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Marcus Smart was welcomed back to the TD Garden yesterday with open arms and open hearts by Celtics players, members of the organization and 18,000+ adoring fans in the stands. It was a special day for Smart, who was honored with video tributes in the first and second quarters after serving as the heart and soul of the Celtics for the better part of a decade...

With last night's 9-point win in Houston, the Boston Celtics have a 2.5-game lead over the NBA and a 3.5-game lead in the Eastern Conference. They're on pace for 63 wins and outscore teams by nearly 10 points per game, the best mark in the Association...

The Drive will broadcast live from Hero's Sports Grille & Entertainment Center in downtown Bangor today from 4-5:30 celebrating nine years on the airwaves of Maine's Sports Leader - 92.9 The Ticket. We'll also have some great prizes to be won on hand! So...

If jolly ole Saint Nick could deliver you one sports wish this holiday season, what would you ask for? With the Red Sox having met with or about to meet with Yoshinobu Yamamoto, it sounds like we could use a little help from Santa with Alex Speier of the Boston Globe reporting, "few in the industry expect the Red Sox to be able to sign" the Japanese ace...

To this point, the tournament has seemed more of a sideshow than an engaging competition. Will you care if the Celtics capture the first-ever In-Season Tournament championship?

Mainers spent $3.9 million in the first weekend after sports betting went live, and in the first two weeks averaged more than $1 million in wagers per day, with total wagers for the first fortnight tallying just under $14 million.

Who do you think poses the biggest threat to the C's in the Eastern Conference? Is it another team, or is it the Celtics' ability to live up to their potential?

Will this year be the year Tatum, Brown and Co. finally get over the hump and raise Banner 18 to the rafters?

The season has yet to begin, but it seems already decided that should the year end in anything other than Banner 18, it will be a failure in Beantown.

While the dust has yet to fully settle on this deal, Vegas has already bumped the Bucks not only past Boston in the East, but ahead of the defending champion Nuggets as the overall title favorite entering the '23-'24 season.