Pedigree Petfoods was a company that manufactured pet food located at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England with another factory in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Pedigree comes from a French phrase meaning birds feet, representing the shape of family trees.

Big ticket: Focused and ferocious, Garnett carries Celtics to top of NBA (Eagle-Tribune Online)

WALTHAM - One after another, they fall through the net like hailstones. It's 1:45 p.m. on a Thursday; do you know where Kevin Garnett is? Practice may be over, but he's here, unleashing a storm of jump shots.

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Ray Allen out for tonight (The Patriot Ledger)

WALTHAM - Ray Allen is coming off two of his worst scoring games in years, but he’ll have to wait a few days before he can get back on track.