The Red Sox made their first offseason addition to the bullpen Thursday, signing veteran left-hander Justin Wilson to a one-year, $2.25 million contract. The deal includes another $750,000 available in performance bonuses.Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow recently highlighted velocity, strikeout rate and the ability to...
By Leonard GreeneNew York Daily NewsNEW YORK — Vicious gang members responsible for nearly half of the reckless shootings in Inwood and Washington Heights over the last six years, including the murders of four innocent bystanders, were charged in a series of sweeping indictments that...
The Celtics decision to run it back with the majority of their 2023-24 roster has worked fine in many ways amid a 11-3 start to the year. With the return of Kristaps Porzingis looming next month, odds are that some of the team’s best basketball...
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The challenges for Domenic J. Sarno have gone far beyond the usual political realm this year.No strangers to the tests he’s faced as mayor of Springfield, Sarno revealed in October that he’s been diagnosed with cancer. Even as he began treatments and predicted a full...
I’ve done a complete turnaround on Joe Mazzulla.During the 2022 Eastern Conference finals I wrote that the Celtics shouldn’t keep him. They’d been forced to hire him based on the timing of the Ime Udoka scandal and didn’t have time for a full search. He’d...
BOSTON — While Jayson Tatum missed his first look at a game-winner Saturday against the Raptors, he had another shot at redemption. Sure, his shot at the end of regulation was off — he called it a “horrible miss” — but basketball always delivers more...
SPRINGFIELD — Jim Gurzenski spends a lot of time on his bicycle, pedaling from Longmeadow to Springfield where he does volunteer work, fixing bikes for low-income people who can’t afford repairs.The 68-year-old retired quality control manager is noticing that roads are becoming a bit safer,...
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Even if the Red Sox were to win the bidding for free agent outfielder Juan Soto — a decided long shot, admittedly — that wouldn’t be enough to propel the team into actual contention for 2025 and beyond.Soto would help, of course. He’s a generational...