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BSJ Game Report: Spurs 125, Celtics 116 - Wembanyama dominates three-heavy game
Two of the hottest teams in basketball met up in Texas on Tuesday night. Heading into the game, the Boston Celtics were 14-3 in their last 17, and the San Antonio Spurs were 14-1 in their last 15. It was slated to be one of the most entertaining games of the season. And it lived up to that billing.
Haggerty: Bruins showing they've got right playoff stuff
It really shouldn’t come as a major surprise at this point, but the Boston Bruins continue to clearly demonstrate they have “the stuff” to be a playoff team this spring. It remains to be seen how it’s going to play out for them and Tuesday night’s home loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs was as unimpressive as it gets for the Black and Gold, but it was more than offset by the B’s shaking off some third period troubles to knock off the Sabres in overtime in a 4-3 comeback road victory at the KeyBank Center on Wednesday night. The win allowed the B’s to open up a three-point cushion on the top wild card playoff spot and pulled them into a tie with the Montreal Canadiens for the third playoff spot in the Atlantic Division, though the Habs hold two games in hand on the Black and Gold entering Thursday.
Bedard: Thoughts on the Patriots' slow start to the free agency period
Some thoughts on the Patriots' slow start to free agency, what might be coming, and updated like/don't like lists while contemplating if the team will hold this year's free agency press conference in a broom closet (I kid).
BSJ Game Report: Celtics 120, Warriors 99 - Brown, Tatum lead dominant night
Kristaps Porzingis started off his TD Garden return with a bang. He blocked Jayson Tatum and Neemias Queta at the rim in quick succession, ran the floor, and earned himself a trip to the line. From that point on, however, it was all Boston Celtics.
Simone's Six: Jaylen Brown's reads, Baylor Scheierman's hustle, and awesome defense in Celtics-Cavaliers
Since adding James Harden at the trade deadline, the Cleveland Cavaliers have been one of the hottest teams in basketball. But that didn’t matter for the Boston Celtics.
Bedard: Does Mike Vrabel have a blind spot for his guys, including A.J. Brown?
Some thoughts while we wait for A.J. Brown's future to be decided ...
Haggerty: B's finding moral victories at end of the road
One of the characters from one of the greatest sports movies of all time, “White Men Can’t Jump”, has a signature, purposely somewhat nonsensical philosophy about winning and losing in sports. “Sometimes when you win, you really lose, and sometimes when you lose, you really win, and sometimes when you win or lose, you actually tie, and sometimes when you tie, you actually win or lose. Winning or losing is all one organic mechanism, from which one extracts what one needs.” The Boston Bruins lost Tuesday night’s road trip finale, 3-2, to the Habs in overtime at the Bell Centre in Montreal and actually lost two of the three games on the road swing through Washington, New Jersey and Montreal. But in many ways, they took wins out of pushing Tuesday’s game in Montreal to the overtime, and of taking four out of a possible six points in three challenging spots while playing three games in four days on the road.
Simone's Six: Payton Pritchard-palooza, a defensive examination, and rebounding in Celtics-Hawks
The Boston Celtics were met with a significant challenge on Friday night. They were buried in buckets by the Atlanta Hawks and quickly faced a 25-9 deficit. Then, Payton Pritchard turned the game on its head.
Hurley: What's really at stake in an A.J. Brown trade?
I wanted to provide one bit of perspective when it comes to the actual cost of acquiring A.J. Brown for the Patriots. The words "first-round pick" can mean a whole lot of things, so I thought it best to zero in on the exact area in the first round that the Patriots own their pick this year to try to provide some detail on the caliber of player that gets taken that late in the first. That way, perhaps we'll all be able to determine how we feel about coughing up a first-round pick, if that is indeed the high end of the asking price for Brown.
Red Sox Opening Day roster set: Garrett Crochet leads rebuilt rotation, all eyes on Roman Anthony
The Red Sox have set their 2026 Opening Day roster and will open the season Thursday afternoon on the road in Cincinnati against the Reds. Boston will send Garrett Crochet, Sonny Gray and Connelly Early to the mound in the opening series before turning to Brayan Bello and Ranger Suárez in Houston.
Simone's Six: Defensive chess, offensive checkers, and a Jayson Tatum update in Celtics-Wolves
Everything looked good until it wasn’t. And then it was again. And then it wasn’t. Sunday night’s game between the Boston Celtics and Minnesota Timberwolves was a true back-and-forth affair, but the Wolves got the last laugh.
Giardi: Time for the Patriots to take a tight end in the '26 Draft
The Patriots need an infusion of talent, with Hunter Henry much closer to the end than the beginning. The veteran wore down as the season progressed, largely because he was asked to do too much as a blocker.