10 arrival tips from Rivers commentators
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This Sunday, eyes around the world will be focused on the Shrine Auditorium as Hollywood celebrates the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. The evening will have a special meaning for us because sometime during our pre-show on the TV Guide Channel, we will conduct our 1000th red carpet interview!
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Gerald Green will play more than the 10 minutes per game he has been averaging when the Celtics host Phoenix tonight. But Green will not likely be in the starting lineup, according to coach Doc Rivers.
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BURLINGTON, Vt. -- The Celtics rookies quickly learned the importance of early wake-up calls. With ankles taped at the team hotel, Al Jefferson, Delonte West, Tony Allen, and Justin Reed needed to show up well before the veterans or risk being bumped to the back of the line. It could be a long wait for any rookie who overslept. Then ...
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When the Celtics go with a small lineup, as Doc Rivers did at practice yesterday, they boast one of the fastest, if not the fastest, backcourts in the NBA. And they hope to use that speed to dictate the tempo of games.
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The game ball was retrieved following the Celtics&#39; 107-73 victory over the Knicks last night. It will be appropriately lettered and presented to coach Doc Rivers to commemorate his first win for the club.
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By Pete Zimowsky, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Mar. 2--Bummed rivers runners who are waiting to hear whether they got a permit for one of Idaho's wild rivers next summer can relax a little.
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Sport: Cricket: Rain at the Riverside means play at the fourth Test is unlikely today. However, join Andy Bull now for an in-no-way hastily-convened Q&A session.
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Ray Allen looked great at practice yesterday. "He was standing there, right beside me most of the time, so he looked phenomenal," coach Doc Rivers joked. "He didn't do too much. We didn't want him to do a lot of cutting and running. He'll be fine for [tonight's game]. He said he feels great. I don't know if ...
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If Doc Rivers adds another assistant coach to his staff as a replacement for either Tony Brown (Milwaukee Bucks) or Dave Wohl (Celtics' front office), he will have worked with eight assistants during his Boston tenure. For perspective, that is twice as many assistants as wins without Paul Pierce last season.
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By MARK WILSON, Courier & Press staff writer 46
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Coach Doc Rivers had to have liked what he saw in the first half of last night&#39;s game against the Portland Trail Blazers. Gary Payton scored
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Doc Rivers does not ordinarily spend the fourth quarter sitting on the bench. The Celtics coach prefers to pace the sideline shouting instructions, offering encouragement, and challenging referees. But last night's game against Utah offered Rivers a considerable amount of down time, particularly in the second half. He spent much of the fourth in his seat, learning back and shaking ...
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Running back LaDainian Tomlinson was planning to phone unsigned first-round draft choice Philip Rivers this week to see how the record-setting quarterback was doing and to tell him to keep up his spirits.
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NEW YORK -- Doc Rivers had a joke ready when asked about Al Jefferson's performance against the New Jersey Nets Saturday night.
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Lee, what&#39;s your take on the Florida-Tennesse game this weekend? Will the quarterbacks for both teams - Chris Leak of Florida, Erik Ainge and Brent Schaeffer of Tennessee â-ave the same success that they had in their first games?
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Doc Rivers saw it when Kendrick Perkins set a pick Monday night in Chicago and then was supposed to roll to the basket. Perkins didn't roll. He took one step and stopped. Rivers sat him for the rest of the game.
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Ever since rookie Al Jefferson showed up late for a team meeting after misinterpreting the Celtics schedule, he has been the subject of more training camp jokes than he cares to remember. Coach Doc Rivers quipped after practice yesterday that Jefferson risked missing the team's charter flight to Chicago after misreading the trip itinerary. Jefferson insisted that he ...