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Boston Celtics

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Tyson Chandler Gives Sonic Fans Someone to Cheer For in the NBA Finals

    ​Since the Sonics were hijacked to Oklahoma City, it's become understandably en vogue for Seattle diehards to root against their former team. But Thunder general manager Sam Presti, universally regarded as a wunderkind by colleagues and media alike, has made this task extremely difficult, swif ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Bill Russell's Resume: After Today, it will Include a Nice Medal from the President

    Russ, with rings​You live long enough, you get to see something like this, a fellow former Seattle Times columnist win the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Bill Russell receives that honor today from Barak Obama. He'll be on the stage with an eclectic panel of recipients including Maya Angelou­ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Nate Robinson Is 50 Cent's Mini-Me

    ​Call him 25 Cent. Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo photographed the Verne Troyer-sized former UW hoopster donning a ridiculous "cat mink fur" coat he received as a gift from Shaq.

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    JoJo's a Casualty of Zippy's War

    Unsurprisingly, JoJo's is not named for former Boston Celtic great JoJo White.​Over the last week, both the West Seattle blog and Voracious' Leslie Kelly have posted harrowing accounts of how Seattle's best burger place, Zippy's, might soon be rendered homeless due to the mortal delinquency of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    As LeBron James Returns to Cleveland, a Sonic Fan Can't Help but Root for the Thunder

    ​When LeBron James steps into Quicken Loans Arena for the first time in a visitor's uniform tonight, anything short of a public stoning by Cavaliers fans will be considered an act of supreme restraint. Which got me thinking: What if the Oklahoma City Thunder returned to KeyArena for a preseaso ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Nate Robinson Makes Playing for the Celtics Look Fun

    ​Nate Robinson is short. Shaquille O'Neal is tall. The Boston Celtics have already had fun with this contrast in photo form. Now the players themselves are getting in on the act, in a locker-room dance video recorded by teammate Paul Pierce that features Halloween masks and a shirtless man bei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Nate Robinson and Shaq: The NBA's Best Visual Gag

    ​Former Rainier Beach High standout, University of Washington star, SW cover boy and self-described "small guy from Seattle" Nate Robinson is a member of the Boston Celtics. So too is Shaquille O'Neal, quite possibly the world's largest human. Do you think it might be funny if Robinson and Sha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Jack Zduriencik Is Threatening to Become Baseball's Joe Dumars

    ​Former basketball star Joe Dumars is to Detroit as Edgar Martinez is to Seattle. But unlike Martinez, the former Piston works for his onetime employer in the very important position of general manager. Despite dubiously passing on Carmelo Anthony in the draft, he acquired Ben and Rasheed Wall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Quincy Pondexter Coulda Stayed a Seattleite

    ​UPDATE: Just kidding, Pondexter got traded to New Orleans. Somewhere in an alternate dimension Quincy Pondexter gets to stay home. Unfortunately, in this world, the University of Washington star ended up being drafted 26th by the Zombie Sonics, a.k.a. the Oklahoma City Thunder, in last night' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Nate Robinson Is Donkey to Big Baby's Shrek

    ​With the sporting world focused on those quaint little soccer matches in South Africa, you may not have heard a lot about last night's NBA Finals game, where former Rainier Beach High and University of Washington star Nate Robinson provided his Boston Celtics a needed spark off the bench and ... More >>

  • Arts

    April 28, 2010

    The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

    ​With the sporting world focused on those quaint little soccer matches in South Africa, you may not have heard a lot about last night's NBA Finals game, where former Rainier Beach High and University of Washington star Nate Robinson provided his Boston Celtics a needed spark off the bench and ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 21, 2010

    Storm vs. Phoenix Mercury

    ​With the sporting world focused on those quaint little soccer matches in South Africa, you may not have heard a lot about last night's NBA Finals game, where former Rainier Beach High and University of Washington star Nate Robinson provided his Boston Celtics a needed spark off the bench and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    Nate Robinson Asks That You Not Buy This T-Shirt

