Absolutely insane that Cape Verde — a country of 500,000 — played Spain, Uruguay and Argentina…and lost to none of them in regulation. Easily one of the greatest performances in World Cup history.

Hell yes.

As someone who has lived in Boston for 50.833 years, the Cape Verdean & Haitian communities are integral parts of what we call “actual Boston culture” in the city and Greater Boston Area so I’m not surprised in the least

for those discovering Zlatan Ibrahimović and wondering if he earned the right to be this arrogant: just watch this

If Taylor Swift really wanted a private wedding venue she should’ve considered the National Mall.

Fine, but hear me out on my three-season deep dive regarding his assist-to-dribbling-off-his-left-knee ratio. It ends all arguments, trust me! You see …

“I push the boundaries.” Willson Contreras plays with a rare edge, and welcomes the idea that opponents don’t like him because he’s willing to make them uncomfortable. A look at his approach - and why Red Sox teammates who’d hated it as an opponent love it now: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/03/s...

The Nomar trade is wild because the explanation they gave -- that they needed to improve the infield D -- seems to have been the true one. Derek Lowe, among others, benefited greatly!

How can you tell?

"I don't like the trade, especially the return, but I keep coming back to the person that made the deal, and made it with full knowledge of how it would be perceived. "In Brad we trust? It’s not in past tense to me." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/02/s...

Breslow perks up.

The Globe did a fun thing with a July 4, 1776 edition. Sadly, there was no baseball coverage. 😀

If the Celtics had one 35% max out for 75% of the year and a second 35% max who isn’t a top-50 player and still went 56-26, Derrick should have been unanimous MVP

Whelp there is today’s healthy cry sorted

England fans discovering Texas BBQ for the first time, followed by Atlanta cuisine, then going to Mexico City for street tacos might radicalize thousands against steak pies with mushy peas.

Was told that Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens and lead governor Bill Chisholm are expected to meet with the media Monday afternoon after the NBA moratorium lifts. Original post

Thought this too.

Queta and Mitch Robinson at those numbers are both extremely good value.

He creates his own reality & expects us to believe it. The FELON's FANTASY: Meanwhile, back on EARTH 1:

Jaylen Brown intends to remain committed to his community initiatives throughout Boston: "I still got obligations here."

Toe Knee Arm Ass.

You say this like he grew up watching tapes of the ‘86 Celtics or has rooted for them all his life or was taught Kevin McHale’s up-and-under move by his mom or something.

NEW pod w/Evan Turner: What happened between Jaylen Brown and Boston? And why did Brown have to go? ⬇️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

Fox says preliminary numbers for U.S.- Bosnia-Herzegovina show an average of 24.43 million viewers. Peaked at 31.88 million viewers from 9:45-10:00 PM ET. Most-watched soccer telecast in English-Language U.S. history.

Absolute b.s.

Missed Len and Reggie, I guess.

The pick before Larry.

"I’m still processing how this all went down. I’m excited and disappointed at the same time." Read the now-former Celtic's statement to fans: buff.ly/BhxAkFC

This is what we can’t forget- if “in Brad we trust” has been the mantra that has proven to work for years, and as Chad says he KNOWS how this would be viewed- he clearly did it for a specific reason. Data? Analytics? To prepare for another move using added draft capital? He didn’t get dumb overnight

Appreciate it.

It’s pretty obvious that every move Brad has made this offseason is with the intention of eventually uniting Cooper Flagg and Dylan Harper. 😆 🤔 (Not totally kidding about Cooper. He’s playing here someday.)

Simplest explanation is that Brad had decided he couldn't build a championship roster including both Jays & that Brown had to go. You are 100% right that he needs to explain himself. Nature abhors an information vacuum - the stuff that will get made up until Brad clears the air will be nuts.

John Kruk remembering the first thing Andre Dawson ever said to him: "Why don't you just shut up."

"I don't like the trade, especially the return, but I keep coming back to the person that made the deal, and made it with full knowledge of how it would be perceived. "In Brad we trust? It’s not in past tense to me." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/02/s...

I actually looked this up after reading the article. Last season, they were 9-2 without him. Losses were at Indy (by 2) and at NY (by 6). Road wins over Washington (by 45), Toronto (16), Houston (21), Phoenix (16), Milwaukee (27), and Charlotte (15). Home wins over Hawks, Kings and Magic (Gm. 82).

A thing my highschool did at pep rallies was put football players in front of cheerleaders and blindfold them with the idea the cheerleaders were going to kiss them but the cheerleaders would leave and their moms would come out and kiss them so the idea was football players got horny for their moms

Ah, yes. The winter of ‘80-‘81. Lynn, Fisk, Hobson, and Burleson. Still bummed.

Looks like in the same boat as last year Lost a Jay for season (mostly) everyone thinks going to be bad As a collective won 56 games Until proven different why can’t it happen again Find a way to

This is so kind of Jaylen. Damn.

Just felt like re-reading this @chadfinn.bsky.social story this morning for some reason. www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redso...

@johnkaralis.com I think you should have @samsheehan.bsky.social on the podcast in the near future. His piece turned out to be right on the money

i wrote about the truly astonishing jaylen brown trade: www.theringer.com/2026/07/01/n...

Celtics fans are pissed because this is a bad trade by any measure, but also we’re disinclined to hear about “analytics over eye test and counting stats” because that got us a lot of short, slow baseball guys these past couple years.

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New: Details on the Celtics’ decision to trade Jaylen Brown, more specifics on the picks acquired, and where the Celtics go from here. Original post

Very balanced read on Jaylen and analytics. sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/...

Yeah, interesting question. Why wasn’t there something much better?