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BOSTON — Larry Lucchino, the force behind baseball’s retro ballpark revolution and the transformation of the Boston Red Sox from cursed losers to World Series champions, has died. He was 78.Lucchino had suffered from cancer. The Triple-A Worcester Red...

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FOXBOROUGH — This was a surprise look, even for the always unpredictable Patrick Mahomes.The quarterback with a highlight reel full of left-handed throws, contortionist arm angles and no-look passes got down in a three-point stance in the single wing...

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BOSTON — 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...

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BOSTON — 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...

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New England Patriots defensive back Jack Jones pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to nine counts of weapons violations in connection with his arrest at a Logan Airport security checkpoint with two loaded guns in his carry-on bag.Jones was charged with two...

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BOSTON — Jayson Tatum scored 51 points – the most in a Game 7 in NBA history — and the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 112-88 on Sunday to advance to the Eastern Conference finals for the second straight year.One game after missing 14 of...

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WORCESTER — Trailing Nashville with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, St. Paul Saints first baseman Alex Kirilloff watched the 3-2 pitch go by for strike three. He thought it might have missed the high and inside corner.There was no point in...

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BOSTON — The Presidents’ Trophy curse was too strong — even for a team coming off the best regular season in NHL history.After a record-setting year, the Boston Bruins failed to get out of the first round of the playoffs, losing to the Florida...

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BOSTON — Jarren Duran lined one ball of Kenta Maeda’s ankle, knocking the Twins starter out of the game, and another off the Green Monster during a six-run third inning on Thursday to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 11-5 victory over Minnesota.Maeda...

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BOSTON — Defending Boston Marathon champion Evans Chebet wasn’t focused on beating Eliud Kipchoge, the world record holder considered the greatest marathoner of all time.Conquering the course was the goal.Chebet won the world’s oldest and most...

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BOSTON — Two-time Olympic gold medalist. Twelve-time major marathon winner. World record-holder. And still, Eliud Kipchoge has something to prove.“I think Boston is a game-changer for me,” the world’s greatest marathoner said as he prepared for his...

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BOSTON — She didn’t even know the Boston Marathon was going on when she wandered out for a walk along Boylston Street. Nor could she understand why someone would run 26.2 miles for “a statement necklace and a banana.”Then, Adrienne Haslet says, “My...

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BOSTON — The Red Sox know scoring nine runs in every game is satisfying — though not sustainable.“We’re probably not going to average nine runs a game all year long,” Kiké Hernández said after collecting two of the team’s 14 hits in a 9-5 victory over...

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BOSTON — The Boston Marathon has agreed to a 10-year sponsorship deal with Bank of America that organizers hope will allow the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual 26.2-mile road race to grow over the next decade while maintaining its historic...

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BOSTON — In a season full of extreme numbers, the Boston Bruins know exactly what value they put on winning the most games in NHL history.“Zero,” defenseman Charlie McAvoy said last week, a day before Boston became the fastest team in history to 50...

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BOSTON — David Pastrnak had already scored twice, and with the Senators’ net empty, a third was within reach. The Bruins forward passed up the chance at a hat trick — and the league lead in goals — and fed the puck to teammate David Krejci, whose...

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BOSTON — The hockey rink has been removed. The goalposts are gone. The obstacle course and driving range tees also were taken away to get Fenway Park ready for baseball again.Even without Red Sox playoffs, the major league’s oldest ballpark is coming...

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BOSTON — Bruins forward David Krejci is getting a taste of his homeland right here in Boston.The native of Czechia played in his 1,000th NHL game on Monday and assisted on three goals — all by countrymen Pavel Zacha and David Pastrnak — to help the...

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BOSTON — Red Sox manager Alex Cora had a sense Rafael Devers would be sticking around when the rough terms of a new deal were discussed during a high-level meeting in the Dominican Republic.“I wanted to be there, just to hear when somebody tells you...