Naturally, there's a site that collects tacky tourist photos and, yes, of course, one of the entries involves the Red Auerbach statue and some guy's finger. Guess it beats what Harvard students do to poor John Harvard, though.

Via Jay Fitzgerald.

Or did somebody drop a 16-ton weight (labeled "Acme," of course) on his thumb, which caused it to swell up to 1,000 times its normal size and throb bright red and made his eyes balloon out of his head - as an old Model T horn blared in the background?

The Herald reports that Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca is thinking about running for open Senate seat as a Democrat.

Ed. I wasn't going to announce this yet announcement: After careful consideration and consultation with my family, I have decided I will not be a candidate for the open Senate seat.

Bruce Allen has the details.

Bruce Allen reports on Marc Spears' departure.

So the Celtics were "Belichickian" about the nature of Garnett's injury. Does it matter? Celtics Blog says yes, they misled the fans, Red's Army says no, the team doesn't owe fans detailed medical reports. Both agree Grousbeck should stop besmirching Bill Belichick.

Adam Pieniazek: Someone please beat the Lakers.

Too depressing to repeat the day's scores, but at least the Celtics have one more chance and the Sox still have the whole rest of the season.

4-2 and 92-88.