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Two of Danny Ainge's favorite things, drafting and trading, were on display last night at the NBA Draft. Ainge picked Providence guard Marshon Brooks with the 25th pick and promptly dealt him to New Jersey for Purdue center JaJuan Johnson, taken by the Nets for the Celtics at No. 27. Ainge must love something at Purdue because the Celtics drafted guard E'Twaun Moore, another Purdue product, in the second round at #55. more ›

The Celtics have needs in 2011. Big needs. Literally. They need help at center. Kendrick Perkins is gone, Shaquille O'Neal retired, and so should Jermaine O'Neal. Nenad Krstic is going to Russia. No Shaqs are around at #25, where the Celtics pick, in tonight's NBA Draft. A Perk at that spot would be ideal. Don't count on it. With older players in key spots, scorers and/or defenders at other spots might be nice, too. The Globe has some names to consider. Your guess is as good as ours. Jeremy Tyler. Total guess. more ›

The Padres scored five runs off of John Lackey (5-6) in the 3.1 innings he pitched for the team's second win in a row over the Red Sox, this time by a 5-1 score in a game interrupted by rain four times and stopped after 7.5 innings. San Diego took two of three games from Boston. more ›

OK, let's rationalize. The guy hadn't pitched in over a year. He was adjusting to a new league (wait, it's interleague play, that doesn't really count) and feeling the eyes of six million diehard fans on him, waiting for him to be the same guy he was in 1993. And he said afterwards that all in all, he felt pretty good back up on the mound. In other words, folks, we're going to give Smoltzie a mulligan. more ›

Paul Pierce proved you can get stabbed early in life, then come back and win an NBA title, as long as you're commited to playing good defense. Maybe that crossed Danny Ainge's mind as he used the 30th pick in the NBA draft to pick J.R. Giddens of New Mexico. more ›

We know that Randy Johnson is a sure-fire first-ballot Hall of Famer. We understand, with our heads if not our hearts, that the only way Tim Wakefield gets to Cooperstown is down Route 80. But last night, they matched up for the 1,334th time in their storied careers, and Wake got the better of the Unit, twirling seven marvelous innings en route to a 5-0 shutout and a 2-1 series win over the Diamondbacks. more ›

The happiest Red Sox fans around have to be the ones who stopped watching baseball around 7:30 last night. They would have seen Game 1 of the doubleheader, a 13-3 Sox rout/Home Run Derby. They would have seen the Yankees' nightmarish loss to the Mets. But most importantly, they would have been spared Game 2, in which Atlanta demolished the Sox 14-0. A wild day all around. Game One was a laugher thanks in part... more ›

The Sox express train derailed last night, as the Jays finally solved Tim Wakefield en route to a 7-3 win. The culprits? Well, the first four guys in the lineup went 1-for-19. A doable 2-run deficit doubled in the 8th inning; Vernon Wells hit a rocket into center field. Wily Mo Pena looked more like Sily Mo Pena as the ball bounced over his outstretched glove and careened around for a triple. Aaron Hill then... more ›

Sometimes you need to clean yourself up, get serious, and move in with daddie for a few months before you head to Latin America for a new gig. The District bid's Jenna Bush adios. D.C.-based television shows have an elderly audience and DCist has some suggestions to fix that. They're also throwing Butterstick the panda bear a birthday bash. Yeah, we may have a few issues with our World Cup broadcasters here, but this... more ›