http://www.mail.com/organizations/3604-boston-celtics.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/3604-boston-celtics.html http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2144402-celtics-to-play-wolves-preseason-canada.html MONTREAL (AP) — The Boston Celtics will play a preseason game against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Montreal next season as part of the NBA's Canadian series. The NBA announced the pairing on Tuesday. The teams will play at the Bell Centre in Montreal on Oct. 20. It's the second season the league has held preseason games in Canada. The Wolves have been at... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:53:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2144402-celtics-to-play-wolves-preseason-canada.html 2013-06-11T16:53:34Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2137462-magic-mj-more-5-great-nba-finals-finishes.html MIAMI (AP) — Tony Parker's shot to clinch Game 1 wasn't pretty, but it quickly took its place among some of the great NBA Finals finishes. From Michael Jordan's last basket with Chicago to Magic Johnson's baby hook in Boston, some of the game's biggest stars have saved their best for last. Parker's banked-in bucket and Jordan's finals farewell both came w... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:51:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2137462-magic-mj-more-5-great-nba-finals-finishes.html 2013-06-07T19:51:54Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2133122-allen-1-round-miami-ring.html MIAMI (AP) — This is why Ray Allen came to Miami. Not for the money, because he already has plenty and could have gotten more by staying in Boston. Not for a long-term deal, because the Celtics were willing to guarantee him more years than the Heat could. Not for a starting spot, because the Heat have been doing just fine at shooting guard after drafting ... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:11:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2133122-allen-1-round-miami-ring.html 2013-06-06T07:11:53Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2129510-heat-pacers-game-7-sets-tnt-ratings-record.html NEW YORK (AP) — With the Miami Heat playing in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals, fewer television viewers tuned in than last year. The Heat's 99-76 win over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night still drew the highest rating ever for an NBA game on TNT with a 7.1. The 11.5 million viewers were down from 13.3 million for Miami's Game 7 victory over the... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:21:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2129510-heat-pacers-game-7-sets-tnt-ratings-record.html 2013-06-04T20:21:55Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2086622-bruins-rangers-to-carry-boston-new-york-lore.html BOSTON (AP) — After the marathon bombings, the cities of Boston and New York put aside their bitter rivalries and joined in their mutual love of sports and country. Well, that time may be ending, at least when it comes to sports. The Knicks beat the Celtics in an NBA first-round playoff series this year, and now the NHL's Rangers and Bruins will play in t... Wed, 15 May 2013 07:20:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2086622-bruins-rangers-to-carry-boston-new-york-lore.html 2013-05-15T07:20:48Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2062512-celtics-comeback-fades-88-80-loss-to-knicks.html BOSTON (AP) — Kevin Garnett made his way off the court toward Boston's locker room looking straight down the entire way, not lifting his head or even a hand to the fans crowding him and reaching for a high-five or to congratulate him. There was nothing to celebrate. The Celtics' season was over, ending in an 88-80 loss to New York that clinched the first-... Sat, 04 May 2013 06:51:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2062512-celtics-comeback-fades-88-80-loss-to-knicks.html 2013-05-04T06:51:37Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2062266-knicks-hold-to-beat-celtics-88-80-advance.html BOSTON (AP) — Twelve years without advancing in the playoffs. Two failed attempts to close out the Boston Celtics. Nineteen consecutive missed 3-pointers. Carmelo Anthony brought all the slumps to a stop. Anthony made a pullup jumper and then sank his first 3-pointer in 20 tries to help the New York Knicks turn back Boston's comeback attempt on Friday nig... Sat, 04 May 2013 03:51:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2062266-knicks-hold-to-beat-celtics-88-80-advance.html 2013-05-04T03:51:38Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2058920-knicks-to-win-road-to-avoid-game-7.html BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics are looking across town for inspiration as they attempt to become the first NBA team to rally from an 0-3 deficit to win a playoff series. Needing to win four straight games to stay alive in the playoffs, Celtics coach Doc Rivers talked to his team about the Red Sox and their comeback against the New York Yankees in the 20... Thu, 02 May 2013 22:17:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2058920-knicks-to-win-road-to-avoid-game-7.html 2013-05-02T22:17:48Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2059480-woodson-wants-knicks-focused-court-closets.html GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Call it bad fashion sense or poor playoff etiquette. New York Knicks coach Mike Woodson sure didn't like his players' decision to wear black to Game 5 of their playoff series against Boston on Wednesday night, which they expected to be the Celtics' "funeral." Only the Celtics are still alive after winning 92-86,... Thu, 02 May 2013 21:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2059480-woodson-wants-knicks-focused-court-closets.html 2013-05-02T21:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2057612-celtics-stay-alive-beat-knicks-to-force-game-6.html NEW YORK (AP) — The 11-0 deficit in Game 5 was wiped away. The 3-0 deficit in the series might be next. The Boston Celtics are two victories from NBA history, and from extending the Knicks' postseason futility in a most improbable manner. Kevin Garnett had 16 points and 18 rebounds and the Celtics stayed alive in the playoffs, cutting New York's lead to 3... Thu, 02 May 2013 07:23:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2057612-celtics-stay-alive-beat-knicks-to-force-game-6.html 2013-05-02T07:23:07Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2054084-celtics-players-happy-teammate-collins.html WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — Celtics coach Doc Rivers wishes Jason Collins had gotten more rebounds. Jeff Green liked the screens his former teammate set. Jason Terry would love to have Collins' toughness in the playoffs. And they're all happy for Collins after he came out as gay. None of the Celtics expressed concern Tuesday about having been on the same team a... