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During a reunion dinner this week with Boston Celtics greats from the 1966, 1976, and 1986 teams, the always quotable Kevin McHale was asked who would win a seven game series between the ’86 Celtics and the ’16 Golden State...

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The sight of a 6 foot 8 inch NBA forward trying to stand on a paddle board in a small pool has to be a first.   Boston Celtics forward Brandon Bass gingerly got on the board knees first.  Then...

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Well the NBA season is officially over but the NBA Summer League is just getting started. The Celtics rookies kicked off their summer season Saturday down in Orlando as they took on the Miami Heat,...

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It’s my favorite time of the year; the release of the ESPN Magazine: Body Issue, which highlights the bodies of various athletes to celebrate their many different body types, shapes and sizes.  We all obsess...

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I realize that Donald Sterling is 80 years old.  It’s pretty clear that he’s lost a few marbles.  His “mental health” is obviously not healthy. That’s  still no excuse for calling his wife a “pig” in a...

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This is clearly becoming part of Charles Barkley‘s “schtick.” The man once called the “round mound of rebound”  has  now insulted  the physiques of  the entire female population of San Antonio, and it’s not the...

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Wonder how Donald Sterling is feeling about right now?  Banned from watching his team play, fined over 2 million dollars, and told he is going to have to sell his team.   NBA Commissioner Adam Silver...

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The Doc Rivers “love-in”  at the  TD Garden last night was one for the ages.   The pre-game show featured shots of Doc walking into the building with the local and national media following his every move....

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Things got pretty heated during the second round of the NBA draft between Doc Rivers and notable Celtics fan and sports writer Bill Simmons. The scribe voiced what every Celtics fan has been thinking: that...

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We all knew that this day would come, but I think no one had really expected that it would come like this. Celtics fans everywhere lambasted Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce for slowing down due...

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