The Celtics lost to the Heat in Miami on Thursday, 115-99. Also, the Bruins fell to the Capitals, 4-2.
The Patriots play on Sunday at Gillette Stadium in an AFC Divisional Round playoff game against the Chargers. Kickoff is set for 1:05 p.m.
Will Middlebrooks is retiring from playing baseball: Infielder Will Middlebrooks, who played for the 2013 World Series champion Red Sox, is retiring from professional baseball.
As Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe reported, the 30-year-old – who suffered multiple injures, including a broken leg, in spring training with the Phillies last year – has decided to call time on a Major League career that began with a call-up by the Red Sox in 2012.