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The Celtics have to do something to save their season, no exceptions
Itâs obvious, but it still needs to be said....

Tanks a lot! Rockets going from 44-28 to 11-28 is putrid, but not most historic NBA drop-off ever
On Feb. 4, the Rockets went to Memphis and beat the Grizzlies by 12 points for their seventh win in eight games, moving to 11-10 for the season. Certainly, Houston was outperforming expectations after trading away James Harden, but nobody knew how bad things were about to get....

Jonnu Smith is a solid, Gronk-esque addition for the Patriots
The Patriots were lost in the dark in the first year of their post-Brady era. The Cam Newton experiment didnât work, in part because of his battle with COVID, and the roster proved to have incredibly uninspiring weapons to work with. In atypical fashion, Bill Belichick has stormed into the free agen...

Sleep on Cam Newton at your own peril â Belichick is no dope, and Pats are far from irrelevant
Small sample sizes are perilous for any kind of analysis, but sometimes, itâs all you have to go on....

Sky-high credit card fees are legal, yet predatory â just like Tom Wilson's game
Tom Wilson barely even took a week to lay another dirty hit after the last time he made headlines for laying a dirty hit....

Reports of Kemba Walkerâs demise have been greatly exaggerated
Depending on who you ask, Kemba Walker might be anywhere from overly washed to overly joyous....

Rick Pitinoâs âLarry Bird is not walking through that doorâ speech is now old enough to drink
On this day, 21 year ago, one of the greatest quotes in sports history happened....

Luka DonÄiÄ just ripped out the Celticsâ heart and showed it to âem
Luka DonÄiÄ is happiness....

Joe Maddon thinks David Fletcher is great, but shouldnât be throwing others under the bus about it
David Fletcher is a nice, solid ballplayer. Since debuting with the Angels in 2018, heâs played all over the field and been above-average defensively wherever he goes, while posting a .292/.346/.386 line with 10 homers and 13 steals in 283 games....

Red Sox 'Idiot' Johnny Damon busted for DUI in Florida, wife charged with battery on an officer
Johnny Damon looks like he had a rough night....

O, say, can you see Mark Cuban's point? No one even noticed lack of national anthem, so let it go
Somehow it escaped most everyoneâs attention for 13 home games that the Dallas Mavericks werenât playing the national anthem before any of them, which pretty much tells you how important the tradition actually was in the first place. The Mavs hadnât been allowing fans into the arena until Mondayâs g...

MLB's biggest question answered as Twins add promising pitcher; also, Dodgers sign jerkwad Bauer
The wait is over, and one of baseballâs top contenders can move toward spring training confident that its new addition to the pitching staff will be just the man to put them over the top....

Tampa Bay could be the next Titletown. What other cities have won multiple championships in a matter of months?
Tampa Bay, Titletown USA? It could happen as soon as Sunday night....

Story, Lindor and Tatis are the best crop of shortstops since A-Rod, Jeter and Nomar
People really like to post rankings, because they generate a lot of conversations and tend to rile people up with strong feelings about players or teams. âYou have WHO ranked at No. 1? You have to be kidding. No way.â Itâs a good time. In fact, I love posting rankings. I love sharing my opinions and...

Wizards and Beal should consider parting ways
Ray Allen didnât ask to be traded when it was clear he probably shouldâve done so if he wanted to win. Not when the Milwaukee Bucks sent him to the Seattle Sonics in season seven, and not when the Sonics shipped him to the Boston Celtics before season 12....

For better or worse, Dustin Pedroia was Boston
Thereâs an easy-to-reach joke when someone really old dies. âOh he died years ago, he just fell down yesterday.â Thatâs basically how it feels with Dustin Pedroia announcing his retirement today. Heâs only played nine games in the past three seasons, so his retirement basically announced him. ...

Tom Brady epitomizes the, âUgh, I hate that guy,â sentiment in sports fans ⊠but, why?
Sports fans are a weird bunch. I know this, because I am one. As we grow, itâs important to analyze our own thoughts and biases, and why we feel the way we do about things. The way we feel about teams and players should be no different. How many times have you had a conversation about an athlete or ...

Masahiro Tanaka wonât make it to Cooperstown, but â like hoops' Hall â there should be room for stories like his
In seven seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers, Arvydas Sabonis averaged 12 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. His biggest accomplishments were being the NBAâs Player of the Week at the end of March in 1996, and finishing 12th in the league in total rebounds in 1997-98....

With A-Rod and Big Papi on ballot next year, gatekeepers of Cooperstown will face a reckoning
Just as most writers want, to get the affirmation they apparently crave by denying millionaires access to a club, no one will enter the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer. Once again, they have kept the sanctuary safe from the heathen of Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, as they see it. They wonât get t...

Curt Schillingâs putrid mouth continues to keep him out of CooperstownâŠ. good
The good news is that Curt Schilling isnât going into the Hall of Fame this summer. In fact, no new players will be joining last yearâs class of inductees this summer in Cooperstown after the results of the Baseball Writers Association of Americaâs balloting were announced Tuesday evening....