FOXBORO — Among the long list of special guests at Wednesday’s Patriots joint practice was Celtics star Jayson Tatum. Tatum, who’s recovering from a ruptured Achilles, did not wear a walking boot as he watched practice alongside C’s staffers Nick Sang and Bred Hampton. The group attended the final 90 minutes of the two-hour session, standing throughout, then spent time greeting players and posing for photos. Former Patriots Danny Amendola, Devin McCourty, Jason McCourty and Patrick Chung also were among the notables in attendance as New England hosted the visiting Washington Commanders at their practice facility. Jayson Tatum in Foxboro…
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With a new contract extension in hand, Roman Anthony is set to return to the Red Sox lineup on Wednesday. The Red Sox rookie is back after missing the last two games with mid back tightness and is scheduled to lead off for the team’s series finale. He’ll start in left field and bat in front of Alex Bregman, Trevor Story and Jarren Duran, and Masataka Yoshida is also back in the lineup serving as the designated hitter. Right-hander Dustin May, acquired at last Thursday’s trade deadline from the Los Angeles Dodgers, will make his team debut. He’ll face off…
The farm looks different these days. The Red Sox no longer have the top prospect in baseball after Roman Anthony earned an early-June call-up and performed so well that Boston signed him an eight-year extension. They no longer have Marcelo Mayer nor Kristian Campbell headlining their list either, despite the fact neither are currently taking the field in Boston. Even the top prospect Boston acquired in the Rafael Devers trade, James Tibbs III, no longer has his sights set on Fenway Park after being traded before the July 31 deadline. There’s been quite a bit of turnover at the top,…
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — IndyCar driver Pato O’Ward and series officials were shocked by a social media post from the Department of Homeland Security that touts plans for an immigration detention center in Indiana dubbed “Speedway Slammer,” and includes a car with the same number as the only Mexican driver in the series. “It caught a lot of people off guard. Definitely caught me off guard,” O’Ward said Wednesday. “I was just a little bit shocked at the coincidences of that and, you know, of what it means. … I don’t think it made a lot of people proud, to…
Roman Anthony has had a dream start to his Boston Red Sox career. He’s performed to the level many expected and signed a huge contract to stay with the team for the foreseeable future. Kristian Campbell’s major league career hasn’t gone quite as well. He also signed a long-term extension, but after a hot start, Campbell went ice cold before being sent down to Triple-A Worcester. Campbell’s been working on finding his swing in Worcester, as well as playing first base. It’s been a work in progress, but he’s started to turn it around. He’s currently riding a 15-game hitting…
NEW YORK (AP) — Jen Pawol is set to become the first woman to umpire a game in Major League Baseball when she works games this weekend between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves.Pawol will work the bases in Saturday’s doubleheader at Truist Park and the plate on Sunday, MLB said Wednesday.Pawol, a 48-year-old from New Jersey, worked spring training games in 2024 and this year.MLB’s move comes 28 years after the gender barrier for game officials was broken in the NBA, 10 years after it ended the NFL and three years after the men’s soccer World Cup employed a…
This is my 300th article writing for Over The Monster. Insert cake emoji, insert candles emoji. Here’s to another 300! Let’s get right into yesterday’s action.The WooSox — seeing the Red Sox dig deep into their bullpen and lose 7-3 — maybe got envious and did the same? On a six-pitcher night Cooper Criswell got tagged for three earned runs on five hits in four innings and the offensive output couldn’t match that. It also didn’t help that Brennan Bernardino, resting down in Worcester, didn’t look too great in his inning of work, but he did strike out three, at…
The GOAT will live on forever in Foxboro. A statue honoring Patriots legendary quarterback Tom Brady has come out of retirement, or storage that is, and will be unveiled ahead of Friday night’s preseason opener vs. Washington. A large black box covered he 12-foot statue after a truck brought it in front of Gillette Stadium, in Patriot Place, early Thursday morning. The ceremony, kicking off at 6 p.m. Friday, has been more than a year in the making. On the night Brady was inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame in June 2024, team Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft announced…
Jayson Tatum appeared at Wednesday’s joint practice between the New England Patriots and Washington Commanders and was seen walking comfortably while wearing a brace to support his surgically repaired left Achilles. The Boston Celtics superstar is almost three months removed from rupturing his Achilles against the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference semifinals and on Thursday, he made another public appearance. Tatum attended Thursday’s groundbreaking of a new early childhood education center in Providence’s Manton Heights neighborhood. Boston Sports Journal’s John Karalis captured video of the moment the 27-year-old walked to his seat. “Jayson Tatum walks into a community…
PHOTO: Boston Red Sox/Facebook The All-Star break is always a time for a team to rest, reset, and get prepared for the final push through the second half to get into the postseason.The All-Star break couldn’t have come at a worse time for the Boston Red Sox, who were entering the break on a ten-game winning streak.With that winning streak, the Sox climbed their way up the standings and now, as of this writing, sit only 3.0 games back from division leader, the Toronto Blue Jays. PHOTO: Boston Red Sox/FacebookA lot had gone wrong with the Sox earlier in the…