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More photos » Eugene Hoshiko - AP 21 days ago: NBA’s Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett speaks during a press conference as he visits the World Expo site Wednesday Aug. 4, 2010, in Shanghai. Garnett is in Shanghai to participate in promotional events for Chinese sportswear brand ANTA....

More photos » Matt York - AP 3 months ago: Portland Trail Blazers guard Jerryd Bayless (4) and Rudy Fernandez, of Spain, talk during the first half in Game 5 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series agains the Phoenix Suns, Monday, April 26, 2010 in Phoenix.(AP Photo/Matt York)(AP Photo/Matt...

More photos » Sam Greenwood - Getty Images A revamped frontline was needed. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) Browse more photos » Danny Ainge’s search for frontcourt help this offseason was most likely spurred on by two simple facts. First, his starting center, Kendrick Perkins...

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The Bruins won! Sure, they gave up a 2-0 first-period lead, and they allowed Atlanta to tie the game again, 3-3, in the final minute. But Patrice Bergeron beat Ondrej Pavelec in the shootout to give the B’s their first win in like forever. They got that 2-0 lead on goals by Marco Sturm and Michael...

Last night, Barack Obama’s campaign manager David Plouffe came to the First Parish Church to preach to the Cambridge choir about the great 2008 presidential campaign (and to promote his new book, The Audacity to Win , which covers the campaign process). While the evening progressed mostly as expected...

The inaugural Boston Book Festival takes place in Copley Square this Saturday, October 24, with Orhan Pamuk as the keynote speaker. A launch party called ” Boston Out Loud ” bill be held at Trinity Church on Friday the 23rd. All Book Festival events are free, but some are ticketed , so plan...

Stephen Senne / Associated Press It’s been a tough few weeks (months) for the Red Sox. That’s always a good time to see the Baltimore Orioles appear on the schedule. And right on cue, the Birds showed up and served up six home run balls to a grateful Sox lineup. Pedroia and Youk started...