BOSTON — One Islanders goalie beat the Bruins. The other sent a promising young Boston forward to the shelf. After the game, the Bruins tipped their collective hat to Ilya Sorokin, whose 37 saves counteracted the Bruins' advantage in shots and play in New York’s...
There was much that was attractive about Bregman when the Red Sox signed him to a three-year, $120 million deal with opt-outs earlier this month.Bregman gave the Red Sox a righthanded bat, providing much-needed balance to a lineup that was primarily lefthanded. He also brought...
All of Earth’s planetary neighbors — with the exception of the sun — are about to align in a planetary parade in the night sky at the end of February.Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars should all be visible in the night sky...
BOSTON — Because it happened in the Bruins' fifth straight game without a victory, David Pastnrak’s continued run of torrid offense didn’t get the attention it would have in a win.But despite the loss, Pastrnak:Extended his point streak to 16 games, the longest in the...
America lost its favorite fictional high school basketball coach this week when Gene Hackman died at 95-years-old.Hackman memorably played Lex Luthor, Jimmy Doyle, Royal Tenenbaum, Little Bill and Harry Zimm among many others.But he was Norman Dale, the troubled basketball coach looking for a new...
BOSTON — With just over a week until the NHL’s trade deadline, everything earns extra analysis and overinterpretation. But in his postgame comments after Thursday’s loss to the Islanders, Brad Marchand sure sounded like a guy who is either expecting to still be with the...
Dear Abby: I have two sisters. Our mother passed away last year after a bad fall. I was her primary caretaker and was with her every day. The other two sisters were not speaking to her at all, which hurt her deeply. She had dementia...
Dear Eric: I’m a woman in my late 40s, juggling a multitude of responsibilities that have left me feeling drained and overwhelmed. At work, I manage several teams and am constantly making high-pressure decisions. At home, I’m a dedicated mother to a tweenager; her father...
Dear Annie: I was out having lunch with a friend I’ve known for many years. We met when our children were babies; they are grown adults now.We have only been meeting up once a week for lunch since April 2024, as we both have more...
Three shootings in just 12 hours across Greater Boston this week were described as the “most significant surge in gun violence” in the communities since 2022, according to the Middlesex District Attorney. “The fact that over 50 shots were fired in very densely populated areas,...
