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Simone: Freedom will guide these Celtics, and their season has already begun
Media Day is always a bit awkward. Reporters sit in a room for hours as the Boston Celtics hoist player after player onto the podium at the front of the room.
Bedard: Mike Vrabel starts to pick up the pieces of a scuffling team, Drake Maye
Mike Vrabel addressed the media on Monday in the wake of Sunday's 35-6 blowout loss to the Jaguars, and he touched on a variety of topics, especially Drake Maye. Let's go through it:
Haggerty: Pastrnak ready to take on mantle as Bruins captain
David Pastrnak made no bones about the simple fact that he’s going to be his own kind of captain as the 28th player to wear the “C” in the Original Six history of the Boston Bruins.
Podcasts: Bedard on Maye, Patriots bottoming out with blowout loss to Jaguars with 98.5 The SportsHub & CLNS
Greg Bedard breaks down the latest Patriots loss to the Jaguars and analyzes the concerning trends surrounding Drake Maye.
Bedard: All right, Mike Vrabel, you're on the spot with this mess of your creation
"From now until the time that we practice, we're gonna meet, we're gonna watch it. You know, we'll show the good, the bad, and the stuff that gets us beat tomorrow. I'll think of everything I possibly can for us to perform better." It should be a lengthy "stuff that gets you beat" portion of the film. Because, holy hell, that was terrible in a bunch of different ways, besides Drake Maye doing his Mac Jones In Frankfurt imitation.
Red Sox close wild regular season with 6-2 loss to Cubs; Yankees await
The Red Sox closed the regular season with a 6-2 loss to the Cubs on Sunday at Tropicana Field, finishing 87-75 after a remarkable turnaround that carried them from 14 games under .500 in late June to a second consecutive postseason appearance.
Giardi: Maye, Patriots facing a crisis of confidence after drubbing in Jacksonville
The Patriots have a quarterback problem. That was a sentence I didn’t think I’d be typing in September of 2026. But Drake Maye has rarely looked like the player who nearly won the NFL MVP award last season.
BSJ Game Report: Jaguars 35, Patriots 6 - Maye (3 turnovers), NE bottom out in Jacksonville
You didn't think it could get any worse for Maye after the fourth quarter in Seattle, and a lackluster performance against the Steelers. Oh, but it did. A lot worse. Like Mac Jones in Frankfort, Germany, bad. It started on the second drive of the game when, after driving to the Jacksonville 35 in a scoreless game, Maye dropped the ball attempting to pass for a fumble that the Jaguars converted into a touchdown.
Red Sox' Tanner Houck returns for finale; Gasper, Guerrero ruled out for Wild Card Series
The Red Sox will activate Tanner Houck from the injured list to start Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Cubs at Tropicana Field, where Boston will serve as the home team after the game was relocated because of the nor’easter.
Bedard: A trip down south, and perhaps a deficit on the scoreboard, might be what Drake Maye needs
I've seen that movie before for Maye: last season's trip to Miami, when the quarterback, surrounded by questions all week after a poor performance in a loss to the Raiders, put together his best career game to that point. It included a fast start (led 12-0, thanks to two Andy Borregales missed extra points), and a touchdown drive after trailing 20-15 late in the third quarter.
MLB Notebook: Mayer family happy to leave Boston behind; Red Sox-Yankees brace for Wild Card battle
After a disastrous pandemic-shortened 2020 season in which the Red Sox finished 24-36 and cycled through one of the worst pitching staffs in franchise history, there was at least one significant reward waiting for them.The fourth overall pick in the 2021 MLB Draft in which Boston used it on Eastlake High School shortstop Marcelo Mayer, a player many believed wouldn’t even be available when the Red Sox went on the clock.
NHL Notes: Things heating up with Bruins, Blue Jackets' Marchenko?
With the NHL regular season kicking off next week, it’s high time that the trade rumor mill cranked up in full swing with the Boston Bruins and disgruntled Columbus Blue Jackets forward Kirill Marchenko right now.
