Celtics shooting clinic vs. Hawks was secretly a story of defensive differences

According to Shams Charania of ESPN, Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown has been named an Eastern Conference All-Star starter. Joining him in the first five in LA will be New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson, Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese…

The Patriots had the third-lowest offensive EPA (expected points added) per play by a winning team this entire season. Only the week 9 Jets (who beat the Browns) and the week 18 Raiders (who beat the Chiefs) performed worse.

In a high school gym in Birmingham, Michigan, Jayson Tatum went through a workout. He could have waited for a time when reporters weren't around, but he didn't. In fact, given how the morning unfolded, he did the exact opposite. He wanted…

So, with a little help from CJ Stroud - or a lot, depending on how you want to view the picture - Vrabel's defense, coordinated by Zak Kuhr, made life miserable for Houston. They turned the Texans over five times...

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But here's the thing, as New England prepares to go to Denver and the Patriots' personal house of horrors, Empower Field at Mile High, to play the AFC Championship Game at 3 p.m. Sunday, all that stuff about the Patriots being underrated…

BSJ’s Greg Bedard joins CLNS Media’s John Zannis as they react to the Patriots' 28-16 victory over the Houston Texans in the AFC Divisional Round on Sunday.

Beyond the player swap, the deal marked a notable first: it was the first trade between Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow and new Nationals front office leader Paul Toboni, who spent more than a decade in Boston’s organization…