Good drop.
Some additional info not mentioned:
So who are Mike Harlow and Nick Harris? Where are they today? Whatever came of this case? Did Larry punch him and if so, with what hand?
Bird shot 46 percent in the ’85 playoffs. In his other two MVP seasons (84 and 86), when the Celtics won the championship, he shot 52 percent each year. However after that apparent incident, the final 8 games of the playoffs, Bird shot just 40 percent (63-156). Is this why the Celtics couldn't win it all in 1985?
Harlow was represented by the firm of Cooley Manion Moore & Jones. Attorney Kevin Glynn handled the case with Pat Jones and said, "There was an incident and Harlow has retained the services of our offices." Glynn said that no criminal complaint had been filed, but indicated that they are seeking an out-of-court settlement.
What kind of settlement? Like the incident in Colorado that Bean settled out of court that kept the woman he raped forever-quiet? What were the details on this? Why do we have so many questions and so few answers? Is it because it was the pre-internet age?
There was also a Boston attorney Dan Harrington who had been hired by an unidentified woman who was seeking damages from both Bird and Chelsea's.
"I have been retained to represent a female who was also assaulted by Larry Bird in the matter," Harrington had said. "She was a female companion of Harlow's; the incident arose out of a situation involving her."
Bird's attorney at the time Bob Woolf had said, "The reports I've heard have been totally uncharacteristic of any behavior Larry has had in the past. This is something they (Harlow's lawyers) have brought to my attention, and we're going to be looking into it. I will be speaking to them later in the week. Our options are to find out what the circumstances were and make a decision."
However later on, Woolf would confirm a report that Larry Bird agreed to an out-of-court settlement of his alleged altercation with a Quincy Market bartender.
"All I will say is that an amicable agreement has been reached and all parties are pleased with it," said Woolf, adding, "I do not want to comment any more because all parties had a confidentiality agreement."
So what else transpired? What was this amicable agreement? Who is the woman? What does Quinn Buckner have to say about this? Who the hell was Nick Harris and where is he today? Where the hell is Mike Harlow today? And most importantly can we thank him for blowing a chance to win the 1985 title?
http://www.celticslife.com/2012/08/thanks-mike-harlow-for-blowing-1985.html