Boston Celtics' guard Isaiah Thomas was rewarded for his stellar first half today, as he was named to the Eastern Conference All-Star team as a reserve.
AP - TD Garden in Boston would be the site of the Olympic and Paralympic basketball finals and Olympic gymnastics and trampoline if the city wins a bid to host the 2024 games.
John Calipari, Dikembe Mutombo, Lisa Leslie and former Celtocs Jo Jo White and Tom Heinsohn are among this year's inductees for the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Calipari, a three-time college coach of the year whose Kentucky
squad suffered its only loss of this season on Saturday against
Wisconsin in the Final Four, was on the ballot for the first time,
as were eight-time NBA All-Star Mutombo and thre
Evan Turner made a running scoop shot with 0.2 seconds left to give Boston its only lead of the game, and the Celtics sent the Atlanta Hawks to just their third loss of the calendar year, 89-88 on Wednesday night.
If you ask most people who the best player in NBA history is, you'll most likely hear a lot of nods for Lebron and MJ. While those two are tremendously skilled and both have winning pedigrees, there should be no questioning the correct answer to who is the greatest winner in NBA history. The answer's a lock...Bill Russell.
The Red Sox bats went flat last night as they could only get 5 hits. The Angels beat Boston 3 to 0. John Lackey allowed two runs in seven innings and struck out nine. The Sox will be in Seattle tonight at 9:25pm.
The Sox will send three players to New York next week for the All Star Game...
Mike Napoli lead a seven-run 2nd inning as the Red Sox beat Cleveland 7 to 2; the Bruins and Celtics get back to work for the first time since the bombing.
Fairhaven High's Ryan Baldwin had two home runs, one of which was a Grand Slam, 7 RBIs and pitched a one-hitter as the Blue Devils beat Case; the Red Sox, Bruins and Celtics were all off.