Mitchell scores 36 points, Joe Ingles adds 24 and Rudy Gobert tallies 18 points and 12 rebounds as Utah wins its fifth in a row. Jaylen Brown puts up a team-high 33 points for Boston, and Jayson Tatum has 23.
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Tom Brady still has the itch, and it’s taken him places no football player has been
Brady showed the Buccaneers the 100 percent, the uncut corner, and made them understand the applied workload required to get to a Super Bowl.
Bucs, Lightning, Rays transform Tampa into Titletown
Los Angeles has reigning world champs in baseball’s Dodgers and basketball’s Lakers, however, it’s difficult to top the collective success of this region’s Super Bowl-winning Buccaneers, Stanley Cup champion Lightning and World Series runner-up Rays.
Rodgers wins 3rd MVP, Donald gets 3rd top defensive player
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers earned his third Associated Press Most Valuable Player award, while Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald took his third top defensive player prize at NFL Honors
Game changers: Manning, Woodson, Megatron headed to Hall
Peyton Manning is heading to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, an all-but-preordained honor for a quarterback who helped redefine offense in the 21st century
Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks Jr. dies at 67
Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks Jr. has died after battling prostate and other cancers
A 3-0 final score? Nobody wants to see Super Bowl like that
There was one other time when this year’s Super Bowl teams, the Chiefs and Buccaneers, closed out the season in Tampa
NFL and union tell teams what celebrations are allowed
The NFL and the players’ union sent a memo to the Super Bowl teams Saturday detailing what celebrations attended by players and staff should look like
Sports’ best of the best impressed: ‘Brady is the gold standard’
Tom Brady was already a member in good standing of the most exclusive club in sports — “The Best of the Best” — before he won three playoff road games to make a record 10th Super Bowl appearance.
Britt Reid, Chiefs assistant and coach’s son, involved in car accident that reportedly injured two children
According to reports, authorities are attempting to determine whether driver impairment was a factor in the accident involving Andy Reid’s son.