The Celtics’ fourth-stringer-turned-standout center delivered the best game of his NBA career on Sunday night. Twenty-four hours later, their youngest player did the same. Rookie Hugo Gonzalez put on a terrific two-way performance to lead the shorthanded Celtics to a 108-81 win over Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks at Fiserv Forum. Gonzalez has been an advanced metrics darling in his first NBA season — the only two players ranked in the top 10 in offensive, defensive and net rating entering Monday were him and reigning NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — but rarely stuffs the conventional stat sheet. The 20-year-old…
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By JAMES ELLINGWORTH Former U.S. Open tennis champion Daniil Medvedev has indicated he’s one of what the ATP Tour calls “a small number of players and team members” it is trying to help leave Dubai as the war in the Middle East causes a widespread travel shutdown that has also caused issues for athletes heading to the Paralympics. Medvedev’s Instagram account reposted on Monday a report from a Russian-language tennis outlet, Bolshe, which said he was safe and staying at a friend’s apartment in Dubai, amid flight cancellations after winning the ATP event there last week. “The health, safety and…
What to KnowTune into NBC Sports Boston at 6:30 p.m. ET for Celtics Pregame Live. Stay with us after the final buzzer for Celtics Postgame Live.The Celtics (40-20) are in second place in the Eastern Conference standings.The Bucks (26-33) are three games out of a play-in tournament spot.Jaylen Brown (illness) and Neemias Queta (rest) won’t play for Boston. Giannis Antetokounmpo makes his return after a five-week absence due to injury, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. The Boston Celtics are aiming for a third straight win Monday night against the Bucks in Milwaukee, and they’ll have to do it without a few…
Wellesley High School sporting events will look quite different in 2026-27. Wellesley athletic director John Brown announced Monday his retirement from the school in an official email to media outlets. The change is not effective immediately. Brown will continue through the remainder of the 2025-26 academic year and “expects” to aid his successor through the beginning of the 2026-27 season. In the release, Brown expressed pride in the “tremendous teams, thousands of participants, hundreds of league championships” that the athletics programs at Wellesley have experienced in his 20 years with the school. “How often can someone say that their hobby…
The calendar has officially turned to March, which means we get some honest to goodness, legit baseball to talk about. The World Baseball Classic begins this week, and in just a few weeks time the Boston Red Sox will begin their 2026 season in earnest against the Cincinnati Reds.Until the really good stuff can start, though, we’ve got a few more days of regular Spring Training coverage to get through. I don’t know how many “He’s in the best shape of his life” comments I got left in me, folks, but one development is catching my eye: the opportunity for…
By GRAHAM DUNBAR, AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Iran’s place at the men’s World Cup in three months’ time was put in doubt Monday amid an escalating Middle East conflict sparked by the soccer tournament’s co-host the United States. Iran is due to play its three group stage games in the U.S. — two in Inglewood, California, then in Seattle — from June 15-26. Cities in Canada and Mexico also will host some of the 104 games. The U.S. and Israel have targeted Iran in coordinated attacks since Saturday that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dozens more…
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Johan Oviedo will be back on the bump Monday making his second start in a Red Sox uniform, and he will be backed up by one of the club’s premier young talents. As announced by Alex Cora over the weekend, top Red Sox hitting prospect Franklin Arias will start at shortstop when the club treks up to Dunedin to face the Toronto Blue Jays. The 20-year-old infielder is currently ranked as the No. 49 prospect in MLB by Baseball America and is the No. 2 prospect in the Red Sox organization after Payton Tolle. Oviedo and Arias…
Monday College Basketball Picks for Today March 2nd, 2026 (3/2/2026)! In this video I give you my NCAA Men’s basketball picks lean. Make sure to keep an eye on the pinned comment for any additional plays and my final plays for the day (updated throughout the day). Trey’s Plays: Eastern Washington -2.5 (1 unit, -102 Draftkings) IU Indy/Cleveland St 1h total u/81.5 (1 unit, -110 the Score) More Coming Soon! If you want access to the research dashboards we use so you have all of the crucial information at your disposal, sign up to become a GBS Member! https://guybostonsports.com/membership-levels/ Get 7…
BOSTON (AP) — Neemias Queta scored a career-high 27 points and added 17 rebounds to help the Boston Celtics recover from a slow start and rally to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 114-98 on Sunday night.Jaylen Brown added 27 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, and Derrick White finished with 21 points and eight assists as the Celtics became the fourth team to reach 40 victories. They have won six of seven.It was the 11th double-double of the season for Queta, who also had three blocks. He has three double-doubles — with at least two blocks in each — over his last five…
With every new addition to Major League Baseball’s list of streaming and broadcasting partners in recent years, the response from baseball fans is largely the same: Frustration that the league is raking in more TV money while creating another expensive and confusing barrier between fans and the game. ESPN wants baseball fans to understand that their renewed and revamped partnership with MLB, which includes running MLB.TV, is different. For starters, there’s no need to learn a new streaming service. Though MLB.TV is now available on the ESPN app, it remains accessible through the usual MLB platforms and websites. “(MLB.TV) has…