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A member of the Globe staff since 1981, Shaughnessy has been named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year eight times and seven times has been voted one of America’s top 10 sports columnists by AP Sports Editors. He has written 11 books, and appears on numerous radio and television shows.
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Celtics should be embarrassed by this
By Dan Shaughnessy , Globe Columnist
The series should not be this close. The Celtics, whose path to the NBA Finals has been nicely paved, will definitely beat the 76ers in Game 5.
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The last place the Red Sox want to be
By Dan Shaughnessy , Globe Columnist
It has become part of their name. Just as the Wallendas are the Flying Wallendas, and the Bosstones are the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, the Sox are the last-place Red Sox.
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It’s very clear the Celtics gave this one away
By Dan Shaughnessy , Globe Columnist
The Celtics blew a golden opportunity to get an almost-free pass into the conference finals. Now the series is 2-2 and they are going to have to come back here.
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Shame on Curt Schilling
By Dan Shaughnessy , Globe Columnist
In his picked-up pieces column, Dan Shaughnessy says Schilling is the man who railed about government spending, then had his hand out for corporate welfare.