Just a few links following the Celtics dominating 94-71 win over the Orlando Magic in game three of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Celtics now hold a 3-0 lead in the series. Get the full links at CelticsLinks.com.

How the Celtics are demoralizing their opponents Paul Flannery looks at how the Celtics have sucked the will out of their opponents.

Saturday night slaughter – Scott Souza with a look at a win for the ages.

Night to treasure – Steve Bulpett says that this blowout had it all.

Glen Davis’ desire helps fuel Boston Celtics’ dominance – Chris Forsberg with a look at the big-time effort from Glen Davis last night.

Pierce shows he’s not all talk – Julian Benbow’s notebook has the Captain backing up his talk from earlier in the week.

Daisuke Matsuzaka took a no-hitter into the eighth inning in Philadelphia last night as the Red Sox beat the Phillies 5-0. Get the full links at RedSoxLinks.com.

Jon Lester went the distance last night, giving up just one earned run while striking out nine. Kevin Youkilis and Adrian Beltre homered for the Red Sox, who posted a 6-2win over the Minnesota Twins to sweep the quick game series at Fenway Park. Get the complete coverage from last night at RedSoxLinks.com.

Merloni is still a fan favorite - Chad Finn’s media column in the Globe focuses on CSN and WEEI personality Lou Merloni, who has remained a fan favorite even after his playing days.

‘I’m not paying attention to any of [the media's] crap anymore’ - Transcript of David Ortiz’s interview on WEEI yesterday afternoon.

Lester goes distance in 6-2 Sox win - Bill Ballou notes that complete games have gone the way of the Buffalo.

Sox have found their winning blueprint - Joe Haggerty says that the Red Sox seem to have dusted off that old Epstein baseball blueprint with these last two wins.

Ellsbury set to punctuate key week for Red Sox - Alex Speier says that the return of Jacoby Ellsbury could provide a boost for the Red Sox.

Beckett’s back will take time to heal - The ProJo Red Sox Journal picks up many of the remaining pieces.

The Red Sox have the right man for the job - Rob Bradford says that this stretch should remind us of the value of Terry Francona.

Doubront on the up and up - Peter Abraham’s Minor League notebook has Felix Doubront taking a step forward.

The Celtics will wait another day before resuming their Eastern Conference Finals series with the Orlando Magic tomorrow night at the TD Garden. Down in Orlando, columnists are trying to rally the fans (as heard on D&C this morning) and tell them that the series is not over, pointing to the Bruins collapse against the Flyers.

Kryptonite Kendrick - Michael Muldoon looks at the job Kendrick Perkins has done on opposing centers.

Celts’ defense shutting down Magic’s 3-point shooting - Scott Souza examines how the Celtics defense has come alive in the postseason.

Paul Pierce has always talked the talk - Steve Bulpett notes that the Celtics Captain was a talker even when the team wasn’t any good.

Pierce’s fire has been lit - Chris Forsberg says that the Magic’s decision to have Vince Carter “defend” Pierce seems to have lit a fire under the Captain.

Celtics should raise Kevin Garnett’s No. 5 to the rafters - A little early for this, Ron Chimelis?

Doc Rivers tries to keep focus - Dan Duggan’s Celtics notebook has the coach trying to preach humility to his team.

Julian Edelman talked to reporters at Gillette yesterday, as the second-year receiver prepares for a larger role in the Patriots offense in ’10.

Big task awaits Patriots’ Edelman in 2010 - Glen Farley has Edelman better able to focus on getting better this offseason.

Edelman wants more in second season - Mike Reiss says that Edelman will need to take a giant step forward this season.

Edelman looks to build on a rookie season for the ages - Christopher Price notes that Edelman accomplished quite a bit last season, and is looking for more.

Boston soccer’s (low-key) version of Becks and Posh - Frank Dell’Apa has a look at Revolution defender Cory Gibbs and his pop-star wife Zena McNally, who have kept a pretty low profile in Boston.

Today’s non-link is Steve Buckley’s column, which is basically a re-write of the WEEI appearance yesterday (linked above) of which Buckley was a part. Did he write it in the studio while he was on the air?  The transcript is softened up a bit in terms of the questions, as Buckley had a “tone” in some of his questions as if he was trying to challenge Ortiz or get him mad, it was pretty annoying, in fact. (You can also listen to the interview on WEEI.com as well – though fair warning, Mike Adams hosted the Big Show yesterday.) 

Toucher and Rich went after Ortiz this morning as well, saying he should leave the public eye if he doesn’t want to be criticized by the media. They claim that the media “created” Ortiz, so he can’t really be mad at them. That type of self-important reference is not something that T&R usually do, so it was a bit disappointing to hear it come from that show.

Meanwhile, Mike Lowell speaks out the day after a devastating loss, saying he has to play, and instead of getting any criticism, gets a warm fuzzy from Gerry Callahan in print yesterday. Ortiz has been crushing the ball this month – .358 batting average, 7 home runs, 17 RBI, 1.171 OPS (Last 7 days – .417, 4, 10, 1.379) – yet the talk from the media is still that he is “done” and that Lowell needs to be in the lineup.  

Why the difference in coverage?

