The Boston Red Sox have hired ex-pitcher Craig Breslow to run their baseball operations department, a team official said Wednesday. The official spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the hiring had not been announced yet. Breslow pitched for Boston in 2006 and again from 2012-15. Since 2019, he has worked […]
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Rookie Bedard scores, but Pastrnak pots 2 to lead Bruins past Blackhawks 3-1
BOSTON (AP) — With Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito and other hockey greats in the building to celebrate the start of the Bruins’ 100th season, Blackhawks phenom Connor Bedard took another early step toward joining them on Wednesday night when he scored his first career NHL goal. “It’s a big relief,” said Bedard, who posed with […]
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Mac Jones benched again while Patriots suffer worst home shutout in franchise history
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots gave up. Down 24-0 early in the second half, hearing boos at home like they used to on the road, a week after the worst loss of coach Bill Belichick’s career, with quarterback Mac Jones on his way to the bench for the second straight game, the […]
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Boston Bruins hope to finish the job this season after record-setting run ended in a playoff flop
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins are looking ahead at a new season, not back at the one where they posted the best record in NHL history and then lost in the first round of the playoffs. “My rear-view mirror is broken,” team president Cam Neely said as the 2023 Presidents Trophy winners opened training […]
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Early Red Sox offseason means start of search for new baseball boss, planning to remember Wakefield
BOSTON (AP) — The next head of the Boston Red Sox baseball operations department might or might not have experience running a team. Come from inside the organization, or outside. Have a lofty title like Chief Baseball Officer — or not. It might even be more than one person. “We just don’t know where it’s […]
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Tim Wakefield, who revived his career and Red Sox trophy case with knuckleball, has died at 57
BOSTON (AP) — Tim Wakefield, the knuckleballing workhorse of the Red Sox pitching staff who bounced back after giving up a season-ending home run to the Yankees in the 2003 playoffs to help Boston win its curse-busting World Series title the following year, has died. He was 57. The Red Sox announced his death in […]
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Tyler Glasnow pitches 5 innings in playoff tuneup and Rays beat Red Sox 5-0
BOSTON (AP) — Tyler Glasnow pitched five scoreless innings in his final start before the postseason, combining with four relievers on a three-hitter and leading the Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night. “I’m glad I could end on a good note, and I’m ready for the […]
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Robert hits 311-foot homer in 9th to snap scoreless tie and give White Sox 1-0 win over Red Sox
BOSTON (AP) — There’s no other ballpark in the majors where Luis Robert Jr.’s 311-foot line drive would have been a home run. Heck, it might not have even gotten high enough to clear Fenway Park’s 37-foot Green Monster in left. But the White Sox slugger’s curving liner found the front row of the right […]
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Blocked field goal, interception, lateral — and Patriots’ offense fails to capitalize on any of it
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — A blocked field goal that prevented Miami from taking a three-score lead. An interception that set the Patriots up for what could have been the game-tying drive. Another missed Miami field goal. And none of it amounted to anything for New England on Sunday night. “The defense has continued to do […]
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The Red Sox have fired Chaim Bloom as they stumble toward a third last-place finish in 4 seasons
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox fired Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom on Thursday as the team stumbled toward a third last-place finish in four seasons. The team made the announcement before the start of a doubleheader against the New York Yankees, who took the first two games of the series to drop Boston […]
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Tom Brady returns to hero’s welcome in New England and declares himself a ‘Patriot for life’
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady made one more run out of the tunnel, just like he did for two decades before dashing out of New England to continue his legend in Tampa Bay. Taking the field with his celebrated sideline sprint – and leaving to Bon Jovi’s “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” – Brady returned […]
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Boston Marathon purse to break $1 million with boost in para athlete divisions
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Marathon will add two more para athlete divisions and boost prize money that will put the total Patriots’ Day purse above $1 million for the first time, organizers said Thursday. The Boston Athletic Association said its flagship race will welcome athletes classified with coordination impairments and intellectual impairments. Previous divisions for upper and […]
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Framber Valdez helps Astros to 7-4 win over Red Sox and first sweep at Fenway Park
