Expectations have been significantly raised for the Patriots in 2026. In Year 1 under new head coach Mike Vrabel, the Patriots went 14-3 during the regular season and unexpectedly made the Super Bowl after finishing 4-13 in consecutive seasons. Now it’s about figuring out how to get back to the Super Bowl and win it all. Vrabel and top front-office executives Eliot Wolf, Ryan Cowden and John Streicher have over $40 million in cap space (with other means to free up more) and 11 selections in the 2026 NFL Draft. The Herald is publishing a daily series with five offseason…
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FORT MYERS, Fla. – When spring training games begin at the end of the week, so too will a new era of Major League Baseball, one in which teams will finally have the power to correct umpires’ mistakes. The Automatic Ball-Strike system, also known as ABS or ‘robot umps’ in the vernacular, is here at last. Teams will have two challenges per game, to be used by the pitcher, catcher, or hitter. Successful challenges are retained. Teams that are out of challenges when a game goes into extra innings are allotted one challenge per inning. Around the league, reviews on…
Boston Red Sox President and CEO Sam Kennedy addressed the media at spring training on Sunday, speaking at length on a number of topics ahead of the 2026 season. One reporter asked Kennedy to assess the Red Sox’s offseason, which prompted an optimistic response. “It was a successful offseason,” Kennedy said. “It was long, arduous, lots of scenario planning, but excited that we improved the club in many ways.” Boston made several high-profile moves this winter, upgrading at multiple positions. The Red Sox significantly improved their starting rotation after signing Ranger Suarez and trading for Sonny Gray and Johan Oviedo,…
While his teammates enjoyed some much-needed downtime, Jaylen Brown was a busy man at NBA All-Star Weekend. The Boston Celtics star participated in his fifth career All-Star Game on Sunday at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, getting the start for USA Stripes in the debut of the league’s new round-robin All-Star tournament format. Here’s a quick explainer of the format, followed by Brown’s stats and highlights from the night: NBA All-Star Game format The league’s 22 active All-Stars were split into three teams: USA Stripes (featuring Brown and older veterans such as LeBron James and Kevin Durant), USA Stars…
CAMBRIDGE — Wayland’s boys swimming and diving team won the MIAA Division 2 state title for the second year in a row at the Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center on the MIT campus on Sunday. The Warriors finished the meet with a team score of 291 points, edging out Dual County League rival Weston, which finished with 263 points. “I’m just elated right now,” Wayland coach Mike Foley said. “We graduated a lot of seniors last year and a lot of people wrote us off, predicting we wouldn’t be as good. This year’s seniors didn’t though. They really rallied these…
BOSTON (WHDH) – The Boston Red Sox celebrated their annual Truck Day Monday, packing up a tractor-trailer with thousands of baseballs, bats, and sunflower seeds to haul down to Fort Myers, Florida in preparation for spring training.Crew members spent hours loading up the massive truck. The supplies will all be delivered before pitchers and catchers are set to report to Jet Blue Park at Fenway South on February 10. A group of Red Sox fans lined up outside Fenway Park on the chilly Monday morning to see the truck drive away, and also get a glimpse of excited mascots Wally…
The Patriots are eager to bounce back after their Super Bowl LX loss to the Seattle Seahawks, and former NFL star Tyrann Mathieu might have a solution for how New England can improve this offseason. “They should take sort of the Kansas City approach after we lost to Tampa Bay,” Mathieu said Tuesday on “In the Bayou With Tyrann Mathieu”. “Patrick (Mahomes) probably ran around that whole game. I remember some of the throws he made. He was parallel to the ground, but the very next day, they brought in new offensive linemen.” Mathieu was referring to Super Bowl LV,…
Who is he and where did he come from?The Red Sox, at last, have a young versatile infielder who gets on base at at least a replacement level … and they acquired Caleb Durbin! Kidding, kidding. But, another newcomer in the deal that sent David Hamilton, Shane Drohan and Kyle Harrison to Milwaukee is Andruw Monasterio. This is a deal that took some bloat in the pitching depth and turned it into a slight infield bloat, but perhaps some that was needed given last year’s eventual lack of infield depth and the repeated questions that plagued a lot of the…
St John’s Prep boys and Lexington girls shone brightest at The Track at New Balance on Saturday afternoon with each claiming a Div. 1 state championship. The Eagles showed up consistently throughout the whole meet competing with other strong teams like Brookline to claim the victory. Lexington’s girls came out of the gate strong and finished with an astonishing 114 points to take the championship win. This was 62 points ahead of Central Catholic and Newton North, who tied for second at 51 points. St John’s Prep finished with 68 points, which was four points ahead of Brookline. The Eagles…
With some big personalities on the Team USA men’s hockey team, many have wondered if the mild–mannered Auston Matthews is the ideal captain for the Americans. But if the US is to have a chance for a gold medal with the way favorite Canada rolled through its group play, they are going to need big contributions from the talented Maple Leaf. Matthews appears to be heating up at the right time. In their workmanlike 5-1 win over Germany on Sunday, Matthews delivered two goals and an assist to lift the US to victory and clinch their group, giving them a…