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LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Honoring a career spanning portions of five decades, Linfield University athletics publicist Kelly Bird on Monday was one of six individuals inducted into the College Sports Communicators Hall of Fame as part of the CSC All-Star Night of Honors presented by ESPN. On stage before 700 professional colleagues, Bird accepted the Hall of Fame award from CSC President Patrick Crawford. ESPN broadcast personality Holly Rowe served as emcee for the event and briefly interviewed Bird, delving into his first years as a Linfield SID in the early 1990s. It was a time when Bird worked to…