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:56:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2054084-celtics-players-happy-teammate-collins.html 2013-04-30T20:56:15Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2052890-im-gay-nba-player-jason-collins-breaks-barrier.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Last summer, NBA veteran Jason Collins considered joining an old Stanford college roommate, U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III, at Boston's gay pride parade. Collins eventually decided he shouldn't, because he wanted to keep his secret safe: For more than a decade as a professional athlete, he had remained silent about his sexuality, worried a... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:48:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2052890-im-gay-nba-player-jason-collins-breaks-barrier.html 2013-04-30T13:48:17Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2051162-nba-veteran-center-jason-collins-gay.html WASHINGTON (AP) — With the simplest of sentences, NBA veteran Jason Collins set aside years of worry and silence to become the first active player in one of four major U.S. professional sports leagues to come out as gay. In a first-person article posted Monday on Sports Illustrated's website, Collins begins: "I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:37:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2051162-nba-veteran-center-jason-collins-gay.html 2013-04-30T02:37:09Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2051944-celtics-hoping-revived-offense-life-game-5.html BOSTON (AP) — It started with a 3-pointer by Avery Bradley 16 seconds into the game. It ended with a layup by Jason Terry with 6.5 seconds left. Yes, the Boston Celtics finally got their offense going. "It's coming," Terry said. "You can feel it." It was there on Sunday — for much of the game, anyway — when the Celtics beat the New York Knicks 97-90 in ov... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:35:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2051944-celtics-hoping-revived-offense-life-game-5.html 2013-04-29T22:35:14Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2050010-celts-top-knicks-97-90-ot-avoid-playoff-sweep.html BOSTON (AP) — The reeling Boston Celtics needed a spark of optimism and a surge of offense to keep their season going. Jason Terry provided both. The energetic guard who had struggled in the first three games cheered his teammates up when the Knicks were rallying, then scored the Celtics' last nine points in a 97-90 overtime win Sunday over the New York K... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2050010-celts-top-knicks-97-90-ot-avoid-playoff-sweep.html 2013-04-29T07:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2048910-3-0-celtics-try-avoid-sweep-sunday-vs-knicks.html WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — Hanging on a wall of the Celtics' practice facility, opposite the faded banners that hung in the old Boston Garden a half-century ago, is a spotless one. It went up a few years ago to hold the location where the NBA's greatest champions would mark their next title. That banner will apparently remain blank another year. As soon as Sun... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:44:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2048910-3-0-celtics-try-avoid-sweep-sunday-vs-knicks.html 2013-04-28T01:44:17Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2049220-jr-smith-suspended-game-4-elbowing-terry.html BOSTON (AP) — The NBA suspended Knicks guard J.R. Smith on Saturday night for Game 4 of New York's playoff series against Boston for elbowing the Celtics' Jason Terry in the chin. Smith, the league's Sixth Man of the Year, will be forced to sit out when the Knicks try to complete a four-game sweep Sunday. The Knicks had a big lead Friday night when Smith,... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:24:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2049220-jr-smith-suspended-game-4-elbowing-terry.html 2013-04-28T01:24:17Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2048154-knicks-roll-to-3-0-lead-celtics.html BOSTON (AP) — When the New York Knicks finally returned to the playoffs two years ago, the Boston Celtics let them hang around for only four games. Now Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks are on the verge of beating Boston, and they want to do it just as quickly. Anthony scored 26 points and the Knicks moved to the brink of their first playoff series victory i... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 07:25:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2048154-knicks-roll-to-3-0-lead-celtics.html 2013-04-27T07:25:47Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2047924-ageless-allen-coming-up-big-playoffs.html MILWAUKEE (AP) — LeBron James worked Ray Allen hard for two years, urging the veteran guard to come to Miami any time he saw him. It's easy to see why. Allen already has been a major factor in his first playoff appearance with the Miami Heat, who are one win from closing out their first-round series against the Milwaukee Bucks. He led the Heat with 23 poi... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:26:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2047924-ageless-allen-coming-up-big-playoffs.html 2013-04-26T22:26:08Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2040708-anthony-knicks-rout-celtics-2-0-series-lead.html NEW YORK (AP) — In what they considered a "must-win" game, the New York Knicks couldn't lose. Not the way they defended after halftime. "We buckled down on the defensive end," Carmelo Anthony said, "and that's what opened the game up for us." And they've done it two games in a row. Anthony scored 34 points, Sixth Man of the Year J.R. Smith added 19, and N... