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Brady fave WR Gaffney heading back to Pats

Mike Reiss, ESPN.com

Jabar Gaffney is heading back to the New England Patriots.

CNNSI.com

ATLANTA (AP) -- Josh Smith has undergone an MRI on his sprained left knee, and the Atlanta Hawks are awaiting word on whether the power forward will be able to play in Game 3 against the Boston Celtics.

Matt Loede, patriotsgab.com

The Patriots have released the following statement following the passing of former NFL linebacker Junior Seau, who finished his 20-year career by spending four seasons with the Patriots. “We were shocked to hear of the initial reports regarding Junior S…

boston.com

Celtics legend and basketball Hall of Famer Dave Cowens (left) hosted a celebrity basketball game.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Smith has a strained tendon in his left knee and is day to day for the playoff series against the Boston Celtics.

Peter King, CNNSI.com

Saints bounty scandal 77, Patriots Spygate scandal 0.

boston.com

Licht, the team’s director of pro personnel, is leaving to take a job with the Arizona Cardinals.

Toni Monkovic, nytimes.com

The spy scandal involving the Patriots lives on. Eric Mangini says he wishes he hadn't pointed the finger. And Ravens Coach John Harbaugh probably wishes he didn't mention the subject.

boston.com

There were mostly unknowns surrounding Hawks forward Josh Smith’s left knee sprain after Tuesday night’s 87-80 loss to the Celtics at Philips Arena. With 4 minutes and 20 seconds to go in the fourth quarter, Smith left the game, having injured the kne…

boston.com

The Celtics had a simple game plan for their 87-80 win over the Hawks in Game 2 of their playoff series Tuesday night.

boston.com

When you play for the Boston Celtics , anything positive you do always bumps into history. Whatever you’ve just done, somebody is around to tell you that somebody else did it better in the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, or even four years ago.…

boston.com

Just when the faithful began to believe the Big Three Era was coming to an end, with Rajon Rondo at a local hotel and Ray Allen immaculately dressed on the bench, unable to play for the third week because of bone spurs in his right ankle, what was left …

boston.com

Celtics coach Doc Rivers often says his team performs best with its collective back against the wall. And the Celtics’ situation seemed quite desperate in Tuesday night’s Game 2 of their playoff series with the Atlanta Hawks .

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

No Rajon Rondo. No Ray Allen. No Ben Affleck, Brian Scalabrine or Steve Carell either. None of it mattered because The Truth was in rare form for Boston last night, going bonkers in the second half and even getting all biblical on us in the Celtics’ 87-…

boston.com

It didn’t take Jonathan Fanene long to feel he was in the right place at the right time. The 30-year-old defensive end finally had bolted from his home base with the Cincinnati Bengals after a seven-year career that had established him as a solid if not…

Shalise Manza Young, boston.com

The story that apparently won’t ever die - Spygate - was thrust back into the headlines Tuesday thanks to one comment, one retraction, and one mea culpa.