Celtics legend Bill Russell is very committed to mentorship.
It is a gift to be guided and certain times. It can be an even more wonderful gift to give as well.
As Russell was honored recently in Boston he spoke of the importance of mentorship in his life and quoted a poem that has stayed with him:
“It [...]
The NBA Eastern Conference Finals started out with a bang for the Boston Celtics.
Game four was not pretty but it could have gone either way in regulation, only to see the loss in OT. This seems to have breathed new life into what was a very bewildered Orlando Magic team. As evidenced by last nights [...]
Halloween in my house rivals Christmas..it is BIG! The excitement builds for the costumes, trick-or-treating, candy trading and of course enjoying the fruits of all that labor…eating the candy. It was a great time sharing Halloween with some great friends. The New England weather gave us an Indian Summer evening albeit a little windy…but the [...]
Boston sports fans have nothing to complain about. In the last decade the Patriots, Red Sox and Celtics have given us six championships and many runs in the playoffs. There is overwhelming sentiment with the Bruins as they are having their best season in many wiht a real team oriented approach to hockey. This era [...]
Big news today in sports marketing out of New York.
Tony Ponturo, said to be the “most powerful man in sports,” due to his long tenure as the head of Anheuser-Bush sports marketing, has agreed to invest and become Chairman of Leverage Agency. Leverage Agency was founded just three years ago and has been run by [...]
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4. Celtics Pride
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It is the Eve of Patriot’s Day. To most of the world this does not mean that much but if you are a Bostonian it means many things. First off it was tonight that Paul Revere and William Dawes made their famous horseback rides from Boston to the country towns of Lexington and Concord to [...]
The Boston Celtics open the NBA Playoffs on Saturday looking to defend their 17th Championship. The road number 18 got a little bumpy late yestereday as we learned that Kevin Garnet is unlike to play in the postseason due to an injury. It will be tough to win the Championship without KG.
We also learned that [...]
I have grown up in Boston with some great sports franchises right in this town in the Celtics, Red Sox, Patriots and Bruins. I played soccer when it was not popular to do so and there was no MLS to look to as a fan. So as a kid I adopted Manchester United because we were [...]
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