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This Celtics Fan Must Not Know That Boston Has A History With Kings

Sean Newell — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:30:00 EST

Your morning roundup for Feb 4, the day we learned we were elite, too. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors.. More »

The Celtics Won A "Bar Fight," Kevin Garnett Shouts Repeatedly In Crazy Postgame Interview

Dylan Murphy — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:05:26 EST

Your morning roundup for Jan. 27, the day V For Vendetta got all political. Video via The Basketball Jones. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. More »

Jason Richardson Entered A Game In The Middle Of A Play Last Night And Got Away With It

Dom Cosentino — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:35:00 EST

The Magic scored just 56 points and made only 16 field goals in their blowout loss to the Celtics, who were without Rajon Rondo and Ray Allen. But that might not have been the worst of it for Orlando: At one point here in the third quarter, they had just four players on the court during a defensive possession, at least until Jason Richardson figured it out, ran onto the floor during play, and knocked the ball out of Greg Stiemsma's hands. The officials never stopped the action with a whistle, however, because Richardson was technically still in the game. More »

The Homer In Winter: In Defense Of Tommy Heinsohn

Alan Siegel — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:07:00 EST

Republished with permission from The Classical. Illustration by Jacob Weinstein. More »

Jermaine O'Neal's Right Fist Was His Best Defense Against Vince Carter

Dylan Murphy — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:50:00 EST

Your morning roundup for Jan. 12, the day we learned another way to get rid of tumors. Photo via The Last Calrissian. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. More »

Kevin Garnett Made One Hell Of A Cooking Metaphor Today

Dylan Murphy — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:30:00 EST

This year's NBA training camp is shorter than usual, and this upsets a lot of players who'd like more time to gel with their teammates. It has especially upset Boston's Kevin Garnett, who blessed us with this train wreck of a cooking metaphor during the Celtics' practice today: More »

Big Baby Davis Got Arts-And-Crafty During The Lockout

Barry Petchesky — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:05:17 EST

In this video produced by Glen Davis's marketing company (and via TBJ) we get a look at how Big Baby spent his time off. Knitting, popsicle stick construction, model kits and the like. It's clever, but we're more taken with the rubber-faced Davis's reaction shots. He has a future in silent movies. More »

Aussie With World's Largest Collection Of Antoine Walker Memorabilia May Also Have World's Only Collection Of Antoine Walker Memorabilia

Emma Carmichael — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:00:00 EDT

Matt Clarke from Australia calls himself the "biggest Walker fan in the world." (He's referring to former NBA/current Idaho Stampede player Antoine Walker, in case you don't share his passion.) We will not attempt to disprove that claim. If anyone else on this galaxy happens to own Walker's Timberwolves jersey from the 2007-08 season, when Minnesota was 22-60 and Employee #8 played in just 46 games, then that's certainly admirable. More »

Rajon Rondo Delivers The Realest Analysis Of The NBA Lockout Yet

Emma Carmichael — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:10:00 EDT

"It's just boring." [Kentucky Kernel] More »

Delonte West Was Tripping On Antipsychotic Drugs The Night He Got Pulled Over With Three Guns

Dom Cosentino — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:00:00 EDT

Delonte West gave an interview to SLAM in which he finally opened up about that time in September 2009 when he was pulled over for negligent driving and cops found a stash of weapons in his three-wheel Can-Am Spyder. Turns out he had a rather intense reaction to the drug he was taking for bipolar disorder after being rustled from his sleep because a few of his friends had gotten into the recording studio in his basement where the guns were being stored. More »

ESPN The Magazine Invites You To Read An Entire Issue About How Good Boston Sports Teams Are

Emma Carmichael — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:50:00 EDT

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This month, ESPN The Mag unveiled the most unnecessary public service announcement in the history of sports: Boston teams are good at sports! They win championships quite often! And Tom Brady is pretty! It doesn't matter if Captain Obvious already informed you of these things with a giant neon sign over your television for the past decade—here are 100-and-something more pages about it. More »

Visual Evidence That Ray Allen Has Never Moved His Right Elbow

Emma Carmichael — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:35:00 EDT

Papa Shuttlesworth taught him well. [via Got 'Em Coach] More »

Leaked Emails Show A Newsweek Reporter Trying To Set A Picky Shaq Up With Some Girls (He Only Wants Rihanna)

Jack Dickey — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:45:00 EDT

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As far as we know, Shaquille O'Neal—divorced a few years back—is happy with his comically out-of-proportion lover, Nicole "Hoopz" Alexander. More »

Wachovia Chasing Stephon Marbury For $16 Million Loan Starbury, Inc. Hasn't Paid Back

Jack Dickey — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:00:00 EDT

Tipster Kevin alerts us to an ongoing case in Montgomery County, Ohio, in which an affiliate of Wachovia/Wells Fargo is suing a familiar name—defendant Stephon X. Marbury. More »

