Boston Celtics face a setback as Jayson Tatum's Achilles injury sidelines him, causing the team to miss NBA's Opening Night and Christmas Day games for the first time since 2015. Tatum's recovery is progressing,

If anyone has their finger on the pulse of what is going on with the Boston Celtics behind the scenes, it is Celtics president Rich Gotham. And Gotham recently took some time to get the local media assembled a team community event in Providence, Rhode Island, this past Thursday (Aug. 7).

The New England Patriots were out at practice on Wednesday and another Boston sports star -- Jayson Tatum of the Celtics-- was on hand. Notably, Tatum, roughly three months after suffering an Achilles tear in the NBA playoffs,