The Celtics made their big deal for an veteran All Star last night, and did not give up Al Jefferson, Gerald Green or the contract of Theo Ratliff – should be a no-brainer, right? Yet the acquisition of seven time All Star and UConn alum Ray Allen was met with only a lukewarm response from many last night.

The Celtics shipped the fifth overall pick in the draft last night, (Which turned out to be Jeff Green) plus Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West to Seattle last night in exchange for Allen.

Shira Springer says that the addition of Allen to go along with Paul Pierce and Jefferson could “perhaps will be a slight improvement from last season.” Steve Bulpett says that there could still be some large moves remaining for the Celtics this offseason. Tim Weisberg says that Allen is “the perfect compliment to Pierce without getting in the way of superstar-in-waiting Al Jefferson.” Mike Anthony has the Celtics turning to the former UConn guard as the answer to their efforts to maximize the career of Paul Pierce. Kevin McNamara says that the second-guessing can begin now that Danny Ainge “bypassed a high pick in one of the deepest NBA drafts in years.” Scott Souza reports on the Celtics getting the veteran player that Pierce and many of the fans wanted…just a different one from what many expected. Bill Doyle notes that Pierce got his wish, if not his demand with the trade for the veteran Allen. Dave Willis looks at the Celtics pulling off the draft night blockbuster.

Dan Shaughnessy pans the trade, saying that Ainge “caved to Paul Pierce and the howling masses,” has abandoned the youth movement (even though they still have all their young players with the exception of West and they drafted two more) and that this move feels like bringing in Dominique Wilkins in 1994. He’s also got Tom Heinsohn and Bob Cousy questioning the decision to make the deal. Lenny Megliola says that this trade is no big deal, and it is unknown as to whether it actually makes the Celtics any better. Peter May wonders if the Garnett deal might be back on the table, since Ray Allen is now a Celtic, and more importantly, Szczerbiak is not. Bulpett has Allen not coming in to take over, knowing that this is still Paul Pierce’s team.

Daniel Malloy looks at two Boston College players getting drafted in the first round – something that has never happened before. Jeff Goodman has more on the B.C. pair.

Susan Bickelhaupt has a number of media notes this week, including a look at the new ABC, ESPN and TNT television contract with the NBA.

The Herald notebook has a look at the player the Celtics passed on at #5 in Jeff Green, and also has Robert Parish talking about Al Jefferson and the current Celtics. The Globe notebook has a look at the Celtics second round selections, which were Southern Cal guard Gabe Pruitt and LSU forward Glen “Big Baby” Davis. Weisberg also has a look at the Celtics second round selections.

Red Sox
Gordon Edes says that despite the losing record on the most recent road trip for the Red Sox, there were many positives to choose from as well. Jeff Goldberg however, says that the Red Sox are in the midst of a good old fashioned June swoon. Michael Silverman looks at a couple of factors that are working against Daisuke Matsuzaka’s All Star chances. Sean McAdam notes that the upcoming schedule is certainly favorable for the Red Sox. Garry Brown says that the Red Sox are coming back to a feast at home.

Alex Speier says that something is always happening -good or bad – around Manny Ramirez. Bill Ballou has a look at Julio Lugo’s dreadful 0-31 slump. Brendan McGair has a look at Adam Stern’s return to McCoy stadium. Joe Haggerty looks at Sammy Sosa, fresh off his 600th career home run, coming to town with the Rangers. Sarah Green notes that counting your chickens before they are hatched is a baseball tradition.

Michael Vega looks at the unveiling of the #99 Red Sox car of Roush Fenway Racing, which will run this weekend at the Lenox Industrial Tools 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway.

Rob Bradford looks at how much Jon Lester has changed and progress as a pitcher in the course of a year. Amalie Benjamin leads off her minor league notebook with a look at Single A outfielder Bubba Bell. Jim Donaldson looks at PawSox pitcher Craig Breslow, who studied molecular biophysics at Yale and throws in the 90s.

