Matt Vautour

Sports columnist for https://t.co/1wcNbGJ4GW Practical idealist. All opinions are my own and occasionally right. I enjoy taking panoramic pictures a bit too much

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Matt Vautour: Putting ego over winning is a bad look for Red Sox star

5 days ago | masslive.com | Matt Vautour

At some point, Rafael Devers needs to realize that the best thing he can do, both for himself and for the Red Sox, is figure out what he can do that will lead to winning more baseball games and prioritize. If that means attempting to play first base, then grab a mitt and get to it. This he said, they said stuff between the slugger and the front office is both embarrassing and counterproductive for a team that’s underachieved so far this year.
Matt Vautour: The Celtics are in trouble - Big trouble

6 days ago | masslive.com | Matt Vautour

BOSTON — After finishing off Orlando in the first round, Jayson Tatum explained how winning the title last year had changed what it felt like to play this season. Without the guillotine of never having won a championship threatening above him anymore, the Celtics star relished playing unburdened. “I’ve just enjoyed this season of playing carefree basketball and not having that hang over my head,” he said. Well, a burden has returned. It’s a different one, but just as ominous.
TD Garden, North Station briefly evacuated after Celtics loss

1 week ago | masslive.com | Matt Vautour

BOSTON — TD Garden and North Station were briefly evacuated on Wednesday after a Celtics’ playoff game in Boston. At approximately 10:22 p.m., about an hour after the Celtics’ Game 2 loss to the New York Knicks in the second round of the NBA Playoffs, a fire alarm began sounding at TD Garden.
TD Garden, North Station briefly evacuated after Celtics loss

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Matt Vautour

BOSTON — TD Garden and North Station were briefly evacuated on Wednesday after a Celtics playoff game in Boston. At approximately 10:22 p.m., about an hour after the Celtics’ Game 2 loss to the New York Knicks in the second round of the NBA Playoffs, a fire alarm began sounding at TD Garden.
Patriots need to tweak Hall of Fame process after legend’s snub

1 week ago | masslive.com | Matt Vautour

The Patriots announced their next induction into the team’s Hall of Fame on Monday: Not Adam Vinatieri. It will be someone who isn’t the best clutch kicker of all time. Someone who didn’t make a kick in the Snow Bowl against the Raiders to keep the Patriots’ first championship run alive. They will induct someone else, not the guy who:Kicked a game-winning field goal with no time left to beat the Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI.
Matt Vautour: Celtics got what they deserved, now how will they react?

1 week ago | masslive.com | Matt Vautour

BOSTON — With 3 seconds left in overtime and the Knicks leading by three, the Celtics inbounded from the sideline across from the benches. Derrick White launched the ball to Jaylen Brown. He never got a shot off. Mikal Bridges grabbed at the ball as soon as Brown caught it. He seized it just long enough for the clock to run out, giving the Knicks a 108-105 win, momentum and a whole lot of belief after Game 1 on Monday at TD Garden.
Matt Vautour: For all their New York hype, Knicks present no real threat to Celtics

1 week ago | masslive.com | Matt Vautour

BOSTON — There are two things which New Yorkers overrate above all else. The quality of their pizza and the relevance of the New York Knicks. The Celtics and those Knicks begin their best-of-seven playoff series on Monday as the Big Apple Circus comes to TD Garden. The Knicks will bring with them an exaggerated spotlight, tons of media attention and a whole lotta razzle-dazzle.
Celtics offer updates on injuries ahead of second round

1 week ago | masslive.com | Matt Vautour

BOSTON — Jrue Holiday is making progress. How much progress is the injured Celtics guard making? Joe Mazzulla was both on brand — optimistic and vague about Holiday’s right hamstring strain heading into Boston’s second-round series with the Knicks that begins Monday at TD Garden. “He was able to work on everything he wanted to work on,” Mazzulla said. “He’s getting better every day.”The 34-year-old guard hasn’t played since Game 2 of the Celtics’ five-game first-round series win over Orlando.
Matt Vautour: Why Celtics should be disappointed with Western Conference playoffs

1 week ago | masslive.com | Matt Vautour

Last Wednesday night, after most East Coast fans had gone to bed, a dream died. The 2025 NBA Finals will not be Celtics vs. Lakers. That means this championship-caliber era of the Celtics won’t clash with the LeBron & Luka Lakers in the Finals. As matchups to hope for in the finals go, nothing else was even close to a potential showdown between the NBA’s two signature franchises.
Bruins will have plenty of intriguing options as they search for a new coach

1 week ago | masslive.com | Matt Vautour

With several teams still making decisions on their current coaches and many sought-after assistants still alive in the playoffs, the NHL’s coaching carousel is just starting to define itself. Mike Sullivan and Rick Tocchet each joined the ranks of the unemployed, adding to the list of big names in a summer of big jobs. There are eight openings — including three Original 6 franchises — and five Stanley Cup-winning coaches looking for work.