In many ways, their departure scenarios mirror each other. Both left New England for other — if not brighter — horizons.

Let’s face it, whatever problems are bedeviling the Boston Celtics this season, they go well beyond Rajon Rondo.

We are — in all probability — nearing the end of one of the most extraordinarily successful runs in the history of the National Football League.

A record 21 NFL players have been suspended this year for drug violations. So where’s the outrage?

Yes, indeed. That MIT. The one where the students all seemingly wear pocket protectors and the alumni fly into space, split atoms or win Nobel Prizes and MacArthur Fellowships.

The San Francisco Giants should be applauded for steadfastly refusing to activate Melky Cabrera, lest the 2012 season be more tainted than it already is.

Harvard says it is taking a recent investigation into widespread cheating very seriously. But sportswriter Peter May says by buffering student athletes, the university is sending a very different message.