The Celtics honored a familiar face in Boston sports during their game against the Lakers Thursday night.
Former Patriots safety Devin McCourty was honored with the Celtics’ “Hero Among Us” award, an accolade given out at each home game to an exceptional member of the community.
McCourty and his twin brother, Jason, co-founded “Tackle Sickle Cell,” a campaign designed to bring awareness to the disease, over 10 years ago. Their father passed away of sickle cell disease when they were 3 years old. The twins had numerous other family members who similarly dealt with SCD, all inspiring the two to get involved in the process of finding a cure.