Clay Buchholz gave up two runs in eight plus innings last night, and David Ortiz hit his 8th home run of the season as the Red Sox managed a 3-2 win over the Minnesota Twins at Fenway Park last night. Get the complete coverage over at RedSoxLinks.com.

Sports Radio Host Has High-Tech Home - Electronic House magazine recently did an article on Glenn Ordway’s home theater setup at his Hanover home. The article has Ordway talking about why the setup is important for his job, and details the various pieces of equipment (110-inch Stewart Filmscreen with Sony VPL-VW85 1080p projector, 7-inch Control4 tablet controller, 7.1 Klipsch speaker system, etc).

10 reasons not to give up on the Red Sox - The Red Sox may be 8.5 games out of first in the AL East, and 4.5 games out of the Wild Card (and it’s not even June yet), Bill Burt says we shouldn’t give up on them just yet.

Buchholz is a fixture, not a chip - Alex Speier explains why we should expect to see Buchholz here in Boston for a while.

Handy Bill Hall answers the call for Red Sox at shortstop - Ron Chimelis has Bill Hall filling in at shortstop last night.

Papi powering up and settling down - Maureen Mullen looks at David Ortiz getting back into “Big Papi” form.

Schoeneweis released by Red Sox - Joe Haggerty’s notebook wraps up some other items.

Trash talk on Twitter may not be the Truth - Chad Finn looks into the Paul Pierce Twitter hack a little more.

Improved Celtics may be better than ’08 - Steve Bulpett is slowly coming to this conclusion.

Celtics taking a different route in playoffs this season - Jim Fenton looks at how the Celtics have done things the total opposite of 2008.

Rested Development for the C’s -  A. Sherrod Blakely looks at how four days of rest will impact the Celtics, and has a couple of other items from the series.

All the numbers favor Celtics after historic road sweep - Bill Doyle looks at how things are stacked in favor of the Celtics right now.

Trade Thomas? Not so fast - Graig Woodburn isn’t so sure that trading Tim Thomas is the right move for the Bruins this offseason.

Patriots Focused on Adding Quality Character Guys During 2010 Offseason - Jeff Howe with a look at what has been the Patriots aim this offseason in player additions.

On the downside, isn’t Gerry Callahan’s column today a bit too late? David Ortiz is hitting again, and Lowell, as Chad Finn points out, made a “passive/aggressive statement in which he says he might consider asking for his release — coming a day after an absolutely devastating loss in which the club really doesn’t need petty distractions” – Callahan continued to hold of Lowell as the good soldier and leader on this show this morning, but Lowell’s words the other day seem to go against that characterization. I like Lowell a lot, and would like to see him in there against some of the tougher lefties, but Callahan’s defense of Lowell seems a bit late. If it had been written two weeks ago, it would’ve carried much more weight.

I haven’t been a fan of the ESPN/ABC team of Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, and Mark Jackson, mostly because of their tendancy to wander off-topic, or to spend an entire game focused on LeBron James or Kobe Bryant. I have to say that in this series, with no Kobe or LeBron to fawn over, they’ve been very good. You would never know that Van Gundy’s brother is coaching one of the teams, and they’ve been both critical and supportive of officials calls when warranted.

It was an eventful night for Paul Pierce, who scored 28 points in the Celtics 95-92 game two victory over the Magic, and also had his @paulpierce34 twitter account hacked.

Get all the Celtics stories this morning over at CelticsLinks.com.

Road warriors - Paul Flannery has a look at the unfazed Celtics pulling out a fourth straight playoff win on the road and fifth straight overall.

Pierce’s old school newly appreciated - A very good column from Bob Ryan on Paul Pierce, and how his game, which sometimes seems like it came from the 1950′s, is really as complete a scoring repertoire as there is in the league.

Garnett took his best shots on defense - Julian Benbow’s notebook in the Globe is the best of the bunch.

Celtics’ hockey style a hit - Steve Bulpett says that if the Bruins played hockey as well as the Celtics did last night, they’d still be playing.

After up-and-down season, Davis finds his niche - Robert Lee has Glen Davis once again playing a huge role for the Celtics in the postseason.

Ten Thoughts from Game 2: A cure for Vinsanity - Kirk Minihane offers up ten items from last night.

Red Sox

It was downright nauseating hearing and seeing Glenn Ordway and Dan Shaughnessy on WEEI and NESN respectively be downright giddy yesterday over the supposed clubhouse issues with the Red Sox and Mike Lowell’s unhappiness with his role. Shaughnessy could barely contain a full grin as he talked during the Red Sox rain delay last night about all the unhappy veterans in the Red Sox clubhouse. It must’ve brought back memories of the gravy days for Dan…

The Red Sox once again appeared dead in the water last night in New York, trailing 5-0 in the sixth and 5-1 in the eight, Boston made spirited comeback for the second straight night, handing Jonathan Papelbon a two run lead at 7-5 in the bottom of the ninth. Papelbon gave up a run, but managed to hang on and get the save for the Red Sox in the 7-6 win at Yankee stadium. Get all the coverage at RedSoxLinks.com and NYYankeesLinks.com.

