it happened on the parquet floor of the boston garden. i was a basketball player, the captain of the harvard passed ball team, our biggest game of the season against boston college in the boston garden. it was the same day i had my final interview for the rhodes scholarship. it was in baltimore and the game was in boston, so i was torn. we had an alum from harvard who solved the situation and said, going to send a plane down to pick you up in the baltimore airport, a private plane. before the selections are made. fly to the boston garden. you can make it in time for tip- off and that is what happened. i changed into my uniform on the way there. i got to the garden a few minutes before tip-off. boston college was a strong team. they were favored by 12. i had the best game of my college career. i had 19 points, 14 assists, and eight steals. they were favored by 12, but it was nip and tuck the whole way. we were up, they were up. they finally won by three points. i remember, my goodness. i have to call to see if i won a rhodes scholarship. in

fly to the boston garden. you can make it in time for the tip off and that's what happened, changed in my uniform on the way there. i got to the garden a few minutes before tip off. boston college was a strong team. they were favored by 12. i had the best game of my college career. i had 19 points, 14 assists and eight steals. they were favored by 12, but it was nip and tuck the whole way. we were up, they were up. finally, they won at the last minute by three points. then i remembered, oh, my goodness. i have to call to find out if i'd won a rhodes scholarship. so in my uniform went to the pay phone in the concourse of the boston garden and dialed up and said, can you tell me what happened? they said, congratulations, mr. fine. you're a rhodes scholar. wow. what a day, the best game in my college career. and i won a rhodes scholarship. there was only one problem. the game was fixed. two mafia mobsters had briefed bostoncollege players to point shave meaning to win by less any mobsters. by the way, mobsters, h

and our biggest game of the season was against boston in the boston garden. but it was also the same day that i had my final for the rhodes scholarship, and there was a problem because the final interview was in baltimore and the game was in boston. so i was torn. but had an alum from harvard who saw the situation and said, i'm going to send a plane down to pick you up the baltimore airport private plane after your over, before the dust elections are made, fly to the boston garden. you can make it in time. the tip off and that's what happened changing in my uniform on the way there i got to the garden a few minutes before tip off. boston college was a strong team favored by 12. i had the best game of my college career. i 19 points, 14 assists and eight steals. they were favored 12. but it was nip and tuck the whole way we were up. they were up five. they won the last minute by three points. then i oh my goodness. i have to call to find out if i'd want a rhodes scholarship. so in my uniform. i went to the payphone in the concourse of the garden and dialed up an

garden. and the boston juggernaut showed no sign of rust as they took on the rival knicks. new york got blown out by the celts. boston shot 29th in the line in the dom nat 132-109 win. in l.a. all eyes were waiting for the first time the king and his sire stepped on the court. >> history tonight. the first father-son duo to play together in a nba game. >> with four mens left in the second quarter of the lakers' opener, lebron james jr. suited up with his father lebron james. strong performances from his dad and anthony davis helped him get his first win as a pro. a 110-103 victory oivver the timberwolves. >>> "early today" is back in a minute with an e. coli outbreak linked to mcdonald's. k linked to mcdonald's. vapocool drops? it's sore throat relief with a rush of vicks vapors. ♪ vapocooooool ♪ whoa. vaporize sore throat pain with vicks vapocool drops. my life is full of questions... how do i clean an aioli stain? use tide. do i need to pretreat guacamole? not with tide. why do we even buy napkins? thankfully, tide's the answer to almost all of them. —do crabs have eyebro

season has kicked off and let's go to boston where the defending celtics received their rings and raised the record setting 18th baner into the rafters at the td gardenoston and then continued the conversation with an absolute 3 point party on the court against the new york knicks. the celtics matched with three pointers made in the game with 29 last night made in the season opener. jason tatum scored 8 of them as he led the celtics with 37 points in the 132-109 victory. celtics blow them out even without. >> bronny james just hopped off the bench. out of bounds along with lebron. history tonight, the first father-son duo to play together in an nba game. >> a nice moment there. lebron, who had started and already played the first 13 minutes of the game, this is now his 22nd nba season. he entered the game last night with his son bronny for that historic moment. bronny was scoreless in his nba debut, playing only a few minutes. anthony davis had 36. >>> meanwhile to baseball now and the ball that sealed the very first 50 homer, 50 stolen base season in the majors has sold for $4.4 million at auction. the prize for shohei ohtani's 50th home run ball sh

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the reigning champion boston celtics will collect their rings and put another flag in the rafters at the td garden and begin their defense. and lebron james begins his 22nd nba season against the minnesota timberwolves. >>> to baseball now. the ticket prices for this year's world season opener between the new york yankees and world season dodgers topped $1,300 on stub hub yesterday evening. it far outpaced last year's sales figures and far outpacing the 2022 world series. the sales for the games scheduled for new york 40% higher than those for los angeles. this is such a highly anticipated series, it's a shame we have to wait a few more days for it. but the anticipation will build, game one friday night at dodgers stadium. >>> time now for the weather, and let's go to meteorologist michelle grossman for the forecast. michelle, how's it looking out there? >> it's looking warm. we're feeling very summer-like as we head throughout our tuesday. once again we're going to see the warmth on wednesday before we return to more normal temperatures thursday and friday. the jetstream to the north shutting off