FOXBORO — Put simply, Patriots quarterback Drake Maye is connecting on passes he has no business completing. The young quarterback is off to an incredible start in his second NFL season, hitting on a league-leading 75.2% of his passing attempts. He currently has the highest CPOE (completion percentage above expected) of any quarterback in a single season, as charted by NFL Next Gen Stats since 2018, with a plus-10.3% mark. Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel chalked it up to “special talent” while noting that Maye’s receivers have helped, as well. “Staying calm, the things that they’ve worked on and he’s…
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BOSTON (AP) — The Little Ball of Hate still feels a lot of love for Boston.Brad Marchand struggled to hold back tears on the ice when the TD Garden crowd gave him a standing ovation Tuesday night during his first game back as a Bruins opponent. The 37-year-old forward tapped his heart, wiped his face and waved to the crowd as both teams banged their sticks against the ice and even the referee and linesmen clapped along.“I knew it was going to hit me the way it did. It was extremely touching,” Marchand said after the game, a 4-3 Panthers victory in…
The New England Patriots took down the Tennessee Titans 31-13 in Week 7 to earn their fourth straight win, pushing their record to 5-2 on the season. Per usual, the team was powered to victory by second-year quarterback Drake Maye. In what is becoming a recurring theme, Maye looked like a superstar against the Titans. He completed 21 of his 23 pass attempts for 222 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for another 62 yards on eight carries. The Pats had high hopes for Maye entering the season, but nobody expected him to be playing at an MVP-caliber level…
2025 In a Discarded-On-The-Dugout -Floor NutshellFacing injury, rehab, and a crowded roster, Masataka Yoshida had to wait as long as possible every step of the way in 2025.In 20 games during September, Masa came to life, hitting .333/.351/.486. The batting average might be a bit fluky but his OBP was .338 and.349 in 2023 and 2024, respectively, so .351 isn’t totally out of bounds. This was the first time we really saw Yoshida fully healthy and up to game speed in over a year.Entering 2025, the DH had offseason shoulder surgery which was apparently part of the reason for why…
The most recent loss to the Florida Panthers was difficult for all the Bruins, what with the winning goal against coming on a fluke bounce with 25.7 seconds. But it was an especially difficult night for Mason Lohrei. In the 4-3 loss, the lanky defenseman wasn’t involved in the GWG but he had a big hand in two of the goals. He knew it. His coach certainly knew it – and voiced it in the post-game press conference as well. On the first goal in question, Lohrei could have gotten a little more help from Tanner Jeannot in tying up…
It was an uncomfortable sight for Celtics fans: Marcus Smart in Laker gold and purple, squaring off against Al Horford in his fresh Warriors uniform. The former Boston fan favorites debuted for their new Western Conference teams late Tuesday night, coming off their respective benches in the Warriors’ 119-109 victory at Crypto.com Arena. Smart, who’s bounced from Memphis to Washington and now to Los Angeles since being traded by the Celtics in 2023, was the more impactful of the two. The rugged point guard spent much of his 23 minutes cannonballing around the court in pursuit of Stephen Curry. His…
Former Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand made his return to TD Garden on Tuesday with the Florida Panthers and was honored with a video tribute. During the first TV timeout of the game, the Bruins rolled out a video tribute honoring Marchand for his time in Boston. During the video, Marchand became emotional and even shed some tears. Following the game, Marchand spoke to reporters and explained why he got emotional during the video package. “I was trying not to cry, that is what I was trying to do,” Marchand said on Tuesday, as seen on NESN’s postgame coverage. “As…
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A thrilling American League Championship Series that went all the way to Game 7 concluded with a bang on Monday night. In the bottom of the seventh, the Seattle Mariners watched their 3-1 lead and their hopes of finally winning the pennant – they are the only team to never reach the World Series – vanish. Blue Jays star George Springer’s go-ahead three-run homer, off former Red Sox reliever Eduard Bazardo, gave Toronto a 4-3 lead and their first pennant since 1993. With that, the stage is set for a Blue Jays-Dodgers Fall Classic, and the last chance to watch…
BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand had two assists in his emotional return to Boston, and Carter Verhaeghe scored the winner with 27 seconds left to help the Florida Panthers beat the Bruins 4-3 on Tuesday night.Boston rallied to tie it after trailing 2-0 lead in the third period, then Marchand skated through the neutral zone and flipped the puck ahead to Eetu Luostarinen as he burst ahead of the last defender and beat Jeremy Swayman to make it 3-2 with 10 minutes to play.With the Boston net empty, Morgan Geekie made it 3-3 with 1:31 left. But Verhaeghe broke the tie…