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GAME 3: HEAT 128, CELTICS 102
chad finn

Clearly, the Celtics’ decision to go with Joe Mazzulla as coach has backfired

Mazzulla was a good story, but he is not ready for prime time. He doesn’t belong in this arena, and he never should have been asked to.
First Joe Mazzulla lost his team. Now the Celtics are on the verge of losing the series in embarrassing fashion.
Dan Shaughnessy

Game 3 was a disgraceful performance by the once-proud Celtics. Even though it’s not over, don’t you want it to be?

No NBA team has come back from a 3-0 deficit. Ever.
Charles Barkley, Magic Johnson, other former NBA greats blast Celtics after loss Eddie House thinks the Celtics have ‘quit’ on Joe Mazzulla

Your view: Will the Celtics be able to bounce back?

THE FINE PRINT
Couple says insurance company’s clawback letters overlook mother’s date of death
Pacific Life has failed to acknowledge that it wrongly demanded thousands of dollars in payments after a South Easton woman’s death.

Was Charlie Baker at the Blink-182 concert in Boston Sunday night? Of course he was.

The former Massachusetts governor made no small thing of his love for Blink-182 over his two terms in office. So it made sense that Baker, now the president of the NCAA, confirmed on Twitter that he was in the pit at TD Garden on Sunday.

Here are the setlists for Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ shows at Gillette Stadium (plus surprise songs)

Here’s a look at the setlist for Swift’s Gillette Stadium shows — in order of the album or “era” she performed — and the surprise songs sung each night.
Taylor Swift played both of her surprise songs on the guitar last night — because her piano was damaged from the rain More coverage of Taylor Swift's three sold-out Gillette Stadium concerts
MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: Spoiler-free thoughts on the end of ‘Succession,’ and memories of Mary Tyler Moore

The “Succession” finale on Sunday is called “With Open Eyes,” which is taken from poet John Berryman’s “The Dream Songs.” Theories online connect the dark poem and the show.

It started as a promise to some young basketball players. But for Rachael Rollins, it got a lot more complicated.

A Boston Celtics staffer later sent two free tickets to Rachael Rollins’s personal e-mail with a face value of $350 each, according to the report.
More: The rise and fall of Rachael Rollins

Republican Senator Tim Scott launches 2024 presidential campaign
During the announcement in his hometown of North Charleston, Scott offered an optimistic message he hopes can contrast former president Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

Renée Graham | Opinion: Tim Scott’s folly Democratic Senator Tom Carper of Delaware announces he won’t seek reelection Who is running for president in 2024?

A Milton resident’s lawsuit against CVS raises questions about the use of AI lie detectors in hiring

The use of artificial intelligence is spreading through the employment landscape, fueling questions about the role emerging technology plays in the workplace, and the potential harm it could cause.

Healey picks veteran state lawmaker for new rural affairs director post
Senator Anne Gobi, a Spencer Democrat, will serve as an advocate and ombudsman for economic development in the state’s 160 rural towns.

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Blue sky Boston: Where inspiration meets aspiration for the city’s future
Sustainable living. Gondolas. A science expo. Evaluation of student humanity. Here’s what a Boston of the future could be.

Fall River woman rescued after she fell into a brook while hiking in White Mountains in New Hampshire

Man killed when camper falls on him in Hampstead, N.H., campground, police say

Man shot and killed in Waltham, authorities say

Jean Durkee, ‘Miss Jean’ for Boston’s ‘Romper Room’ children’s TV show, dies at 90

First great white shark sighting of the season caught on video off Cape Cod

The sight of the 12-foot-long great white shark encountering a juvenile seal was captured by the Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch crew and passengers on Saturday.

YouTubers film, insult public workers in towns across Mass. for self-declared ‘First Amendment audits’

For municipal workers, the stunts add to the rash of hostile behavior many face these days.

Foo Fighters announce new drummer ahead of Boston Calling, N.H. shows

Veteran drummer Josh Freese has performed with Nine Inch Nails, The Offspring, Sting, and Weezer. Freese succeeds the legendary Taylor Hawkins, who died last year while on tour in Colombia.
Opinion
RENÉE GRAHAM

Coffee runs, car chases, and the insatiable celebrity-industrial complex

Paparazzi need two things — famous people and fans who want to ogle them doing even mundane things.
IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Henry Kissinger at 100: A contradictory legacy of peace and terror
EDITORIAL

It’s time to restore legislative democracy on Beacon Hill

MARCELA GARCÍA

Who else should be accountable for Rachael Rollins’s brazen abuse of power?
EDITORIAL CARTOONS

Are You There, God? It’s Me, Perimenopausal Margaret.

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The heavy-metal mysticism of poet Janaka Stucky
Stucky will perform poems from his most recent work, "Ascend Ascend," Thursday at Vilna Shul on Beacon Hill.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

As Everett power plant shutters, some worry LNG terminal will be next to go

The LNG terminal’s fate could become the latest flashpoint in New England’s seemingly endless debate about shifting away from fossil fuels.

‘David Zaslav, pay your writers’: Protests erupt as Warner Bros. executive gives BU commencement address

Outside Nickerson Field, more than 100 demonstrators picketed with signs and chanted pro-union slogans along Commonwealth Avenue, while thousands more crowded down Harry Agganis Way, including graduates in red robes.

Arizona, California, and Nevada propose water cuts from Colorado River to avert forced cuts

The plan would conserve an additional 3 million acre-feet of water from the river that provides water to 40 million people in seven US states, parts of Mexico, and more than two dozen Native American tribes.

Man charged with murder in Mansfield shooting, prosecutors say

Samuel Waters, 23, was found fatally shot Saturday morning in Mansfield, according to prosecutors.
Fitchburg man charged in 2021 fatal shooting

Person flown to hospital after explosion inside Kingston home
A person was flown to a Boston hospital by a medical helicopter after suffering injuries from an explosion at a home on Nobadeer Circle in Kingston, officials said.

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.
Tell us: How have things changed in Boston since you were in your early 20s?

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Healey picks veteran state lawmaker for new rural affairs director post

Senator Anne Gobi, a Spencer Democrat, will serve as an advocate and ombudsman for economic development in the state’s 160 rural towns.
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Clearly, the Celtics’ decision to go with Joe Mazzulla as coach has backfired

Mazzulla was a good story, but he is not ready for prime time. He doesn’t belong in this arena, and he never should have been asked to.

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chad finn

Clearly, the Celtics’ decision to go with Joe Mazzulla as coach has backfired

Mazzulla was a good story, but he is not ready for prime time. He doesn’t belong in this arena, and he never should have been asked to.

It started as a promise to some young basketball players. But for Rachael Rollins, it got a lot more complicated.

A Boston Celtics staffer later sent two free tickets to Rachael Rollins’s personal e-mail with a face value of $350 each, according to the report.
celtics

Eddie House thinks the Celtics have ‘quit’ on Joe Mazzulla

"To me, it looks like a team that's already defeated."

Charles Barkley, Magic Johnson, other former NBA greats blast Celtics following embarrassing Game 3 loss to Heat
GAME 3: HEAT 128, CELTICS 102

‘It was just embarrassing:’ The Celtics did nothing to stop the Heat. Now, they’re in a nearly impossible situation.
GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

First Joe Mazzulla lost his team. Now the Celtics are on the verge of losing the series in embarrassing fashion.

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Couple says insurance company’s clawback letters overlook mother’s date of death

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Was Charlie Baker at the Blink-182 concert in Boston Sunday night? Of course he was.

Foo Fighters announce new drummer ahead of Boston Calling, N.H. shows

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