The Boston Celtics will open postseason defense of their 18th NBA championship and start out on the playoff path to No. 19 on Sunday. Boston will host the Orlando Magic in Game 1 of a first-round best-of-seven NBA playoff series, with tip-off set for 3:40...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square and treat them to a surprise popemobile romp through the piazza, drawing wild cheers and applause as he continues his recovery from...
AGAWAM — Robert Calise, 33, felt he knew the time and place his life would change forever: during an Easter vigil at sunset Saturday at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Agawam.“I don’t think I’ll feel that giant rush of the Holy Spirit....
SPRINGFIELD — With new tenants set to move in May 1, this first-floor unit at 12-20 Mattoon St. still smells of paint and gleams with the gloss of freshly refinished floors.There is still some construction dust. And a few horizontal slats are missing from the...
Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner (22) defends against Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (0) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, in Orlando, Fla.(AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)The Magic finished this year with the best defense in the Eastern Conference...
The 129th Boston Marathon kicks off on the morning of Monday, April 21. And alongside the tens of thousands of runners and wheelchair racers, hundreds of thousands of spectators will line the 26.2-mile route and watch remotely to cheer them on.The annual race, put on...
BOSTON — Moments after David Pastrnak spun from backhand to forehand to thread a perfect no-look pass from the right wing boards to the slot, Pastrnak hustled to the net.The pass that set up the goal that put the Bruins up 5-2 on the Devils...
Instead of picturing yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies, picture a spacecraft approaching a series of asteroids trapped by Jupiter’s gravity. On Sunday, April 20, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft — with ties to The Beatles’ famous song with Lucy...
*The Red Sox seem intent on taking their time when it comes to promoting Roman Anthony to the big leagues — which is how it should be.It’s escaped notice, but Anthony is actually the youngest player in the International League and won’t turn 21 until...
Scouting is an imperfect science.During the 2019 NFL Combine, I spoke with an NFL general manager, and he told me the brutal truth – no one knows what prospects will be great. It’s all a guessing game. He joked that although media-based mock drafts were...