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On this day in 1961, the unbreakable was broken. Roger Maris approached the plate with 60 home runs on the season, tied with Babe Ruth for the most home runs in a season.

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Yankees’ offense scored in just about every way besides a dropped third strike and a wild pitch with a runner on third, as they took the first of a two-game set with the Philadelphia Phillies, 6-4, extending their winning streak to three games. This showdown had something for everybody on offense. Do you prefer small ball? The Yankees scored their first two runs thanks to the efforts of Greg Allen. First, he led off the bottom of the third with a single ...

The Yankees took advantage of a bad Twins team and hopefully spurred their lineup.

The Brooklyn Nets are moving on to the second round of the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2014, as they defeated the Boston Celtics 123-109, taking this series in five games.

One more. After losing Game 3, the Brooklyn Nets came into Game four hoping to prevent disaster and grab themselves a 3-1 series lead over the Boston Celtics. They managed to do that and then some...

The Celtics fan who allegedly threw a water bottle at Nets guard Kyrie Irving was arrested and charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon.

Fan charged with assault and battery after throwing water bottle at Kyrie Irving Joseph Choi © Getty Images Fan charged with assault and battery after throwing water bottle at Kyrie Irving A Celtics fan who threw a water bottle at Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving has been arrested on charges of assault and battery with a deadly weapon. Speaking to USA Today, Boston Police sergeant detective John Boyle the suspect, Cole Buckley from Braintree, Massachusetts, was arrested...

A 21-year-old Celtics fan is the third fan in the last week to find himself banned from an NBA arena.

It goes much deeper than that. “(It’s) just underlying racism, and treating people like they’re in a human zoo,” Irving said after a water bottle was thrown at him following Brooklyn’s 141-126 victory over the Celtics on Sunday night. “Throwing stuff at people, saying things. There’s a certain point where it gets to be too much,” said the Nets guard, who spent two years playing in Boston and revealed last week he was the victim of racism during his time in the city. “You see p...

“This incident is under review,” TD Garden said in a statement. “We have zero tolerance for violations of our guest code of conduct, and the guest is subject to a lifetime ban from TD Garden.” The incident marks at least the third instance of fans spitting or throwing things at NBA players in recent weeks. Last week, Wizards star Russell Westbrook had popcorn thrown on him, and Hawks guard Trae Young was spat on at Madison Square Garden. “Anything could’ve happened with that water b...