Jayson Tatum scored 33 points, Dennis Schroder had 29 and the Boston Celtics beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-105
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Balanced Hawks win 3rd straight game, beating Celtics 110-99
John Collins scored 20 points, Cam Reddish and Kevin Huerter had 19 apiece and the Atlanta Hawks won third straight game with a 110-99 victory over the Boston Celtics
Hard-hitting Hall of Fame linebacker Sam Huff dies at 87
Sam Huff, the hard-hitting Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the New York Giants reach six NFL title games from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s, has died
Jayson Tatum helps Celtics beat Raptors, 104-88
Jayson Tatum had 22 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists in the Boston Celtics’ 104-88 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night.
NFL’s taunting rule is unfair to everyone, and now it has marred a high-profile game
Late in a close fourth quarter between the Chicago Bears and Pittsburgh Steelers, an unnecessary taunting flag tainted and overshadowed the result of a game.
Jaylen Brown injury: Celtics still ‘assessing’ severity of hamstring issue
Brown hurt his hamstring during Thursday’s win over the Heat. After Saturday’s game against the Mavericks, which Brown won’t play in, the Celtics aren’t in action again until Wednesday.
Brown nets 28, Celtics use 3rd-quarter run to beat Magic
Jaylen Brown scored 28 points and the Boston Celtics used an 18-1 run at the start of the second half to break open a close game in a 92-79 win over the Orlando Magic 92-79
Amid scandal, Quenneville resigns as Florida Panthers coach
Joel Quenneville has resigned as coach of the Florida Panthers, two days after the second-winningest coach in NHL history was among those implicated for not swiftly responding to allegations by a Chicago Blackhawks player in 2010 of being sexually assaulted by another coach
Rookie propels Astros past Braves to tie World Series 1-1
Rookie José Siri sparked a team whose biggest stars took a while to shine, sending the Houston Astros to a 7-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves that evened the World Series at one game apiece
Celtics Notebook: Josh Richardson understands Boston fans booing
Also, offensive rebounding woes are lamented and Al Horford makes his regular-season debut in his return to the team.