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The Red Auerbach Youth Foundation
The Red Auerbach Youth Foundation Celebrity Golf Tournament helped raise money to encourage children, especially those without normal access, to play sports. Held at various prestigious private golf courses around the greater Boston area over the years, Celtics players from Bob Cousy and K.C. Jones to Kevin McHale and Danny Ainge participated, helping their old […]
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The Signs of Anti-Showtime
The Boston Celtics-Los Angeles Lakers rivalry was the highlight of the NBA and arguably all professional sports during the 1980s. It featured the “Showtime” Lakers of Pat Riley, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar against the more workman-like Celtics of K.C. Jones, Larry Bird, Robert Parish and Kevin McHale. Boston fans reveled in their team’s blue-collar […]
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Victory Puff
Red Auerbach smoked a cigar on the bench as K.C. Jones and Tommy Heinsohn watched along. Though it eventually became part of Auerbach’s legend, fellow coaches initially complained about his smoking habit. When requested to put a halt to the cigars, Auerbach recalled shooting back and asking, “what the hell is this, an airplane? Do […]
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Watch: K.C. Goes Behind the Back
Watch K.C. Jones steal the ball from Detroit Pistons guard Dave Bing, then dish a no-look pass to Bailey Howell for the basket.
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Watch: Royals Flushed by Jones
Watch K.C. Jones steal the ball from Jerry Lucas of the Cincinnati Royals and drive past Royals star Oscar Robertson for the layup.
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Watch: The Countdown to No. 15
Watch as Larry Bird and the Celtics close out Game 7 of the 1984 NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers, and see how fans reacted to the franchise’s 15th NBA World Championship title.
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Wheaties Celebrates the Garden
In the final season of Boston Garden, Wheaties released a special edition box featuring five Hall-of-Fame players and team patriarch Red Auerbach. “Nowhere in sports is a winning tradition more evident than with the Boston Celtics,” the box stated. The cereal brand’s claim to be “The Breakfast of Champions” made a strong case with these […]
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Win One With the Gipper
Just one day after winning the 15th NBA World Championship title in franchise history, members of the Celtics were feted by President Ronald Reagan at the White House. Just back from a trip to his ancestral Ireland, Reagan compared Boston’s basketball team to the Celtic warriors of old. “You threw yourselves into that final battle […]