Big Baby Is Struggling Through The Mirror Stage

Emma Carmichael — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:30:00 EDT

The last time we checked in on Glen "Big Baby" Davis's development, he had lost track of himself — a classic case of méconnaisance, according to the limited memory I have of my intro to lit theory class. Now, as Danny Ainge declares his annual Boston Armageddon, Davis is confronting new trauma: what will Glen Davis be if Glen Davis is not a Celtic? The hope is that he will be Glen Davis: More »

Danny Ainge And Doc Rivers Maybe Kind Of Possibly A Little Bit Regret The Kendrick Perkins Trade

Emma Carmichael — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:30:30 EDT

Danny Ainge and Doc Rivers present a clinic in saying a lot without saying much at all. Here's Ainge, on WEEI's The Big Show today, making an argument about a legitimate argument that one could make that he most certainly is not making: More »

Convict Requested, Received Extra Prison Time As Larry Bird Tribute

Barry Petchesky — Fri, 13 May 2011 11:25:25 EDT

Eric Torpy went down for armed robbery a few years back and was sentenced to 30 years in an Oklahoma prison. But if there's anything Torpy liked more than armed robbery, it's Larry Bird. More »

Big Baby Enters The Mirror Stage

Emma Carmichael — Tue, 10 May 2011 18:20:00 EDT

Glen Davis had the opportunity this season — after the Celtics traded away Kendrick Perkins and while Shaq enjoys a paycheck and a warm seat as he eases into retirement — to earn real minutes and to anchor the second unit. He tried. He averaged about thirty minutes per game during the regular season, along with 12 points and five boards. And then he got to the playoffs, and the man known as Big Baby lost his way. After last night's overtime loss to the Heat, he told reporters that he doesn't "know where Glen is at." More »

Watch Rajon Rondo Dislocate His Elbow, Channel Willis Reed

Luke O'Brien — Sun, 08 May 2011 11:35:21 EDT

Rajon Rondo not know pain. Him not need elbow. Rondo shouldn't have planted his arm like that when Dwyane Wade landed a textbook reverse flying scissors trip, but maybe Rondo doesn't need that arm. It dangled limp at his side as he returned for the fourth quarter to play defense and distribute the ball. He's being lionized as a hero, which is obviously a bit much and also customary. Let's just agree that Rondo is one tough SOB. "It's no big deal," he said of his elbow after the game. "It's not an excuse." More »

Rajon Rondo Made Mike Bibby Do A Mental Somersault

Luke O'Brien — Wed, 04 May 2011 11:55:09 EDT

So the Celtics got hammered down the stretch last night, and, yes, LeBron James made Rajon Rondo do a somersault that probably had Rondo snuggling up to his heat pack after the game. While everyone understandably shovels dirt on the Celtics' grave, however, consider the ease with which Rondo befuddled Mike Bibby and anyone else who tried to guard him. Granted, he's been doing that for a few seasons. If he keeps doing that and his team shoots better, well, you never know. This above piece of legerdemain holds no deeper significance for the fate of Boston. It's merely pretty to watch. And it sure doesn't look like the effort of a guy who's being dumped on for having a bad attitude and walking away from team huddles. A non-competitor, in other words. When you lose, you sometimes get angry, especially if you want to win. Not long ago, Rondo walked into a different team huddle. You be the judge of whether this guy is going to roll over after one embarrassing somersault: More »

LeBron James Made Rajon Rondo Do A Somersault

Emma Carmichael — Wed, 04 May 2011 10:35:00 EDT

LeBron James played one of the best games of his career last night, which is saying something, because he is LeBron James. He shot 56 percent from the field and finished with 35 points, seven boards, and zero turnovers. The Heat will go to Boston for Games 3 and 4 of this series, which should have some influence; the Celtics are 33-8 at the Garden this season. Still, both Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett haven't even broken 20 points in a game this series, while James and Dwyane Wade have combined for 123 of Miami's 201 total points, and they still have guys like James Jones coming off the bench to score 25. And forced somersaults, historically, don't do well for a team's self-esteem. The Heat are finally, at long last, rolling, and it's at a bad time for the addled C's. More »

Your NBA Playoffs Open Thread

Jack Dickey — Tue, 03 May 2011 19:00:00 EDT

Two second-round NBA Game Twos to watch this evening: Celtics-Heat at 7, and Grizz-Thunder at 9:30, both on TNT. More »

And Now A Picture Of The Worst Custom Heat Jersey Ever Made

Kate Shapiro — Mon, 02 May 2011 13:50:00 EDT

In honor of the Heat/Celtics series, this guy has made a video of how to wash your car and clean your ceiling fan with a Paul Pierce jersey. And he did it all while wearing this obnoxious custom-made Big Three jersey. More »

If MLB Pulls This Video, They Hate America

Emma Carmichael — Mon, 02 May 2011 10:25:55 EDT

Your morning roundup for May 2, the day Fox News kept being wrong. More »

