Beantown Team is a term used to refer to the professional sports teams located in Boston, Massachusetts. The most well-known teams are the Boston Celtics, a National Basketball Association (NBA) team, the Boston Red Sox, a Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the Boston Red Sox, an alternate name for the same MLB team. The Celtics are abbreviated as CELTS, the Red Sox as SOX, and the alternate name as BOSOX.