The Eastern Conference semifinals are set, and the Boston Celtics will take on the Washington Wizards in their second-round NBA playoff matchup. The Celtics and Wizards are evenly matched, as each team implements a strong backcourt with complementary wing players. The two teams’ area of struggle also is similar, as neither squad has the personnel to dominate on the glass. Considering all of the similarities, it comes as no surprise the Celtics and Wizards split their regular-season series, with the home team winning each contest. Luckily for the top-seeded Celtics, they will have home-court advantage in the series, which kicks off Sunday at TD Garden.... NESN.com
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2017 NHL Playoffs Schedule: Second-Round Dates, Times, TV Listings
Share this: The Stanley Cup playoff field is down to eight teams, and that will be trimmed to four after the second round is completed sometime in May. Of the four second-round matchups, the Washington Capitals-Pittsburgh Penguins certainly is the highlight. The teams also met in the second round last season, with the Penguins claiming the series in six games en route to a Stanley Cup championship. Other second-round series pit the Ottawa Senators against the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference, and the St. Louis Blues against the Nashville Predators and the Anaheim Ducks against the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference. See below for the full second-round Stanley Cup playoff schedule, with dates, times and TV listings. EASTERN CONFERENCE SECOND ROUNDAll times
Watch Dustin Pedroia Apologize To Manny Machado After ‘Mishandled’ Situation
Share this: Manny Machado probably had it coming after his dangerous takeout slide of Dustin Pedroia on Friday night. But even Pedroia doesn’t condone how his Boston Red Sox teammate dealt retribution. In the eighth inning of Sunday’s eventual 6-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles, Red Sox reliever Matt Barnes threw at Machado’s head, earning himself an immediate ejection. NESN’s cameras caught Pedroia and Machado exchanging words after the incident, with Pedroia appearing to tell Machado that Barnes’ actions weren’t in line with how he would have handled the situation. “It’s not me,” Pedroia appears to tell Machado. “If if I wanted to do something, I would have hit you the first time.” In short: Pedroia wasn’t OK with how Barnes chose to retaliate.
Rajon Rondo Totally Gets Why Celtics Fans Are Booing Him In NBA Playoffs
Share this: Rajon Rondo gets it. Boston Celtics fans booed the Chicago Bulls point guard throughout Game 1 of the teams’ first-round playoff series Sunday, and there’s a good chance the TD Garden crowd will continue to let Rondo hear it amid the heat of battle. The way Rondo sees it, it’s nothing personal. In fact, the former Celtics star expects nothing less from the boisterous fans who once cheered him on for eight-plus seasons. “These fans are great,” Rondo said before Tuesday’s shootaround, according to ESPN.com. “I wouldn’t expect anything else. A couple nice words were said when I walked out of the tunnel, but that’s Boston. They’ve been doing that for me for nine years while I was here so I
Who are the most in-form teams in European football?
Real Madrid extended their unbeaten run in the UEFA Champions League to 14 games with a 2-1 win at Bayern, and are now on the longest unbeaten run in all competitions in any of the top European leagues. However, they cannot match Tottenham's record of seven straight victories in all competitions, while Barcelona continue to outscore them in the Liga despite drawing a blank last weekend. UEFA.com sizes up the hottest of the hot.How the eight leagues were chosenListed below are the statistics from the top eight leagues in Europe according to UEFA's association club coefficients.Statistics last ... UEFA.com - News
NFL Rumors: Adrian Peterson Likely Won’t Sign With Team Before Draft
Share this: Adrian Peterson’s future still hangs in the balance, and the running back’s situation might not change for at least a few more weeks. NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport reported Thursday that Peterson is not expected to sign with a team before the 2017 NFL Draft barring a dramatic shift. The draft kicks off in two weeks on April 27. Teams involved will continue to monitor Peterson’s status, according to Rapoport, but it’ll be interesting to see how teams needing a running back will approach the draft and whether it’ll impact the 32-year-old’s market, which apparently isn’t all that robust to begin with. Peterson, who has spent his entire 10-year career with the Minnesota Vikings, has met with the New England Patriots and New
Here Are The Custom Uniforms Red Sox Will Wear For 2017 Holiday Games
Share this: Major League Baseball is getting festive in 2017, and the Boston Red Sox are joining the party. MLB on Tuesday unveiled its “Special Event” series of uniforms for the current season, which includes unique sets of threads that all 30 teams will wear on four separate occasions: Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Father’s Day and Independence Day. So, what do they look like? Chris Creamer of Sportslogos.net offered a sneak peek of the Red Sox’s threads for the four days, including what they’ll wear on All-Star weekend. The league’s other teams will wear similarly-themed jersey combinations — which also include custom socks — throughout each weekend. MLB has rolled out special jerseys before, but it appears they’re taking things even further this year,