Author: BostonSportsNews

By JOE REEDY Pro wrestling has gone from a once a week show on SiriusXM to having its own channel. The satellite radio provider announced Thursday that Pro Wrestling Nation 24/7 will take over Channel 156 beginning Tuesday. Channel 156 has been SiriusXM Fight Nation, which has carried pro wrestling, MMA and boxing shows. “I couldn’t be more excited,” said Dave LaGreca, the longtime host of “Busted Open,” which started as a one-hour weekly show in 2009. “I really owe it to our fans. They’ve really been dedicated and asked for this for years. It’s a dream come true to…

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When Jayson Tatum ruptured his right Achilles tendon in the Celtics’ conference semifinals loss the the New York Knicks, everything about Boston’s immediate future changed.But what won’t change is the Celtics’ front office’s prudence in making sure he has the space and time to make a full recovery.Boston president of basketball operations Brad Stevens said the All-Star is progressing well following surgery last month. But asked about whether the team had put a potential timeline on Tatum’s return, Stevens was definitive that there would be no rushing the star’s rehabilitation.“We don’t and we won’t,” Stevens said Wednesday night following the first round…

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The Boston Celtics selected Hugo Gonzalez with the No. 28 pick of the NBA Draft. Brad Stevens delivered the good news to the Spanish prospect. On Thursday morning, the Celtics shared a video of Stevens calling Gonzalez on draft night. Boston’s president of basketball operations welcomed the 18-year-old wing to the organization. “We’re really excited about you, and obviously we’ve watched you play for a long time,” Stevens told Gonzalez. “In addition to that, I think one of the things that stood out crystal clear in our interviews … was your humility and your willingness to really do everything you…

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Photo by Olivia Vanni/Getty Images Hopefully things get better soon! I want fun baseball back! Well, that road trip, and the entire first half of the season for that matter, was an infuriating experience! The Sox now have another Thursday off-day today to rest and recover, and then kick off what will hopefully be a much more fruitful and spectacularly memorable second half of the season. (I still believe their ceiling remains high, even if the odds of reaching it are lower.) As always, talk about what you want and be good to one another! Source link

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The Travelers Championship (https://travelerschampionship.com/) rolled through TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut, last week and while American Keegan Bradley pulled off a thrilling last moment win – landing the Ryder Cup Captain his second win there in three years and a $3.6 million paycheck – it may just be the crowds chanting “USA!” and taking in the event all week who won big. The event, despite some scorching heat and a short weather delay on Sunday, drew more than a quarter of a million spectators who followed their favorite champions, savored all kinds of course-side foods, and played games of…

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The list of Celtics champions who will be playing for new teams in 2025-26 already includes Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis. Brad Stevens hopes Al Horford and Luke Kornet aren’t added to that list. Horford and Kornet are Boston’s top two impending free agents, and Stevens said Wednesday that re-signing both big men is an offseason priority. “I think the biggest thing is, as you look at the rest of the team and what we’re trying to do, there is no question our priorities would be to bring Al and Luke back,” the Celtics’ president of basketball operations said in…

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The Bruins picked Dean Letourneau in the first-round of the 2024 NHL Draft but he didn’t pan out exactly how they wanted in his first year. Before Boston picked Letourneau, he played in prep school at St. Andrew’s College in Ontario. He tore up prep school, totaling 127 points on 61 goals and 66 assists through 56 games in his last season. The 6-foot-7, 210-pound forward played just two games in the United States Hockey League with the Sioux Fall Stampede. After Letourneau was drafted to the Bruins, he opted to go to Boston College instead of staying another year…

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When the Celtics announced Jayson Tatum had undergone season-ending Achilles surgery, they did not share a projected timeline for his return. Six weeks later, they still were not ready to do so. Though president of basketball operations Brad Stevens offered positive updates on Tatum and Celtics co-star Jaylen Brown during his draft-night news conference, he declined to say when the team expects to have the former back on the court. “We don’t, and we won’t. We won’t put a projected timeline on him for a long, long time,” Stevens said after Boston selected Spanish wing Hugo Gonzalez with the 28th…

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NEW YORK (AP) — Cooper Flagg is headed to the Dallas Mavericks, who may have found their next franchise superstar less than five months after trading one away.The Mavericks took the Duke forward with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Wednesday night, selecting the 18-year-old from Maine who was the college player of the year in his lone season.Mavericks fans were furious when Dallas traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers on Feb. 1, some immediately threatening to end their support of the team.But the ones who stuck around may quickly love Flagg, who averaged 19.2 points and 7.5…

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