The Bruins and Celtics are now both in the regular season stretch run. The Bruins have now regained their swagger after a rough patch in mid-March. The Bruins are just two points away from wrapping up the #2 seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs. If the playoffs started today, Boston's first round opponent would be Ottawa. The Senators are the most likely first round opponent but Washington still has a great chance to move up to #7 (they could also miss the playoffs entirely). Florida, New Jersey and Buffalo are also possible, though unlikely, first round opponents. The Bruins are playing well and I like their chances against all of those opponents but Washington strikes me as the scariest possible first round opponent.

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2011 State of the Teams Report

Bruins win the Stanley Cup

Kentucky, Louisville, Kansas and Ohio State are headed to the Final Four in New Orleans next weekend. This will be the eighth trip to the Final Four for Kansas since the 1985 tournament expansion to 64 teams. Kentucky will be making their sixth trip since 1985 while Ohio State and Louisville will be making their third. Saturday will be a particularly big day for the State of Kentucky as Louisville and Kentucky will meet in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1984. Ohio State won their only national title in 1960. Louisville last won in 1986, Kentucky grabbed the last of their seven titles in 1998 and Kansas won it all in 2008.

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by Chris Covey

I am so excited for the NBA to begin, that I churned out 2,500 words over the span of a couple hours on Sunday. I figured that I'd break it up into two parts as not to overwhelm anyone sitting down for a quick read. So here is part one of my intro to the NBA.

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Ready for an NBA Season
Patriots, Belichick Stay a Step Ahead
An Optimistic Approach to the Red Sox Future
A Beginner's Approach to the Bruins

Stat Corner: Best/Worst Pro Sports Cities

Boston is clearly the most successful pro sports city of the past decade but what about the past 40 years? I jumped into the data to find out. HERE is my analysis.

Favorite/Least Favorite Aspects of Sports

NHL -- Best -- Playoff overtime hockey. Every sport is loaded with postseason drama but nothing quite measures up to an overtime NHL game in the playoffs. First of all, it's sudden death so every shot on goal can end the game - or even the season if a team is facing elimination. It's stressful if your favorite team is involved but it's a beautiful stress. A Game 7 overtime takes it to the next level. Score and advance or give up a goal and be done for the season.

NHL -- Worst -- Meaningless regular season. The only thing that really matters in the NHL regular season is making the playoffs. Home ice advantage means very little in the NHL ...

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