Sox Rally After Trying Day - Jeff Jacobs has the Red Sox getting a big win during very fragile times for the club.

From the lowest of lows to the highest of highs - Sean McAdam has the Red Sox picking up an “empowering” win.

How Should Managers Deal With Media Regarding Controversy? - Evan Brunell touches on a topic appropriate of this page.

Lowell voices displeasure about his role - Amalie Benjamin’s notebook gives you the details comments without turning them into the apocolypse.

Red Sox bats take offense - Michael Silverman has the offense coming through when the pitching and defense didn’t.  

Misc

Changes are coming for a needy Bruins team - Joe Haggerty says that the Bruins will be a different team next season, and goes through who might be leaving this offseason.

Locking up Dennis Seidenberg an offseason priority - Steve Conroy says that the Bruins really would like the bring the defenseman back this fall.

Bruins missing right mix - Rich Garven also examines possible changes this offseason.

Tyrone McKenzie’s Battle Scars to Serve Him Well in Foxboro - Jeff Howe has the second-year linebacker looking forward to fighting Brandon Spikes for a starting role. Mike Reiss sees a little Ted Johnson in McKenzie.

Springs released by Patriots - Tom E Curran examines the release of the veteran CB, recalling an incident during the season when Springs joked with Adalius Thomas, seemingly about being late for practice and getting sent home.

I disagree with Kevin Paul Dupont’s assertion this morning that Peter Chiarelli and Claude Julien needed to apologize to the fan base yesterday. What good would it do? The only way to make amendsis to make the team better and advance further next season. It’s fair to say it’s a huge offseason coming up for Chiarelli.

On the cusp of their best win of the season – coming back from a 5-0 deficit in Yankee Stadium against Phil Hughes, and coming back again from 7-6 down - the Red Sox entered the bottom of the ninth inning up 9-7 with Jonathan Papelbon on to close things out.

Two two-run home runs later (by Alex Rodriguez and Marcus Thames) the Red Sox were saddled with an 11-9 loss, perhaps their worst of a horrid season thus far. Papelbon threw 19 pitches in the inning, and they were all fastballs.

If you want all the coverage you can head to RedSoxLinks.com. If you’re a masochist (or a Yankees fan) you can go to NYYankeesLinks.com and see what they’re saying down there.

Sox hit low point of a disappointing season - Sean McAdam says that this one stung.

His fight with Father Time leaves scars - Howard Bryant with a must-read feature on David Ortiz’s ongoing struggle with baseball mortality, and how the Red Sox and MLB Players Association supported him last season.

Problem starts with Josh Beckett - Michael Silverman claims that the Red Sox woes this season can be traced to Beckett and his 7.46 ERA.

Red Sox failure to pitch in getting tired - Jon Couture says that the entire starting rotation is to blame.

Lowell’s ‘frustration’ continues to mount - Rob Bradford gets Mike Lowell to talk about his frustrations with his part-time role. (Is it wrong to point out here that Bradford wrote a book with Lowell?)

Celtics

The Celtics will look to go up 2-0 in their series with the Magic with a game tonight in Orlando. (ESPN, 8:30 PM) CelticsLinks.com has all the coverage heading into tonight.

 Celtics’ Defense In Good Hands With New Britain’s Thibodeau - via the Orlando Sentinel, the Hartford Courant has a piece on the Celtics “defensive coordinator.”

What to watch for in Tuesday’s Game 2 - Paul Flannery looks at what we can expect tonight.

Defensive rotation comes full circle - Julien Benbow has the Celtics finally coming together as a unit in the playoffs, despite still having individual disagreements.

Slight improvement - Frank Dell’Apa’s notebook has Kevin Garnett talking about the improvement in his team.

Bruins

These Bruins have that old familiar feel - Michael Felger goes after Jeremy Jacobs as the reason for the Bruins never getting over the hump.

Sifting through the rubble - Fluto Shinzawa ends his analysis of the Bruins with the following statement: “When you’re lacking in character, you give up 3-0 series leads and 3-0 Game 7 advantages.”  I wonder if he’ll be able to expand on that in the following days. Sounds an awful lot like the media reports coming out of Gillette following the Patriots loss to the Ravens in the playoffs.

Bruins’ Playoff Report Card - Stephen Harris hands out the postseason grades.

Bruins should keep Julien - Mike Loftus says that firing the coach isn’t the answer.

Patriots

Biggest questions still facing the Patriots - Christopher Price has some things that still need to be settled with this Patriots team.

Familiarity With College Coaches Helps Bill Belichick Mine Proper Talent for Patriots - Jeff Howe looks at how many players that the Patriots have drafted over the years that come from programs where the coach has ties to Bill Belichick.

McKenzie and top Pats competitions - Mike Reiss looks at areas of competition on the Patriots roster.

On the downside this morning…well, you could pretty much predict Shaughnessy today. Right in his wheelhouse. A BSMW messageboard poster described the column thusly: “Towering laziness. Self-pitying (pre-2002/2004) New England sports fan-centric. Bruin collapse cross-references. Not a scintilla of any original reportage. My God, people, Ray Fitz’s space in The Globe is being taken by this utter fraud? The horror.”