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THURSDAY'S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:MLB: San Francisco at NY Mets , 12 p.m. (MLB Network)MLB: Boston at Kansas City, 1:15 p.m. (NESN)MLB: Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 3 p.m. (MLB Network)MLB: Houston at Seattle, 5 p.m. (MLB Network)MLB: NY Yankees at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. (ESPN)MLB: Washington at San Diego, 10 p.m. (MLB Network)NHL: St. Louis at Boston, 8 p.m. (NBC)
AROUND THE WEB:
-- Paul Pierce is living up to his "Truth" nickname.
Kind of.
The former Celtic and current NBA analyst said on ESPN on Wednesday night, the 11th anniversary of the Wheelchair Game, it might not have been an injury that dramatically sent him from the game.
"I just had to go to the bathroom," Pierce said.
"No. 1 or No. 2?" Jalen Rose asked.
"Why did you need a wheelchair?" Chauncey Billups asked.
"Something went down," Pierce admitted.
Paul Pierce on getting taken off the court in a wheelchair 11 years ago: "I have a confession to make: I just had to go to the bathroom." pic.twitter.com/nKTFXnHnZU
— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) June 6, 2019Pierce later clarified on Twitter that he was joking.
Sorry to bust y'all haters bubble but the only --------Ing I did June 5 2008 was on the Lakers #factz #haterzgonnahate #------
— Paul Pierce (@paulpierce34) June 6, 2019-- The Patriots are set to receive their Super Bowl rings on Thursday and the team released a hype video for the event.
— New England Patriots (@Patriots) June 5, 2019The video shows our first look at the rings as they're being made.
The ring ceremony is traditionally held at the home of Robert Kraft.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "They have a great team. They have a great organization. He's a great player and I am sure Coach Cassidy and their coaching staff and their players will handle it as well as they possibly can, so what exactly that is, I don't know. I don't know that type of situation." -- Bill Belichick, on the Bruins and Zdeno Chara
