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ben volin | on football

Is he dirty? Mac Jones has lost the benefit of the doubt with fellow NFL players.

In only two-plus years in the league, the Patriots quarterback has compiled a dubious rap sheet. And it hasn't gone unnoticed.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Damian Lillard averaged a career-high 32.2 points per game for the Trail Blazers last season.

With Damian Lillard traded to the Bucks, the Celtics’ road to a championship got a bit tougher

Boston could try to get All-Defensive guard Jrue Holiday, which would make them championship favorites again and complete possibly the best starting lineup in the league.

celtics
Six things to watch as the Celtics get set to open training camp
They again will enter a season among the favorites to win the NBA title, but the roster has been reshuffled. And Marcus Smart is gone.

red sox
Former Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield and his wife are both battling cancer
Against the family's wishes, the medical news was put out by former teammate Curt Schilling on his podcast. 1:02 p.m.

Tara Sullivan
From Rory McIlroy to JT to one impressive rookie, the Ryder Cup should be a fascinating spectacle
Get ready for plenty of fist-pumping this weekend in what McIlroy calls “the purest competition in golf."

Boston Marathon
As 2024 Boston Marathon qualifiers are notified, more than 11,000 runners learn they didn’t make the cut
After two years without turning back a qualified runner, the BAA had to leave 11,000 "BQ" athletes without a bib for April's race.

virginia at BC | saturday, 2 p.m. (CW)
Boston College football is in bounce-back mode after a thrashing at Louisville
The Eagles, frustrated and a little bit angry, are determined to put things together against Virginia Saturday.

patriots
Through three games, which Patriots are trending up and which are trending down?
In general, defensive players have gotten off to stronger starts than those on offense.

Sports Business
After a lengthy search, Fenway Sports Group adds Dynasty Equity as investor in Liverpool FC
Dynasty Equity, a global sports investment firm, is led by Jonathan Nelson and K. Don Cornwell.

mlb
A five-foot long emotional support alligator — yes, an alligator — was denied entry to a Phillies game
Joie Henney rescued Wally, now eight years old and about five feet long, from Orlando, Fla. in 2015. He wasn't able to bring the pet to Citizens Bank Park on Thursday.

RED SOX AT ORIOLES | 6:35 P.M. (NESN)
Game 159: Red Sox at Orioles lineups and notes
Chris Sale will make his final start of 2023 as the Sox head to Baltimore.

Red Sox notebook
Red Sox manager Alex Cora says he’ll be back in 2024
Cora has one year left on his contract, but the Sox have underperformed the last two seasons with him at the helm.

Rays 5, Red Sox 0
Like the Red Sox, Brayan Bello and Justin Turner are struggling to the finish line, and Wednesday’s home finale was the latest example
The Sox, who were held to three hits, conclude the season with a four-game series in Baltimore, starting Thursday night.

Box Score: Rays 5, Red Sox 0MLB Scoreboard

Peter Abraham | On Baseball
Very little is guaranteed for the Red Sox as they prepare to transition to an important offseason
The Fenway Park clubhouse was being emptied out as Boston played its final home game of the season Wednesday.

Few managers have been as popular in Boston as Terry Francona.

As Terry Francona’s career comes to a close, let’s revisit the highs and lows — especially with the Red Sox

In 2004, Francona helped the Red Sox win their first title in 86 years. And then he won another three years later.

PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK

After finishing as the runner-up for the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award the last two seasons, this could be Micah Parsons's time after a fast start through three games. CHRISTIAN PETERSEN/GETTY IMAGES

Cowboys’ Micah Parsons draws high praise — but just shy of Lawrence Taylor territory

Bill Belichick compared the Cowboys' defensive star to the Pro Football Hall of Famer whom he coached for a decade.

Jim Lampley served as the blow-by-blow announcer for HBO's "World Championship Boxing" for 30 years.

