The New England Patriots will take the field Sunday in Miami with their third defensive play-caller in a span of three games. Inside linebackers coach Zak Kuhr will call the Patriots’ defensive plays in Week 2 with defensive coordinator Terrell Williams away from the team due to health issues, head coach Mike Vrabel confirmed Friday. Vrabel noted he’ll assist Kuhr with some of his responsibilities. “I’ll help him like I always do, but I’m excited for that,” Vrabel said Kuhr assuming de facto DC duties. “I think we’ve been prepared all week for that, for the preparation, for the game…
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Mike Onwenu couldn’t remember. Maybe that was for the best. Three years ago, the Patriots spent a week in South Florida ahead of their season opener against the Dolphins. Bill Belichick camped the team at Palm Beach Atlantic University, a private Christian school that competes at the Division II level. Because Palm Beach Atlantic doesn’t have a football program, the Pats practiced on soccer fields with makeshift field goal posts. Everything that week was built around the idea of eliminating the Dolphins’ homefield advantage: their players natural acclimation to the overwhleming heat and humidity. The Patriots’ travel plans that week…
BOSTON (AP) — Aaron Judge hit his 362nd career homer to pass Joe DiMaggio on the Yankees’ all-time list, and Luis Gil pitched six no-hit innings to beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 on Friday night and help New York expand its edge in the race for home-field advantage in the American League playoffs.Gil (4-1) left with a no-hitter intact after six innings and 93 pitches, but reliever Fernando Cruz gave up a home run to Nate Eaton with one out in the seventh — one of Boston’s two hits. There has not been a no-hitter in the majors this…
Boston Red Sox legend Pedro Martinez faced some of the best hitters in Major League history during his 18-year MLB career, from Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez to Albert Pujols and Ken Griffey Jr. Despite his relatively small frame for a pitcher, Martinez threw hard and wasn’t afraid of anyone. He wasn’t scared to intimidate batters by pitching inside, plunking 141 of them throughout his Hall of Fame career. While Martinez never faced New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge, who debuted seven years after he retired, the former Red Sox ace has a pretty good idea of how he’d attack…
Everything was set up for absolute pandemonium at Fenway Park on Friday night. The crowd was ready to erupt at any moment, and the moment just never came. Aaron Judge hit a ball to Jupiter in the top of the first inning, and the air was taken out of the room. Lucas Giolito kept the team in the game, but the lone threat came in the fifth inning. Luis Gil walked the first two hitters of the inning and then balked them over to second and third. A popout, strikeout, and flyout later, and the threat was over.I will say,…
BRIDGEWATER – Bridgewater-Raynham was looking for a bounce-back game after a loss against Mansfield on a last-second field goal, and it had a chance in its home opener against Plymouth South. In senior quarterback Jack Lambert’s last home opener as the starting QB for the Trojans, they broke through to claim a 21-14 victory over Plymouth South. Plymouth South shut out Silver Lake 34-0 in its season opener. Plymouth South (1-1) almost had a repeat of its season-opening game against Silver Lake after shutting out Bridgewater-Raynham in the first three quarters of the game, which came from strong red zone…
Lucas Giolito gave the Red Sox a chance to win with 5.2 innings of two-run (one earned) ball. So did Yankees starter Luis Gil, who pitched six of the messiest hitless innings in recent memory: four walks, two wild pitches. Yet in the absence of clutch hitting – or hitting of any kind – the Red Sox squandered the night. They were 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position, left seven men on base, and lost 4-1. At least it wasn’t boring. Games between these rivals seldom are. Roughly sixty seconds after first pitch, Aaron Judge sent Giolito’s 0-1…
In the Patriots’ home opener vs the Las Vegas Raiders, the team lost 20 to 13, with the Patriots kicking a field goal in garbage time.On the Raiders’ opening drive, the team scored easily on the Patriots’ defense. The Patriots were able to respond with a good drive of their own, ending with a Demario Douglas touchdown. After the Raiders’ stellar opening drive, the Patriots’ defense was able to settle in, forcing an interception and coming up with some sacks. At the half, the Pats led 10 to seven.The second half came, and it was all Raiders for the most…
The Boston Celtics are beginning to ramp up their preparations for the 2025-26 campaign. On Thursday, though, the team received a concerning update regarding the health of one of their former players, center Jason Collins. The No. 18 overall pick in the 2001 NBA Draft, Collins initially broke into the league with the New Jersey Nets, spending the first six-and-a-half seasons of his career with them. Collins would go on to play for the Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves, Atlanta Hawks, Celtics and Washington Wizards before returning to the Nets to close out his career. Collins signed with Boston for the…
Brady McCormack rushed for four touchdowns to power Medfield toward a 50-21 nonleague football win over Dracut. Rowan Merryman and Tyren Houen scored two touchdowns each as St. Mary’s (Lynn) rolled to a 34-0 win over KIPP. … Jonas Ala caught a touchdown pass and ran for a score as Quincy cruised to a 39-0 victory over Braintree. Marvelous Pleasant rushed for over 100 yards and two touchdowns to pace Rockland (1-0) to a 21-8 win over Dennis-Yarmouth. Boys soccer Freshman Owen Collins from Arlington Catholic scored two goals against Burlington to lead Cougars to 2-1 nonleague victory….. Drew Pavao…