The Patriots are 2-2 and heading to Buffalo for a primetime game against the class of the AFC. Is Sunday night’s matchup against the Bills the biggest of quarterback Drake Maye’s career? We answer that and more in this week’s mailbag. @Quig052095: How desperate could Philly be to unload an “unhappy” BROWN? Patriots are one of the few teams that could take the dead cap hit. How about 75% of cap hit, 2026 5th, and Douglas. Not that desperate! I would be shocked if the Eagles traded A.J. Brown at all. If they do, I’d be surprised if it took…
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Boston Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet might really be everything you want in an ace. Crochet has the physical profile, the elite velocity, and the nasty secondary pitch that usually come with an ace, but most importantly, he has the killer mindset required to raise his level during the most important games. Red Sox fans learned that last detail about Crochet on Tuesday night as the left-hander delivered a gem for Boston in a critical Game 1 ALWC win over the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Crochet told Cora yesterday he was only going to make one call to…
It’s widely believed that the Red Sox lack the high-end talent to go on a World Series run. Rightly so. What’s often missing from that discussion, though, is the advantage the Red Sox have in the dugout. Because while there may not be easily accessible, tangible evidence to prove it, the reality is that Alex Cora is a master of his craft — one whose comfort in big moments gives the Red Sox an edge over just about any team in baseball. Cora’s feel for the game was on display in multiple areas in Tuesday night’s dramatic 3-1 victory over…
NEW YORK – As the Red Sox battled to maintain their hold on a Wild Card in the waning weeks of the regular season, one of their most key pitchers was quietly fighting what ultimately proved to be a losing battle. “I probably started feeling it around my start against the A’s. Yeah, it started off mild and obviously got progressively worse,” said right-hander Lucas Giolito, whom the Red Sox left off the Wild Card roster after manager Alex Cora made the stunning announcement about the injury on Monday. “It started off mild and obviously got progressively worse.” Knowing what…
NEW YORK (AP) — Garrett Crochet retired 17 consecutive batters after allowing Anthony Volpe’s second-inning homer, pinch-hitter Masataka Yoshida lined a go-ahead, two-run single off reliever Luke Weaver, and the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 3-1 on Tuesday night in their AL Wild Card Series opener.Crochet improved to 4-0 against the Yankees this year, throwing a career-high 117 pitches in a marquee duel of ace left-handers against Max Fried. Crochet struck out 11 and walked none over 7 2/3 innings while allowing four hits.Pitching with a lead after Yoshida’s go-ahead hit in the seventh, Crochet extended his…
The Boston Celtics kicked off their training camp on Tuesday, and a new player is already excited to play for head coach Joe Mazzulla. Celtics on CLNS reporter Noa Dalzell asked center Luka Garza about his early impressions of Mazzulla and the coaching staff. “Every time he says something, it’s just incredibly impactful,” Garza said Tuesday. “He has that fire that makes you want to run through a brick wall for him.” Boston signed Garza to a two-year, $5.5 million contract this offseason. Garza spent the first four years of his NBA career playing for the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota…
Are you nervous? Do you feel like you have to throw up? Do you feel the same level of urgency tonight as when the Red Sox faced the Yankees at Fenway Park in the single-game Wild Card playoff four years ago?Well, if not, you probably should. In the three years the Red Sox have been absent from the playoffs, the current best-of-three Wild Card format has been played twelve times (4x per year), and so far, the winner of Game 1 has gone on to win every single one of them. Yes, that’s 100% of the time! In fact, the…
NEW YORK – In the span of 24 hours at last December’s MLB Winter Meetings in Dallas, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees each secured an ace left-hander to lead their respective team back to baseball’s promised land. New York signed free agent Max Fried, outbidding Boston, among other suitors. The following day, the Red Sox acquired Garrett Crochet from the Chicago White Sox for a massive prospect haul. The two American League titans committed millions to these two arms – and in Boston’s case, a massive prospect haul before ultimately extending Crochet in April – in pursuit of October glory.…
Billy Ryan shaped the tradition and set the standard for BC High boys soccer during his 32-year run at the helm of the Eagles. But with the Hall of Fame coach, who recorded over 300 career victories and 11 Catholic Conference titles during his tenure, retiring following last season, it was up to Mark Whitehouse to carry on that success. Whitehouse was no stranger to the program, having served various roles on Ryan’s staff since 2011. But Whitehouse brings a different background to the Eagles, one that was cultivated on a different continent. Whitehouse grew up in Preston, England, about…
How good was Rob Gronkowski? The former New England Patriots tight end was the subject of NFL conversation this week, first of all when former NFL QBs Tom Brady and Peyton Manning discussed the greatest pass-catchers of all time. Brady included Gronk on his “Mount Rushmore” of all-time great pass-catchers, and Pat McAfee followed up that conversation with his own discussion about Gronk (on the Pat McAfee Show) with Bruce Arians, who coached Gronkowski on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. “I don’t think there’s a lot of like, “Hey, Gronk might be one of the greatest players of all time’ narrative…