Famed sportscaster Jim Lampley is returning to boxing for the first time in five years this weekend

The Hall of Famer will host a viewer chat on PPV.com for the Canelo Alvarez-Jermell Charlo fight Saturday night in Las Vegas.

dan shaughnessy

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's rumored relationship would place them among some of the most iconic sports-celeb couples in American pop culture.

With Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, the stars seem to be aligning again

There is a long history of sports/entertainment power couples, going back to the biggest one of all, Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe.

Danton Heinen played with the Bruins from 2016-20, and he's back vying for another stint on the roster.

Two veterans in Bruins camp mentor young players even as they compete with them for jobs

Alex Chiasson and Danton Heinen are on professional tryout contracts, and they are handling things, well, very professionally.

Lillard requested a trade from Portland in July.

Damian Lillard reportedly is being traded from the Trail Blazers to the Bucks, ending long saga

Lillard appears to be on his way to Milwaukee as part of a three-team deal with the Suns.

Guardians manager Terry Francona has ridden a scooter to and from Progressive Field for the past several seasons.

Terry Francona’s beloved scooter stolen for the second time

Francona said the two-wheeled vehicle was taken about 10 days ago. It was stolen in January but recovered by police.

Baseball notebook

Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred hopes there will be a vote Nov. 14-16 on the A's proposed move to Las Vegas.

Rob Manfred hopes MLB owners will vote in November on A’s proposed move to Las Vegas

Las Vegas would become the fourth home for a franchise that started in Philadelphia from 1901-54, moved to Kansas City for 13 seasons, and arrived in Oakland for 1968.

LATEST HEADLINES

Six reasons to be optimistic about the Patriots’ chances against the Cowboys

EMass girls’ volleyball: On the rise, Andover surges to No. 5 in Globe Top 20

Former Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield and his wife are both battling cancer

Maine Celtics name Blaine Mueller as next head coach

EMass girls’ volleyball: Delivering thunderous hits in 5-set win, Attleboro’s Julia Leonardo headlines Players of the Week

HS GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL: PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Attleboro -08/29/2023 The Attleboro girls’ volleyball team is a program on the rise. They practice in their gym under their coach Mary Katherine Runey. Julia Leonardo takes a breather. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff (sports)

EMass girls’ volleyball: Delivering thunderous hits in 5-set win, Attleboro’s Julia Leonardo headlines Players of the Week

The junior mashed 29 kills and registered 22 digs to help the fourth-ranked Bombardiers outlast No. 11 Bishop Feehan.

Maine Celtics name Blaine Mueller as next head coach

The Boston Celtics’ G League affiliate has hired the former Bucks assistant as their ninth head coach, the team announced Thursday.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL | WEEK 4

Winchester senior Kieran Corr, the nation's top kicking prospect, booted a 65-yarder at the National Invitational Scholarship camp in Tennessee this past summer.

Kieran Corr, the No. 1 kicker in the nation, gives Winchester’s impressive special teams a leg up on opponents

Corr is the first Under Armour All-American selected from the Middlesex League. The Red & Black (3-0) will honor his achievement prior to Friday’s league game against Belmont.

HS FOOTBALL | WEEK 4

First-year head coach Justin Flores and Everett High host unbeaten BC High in a key nonleague matchup Friday night.

10 high school football games to watch and Nate Weitzer’s picks for Week 4

BC High-Everett, Andover-Methuen, Abington-Norwell, and Dennis-Yarmouth vs. Barnstable headline the slate as conference play kicks in gear for most.

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' SOCCER NOTEBOOK

Notre Dame Academy senior striker Sydney Comeau (center, No. 18) manuevers the ball past a gauntlet of Malden Catholic defenders on Wednesday. She scored a pair of goals in NDA's 9-0 rout.

At Notre Dame Academy (Hingham), Sydney Comeau embraces her role as team’s primary scoring threat

The senior forward from Pembroke has led the No 8 Cougars (6-2-1) in scoring the past two seasons with 71 goals and 15 assists entering 2023.

HS GIRLS' SOCCER | PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Returning Globe All-Scholastic Sophia Foley (15) powered Hanover to three wins with nine goals last week.

