Dan Shaughnessy

Wouldn’t it be nice to make the guy your official manager before he swaps lineup cards with Aaron Boone in the first game of a potential Wild Card Series Sept. 29?

The Celtics will play the 76ers four times in 2026-27, then hopefully meet in a playoff rematch.

Fifty-seven Hall of Fame veterans gathered in Cooperstown to welcome in Jeff Kent, Andruw Jones, and Carlos Beltrán.

The question now: Will the world’s beautiful game again be relegated to the fringe of American spectator sports once the afterglow of the World Cup fades?

The Red Sox are the clubhouse leaders in such trades, of course, but the Bruins, Patriots and Celtics share a history of deals that haven't gone over well with Boston fans.

Here's how Stevens answered Shaughnessy's questions.

The Celtics have traded a superstar in his prime before, but what they got back in 1956 was a tad better than Paul George.

A washed Paul George, who is often hurt and last year got whacked for 25 games due to ingesting a banned substance? Were Wicks and Rowe not available?

Does Brad Stevens now have to make a deal because his star is incapable of recovering from the notion that the team thought it could improve by trading him?

Ever embroiled in controversies, Wade Boggs was a favorite Eddie target and didn’t like Boston’s favorite blab-master.