Sports Roundup: Boston Celtics advance, NFL Draft Round 1 Recaps, Brittney Griner

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Boston Celtics (4) - Atlanta Hawks(2): 'Winning time': C's pull away to finish off Hawks

Effective defense and timely 3s from a host of Celtics in Thursday's closing moments helped Boston pull out a win over the Hawks and advance to a showdown with the 76ers in the conference semifinals.

‘Winning time’: C’s pull away to finish off Hawks

Effective defense and timely 3s from a host of Celtics in Thursday’s closing moments helped Boston pull out a win over the Hawks and advance to a showdown with the 76ers in the conference semifinals.

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Boston Celtics vs Atlanta Hawks Apr 27, 2023 Game Summary

Boston Celtics vs Atlanta Hawks Apr 27, 2023 game result including recap, highlights and game information

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2023 NFL Draft: Grades for all 31 first-round picks

2023 NFL Draft: Grades for all 31 first-round picks | NFL Draft | PFF

PFF’s draft grades for all 31 first-round picks of the 2023 NFL Draft.

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Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud go 1-2 as QBs drive the top of the draft

Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson set the tone for first-round quarterbacks.

Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud go 1-2 as QBs drive the top of the draft

Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson were among the top four picks, but they were the only QBs taken in the first round.

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Howie Roseman: We have good people in this building, felt Jalen Carter was a good fit for us

“We understand that all these players, they need to be developed, they’re coming into the league at a very young age, they’re not finished products,” Roseman said. “You just want to really get to know the person and what’s in their heart. When we got to know Jalen, we just felt like here’s a kid that does love football, obviously he’s a winner — he won in high school, he won in college — and we felt like we have really good people in this building: We have a really good support staff, we have really good players who are good people, we have really good coaches, and we felt like it was a good fit for us.”

Among the players the Eagles have on hand are several of Carter’s defensive teammates from Georgia — 2022 rookies Jordan Davis and Nakobe Dean as well as Thursday’s 30th overall pick Nolan Smith — and the hope is that the whole mix helps set the stage for on-field success without off-field issues.

Howie Roseman: We have good people in this building, felt Jalen Carter was a good fit for us - ProFootballTalk

Before the first round of the draft got underway, defensive tackle Jalen Carter said that he felt the Eagles would take him at No. 10 if he was still on the board but the Eagles didn’t want to wait that long.They sent the Bears a 2024 fourth-round pick to move up one spot and took [more]

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Griner won't play another international season

Brittney Griner was definitive on the possibility of leaving the United States to compete again, saying, "I'm never going overseas to play again unless it's to represent my country."  Griner and the Mercury also on Thursday announced a partnership with the Bring Our Families Home organization, which advocates on behalf of Americans who are held hostage or wrongfully detained in other countries.

Griner won’t play another international season

Brittney Griner was definitive on the possibility of leaving the United States to compete again, saying, “I’m never going overseas to play again unless it’s to represent my country.”

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'Bet on me': Griner seems like old self in first interview since detainment