EMass girls’ soccer: With a 9-goal week, and three Hanover wins, Sophia Foley headlines Players of the Week

The senior forward scored twice in Patriot League wins over Silver Lake and Pembroke, then rifled in five more in a 6-1 victory over North Quincy.

HS GIRLS' SOCCER | TOP 20

Mackenzie Feeney (21) and her Bishop Feehan teammates own a 39-1 scoring differential this season.

EMass girls’ soccer: Unbeaten, and with a draw, Bishop Feehan stays atop the Globe’s Top 20

The Shamrocks have outscored foes, 39-1, the lone goal a 1-1 deadlock against No. 8 Notre Dame (Hingham).

Rory McIlroy has two wins this year and has finished in the top 10 at 12 of his past 14 tournaments.

Rory McIlroy has come a long way since he once called the Ryder Cup an exhibition

McIlroy is the heart of a European team that tries to protect its home turf at Marco Simone.

Braves 6, Cubs 5 (10 innings)

The Braves’ Ronald Acuña Jr. becomes first player with 40 home runs and 70 stolen bases

He scored the winning run in the 10th inning as baseball’s most thrilling player made his MVP statement.

Orioles 5, Nationals 1

The Orioles (99-59) extended their winning streak to four and reached their highest victory total since going 100-62 in 1980.

Orioles close in on AL East title

Baltimore will try for its first AL East crown since 2014 on Thursday night when the Red Sox arrive for a four-game series at Camden Yards.

College football

Mel Tucker was 20-14 in three-plus seasons as Michigan State's football coach. He led the school to 11 wins in 2021.

Michigan State fires football coach Mel Tucker for bringing ridicule to the school and breaching his contract

Tucker failed to present adequate reasons why he should not be fired for cause after having what he described as consensual phone sex with an activist and rape survivor, the university said.

Sunday notebooks

In wide-ranging Q&A, Justin Turner reflects on his career, his charitable work, and his first year in Boston
At 38, he has had one of the best seasons of his career and set an example for teammates with his community service work.

It’s already time for some teams to plan for the playoffs (or the NFL Draft)
Since 1990, 63.1 percent of the teams that went undefeated in the first two weeks made the playoffs, including 21 Super Bowl winners.

Celtics hit camp as No. 2 team in these NBA rankings
As defending champions, the Nuggets deserve to top the list until someone else proves otherwise.

General manager Tom Fitzgerald, a Billerica native, has put the Devils back on the right course
No team is ever a finished product, but a little more than three years after taking over full time, Fitzgerald says he has the team he wants.

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Augusta National

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway

From the Brickyard to the Snake Pit

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Lambeau Field

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In case you missed it

At UMass, a scholarship pledge doesn’t pan out and an athlete feels betrayed

The experience of field hockey player Emma Peck serves as a red-flag reminder that a coach’s verbal offer is not ironclad.

Coming out of Natick High School, Emma Peck believed she would play four years of field hockey at UMass Amherst, relying heavily on an athletic scholarship to pay her way. It didn't work out that way.

Her father is the only coach she’s ever had. Now, she’s playing on the LPGA Tour — and winning.

Megan Khang's self-taught father is just as good a coach for her as any big name out there — maybe even better.

Megan Khang (left) has taken her golf talents to the LPGA Tour, and her self-taught father Lee has been her coach throughout her rise.

Zdeno Chara retires

Zdeno Chara.

24 seasons of defensive dominance

Zdeno Chara — Big Z, and he was belovedly known in his time with the Bruins — is hanging up his skates. Let's take a look at the stats that made the difference.

Baseball Hall of Fame 2022

David Ortiz hit 558 regular-season and postseason home runs.

David Ortiz's long drives to Cooperstown

David Ortiz is in the Hall of Fame. Explore all 558 home runs that helped get him there.

BEST OF GLOBE SPORTS

Massachusetts' Lynn Jennings is one of the greatest American distance runners in history. In 2017, she moved to action after learning another athlete's story of abuse, she began working to hold her former coach, John Babington, responsible for sexually molesting her and others during his career coaching women at Harvard, Wellesley, and in the Olympics.