How These Two White Guys Wound Up In This Kendrick Perkins Family Photo

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:45:52 EDT

Like most white guys from suburban Boston, half-brothers Brian Johnson and Justin Tsouros had never hung out with an NBA player. So when they arrived at the condo in Waltham, Mass., one evening in the fall of 2007, they didn't quite know what to expect. The place was dark. The blinds were drawn. But they knocked, because, well, they were expected. A few silent moments passed before they heard rustling, looked up, and noticed a large eyeball staring at them through a window. Then the front door creaked open, revealing an empty foyer. Again, silence. Probably sensing the sheer incredulity of his guests, Kendrick Perkins, who'd been hiding in another room, came out smiling. More »

This Is How Four Guys Who Can't Play Basketball Let New York Down

Jack Dickey — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:30:00 EDT

Well, the Knicks lost to the Celtics earlier this evening, 96-93, which puts Stat, Melo, and their motley gang of invalids in a 2-0 hole with the series headed back to New York. More »

This Celtics Lowlight Is The Most B-Team Clip Ever

Emma Carmichael — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:10:00 EDT

See Von Wafer swoop down the lane. See Von Wafer miss on a wide-open dunk. See Von Wafer believe that he has made the dunk. See Von Wafer face the crowd in celebration. See Von Wafer turn and collide with his teammate, who has collected his offensive board. See Von Wafer make his teammate, Jermaine O'Neal, double-dribble in surprise. See Von Wafer's wide-open dunk attempt become a turnover with three minutes to play in overtime. The Wizards went on to win, 95-94. The only thing we wish we could also see, after all this: Doc's reaction. More »

Derrick Rose Floats One Off The Glass, And The Bulls Take The East

Emma Carmichael — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:15:00 EDT

Last night, the Chicago Bulls defeated the Celtics by 16 points, 97-81. In doing so, they effectively clinched the top seed in the Eastern Conference for the first time since the 1997-98 season — Chicago would have to lose the remainder of its games and the ~~Heat~~Celtics would have to win the rest of its schedule for that not to be the case. More »

Ray Allen Calls Post-Game Interviews "Therapeutic," Secures His Place As Media's Darling

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:30:00 EDT

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Ray Allen reveals that he is abnormal and looks forward to post-game interviews. More »

Rajon Rondo Won't Shoot If You Pay Him

Barry Petchesky — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:10:38 EDT

Via TBJ, Rajon Rondo pulls up on the breakaway rather than attempt the risky (for him) uncontested layup. Rondo finished the night shooting 2-12, which brought his season percentage down, but not by much. More »

Ray Allen, Carmelo Anthony Go Down Bloodied; Big Baby Davis Just Pretends

Barry Petchesky — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:45:00 EDT

In a chippy game, Ray Allen needed seven stitches after an elbow from Jared Jeffries, and Carmelo Anthony got five of his own after running into Rajon Rondo. Glen Davis? He just wanted someone to kiss his boo-boo like the better players, so he flopped after a phantom elbow. More »

Jubilant Nets Fan Does Not Know What To Do With His Hands

Emma Carmichael — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:20:00 EDT

The Nets beat the Celtics in Newark last night, 88-79. Deron Williams had 16 points and 9 assists and was 4-for-6 from three-point range as New Jersey won its fifth straight game, and no fan was more enthusiastic about it than this young Polo-shirted man. More »

Big Baby Davis Would Like To Have This Fast Break Back

Emma Carmichael — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:00:00 EST

Your morning roundup for Feb. 14, the day A.J. stole Philadelphia's heart forever. More »

Ray Allen Humbly Breaks The NBA's 3-Point Record

Emma Carmichael — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:20:00 EST

Marquis Daniels Welcomes You To The 18-Game Football Season

Jack Dickey — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:40:00 EST

A Mink Stole Is Full-Length On Nate Robinson

Barry Petchesky — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:15:00 EST

Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »

This Photo Is A Little Less Great

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:15:13 EST

It's got, well, the two O'Neals dressed in business casual and Kevin Garnett grabbing his nuts. [Boston Globe; earlier] More »

This Photo Is Great

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:45:39 EST

It's got everything: Garnett taking a vaudeville bow, Ray Allen smiling at some private joke, Nate Robinson concussing himself, and Paul Pierce doing the last number from All That Jazz. Photo by UPI's John Angelillo. [@si_vault; also, you are encouraged to read Leitch's take on the game] More »

Bill Simmons And Tawwmy From Quinzee, Together At Last

Tommy Craggs — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:45:07 EST

Here's Your "The Battle For Nate Robinson's Tiny Soul" Knicks-Celtics Open Thread

Emma Carmichael — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:00:00 EST

A rivalry! Kinda! Tonight, ESPN begins the resurrection of the dormant-for-like-ever Knicks-Celtics rivalry. We all know what this is really about, though: Nate Robinson and his tiny soul. More »