Projo Sports Blog

ESPN's Chris Broussard is reporting that the Boston Celtics and Charlotte Bobcats are discussing a trade that would center around Glen Davis and D.J. Augustin. Read the full story here.

NEW YORK -- The Harlem Globetrotters have a new way to beat the Washington Generals -- on ice.

The famed basketball barnstormers played on a hockey rink for the first time in their 84-year history Tuesday, putting on a show in New York's Central Park ahead of a tour of the area.

Both teams wore ice cleats on their shoes but the Globetrotters' mascot appeared unable to find ones that fit his cartoonish sneakers and wound up adding some unintentional slapstick to the routine.

The Globetrotters' Kris "Hi-Lite" Bruton put on an old-school goalie mask and used a hockey stick to bat down a shot. The Generals grimly stuck to their usual brand of basketball -- and lost 32-15.

COX Sports will air the Bryant and Saint Francis, Pa., men's basketball game on Thursday night at the Chace Athletic Center in Smithfield. Bryant is still looking for its first win of the year (0-24). The game will also be televised on ESPN Full Court and ESPN 360. Tip-off is at 7 p.m.

CANTON, Mass. (AP) -- Brendan Burke, the son of Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke and an advocate for gay rights, has been remembered at a funeral Mass.

The Mass at St. John The Evangelist Catholic church in Canton, Mass., on Tuesday came four days after Burke died in a car accident on a snowy Indiana road.

The funeral was attended by Maple Leafs players and staff, as well as players and coaches of the Miami University of Ohio hockey team, where the 21-year-old Burke was the team's student manager.

Burial was private.

Burke lived in Canton and graduated from Xaverian Brothers High School. He was in the news last year when ESPN.com ran a story about his decision to tell his father he was gay. Brian Burke, a former hockey player at Providence College, said it didn't change how he thought of his son.

With his contract set to expire in a few months, ESPN personality Chris Berman is reportedly being pursued by Direct TV and the NFL Network.

The Brown grad has been at ESPN since the network went on the air in 1979.

BOSTON (AP) -- Barry Almeida scored to give Boston College a three-goal, third-period lead and the Eagles held off a late charge from Boston University to win 4-3 and claim the 58th Beanpot championship Monday night.

Tournament MVP John Muse stopped 31 shots to help Boston College (16-8-2) win its 15th Beanpot title.

Boston University (11-12-3) has won the tournament 29 times since it began in 1952. The Terriers are also the defending NCAA champions.

The Boston area's four college hockey powers play for the Beanpot trophy on the first two Mondays of February.

Northeastern beat Harvard in the consolation game earlier Monday.

Harvard freshman Danny Biega was suspended for one game by the ECAC for hitting Brown's Jesse Fratkin from behind during Friday night's game at Meehan Auditorium.

Biega received a five-minute major and a game misconduct for the hit, which happened late in the second period.

Biega sat out Harvard's game against Northeastern in the Beanpot consolation Monday night.

Fratkin suffered facial cuts and did not play on Saturday against Dartmouth.