Patriots
Bill Burt advises Asante Samuel to show up for camp on time and in the best shape of his life, have the best season of his career, and then name his price. John Tomase has a scout saying that one of Randy Moss’ biggest strengths is his ability to read defenses. He also says that Moss doesn’t need an “attitudinal” makeover.

Despite the immense disappointment of the May 22nd Draft Lottery, Celtics fans are still very worked up about what Danny Ainge and company are going to do with the #5 pick in the draft tonight. (ESPN, 7:30pm)

The rumors are flying fast and furious, and trying to keep up with them all will just give you a headache.

Here’s a little primer on some resources to keep you informed up to the moment during the draft tonight.

CelticsLinks.com – Your no-frills source of Celtics headlines, updated automatically. Includes feeds from the Globe, Herald, Projo, ESPN, FoxSports, Celtics.com and many Celtics focused blogs.

CelticsBlog.com – Like BSMW, CelticsBlog has had some server issues as of late. These are continuing, mainly due to the enthusiasm that Celtics fans are displaying at the site. There is even a post up today urging people to slow down a bit tonight on the site, in an effort to lighten the load on their new server. (Another move is already planned.) If you can get to the site, this is one of your best sources of information and discussion.

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As part of the CelticsBlog coverage CelticsStuffLive is going wall-to-wall with their draft night broadcast. Here are some of the guests they’ll have during the course of the night:

From the Boston media: Steve Bulpett, Mike Gorman, Sean Grande, Mike Fine, Scott Souza and Tim Weisberg.

From the non-local media: Henry Abbott (big shot ESPN blogger), Eric Weiss (Live from the Draft), Eric Pincus (Kobe rumors anyone?), and Jeff Goodman (Foxsports.com’s Sr. College Basketball writer and a local guy) .

Representing blogs: Tenacious T (Celtics 17), Elrod Enchilada (RealGM), TJ and Alex (Celtics 24/7), Fabio (Italian Celtics Pride), Red (Red’s Army) and Loyalist (Loy’s Place) .

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Over at FSN New England, Hosts Gary Tanguay and Greg Dickerson anchor FSN New England’s coverage and will update fans with the latest trade rumors and news on the Celtics potential pick beginning with a special one-hour edition of Mohegan Sun Sports Tonight at 6:30 p.m.

Celtics telecast tandem Mike Gorman and Tommy Heinsohn will report live from Celtics draft headquarters at the TD Banknorth Garden and Foxsports.com’s Jeff Goodman will report from the draft in New York.

During the one-hour draft special, Celtics Executive Director of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge, Coach Doc Rivers and Managing Partner Wyc Grousbeck will talk about the Celtics’ game plan. FSN’s in-studio analyst Donny Marshall and ESPN Radio’s Ryen Russillo will also contribute to Mohegan Sun Sports Tonight’s coverage.

On the Late Edition of Mohegan Sun Sports Tonight at 10 p.m., Tanguay and Dickerson will provide fans with a local perspective on the night’s activity. Tommy and Mike will have reaction from Ainge and Rivers, and Marshall, Russillo and Goodman will contribute their opinions.

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National Links:

• ESPN Draft Page
• SI.com Draft Page
• NBCSports.com Draft Page
• FoxSports NBA Page
• CBS Sportsline NBA Page
• MSNBC NBA Page

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Elsewhere:

Danny The Dealer or Danny The Drafter? – Bob Ryan.

Decision time for Celts – Steve Bulpett

Ainge says Celtics likely to take the fifth – Shira Springer

Ainge says he knows who he’s going to draft – Mike Fine

Trading pick C’s quick fix – Jim Fenton

Jessica Camerato examines whether Yi or Green is a better fit for the Celtics.

Bill Simmons and Chad Ford mock draft

Andy Katz says that the Celtics have a tough choice to make at #5.

Well, the server woes continue. Some of you can see the latest updates just fun, while others are seeing the site as it was last week, or earlier this week.

