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MIAA BOYS' VOLLEYBALL
Needham, Westfield look to be strong contenders to repeat as Division 1 and 2 champions in the boys’ volleyball state tournament
Needham continues to be the class in Division 1 and has not lost since before the pandemic while Westfield hopes to maintain its own dynastic run of four Division 2 state titles in five seasons. 38 minutes ago
Baseball Notebook
Blue Jays’ Bass apologizes for sharing anti-LGBTQ social media post
Bass shared a post on his Instagram stories Monday urging others to boycott Target and Bud Light over support they showed for the LGBTQ+ community. 39 minutes ago
French Open
No. 2 seed Daniil Medvedev loses to qualifier ranked 172nd in first round of French Open
Thiago Seybolt Wild needed to win three matches in qualifying rounds last week just to make it into the men’s bracket. 1 hour ago
celtics-heat
Miami’s role players — particularly Caleb Martin — were difference-makers in this series
Martin shot 60.2 percent from the field and 48.9 percent from behind the arc — ridiculously impressive numbers. 1 hour ago
christopher l. gasper
Joe Mazzulla’s insistence on living and dying by the 3-pointer was not a championship formula for these Celtics
Their stubbornness in sticking with that strategy proved to be their undoing. They are not Golden State East. 1 hour ago
NHL
Stanley Cup Final, between Bruce Cassidy’s Golden Knights and a Panthers team that bounced the Bruins, set to open Saturday
The championship round lacks big market teams in a unusually warm-weather matchup. 2 hours ago
Reds at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)
Game 54: Reds at Red Sox lineups and notes
Brayan Bello will be on the mound when the Red Sox open a three-game series with Cincinnati at Fenway Park Tuesday night.
beat writer's notebook
A few final observations on Game 7, and some Celtics thoughts looking forward
Joe Mazzulla accomplished enough to deserve a shot to assemble his own coaching staff and spend an entire summer preparing for next season.