Giardi: NFL Notebook - Gonzalez taking the next step; plus, QB injuries piling up
The best player for the Patriots this summer has been their best player through the first two weeks of the regular season. Christian Gonzalez has, at least so far, made a case as the top cornerback in football.
Red Sox sweep doubleheader as Wilyer Abreu delivers late; Gasper likely out for Yankees
Wilyer Abreu snapped an 0-for-11 skid with a two-run double in the eighth inning, while Brayan Bello and Jedixson Paez combined for a shutout as the Red Sox completed a doubleheader sweep of the Cubs with a 2-0 victory.
Completed Q&A: Bedard on Patriots at 1-1, matchup with Jaguars 09.26.26
The Patriots got their first win against the Steelers, but the offense remains a big concern heading to Jacksonville.
Breaking down the Celtics' official 21-man training-camp roster
Training camp is just days away. Media Day is Monday, September 28, and that's when the Boston Celtics' season officially kicks off. Well, at least the way-too-early portion.
Red Sox clinch Wild Card rematch with Yankees as Roman Anthony heats up in win over Cubs
Boston locked up the American League’s second Wild Card spot Friday afternoon, setting up a rematch with the Yankees in the best-of-three Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday at Yankee Stadium.A year after the Yankees ended Boston’s season in three games in the same round, the Red Sox will get another shot at their longtime rival.
Willson Contreras' status for playoffs in doubt as Red Sox offense sputters in 1-0 loss to Guardians
Willson Contreras has spent the past week trying to get his right hand healthy enough to swing a bat.With the postseason now only days away, he still can’t do it without pain.Contreras attempted to swing Wednesday and couldn’t. He returned to Fenway Park on Thursday hoping another day of treatment would make a difference, only to encounter the same problem.
Giardi: McDaniels not pressing the panic button; plus, Williams demanding more
One word Mike Vrabel used in describing what he wants from Maye on Wednesday was “decisive.” Heck, I put it in quotes in the headline of that story. He really hammered that home. So I wondered if McDaniels had seen any improvement on that front from week one to week two?
BSJ Live Q&A: Haggerty on Bruins preseason games, NHL roster battles - 2 p.m. Friday 09.25.26
Haggs is here to answer all your pressing questions about the first few Boston Bruins preseason games, and how the camp roster battles are shaping up less than a week away from the start of the NHL regular season.
Sonny Gray caps brilliant regular season as Red Sox blank Guardians
Gray capped a terrific regular season with six scoreless innings, Andruw Monasterio snapped a lengthy hitless drought with the game’s only RBI and Aroldis Chapman struck out the side in his return as the Red Sox blanked the Guardians, 1-0, at Fenway Park.
Giardi: The questions about - and for - Maye won't stop until he finds more answers
During his Wednesday afternoon press conference, Mike Vrabel didn’t want to relitigate Drake Maye’s performance in Sunday’s win over the Steelers. At least not to start.
Simone: Reading between the lines of the Jaylen Brown trade one last time
Basketball is almost back. Real basketball. On-court action to break down and dissect. The Boston Celtics' first preseason game is just over two weeks away, and their first regular-season game is less than two weeks after that.
Garrett Crochet takes major step toward potential Red Sox postseason return
Garrett Crochet cleared one of his biggest remaining hurdles Tuesday, facing live hitters at Fenway Park for the first time since his comeback attempt stalled in late May.The Red Sox ace threw 16 pitches to Ceddanne Rafaela, reaching 94-96 mph with his fastball while pitching at an intensity level he hadn’t reached during his lengthy rehab from left shoulder inflammation.
Haggerty: B's Brunet showing he's 'ready for it' in camp
The new wrinkle in this season’s NHL training camp is that there’s barely any time for aspirational players to make an impression prior to the regular season getting started. The preseason has essentially been cut to two weeks and total of four preseason games with an 84-game regular season on tap under the new collective bargaining agreement between the NHLPA and the league’s owners.
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