What apparently has happened was that the site was moved to a new server by my host, but they didn’t tell me, and there is a delay in propagation – telling other servers around the internet about the new address. This could take a couple more days to finally resolve. Regardless, I’m not pleased.

Another victim of this move has been email. I long ago stopped using my host to serve up my email, but doing that requires some custom settings on the server (DNS). These settings were wiped out in the move. I’ve since taken the measure of moving all those settings to my registrar – so that hopefully in the future if this should happen again, email will not be interrupted.

If you have sent me an email in the last day or two that requires a response from my, please wait another couple days, and if you don’t hear from me, please re-send it. If you have an urgent need to contact me, you can send email to admin |AT| bruceallenmedia |DOT| com.

In the future, I’m going to try to use blog.bruceallenmedia.com as a place to keep you updated on these types of things. If you ever come to Bostonsportsmedia.com and find the site down, not updated, or otherwise strange, head over to that blog to see if I’ve posted an update there.

Since I spent an hour this morning trying to sort out my email situation, in lieu of regular links I’m going to have to refer you to the dashboards. These are set up at a separate host, so if BSMW is ever down, these should still be working. At the moment I have more confidence in the host that has these than in the host that has BSMW:

CelticsLinks.com (Draft Tonight)

RedSoxLinks.com (Swept in Seattle)

PatriotsLinks.com

BruinsLinks.com (assistant GM Jeff Gorton out the door)

A few other notes:

The Hartford Courant reveals a new web site design today.

Yesterday, a post on Reiss’s Pieces announced that others besides Mike Reiss will now be able to post on the blog. While this is understandable in some aspects – believe it or not Reiss isn’t the only writer covering football at the Globe – in other ways, I don’t like it. Reiss created this “brand” and it almost seems like diluting it a little bit by allowing others to post in the blog which carries his name. Also, the stated purpose of allowing other writers to post – adding additional thoughts or reaction to an article in the paper, seems to take away from the strength of the blog, which has always been about bringing you every detail of Patriots news as it happens.

The Globe/Boston.com would be better served in setting up an additional blog rather than tinkering with the runaway success of Reiss’s Pieces.

Bill Doyle has his “Tuning In” column today, with a look at NESN’s Jayme Parker, who has been “flashing” listeners at WEEI.

Ron Chimelis says that Curt Schilling just doesn’t get it.

If the technology allows, I will attempt a quick afternoon post today. The last few days, I couldn’t even log into the site to try and do that…

Note: We’ve had some server issues the last few days which have prevented afternoon updates. I’ve been assured that the problems have been addressed, though there may still be some “flakiness” going on for the next day or two.

The Red Sox battled last night after being put into a pretty deep hole by Kason Gabbard, who couldn’t find the plate in the first inning of his outing last night, eventually falling to the Mariners 8-7 in Seattle.

The late night appeared to wreck havoc with the web sites of the local papers. When I was putting together this post, the Herald had only run an AP game story of the contest (they’ve since posted Michael Silverman’s Still winless in Seattle) – but they did have a number of regular articles from Massarotti and Silverman, and the Globe online sports section was just bare bones, with just a few main sports stories listed, and not yet organized.

Gordon Edes looks at a night in which the Mariners had an answer every time the Red Sox battled back to tie the game. Sean McAdam looks at the Red Sox having to go to their bullpen early for the second night in a row, and having it cost them again.

Tony Massarotti talks to Mike Hargrove, who managed the great Cleveland team of the late 1990’s about what dangers can befall a team that has a huge lead, as the Red Sox do. McAdam says that Coco Crisp is playing the best centerfield in all of baseball.

Amalie Benjamin looks at Mike Timlin struggling to regain the form that has made him the Red Sox most reliable reliever since 2003. Michael Silverman looks at Kevin Youkilis breaking the club record for consecutive errorless games for a first baseman. Alex Speier says that Curt Schilling’s health issues might actually make him cost more to the Red Sox next season…in insurance costs.

