The monumental beatdown Joe Mazzulla and his coaching staff handed the Celtics’ media corps on Tuesday quickly became a national news story. Mazzulla said that was not his intention. One day after he and his assistants waxed a group of Celtics reporters 57-4 in a surprise 12-minute pickup game at the Auerbach Center — and lowlights from the game appeared on the NBA’s official social media accounts, among other prominent outlets — Boston’s head coach said the game was meant as a bonding experience between the two sides. At the end of his pregame news conference Wednesday night, Mazzulla thanked…
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BOSTON (WHDH) – Third baseman Alex Bregman has opted out of his contract with the Boston Red Sox and will become a free agent.Before the season began, Bregman signed a three year, $120M contract with the Red Sox, meaning he has two years and $80M left on the deal.Bregman had a solid season in Boston, batting .273 with 28 homeruns and driving in 62 runs. He was limited to 114 games due to a quad injury. Bregman was also named an American League all-star. He is the first domino to fall for Boston this offseason as the Sox are coming…
After winning the AFC East 17 times in 19 seasons from 2001 to 2019, the New England Patriots have failed to capture the division five consecutive years since the beginning of the decade. By virtue of their Week 5 upset of the Buffalo Bills (4-2), the Patriots (4-2) enter Week 7 atop the AFC East. New England head coach Mike Vrabel was asked on Wednesday about the team being in first place and had a telling response. “‘They’re not going to cancel the rest of the season…’ Mike Vrabel says, when asked about being in first place of the AFC…
Joe Mazzulla likes to keep the media on their toes. But the Boston Celtics coach took that mindset to a whole new level Tuesday. As Mazzulla was wrapping up his post-practice press conference at the Auerbach Center, a reporter mentioned that members of the media were planning to play a pickup game at the facility that was sponsored by Junior Celtics Academy and New Balance. At which point Mazzulla dropped a plot twist. “You’re not playing against each other — you’re playing against the coaches,” Mazzulla replied. Sure enough, Mazzulla and his coaching staff — a group that includes ex-Celtics…
When Alex Bregman couldn’t land a lucrative long-term contract this past winter, he pivoted late in the offseason and agreed to a short-term, high-dollar deal to join the Red Sox. But that three-year, $120 million deal — which included opt-outs after each season — was always designed to give Bregman another crack at free agency. According to Jon Heyman of the New York Post, Bregman plans to exercise his opt-out and hit the open market. Once the move is official Bregman will become one of the highest-profile free agents available, and whether or not he returns will be perhaps the…
Were you by any chance looking for something to endlessly talk about until the last week of February?Jon Heyman, full-time New York Post baseball writer and part-time Scott Boras ventriloquist dummy, reported tonight that Alex Bregman is opting out of the two remaining years on his Red Sox contract, which was set to pay him an additional $80 million. A mere eight months after Red Sox CBO Craig Breslow finally put an end to last offseason’s most protracted free agency saga by offering Bregman a short-term/high-AAV deal — and a tremendous amount of bargaining power in the form of those…
Charlie Curmi finished his career last season at Medfield as one of the most accomplished players to ever come through the boys soccer program. But Curmi knew at the time, as did Warriors head coach Jason Heim, that one of the team’s underclassmen could rewrite all Curmi did with his own transformational talent. Sophomore striker Max Tillmann has exceed expectations while filling the void left by Curmi’s graduation. Tillmann is spearheading a Warriors squad very capable of winning a Division 3 state title, while also being on pace to shatter Curmi’s all-time goal-scoring record at Medfield. “He had big shoes…
Maybe Joe Mazzulla just wanted a laugh. Maybe he wanted to embarrass us as punishment for asking the same annoying postgame questions for the last three years. Maybe he wanted to provide some post-practice entertainment for the large group of players — including Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown — who were watching from the lounge that overlooks the Auerbach Center’s two courts. Whatever his reason, Mazzulla chose to put his own diabolical spin on the Celtics’ preseason media game Tuesday afternoon. Rather than dividing the participating media members into teams and having them play against each other — as the…
Former Boston Red Sox catcher David Ross remains among the top candidates on the managerial merry-go-round. ESPN identified the leading candidates for the open job in Atlanta and listed Ross among four potential finalists, along with former Braves infielder Mark DeRosa, former Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons and current Braves bench coach Walt Weiss. The report noted Ross played for the Braves from 2009-2012. The New Post’s Jon Heyman reported Ross is among the managerial talent pool this offseason, which also includes Chicago Cubs bench coach Ryan Flaherty, Orioles interim manager Tony Mansolino, former San Diego Padres manager Mike…
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