    Pepperl and Isaiah Thomas. #wordaapp​Like a lot of University of Washington grads, Alex Pepperl follows former Husky star Nate Robinson on Twitter. Robinson is a prolific Twitterer with an unusual sign-off: at the end of every Tweet he types "wordaapp." What's wordaapp? It's a variation on " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Nate Robinson's Roller-Coaster Reaches Its Apex Again As He's Named Knicks' Starting Point Guard

    If you'll be my buddyguard, Dave, I can be your long lost point guard.​Regardless of how much he loved visiting the Fun Forest while growing up in Seattle, we're betting Nate Robinson isn't so fond of roller-coasters these days. After winning the Slam Dunk Contest and being proclaimed the flav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Revisiting the So-Called Sabotage of the Seattle Supersonics

    "Man, our new teams are great, but we aren't so good anymore, are we?"​In Jason Reid's astute documentary, Sonicsgate, which will screen at Portland's Baghdad Theater on Feb. 20 as part of the Beer & Movie Fest, a common refrain among Seattle Supersonic fans irate with Clay Bennett was that th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    For Lease: 5'8" Ex-Husky Point Guard and Defending NBA Dunk Champion, Low Mileage, Might Be Willing to Relocate to Boston

    It's been awhile since Nate (#2) was in the mood to get this goofy.​Last year, Rainier Beach High and University of Washington alum Nate Robinson was the king of New York, dazzling Knick fans during an otherwise trying season with his infectious energy and spectacular feats of athleticism. But ... More >>

  • Arts

    November 4, 2009

    Books: Nothing but Net

    ESPN.com's Sports Guy opens his brain and dumps it into a 700-page book.

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    O'Dea Coach Phil Lumpkin Found Dead at Age 57

    Phil Lumpkin only lasted one season with the Phoenix Suns, but he made it count.​Former NBA player and longtime O'Dea high school basketball coach Phil Lumpkin is dead. The 57-year-old was found in his apartment Monday morning by school officials worried that he hadn't returned their calls. Wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Remember Rashard Lewis?

    He hit the biggest shot of his career last night to lead the Orlando Magic to a startling comeback win on the road over MVP LeBron James and the league-best Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals. This comes after the Magic went the distance (seven games) to polish off the defending ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Former Sonic Attends Inaugural, Inserts Foot in Mouth

    That'd be Ray Allen, now of the world champion Boston Celtics, who was beloved in his short Seattle tenure. Good a guy as Ray is, his quote in this RealGM story proves that he's not as in touch with ordinary Americans as our new President claims to be: "I think if you go back when Bush was re-elec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2008

    What Happened to Our Teams?

    That'd be Ray Allen, now of the world champion Boston Celtics, who was beloved in his short Seattle tenure. Good a guy as Ray is, his quote in this RealGM story proves that he's not as in touch with ordinary Americans as our new President claims to be: "I think if you go back when Bush was re-elec ... More >>

  • News

    July 23, 2008

    NBA to City Hall?

    A former Sonic is running on his experience as a team player. Get it?!?!?

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2008

    Put Me In, Coach!

    A former Sonic is running on his experience as a team player. Get it?!?!?

  • News

    July 2, 2008

    Darryl Won’t “Tapp That Ass”

    But the ’Hawks’ defensive end wants you to “step up your game.”

  • Calendar

    December 26, 2007

    Seattle Supersonics v. Boston Celtics

    Ray Allen returns to Key Arena

  • News

    August 22, 2007

    Joe Pace Is Using Papier-Mâché Robots and a Three-Rimmed Backboard to Get His Life Back on Track

    The formerly homeless ex–professional basketball player's last NBA game was defeating the Sonics for the championship.

  • News

    July 30, 2003

    The Trade Embargo

    What deal will the Mariners not make this season?

  • Diversions

    October 23, 2002

    Punk-Ass Preview

    In which Gary Payton learns who's in charge of the Sonics.

  • Arts

    November 22, 2000

    Sonic doom?

    A lifelong fan chats it up with Coach Westphal, hoping for a magic plan to beat the Lakers.

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