Hard to believe it, or even give it much though just yet, but we're in the offseason now. You just know that a champagne soaked Danny Ainge was right back to work in the wee hours of this morning. I picture him fielding congratulatory phone calls from...

For the first five games of the NBA Finals, the heavyweight match between the Celtics' league best defense and the Lakers' high powered offense was a close bout but in game six the Celtics landed a stunning knockout punch, posting a 131-92 victory to...

Basketbawful has broken out the highest quality Wiccan spell components - mutant worms, baby poo, a lock of Fabio's back hair, a ninja's shin bone, and Britney Spears' first training bra - to uncover the darkest mysteries of tonight's NBA Finals...

Two articles talking about Paul Pierce's legacy. Adrian Wojnarowski: (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AmdgtllexP6iLArJY0CWeOu8vLYF?slug=aw-piercegamesixpreview061708 prov=yhoo type=lgns) Before the season, Boston debated on whether...

Whoever assigns NBA referees to Finals games is not fussy about appearances. The referees for Game 6 will be Eddie F. Rush, Bennett Salvatore, and Joey Crawford. Those last two would make anybody's short list of referees who have been involved in...

  Games 3 Group A Turkey 3, Czech Republic 2 Ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod . What the hell just happened? Seriously, what the hell just happened? There have been two comebacks so far in the Euros, where a team conceded...

Here we have the obligatory "this series isn't over" story from ESPN today. While Kobe is right, and any Boston sports fan would have to agree that a 3-1 deficit is far from a done deal, the article is so laudatory of Kobe it makes me turn my head...

When I was a sophomore on my high school's varsity hoops team, our best player was a senior shooting guard. This guy was a world class prick. He was eventually headed to Dartmouth and he already possessed every sterotypical Ivy League quality that...

Good morning… How was everyone’s Friday night? Oh, really? An entire pizza? You don’t say! That’s hilarious! Christina Milian has been known to look good. That’s why she’s today’s Roundup girl....

Josh Q Public:   It seems such a waste of time.  If that’s what it’s all about.  Mama, if that’s movin’ up, then I’m movin’ out.  -Billy Joel Public service Announcement:   Ok, here we go!  I’m done. 

As Bill Simmons and others have correctly pointed out, Kobe's complete failure to prevent his team from collapsing at home and blowing a 24-point lead in a crucial Game 4 now forever (finally!) puts an end to the ridiculous claim that Kobe is "as good...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/080613 An entry so good, so clever, so spot on, that it should be hand written onto parchment and taken to the National Archives to be preserved for generations. If the Celtics win the series,...

Sorry Laker fans. It's nothing personal. (Well, for most of you it isn't) Bill Plaschke (http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-nuplaschke13-2008jun13,0,7835575.column?page=1) (same guy that accused Pierce of faking): The Lakers didn't choke.They...

Basketbawful has broken out the highest quality Wiccan spell components — rubber lips, mummy poop, fish eyes, a dead pirate's peg leg, and a signed photo of Menudo — to uncover the darkest mysteries of tonight's NBA Finals game. Kevin...

Dan Shaughnessy has a pretty good article (http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2008/06/12/getting_more_from_garnett_would_be_ticket?mode=PF) on Kevin Garnett for the Globe: So, where is the Big Ticket now that he's finally on...