FORT MYERS, Fla. – Few players reported to spring training this week more eager for a fresh start than new Red Sox utility-man Isiah Kiner-Falefa. Last October, the Blue Jays were as close to a championship as a team can be: Game 7, the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the ninth, a chance to walk off and bring Toronto its first World Series trophy since 1993. Then, Daulton Varsho grounded a ball to Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Miguel Rojas, and the throw to catcher Will Smith was just in time to nail the pinch-running Kiner-Falefa. Upon…
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Boston is set to roll out the welcome mat for soccer fans from around the globe for the World Cup, while the town hosting the premier event is threatening to withhold an essential license. Boston’s City Hall Plaza has been selected as the official FanFest site for the seven World Cup matches scheduled at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro between June 13 and July 9. Officials organizing festivities around the global soccer spectacle say they expect the tournament to bring in over 2 million international visitors to Massachusetts. City Hall Plaza will be a primary gathering spot for fans to watch…
In one of the least surprising Boston Red Sox news items on Tuesday, manager Alex Cora revealed that ace left-hander Garrett Crochet will start the team’s Opening Day game against the Cincinnati Reds on March 26. Crochet also toed the rubber for the Red Sox’s season-opener last year, which means that the 2025 AL Cy Young runner-up will join a very short and impressive list of hurlers to start Opening Day in each of his first two campaigns with Boston. “Garrett Crochet will be the 4th pitcher to start Opening Day in each of his first two seasons with Red…
FOXBORO — Adjust your mock drafts accordingly: Mike Vrabel says the Patriots aren’t changing positions on left tackle Will Campbell. In a back-and-forth with reporters on Tuesday, Vrabel was asked about Campbell and his play this season. The rookie left tackle allowed 14 pressures in the Super Bowl, according to NextGen Stats, and Drake Maye’s pass-protection group struggled throughout New England’s 29-13 loss in Super Bowl 60. “Will’s 22 years old,” Vrabel said. “He’s our left tackle. He’ll get better. He’ll get stronger. There were moments where he played well, moments where he blocked the guy. There’s plays he’d like…
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — At one end of the ice was the brother, pumping his fists. At the other was the sister, jumping up and down with her broom in her hand and a look of disbelief on her bespectacled face. Isabella and Rasmus Wranå, Sweden’s first-ever team of siblings at the Winter Olympics, won gold in mixed doubles curling on Tuesday night, beating U.S. pair Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin. The Wranås persevered through a nailbiter of a championship game in front of a spirited, pro-U.S. crowd and pounced on an opening left by the Americans in the…
BOSTON (WHDH) – Boston Celtics star forward Jayson Tatum took the next step in his return from a torn Achilles Monday — hitting the court with the Celtics G League team. In a statement, the Celtics said Tatum would participate in portions of the Maine Celtics’ practice Monday afternoon at the Auerbach Center in Brighton.Tatum tore his Achilles tendon in the Eastern Conference semifinals against the New York Knicks in May, 2025. The 27-year-old had expressed doubt in recent weeks about his returning to the Celtics’ lineup at some point this season, but this marks a significant milestone for the NBA champion.…
New England Patriots offensive lineman Will Campbell had one of the worst games of his life in Super Bowl LX. It’s probably not hyperbolic to say that it was the worst… Campbell — who allowed an atrocious 14 quarterback pressures, per Next Gen Stats — elected not to speak with media in the immediate aftermath of the game, and gave an unprompted explanation for that decision during his end-of-season media availability on Tuesday: “When I get emotional, I tend to have no mind, and that’s not the way that I need to approach this thing. I know myself, and if…
Good morning and welcome to one of the best days of the year. Say it with me: pitchers and catchers.Red Sox spring training officially opens today and, with yesterday’s Caleb Durbin trade, Craig Breslow is probably done making any significant transactions.So with the offseason essentially closed, let’s take a look at how the Red Sox organization has changed since the Cam Schlittler Game.CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – JANUARY 15: Newly acquired Chicago Cubs player Alex Bregman poses for a picture with his family after a press conference at Wrigley Field on January 15, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images)…
By ANDREW DAMPF, Associated Press Sports Writer CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber of Austria won gold in the new team combined event at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Tuesday when Mikaela Shiffrin surprisingly crossed fourth after wasting a first-run lead by teammate Breezy Johnson. Shiffrin, the most successful World Cup racer of all time with a record 108 victories — 71 of them in slalom, also a record — has now gone seven straight Olympic races without a medal. After taking two golds and silver from her first two Olympics, Shiffrin also didn’t win a medal in any…
FORT MYERS, Fla. – New England sports fans won’t be rewatching this year’s Super Bowl loss to the Seattle Seahawks any time soon. Bad Bunny’s halftime show is the exception for Red Sox manager and fellow Puerto Rico native Alex Cora, who watched the historic performance for a second time on Monday. “He’s developed into this icon, and he’s true to his roots,” Cora said. “I’m a proud Puerto Rican. I defend my island whenever I have a chance, and I talk about my island whenever I have a chance, but to do it in that stage, and what he…