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Indians flexing muscle with A. Belle bobblehead

CNNSI.com

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Albert Belle will flex his muscles for the Indians one more time.

boston.com

Boston beat Chicago, 71-69, Wednesday night at TD Garden and has won eight of its last nine games heading into the All-Star break.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Kevin Garnett scored eight of his 12 points in the fourth quarter and added 11 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics overcame poor shooting to beat the Chicago Bulls 71-69 Wednesday night.

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

A day after a police officer testified that Patriots cornerback Alfonzo Dennard punched him outside a bar in Lincoln, Nebraska, last year, one of the officer’s colleagues testified that he witnessed the punch. Dennard is on trial for third-degree assaul…

boston.com

Second quarter, 2:55, Bulls 32-30: It's an ugly game for the Celtics, who are 2-for-15 shooting in the quarter and have dipped to 30.6 percent after a sparkling first quarter. The Bulls are at 45.2 percent but have committed 10...

boston.com

This is the last game for each team before the All-Star break, and each team could use a breather.

Chris Forsberg, ESPN.com

Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo underwent surgery to repair a tear in his right ACL on Tuesday, according to Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge.

Ian Browne, MLB.com

For the first time, Red Sox left-hander Jon Lester comes to camp trying to avenge a subpar individual season, not to mention a last-place finish by his team.

Tom Ley, deadspin.com

How does human keg stand Rob Gronkowski respond to being Gronkshamed by a stodgy Boston sports columnist? He grabs his "Sorry For Partying" tank top and heads to Universal Studios to party, obviously. More »

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

It’s not that we doubted it before, but now we know for sure. Logan Mankins was right. The Patriots veteran guard was talking about teammate Rob Gronkowski, and called him “a big meathead that likes to party and play football.” That was in reference…

ESPN.com

Only one AFC East team utilized the franchise tag last year. The New England Patriots tagged Pro Bowl receiver Wes Welker, who caught 118 passes for 1,354 yards and six touchdowns in 2012. Welker lived up to the expensive, $9.5 million salary the tag di…

Iam Thomsen, CNNSI.com

J.J. Redick, who has become a desired player in advance of the upcoming trade deadline, remembers interviewing with Celtics president Danny Ainge before the 2006 draft. Both had been All-America shooting guards -- Ainge at BYU in 1980-81, Redick more re…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

At NFL Films, Steve Sabol preferred to put the focus on the field, and not on himself. But Sabol, the NFL Films president who died in September, was the focus of an event on Tuesday night in Philadelphia. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and Patriots owne…

Morgan Smith, patriotsgab.com

Here you go! Best pictures of the Best QB to ever play and the Best looking QB to ever play!

CNNSI.com

GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) -- Third baseman Scott Rolen declined the Cincinnati Reds' offer to attend spring training, but stopped short of saying he's ready to retire.

grantland.com

The Celtics have one game left before the All-Star break, and you gotta imagine it can't come soon enough. After playing the Bulls tonight, Kevin Garn...