Organ donations from deceased donors reached record levels in New England last year and led to more than 1,400 life-saving transplants, according to the regional nonprofit responsible for the recovery of organs and tissues for transplant.New England Donor Services also reported Wednesday that it coordinated...
Jim Montgomery and Bill Belichick only overlapped for a little over a year in Boston’s fraternity of pro sports coaches.But Montgomery reached out to the Patriots’ coach especially last year when he was trying to manage the Bruins’ record-setting team and found the future Hall...
FOXBOROUGH – Bill Belichick mentioned last week that he would be open to the idea of stepping down as the Patriots general manager to stay as the team’s head coach.Ultimately, Patriots owner Robert Kraft knew that would never work.With the way NFL teams are set...
We’re running a mailbag on Fridays during the offseason. If you have questions on the Patriots, NFL, or want gripe about past answers, email cmason@masslive.com or tweet @bychrismason. Now let’s get to this week’s questions!Who is taking the throne as next Patriots head coach from...
This summer, some will get a chance to witness a phenomenon rarer — and probably louder — than Halley’s comet. For the first time in more than two centuries, two big groups of cicadas in the United States will emerge simultaneously from the ground.Cicadas, often...
While the Celtics were blasted by the Bucks on Thursday, there was at least one nice subplot to the game. Jrue Holiday was back in Milwaukee for the first time since he was traded. He was mum talking about how he’d feel in his first...
FOXBOROUGH – The stage was set inside Gillette Stadium.A brown wooden podium with three Patriots logos sat on top of a black stage. A royal blue background embedded with Patriots logos and various sponsored logos was the backdrop for the biggest Patriots news in decades.On...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alex Pietrangelo scored 46 seconds into overtime on a 2-on-1 to give the struggling Vegas Golden Knights a 2-1 victory Thursday night over a Boston Bruins team still searching for a victory with a game left on a four-game trip.Jack Eichel...
Fathema Jaleel and Riley Westcott will join more than 300 other 8th graders this weekend in this year’s class of “unsung heroes” for a statewide youth-led community service program.Tomorrow, they will attend a day of Project 351 activities in Boston to kick off a transformative...
SPRINGFIELD — Thursday’s matchup between No. 1 Springfield Central and No. 5 Putnam had everything that is great about Hoophall Classic games between Western Massachusetts teams.Runs, big 3-pointers, loud crowds, a historic moment and a close ending....