The Bruins are finding ways to win. They are 9-2 in the month of January, which has put them back in the playoff bracket as the second wild card, one point behind the Montreal Canadiens, who they vanquished in opportunistic style Saturday night with three power-play goals. A week that started with a lopsided loss to the Dallas Stars wound up as a pretty decent week and has coach Marco Sturm feeling pretty good about his team with wins over the Habs and Golden Knights. “We can play against any team,” said Sturm on Saturday. “After Dallas, a real playoff…
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Much has been made of the New England Patriots’ schedule this season. After going 4-13 last year, they were gifted one of the easiest schedules in recent NFL history. Under new head coach Mike Vrabel, the Patriots reloaded and took full advantage, going 14-3 during the regular season and tying for the best record in the NFL. The last time they won that many games during the regular season in 2016, they went on to win the Super Bowl. New England earned the No. 2 seed in the AFC behind one of the best offenses and defenses in football this…
FOXBORO — The Patriots have done an about-face this postseason when it comes to the levels of aggressiveness their defense has exhibited at the line of scrimmage. “Just trying to affect the quarterback,” head coach Mike Vrabel said when asked about his team’s increasing affinity for blitz calls. “Trying to figure out how we need to affect the quarterback each week.” Against the Chargers, the Patriots blitzed Justin Herbert on 19 dropbacks and held up to 2.7 yards per play on those calls. Against the Texans, it was more of the same, blitzing CJ Stroud 18 times and allowing just…
A Broncos reserve linebacker won’t be escaping his eponymous link to one of the craziest Massachusetts murder cases that has surfaced in decades. Football heads on social media couldn’t help but notice the name, Karene Reid, on the Denver roster ahead of Sunday’s AFC title game between the Patriots and Broncos. That’s correct. Reid, a backup inside linebacker, has a nearly identical name to Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman who was acquitted at a trial last summer of murdering her Boston Police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe. MLFootball, an X account that shares NFL content and has over 420,000 followers, posted…
CHICAGO (AP) — Kevin Huerter made a 3-pointer just before the buzzer, lifting the Chicago Bulls past the Boston Celtics 114-111 before retiring Derrick Rose’s jersey number on Saturday night.Coby White scored 22 points and hit five of Chicago’s 21 3s, helping the Bulls win their fourth straight.Rose entered rarified air after the game when the Bulls sent his No. 1 to the rafters, putting the Chicago product alongside Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Jerry Sloan and Bob Love as the only players with numbers retired by the team.The Bulls gave their crowd plenty to cheer before they honored the South…
A trip to Super Bowl LX will be on the line when the Patriots and Broncos meet in the AFC championship game. New England’s dream of holding the Lombardi Trophy is still alive after the Patriots beat the Chargers and Texans in the wild-card and divisional rounds, respectively. Mike Vrabel’s defensive unit forced five turnovers against Houston, and Drake Maye tossed three touchdown passes in the 28-16 victory. MORE: Keys To Victory For Patriots, Broncos In AFC Championship Matchup The Pats will face a Broncos squad that has turned to backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham after Bo Nix suffered a season-ending ankle…
Good morning! MLB Network just completed its annual exercise in ranking the top-100 players in Major League Baseball. You already know who number 1 is, and he doesn’t play for the Red Sox. But Garrett Crochet does, and he led the way for the Sox by coming in as the 12th-best player in the game. Rounding out the rankings for the Sox were Roman Anthony (41), Jarren Duran (58), Ranger Suárez (79), and Aroldis Chapman (81). Only four other teams in baseball have as many as five players on the list: the Dodgers (8), Yankees (6), Mariners, (5), and Phillies…
This summer, Carlos Beltran, Andruw Jones and Jeff Kent will take their place alongside immortality when they are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Then, once they are formally enshrined, all eyes will once again look ahead to who could be next in line. Over the next five years there are a handful of obvious first-ballot Hall of Famers who should cruise right into Cooperstown. There are also a number of fascinating candidates who might need a couple of tries, along with returning fixtures who have been gaining momentum and could at some point hit the 75% threshold needed…
Cole Caufield served notice that Team USA made a grave mistake leaving him off the Olympic team, but Morgan Geekie’s deuce trumped the brilliant Montreal Canadiens forward’s hat trick in the Bruins’ thrilling come-from-behind 4-3 win at TD Garden on Saturday night. The previously slumping Geekie scored two goals, including the game-winner late in the third period, a shot that was hammered so hard that no one saw the puck go in the net, until Geekie raced down and pointed to where the puck was lodged. “I just saw (Elias Lindholm) looking up in the air so I wasn’t quite…
It’s that time of year again… The New England Patriots are headed back to the AFC Championship, and much like their prior appearances, they’re receiving support from other local teams. Celtics superstars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown appeared in the club’s playoff hype video. Red Sox legend David Ortiz also made an appearance. The Bruins went above and beyond, however, as they handed out some t-shirts for pregame arrivals before their matchup with the Montreal Canadiens. Charlie McAvoy and Jeremy Swayman got their hands on the viral “I love Drake Maye” shirts and wore them as they arrived to TD…