Mills, Edney in new Celtic mix
August 23, 1997They are now a team made over, nearly nipped and tucked beyond recognition. The New Celtics still wear green-and-white uniforms, but that wardrobe is among the few links to last season's...
View ArticleCeltics' gambling is a dicey situation
August 24, 1997Chris Wallace is a renaissance general manager. He knows how to gather his collection of tapes and CDs and spend an afternoon listening to classic funk or R&B. He knows Big East...
View ArticleParish leaves lengthy legacy
August 26, 1997OK, so Robert Parish went one year too long.That leaves 20 years of greatness in a sport where you qualify for a pension if you can last four seasons. You will see the center jump...
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The (awful) Year Before Bird: Game 8
Chicago Bulls1121-9 (Lost 8)⇐ Prev Game / Next Game ⇒Boston Celtics1182-6 (Won 1)⇐ Prev Game / Next Game ⇒November 1, 1978-
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The (awful) Year Before Bird: Game 9
San Antonio Spurs1106-5 (Won 1)⇐ Prev Game / Next Game ⇒Boston Celtics1032-7 (Lost 1)⇐ Prev Game / Next Game ⇒November 3, 1978-
View ArticleLA ends Fox's hunt
August 27, 1997One day it was Atlanta. The next day it was New York. The day after that it was somebody else, and then somebody else and so on and so forth until just about the only team that wasn't...
View ArticleThere'll be no Bird watching
September 7, 1997Larry Bird won't be in the stands today when the Patriots invade the RCA Dome to play the Colts."It's unbelievable," says Bird, the new coach of the Indiana Pacers. "But I've never...
View ArticleBillups, Mercer in fold
September 9, 1997Now that all of their players are signed, the Celtics have one question to answer: Who will be the one to go?Someone in green probably will have to relocate. NBA rosters can...
View ArticleRodman's offer to work for free is denied
September 18, 1997Dennis Rodman made the Chicago Bulls an offer that sounded too good to be true: He suggested that the team pay him nothing up front, the Chicago Sun-Times reported yesterday. Instead,...
View ArticleCeltics $ 420,000 in black despite 2d worst record
September 27, 1997The Boston Celtics Limited Partnership - despite the second worst record in the National Basketball Association - managed to turn a profit of $ 420,000 in the fiscal year ended June...
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The (awful) Year Before Bird: Game 10
Boston Celtics1082-8 (Lost 2)⇐ Prev Game / Next Game ⇒Milwaukee Bucks1255-9 (Won 1)⇐ Prev Game / Next Game ⇒November 7, 1978-
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Rick Adelman and San Diego Rockets Dump Celtics
Boston Celtics1165-13 (Lost 2)⇐ Prev Game / Next Game ⇒San Diego Rockets1257-11 (Won 1)⇐ Prev Game / Next Game ⇒November 22, 1969-
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Philly's Big Three Combine for 95 in Win over C's
Philadelphia 76ers1358-12 (Won 2)⇐ Prev Game / Next Game ⇒Boston Celtics1146-14 (Lost 1)⇐ Prev Game / Next Game ⇒November 26, 1969-
View ArticlePitino Inc.
October 1, 1997The Rick Pitino show is under way in Boston.No, not the one for which the Boston Celtics are paying him $ 6.8 million a year to coach a sorry team back to greatness.This is a separate...
View ArticleThere's gold for the green: Carr, Gaston among the officers who cashed in
September 27, 1997 The team lost as never before and the fans stayed away, but all in all, it wasn't a bad year for those who ran the Celtics.Former coach M.L. Carr got a $ 1 million bonus for guiding...
View ArticlePitino opens boot camp
October 4, 1997It is already obvious that Rick Pitino takes certain phrases literally.Example 1: training camp. In today's NBA, training camp has become a basketball/male bonding hybrid. Often the idea...
View ArticlePaul McCartney has Celtic Roots
October 5, 1997There's an amazing photograph in the booklet that accompanies the CD of Paul McCartney's "Standing Stone," a new 78-minute work for chorus and orchestra.At first glance, the photo looks...
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Siegy's 26 Leads Celtics over Sonics
Boston Celtics1256-13 (Won 1)⇐ Prev Game / Next Game ⇒Seattle SuperSonics1165-13 (Lost 3)⇐ Prev Game / Next Game ⇒November 23, 1969-
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Philly's Big Three Combine for 95 in W over C's
Philadelphia 76ers1358-12 (Won 2)⇐ Prev Game / Next Game ⇒Boston Celtics1146-14 (Lost 1)⇐ Prev Game / Next Game ⇒November 26, 1969-
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Robert Parish, Bill Walton, and the Issue of Race
January 18, 1998By Dan ShaughnessyIt's been ovation after ovation for the Chief. Boston basketball fans, a predominantly white crowd, always overcompensated in their appreciation of the Chief. He was,...
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