Recent Posts By: Nick Gelso

Team Tailgate Shop 20 years after retiring from the Boston Celtics, Larry-Legend continues to set basketball records. Larry Bird was named NBA Executive of the Year today for his excellence in making the Indiana Pacers relevant again. Bird becomes the first NBA player, coach and exec to win NBA Most Valuable Player (3 consecutive years), [...]

This NBA season has been splattered with the lockout, elbows from Ron Artest Metta World Peace, poorly played basketball and non-compelling storylines. It’s not been a banner year for David Stern. For the Boston Celtics, before the tipoff of this condensed season, injuries struck. The story actually goes back to an oft debated, late season [...]

The reputable Philadelphia 76ers blog, Liberty Ballers did a very interesting breakdown of many FACTS that Sixers fans have been debating. While reading them over, I thought they were bullet points that fans of the Boston Celtics should also know, going into game 3. Thanks to Liberty Ballers for providing their readers an interesting, factual [...]

The Bill Russell memorial statue design was unveiled in Boston, this week. Long over-due, the city of Boston will honor the legendary, patriarch of the Boston Celtics and civil rights leader in a vast memorial that reflects his passion for the game and his love of mentoring young people. According to the Boston Globe, In [...]

NBA fans sat thru three quarters of absolutely horrid basketball. Looking more like a pee-wee game than an NBA Playoff game, the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers made a rebound for the last 12 minutes. Before the half, the Celtics took a 9-0 lead in this game and the TD Garden faithful provided another raucous [...]

The Boston Celtics got off to their regular, slow start, in game 1. The Philadelphia 76ers came to TD Garden ready for their first semi-finals match since 2003. The Garden was rocking for opening tip, no less than any of the great Sixers/Celtics matchups, since the rivalry began in the 1960s. Unfortunately, the Celtics did [...]

CLNS Radio’s contributor, Aztec Gino, was spotlighted on TNT during tonight’s national broadcast. Tune into CLNS Post Game, immediately following Boston Celtics vs Philadelphia 76ers.. More information on tonight’s Jungle Report:   Aztec Gino will have the Jungle Report. Send your pictures with Aztec Gino into the CLNS Mailbag [info@clnsradio.com] to be spotlighted on CLNS [...]

We don’t get any calls, which I know everybody always hears,” Gearon said, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “But I’ll give you a stat. Last night, we are playing this old physical team. They are old. I know what happens when you play basketball, old guys foul. [Kevin] Garnett is the dirtiest guy in the [...]

    The Boston Celtics track record for injury transparency has not always been perfect. They broke from the past of sending cryptic and misleading injury reports about their star players today. The Boston Herald is reporting that Paul Pierce has a strained MCL. According to the Herald, Pierce participated in shoot around today and [...]

  (Courtesy of Yahoo! Sports) Boston Celtics fan, and CLNS Radio regulars, know well that I have not been the first guy to give Rajon Rondo a pass when it comes to his emotion responses to critics and referees. I’ve never been one to jump to Rajon’s defense when he is criticized either. This is [...]