Despite back-to-back 4-13 seasons, the New England Patriots will enter the 2025 campaign with reasonably high expectations. Those expectations are partly the result of overhauling the coaching staff, including hiring Mike Vrabel to replace Jerod Mayo as head coach and bringing Josh McDaniels back as offensive coordinator. The Vrabel-led Patriots also added premier talent at several positions of need, namely wide receiver (Stefon Diggs), defensive tackle (Milton Williams), linebacker (Harold Landry), and offensive tackle (Morgan Moses and first-rounder Will Campbell). Last week’s NFL schedule release only raised the expectations, with the Patriots having arguably the easiest 17-game slate in the…
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LEXINGTON – The Lexington boys volleyball team proved its merit in the Div. 1 state title conversation alongside the Bay State Conference’s quadrant of titans Monday night. But No. 1 Brookline, however slim, proved its edge. A chaotic environment against a nonleague, unfamiliar power fueled a rollercoaster of a rock-fight on the road, though the Warriors (16-1) overcame late deficits in the first two sets en route to a 3-1 win (27-25, 26-24, 23-25, 25-17) over the No. 7 Minutemen – snapping their program-record 17-game win streak. Kris Vaivars (27 kills) and Alec Smagula (47 assists) led yet another star-studded…
WESTWOOD – With an early-inning rally and a walk-off hit by pitch, Xaverian completed the season sweep of St. John’s Shrewsbury to earn their third straight Catholic Conference title. Nolan Rappoli took a 0-2 pitch off his elbow with the bases loaded and one down as the Hawks escaped with a 10-9 win at home over a tough Pioneers squad. “(St. John’s) pushed us right to the wall,” said Xaverian coach Gerry Lambert. “Every year that we play in the Catholic Conference I think playing games like this puts us hopefully in a good position to be a little bit…
Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens tackled a handful of subjects during Monday’s end-of-season press conference, including the knee injury that nagged Jaylen Brown throughout the playoffs. Brown dealt with a partially torn meniscus that could require surgery, but it wasn’t revealed until the Celtics were eliminated by the New York Knicks in the second round. The 28-year-old tried to carry the team past the Knicks after losing Jayson Tatum to a devastating ruptured Achilles tendon, but Brown’s courage wasn’t enough. Now, it’s time for the Celtics and Brown to further evaluate the injury moving forward and into…
I have a soft spot for the Mets. Not just because they’ve been a funny, kind of pathetic little team for most of my life. And not just because of the whole “enemy of my enemy thing,” either. I like them because they’re always interesting, with interesting and fun players. Unfortunately, one of those interesting and fun players is pitching against the Red Sox tonight: Kodai Senga with his ghost splitter. And the bottom half of the Sox lineup looks like a bunch of puppy dogs. And, oh yeah, there’s also Juan Soto and Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso in…
Richard Fitts (right pectoral strain) should be going on a rehab assignment “in the next few days,” said Red Sox bench coach Ramón Vázquez before he managed Monday night’s series opener against the visiting New York Mets. (Manager Alex Cora was at his daughter’s graduation from Boston College.) “He looks good, by the way,” Vázquez said of the rookie right-hander. “He threw the up-and-down the other day and he said he feels great, felt great right after, so that’s really good news.” As of pregame Monday, right-hander Walker Buehler (right shoulder bursitis) is still scheduled to be activated from the…
BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox manager Alex Cora will miss Monday’s series opener against the New York Mets at Fenway Park so he can attend his daughter’s college graduation.Cora’s daughter, Camila, will be graduating from nearby Boston College.“It’s going to be a very special day — one that I’m not going to miss,” Cora said before Boston faced the Atlanta Braves in the series finale on Sunday. “I 100% will miss the game for that. I will do that any given day. It’s going to be a very special day for us.”Cora reflected how the time has seemed to go…
Christian Gonzalez continues to be overlooked. The New England Patriots cornerback was not included when Pro Football Focus published a story ranking the top 25 players under the age of 25. Gonzalez, who enters his age-23 campaign, was snubbed from being named to the Pro Bowl in 2024. The Patriots did not have a single player on PFF’s list, though quarterback Drake Maye is perhaps the only other worthy of consideration. The Detroit Lions led all teams with four representatives (Penei Sewell, Brian Branch, Jahmyr Gibbs and Sam LaPorta). Five cornerbacks made the list over Gonzalez including Chiefs’ Trent McDuffie…
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Prior to Sunday’s game, Alex Cora offered an assessment of Brayan Bello’s season that doubled as a challenge. “We need to be more aggressive in the strike zone,” Cora said. “97 pitches in five innings is not efficient. All these guys tell you ‘no I’ve got 100 pitches,’ yeah, it’s 100 over six. Over five that means there’s a lot of traffic and we have to be aggressive with the bullpen. So we expect him to go out there and give us six or seven, be aggressive with his stuff, if he can do that he’s going to be OK.”…