Massarotti says that the Red Sox are out of the running for Chicago pitcher Mark Buehrle. Kevin Gray has Fisher Cats manager Bill Masse defending his comments that the ovation given to Clay Buchholz Monday night was “absolutely disgraceful.” Patrick Smith looks at the reaction by NH fans to Masse’s comments and finds the great majority of people disagree with the manager. While Buchholz may have been the center of attention on Monday, Alan Siegel looks at Sea Dogs shortstop Jed Lowrie, who generated plenty of his own discussion on WEEI the last few days as some called for him to be promoted to replace Julio Lugo.

Edes’s notebook has Seattle closer J.J. Putz endorsing Jonathan Papelbon as an All Star. Silverman’s notebook has Julio Lugo getting a night off, mired in an 0-29 slump. McAdam’s notebook has more on Youkilis setting a new standard for first base play with the Red Sox.

Celtics/Draft
Mark Murphy has a look at the Celtics draft history, which has a little bit of everything, steals, busts and tragedy. Peter May says that the Paul Pierce situation is a very tricky one indeed for the Celtics. Steve Bulpett says that Pierce and the Celtics management both want the same thing, and that Pierce could actually help the process of bringing in a veteran player rather than making the grumblings that could make players shy away from agreeing to come here. Mike Fine has Danny Ainge weighing all his options prior to the draft. Jessica Camerato looks at the Jermaine O’Neal rumor…which never was.

Bulpett says that most of what is being reported out there regarding the Celtics and potential deals is patently bogus.. The hot rumor last night was Shawn Marion (again) and Bulpett shoots that one down. Tim Weisberg looks at the five players the Celtics will likely be able to choose from at the #5 slot. Desmond Conner says that this draft might not be as deep as some people think it is, but there are some gems available. Springer has a profile of Florida State forward Al Thornton.

David Sandora has a chat with former Pistons and Dream Team coach Chuck Daly.

Patriots/Misc
Christopher L. Gasper says that the extension signed by the Bears’ Nathan Vasher – a player with a very similar career track to Asante Samuel, could hurt the Patriots cornerback’s attempts to get a Nate Clements-like deal. John Tomase looks at why finding a college linebacker to fit the Patriots system is such a hard task.

Garry Brown is hitting to all fields. Bud Collins reports from Wimbledon with Tim Henman as the reincarnation of Sir Francis Drake.

David Scott has Jason Wolfe and Entercom breaking their silence (sort of) on Gerry Callahan’s health. I don’t ever want to hear people at that station criticize Bill Belichick’s injury reports as being too vague after this.

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It was an ugly night in Seattle for the Red Sox, as they were roughed up by the Mariners 9-4 as Julian Tavarez took the loss, and Jeff Weaver, who had entered the game with an ERA over 8, held the Red Sox to 1 earned run in 5 2/3rd innings.

Michael Silverman says that the Red Sox looked totally lost out on the field against the Mariners last night. Gordon Edes has more on the night falling quickly upon the Red Sox in their final stop of the high mileage road trip. Sean McAdam reports on Tavarez having his worst outing of the season since his very first one back in April in the loss.

Tony Massarotti notes that the Red Sox have been successful to this point without the usual huge slugging contributions from David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez. McAdam has a few opinions and observations from this marathon road trip. Gerry Callahan says that the Red Sox don’t need Mark Buehrle and should let someone else pay the ransom needed to acquire him. Bill Reynolds says that the Red Sox do need Buehrle, but shouldn’t mortgage the future for him.

John Habib has a look at the performance of Red Sox AA ace Clay Buchholz against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats last night. Buchholz went 6 innings, giving up 4 hits, 1 run and striking out 11, a performance that earned him a standing ovation from the fans. That prompted Fisher Cats manager Bill Masse to say: “This is New Hampshire’s team, Manchester’s team and to see Clay Buchholz get a standing ovation was absolutely disgraceful.”

Silverman has a Curt Schilling update, sort of. Schilling and the Red Sox really don’t have much to say about when he might be back, or about his rehab plan. Amalie Benjamin says that the plan for Schilling’s rehab should be made soon.

