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What's Eating Isaiah Thomas?
The Celtics lost 116-102 to the Clippers last night, and after the game Celtics star point guard Isaiah Thomas was spotted doing that thing no team ever wants to see their star player doing: refusing to take off his uniform and staring into space....

Suns Score Five Points In Final Four Seconds To Beat Celtics
Tyler Ulis’s three-point heave as the buzzer sounded gave the Suns a 109-106 regulation win over the Celtics in a game Boston led by two points until four seconds remained....

Adam McQuaid Gets 25 Stitches After Skate Slashes Neck, Cleared To Play Tomorrow
Time for another entry in the seemingly endless litany of stories proving the true toughness of hockey players, folks. Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid has been cleared to play tomorrow after taking a teammate’s skate right to the neck yesterday, which required something in the neighborhood of 25 stit...

Here's Some Ominous News About David Price
Spring training is just underway, and Red Sox fans have already been given something to panic about. There’s something wrong with David Price, and although we don’t have any specifics yet, it doesn’t sound good:...

LeBron Nearly Took Out Bill Belichick
Patriots coach Bill Belichick was in attendance for last night’s 103-99 Celtics win over the Cavs, and he had good seats:...

Deron Williams Wasted The Best Pass A General Manager Has Ever Thrown Him<em></em>
In his first game with the Cleveland Cavaliers since being signed two days ago, Deron Williams scored four points on 2-for-8 shooting in 24 minutes, recording two rebounds and two assists. It would have been an utterly bland outing ... had it not been for his missed, game-costing shot in the final ...

Red Sox Introduce New "Sleep Room" At Fenway Park For Players To Take Better Naps
With teams looking to exploit every possibility for a competitive advantage, it’s not surprising that one basic indicator of physical performance has been getting some more attention lately: sleep. The Red Sox are one team that’s taken notice, and they’re getting really into it. ...

Now Let Us Heap Scorn Upon The NBA Trade Deadline Fuck-Ups
So the NBA trade deadline was a big dud, again. It featured one blockbuster deal—the New Orleans Pelicans just straight-up robbing the Sacramento Kings for DeMarcus Cousins—and then a handful of minor deals, none of which seem likely to shake up the standings all that much. That’s butt....

Brad Stevens Is Real Jazzed
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Here's A Reminder That Mookie Betts Is Legitimately Great At Bowling
Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts has never made a secret of his love of bowling—he’s said that he watches the game every Sunday when he can, he competed in the 2015 World Series of Bowling and he’s bowled two perfect games in the past four years. The guy has a profile on the U.S. Bowling Congr...

Blake Swihart Appears To Have A Case Of The Yips
In baseball, there is perhaps no sadder sight than that of an otherwise healthy and capable professional player struggling to do something as simple as throwing the ball a short distance. The yips are the worst boogeyman in sports, and although it’s not clear that Red Sox catcher Blake Swihart is de...

It's Time For The Celtics To Get Isaiah Thomas Some Damn Help
One of the big subjects of talk around the NBA these past few weeks has been LeBron James’s workload. And with good reason, too: LeBron’s 32 years old now, with a hell of a lot of basketball miles behind him, and as the past two seasons have shown us, the Cavaliers’ title chances correspond pretty d...

It Was A Bad Night For Marcus Smart
With the Boston Celtics leading the Chicago Bulls 103-102 in the waning moments of Thursday night’s game, Jimmy Butler attempted a game-winning shot and missed....

Glen Davis Talks A Whole Bunch Of Shit About Doc Rivers
Glen “Big Baby” Davis has always had something of a tense relationship with his former coach, Doc Rivers. During an interview with Fox Sports’ Chris Broussard, Davis released some of that tension and took a few shots at Rivers....

Bruins Fire Claude Julien And Will Probably Regret It
The oldest trick in the book...the Tuesday morning news dump? The Bruins announced the firing of head coach Claude Julien shortly after sunrise, and while the move isn’t exactly unexpected (whether it’s wise is an entirely different question), the timing is suspect. Boston hasn’t played a game since...

Boston Police Applaud Rule-Breaker For Sticking It To The Man
There’s a lot going on here, but congratulations to the Boston PD for releasing a take bursting with so much Massholery that it’s incapable of being parodied. ...

Apropos Of Nothing, Here's Chris Sale In A Red Sox Outfit
Courtesy of the Boston Globe’s Pete Abraham, on Twitter:...

No One Is Happy For The Patriots<em></em>
Let’s start with the obvious, which is that (gun to head) the Patriots are the greatest dynasty in NFL history. Bill Belichick is the greatest coach in history. Tom Brady is the greatest quarterback in history, with last night being the definitive instance of him performing football miracles with li...

Paul Pierce Gets Huge Ovation With Closing Three-Pointer In His Last Game In Boston
Paul Pierce played his last game in Boston today, four years after the Celtics traded him away. In the starting lineup for the first time in more than a month to celebrate his final game at his old stomping grounds, Pierce got a standing ovation from the crowd in recognition of the 15 years he spent...