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:20:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2040708-anthony-knicks-rout-celtics-2-0-series-lead.html 2013-04-24T07:20:38Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2037914-celtics-plan-garnett-knicks-expect.html NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Knicks not only expect a Boston adjustment, they can guess what it is. The Celtics never could have accomplished so much over the last six years with as little as they got from Kevin Garnett on Saturday in their playoff opener. So when the teams return to Madison Square Garden on Tuesday for Game 2, Boston plans to feature muc... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:40:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2037914-celtics-plan-garnett-knicks-expect.html 2013-04-22T22:40:23Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2034008-anthony-scores-36-knicks-beat-celtics-game-1.html NEW YORK (AP) — Carmelo Anthony started fast, struggled through the middle, and finished with a flurry. And the New York Knicks, after knocking the Boston Celtics from the top of the Atlantic Division, took the first step toward knocking them out of the playoffs. Anthony scored 36 points, leading the Knicks to an 85-78 victory Saturday in their playoff op... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:51:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2034008-anthony-scores-36-knicks-beat-celtics-game-1.html 2013-04-20T22:51:09Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2033234-5-things-to-watch-nbas-round.html Five things to watch in the first round of the NBA playoffs, which begin Saturday: GAME 3 IN BOSTON: April 26, 8 p.m., Knicks at Celtics. You won't want to be one second late for the start of that telecast on ESPN, because if the scene at the first Bruins game since the Boston Marathon explosions was any indicator, then the emotions that pour out from the... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:54:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2033234-5-things-to-watch-nbas-round.html 2013-04-20T13:54:30Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2032350-celtics-try-to-boston-lift-knicks.html NEW YORK (AP) — Doc Rivers' phone rang sometime around 6 a.m. Friday, a concerned Boston Celtics owner calling to check on his coach and team. The Celtics were already safely in New York, but forgive Steve Pagliuca for forgetting. This is a sad, confusing and chaotic time in Boston, and nobody is thinking about basketball first. But the Celtics have a gam... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:22:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2032350-celtics-try-to-boston-lift-knicks.html 2013-04-19T21:22:58Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2031140-bruins-cancel-morning-skate-red-sox-hold.html BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox players and other team employees have been told to stay home until a decision is made on whether Friday night's game will be played. The night game between the Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins also was on hold after the NHL teams canceled their morning skates because of the manhunt for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bom... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:27:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2031140-bruins-cancel-morning-skate-red-sox-hold.html 2013-04-19T17:27:42Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2029726-there-challenge-heat-nba-playoffs.html Looking for a reason not to pick the Miami Heat to win another NBA title? Don't check the odds, where the Heat are such an overwhelming favorite that it might as well be Tiger Woods against a weekend hacker. Definitely don't bother with the Heat's results, which show exactly three losses since the start of February. ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:42:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2029726-there-challenge-heat-nba-playoffs.html 2013-04-18T22:42:43Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2027078-celtics-court-offer-tribute-to-victims.html TORONTO (AP) — With Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" playing over the loudspeakers and scores of Toronto Raptors fans showing their support, the Boston Celtics returned to the court for their first game since the bombing attack at the Boston Marathon. The Celtics gathered with the Raptors at midcourt to observe a moment of silence in honor of the victims p... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:08:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2027078-celtics-court-offer-tribute-to-victims.html 2013-04-18T01:08:24Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2021726-bruins-celtics-affected-security-up-bombs.html A few hours after the Boston Marathon bombings, and more than 1,000 miles away, a police officer with a German shepherd patrolled near an entrance to the baseball stadium where Miami hosted Washington on Monday evening — an unusual sight at Marlins Park. Inside, on the field, two Marlins officials gave a security supervisor a briefing about the ballpark's... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:05:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/2021726-bruins-celtics-affected-security-up-bombs.html 2013-04-16T03:05:53Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2015954-haslem-battier-heat-celtics-game.html MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh are expected to play Friday when the Miami Heat host the Boston Celtics. All three have recently missed time because of injuries or illness. James has dealt with a strained right hamstring, Wade has been bothered by bone bruises near his right knee and Bosh had flu-like symptoms this week. ... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:41:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/2015954-haslem-battier-heat-celtics-game.html 2013-04-12T15:41:22Z