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Boston Celtics legend K.C. Jones has died at age 88 By Saeed Ahmed and Homero De la Fuente, CNN Updated 10:47 PM ET, Fri December 25, 2020 Head coach K.C. Jones of the Boston Celtics looks on during a game played in 1988 at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (CNN)The word "legend" is often thrown around casually. But when it comes to K.C. Jones, there really is no other word that does him justice. Consider his list of accomplishments: Twelve NBA championships as a player and coach, ...

2020/12/26 04:55 FILE - In this Jan. 15, 1988, file photo, former Boston Celtics teammates Bill Russell, Sacramento Kings coach, left, and K.C. Jones, Celtics coach, m... FILE - In this Jan. 15, 1988, file photo, former Boston Celtics teammates Bill Russell, Sacramento Kings coach, left, and K.C. Jones, Celtics coach, meet before the start of the Kings-Celtics NBA basketball game at the Boston Garden in Boston. Basketball Hall of Famer K.C. Jones, who won eight NBA ...

Celtics Hall of Famer, One-Time Milwaukee Assistant, KC Jones Dies at 88 BOSTON (AP) — Basketball Hall of Famer K.C. Jones, an Olympic gold medalist and two-time NCAA champion who won eight straight NBA titles during the Celtics’ Bill Russell era and then coached the Boston teams with Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish to two more championships in the 1980s, has died. He was 88. The Celtics said Jones’ family confirmed that he died on Friday at an assisted living facility in Conne...

Keeping Score: What’s my line? Published: 11/13/2020 6:10:45 PM Good morning! The UMass football team is 0-2 and has been outscored 92-10. The running backs are averaging under three yards a carry, and the quarterbacks have been sacked five times.  A good offensive lineman is hard to find, yet last season Ray Thomas-Ishman was let go as part of coach Walt Bell’s “we only want character guys” purge. Any quarterback will tell you that a 6-5, 350-pound lineman has plenty of character. Bel...

East champion Heat are thinking even bigger this season By TIM REYNOLDSDecember 15, 2020 GMT That’s fine with Jimmy Butler. Miami’s run to the NBA Finals last season as the No. 5 seed in the East represented Butler’s best playoff result yet, by far. But it’ll be the Los Angeles Lakers handing out championship rings, not the Heat, and that means Butler still has work to do. “Still not content,” Butler said. “I haven’t won anything worth saying that I won. I think I have a long wa...

Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz. Books dont have to be boring. In fact, most times theyre not. In an effort to help you gift the right book to your friend and family member, weve put together a wide-ranging list of books from Black authors that tackle television, sports, race, history, politics and much more. God-Level Knowledge Darts “We want to share all we’ve learned, after years in the Bronx streets, with you: the people. So with a lifetime spent building up a plethora of information fr...

Associations coach of the year, dwayne casey is out of a job. the toronto raptors fired him yesterday after his team was swept by lebron james and the cavs for the second straight season. the raptors 17 record with 59 regular-season wins this year and earned the easts number-one seed. the gm saying that the change was necessary to get the team to the next level. the players nba analysts were shocked by the move. reggie miller tweeting, wow, wow, wow. i hope the raptors are bringing in the ghost ...

For politicians. we had in 1970, we had red auerbach, bill russell, oscar robinson, they did a game behind the iron curtain in russia when it was unheard of. so theres been sports examples of athletes doing that so i wanted to make sure you understood that there is no contradiction there. the second thing you ask is regarding -- i believe it was kenneth bae? >> no. this is about it being a birthday gift to kim jong-un. thats how dennis rodman has characterized this game. you say it is sports dip...

Mark spitz, there are a lot more than youd think. >> we talk about jewish athletes, and its not a joke. growing up as a young jew in oakland, california. they had the games. we bring them around, they call them the games when you go to israel, but they brought us in from around the planet. and we play. >> when did you do that? >> it was a disaster. i played in maryland, baltimore county, tennis and basketball. we got crushed by some long island jews. >> theyre tough. >> pretty tough. >> there wa...

have to retire from the lakers. plus, tonight, only in america. presidential bracketology explained. this is arsenio hall tonight. good evening. im arsenio hall in for piers morgan. our big story tonight is the verdict in the tyler clementi case. the rutgers university freshman who killed himself in 2010 after he learned that his roommate had used a hidden web cam to spy on his sexual encounter with another man. and today that roommate, dharun ravi was convicted on most of the char...