HINGHAM — ESPN’s Sean McDonough hosted his annual Celebrity Golf Classic, a two-day celebrity event to support cardiac amyloidosis research at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Sean’s father, legendary Boston Globe columnist Will McDonough, died suddenly of cardiac amyloidosis in 2003. Among those who supported the tournament were Billy Andrade, PGA Tour; Geno Auriemma, UCONN Women’s Basketball; Charles Barkley, NBA legend; Jay Bilas, ESPN; Jim Boeheim, head coach of the Syracuse University Men’s basketball team; Brian…

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SOUTH END — It was a packed house at Bar Mezzana on Harrison Avenue in the Ink Block the other night to celebrate the release of Sports Illustrated writer Ian Thomsen’s latest book, “The Soul of Basketball: The Epic Showdown Between LeBron, Kobe, Doc, and Dirk That Saved the NBA.” The book, from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, is now in stores. Thomsen, who Bill Brett worked with at the Boston Globe several years ago, caught up…

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