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WEDNESDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:MLB Exhibition: Miami at NY Mets, 1 p.m. (MLB Network)MLB Exhibition: Baltimore at Boston, 1:05 p.m. (WEEI-AM 850)NBA: Portland at Boston, 8 p.m. (ESPN, NBCSB)NBA: New Orleans at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. (ESPN)NHL: Tampa Bay at NY Rangers, 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN)NHL: Chicago at Anaheim, 10 p.m. (NBCSN)
AROUND THE WEB:
-- The trailer for the Patriots’ Super Bowl LIII championship film is here and it re-lives some exciting memories for New England fans.
This commemorative film covers the team’s 2018 season from Week 1 through their Super Bowl victory. It includes highlights such as Julian Edelman’s Week 16 touchdown reception against the Bills, Devin McCourty yelling “Welcome to the Super Bowl!” at his brother Jason after the Patriots beat the Chiefs in the AFC Championship and Sony Michel’s Super Bowl-winning touchdown.
"Super Bowl LIII Champions: New England Patriots" will be available on Blu-Ray Combo Pack, DVD and digitally on March 5.
-- The Trail Blazers got into a bit of a tricky situation on Tuesday when some members of the team got stuck in an elevator at Emerson College.
Players, who are in town to play the Celtics on Wednesday, chronicled the 30-minute ordeal on Twitter while visiting Emerson’s practice facility.
Stuck in the elevator with the squad ----♂️ -- @trailblazers pic.twitter.com/2Yu5zrdFfH
— Enes Kanter (@Enes_Kanter)
February 26, 2019 Just got stuck on the elevator for 30min. Here is a portion of the time we were stuck. @zcollins_33 @Dame_Lillard @Enes_Kanter @AnferneeSimons @OneBigHaitian @thekidet @rodneyhood pic.twitter.com/3xvMHHdmTZ
— Meyers Leonard (@MeyersLeonard11)
February 26, 2019 We finally got it. ------ pic.twitter.com/elH231WzTa
— Meyers Leonard (@MeyersLeonard11)
February 26, 2019 Emerson released a statement after the incident, saying, "The college apologizes for the disruption and hopes the team takes it easy on the Boston Celtics tomorrow night.”
Statement: Portland Trail Blazers in Emerson College Elevator https://t.co/jPGuD09pXh
— Emerson College News (@EmersonCollNews)
February 26, 2019 QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I think that’s water under the bridge. I think it’s hockey, it’s a tough game, and he called me yesterday, we spoke for a bit. And he apologized, which I think was great.” -- Marcus Johansson, on Brad Marchand after Marchand threw a hit at Johansson’s head last season
