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BOSTON — Here’s the answer to the most pressing Boston Celtics question one week before the start of free agency: No, Boston Celtics rookie Grant Williams did not mean to include a marijuana billboard in his first Instagram post about living in Boston. But yes, Williams did see the online reaction, and like everyone else, he thought it was funny. “I was dying laughing,” Williams told MassLive, shortly after the Celtics’ four draftees participated in a court unveiling at the Tobin Community Center in Roxbury. “I don’t do that stuff, so it was even funnier. It was so ironic. […]

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AP Boston Red Sox’s Marco Hernandez throws to first to get out Chicago Cubs’ Kris Bryant in the seventh inning of a baseball game, Sunday, April 30, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) BOSTON — On a night when it looked like the Red Sox would be spurned by two players who once looked like their future stars, an unheralded trade pickup ended up being the hero. Long after Yoan Moncada (traded to Chicago as part of the package for Chris Sale in 2016) and Jose Abreu (chose Chicago over Boston as a free agent in 2013) both homered […]

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Romeo Langford saw his stock rise and fall ahead of the 2019 NBA Draft, but he ended up being taken with the No. 14 overall pick by the Boston Celtics . It was a move that some questioned, but it was the right one for the Celtics, who are in the middle of what appears to be a rough offseason. Immediately following the pick, there was a major split in reaction. Some fans in Boston loved the move, while others were not happy. Langford had some issues as a freshman at Indiana, but there is no denying the big-time […]

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Mona Lisa, The Starry Night, The Birth of Venus and … The Chara? Oh yes. Arizona-based artist Eleni Summers recently completed a painting of Zdeno Chara that’s as epic as it is menacing. Boston Bruins fans surely will be clamoring to get a repro. Take a look: Whether Summers considering depicting Chara with his playoff beard and Jaw wound is anyone’s guess. However, we’re just fine with the direction she went in. As for the Bruins captain, he’s looking at a 5-6 week recovery for the fractured jaw he suffered during the Stanley Cup Final. The 42-year-old Chara also […]

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Tiffany and David Ortiz in 2014. BOSTON (AP) — David Ortiz’s wife says he has moved out of intensive care. Tiffany Ortiz said in a statement distributed by the Red Sox on Saturday that the ex-Boston slugger remains hospitalized and in good condition, almost two weeks after he was shot in the back while at a club in the Dominican Republic. Ortiz was flown to Boston the next day for treatment. Dominican prosecutors say Ortiz was attacked in a case of mistaken identity by a gunman who was hired to kill an auto shop owner.

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Bruins draft picks 2019: Full list of Boston’s selections in Vancouver originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.com The Bruins have five 2019 picks in the NHL Draft, and without a real deep pool of prospects, this is an important draft for the franchise coming off a Stanley Cup Final appearance where they lost in seven games. Here’s a list of all the Bruins ‘ picks in the 2019 draft. T First round : 30th overall – John Beecher, a 6-foot-3, 210-pound center from Elmira, N.Y. Second round : no pick Third round : 92nd overall Fourth round : no pick Fifth […]

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The Boston Bruins have selected American center, John Beecher from the US National Team Development Program with their first round pick at 30th overall in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. Day one of the draft provided very few surprises, with New Jersey Devils taking Jack Hughes first overall and the New York Rangers taking Kaapo Kakko second overall, exactly as expected. Only one trade went down with the Philadelphia Flyers moving down three places but gaining an extra second-round pick, whilst the Boston Bruins held onto their 30th pick taking John Beecher. John Beecher measures in at 6’3″ and […]

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The Boston Red Sox held a “moment of reflection, thought and prayer” for David Ortiz at Fenway Park Monday before the team’s game against the Texas Rangers. (CNN) — Rolfi Ferreira Cruz, the accused gunman in the attempted murder of David Ortiz , says the former Boston Red Sox slugger was not his intended victim, according to video released by the media in the Dominican Republic. The video shows Ferreira Cruz saying through his jail cell window to journalists, “It wasn’t David” and “I got confused by his clothing.” According to Dominican media outlets, Ferreira Cruz said the people […]

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BOSTON, MA – JUNE 21: Rafael Devers #11 of the Boston Red Sox celebrates after hitting a game tying RBI single against the Toronto Blue Jays during the eighth inning of a Major League Baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts on June 21, 2019. (Staff Photo By Christopher Evans/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald) The Red Sox were on the cusp of completing the rally, but they needed a few more big hits. Luckily for Alex Cora, he had two of his best hitters sitting next to him on the bench. Rafael Devers hit the game-tying single in the eighth […]

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ST. PAUL, MN – SEPTEMBER 19: Team Leopold forward Robert Mastrosimone (16) follows the play during the USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game between Team Leopold and Team Langenbrunner on September 19, 2018 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN. Team Leopold defeated Team Langenbrunner 6-4. (Photo by Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via AP Images) The Bruins seem to have a love-hate relationship with the draft. On one hand, they have a deep farm system of young players and the past few seasons have produced Jake DeBrusk, Brandon Carlo, David Pastrnak, and Danton Heinen, along with a plethora […]

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