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BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins have signed general manager Don Sweeney to a two-year contract extension, trusting him to rebuild the roster after the team missed the playoffs this season for the first time since 2016.The move comes a month after team president Cam Neely said he needed to think about whether to keep Sweeney around after a decade in which the Bruins have seen unprecedented regular-season success followed largely by playoff flops. Sweeney fired coach Jim Montgomery, who led Boston to NHL records of 65 wins and 135 points in 2022-23, in November, then sold off the roster at the trade…

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Toughness is a non-negotiable for Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel, and Lan Larison is known for being “cowboy tough.” Larison, the undrafted rookie who signed with the Patriots after the 2025 NFL Draft, spends his free time jumping off horses and seeing how quickly he can wrestle a steer to the ground. The Caldwell, Idaho, native was a state champion steer wrestler and, according to those who known him, the nation’s No. 1 bulldogger at his age. It’s a product of Larison coming from a long line of rodeo. His family, with older siblings and rodeo athletes, is used to…

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PHOTO: Plymouth RockThis blog contains links from which we may earn a commission. For the fourth year in a row, Plymouth Rock Assurance welcomes back “The Bostonians”— a crew of Boston-inspired roommates, including Red Sox Groundskeeper, Patriots Militia Man, and the beloved sister from Lawrence—along with New England sports mascots and Boston Bruins defenseman Hampus Lindholm, the official brand ambassador for Plymouth Rock’s Bruins Insurance Program.The first episode of season 4 has been released and highlights Plymouth Rock’s collaboration with the Red Sox. PHOTO: Plymouth RockThe 2025 installment of the series will continue the tradition of blending Boston sports culture with clever, locally…

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Mike Vrabel’s first preseason as Patriots head coach will begin with two rounds of joint practices. Vrabel confirmed Tuesday that New England will host the Washington Commanders for joint practices ahead of the teams’ preseason opener on Friday, Aug. 8 at Gillette Stadium. The Patriots then will practice against the Minnesota Vikings before their exhibition game at US Bank Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 16. Those practices will feature three of the first five quarterbacks selected in last year’s NFL draft: Washington’s Jayden Daniels (No. 2 overall), New England’s Drake Maye (No. 3) and Minnesota’s J.J. McCarthy (No. 10). “I think…

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark says it was too loud inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse for her to hear racial comments from fans directed at Angel Reese during Saturday’s season-opening 93-58 victory over the Chicago Sky and that she supports the WNBA’s investigation. A person familiar with the situation confirmed the details to The Associated Press on Sunday on condition of anonymity because the league had not publicly identified the subject of the taunts or who made the allegations. Reese, who is Black, and Clark, who is white, met for the seventh time in their ongoing — and much-talked-about…

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The New England Patriots haven’t had nearly enough time to fully evaluate their rookie class, hosting just a handful of workouts to this point in the offseason. Will Campbell and Craig Woodson have still found ways to impress, however. NBC Sports Boston’s Phil Perry pointed toward that duo as the most impressive during rookie minicamp earlier this month, citing sources within the walls at One Patriot Place. Campbell is an unsurprising standout, having been selected with the No. 4 overall pick in April. Woodson, however, has done nothing but surprise as he was selected much earlier than anticipated by industry…

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We haven’t seen the Red Sox win too many games like Monday night. Normally scoring three runs while going 1 for 11 with runners in scoring position would have been asking for trouble. The starting pitcher going 4.2 innings while throwing just 66 pitches would have been a bad omen, and putting two men on for the top of the Mets lineup three separate times would have been courting disaster. And yet, the Red Sox did all the little things right, so none of those other things wound up mattering. The Red Sox picked up one of their most impressive…

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BOSTON (AP) — Jarren Duran had a double and a triple as the Boston Red Sox tagged Mets ace Kodai Senga for three runs — the most he has given up all season — and beat New York 3-1 on Monday night.Senga (4-3) fell behind 3-0 after two innings before settling down and retiring the last seven batters he faced. He allowed five hits and three walks in all while striking out five.Red Sox starter Hunter Dobbins held the Mets to one run on five hits, allowing back-to-back singles before he struck Tyrone Taylor out on a called third strike…

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The Boston Celtics are in a unique, albeit challenging position this offseason. Immediately after getting bounced by the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference semifinals, the focus is redirected from championship pursuit to offseason blueprint. Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens understands the situation at hand, the outside speculation and the challenge that’ll come with a team payroll that, as it sits, would tag the organization for a record $500-plus million next season. That leaves Stevens with a handful of decisions to treat delicately as the franchise begins to undergo its transition from majority owner Wyc Grousbeck to…

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