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Mayor Tom Menino announced today that a statue to honor Boston Celtics center Bill Russell will be built at City Hall Plaza. The final design, slated to be revealed in the spring of 2012, will come from one of three artists, Fern Cunningham, Ann Hirsch, and Antonio Tobias Mendez.
One day after Doc Rivers signed a five-year contract extension with the Boston Celtics, he confirmed he'll have throat surgery today in order to remove a non-cancerous growth from his throat. Rivers discovered lesions on his throat after biopsy in October. He can't talk for two weeks after the surgery. He said former Celtics coach Jim O'Brien suggested he get his throat checked. [Herald], [FoxNews]
Months after President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Freedom to Bill Russell and suggested he deserved a statue, Boston is giving him one.
There are many questions about the 3-10 Red Sox of 2011. One of them isn't Josh Beckett, who earned his second win this season with a dominating performance in a 4-1 win over Toronto on Saturday. Beckett (2-1) struck out nine and allowed just three hits and one run in seven innings.
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Jeff Green officially arrived last night as a member of the Boston Celtics. Green, who led the green team's bench with 19 points, scored 13 points in the second quarter as the Celtics responed from a slow start with a 32-20 second quarter to take over the game they went on to win, 92-80. The Celtics were on a 1-3 stretch prior to the win. They're tied with Chicago at 48-18 for first in the East.
Danny Ainge continues to remake the Boston Celtics by signing forward Troy Murphy to the veteran's minimum. He was bought out by the Golden State Warriors, after being traded by New Jersey there, and must clear waivers before he can officially sign. The new-look Bruins look good lately after a 1-0 shutout win over the Ottawa Senators last night. The Bruins swept through the league with a 6-0-0 record on a six-game trip.
Kendrick Perkins returned to action for the first time in seven months, and helped the Boston Celtics beat Cleveland 112-95 on Tuesday with seven points and six rebounds. Doc Rivers implied Perkins' presence in uniform sparked the green. "If you are a guy that works 9-to-5, you’ve got to love Perk because that’s who he is," he said.
The 2011 agrees with the Boston Celtics. The guys in green are 9-2 in January after taking their fifth straight win last night from the Utah Jazz, 110-86.
An alleged bank robber is at large after fleeing from police outside the Century Bank on Route 16 in Everett following a robbery at the bank. Police confronted a man outside the bank as he got into a getaway car. The driver accelerated towards the officer who responded by firing his gun and hitting the driver. The driver was caught in Saugus, arrested and sent to Massachusetts General Hospital. [Globe]
If there's one thing that the Boston sports fan knows well, it's a comeback. We'll happily talk all about the 2004 ALCS, the bounce back from Celtics' disastrous 2006-2007 season to 2007-2008 championship glory, or the way the Bruins turned around a skid last season to coming within one goal of a spot in the Eastern Conference finals. And, well, we'll just ignore the other comeback that comes to mind when we think of last Bruins season.
The 2010 in the Boston sports scene looked like a year of transition, or, a bridge, or a rebuilding season or something unsatisfactory given the current state of expectations here. Now that the year is over, it looks like it might be the year the Hub got its sports groove back.
A disappointing loss in December to a crappy Detroit Pistons squad - crappy is generous - is not a devastating to the 24-6 Boston Celtics in 2010. Doc Rivers gave credit to the Pistons, who led at the end of each quarter, for the 104-92 result. He said it wasn't the green's night. "We just didn’t have it in us today. That happens," Rivers said.
The Celtics went down to Georgia, and they were looking for a score to settle. After back-to-back losses (Oklahoma City and Toronto), Boston went into its game against the Atlanta Hawks determined to erase the memory of the last few days - and the four losses Atlanta handed Boston last season. The green-clad team that walked into Philips Arena wasn't just angry. The team was downright ragey, focused entirely on dismantling, destroying, decimating anything that stood in its way. Boston's 99-76 win was efficient, ruthless, and effective.
There's a possible new odd couple, and it's a mindblowing pairing. Shaquille O'Neal, the Boston Celtics newest, and biggest, big man wants to team up the with the smallest horse in the world, Einstein. Einstein is about 1'8'', and is south of 50 pounds. A Union Leader sports page comparison of Shaq and Einstein provoked his interest.
Shaquille O'Neal moves his 7'1'', 325-pound frame pretty good for a such a big guy. He acquitted himself well on the court through three preseason games for the Boston Celtics. He also took some cuts at Fenway Park in a Green-only softball field trip.
The people who pick the debate dates for our gubernatorial candidates need some help. Two debates had to be rescheduled due to seemingly obvious conflicts. The folks at WBZ originally planned the first debate for September 8. That turned out to be the start of Rosh Hashanah. The debate was moved to September 7 without a hitch. The next gubernatorial debate got moved from Tuesday, October 26 to Monday, October 25 to avoid conflict with the Boston Celtics' season-opening game against the Miami Heat. One word: Interns!
