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TUESDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:MLB Exhibition: Detroit at Boston, 1:05 p.m. (WEEI-AM 850)NBA: San Antonio at Dallas, 8 p.m. (TNT)NBA: Minnesota at Denver, 10:30 p.m. (TNT)NHL: Boston at Columbus, 7 p.m. (NESN)NHL: Washington at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. (NBCSN)
AROUND THE WEB:
-- Tom Brady was in Boston on Monday to visit the site of the new TB12 Sports Performance & Recovery Center on Boylston Street and alerted fans to his location in an Instagram post.
A post shared by Tom Brady (@tombrady) on Mar 11, 2019 at 12:14pm PDT
“@tb12sports in the heart of Boston. Summer 2019. NYC, LA, San Fran, Miami, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix and others coming soon...ps: anyone around to grab lunch while I’m down here?,” Brady captioned the photo of himself taking a photo of the building.
This new TB12 Center is set to open on Aug. 1 and will offer “cutting-edge fitness services and equipment including metabolic testing, anti-gravity treadmills, and optical systems for gait and unilateral jump analysis,” “all-new small group fitness classes focused on optimizing form, maximizing performance, and preventing injury” and a smoothie bar.
-- Conor McGregor was arrested on Monday after police say he smashed a fan’s phone in Miami Beach.
McGregor and the fan were leaving the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel on Monday morning when the fan tried to take a picture of the UFC star. McGregor is said to have then slapped the phone out of the fan’s hand before stomping on it. He then picked up the phone and walked away with it.