The Celtics were down a pair of wings for their Saturday night matchup with the San Antonio Spurs at TD Garden. After ruling out reserve Josh Minott (left ankle sprain) for the third consecutive game, Boston added veteran Sam Hauser to its injury report Saturday evening, making him a late scratch because of right hamstring tightness. It was the first DNP of the season for Hauser, who started the previous four games. He enjoyed one of his best games of the season on Friday, scoring 19 points, shooting 5-for-7 from 3-point range and notching a key fourth-quarter steal in a…
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The Boston Celtics, fresh off a 125-117 win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night, have moved back up to second place in the Eastern Conference. With the trade deadline quickly approaching, the C’s are expected to operate as buyers in an attempt to beef up their roster. While Boston has done well to exceed expectations this year, there are holes on this roster that need to be addressed. Easily the team’s biggest need is a big man who can help shore up the team’s rotation alongside Neemias Queta and Luka Garza. There should be several options for Boston at…
Pavel Zacha is the Bruins’ Mr. Everything. If they need him to play center, he does that. If they need him to play wing, he can do that, too. Power play? Penalty kill? Yup and yup. But often lost in his versatility is the fact that the 28-year-old Zacha was drafted sixth overall by the New Jersey Devils in 2015 and he’s got a lot of skill, too. That came to the forefront in Saturday’s 10-2 drubbing of the Rangers when Zacha was one of two players to notch their first hat trick. It’s not surprising that it was the…
The Boston Celtics lost a whole lot of experience, leadership and good vibes this offseason when they parted ways with Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis, Al Horford and Luke Kornet. But how much did they really lose in on-court production? It’s a fair question to ask, considering Boston hasn’t missed a beat in their absences. Even with superstar Jayson Tatum sidelined, the Celtics have the second-best record in the Eastern Conference (24-13) and boast the best offensive rating (122.6) in the NBA. We’ve written plenty about how Boston has been able to thrive with its new-look roster. But with the first…
BOSTON (AP) — Right-hander Kutter Crawford, who missed all of last season with knee and wrist injuries, avoided arbitration with the Boston Red Sox when he agreed Tuesday to a $2.75 million, one-year contract.Crawford, 29, gets the same salary he had last year.He went 9-16 with a 4.36 ERA in 2024, when he led the majors with 16 losses and 34 home runs allowed. He started last season on the injured list with a sore knee and had surgery in July on his right wrist.In his career, Crawford has an 18-31 record with a 4.56 ERA.Four Boston players remain eligible…
Sometime Sunday night, Josh McDaniels will pace the Patriots‘ sideline peering over a laminated play sheet he’ll holds just below his eyes. McDaniels’ stare will cast over the field, as he mutters a big number into his headset. That number will be part of a lengthy play-call, with other numbers, letters and code words that say everything McDaniels wants from the next play. But the big number will speak loudest. First, it will tell a little-known offensive lineman to take the field. That lineman, 6-foot-6, 331-pound Thayer Munford Jr., is largest piece of a small reason the Patriots are hosting…
One year after leading all Boston Red Sox pitchers in games started, innings pitched and strikeouts, right-hander Kutter Crawford missed the entire 2025 campaign due to a wrist injury. The Red Sox avoided arbitration with Crawford on Tuesday by signing the 29-year-old to a one-year, $2.75 million contract for the 2026 season. Crawford gave a positive update on his injury status on Saturday. “Kutter Crawford says he’s fully healthy and he threw off the mound for the first time this offseason yesterday,” Mac Cerullo of the Boston Herald posted on Bluesky. “Kutter Crawford pitched off the mound this week for…
Perhaps the title of “Renaissance man” is thrown around too much.Sure, folks can be talented in multiple different disciplines of the arts. Culture is a broad spectrum that reaches billions, and the beauty of it is that its auteurs and practitioners can reach across any construct of division that might separate us: race, gender, creed, language barriers, whatever it might be.Yet to be a true Renaissance man? That’s someone who really changes the game in ways never before thought. A man so well cultured that it boggles the mind.For instance: who else on the planet could hit over 500 home…
When the Red Sox open the doors to Fenway Park today for the club’s annual winter fan festival, they’ll pull out all the stops to generate excitement ahead of the upcoming season. And there is plenty to be excited about, especially coming off the club’s first playoff appearance since 2021. But amid all the pomp and circumstance, there’s one question that will no doubt linger over the proceedings, just like it has so often in recent years. When are the Red Sox actually going to sign a big free agent? Or heck, any free agent? With the Colorado Rockies’ signing…
The Bruins’ 1-5-2 skid at the end of December has knocked them out of the Herald’s Power Rankings, but don’t fret, B’s fans. That’s nothing a little five-game win streak won’t rectify, not in this season of parity in the National Hockey League. That’s how crazy this season is. Despite their slump, the B’s are just two points out of a wild card spot as they head into Saturday’s matinee against the road warrior Rangers (15-8-2 away from Madison Square Garden). The B’s were not the only ones to to tumble out. The Devils, Ducks, Senators, Kings and even the…