Nate Robinson could make a career of dunking on really large men. First, Dwight Howard. Now, he got Shaquille O'Neal at a recent practice with the Boston Celtics.
- Paul Pierce and the Boston Celtics have agreed on a new contract, just days after the captain opted out of his contract. The Herald reported the new deal, which can't be signed until July 8, is a four-year agreement worth $61 million. Pierce joins Doc Rivers in deciding to stay in green.
- Jason Varitek is the newest addition to the Red Sox disabled list with a fractured foot. He's gone for 4-6 weeks. He joins, well, almost an entire team on the DL. Kevin Cash was acquired from the Astros for shortstop Angel Sanchez.
What are the chances that the Red Sox just realized people actually would be watching last night so they gave us a performance worth watching? Or, maybe we simply needed to see a team from Los Angeles lose because of, well, you saw it Thursday. Perhaps it was Manny Ramirez finally coming to see us.
It really makes no difference to us because Friday's 10-6 (it wasn't that close) rout gave us a lot to discuss, like...
- Ted Kennedy's FBI was made public some 10 months after his death. The file includes over 40 years worth of death threats directed at him. [CNN]
- The John Hancock Tower is for sale, again, just 15 months after the current owners bought it at a foreclosure auction. [Boston Globe]
- Cannoli wars; Who ya got? Mike's Pastry or Modern Pastry? [TheSpottedDuck.com]
Your Boston Celtics have to win tonight's fourth game of the 2010 NBA Finals. A 3-1 deficit if they lose? Well, the Los Angeles Lakers aren't the Boston Bruins. Like we said, win the damn game.
- As Mayor Menino encouraged Bostonians to support the Celtics by wearing green, Police Commissioner Edward Davis warned fans that public drinkers will be arrested. [Boston Herald]
- That the Boston Celtics are in the 2010 NBA Finals has inspired local artists to capture the playoff run in song. [Boston Herald]
Bostonist never uses the N-word. Some people unfortunately still choose to use it. A yet unnamed member of the Boston Celtics entourage dropped the n-word during Game 2 of the 2010 NBA Finals. We clearly heard it - so did the person who put it on YouTube - being used in an apparently positive way by the speaker (we didn't recognize the voice) as ABC was headed to a break. Surprisingly (to us) the media is ignoring this despite being unable to ignore such pressing topics as Doc Rivers hiding money at the Staples Center. There's a second N-word we rarely use: NASCAR. Yes, the cars riding really fast in circle. Well, we're using it today because 20-year old Sprint Cup driver Joey Logano produced a quote-of-the-year candidate by calling out Kevin Harvick's wife after an on-track incident. Logano said "It's probably not his fault. His wife wears the firesuit in the family and tells him what to do."
Miami.Cleveland.Orlando.
For the second time in three seasons, the Boston Celtics have reached the NBA Finals. After taking a commanding 3-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals and staggering into the sixth game, the Celtics reasserted their playoff mojo with a 96-84 win that was way more decisive than a 12-point margin might indicate. The Celtics are off until Thursday when the Finals begin in L.A. or Phoenix. After beating the NBA's two best regular season teams, and getting beaten up by Bill Laimbeer Rick Mahorn Lex Luthor Dwight Howard and Orlando, - ask Glenn Davis, Rajon Rondo, Paul Pierce, Rasheed Wallace, Marquis Daniels and his father - they need the time off.
C's Drop 3rd Straight at Garden, Face LeBron Sunday
The Boston Celtics dropped their third straight game at home by a 119-114 (OT) score to the Houston Rockets. Their reward is an Easter Sunday visit from LeBron and Cleveland.
Doc Rivers said there were too many things the Green did wrong to win Friday to list. But, he recited a long list anyway. Here is the short version: "I don't think we played very smart, " Doc said. "We should have put it away (in the second half)."
Are you optimistic about the Celtics? Should you be?
Friday's 96-86 win over Philadelphia is the team's third in a row after the debacle against the historically bad New Jersey Nets. Wins are wins even if they come against bad teams like Charlotte, Detroit and Philly. Boston's got a week of winnable games ahead of them until a trip to Cleveland next Sunday.
The Celtics and some recent opponents are optimistic about the team and think they simply need to overcome injuries and gel as a team. Charlotte coach Larry Brown thinks the Celtics are for real. "They’ve had some injuries. They’re just starting to get healthy. So they’re going to be all right," Brown said.
The last time we saw the Patriots, Baltimore beat them so badly, we didn't recognize them. The Herald seems to like the idea of, as the saying goes, putting the band back together so we can see them play like they used to back in 2007, or earlier. David Patten is back in the fold after a year off, and free agent Mike Vrabel wants back in.