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BOSTON — As the Celtics began the defense of the 18th NBA title in their history with a banner raising and ring ceremony Tuesday night at TD Garden, head coach Joe Mazzulla made sure to remind them that the 2023-24 season officially is over. “This team, the 2024-25 Celtics, is not great, yet. That’s it … Read more

Jermaine Eluemunor wants his former head coach to watch. When the Giants face the Steelers in Week 8, Eluemunor challenges Bill Belichick — the longtime Patriots head coach who blasted Big Blue’s offensive line on “The Pat McAfee Show” Monday — to zero in on that same unit. Focus on Eluemunor’s matchup with star edge … Read more

The Dodgers beat the Mets in Game 6 of the NLCS using seven different pitchers, none of whom pitched more than two innings — and the only pitcher to retire more than four batters was the closer, Blake Treinen, who tossed the final two innings to get Los Angeles into the World Series. Yankees pitching … Read more

Freddie Freeman’s ankle injury has visibly hampered him over the last month and — at times — kept him out of the Dodgers lineup. But that will not be the case in the first game of the 2024 World Series. Freeman told reporters Tuesday that he will be ready to go and start for Los … Read more

The goal for Jose Quintana’s 2025 season, wherever it takes place: a championship. The lefty will be returning for a 14th major league season, he said, after his hunt for his first World Series finished two wins shy of an appearance and six wins shy of a title. Quintana has made it as far as … Read more

The WNBA continued its season of growth with a robust viewership number for the Finals between the Lynx and Liberty. Game 5, which aired on ESPN and went to overtime, averaged 2.2 million viewers, the most-watched WNBA Finals in 25 years. The number came against particularly stout competition, as the game went head-to-head with Steelers … Read more

Alvin Kamara and the Saints on Tuesday came to terms on a two-year contract extension worth $24.5 million, according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo.  The deal keeps Kamara under contract through 2026 and likely would put him in the position to retire as a member of the Saints, the franchise he has spent the entirety … Read more

Aaron Judge has never been closer to getting his first World Series ring. All that stands between the Yankees and their elusive 28th title is the Dodgers — and Shohei Ohtani — as baseball’s two brightest stars are finally headed to the Fall Classic. “We’ve had our battles throughout the regular season over the years … Read more

When the Dodgers and Yankees played in the World Series routinely, that is known as the heyday of MLB. When they are playing like clockwork every 43 years, that is known as what’s wrong with the sport. I understand that what sells in the media landscape now is running a tired take into the ground. … Read more

Former ESPN personality Michelle Beadle defended Browns fans for cheering Deshaun Watson’s season-ending injury over the weekend.  Several Browns players, including Jameis Winston and Myles Garrett, and LeBron James criticized fans for their cheering of the quarterback’s Achilles injury. Winston and Garrett specifically went above and beyond to portray Watson as a sympathetic person. That … Read more