Star Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown is getting injections in his right knee to manage the pain of a bone bruise and impingement, per recent reporting from ESPN’s Ramona Sherburne. Brown, who has been playing hurt on the knee since February, has been noticeably slower and less explosive in his play in recent weeks, with the discomfort bothering him more and having tangible impact on his play.
Brown sat out Friday’s contest against the Charlotte Hornets — Boston’s penultimate game of the 2024-25 regular season — to rest the balky knee despite the fact that by doing so, he took himself out of the running for All-NBA with the league’s 65-game threshold now unable to be met.
With teammates like Kristaps Porzingis publicly saying “maybe he should take care of it” in the context of how important he is for his team, it seems the Georgia native has fully embraced that course of action ahead of Boston’s 2025 postseason.
With the Celtics starting their playoff first round series on Saturday, April 19, Brown can get 10 days of rest if he sits for the final game of the season, a meaningless second home tilt against the Hornets. If the knee was still bothering him at that point, it seems reasonable that the Cal alum could sit the entire first round without a serious risk to his team, with the field of teams to emerge from the league’s 2025 play-in tournament not exactly a murderer’s row.
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The Orlando Magic stand out as a team that might be able to nab a win or two from Boston in such a scenario, but weighed against the prospect of having to play deep into the postseason with Brown less than his best against a tougher field than last season’s, it could well make more sense than trying to sweep a team in the first round.
ALLSTON, MASS. (WHDH) – Boston police are searching for a gunman who opened fire in Allston Thursday and left one person hurt.
Police responded to a radio call for a person shot in the area of Brighton Avenue at approximately 6:46 p.m. When officers arrived, they said they found a male “juvenile” suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim’s age has not been released.
Boston police said the shooter fled the scene and remains at large. No arrests have been made.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Boston police.
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A State Police trooper who was allegedly found “slumped over” in his car at around 5 a.m. in the South End with an open container of High Noon vodka has been “relieved of duty.”
Mass State Police confirmed to the Herald Wednesday night that Trooper Donovan Preston, 31, arrested for alleged drunken driving in Boston this past weekend, “has been relieved of duty.” Preston’s base pay is listed as $80,213.
A Boston Police report states that police arrived at Herald Street on Saturday to see Preston “stopped in lane 2 of the road” with his brake lights on. The suspect was slumped over “with his eyes closed,” the report adds.
“The officer observed that the car was on and in drive. The officer observed an open container of alcohol (High Noon) in the cupholder,” according to the report. The BPD officer then knocked on the window “for approximately 10 seconds before the suspect lifted his head up.”
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Once he picked his head up, police said he appeared “confused and he looked around. The suspect’s vehicle began to roll to which the officer announced, ‘Boston Police. Open the Door.’ ”
Preston stopped on the three-lane, outbound road with his black BMW in the middle of two lanes.
A State Police spokesman said in an email: “Trooper Donovan Preston was relieved of duty and will be subject to a department discipline process.” All other comments were directed toward the police report.
That report, provided to the Herald Wednesday night, added that State Police were notified after Preston’s arrest.
The can of High Noon was logged into the evidence book.
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This latest OUI case comes as State Police Sgt. Scott Quigley is being investigated in an alleged drunken driving fatal crash in Woburn in 2023 that killed a disabled passenger in a van.
In the Quigley case, his blood alcohol level reportedly tested at a .114 at the hospital following the crash (the legal limit is .08). That detail came out in a wrongful death suit filed by the victim Angelo Schettino’s family.
‘Unless he’s s###-faced, I’m not worried’: Mass State Police dash cam catches aftermath of deadly cruiser crash [+video]
The smashed van at the Woburn crash scene. (MSP body camera video screengrab)
