BOSTON (AP) — The Celtics aren't letting Al Horford go anywhere this time.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Music by Eddie Murphy and Rick Astley played over the sound system. The throwback Pat Patriot uniforms were resplendent in red.
BOSTON (AP) — Camera phones throughout Boston's TD Garden were fixed on the seats adjacent the Celtics' bench as the Prince and Princess of Wales sat courtside in the city's hallowed arena on Wednesday.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The most recent time the Bills faced the Patriots, they left little doubt about their status as the pacesetter in the AFC East.
BOSTON (AP) — Taylor Hall scored twice and the Boston Bruins extended their NHL-record streak of home victories to open a season to 13 games with a 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night.
BOSTON (AP) — Marcus Smart laughs when he thinks about how far Jaylen Brown has come since he was a rookie.
WINCHESTER — The Winchester High football team was hoping to make the first game on its new turf a successful one. Instead, Woburn ran all over the Red & Black defense to the tune of 401 yards rushing and 512 yards of total offense, in a 43-13 victory, Thanksgiving morning at Knowlton St…
READING — On Thursday, the Reading High football team had the ball enough for quarterback James Murphy to complete 31 of 44 passes for 401 yards and two touchdowns as he broke the one record at the school he had not eclipsed — single-game passing yardage.
CHICAGO (AP) — Zach LaVine was back where he wanted to be, on the court and helping the Bulls get a win they sorely needed.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Patrice Bergeron got his 1,000th career point with a second-period assist and the Boston Bruins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 Monday night for their seventh straight win.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — In the postgame locker room euphoria of the Patriots' 10-3 win over the Jets on Sunday, references to Marcus Jones' 84-yard punt return touchdown gallop echoed throughout.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The NFL went 10 weeks and hundreds of kicks without a player returning a punt for a touchdown. Marcus Jones made the first of the season one to remember.
BOSTON (AP) — David Krejci scored twice in the third period and the surging Boston Bruins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Thursday night.
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins have hired a law firm led by former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to review their player vetting process after signing prospect Mitchell Miller and then rescinding his contract offer.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Matt Ryan kept playing the role — even when his first season in Indianapolis went off script.
ATLANTA (AP) — The Boston Celtics were missing two key members of their rotation.
BOSTON (AP) — Marcus Smart scored 20 of his 22 points in the second half, and the Boston Celtics beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 126-122 on Monday night for their seventh straight win.
BOSTON (AP) — Patrice Bergeron scored his third goal in two days and the Boston Bruins set a team record with their ninth straight home win to start the season, beating the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Sunday night.
READING — One thing for certain in the MIAA football playoffs is you are always facing a good team.
WOBURN — These “non-playoff” games always come with a bit of the unknown. There is the unknown opponent and the unknown motivation. Fortunately for Woburn, the Tanners always seem to conjure up that motivation and go play football.
WESTWOOD — In the end the Woburn High girls volleyball team fell short to a strong Westwood team despite its best effort.
READING — Last season, one of the biggest challenges the Reading High football team faced was in its opening round MIAA Division 2 state playoff game against Bishop Feehan.
READING — The Reading High field hockey moved on in the MIAA Division 2 state tournament with a 1-0 victory over Oliver Ames, in the Round of 16, last night at Hollingsworth Field.
BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum had 31 points and five assists, and the Boston Celtics beat the Detroit Pistons 128-112 on Wednesday night to earn their fourth straight victory.
BOSTON (AP) — Patrice Bergeron scored a power-play goal with 7:15 remaining and the Boston Bruins beat the slumping St. Louis Blues 3-1 on Monday night.
READING — The Leominster and Reading High football teams put on an offensive showcase in the first round of the MIAA Div. 2 State playoffs, Friday night at Hollingsworth Field.
WOBURN — It is not easy beating a team three times in the same season, but the Woburn High girls volleyball team proved otherwise.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — When Patriots linebacker Matt Judon is lined up alongside Lawrence Guy, he expects good things to happen.
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins decided Sunday to rescind their contract offer to prospect Mitchell Miller, who had his draft rights relinquished by Arizona for bullying a Black classmate with developmental disabilities in middle school.
MARSHFIELD — The South Shore may not be that far away from the north shore but the brand of football played at the top level appears to be far above what’s displayed on the north side of Boston these days.
WOBURN — The MIAA Division 1 state tournament got off to a great start for the Woburn High girls' soccer team, both figuratively and literally. The Tanners took a 2-0 lead in the first four minutes and never looked back in a 3-0 shutout of Medford, in the preliminary round, Friday afternoon …
One thing you want to be doing this time of year is to be playing meaningful football games in November. And one thing you must know about those meaningful games is that everybody you play is going to be good.
READING — If there’s one thing the coaches of Reading and Leominster agree upon, it’s that their teams will need to play their best football on Friday to win and advance in the MIAA Division 2 state playoffs.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Hampus Lindholm scored at 3:37 of overtime and the Boston Bruins rallied past the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-5 on Tuesday night.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Darius Garland missed everything while sitting on the bench, but mostly the joy of playing and winning.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts coach Frank Reich keeps looking for ways to jump-start his stagnant offense.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England's win over the New York Jets was much needed. It also may be a bit of fool's gold regarding the current state of the team.
WOBURN — The final score may reflect a pretty easy win by Woburn but it wasn’t quite as simple as that. The Belmont offense was a concern for the Tanners but the Woburn defense came up big when it needed to, to force five turnovers and put this game away.
READING — The Reading High football team made it official on Senior Night: it is the five-time Middlesex League Liberty Division champions.
BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 24 points and the Boston Celtics took advantage of cold shooting by Bradley Beal, routing the Washington Wizards 112-94 on Sunday night.
Bill Belichick will appreciate reaching another coaching milestone some other time. Just getting a win was all that mattered Sunday.
In Tuesday’s Division 2 individual state golf championship at Maplegate Country Club in Bellingham, Woburn No. 1 player and senior captain Danny McGahan finished with a three-over par score of 75.
BOSTON (AP) — Taylor Hall scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period, Linus Ullmark stopped 30 shots and the Boston Bruins beat the Dallas Stars 3-1 on Tuesday night to improve to 6-1.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Gillette Stadium crowd implored Bill Belichick to make a change at quarterback. They wanted to see the rookie who was sent back to the bench after winning his first two starts as a replacement for the injured Mac Jones.
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls looked as if they were on their way to a blowout loss to the Boston Celtics. The game turned out to be a romp, just not the kind that it looked like it would be.
LEXINGTON — The Middlesex League in 2022 is one of great imbalance with the have and havenots. Parity is not the name of the game.
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