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BOSTON (AP) — Anfernee Simons scored 27 points, Payton Pritchard had 21 and the Boston Celtics held the Chicago Bulls to 33 points in the opening half of a 115-101 victory on Monday night. Neemias Queta added 13 points and 13 rebounds for Boston, which won its fourth straight game and for the eighth time […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Riley Fox had 18 points in Yale’s 70-53 win against Brown on Monday. Fox shot 8 for 11, including 2 for 3 from beyond the arc for the Bulldogs (12-2, 1-0 Ivy League). Samson Aletan scored 13 points while shooting 5 of 7 from the field and 3 for 6 from […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Drake Maye was the most accurate starting quarterback in the NFL this season. He has also been adept at deflecting any praise that has come his way during the Patriots’ run to their first AFC East title since 2019. But after playing an integral role in steering New England to one […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Rhamondre Stevenson ran for two touchdowns and caught another from MVP contender Drake Maye, and the New England Patriots completed their remarkable turnaround season with a 38-10 win over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. Stevenson rushed seven times for 131 yards as New England posted its first sweep of the Dolphins […]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Fraser Minten scored his second goal of the game 4:41 into overtime to cap a huge homecoming as the Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Saturday night. Playing his first NHL game in his hometown, Minten opened the scoring in the first period with a power-play goal before […]

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Stas Sivka scored 17 points off the bench to help lead George Mason over Rhode Island 61-50 on Saturday. Sivka also contributed six rebounds for the Patriots (14-1, 2-0 Atlantic 10 Conference). Kory Mincy added nine points and six rebounds. Jermahri Hill made all six of his foul shots and scored […]

By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Jaylen Brown had 29 points and 10 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics pulled away down the stretch to beat the Sacramento Kings 120-106 on Thursday night. Brown shot 11 of 25, including 1 for 9 from 3-point distance, but made six free throws and added four […]

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — David Pastrnak had two goals and an assist as the Boston Bruins closed out the calendar year with a much-needed 6-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night. Hampus Lindholm and Elias Lindholm each had a goal and an assist for the Bruins (21-18-2), who snapped a six-game losing streak […]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Landon Lewis’ 19 points helped Brown defeat Johnson & Wales 105-47 on Wednesday. Lewis also added four steals for the Bears (6-7). Charlie O’Sullivan scored 17 points while going 6 of 9 (3 for 4 from 3-point range) and added eight rebounds. David Rochester had 13 points and shot 3 for […]

By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press New England Patriots defensive lineman Christian J. Barmore is facing a domestic assault and battery charge after his girlfriend told police he threw her to the ground in August at his home outside Boston. A criminal complaint issued Dec. 18 claims Barmore, 26, briefly took the woman’s phone, threw her […]

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — New England Patriots star wide receiver Stefon Diggs is facing strangulation and other criminal charges in connection with a dispute with his former private chef, police said. News of the charges emerged after a court hearing Tuesday in Dedham, Massachusetts. Diggs is charged with felony strangulation or suffocation and […]

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Connor Zary scored off a scramble in front of the goal on a power play at 1:53 of overtime to give the Calgary Flames a 2-1 victory over Boston on Monday night. sending the Bruins to their sixth straight loss. Zary scored with Boston’s Jonathan Aspirot off for high-sticking Blake Coleman at the […]

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots are AFC East champions again and will head into the final week of the regular season with a shot at the conference’s No. 1 seed and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. But Sunday’s 42-10 win over the the New York Jets was about taking a moment to savor how […]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Drake Maye and the New England Patriots took care of things on their end to become AFC East champions. And they didn’t even need four quarters. Maye threw a career-high five touchdown passes before getting the rest of the game off in the third quarter, New England scored a TD […]

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Shaedon Sharpe scored 26 points including 5 of 8 from 3-point range and the Portland Trail Blazers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 114-108 win over the Boston Celtics on Sunday. Deni Avdija added 24 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds for the Blazers, Toumani Camara scored 20 points, and […]

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The mission for Drake Maye and the New England Patriots as they prepare for the final two games of the regular season is clear. “It’s as simple as go win the division,” Maye said. “That’s what the goal was. It wasn’t to […]

BOSTON (AP) — Zachary Bolduc scored to give the Canadiens the lead as Montreal scored four goals in a five-minute span to snap a third-period tie and run away from the Boston Bruins 6-2 on Tuesday night. Sammy Blais, Ivan Demidov, Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki and Juraj Slafkovsky also scored for Montreal. Jacob Fowler stopped […]