BOSTON (AP) — The defending World Series champions are heading into September in position to make another long postseason run. The Houston Astros won their fifth straight game on Wednesday, earning their first sweep at Fenway Park with a 7-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Framber Valdez retired the first 10 Boston batters one […]
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Mookie Betts caps Boston return with another homer as Dodgers beat Red Sox 7-4
BOSTON (AP) — Mookie Betts looked up at the reporters gathering around his locker in the visitor’s clubhouse at Fenway Park and asked: “Didn’t anybody else play good?” Yes, Mookie. A lot of your Dodgers teammates did. But baseball fans — especially those in Boston — still want to hear from you. The 2018 AL […]
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Chris Sale retires 1st 14 batters in return from injury, Red Sox beat Tigers 5-2
BOSTON (AP) — Chris Sale returned after 10 weeks on the injured list and retired his first 14 batters, combining with two Red Sox relievers on a two-hitter on Friday night as Boston beat the Detroit Tigers 5-2. “You get something taken away that you really like, it’s never fun. Go take a kid’s favorite […]
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Reyes hits walkoff grand slam to lead Red Sox to 6-2 win over Royals
BOSTON (AP) — Pablo Reyes hit a walkoff grand slam to break a ninth-inning tie — his third hit of the night — and the Boston Red Sox recovered after blowing a two-run lead to beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 on Monday night. “You can’t put these feelings into words,” Reyes said through a translator. “When […]
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Cape Cod Baseball League celebrates 100 years as pathway from college to majors
BOURNE, Mass. (AP) — Pete Alonso didn’t hit a home run the summer he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League. He made a different kind of connection. On a day off during his time with the Bourne Braves during the summer of 2015, Alonso headed out to Provincetown, at the tip of the New […]
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Retired Bruins star Bergeron happy to be ‘Uber driver for the family’ for now
BOSTON (AP) — Maybe he will run a marathon. He probably won’t be coaching. For now, Patrice Bergeron is content to be the “Uber driver for the family,” and that’s a pretty good feeling. “It’s been an amazing ride, 20 years, but also hockey brings you a lot of pressure and stress,” he said on […]
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Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins forward and captain, announces retirement after 19 seasons
BOSTON (AP) — Patrice Bergeron, who led the Boston Bruins to the 2011 championship and two other trips to the Stanley Cup Final over two decades in which he established himself as the NHL’s dominant two-way forward and one of the most respected players in the game, announced Tuesday “with a full heart and a […]
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Red Sox hit 4 HR off Scherzer to win nightcap 8-6 and split with Mets. NY won day game 5-4
BOSTON (AP) — Triston Casas had his first career multihomer game, and Yu Chang and Jarren Duran also homered off Max Scherzer in the night game on Saturday to help the Red Sox beat the New York Mets 8-6 and spilt their doubleheader. Brandon Nimmo and Daniel Vogelbach each hit a two-run homer for the […]
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Mets beat Red Sox 5-4 in completion of suspended game; Scherzer to face Paxton in nightcap
BOSTON (AP) — Brandon Nimmo and Daniel Vogelbach each hit a two-run homer before the rains came, and the New York Mets held off the Boston Red Sox when their game resumed on Saturday as part of a day-night doubleheader to win 5-4. Friday night’s game was suspended in the bottom of the fourth inning […]
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Wheelchair pioneers Esther Vergeer, Rick Draney to be inducted into Tennis Hall of Fame
Esther Vergeer had few role models in wheelchair tennis and limited opportunities when she took up the sport. Those aren’t problems any more, and she’s a big reason why. “That was also what I liked about my career, is that I know I was the one that pioneered. I was the one that could explore […]
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Pickleball comes to Fenway Park as growing sport reaches the big leagues
BOSTON (AP) — The pickleball craze is hitting the big leagues. Courts for the tennis/badminton/ping pong hybrid were being laid out in Fenway Park on Tuesday in preparation for a weekend that will give fans of the sport a chance to watch the pros play or even give it a try themselves in the outfield […]
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Red Sox rally and extend winning streak to five games with 4-3 victory over A’s
BOSTON (AP) — When the Boston Red Sox signed Japanese batting champ Masataka Yoshida over the winter, there was a lot of snickering that they had overpaid. “I know a lot of people still have question marks,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said after Yoshida helped Boston win its fifth straight game heading into the […]
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Red Sox burst out for 6 in the 7th, beat the AL West-leading Rangers 10-6
BOSTON (AP) — Kiké Hernández blooped a bases-loaded, broken-bat single in the seventh to turn a one-run deficit into a one-run lead, and the Red Sox weren’t done yet. Boston sent 12 batters to the plate and scored six times against four Texas relievers in the seventh inning Thursday night to pull away and beat the AL […]