Metro - GameDay

Boston – Wednesday, May 14

Jeff Howe's Celtics blog

Jeff Howe is an award-winning sportswriter who is in his first season as the lead writer on the Celtics beat for the Boston Metro.

James, Cavaliers even series, 88-77

NBA. Back to even, and back to Boston — with authority.

Halloran: Doc deserves more credit for C’s success

Don’t do this to Doc Rivers. It’s not fair, and you know it. The big knock on Rivers as a head coach has been: “He can’t win in the playoffs.” You say it. It gets repeated. And it becomes fact without any further analysis. And now you’re doing him the greatest disservice.

Memoirist’s book is for whom the fat rolls

INTERVIEW. Author Jen Lancaster has made a successful career out of blogging and writing about her life. Her best-selling memoirs “Bitter is the New Black” and “Bright Lights, Big Ass” detail what it’s like to be large, in charge and totally hilarious.

Jays silence Sox, 3-0

MLB. There were no last- gasp rallies for the never-say-die Sox at the tail end of Thursday night’s game.

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These Rays are dangerous

MLB. If the Sox learned anything from their recent lost weekend in St. Petersburg, it may by that this is not the same hapless Tampa franchise that has yet to post a winning record in its previous 10 years of existence.

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Kids bolster lineup

MLB. Sox manager Terry Francona smiles to himself a little bit while describing the seemingly endless number of youthful reinforcements summoned to the Fens this month while injuries ravage his baseball squad.

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Sox blank Jays, 1-0

MLB. The cool, misty conditions at Fenway Park turned into the perfect backdrop for an epic mound showdown between the Sox and Blue Jays.

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Green: AL East is now officially bizarro land

As April becomes May, Tampa and Baltimore, the two teams that finished at the bottom of the standings last year, are now facing off for sole possession of first place, leaving observers understandably nonplussed. Is this bizarro baseball? Not completely.

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Hitting his stride

MLB. Red Sox shortstop Julio Lugo has been described by his coaches and teammates as a “man on a mission” this season.

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