The Celtics traded away their first-round picks in three consecutive drafts before Wednesday night. Despite a loaded rotation and a pricy luxury tax bill looming, the team elected to stand pat at No. 30 and select Baylor Scheierman out of Creighton to close out the...
Jurors will return Thursday to Dedham’s Norfolk County Superior Court to continue deliberations in the trial of Karen Read, a Mansfield woman charged in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe.Closing arguments took place on Tuesday and jurors began deliberations later in...
Massachusetts residents prefer to get their chicken sandwiches from a national chain that pushes customers to “eat mor chikin.” A fast food study by Coupon Birds found that Massachusetts’ favorite fast food chicken sandwich hails from Chick-fil-A. The chicken sandwich was the preferred choice in...
PALMER ― The daredevil motorcycle rider known as Doug Danger is coming back to his hometown Saturday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of a feat that drew national notice.On Memorial Day weekend in 1984, Danger (his real name is Doug Senecal) raced a motorcycle up...
The Celtics first round draft pick Baylor Scheierman, at age 23, was one of the oldest, and most experienced players taken in the 2024 NBA Draft.Scheierman turns 24 in September and was the second oldest selected from the lot. Terrence Shannon, taken 27th by Minnesota,...
SPRINGFIELD — Nearly a decade after a state and local partnership was created to radically remake eight underperforming middle schools, Springfield schools today have rebounded and become a national model, recently attracting groups from across the U.S. to see the success for themselves.This spring, a...
Niche, a review and ranking site that “is focused on changing the way people choose their education,” ranked Brookline the best Massachusetts suburb to live in, giving the town an A+ grade.The grading scale is based on education in the area, overall crime and safety,...
It’s all about the “red, white and blue” on the Fourth of July, celebrating when the Second Continental Congress in 1776 voted on July 2 for independence from Great Britain. It wasn’t until July 4 that delegates from the 13 original colonies adopted the Declaration...
While nobody is complaining after Brad Stevens built a juggernaut roster that resulted in Banner No. 18, there was an interesting footnote in the Stevens era. Prior to the 2024 NBA Draft, Stevens had yet to make a first-round pick in his tenure as Celtics...
When Linus Ullmark signed with the Bruins ahead of the 2021-22 NHL season, his career record with the Buffalo Sabres was 50-47-13 — just a hair above .500. What followed in Boston was three seasons of improved play between the pipes and a Vezina Trophy....