In the NBA, the offseason begins in a hurry. Just three days after the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Game 7 triumph over the Indiana Pacers, the league will gather at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for the opening night of the 2025 NBA Draft. For the Celtics, the draft will be their first chance to add to a roster that could look substantially different when the 2025-26 season tips off in October. As president of basketball operations Brad Stevens and his staff wind down their draft prep, here’s what you need to know about Boston’s picks and how they might use…
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CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Keegan Bradley hasn’t heard roars this loud for him since his Ryder Cup debut at Medinah in 2012, especially when he walked up the 18th green Sunday at the Travelers Championship and turned a one-shot deficit into a stunning one-shot victory over Tommy Fleetwood.On the one-year anniversary of Bradley accepting the job as Ryder Cup captain, he made the strongest case yet he should be brining his clubs to Bethpage Black.With equal parts of grit and passion, the 39-year-old Bradley rallied from a three-shot deficit with four holes to play with a 9-iron to 6 feet for…
A dark cloud stood over the NBA season’s decisive contest when Tyrese Haliburton exited Game 7 of the NBA Finals early. Haliburton, who was playing through a calf strain, went down on a non-contact injury during the first quarter. The Indiana Pacers’ superstar sat out the rest of a 103-91 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, and his father, John Haliburton, confirmed that the 25-year-old point guard sustained an Achilles injury. The NBA world watched in dread as Haliburton suffered the crushing setback. Former Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas was among the many to send their condolences on social media Sunday…
The Boston Bruins will not be a true contender again until they fix their offense. There were a lot of reasons for Boston’s lackluster 2024-25 season in which it failed to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2016. The goaltending was subpar. The penalty kill was uncharacteristically bad. The team struggled defensively. But a lack of scoring, especially on the power play, is what really doomed the Bruins. They were one of the worst offensive teams in the sport. The only reliable scorers were David Pastrnak and Morgan Geekie. If you watched the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs, and…
By MICHAEL MAROT INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The gasp inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse was followed quickly by a hush Sunday night. Just seven minutes into Game 7 of the NBA Finals, the Indiana Pacers’ roaring fans went silent, struggling to fathom what they were watching — a replay of two-time All-Star Tyrese Haliburton hurting his lower right leg and the anguished look on the face of his father, John. They didn’t wait to hear the diagnosis; they already figured they had it. “I saw (his Achilles tendon) pop immediately, you could see it kind of explode,” said 37-year-old Nick Poore, a lifelong…
If the Bruins had won either of the top two slots in the lottery, we’d be able to narrow down their choice pretty easily. The top two picks are locked in, at least according to most draftniks and mock drafters. Defenseman Matthew Schaefer and center Michael Misa are slated to go 1-2. But after that, it’s a free-for-all. Opinions differ wildly about where certain players will go between No. 3 and No. 10. The B’s, who got bumped down two slots from their fifth-worst finish to have the No. 7 overall pick, should get a decent prospect in that spot…
Craig Breslow is just getting started. That’s what many MLB insiders think about the Red Sox chief baseball officer, following Boston’s stunning trade of All-Star designated hitter Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants. Among the holes in the Red Sox roster is first base, with Tristan Casas sidelined for the rest of the season by a knee injury. Romy Gonzalez and Abraham Toro have been holding things down at first, but if Breslow wants a more permanent solution, there’s an obvious target ahead of the July 31 trade deadline. “What the general public never factors into their knee-jerk trade…
D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images This was a really crappy loss in a number of ways. An absolute game of back and forth undone by sheer frustration on multiple ends. What went wrong in this one? Play 1: Abraham Toro called out by home plate umpire Mike Muchlinski in the top of the 4th for “being out of the baseline”. Toro came steaming home on a double by Ceddanne Rafaela, established his line to the plate, jumped OVER Patrick Bailey without being tagged, but was called out because of umpire’s discretion. Frustrating, but early on enough to shake it off. Shake…
This is an excerpt from the book “Blood & Hate: The Untold Story of Marvin Hagler’s Battle for Glory” by Dave Wedge, a former Herald reporter. The book, about Brockton’s “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler, has just been released. As Marvin, Goody, Pat, and Robbie Sims hugged in celebration in the center of the Wembley ring, a riot crashed around them. “It was only the third round,” said Boston Globe reporter Leigh Montville, who covered the fight and sat next to Herald writer George Kimball. “All these skinhead guys, they still had eighteen beers left and they just started throwing them. The shit was just coming out of the sky. Fights…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Heliot Ramos doubled home two runs to highlight San Francisco’s decisive seventh inning after an earlier two-run single, and the Giants rallied to beat the Boston Red Sox 9-5 on Sunday.Casey Schmitt and Mike Yastrzemski each hit solo home runs in the fifth against Red Sox starter Luis Giolito and Willy Adames connected in the eighth.With Adames and Schmitt each aboard on hits to start the seventh, Tyler Fitzgerald bunted home the tying run to chase reliever Greg Weissert (2-2) and San Francisco went ahead when Red Sox second baseman Romy González missed a routine catch…