A reckoning, decades in the making: Famed Olympic runner Lynn Jennings chases down the renowned coach who abused her as a teen

Members of the 2001 Patriots team that won the franchise’s first title.

Darkness on the edge of the Patriots dynasty

Katey Stone is seen behind the bench in January at Harvard's home arena, the Bright-Landry Center. A review following a tirade during a practice triggered a backlash that continues to reverberate among former players who say Stone has emotionally damaged them.

‘A culture of complete fear’: Harvard women’s hockey coach Katey Stone under fire for alleged abusive behavior

The iconic Red Sox pitcher's heart stopped during a game with the Savannah Bananas in August. By September, he was back on a baseball diamond in New Hampshire. “I always thought I’d die on the field," he said, "but not in the [expletive] bullpen."

Bill Lee collapsed on the baseball diamond. It didn’t slow him down.

Joe Mazzulla was hired by the Celtics as an assistant to Brad Stevens in 2019, and was retained on Ime Udoka's staff. When Udoka was suspended for a year, Mazzulla took over the title of interim coach.

Why did the Celtics choose Joe Mazzulla to lead them out of crisis? It starts with his journey.

Jim Montgomery was named coach of the Bruins in July.

The loudest kid at his Montreal hockey camp. A man who put his life back together. Meet Jim Montgomery, who is ready to lead the Bruins.

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red sox & MLB news

Tim Wakefield played 17 seasons for the Red Sox and recorded 186 wins for them.

Former Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield and his wife are both battling cancer

A five-foot long emotional support alligator — yes, an alligator — was denied entry to a Phillies game

Game 159: Red Sox at Orioles lineups and notes

The Braves’ Ronald Acuña Jr. becomes first player with 40 home runs and 70 stolen bases

Patriots & NFL news

Quarterback Josh Dobbs (left) and the Cardinals took advantage of Dallas's run defense.

Six reasons to be optimistic about the Patriots’ chances against the Cowboys

Through three games, which Patriots are trending up and which are trending down?

Cowboys’ Micah Parsons draws high praise — but just shy of Lawrence Taylor territory

Is he dirty? Mac Jones has lost the benefit of the doubt with fellow NFL players.

celtics & NBA news

Maine Celtics name Blaine Mueller as next head coach

Six things to watch as the Celtics get set to open training camp

With Damian Lillard traded to the Bucks, the Celtics’ road to a championship got a bit tougher

Damian Lillard reportedly is being traded from the Trail Blazers to the Bucks, ending long saga

bruins & nhl news

Jim Montgomery cited the support of his mother, Dorothy, while accepting the Jack Adams Award in June. He will be taking a leave of absence from the team until Sunday after her death. BRUCE BENNETT/GETTY IMAGES

Dorothy Montgomery, mother of Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery, dies

Two veterans in Bruins camp mentor young players even as they compete with them for jobs

From Louisiana to Ohio to Providence, Mason Lohrei makes his NHL debut in Buffalo

Three things to watch for during the Bruins’ preseason game against the Sabres

college sports news

BC's Jalen Cheek couldn't keep Louisville's Ahmari Huggins-Bruce out of the end zone — one of eight touchdowns the Cardinals scored against the Eagles last week.

Boston College football is in bounce-back mode after a thrashing at Louisville

Michigan State fires football coach Mel Tucker for bringing ridicule to the school and breaching his contract

Deion Sanders’s Colorado team falls out of AP Top 25 poll after being routed at Oregon

Ohio State plunges past Notre Dame, and Buckeyes coach Ryan Day lets Lou Holtz hear about it

soccer news

Liverpool is in second place in the Premier League standings.

After a lengthy search, Fenway Sports Group adds Dynasty Equity as investor in Liverpool FC

USWNT sends captain Megan Rapinoe off toward retirement in winning style

Carles Gil, Revolution battle back for point in Chicago, clinch playoff berth

Interim coach Clint Peay insists that Revolution will remain an attacking team