BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics know that no one cares about everything they’ve accomplished during the regular season. Being the only team to win 60 games? That’s cool. Beating 10 teams by 30 or more points and becoming the first team in NBA history to have three 50-point wins in the same season? Not bad. Clinching the Eastern Conference’s No. 1 playoff seed with 11 games remaining in the regular season? Yawn. Bottom line, the Celtics know this franchise is judged by championships. And for the
WINNIPEG — Veteran skip Brad Jacobs is a free agent after announcing Wednesday that he is parting ways with Reid Carruthers and his Manitoba-based curling team. Jacobs joined the team based near Winnipeg, which also includes second Derek Samagalski and lead Connor Njegovan, midway through the 2022-23 season replacement for former third Jason Gunnlaugson. He became a permanent member of the team this season and took over as skip when he swapped roles with Carruthers in December. "It is with mixed
Soufiane Rahimi’s hat trick helped Al-Ain of the United Arab Emirates to a 4-2 win over Al-Hilal in the first leg of their Asian Champions League semifinal on Wednesday that also ended the Saudi Arabian team's 34-game world record winning streak for top tier teams. The Moroccan international, now the tournament's leading scorer with 11 goals, struck three times before the break to put the hosts in control ahead of next Tuesday’s second leg in Riyadh. The game kicked off 24 hours late as it was p