Garry Brown says that Josh Beckett deserves to be the AL starter in the All Star game. Massarotti has a quick note on Music From The Mound – a new CD that is a collection of Daisuke Matsuzaka’s favorite American, English and Japanese recording artists. Joe Haggerty has a look at ‘El Guapo,’ Rich Garces having a great time with the Independent League Nashua Pride.

Silverman’s notebook says that tonight’s starter, Kason Gabbard, will be sticking around to make at least one more start for the Red Sox after this one. Edes’s notebook has more on Gabbard, who is slated to make his second start this season for the Red Sox tonight. McAdam’s notebook has Schilling taking a swipe at Theo Epstein yesterday.

Celtics/NBA

Jermaine O’Neal was the latest name attached in trade rumors to the Celtics, but Shira Spring this morning says it is extremely unlikely that O’Neal will ever play in a Boston uniform. She cites ill will between O’Neal and Danny Ainge as a hangup. Steve Bulpett says that there shouldn’t be much read into the fact that Ainge and Doc Rivers traveled to Phoenix yesterday to watch more workouts. David Scott looks at a report from Adrian Wojnarowski that has Paul Piece getting ready to demand a trade should Ainge not land him a veteran running mate.

Shira Springer notes that this year’s NBA draft contains plenty of personality in addition to talent. Peter May lists out his top 5 prospects per position.

Misc
John Tomase has Deion Branch talking about the Asante Samuel situation, as well as his own with the Patriots from last year.

Daniel Malloy has Bill Romanowski talking about his new career marketing healing supplements.

Mike Loftus has the Bruins happy with their draft selections.

Bud Collins has Roger Federer talking about the remodeled digs at Wimbledon.

The battle of the aces in San Diego yesterday went to the Red Sox, as Josh Beckett improved to 11-1 on the season, going eight innings and giving up two runs in the Red Sox 4-2 win over the Padres yesterday afternoon.

Amalie Benjamin looks at Beckett coming up Aces in his matchup against Jake Peavy and the Padres. Michael Silverman observes that the Red Sox seem like a team that cannot wait for October to roll around. Sean McAdam notes that Beckett’s margin for error was slim, but he made few mistakes on the afternoon. Sandy Burgin says that Beckett wore out the Padres and the Red Sox wore out Jake Peavy.

Tony Massarotti says that the Red Sox hold all the power in any trade discussions about White Sox left-handed starter Mark Buehrle. Yesterday, the Chicago Sun-Times said that the Red Sox were the front-runners to acquire Buehrle. Dan Shaughnessy has more on Beckett, who has become the ace of the Red Sox staff in the shadow of the attention being paid to Daisuke Matsuzaka and Curt Schilling.

Kevin Gray has a look at Red Sox AA ace Clay Buchholz, who was in Manchester this weekend to take on the Fisher Cats. John Habib has trade rumors involving Buchholz in a deal for Mark Buehrle being dismissed. Massarotti has Red Sox players remembering former teammate Rod Beck, who was found dead in his home yesterday at the age of 38. Massarotti also looks at Jason Varitek continuing his comeback at the plate, with a triple and a home run in the win yesterday.

Silverman’s notebook has Jonathan Papelbon making quick work of the Padres in the ninth inning to close out the game for the Sox. Benjamin’s notebook has more from the Red Sox on the death of Rod Beck. McAdam’s notebook has more on Beck and Buehrle. Burgin’s notebook has Kason Gabbard being tabbed to make the start tomorrow night for the Red Sox against the Mariners.

Celtics

Steve Bulpett has sources saying that a Celtics deal for Kevin Garnett isn’t dead quite yet. Ron Chimelis urges Celtics fans not to be too down, as they’re going to get a good player with the fifth pick. Peter May has a look at ex-BC center Sean Williams, who is attempting to put his life back together with the help of John Lucas before starting his NBA career. Desmond Conner looks at what the Celtics, Knicks and Nets need and could do in the draft this week.

