Author: Bhagyashree Soni

Three years in the past, starved for expertise, the Patriots set a report for free-agent spending. History shouldn’t repeat itself subsequent week, however the Patriots stay hungrier than ever. Every place on offense might use a serving to of contemporary expertise, even after the crew re-signed tight finish Hunter Henry and added ex-Steelers proper sort out Chukwuma Okorafor this week. The Pats are additionally big-game searching on protection, aiming for elite starters underneath new head coach Jerod Mayo. Free company will not be stocked with such blue-chip expertise, identical because it was three years in the past. Still, the Pats…

A number of weeks again after we did our first Red Sox roster projection, there have been nonetheless just a few notable unknowns. Who may emerge to assert a spot within the beginning rotation and behind the bullpen? How may the bench shake out? Could any spring heroes emerge from obscurity to earn a spot on the Opening Day roster? Now almost three weeks into spring coaching we’ve got a a lot better thought of how the crew ought to look on Opening Day, and sadly it’s not due to something good. Injuries have taken their toll on the Red…

The Celtics have run via the NBA with such relative ease this season that their losses grow to be a nationwide storyline, a sudden trigger for concern. Their first dropping streak in 4 months this week raised questions on their skill to win a championship. It was nearly exhausting to imagine that it was only a two-game dropping streak. The Celtics left Denver with loads of classes discovered, and possibly a needed reset. While they is probably not excellent, and never fairly a completed product, they’ve stayed constant of their strategy and mindset all season. And on Saturday night time…

FRAMINGHAM – The Winchester boys hockey workforce retains producing heroes, and Luke Sardone didn’t shrink back from his flip to put on the cape. With 1:52 left in time beyond regulation of a Div. 1 state semifinal Saturday night time at Loring Arena, the sophomore punched the No. 11 Red and Black’s ticket to TD Garden by scoring the golden purpose of a 3-2 win over No. 18 Arlington Catholic. The Cougars had marched again from a 2-0 first-period deficit to ultimately drive time beyond regulation. But Sardone – who assisted Danny Collins and David Strong on their golden objectives…

STONEHAM — All season lengthy it’s been Tewksbury’s first line which bought all of the publicity. On Saturday at Stoneham Arena, nonetheless, it was the Redmen’s depth gamers who got here via within the clutch. Third-line ahead Peter Civitarese scored his first profession aim to tie issues with Woburn earlier than second-liner Jason Lavoie scored with 6:13 left to place Tewksbury forward for good. First-liner Tyler Bourgea capped a four-point evening with an empty internet aim to seal a 6-4 win and a spot within the Division 2 ultimate subsequent Sunday at TD Garden. “All year long the goal was…

The New England Revolution’s dominance in Concacaf Champions Cup play has not carried over into league play. The Revolution opened the season 0-3 in MLS play with Saturday night time’s 4-1 blowout loss to Atlanta United FC earlier than over 67,000 followers on Saturday night time at Mercedes Benz Stadium. Atlanta United FC dynamic attacker Giorgos Giakoumakis scored three objectives, the second MLS participant to file a hat trick towards the Revolution this season. D.C. United striker Christian Benteke scored three objectives in a 3-1 win within the season opener on Feb. 24. “None of use are happy where we…

FRAMINGHAM – The vitality and physicality No. 5 Algonquin introduced Saturday evening to its Div. 2 women hockey state semifinal at Loring Arena put Duxbury on the ropes early, however the defending-champion Dragons are headed again to TD Garden for a second straight 12 months. Addy Harrington’s two targets and Megan Carney’s game-winner early within the third interval marked three unanswered tallies for No. 1 Duxbury, overcoming 16 mixed penalties and a deficit within the opening 5 minutes as a part of a 3-1 comeback win. Each of Harrington’s targets got here by the left submit to get previous a…

BOURNE – For the primary time since 2019, Notre Dame of Hingham might be again in a state ladies hockey last. Thanks to some well timed offense and several other large stops in internet, the top-seeded Cougars blanked No. 4 Malden Catholic 3-0 within the Div. 1 semifinals at Gallo Arena on Saturday evening. “Our girls came to play tonight,” stated Notre Dame coach John Findley about attending to the state last. “We’re so psyched. … The girls worked so hard on the defensive core right up to our forwards.” In the primary interval, Notre Dame (18-4-2) needed to provide…

Spring coaching video games might not depend, however it’s secure to imagine the followers at Santo Domingo’s Estadio Quisqueya Juan Marichal on Saturday night didn’t care. The Red Sox shut out the Rays 4-0 to enhance to 9-6-1 in preseason play. Along the best way, they placed on an gratifying present for a keen crowd that included Rafael Devers’ and Brayan Bello’s households, proud and desirous to see their family members play ball of their homeland. Devers hoped to placed on an enormous present, however confirmed off his bettering plate self-discipline, as a substitute, drawing a stroll and scoring a…

STONEHAM — It was a group effort in each sense of the phrase for the Marblehead boys hockey group on Saturday at Stoneham Arena. Whether it was blocking pictures, killing penalties or getting a well timed purpose, all of it got here collectively for the Magicians as they surprised No. 2 Shawsheen, 2-1, to earn this system’s first state ultimate berth since successful all of it in 2011. Not dangerous for a group that started the season 0-6 however has received 16 of its final 20 video games since. “We’ve been telling the kids that we are the team to…