Did Larry Bird grow up a Cubs fan?

The Cubs are described as his childhood team, with the fandom dated to childhood. He was born in West Baden Springs, Indiana.

Which other athletes are Cubs fans?

Scottie Pippen is reported to be a Cubs fan.

What has Larry Bird said about the Chicago Cubs?

The quote on record is "I was always a Cubs fan, but now I follow the Red Sox," published by Fadeaway World on August 6, 2023.