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Tatum scores 36, Brown hits 3 to force OT; Celtics edge Pacers

BOSTON — The Celtics entered the playoffs expecting to get everyone’s best shot. The East’s top seed barely survived a tough one to open the Eastern Conference finals. Jayson Tatum scored 36 points, including 10 in overtime after Jaylen Brown’s tying 3-pointer with 6.1 seconds remaining in regulation, and Boston rallied just in time for a 133-128 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night. Jrue Holiday added a season-high 28 points and Brown finished with 26. “Welcome to the NBA playoffs. You’ve just got to manage your emotions. Anything can happen,” Brown said of ...

Larson is embracing Indianapolis 500 debut

INDIANAPOLIS — Kyle Larson has been adamant about soaking up the entire Indianapolis 500 experience as the NASCAR superstar prepares to make his debut in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” on Memorial Day weekend. He didn’t expect to find himself under an udder on Tuesday. One of the most accomplished drivers of any generation is still just an Indy 500 rookie. And one of the somewhat new traditions at a place steeped in them is that rookies, after completing their harrowing qualifying runs and a penultimate practice on Monday, return to otherwise quiet Indianapolis Motor ...

Rudd, Edwards, Moody selected to NASCAR Hall of Fame

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ricky Rudd was clearing away leaves by his pool when he got an anonymous text message that he might want to make the 20-minute drive south to Charlotte — quickly. Rudd knew right away that he was finally getting into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in his eighth year on the ballot. The tough-as-nails driver from Virginia was selected as part of the Class of 2025 on Tuesday along with driver Carl Edwards and mechanic and race strategist Ralph Moody, who made it in on the pioneer ballot. They will be officially inducted into the Hall of Fame on Feb. 7 at a ceremony in ...

Educators Must Embrace AI as a Supplemental Learning Tool

When the 2024 spring semester ended earlier this month, I found myself thinking more about how technology is changing college classrooms. The traditional lecture that my generation was subject to during our formative college years in the late 1980s and early ‘90s is now considered an outdated mode of teaching for today’s Gen Z students. My college professors mainly applied a didactic method of instruction, but they were excellent at facilitating class dialogue. I also think that it was a bit easier for them to connect with me and my classmates since we did not have the distraction of ...

Eastern Conference finals is a matchup of season-long favorite

BOSTON — So much about the journey the Boston Celtics and Indiana Pacers have taken to the Eastern Conference finals has been about what – or specifically who – they haven’t had to face to get to here. Top-seeded Boston mostly coasted to a 4-1 first-round series win over a Miami Heat team that played without Jimmy Butler, the player who’d tormented and broken the heart of the Celtics in Game 7 of last season’s conference finals. They then posted another 4-1 series victory in the second round over an injury-ravaged Cleveland Cavaliers team that didn’t have All-Star Donovan ...

Analysis: When the 2024 NBA champs are crowned, a young star will likely lead the way

LeBron James will turn 40 in December. Stephen Curry is 36. Kevin Durant will turn 36 and Jimmy Butler will turn 35 by the time training camps start in the fall. They have been stars of the playoffs for years, players who come up biggest at the biggest times. But not this year. The next wave isn’t waiting its turn anymore. They’re here — a bunch of 20somethings, with one of them set to be the best player on the team that will be crowned the best in the NBA about a month from now. It’ll be either Boston, Dallas, Indiana or Minnesota as the last team standing when the NBA ...