On this day in Celtics history, team president Rick Pitino unleashed an epic postgame diatribe, and Chris Babb made his debut.

Emptying out my reporter’s notebook while hoping for another Boston Celtics versus Los Angeles Lakers showdown in the NBA ...

Madness has come through downtown on 10 previous occasions, starting with a 1976 trip to the Providence Civic Center.

Picked-up pieces after nine days at Fenway South . . . Roman Anthony, Kristian Campbell, Marcelo Mayer . . . John Lennon ... thus far the Celtics are the Knicks’ daddies. Boston demolished ...

1966 — Buckpasser, ridden by Bill Shoemaker, wins the Flamingo Stakes by a nose. The colt is such a prohibitive favorite ...

A few stat-worthy candidates have been denied for acts that don’t show up in a box score. Pete is one of the many.

1951 — In the first NBA All-Star Game, Ed Macauley of the Celtics scores 20 points to lead the East to a 111-94 victory at Boston Garden. 1951 — St. John’s Bob Zawoluk scores ... breaking Glen Rice’s ...

Georgetown has been a frequent visitor, a power in the Big East under late Friars alum John Thompson ... player personnel executive with the Boston Celtics. Providence basketball makes ...

1985 — Kevin McHale of the Boston Celtics scores a team-record 56 points ... and Bob Goalby in the 1961 St. Petersburg Open. 2001 — A bloodied John Ruiz becomes the first Hispanic heavyweight champion ...