The big story, of course, is the Celtics disappointing play in Game 1 in L.A. last night. More on their lackluster effort, K.G.’s creaky knees, terrible NBA refereeing, and David Spade’s cocaine addiction later. In case you’ve got a Boston sports quiz coming up, the box score in the 102-89 loss. In other sad news [...]
Do I see a clean Gulf of Mexico, side pony-tails, or smoking in the Garden? Whatever strange thing you see, we’ve traveled back in time. The Celtics visit L.A. tonight to kick-off the NBA Finals. Lakers-Celtics, here we go again. As Kelly Dwyer from Ball Don’t Lie writes, everyone’s looking forward to this series. [...]
As the C’s make the long trip up from Orlando for Game 3 on Saturday (are they walking??) Bostons rests quietly. The Celtics bring a 2-0 series lead with their new tans and new-found cougars with them from Orlando. Paul Pierce angered Orlando fans and the sports gods with an ill-advised tweet, “Anybody got a [...]
Celtics: C’s go up 2-0 on the Magic. Ian Thompson breaks down why the Celts are so much better now than in the regular season, and how Dwight has sucked so badly. SI Ahhhhhhhh -Orlando Sentinal Last night, in one of the many instances of NBA referees gaining credibility, ref Joe DeRosa made a lot [...]
Bruins: While they couldn’t quite close out the series on Friday, NHL analyst Barry Melrose says the Bruins can skate with anyone right now. (ESPN, video warning) When you have to win one of 3 games, it’s hard to say which one is a must win, but Tony Massarotti thinks it’s tonight. (Globe) With the [...]
Did Shawn Marion’s corpse just get traded via twitter? Has anyone ever been fined for typing “sure”? Any way you slice it, the Mavs and their industrious owner have definitely embraced social media. Now if only they’d apply the same zeal to defending Tim Duncan… Always funny when someone with such thoughtful blog posts accidentally [...]
Staring at a 1-0 hole is never a good thing, but doing it while at the foot of King James’ throne only makes it worse. The C’s head back to Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland tonight for game 2 of their series with LeBron and the Cavs at 8pm. The Celtics had a chance to [...]
Though the NFL’s Primetime Football Splosion (!!!) is barely over, sportswriters from around the country continue to remind David Stern and Mark Cuban that no one cares about a silly little basketball game by researching 2011 Mock Drafts. 2011. We haven’t started the 2010-11 NFL season. We have finished 2010 spring college football. And we’re [...]
Without question the biggest storyline in the NBA this year is what color jersey LeBron will pull over his Steve Urkel glasses starting this fall. However you feel about James’ notoriety, whether it’s good for the league or whether it detracts from the actual game, it can’t be denied. The New York Times’ William C. [...]
Growing up in Boston we’re uniquely suited to judging the failures of beloved professional sports franchises. While Dallas’ recent futility must be vexing to fans in the Lone Star State, we thought it couldn’t compare Boston pre-2004. While historically it’s no match (witness the Cowboys’ five NFL titles, three Super Bowl titles in the ’90s) [...]
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