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Playoffs represent a new season. Seldom are they an alternate universe. But a team that finished the season with...

The Western Conference playoffs were supposed to provide all the drama, but so far, the Eastern Conference playoffs have been far more compelling, if bizarre.

So how did this happen? The Boston Celtics won 66 games in 2007-08. We saw a pre-playoff photo of Kevin Garnett...

It's up to Daisuke Matsuzaka to keep string of hot Red Sox starts going. Exactly one week after Matsuzaka was scratched from a Fenway Park start against the Angels with the flu, he climbs back on the mound to face the Blue Jays.

In his most dominating outing since combining with Jonathan Papelbon to one-hit the Royals on July 18, 2006, Jon Lester again allowed just one hit over eight innings, and again it was Papelbon who finished off the shutout in the ninth.

Locked in a scoreless tie with two on and two outs in the ninth inning, Kevin Youkilis smashed a single up the middle. Blue Jays center fielder Vernon Wells bobbled the hit. David Ortiz, who started the rally with a two-out walk, lumbered home from second, allowing the Red Sox to emerge with a thrilling, 1-0 victory.

A sore-kneed David Ortiz chugged around third base, with home plate and the end of a scoreless pitching duel in sight. Third-base coach DeMarlo Hale energetically waved the 230-pound designated hitter on and Ortiz scored easily when Vernon Wells picked up and then dropped Kevin Youkilis' ninth-inning single to center field.

Just as the Red Sox were welcoming third baseman Mike Lowell back from the disabled list, right fielder J.D. Drew had to leave Tuesday night's game with tightness in his left quad.

The NBA announced Tuesday that it will not hand out any fines or suspensions in the aftermath of a Game Four skirmish between the Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics.

With a recent combination of injuries, illness and losses taking a toll, the return of third baseman Mike Lowell could not have come at a better time for the Red Sox.