Author: BostonSportsNews

The Celtics almost certainly part ways with members of their championship-winning core this offseason. But they’d need to be bowled over by an offer to consider trading Jaylen Brown or Derrick White, according to a new report from ESPN’s Shams Charania. During an appearance Thursday on “The Pat McAfee Show,” Charania described Boston’s asking price for Brown and White as “pretty insurmountable.” “I’m sure teams are throwing crazy offers out for guys like Jaylen Brown and Derrick White,” he said. “But it’ll take a pretty insurmountable package to get those guys out of Boston.” With Jayson Tatum expected to miss…

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By STEPHEN WHYNO SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Brad Marchand sure made himself at home in Florida. Now he’s a two-time Stanley Cup champion. Getting Marchand at the trade deadline from Boston for what ended up being a single first-round pick turned out to be a genius move by Florida as he scored six often timely goals against Edmonton in the final while providing vocal and physical leadership every shift. It culminated with a victory in Game 6 on Tuesday night that left him grinning on the ice with the rest of the Panthers. “Everything has to line up perfectly,” Marchand…

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Good morning! The Red Sox captured a series victory in the PNW, their fourth straight, and now have the day off between an INTERESTING showdown in the bay. It may even be, say, more interesting than Worcester facing a future Hall of Famer on the mound while offering up a rehab appearance of their own…. Tanner Houck! It, uh, did not go well. Let’s get into it! Worcester: L, 1-14 (BOX SCORE) This game had a few notable rehab appearances: Abreu playing right field instead of DH’ing, Tanner Houck throwing an opener, allowing a run, and…. oh yeah, future Hall…

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By TERESA M. WALKER, AP Sports Writer Varsity Spirit is starting a professional cheerleading league that promises to pay athletes, joining the crowded niche sports market that already includes softball, volleyball, 3-on-3 basketball, lacrosse, indoor football and more clamoring for both fans’ attention and their dollars. Pro Cheer League is billed as the first professional cheerleading league for athletes 18 and older designed to give cheerleaders the chance to keep competing after college. Bill Seely, president of Varsity Spirit based in Memphis, Tennessee, sees plenty of opportunity for all these sports to succeed. This cheer league’s advantage comes from the…

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Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora didn’t go by the outdated book in the late innings of Wednesday’s 3-1 win over the Seattle Mariners. Garrett Crochet delivered six more dominant innings before Garrett Whitlock worked a perfect seventh in just nine pitches. Cora then called Aroldis Chapman’s number a bit earlier than usual. Some fans might have been surprised to see Chapman protecting a two-run lead in the eighth. Former Red Sox stoppers Craig Kimbrel and Kenley Jansen are the only active pitchers with more career saves than the flame-throwing southpaw, who’s converted 13 of 14 saves in a resurgent…

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There are are four season in hockey: The preseason, the regular season, the playoffs and, finally, the offseason when teams retool to do it all over again. Three down, one to go. The Florida Panthers stamped themselves as an indomitable force on Tuesday night, knocking off the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 to lift their second straight Stanley Cup in their third consecutive trip to the final. If that doesn’t fit your description as a dynasty, don’t discount the Panthers’ ability to win a third next year. They’ve got something special going on in South Florida, and the rest of…

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I was teed up on the forgiving and designed for pars seventh hole of New Hampshire’s Mountain View Grand (www.mountainviewgrand.com/) Golf Course when my caddie, Phineas, noticed I was second-guessing my club choice. Hybrid? Iron? I looked down at the hybrid in my hand and Phineas let out a snort. “So, you think the iron then?” I asked, looking in his eyes. He didn’t speak, but I could see he wanted the iron. And so it was. I relaxed, took a gentle swing and dropped it on a hill where it rolled up close to the green where I was…

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The New England Patriots are out to improve significantly in 2025, even if they don’t possess many nationally recognized stars. CBS Sports insider Pete Prisco released his top-100 NFL player rankings on Tuesday. Prisco included 10 Philadelphia Eagles but highlighted just one Patriots player following a four-win campaign. Christian Gonzalez took the No. 62 spot in Prisco’s rankings. The 22-year-old places fifth among cornerbacks behind Patrick Surtain II (No. 9), Derek Stingley Jr. (No. 23), Sauce Gardner (No. 24) and Trent McDuffie (No. 46). “In his second season with the Patriots, Gonzalez emerged as an elite cover player,” Prisco wrote.…

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SEATTLE (AP) — Trevor Story hit a two-run home run and Garrett Crochet pitched six innings of one-run ball as the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1 on Wednesday.Story went below the strike zone to get a hold of a sinker from Mariners starter Luis Castillo (4-5) in the fourth inning and deposited it beyond the wall in left-center field to break a 1-1 tie.The Red Sox took two of three from the Mariners.Boston went in front 1-0 in the second inning on a solo shot by rookie Marcelo Mayer, but the Mariners evened the score in the bottom half of…

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