The Boston Celtics began their three-game road trip with a 109-98 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in Sunday’s matinee. The difference was Boston’s defensive masterclass in the second quarter. The C’s limited the Cavs to only 10 points on 4-of-25 shooting (0-14 3-PT) in the frame. Cleveland cut its 26-point deficit to single digits in the second half but was unable to complete the comeback. Jaylen Brown (23 points) and Jayson Tatum (20 points) paced the Celtics in the scoring column. Payton Pritchard (18 points) and Baylor Scheierman (16 points) did damage off the bench. Boston will look to stay…
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In the Div. 3 quarterfinals, No. 12 Greater Lawrence (17-7) held defending state champion No. 13 Norwell to nine second-half points as the Reggies rolled to a 57-27 boys basketball victory. Sam Brigham’s 33 points powered No. 2 Pope Francis to a 68-56 win over No. 7 Oliver Ames in the Div. 2 quarterfinals. … Javi Lopez scored 21 points, Elkin Pena added 20 points to lead No. 1 Central Catholic to a narrow 55-53 victory over No. 9 Beverly in the Div. 1 quarterfinals. Ryan Mutschler led with 28, Cole Madden added 17 points and Sebastian Brown contributed 14…
The Patriots are not one player away from becoming a perennial Super Bowl contender. But they are one offseason away. This is that offseason. Behold, a plan to land an explosive wide receiver, make offensive line upgrades and sign new edge rushers to power the Pats back to the Super Bowl. The big offer Extend free-agent wide receiver Alec Pierce a 4-year, $104 million offer ($60 million guaranteed) Free agency is an unreasonable, unpredictable market. As such, you’d be right to shake your head at these terms because Pierce is not worth that contract based on his past performance. But…
I’m not going to pretend I’m a doctor. I’m not to going to act like I know more about Romy Gonzalez’s body than the highly paid and likely excellent medical staff working in Fort Myers and on Ipswitch Street. I’m not here to second guess medical advice — I’m sure there was a very solid reason why “wait it out” made sense. But I will say that I am not remotely surprised by how this has developed. After arriving at Spring Training with a shoulder that was still bothering him after an initial injury that occurred way back in September,…
Red Sox fans will get a look at one of the club’s most interesting pitching prospects this afternoon. Jake Bennett is scheduled to take the mound when the Red Sox face the Pirates up in Bradenton. The right-hander, who was acquired from the Nationals this past winter for Luis Perales in a prospect-for-prospect deal, currently ranks as Boston’s No. 7 prospect according to MLB Pipeline and is making his third appearance of the spring. Bennett previously allowed one run over 1 1/3 innings on Feb. 25 against the Twins, and most recently he got the start in Tuesday’s exhibition against…
BOSTON (AP) — There were times when Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum wasn’t sure if he’d make it back to the game that was abruptly taken away from him last season.It made every moment he experienced in his return as special as any he’s had so far in his basketball career.His homecoming at TD Garden on Friday night, a 120-100 victory over the Dallas Mavericks marked his season debut almost 10 months after surgery to repair a ruptured right Achilles tendon.“I had a real sense of gratitude,” Tatum said. “Just being back on the floor and playing basketball again. It just kind of brought me back to…
Credit: Boston Celtics-Twitter/X The Boston Celtics beat the Brooklyn Nets on February 27th, 148-111, in an unprecedented shooting masterclass. Credit: Boston Celtics-Twitter/XThe Celtics blazingly destroyed the Nets, shooting 80.8% effective field goal percentage, the highest in NBA history. This outing highlighted the Celtics’ ability to spread the ball around evenly; the top scorers, Jaylen Brown and Nikola Vucevic, each tallied 28 points. 6 players had 10+ points and exposed holes in a flailing Brooklyn defense. The intensity carried over to the defensive side of the ball, where no Net had more than 20 points. By shooting 22/34 from 3, the…
This weekend marks the midway point of the Grapefruit League schedule, and though many of the Red Sox’s top players are away for the World Baseball Classic, we have seen enough to have a good idea of how the team will look on Opening Day in Cincinnati. So with the picture coming into focus, here is our second crack at projecting the Red Sox’s 26-man roster. Starting rotation MLB: Garrett Crochet (L), Ranger Suarez (L), Sonny Gray, Brayan Bello, Johan Oviedo MiLB depth: Connelly Early (L), Payton Tolle (L), Tyler Uberstine, Jake Bennett (L) 15-day IL: Kutter Crawford, Patrick Sandoval…
FRAMINGHAM — The Littleton/Bromfield boys hockey team rolled out one of the state’s most potent attacks and a stingy defense that was too often overshadowed in what’s been a dominant year for the program. And on the biggest stage the program’s ever played on, Saturday’s state semifinal was no different. Gavin Werling and Blake Hannon each scored twice for the No. 2 Tigers, who made their first Final Four appearance, and they responded to an early deficit with five unanswered goals for a 5-1 win over No. 3 Dover-Sherborn/Weston. Along with two assists, Werling broke the program’s previous points record…
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