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Rondo Replacing Johnson on All-Star Team

The Herald got it right from Rondo’s agent. According to his agent, Bill Duffy, the Celtics point guard has been named to the Eastern Conference All-star roster, presumably to replace Joe Johnson, the injured Atlanta Hawks guard. This would be Rondo’s third all-star appearance. Nice birthday present for RR, who probably should have been selected [...]

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3 days ago

Comments Deleting?

We apologize if your comments are being deleted (provided that they are not offensive). We are looking into why this is happening. We also want to apologize for the lack of a game thread for last night’s game.  We had a premonition that the Celtics would play that poorly and thought if we pretended the [...]

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7 days ago

5 Questions With Greg Monroe

I talked with Detroit star forward Greg Monroe prior to the Celtics-Pistons game on Wednesday night.  Here is what the 2nd year big man out of Georgetown, who is averaging 16.4 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists per game had to say. 1. Just your 2nd year in the league, but playing so well, were you disappointed [...]

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8 days ago

Call for Responses: 5-on-5

Readers! Last week’s responses to the 5-on-5 questions were really, really great. We had way more qualified answers than we were able to use. So we’re going to keep doing it! FOREVER. Here are this week’s questions: 1. Are you concerned about Rondo’s media boycott this week? 2. The trade deadline is less than a [...]

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11 days ago

5 Questions With Ronnie Brewer

I talked with Chicago starting guard Ronnie Brewer prior to the Celtics-Bulls game on Sunday.  Here is what the 6th year man out of Arkansas who is averaging 7.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.1 assists had to say. 1. You guys have a lot of the same players back from last year’s team which was [...]

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13 days ago

5 Questions With Josh McRoberts

I talked to Los Angeles back up big man Josh McRoberts prior to the Celtics-Lakers game Thursday night at the Garden.  Here is what the former Duke Blue Devil, who is averaging 2.9 points and 3.8 rebounds in his first year in LA, had to say. 1. How have you guys been able to deal [...]

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Bill Russell Statue Will Be In City Hall Plaza

Two Of The GreatsThe long overdue Bill Russell statue now has an official home. Boston’s Mayor Thomas Menino announced this morning in a press conference that Russell’s statue will be located near Congress Street in City Hall Plaza when it is unveiled in 2012. Laura Nelson of Boston.com gets us up to date on the developments surrounding the statue:

Three artists will be competing for the right to design the statute for Russell, who was one of the Celtics’ all-time great players and a widely respected civil rights activist.

The artists are Fern Cunningham, Ann Hirsch, and Antonio Tobias Mendez.

The winning design will be unveiled in spring 2012. Menino, who has pushed to relocate City Hall to South Boston, said renovations will be made to the plaza to coincide with the statue’s installation.

Officials said the Russell statue will be installed on the south side of City Hall Plaza near Congress Street, a spot located about 10 yards north of the doorway to the Planet Fitness facility on the plaza.

Celtics co-owner Stephen Pagliuca said Russell was a role model for the young, and a mentor as well.

“He always found the time to take a youngster aside,’’ he said. “He was an individual who went out of his way to work with young children.”

Private fund-raising continues through the summer and public fund-raising starts this fall, when a winning design from one of the three artists is selected.

Paul Flannery of WEEI.com who did terrific work last year with his Boston Magazine article in bringing the Russell statue issue the rightful attention it deserved, has more on the three artists who may design the statue:

Cunningham designed the Harriet Tubman memorial at Harriet Tubman Park in the South End. It’s said to be the first statue on city-owned property honoring a woman.

Hirsch’s work includes a nine-sculpture gothic/human installation called “Watchers.”

Mendez designed the Red Sox “Teammates” statue — profiling 1940s-era legends Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, Dom DiMaggio and Bobby Doerr — that stands outside of Gate B at Fenway Park.

Video of the event from Chris Forsberg at ESPNBoston.com

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