Joe Mazzulla tipped his cap to Patriots counterpart Mike Vrabel after New England punched its ticket to Super Bowl LX. One day after the Patriots knocked off the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship Game, Mazzulla was asked what stands out to him when he watches Vrabel’s Pats. “I think when you just take a look at it, they’re a team that’s developed an identity over the course of the season,” the Celtics head coach said before Monday’s matchup with the Portland Trail Blazers at TD Garden. “And every coach, regardless of the sport, is looking for that — creating…
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There’s something about second-year New England Patriots quarterbacks and playoff games in the snow.In the 2001 season, Tom Brady and New England were trailing the Oakland Raiders late in the divisional round of his first-ever playoff game, when he had an apparent fumble wiped away by the then-little known — and since-abolished — “ Tuck Rule.”Brady took advantage of his second chance and guided the Patriots into field-goal position for Adam Vinatieri to tie the game, then drove New England to the winning kick in overtime to ignite the franchise’s run to its first Super Bowl title.In Sunday’s AFC championship game,…
Eugenio Suarez has been linked to multiple teams in free agency this offseason, including the Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates. Bleacher Report’s Zachary D. Rymer made an interested prediction on Monday, forecasting that Suárez could end up landing with the Philadelphia Phillies. “If one had to guess at this point, Eugenio Suárez will either head back to Seattle on a club-friendly deal or join the Pittsburgh Pirates on something more lucrative,” Rymer wrote. “The Boston Red Sox are also somewhere in there, but seem less enthusiastic.” “The Phillies, meanwhile, just missed out on signing Bo Bichette as a free agent. That he, Luis…
The Patriots’ plane has touched down in New England, a victorious homecoming after beating out the Denver Broncos for the AFC Championship on Sunday. Fans braved the freezing temperatures for a chance to catch a glimpse of the team as they arrived at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island on Monday, and more gathered at Gillette Stadium to await the buses. A major snowstorm delayed the team from returning immediately after the game. “It seems like we’ve been – it’s weird to say the Patriots have been the underdogs – but the underdogs this year and everything that has…
President Donald Trump said he would not attend Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara on Feb. 8, citing travel issues and criticizing the scheduled Super Bowl performances of outspoken anti-Trump artists Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican pop star, and Green Day, the rebellious East Bay rock group. In an interview with the New York Post published on Sunday, the president chastised the Super Bowl performers as poor choices that would be divisive. “I’m anti-them. I think it’s a terrible choice. All it does is sow hatred. Terrible,” Trump told the New York Post on Jan. 24. “It’s just too far…
By STEVE DOUGLAS, AP Sports Writer VASTERAS, Sweden (AP) — Maryan Hashi remembers the thoughts running through her mind when she began hitting the ski slopes in northern Sweden. As a Black woman from Somalia, she felt like an “alien.” “Am I wearing the correct clothing for this? Does it fit? Do I look weird? Am I snowboarding correctly? Do they think it’s weird I’m on the slope?” she said. “But I carried on — I felt if I didn’t, I was never going to commit to anything in my life.” A few years later, snowboarding is the 30-year-old student’s…
Former Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel has officially made up his mind about where his NFL career will take him next. McDaniel will be joining the Los Angeles Chargers as their offensive coordinator beginning in 2026. McDaniel’s coaching journey began in 2005 as a Denver Broncos intern, followed by assistant positions with the Houston Texans, Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns, and Atlanta Falcons. He joined the San Francisco 49ers in 2017, advancing to run game coordinator and then offensive coordinator in 2021, contributing to a dynamic offense. In February 2022, McDaniel became head coach of the Dolphins, leading them to…
Much like a group you may have heard about from Liverpool, the Red Sox have a quartet of young, talented lads who are breaking through a top 100 chart in the middle of the decade. Maybe that’s a stretch, I dunno, but I’m happy that we do have a Fab Four to call our own.On Friday, MLB Pipeline released their updated rankings of the top 100 prospects in baseball. While it’s certainly not the be-all-end-all of prospect evaluation, Pipeline’s latest list gives us an opportunity to take stock in what we have at the top of our farm system.The answer…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. team released its 232-athlete roster for the Milan Cortina Olympics on Monday and it includes Lindsey Vonn and bobsledders Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor, who are among the seven Americans making their fifth trip to the games. Other five-timers are hockey player Hilary Knight, figure skater Evan Bates and snowboarders Faye Thelen and Nick Baumgartner. Meyers Taylor leads a group of 33 returning medalists. She has won three silver medals and two bronze while Humphries has taken three gold. Mikaela Shiffrin and Chloe Kim have two golds each. United States’ Mikaela Shiffrin…
DENVER (AP) — Sean Payton conceded he will have second thoughts about his decision to pass up an easy field goal, as well as the play he called instead.The Denver Broncos and their fans now have the entire offseason to argue over which part of that critical fourth-and-1 play was worse.Because Payton decided not to kick a chip-shot field goal for a 10-0 lead in good weather in the first half of Sunday’s AFC championship game against the New England Patriots, the Broncos ended up needing to make a kick once the blowing snow and wind rolled in after halftime.…