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This all started this weekend when the Celtics were playing Miami the Miami broadcast posed a viewer poll asking who is the greatest Celtic of all-time. The options: Bill Russell, Jon Havlicek, Larry Bird and Paul Pierce…. Interesting that someone even thought to put Pierce in that list.  That link goes back to my story [...]

In case you missed Dan Shaughnessy's interview with Larry Bird in Friday's Globe, here's a great story about Bill Walton: After the Celtics won the 1986 championship, Walton sat alone in Bird’s kitchen drinking Wild Turkey until after the sun came up. I told Bird I didn’t believe the Walton story. Simply too good to [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline.  Because there's nothing quite as satisfying a good morning dump. Riding a three-game winning streak, Cavs coach Mike Brown continued to test some experimental options. This time, the results were simply negative. It played into the hands of [...]

The folks at Converse sent me a free pair of their Converse Weapon Evo's to try out in exchange for writing a review.  There are no parameters on the review. I got to keep the kicks no matter what I said.  So here's what I think. I won't pretend to be a full-blown sneaker-head.  I [...]

For those unwilling to cut Glen Davis slack for his early morning fight that resulted in thumb surgery and six weeks on the bench, Shank has a good column today reminding us that Larry Legend had a similar incident. On the night of May 16, 1985, in the middle of the Eastern Conference finals between [...]

The original (and some would say "only") Dream Team had every great player of its day on the roster… … except for 1. Isiah Thomas.  And for years, we heard the stories about Zeke being frozen out.  I personally had never seen confirmation of this… until now. Magic also admits that he joined with Michael [...]

That's Rajon Rondo making a trip to Germany to visit wounded soldiers (h/t CelticsBlog).  He's awesome.  As usual, I'll point your attention to the mitts…which, when he shakes someone's hand, wrap around the recipient's hand about 4 or 5 times like an octopus tentacle.  Other things that will distract you from your workday. I explain [...]

Boston.com has an excerpt from Jackie MacMullen's new book about Magic and Larry – When the Game Was Ours. It picks up right after the Celtics beat the Lakers in Game 7 of the NBA Finals: By morning, Magic had been saddled with a new nickname (Tragic) and so had his team (the Fakers). That [...]

Jackie MacMullen was on WEEI this morning talking about her new book - When the Game Was Ours. From the moment these two players took the court on opposing sides, they engaged in a fierce physical and psychological battle. Their uncommonly competitive relationship came to symbolize the most compelling rivalry in the NBA. These were [...]

Paul Pierce's 20 points lead a balanced attack by Team BigMck as they beat Reds Army 108-97 to capture the Legends Series, 4-2. Larry Bird (14 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists) was named series MVP. Dave Cowens added 14 points and 15 rebounds. "Our guys deserve this moment," said Bird as he poured champagne over [...]