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Juiced by avoiding a sweep in Miami, the Celtics ripped the Heat to force a Game 6 in South Florida that could have history waiting on the other side.

3-point shooting, balanced scoring and winning the turnover battle was a winning recipe for the Celtics.

“Don’t let us get one,” they said.
You probably snickered.
“Talk when you get two,” you said.
So what do we think of the Celtics now?
Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals wasn’t a game. It was a beating. Boston led by 15 after the first quarter. It was 17 at halftime and 18 at the end of the third, when Heat coach Erik Spoelstra told Jimmy Butler to call it a night. The Celtics made threes, 41% of them. The Heat committed turnovers, 16 of them, which Boston turned into 27 points.
“There’s no excuses,” said Spoelstra. “The Celtics outplayed us tonight.

Heat star Jimmy Butler said he was still confident about his team’s chances after a 110-97 Game 5 loss to the Celtics on Thursday, saying their mistakes in the past two games are “easily correctable.

While controversial former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown focuses on being a representative of the ownership group for the National Arena League’s Albany Empire team, apparently some NFL teams are expressing “genuine” interest in him, his agent J.R. Rickert told CBS Sports on Thursday.
“He is exploring the right fit,” Rickert said. “I think that he is a multi-talented individual who does everything at a high level, and whatever he commits to, he goes all in.

Celtics seem to have woken up and are trying to mount an improbable comeback after dismantling the Heat to send the series back to Miami.

Breakout Detroit Lions wideout Jameson Williams was stunned by the NFL’s decision to penalize the young player according to the League’s gambling guidelines.
The whole League has been on notice regarding the NFL’s rigid policies on gambling ever since ex-Falcons wideout Calvin Ridley missed an entire season for a gambling offense that didn’t necessarily warrant such a punishment.
The League suspended Jameson and four other NFL players after placing non-NFL bets on their phones from within their team’s facility.

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The Milwaukee Brewers apparently need to make upgrades to their stadium, and fast.
That’s according to a new report from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on MLB commissioner Rob Manfred.
The report claims that Manfred is currently in town to hold a press conference. Manfred’s expected to discuss the state of American Family Field, the Brewers’ home, and what should be done to fix it.
At the press conference, he’s expected to explain that the team need to commit to $400+ million in upgrades to the aging building.

The Celtics returned home to the TD Garden for Game 5 on Thursday night, hoping to stave off elimination against the Heat once again. Waiting for them courtside was a franchise legend that made sure to bring the juice for the crucial playoff tilt: Paul Pierce.
Pierce, a 10-time All-Star and 2008 NBA champion with the Celtics, was right at the center of the action on Thursday night as Boston raced out to an early lead. He began his night by hyping up the crowd on the jumbotron in the first quarter, but he didn’t stop there.