One Stat To Remember for Tonight's Celtics Game


One Stat To Remember for Tonight’s Celtics-Heat Game. Well, that and a story, but first the stat: In Celtics franchise history, Boston has won 94.7 percent (36-2) of their postseason series when leading 3-2. [@ESPNStatsInfo]

And the story: “Heat on the Brink? Celtics Don’t Care” by Jason Gay — one word: chills. [WSJ]

The Latest Peeps Who Want Boston to be Rad, Tubular, and Way Cool. They prefer to go by the Future Boston Alliance. [Boston.com]

Watch: Menino Botches Celtics Players’ Names. “There’s a lot of heart on this team, let me just tell you,” Menino said. “K.J. is a great … but Hondo’s really the inspiration. I mean Hondo drives that team.” [Boston.com]

Yeah, Nope, the Federal Investigation of Marylou’s is for Real. Two wannabe Marylou’s employees contacted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently spoke to the Herald. “At first I didn’t want to get involved, but after I thought about it, (the EEOC agent) had a point. Because every Marylou’s I’ve ever been in, it’s young, white girls,” said Melo Spencer, of Halifax, who applied but wasn’t hired back in 2011. [Herald]

Boston Now Has a Women’s Arm Wrestling League. And in the typical protocol for women’s sports leagues for sports that aren’t really sports, you ought to dress up in some sort of sleazy outfit in order to be taken seriously. [WBUR]