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Cameron Tabatabaie: Celtics announce @WalkerAntoine8 will be on deck this Saturday in Framingham for a watch party hosted by Jack’s Abby pic.twitter.com/WCJ06yyJwI

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Framingham brewery Jack’s Abby is partnering with the Celtics to create a signature beer, Pride and Parquet, to be released in the late fall or early winter. The collaboration is the first of its kind for both parties, who say the NBA franchise approached the brewery to start the conversation.

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Jessica Camerato: Blatt jokes Celtics doing well on their own, don't need help from a Framingham (Boston area) guy

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They fashion themselves merely as a couple of local fans — Grousbeck with ties to Worcester, Pagliuca to Framingham — who one day in 2002 decided they’d like to spruce up one of our city’s legacy franchises and run it as, well, a couple of local fans, their highly successful financial careers and “Shark Tank”-like deal-making personas ostensibly stuffed in their equipment bags for safekeeping. They are having such fun being fan/owners, they stressed during an hourlong interview at a downtown hotel recently, they have little intention to change much, despite receiving, according to Grousbeck, “two serious offers’’ to sell in the last two weeks.

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Three days ago, he was on top of the world when NBA superstar LeBron James announced he would return to Cleveland and play for the Cavaliers. "I've been parachuting from mountain top to mountain top in the last two months," Blatt told USA TODAY Sports. So, who is David Blatt? Who is the man who is going to coach the LeBron James? Born in Framingham, Mass. In 1959, Blatt is regarded as one the best basketball minds in the world. His journey from Framingham to Cleveland is remarkable and compelling, knocking down barriers along the way.

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While former Maccabi Tel Aviv coach and Framingham native David Blatt was hired on Friday as coach of the Cavaliers, an NBA source said that hire is not going to attract LeBronJames to consider returning to Cleveland. The source said the Cavaliers would “lose any real chance” at signing James, who has until June 30 to opt out of his contract with the Heat and become a restricted free agent.

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Magistrate Patrick Burke released Barnes, who lives in Framingham, Mass., pending a July 16 pre-trial conference. Burke ordered him to have no contact with the girl.

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