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Celtics’ Jaylen Brown takes blame for Game 7 struggles ‘I failed’ BOSTON — When Jayson Tatum twisted his ankle on the first play of Game 7, it was clear the injury was going to slow him down. But with the Celtics’ backs against the wall against the Heat, they needed to find production elsewhere. That’s where Jaylen Brown comes in. Brown, who was named second-team All-NBA this season, was the natural next man up. But as the 3-pointers didn’t go down for the Celtics, Brown also couldn’t rise to the occasion. He finished with 19 points, eight rebounds and five assists, but he shot just 8-for-23 from the field. And importantly, Brown committed a nightmare eight turnovers. He took responsibility for his shortcomings after the Game 7 loss to end their season. “Just a terrible game,” Brown said. “When my team needed me most, like JT hurt his ankle, first play of the game, and you could see it like swelling up on him. He couldn’t move out there. It was tough for him. My team turned to me to ...

Tina Turner rock and roll icon dead at 83 Tina Turner, a soul and rock powerhouse known for her octave-defying voice and mesmerizing stage moves, has died at the age of 83. She died Wednesday in her home in Switzerland after a long period of illness, according to a statement from her publicist. In her 2018 memoir, Tina Turner: My Love Story, Turner detailed a litany of health issues she had dealt with since 2013, including a stroke, intestinal cancer and kidney failure. Her second husband, Erwin Bach, donated a kidney to her in 2017, saving her life. In a recording career that spanned six decades, Turner found fame both as a solo artist and in a duo with her first husband, Ike Turner. With the latter, she was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and became a staple of the U.S. pop and R&B charts in the 1960s and '70s. The duo's high-energy soul and rock was informed by Tina's disparate vocal influences. She grew up listening to country music, but had many idol...

Hill Shines as Golden Knights Take 3-0 Lead in Western Conference Final Adin Hill stood tall with a 34-save shutout as the Vegas Golden Knights blanked the Dallas Stars, 4-0, in Game 3 of the Western Conference Final on Tuesday night at American Airlines Center. Vegas leads the series, 3-0. HOW IT WENT DOWN The Golden Knights came out hot as Jonathan Marchessault, Ivan Barbashev and William Carrier each found the back of the net in the first eight minutes of the game to put the visitors on top, 3-0. Alex Pietrangelo potted his first goal of the playoffs midway through the second period to give Vegas a 4-0 lead. Hill stopped all 14 shots he saw in the third period as the Golden Knights took a stranglehold in the series. TOP PERFORMERS Adin Hill: Hill's fifth win in a row was also his first postseason shutout. Ivan Barbashev: Barbashev stirred the drink for Vegas as he had three points (1G, 2A) in the win. Jonathan Marchessault: Marchessault's goal at 1:11 of the first stood ...

Nuggets Sweep Lakers to Head to First NBA Finals Denver Nuggets’ historic celebration began, LeBron James, the Los Angeles Lakers’ star forward, walked off his home court, his face expressionless. On Monday night, the Nuggets stamped out the final gasps from the Lakers, who had kept their season alive for weeks after it was presumed finished. Even after the final buzzer, some of Denver’s players looked as if they couldn’t believe the series was over and that they had actually done it. The Nuggets are going to the N.B.A. finals for the first time in franchise history after completing a four-game sweep of the Lakers in the Western Conference finals with a 113-111 win on Monday. Denver will face the winner of the Eastern Conference finals, in which the Miami Heat have a 3-0 series lead over the Boston Celtics. Game 4 in the East is Tuesday in Miami. Nuggets center Nikola Jokic was named the most valuable player of the Western Conference finals. He smiled warmly as he held his trophy and...

