Chauncey Billups used to play for the Celtics, but that was a long time ago, when Boston, frankly, was in another country. The landscape was bleak, the weather dismal and dreary, and nothing came through the door year after year but chill winds that pierced the body and made players and fans more miserable. (Full article: 657 words)

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