Mike Gorman on how a Larry Bird jumper made his marriage possible

“If Bird hadn’t hit that jumper and we went to overtime, I know she would have gone through the gate, I wouldn’t have been there,” said Gorman.

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When you work in sports media, the job and life outside it can be especially blurred, even causing marital problems in couples who aren’t understanding of the demands of the career. But for longtime Boston Celtics broadcaster Mike Gorman, he might not have gotten married in the first place had Larry Bird not closed out a game in a timely fashion per a recent interview he did with NBC Sports Boston where he explained how Larry Legend cemented his engagement with wife Teri.

“She was flying back from a year in France. We had a relationship on and off and we weren’t sure whether she was going to go back to Pittsburgh or stay around Boston and see if we could get a serious relationship going,” said Gorman.

“Bird hit a jump shot at the buzzer and I jumped out and skipped the (postgame) show, ran in my car, and saw her just as she was coming through the gate.”

“If Bird hadn’t hit that jumper and we went to overtime, I know she would have gone through the gate, I wouldn’t have been there,” he added. She would have taken that as the answer and jumped on a plane to Pittsburgh and maybe I never saw her again.”

“Instead, 33 years later, we’re still together. So, that was my first big moment I would say.”

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