Keeping His Mouth Shut, Rivers Lets His Play Do All of the Talking
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Playing in the American Football Conference title game on a knee that will probably need surgery, Philip Rivers nearly pulled off a monumental upset of the undefeated Patriots.
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Peyton Manning barks and gestures at the line of scrimmage, adjusting to defenses and changing play calls. It might seem like chaos, but he's in complete control. Blitzing linebackers or disguised coverages don't faze him. Manning truly seems flustered only when he's far from the field, standing in a locker room to talk about his remarkable performances.
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As the end of regulation neared Monday night at Staples Center, a visiting scout watched coach Doc Rivers go through a series of fiery paroxysms and asked, &quot;Is Doc always this emotional?&quot; Yes, but as Rivers watched the Celtics rally from a 12-point, fourth-quarter deficit, his display was clearly different.
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Any hope of ending the franchise-record losing streak disappeared in the second quarter. Any hope of salvaging a modicum of respect disappeared in the third. Any hope of staying composed in the face of mounting frustration disappeared in the fourth when Doc Rivers picked up a technical arguing against a foul assessed Al Jefferson. To be fair, it ...
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Two nights earlier, Doc Rivers had benched his starters in the fourth quarter for not playing defense. Last night, Rivers sat his starters for much of the fourth quarter as well -- because the other team wasn't playing defense.
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Doc Rivers saw it when Kendrick Perkins set a pick Monday night in Chicago and then was supposed to roll to the basket. Perkins didn't roll. He took one step and stopped. Rivers sat him for the rest of the game.
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Doc Rivers was on the defensive following practice yesterday at The Arena, though purely in a basketball sense, which had nothing to do with the frustrations of Paul Pierce or the ongoing constructive criticism of Gary Payton.
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Plaxico Burress couldn't have been more visible during the Steelers' game against Jacksonville: screaming and hollering, cheerleading and gesturing, talking to any player who would listen.
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FOXBOROUGH -- Rodney Harrison kept his patience as the questions came at him in rapid-fire succession last week.
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As soon as the halftime buzzer sounded last night , Doc Rivers started a very public argument with Wally Szczerbiak . The two could be seen and heard yelling at each other as the Celtics headed to the locker room, Rivers appearing to criticize Szczerbiak for what the coach thought was a missed defensive assignment.
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The San Diego Chargers like what they're hearing from Philip Rivers. Forced to leave last weekend's upset win because of a sprained right knee, the mouthy quarterback is "optimistic" about playing Sunday in the AFC championship game against the New England Patriots.
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SACRAMENTO -- In a season with very few certainties, Celtics coach Doc Rivers knew he could count on two things in the upcoming weeks.
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Following last night's game against the Knicks, Doc Rivers asked his players, "At 7:15, would you have taken a 7-point win?" The answer was a resounding, "Yes."
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During last season&#39;s NBA Finals, Doc Rivers slid a note to his broadcast partner, Al Michaels, during a timeout. &quot;It just said Gary (Payton) can still play,&quot; the Boston coach recalled the other day.
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As the losses piled up in recent weeks, coach Doc Rivers insisted the Celtics were close. It seemed every press conference started and ended with some variation of that sentiment. "I know we are close," he'd say. "I can see it in stretches. I can see it in practice."
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Doc Rivers admitted late last night that he&#39;s read and enjoyed ``You Can&#39;t Go Home Again.&#39;&#39;. ``It&#39;s a good book,&#39;&#39; he said.
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Soft-spoken and self-effacing, it is sometimes hard to hear what Bruins rookie Phil Kessel is saying. His eyes look aside, and the words come out so sparingly it seems he might be swallowing them.