Off the Court and Field, Top Athletes Become Players in the Art Market Sports figures are increasingly becoming serious collectors, helping drive interest in contemporary art and particularly in artists of color.
Miami Heat Beat Boston Celtics in Game 7 to Advance to NBA Finals The Heat are just the second eighth seed to reach the N.B.A. championship series. They beat Boston, the No. 2 seed, in the Eastern Conference finals.
Trae Young and Jaylen Brown Feel the Heat of NBA Stardom Atlanta’s Trae Young, Boston’s Jaylen Brown and the Nets’ Mikal Bridges are learning to handle the praise and the pressure of rising stardom.
Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown Talks Free Agency, Activism and Kanye West The star Celtics guard talks about his career year in the N.B.A., educational inequality and his association with Kanye West.
The Celtics Won’t Have Inexperience to Blame if They Don’t Win This Year Boston has star players, a deep bench and recent N.B.A. finals experience. What the team won’t have, if it loses in the playoffs, will be excuses.