Kevin Garnett: According to Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge, Kevin Garnett will be out 2-3 weeks with a posterior muscle strain of the right knee. The Big Ticket injured his knee during Thursday night’s loss to the Utah Jazz. [Boston Globe]

Boston Celtics: Trailing late in the game, the Utah Jazz rallied from behind to take a 90-85 win over the Boston Celtics in Salt Lake City. Without Kevin Garnett, who was lost with a right knee injury, the Celtics struggled down the stretch not being able to convert at the free throw line or make their shots as Utah stepped up it’s defense. Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 20 points with Rajon Rando adding 15. Ray Allen and Kendrick Perkins both chipped in with 12. The victorious Jazz were led by Mehmet Okur’s 19 points and Deron Williams’ 18. Next up for the Celtics is a matchup with Shaq and the Phoenix Suns Sunday afternoon. [ESPN.com]

Comcast SportsNet New England analyst Lou Merloni took some time to talk with Boston Red Sox center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury about the art of stealing bases.

video is courtesy of Comcast SportsNet New England

Michael Felger of Comcast SportsNet New England sat down with Boston Red Sox GM Theo Epstein earlier in the day to talk about a few different things. They talked about the Mark Teixeira talks, no Manny Ramirez this year and the draft.

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If you’re lucky enough to have Comcast SportsNet New England (one more week and I’ll be back in CSN NE land) you may have caught this last night. Boston Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon played host with Michael Felger and Gary Tanguay. Last night’s guest were Manny Delcarmen and Javier Lopez.

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Tonight’s guests are Theo Epstein and AL MVP Dustin Pedroia.

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Larry Izzo: New England Patriots special teams guru Larry Izzo has been called to testify in the government’s case against Barry Bonds. Izzo will testify that Bonds’s trainer Greg Anderson gave him PED’s to use for himself. There was no comment from the Patriots or the NFL about Izzo’s involvement with PED’s at this time. [Boston Globe]

Former Boston Red Sox infielder and current CSN New England analyst Lou Merloni talked with Kevin Youkilis yesterday about a few different subjects.

[dailymotion]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8efr4_youk-and-lou_sport[/dailymotion]video courtesy of Comcast SportsNet New England

The UConn Huskies men’s basketball program announced this afternoon that Jerome Dyson is officially out for the season after undergoing a successful repair of the torn lateral meniscus in his right knee. He will be out 3-4 months for rehab.

There had been some thought that Dyson may have been able to return earlier if the tear wasn’t bad but obviously it was with it being repaired.

Before today’s game against the Pittsburgh Panthers, UConn senior captain and point guard Renee Montgomery was added to the Huskies of Honor. Her No. 20 will now hang above Gampel Pavilion with all of the other 10 UConn Huskies women’s basketball greats (Rebecca Lobo, Kara Wolters, Jennifer Rizzotti, Diana Taurasi, Swin Cash, Shea Ralph, Sue Bird, Nykesha Sales, Kerry Bascom and Svetlana Abrosimova), head coach Geno Auriemma and the 1994-95 undefeated National Championship team.

Including today’s game, Montgomery has started 134 straight games and 127  straight in Big East Conference play. which is the most in women’s basketball. Coming into today, she needs just 259 points to reach the 2,000 point plateau, which has only been done by 5 players.

Montgomery is the only the the third player in UConn women’s history, joining Diana Taurasi and Jen Rizzotti, to score 1,500 points and have 500 assists. She is also the third player, joining Shea Ralph and Svetlana Abrosimova to be in the top 10 in her career of points, assists and steals.

This is a tremendous honor for Montgomery as she becomes the first Husky to be honored before graduation. It’s definitely an honor well deserved for her as well. She’s been the leader of this team for 3 seasons and she’s one of the main reasons why the Huskies are the No. 1 team in the nation.

Congratulations to Renee and her family on this truly great honor.

Digger, the animated alter-ego to FOX’s Gopher Cam, now has his own show. The first episode aired before today’s Daytona 500.

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Episode 2 can be seen here

The theme song for the show, Little Digger, is sung by Mr. Nicole Kidman Keith Urban.

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