Browns icon Jim Brown passes away at 87 Jim Brown, the legendary Browns Hall of Fame running back who was one of the NFL's most prolific players and a civil rights icon, passed away. He was 87. "Jim Brown is a true icon of not just the Cleveland Browns but the entire NFL," Jimmy and Dee Haslam said. "He was certainly the greatest to ever put on a Browns uniform and arguably one of the greatest players in NFL history. Jim was one of the reasons the Browns have such a tremendous fan base today. So many people grew up watching him just dominate every time he stepped onto the football field but his countless accolades on the field only tell a small part of his story." Brown is the Browns' all-time rushing leader with 12,312 rushing yards and 106 touchdowns across his nine-year career, which spanned from 1957-1965. He never missed a game in his career, led the league in rushing eight times and was voted MVP three times. Brown was an NFL Champion with the Browns i...

8 takeaways as the Heat shock Celtics in Game 2 go up 2-0 in series The Celtics fell apart late once again and find themselves on the brink against the Heat after dropping Game 2, 111-105. Here are the takeaways as the series shifts back to Miami. 1. We have a great number of places we could start when describing why the Celtics lost on Friday, but we’ll open with Jaylen Brown, who submitted one of his worst performances of the playoffs. Brown was 7-for-23 from the field and 1-for-7 from deep with 16 points and two turnovers. In a game the Celtics lost by six, he was -24. Much of the damage was done in the first half when Tatum sat for the first time. With Brown on the floor as the lone star, the Celtics let go of the rope and watched a 12-point lead slide away completely under the weight of a 17-2 run by the Heat. But Brown also made a number of questionable decisions. With Tatum cooking in the first quarter, Brown missed a couple of shots that seemed to disrupt the rhythm. He took ...

Lakers' 2nd-half adjustments put scare into Nuggets in G1 loss LeBron James marched off the court after the Lakers' 132-126 Game 1 loss Tuesday to the Denver Nuggets, closed his eyes, craned his head back and let out an, "Oh my god," after Los Angeles nearly stole the Western Conference finals opener. The Lakers trailed by as many as 21, were outrebounded by 17 and allowed Denver to score 72 points by the break -- the most L.A.'s defense has allowed in any half all postseason -- and yet had a chance to tie the score with a 3-pointer by James from the top of the key that missed with 45.2 seconds remaining in the fourth. The Nuggets showed they were the West's No. 1 seed for a reason, with two-time MVP Nikola Jokic authoring a brilliant night with 34 points, 21 rebounds, 14 assists and two blocks, and Jamal Murray scoring 31 on an efficient 12-for-20 clip. But the Lakers also showed how they've been able to outmaneuver the Memphis Grizzlies and Golden State ...

Kraken reflect as breakout season surprising playoff run ends The plaque in the Seattle Kraken locker room held seven game pucks, signifying the first seven Stanley Cup playoff wins in franchise history. There wouldn't be an eighth. An equipment manager tucked the plaque under his arm after Game 7 against the Dallas Stars, packing it away once the Kraken were eliminated in a 2-1 loss Monday night. But as veteran Jordan Eberle explained, not many believed the Kraken would even be a playoff team, let alone come one win away from the Western Conference finals. "They didn't expect us to make the playoffs. They didn't expect us to beat Colorado. I'm sure no one had us getting to the seven here," Eberle said. "As a group, this is the first time we've been through this. You're got to learn how to lose first and then you'll find a way to win." Seattle had a 40-point improvement in the standings from its inaugural season, making the playoffs in ...

Cousins scores in OT to send Panthers to Eastern Conference Finals Scoring the biggest goal of his career, Cousins beat Joseph Woll with a shot from the left circle at 15:32 of overtime to send the Florida Panthers to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 1996 with a 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Friday. "A big goal for our team," said Cousins, who had never scored a playoff goal in overtime. "I'm really excited to make a play there at the end. At the same time, we move on here to Round 3." The X-factor for the Panthers throughout the entire five-game series against Toronto, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 50 of 52 shots to become just the second goaltender in franchise history to post a 50-save performance in the playoffs, joining John Vanbiesbrouck (55 saves in 1996). "It's definitely a big moment, but you don't really think big right now," said Bobrovsky, who held Toronto's high-powered offense to ...