The Red Sox’s most glaring need entering this offseason is pitching and a former big league pitcher will be in charge of fixing it.Boston has hired Craig Breslow — a 43-year-old Yale grad who pitched in 576 big league games from 2005-17 — as its...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — A 9-year-old boy from Alabama sat in the stands at Fenway Park on a warm July evening in 2011 watching his favorite player reach base five times. Dustin Pedroia tripled, doubled, walked and singled twice in a 13-9 Red Sox victory...
The Patriots look like they’re headed for a second straight losing season after a 2-5 start to the 2023 campaign. Between the slow start, how Mac Jones has played overall, and some offensive weapons not working out, that has left many to question how much...
SPRINGFIELD — At the close of the fifth and final Nathan Bill’s beating and police cover-up trial, this was the score on the eight-year investigation: three wins versus about a dozen courtroom losses or case dismissals.The last trial wrapped up last week in Hampden Superior...
With hundreds of American citizens as well as other foreign nationals trapped in Gaza — including a Medway family — the U.S. State Department still does not have a way to get them out, according to the latest information from that department.Abood Okal, Wafaa Abuzayda,...
A person who was cleaning a Medford man’s house gave him the winning $1 million lottery ticket they found sitting forgotten inside one of his vases, the Massachusetts State Lottery said.Khalil Soussa of Medford won $1 million from the lottery’s “$15,000,000 Money Maker” scratch ticket...
Any hockey fan with no particular rooting interest who tuned in to the Bruins vs. Blackhawks on national TV hoping to get a look at an impressive rookie, got their wish Tuesday.But maybe not from the rookie they were expecting.While Blackhawks center Connor Bedard, who...
Animal lovers can get a jump on their holiday shopping at Dakin Humane Society on Nov. 4.That’s when Dakin will host more than 30 craft vendors for its second annual Whisker Wonderland event, to be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 171 Union...
When the process began last month to find a replacement for Chaim Bloom, it’s unlikely the Red Sox expected to hire Craig Breslow. They might not have even expected to interview him.Dissatisfied with the progress made at the major league level over four seasons under...
As he watched the players come off the board on the third day of the NFL Draft, Patriots co-receivers coach Ross Douglas was surprised to see one receiver still there as the day progressed.Pop Douglas (no relation to his coach), the small-frame, big production receiver...
