What did Danny do? Danny Ainge may not have destroyed the most storied franchise in NBA history, but he has certainly delivered it to a state of disarray not seen in these parts since the team held on too long to Larry Bird and Kevin McHale. How could this happen? To analogize with Texas ...
It took a stern glower from the man in the mirror this morning to confess: The Celtics played him for a sucker. Yes, last summer it seemed that the Celtics might just might be as good as they unabashedly claimed. Boston was a lock for the Eastern Conference championship. They would face ...
Ever get bad news via text? Of course you have. Barry Ndinya was sitting at home, chilling,watching TV when his bad news arrived in late February. “My heart dropped,” Ndinya said. “I almost dropped my phone. It was a bit of a shock.” And that night, he didn't sleep a wink. What ...
After being consumed by all things NFL/Patriots draft a week ago, here's the return of some tids and bits on Derby Day while hoping Holman Stadium will dry out so we can get the Nashua North-South baseball game in today at 1 p.m. as this spring of our discontent continues: --- We love the ...
The most compelling, yet still simmering, story line in Boston pro sports today? It has to be the cornerstones of the Boston Bruins franchise for the last decade-plus – Patrice Bergeron and Zdeno Chara – disintegrating right before our very eyes in these NHL playoffs. The heat has ...
Remember that worm-eaten chestnut attributed to a hypothetical judge: “If both sides are unhappy it means I must have gotten it right.” Well, please do not apply it to NBA referees. When those misfits leave both sides unhappy it has everything to do with incompetence, intimidation or a ...