Bruins/Misc

Stephen Harris has the Bruins adding some important building blocks for the future in this weekend’s NHL draft.

Catch up with other Bruins talk from around web and blogosphere on BruinsLinks.com

Daniel Malloy has the Revolution and MLS hitting their stride in terms of flow and popularity of the sport.

Gordon Edes has a good look at the relationship between Terry Francona and Brad Mills, which extends back to college, and how the two of them make such a strong team on the Red Sox bench. Rob Bradford has the Red Sox talking about the schedule, which has them back out on the West coast for the second time in three weeks. Sean McAdam notes that things are going so well for the Red Sox this season that even Schilling’s stint on the DL isn’t a huge deal. He leans towards Kason Gabbard getting the start in Schilling’s spot rather than Jon Lester.

Jeff Goldberg has a good look at Julian Tavarez, who has been labeled a loose cannon, who is actually much deeper and more complex than that. Jeff Horrigan examines Hideki Okajima’s All Star qualifications, as well as the apparent slim chances that he will actually be selected to the team. Garry Brown looks at the options the Red Sox have in filling Schilling’s spot in the rotation.

Steve Buckley says that the Red Sox shouldn’t push Jon Lester’s return to the majors. He says Lester’s return should be at Fenway, not at Safeco Field in Seattle. Ron Chimelis says that the clock is ticking for Julio Lugo to get on track this season. Chad Finn names his All-Time Red Sox All-Dirtbag Team.

Amalie Benjamin has a minor league notebook, and she has a look at AA shortstop Jed Lowrie, who is putting things together at the plate. Kevin Gray has a look at the Portland Sea Dogs coming into Manchester to face the Fisher Cats, with many top Red Sox prospects on display this weekend, including Clay Buchholz on Monday night.

Edes’ notebook has the Red Sox bench players talking about why they’re called the I-75’s. Horrigan’s notebook says that David Murphy will likely get the call to join the big league club this weekend with Curt Schilling on the DL and J.D. Drew nursing a sore quad.

Bruins
Fluto Shinzawa looks at Claude Julien officially taking over the Bruins yesterday and offering his initial thoughts on the team and what he hopes to do with them. Douglas Flynn has Julien noting that the trap was something that the Devils did very well, and he may use something different here. Mick Colageo says the Julien is expected to impart a “never-say-die” identity to the Bruins. Joe McDonald has GM Peter Chiarelli getting his man in Julien.

Kevin Paul Dupont says that as of 10:30 yesterday morning, the clock started ticking on Peter Chiarelli’s tenure here in Boston. Stephen Harris has the Bruins strongly interested in Minnesota Wild goalie Manny Fernandez. Rich Thompson has more on Chiarelli’s hiring of Julien.

With the draft starting tonight Flynn says that this is a vital pick for the Bruins, who have the 8th overall selection. Mike Loftus says that the Bruins expect to get a good player at # 8. Shinzawa says that the Bruins will be looking for someone great with that first round selection.

Shinzawa’s notebook says that this draft is week in terms of goaltenders.

Celtics
Mark Murphy has the agent for Kevin Garnett throwing cold water on the prospect of KG coming to the Boston. Shira Springer has more on the agent saying that a deal is not going to happen. Mike Fine says that a Garnett trade to Boston doesn’t make sense.

Gerry Callahan says that Danny Ainge is desperate to get people to pay attention to the Celtics and might make a move that reflects that. He compares a deal for Garnett to M.L. Carr bringing in Dominique Wilkins.

Murphy also has two Eastern conference officials saying that a Paul Pierce/Kevin Garnett combo would be a tough one in the East.

Other
Christopher Price has an interview with Joe Theismann, who talks about the Patriots’ offseason moves, Bill Belichick’s management style, whether or not Donovan McNabb should be worried and his feelings about being replaced on the “MNF” broadcasts by Ron Jaworski.

Susan Bickelhaupt looks at Versus expanding its offerings and viewership.

