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Celtics actually starting to get some sympathy

A broken elevator at Emerson College has let us know just how pitiable the 2019 Boston Celtics have become. The Portland Trail Blazers, in Boston to face the wobbly Celtics on Wednesday night, arrived at Emerson for a morning workout. Before taking the floor, the Blazers found themselves ...

A few vacation things to mull over in the sports world

Here's some School Vacation Week tids and bits as we get primed for the first full week of high school tournaments: ---- As the high school hockey regular season comes to a close and the state tournament in all divisions begins this week, we should note that it hasn't been the same without ...

Alvirne celebrates a 1994 tourney of glory

Let's do some time travel and head back 25 years. Ken Johnson saw his players leave the Saint Anselm Stoutenburgh gym floor during a time out walking slowly with their heads down, not running to the bench as was usually the rule. He was at a loss. An entire season rested on what he could ...

Kyrie Irving needs to shut up once in awhile

How often does Kyrie Irving’s brain fight a losing battle with his larynx? Every time he sees a microphone approaching? Or someone scribbling in a reporter’s notebook? Or when he’s standing in line at the coffee shop and someone says “Hey, Kyrie?” The correct answer is: All of the ...

Gronk’s next party should be a retirement one

They're making the rounds, as one would expect Super Bowl champions to do. Look, there's Julian Edelman waving the green flag at the Daytona 500 on Sunday. The previous Sunday, he and Devin McCourty were presenters at the Grammy Awards. Turn on the NBA All-Star Game and there's owner Robert ...

State wrestling division meets need some realigning

Nobody appreciates the battle turned in daily, the grind, the physical and emotional wear-and-tear every high school wrestler endures from the first week of December all the way through February. It can be a brutal, character-building ride. So you can understand the powers that be and the ...