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BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics are days away from beginning their quest to repeat as NBA champions. But guard Jrue Holiday is celebrating a much smaller victory. It was just over a month ago that Holiday missed four games after being diagnosed with a condition called mallet finger, a unique tendon injury that caused the […]

BOSTON (AP) — Brian Dumoulin scored 90 seconds into overtime to lead the New Jersey Devils past Boston 5-4 on Tuesday night and end the Bruins’ first season without a playoff berth since 2016. Timo Meier had a goal and two assists, and Jake Allen made 20 saves for the Devils, who had already clinched […]

By ZAK GILBERT TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Rookie Kameron Misner homered twice and drove in three runs, Shane Baz threw six strong innings, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 16-1 on Monday night. Yandy Diaz and Junior Caminero also homered and each drove in a pair for Tampa Bay. Six Rays […]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Elias Lindholm had a goal and an assist, Joonas Korpisalo made 24 saves and the Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Sunday. Fabian Lysell, Morgan Geekie and Jakub Lauko also scored for the Bruins, who ended the Penguins’ three-game home winning streak. David Pastrnak and Pavel Zacha each had two […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Garrett Crochet struck out 11 in 7 1/3 innings in his first start against his former team, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Sunday to avoid a series sweep. Trevor Story hit a two-run double and a solo homer for Boston, which had dropped five of […]

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Payton Pritchard scored 34 points on Sunday and the Boston Celtics swept consecutive home games against the Charlotte Hornets with a 93-86 victory despite blowing a 21-point first-half lead in a regular-season ending matchup of all reserves. Sam Hauser added 15 points for Boston (61-21), which begins […]

By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Pinch-hitter Brooks Baldwin lined an RBI single off Boston closer Aroldis Chapman with one out in the bottom of the ninth, lifting the Chicago White Sox to a 3-2 win over the Red Sox on Saturday. Baldwin’s hit to left scored Luis Robert Jr. from second and […]

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Knicks aren’t worried about what their 0-8 record against Cleveland and Boston might mean in the playoffs. After all, they know the way they are playing now might not even be good enough to beat Detroit. The Knicks dropped their third straight […]

By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Michael A. Taylor had three hits and scored three times, and the Chicago White Sox stopped an eight-game slide by routing the sloppy Boston Red Sox 11-1 on Friday night. Omar Narváez had three RBIs in Chicago’s highest scoring game of the season. Miguel Vargas, Lenyn Sosa […]

Rogers Boys Lacrosse suffered its first loss of the season in a thrilling overtime game against Narragansett at Braga Park. The previously undefeated home team fell 5-4 in a closely fought match that kept fans on the edge of their seats until the very end. David Rivera, number 5 for Rogers, leads the scoring with […]

BOSTON (AP) — Nick Foligno scored a pair of goals, Arvid Soderblom made 31 saves and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 on Thursday night. Ryan Donato, Tyler Bertuzzi and Kevin Korchinski also had goals for the Blackhawks, who scored four goals in third period to pull away. Foligno’s second goal was an […]

BOSTON (AP) — Pinch-runner David Hamilton scampered home when the drawn-in Toronto infield couldn’t handle Trevor Story’s nubber to second base, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Blue Jays 4-3 in 10 innings on Thursday to avoid a four-game sweep. Boston rallied from a 2-1 deficit in the eighth and trailed again after George […]

By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Franz Wagner scored 23 points, Cole Anthony came off the bench with 18 points and the Orlando Magic beat the Boston Celtics 96-76 on Wednesday night to clinch seventh place in the Eastern Conference and the top spot in the play-in tournament. Baylor Scheierman and Payton […]

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kristaps Porzingis made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 40 seconds left in overtime after Jayson Tatum’s 3-pointer with 2.9 seconds remaining forced the extra period, and the Boston Celtics completed a season sweep of the New York Knicks with a 119-117 victory Tuesday night. Porzingis matched […]

By ALLAN KREDA Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — David Pastrnak scored and added two assists to reach the 100-point mark and Jeremy Swayman made 20 saves as the Boston Bruins routed the New Jersey Devils 7-2 on Tuesday night. Michael Callahan, Jakub Lauko, Casey Mittelstadt, Morgan Geekie, Fraser Minten and Cole Koepke also scored […]

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — George Springer had three RBI singles, José Berríos pitched seven innings of one-run ball and the Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 6-2 on a chilly, misty Monday night at Fenway Park. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had two singles and scored a run in his first game […]

By KYLE HIGHTOWER and KEN POWTAK AP Sports Writers BOSTON (AP) — Alex Bregman hit a three-run homer and tied a career high with six RBIs, Rafael Devers went 4 for 4 and drove in three runs, and the Boston Red Sox rolled to an 18-7 win and a doubleheader sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals on […]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tage Thompson had a hat trick, Jason Zucker scored the go-ahead goal early in the the third period and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 6-3 on Sunday night for their fourth straight victory. Thompson extended his scoring streak to four games with his first goal in the second period […]