23 year old Ryan is a die-hard Celtics fan and loyal reader of RedsArmy. When I received an email saying that he was interested in participating in Fan Friday, I was thrilled. Ryan is close friends with last week’s featured fan, Timmy: I have been a Celtics fan since the year 2000 when i was [...]
December 21, 2012 KWAPT Fan Friday, Red's Army I’ve read quite a few submissions for Fan Friday over the past couple of years, but this week’s story really touched me. Timmy G. is a 27 year-old Boston Celtics fan from Chelmsford, Ma. He’s loved the Celtics all his life, and has been a season ticket holder for 5 years now: I have been [...]
About 2 years ago, I had the pleasure of meeting die-hard Celtics fan Chris H, aka “Hal Dogg” at TD Garden. This guy is just full of energy and Celtic Pride. He’s at the Garden for pretty much every home game with the attitude that the Celtics are going to win, no matter what. Chris, [...]
December 7, 2012 KWAPT Fan Friday, Red's Army Everyone here at Red’s Army would like to wish Larry Bird a happy 56th birthday. It’s nearly impossible to put what Larry’s done for the Boston Celtics and the game of basketball into words. Larry will always be remembered for his clutch shooting, hard-nosed work ethic and leading the Boston Celtics to NBA Championships in [...]
December 7, 2012 KWAPT Larry Bird, Red's Army Artist Jason Robichau is teaming up with the Celtics Shamrock Foundation to help raise funds for youth programs around Boston. Here’s the deal: Buy one of these very cool ”The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth” prints for $50 and 60% ($30) will go directly to the Shamrock Foundation. But wait, there’s more… [...]
December 4, 2012 Chuck - Red's Army Red's Army Anytime I log on to Twitter, it’s not long until ” #TeamCeltics ” comes across my timeline. That’s because I follow a young die-hard from NYC who goes by the Twitter handle @NyPDCeltics_34. His real name is Richard F. Richard is a 17 year old student from Brooklyn, NY who reps the Boston Celtics to [...]
November 30, 2012 KWAPT Fan Friday, Red's Army This week’s “Fan Friday” features a loyal reader and good friend of Red’s Army, Glory. Some of you may know her by her Twitter handle, “FickWalker”. Glory is a 30-something Celtic fan who hails from Sidney, Australia-which has a huge Celtics fan base. Like most Celtics fans, she is devoted, outspoken and stands by her [...]
November 16, 2012 KWAPT Fan Friday, Red's Army I’d like to start this post out by saying thank you to everyone for the great feedback on “Fan Friday”. I had a blast last season meeting, & in some cases, getting to know alot of very cool people. CelticsNation is spread out all over the world. It is truly a blessing that through the [...]
November 9, 2012 KWAPT Fan Friday, Red's Army The folks at Sportiqe want us to give away some of their slick t-shirts. Since I like to keep things simple, tell me which Celtics player said: “We just feel like all the other teams (besides the Heat) are going to be just opponents – we’re going to beat and handle them.” Post your answer in [...]
October 26, 2012 Chuck - Red's Army Contests Fan Friday is a regular feature run by KWAPT that highlights some great Celtics fans. That regular feature will return in a few weeks. This, though, is a special Fan Friday sent to us by one of our readers. We loved the story about this young child’s experience with Jeff Green so much, we had [...]
October 19, 2012 John - Red's Army Fan Friday