The first College Football Playoff rankings of 2020 succeeded Tuesday night in a crucial area of college football life: the stoking of grumbling. You couldn't hear the grumbling from Provo to … Read more
After a baseball season in which the Red Sox had not a single paid fan in attendance, the local nine are planning on playing 81 home games with paid attendance at Fenway Park in 2021. Read more
He takes pains to say that he does not play against Tom Brady: His battle is against the opposing team’s defense. Read more
ARLINGTON, Texas — The at-bat that propelled the Los Angeles Dodgers to their third National League pennant in four years Sunday night happened in the seventh inning in the Dodgers’ 4-3 win in… Read more
FOXBOROUGH — Excuses? Your New England Patriots, the franchise that proudly notes it doesn’t like to make excuses, have a few. Read more
FOXBORO — During the week, the Patriots needed time. Read more
During the NBA Finals, as LeBron James's Los Angeles Lakers fended off the pesky Miami Heat, two basketball fans got into a Twitter spat. It had nothing to do with basketball and everything to… Read more
The New England Patriots closed their facility and canceled practice Friday after at least one new positive test for the novel coronavirus. Read more
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers’ scheduled game against the New England Patriots next weekend could be in jeopardy. Read more
False start, Indianapolis Colts. Read more
Major League Baseball once again released positive news, and negative test results, in an encouraging update as the sport gears up for the World Series. Read more
ATHENS, Ga. — Don’t count out Nick Saban just yet. Read more
Running back Le’Veon Bell didn’t last long on the free-agent market after being released by the New York Jets. Read more
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Now the Rays should get worried.A second straight loss to the Houston Astros, 4-3 on Thursday, turned what two days ago was a commanding 3-0 lead in the American League Cha… Read more
The Indianapolis Colts announced Friday morning that several people in the organization have tested positive for COVID-19. Read more
ATLANTA — After one new positive COVID-19 test, the Atlanta Falcons, who have had nine players placed on the NFL’s reserve/COVID-19 list, shut down their facility Thursday. Read more
They stepped onto the practice field outside Gillette Stadium for only the second time in 13 days on Thursday. Read more
ARLINGTON, Texas — The Los Angeles Dodgers were not panicked before taking the field for Game 3 of the National League Championship Series. They faced an 0-2 deficit but remained calm. Their o… Read more
Alabama football coach Nick Saban tested positive for the coronavirus, Alabama announced on Wednesday. Athletics director Greg Byrne also tested positive, the school announced. Offensive coord… Read more
SAN DIEGO — The Rays don’t have any reason to worry yet. Right? Read more
The final Bell has rung. Read more
Joey Wendle and Hunter Renfroe drove in two runs apiece during a five-run sixth, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Houston Astros 5-2 in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series Tuesday… Read more
ARLINGTON, Texas — Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman didn’t stop his “MVFree” campaign when the calendar turned to October. Nor did his team’s offense stall when it arrived in the Texas bubble. Read more
A gutsy showing from Yankees starter Jordan Montgomery and a lockdown bullpen performance pushed the Yankees to a 5-1 win over the Rays, staving off elimination to knot the best-of-five Americ… Read more
CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears finally took down Tom Brady Thursday night at Soldier Field. Read more
A look at the key elements of Miami Heat-Los Angeles Lakers, with the best-of-seven NBA Finals opening Wednesday at 9 p.m. at Disney’s Wide World of Sports complex. Read more
The Boston Red Sox are poised to take the dubious honor of paying the most per win of any team in Major League Baseball for the second season in a row. Read more
The Raiders and New Orleans Saints, as well as coaches Jon Gruden and Sean Payton, will pay for not wearing masks Monday night in violation of NFL coronavirus mandates. Read more
It was a month ago Monday when Chaim Bloom continued to look towards the Red Sox’ future, completing a trade that sent two linchpins of the bullpen in Brandon Workman and Heath Hembree to the … Read more
Competitive redundancy is the byproduct of an unbalanced pandemic-configured MLS schedule. Read more
Saturday’s Notre Dame game at Wake Forest has been postponed and Notre Dame has paused all football-related activities due to COVID-19. The school reported seven positive tests (out of 94 admi… Read more
These are odd times in the bubble, with only four teams left in the Disney/ESPN sports complex. Read more
Asked Tuesday if the Patriots should make a trade for a wide receiver, quarterback Cam Newton provided a strong message in support of the group he’s working with, saying “the answers are in th… Read more
James White, who tragically lost his father Tyrone in a car crash Sunday afternoon, put up a gripping Instagram post Tuesday, offering his first words since the crash that also seriously injur… Read more
Robert H. “Mitch” Mitchell, 68, of Chesterfield, passed away on Sept. 12, 2020. He passed unexpectedly with his dignity intact in the comfort of his home. Services are incomplete and under the… Read more
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Don’t worry about a Super Bowl letdown in Kansas City. Read more
Major League Baseball is planning to hold playoff games in four “bubble” locations in California and Texas, an effort to minimize the COVID-19 risk by completing the season in relative isolation. Read more
The preseason is over, the roster cuts have been made, the practice squad has been assembled, and now the New England Patriots are officially on to Miami. Read more
Yairo Munoz went 3-for-3 with his first home run as a member of the Red Sox on Friday. He also doubled. But Boston lost 8-7 in the first game of a doubleheader with the Blue Jays at Fenway Park. Read more
The Red Sox will surely be glad they don’t have to return to Yankee Stadium again this season. Read more
HANOVER — Citing ongoing budget challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Dartmouth College on Thursday cut five sports from its varsity roster and announced the permanent closure of Ha… Read more
Thank God for Bill Belichick. Thank God for his brilliance and his deviousness and his ruthlessness and his power. Thank God that, as the sociopolitical and cultural ground shifts beneath our … Read more
Red Sox top pitching prospect Noah Song has been ordered to report to flight school in Pensacola, Fla., by June 26, according to Bill Wagner of the Capital Gazette. Song will not pitch for at … Read more
While it’s overstating things a bit to say there was a mass exodus from Foxborough this offseason, the quarterback room isn’t the only one undergoing a serious face lift. Read more
After a breakout season in his third year in the NBA, Jayson Tatum positioned himself perfectly for a huge contract extension from the Boston Celtics after this season. Read more
Stephon Gilmore is not a rest-on-your-laurels kind of player. Even after winning the 2019 Defensive Player of the Year, he’s not satisfied. He’s not sitting on his past accolades, enjoying the… Read more
This weekend, five days after a cop knelt on George Floyd’s neck in bright daylight on a Minneapolis street, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell issued a statement. Read more
Having gained ownership approval the day before, Major League Baseball was expected to present to the MLB Players Association, via a video-conference meeting Tuesday afternoon, its proposal fo… Read more
CHICAGO — A game that counts in the Major League Baseball standings with the atmosphere of a simulated game? Read more
A stalled initial public offering, a failed merger, and one pandemic later, DraftKings Inc. is public. Read more
Hours before the NFL draft started, the Patriots added to their offensive depth. Read more
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