Adam Reilly in The Phoenix examines why Dan Shaughnessy is the most hated man in Boston. (Sorry, Borges.)

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The Red Sox made it two out of three in Atlanta last night, with Julian Tavarez again shining on the mound in an 11-0 victory which featured five home runs by the Red Sox.

Gordon Edes has a look at the Sox blasting off in Atlanta last night. Jeff Horrigan looks at the Sox providing Tavarez plenty of support to pick up his fifth win of the season. Sean McAdam looks at the Red Sox notching their biggest margin of victory since the home opener. Jeff Goldberg has the Sox beating up on Buddy Carlyle before having to face the Padres trio of Greg Maddux, Chris Young and Jake Peavy. Bill Ballou anoints Tavarez as the biggest surprise of the 2007 Red Sox.

Rob Bradfordlooks at Tavarez focusing when he gets on the mound, putting everything else to the side. Nick Cafardo has Tavarez missing his family and wishing he didn’t have to be at the park yesterday, but putting that behind him and focusing on the game. Kevin Gray has a look at former Sox cult hero Rich ‘El Guapo’ Garces trying to work his way back to the majors while dominating with the Nashua Pride. Garces owns a 2-0 record, 0.64 ERA and league-best eight saves with the Pride.

Edes says that Curt Schilling was given a cortisone shot and will be placed on the DL. Bradford also reports that the Sox will be placing Schilling on the 15-day disabled list, probably tomorrow. Goldberg has the tests revealing no structural damage, but the making the move to place Schilling on the DL anyway. He notes that they’ll likely summon a hitter for the NL weekend before calling up a pitcher to replace Schilling in the rotation. Bradford has Dr. Craig Morgan, who twice performed surgery on Schilling’s shoulder talking about the pitcher’s drop in velocity, without feeling pain. Jeff Howe also reports on Schilling.

Joe Haggerty says that the Red Sox aren’t big fans of interleague play, despite their success. Horrigan has J.D. Drew taking a seat last night following a homer and double after feeling tightness in his quad. Sarah Green reflects on the weekend that Barry Bonds spent in Boston. Greg St. Martin has a talk with Wade Boggs about the game of baseball and the 2007 Red Sox.

Bob Ryan has a look at the DVD set “Impossible To Forget. The Story of the ’67 Boston Red Sox.” The set is produced by The Sports Museum of New England, along with NESN and is deemed spectacular by Ryan. I might need to get my hands on this…

Horrigan’s notebook says that Jon Lester could make his return to the majors next week as a replacement for Schilling in the rotation. Edes’s notebook has more on Drew having to leave the game last night. He also reports that message board posters in Japan are upset with Daisuke Matsuzaka for his intentional walk of Barry Bonds over the weekend. McAdam’s notebook has more on Schilling’s trip to the disabled list. Goldberg’s notebook has Brendan Donnelly playing a little catch as he tries to work his way back. Ballou’s notebook has more on Schilling being placed on the DL.

Celtics
Steve Bulpett reports that the Celtics are getting closer to making a deal with Minnesota for Kevin Garnett. He says the deal would include both Al Jefferson and the #5 pick.

Mark Murphy says that Tony Allen could be ready to go by the start of training camp.

Bruins
Fluto Shinzawa has the Bruins set to name Claude Julien as head coach in a press conference this morning. Douglas Flynn has more on the Bruins breaking their silence in their decision to bring on a new head coach. Mike Loftus says that Peter Chiarelli needs to get this one right.

Kevin Paul Dupont has a look at Billerica’s Maxim Gratchev, who has come a long way in pursuit of his NHL dream. Stephen Harris profiles Westminster School (Conn.) defenseman Tommy Cross, who is likely to be the first New Englander selected in the draft.

Other
Buddy Thomas tells us about his trip to PNC park in Pittsburgh.

Christopher Price has a sports doctor commenting on the concussion issue in the NFL.

Carol Beggy & Mark Shanahan have an item in the Globe about the apology WEEI is running to the Doyle family.