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What do Red Sox announcers Joe Castiglione and Dave O’Brien think of baseball’s rule changes?

In recent years, they saw baseball become a slog, with games routinely lasting up to four hours.

Chris Curtis received a one-week suspension from WEEI for his use of a slur.

Latest offensive remark, followed by dubious apology, does not speak well about the state of Boston sports radio

The errors keep coming, and they invariably bring with them a hard-to-believe declaration of "this is not who we are."

WEEI host Chris Curtis suspended for on-air comment involving ethnic slur, ESPN analyst Mina Kimes

Curtis was on Thursday’s show at the start of its opening 6 a.m. hour and offered an apology before leaving to begin his suspension.

Chris Curtis has been at WEEI since 2013.

WEEI’s Chris Curtis makes an ethnic slur during show

Curtis, an executive producer and on-air personality on WEEI’s “Greg Hill Show," made the remark in a reference to ESPN's Mina Kimes.

An ad for a sports betting app featuring Bruins great Zdeno Chara is on display near Fenway Park.

We really could use a break from these endless sports betting commercials

Nobody ever loses in these ads. Everybody’s happy, surrounded by young, attractive friends, making cash without actually working.

Jim Nantz will soon call his last Final Four for CBS.

CBS’s Jim Nantz has seen it all. So, if he had to choose his one shining moment, what would it be?

Nantz has called 37 Final Fours (this will be his 31st as CBS’s lead announcer), eight Super Bowls, and — hello, friends — the Masters in April will be 38th.

Radio host Pete Sheppard, formerly of WEEI in Boston, has been working in Florida for nearly six years.

Pete Sheppard, once a staple on WEEI, is still talking sports on Florida radio

It was stunning to hear Pete Sheppard's bullhorn voice when you’re roughly 1,500 miles away and a decade past expecting to hear it.

Mike Gorman plans to retire after next season, his 42nd calling Celtics games on television.

How Celtics play-by-play voice Mike Gorman has adjusted to calling games since suffering a detached retina

Recovery of sight after surgery is gradual and can take 2-3 months. But there was Gorman two days later calling the Celtics-Knicks game at TD Garden.

Jaylen Brown (7) went shot-for-shot with All-Star Game MVP Jayson Tatum during a stretch in the second half last Sunday.

The NBA All-Star Game was difficult to watch, unless you’re a Celtics fan

The game broadcast tanked, averaging a 2.2 rating and 4.6 million viewers on TBS/TNT, the least-watched and lowest-rated NBA All-Star Game of all time.

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Red Sox

Banners were hung this week on Lansdowne Street in preparation for Opening Day Thursday.

Red Sox can’t afford a rough start to this season, and other thoughts

With the Celtics and Bruins drawing major attention as they chase championships, a poor start could relegate the Red Sox to irrelevance.

Yu Chang hasn’t played a game for the Red Sox this spring but is still likely to make the team

Chang was 7 of 16 with two homers and eight RBIs over four games for Taiwan in the World Baseball Classic and was named MVP of Pool A.

Yankees add Luis Severino to list of injured starting pitchers with low-grade lat strain

Severino off the mound along with Frankie Montas (shoulder) and Carlos Rodón (forearm). Jacob deGrom good to go for Rangers on Opening Day. Jeter Downs and Josh Taylor cut from camps.

Patriots

It will still be a while before Aaron Rodgers can officially lean on Jets coach Robert Saleh as his quarterback.

Why the Aaron Rodgers trade to the Jets may not happen for a while

The trade will happen eventually, but, right now, the Jets and Packers are engaged in a game of chicken that may not get resolved until training camp.

NFL will consider changes to punts and kickoffs for safety

The league looked at several ideas to change the punt play, which currently has the highest rate of injuries and penalties.

After two subpar seasons with Patriots, wide receiver Nelson Agholor hooks on with Ravens

The Ravens announced it had reached an agreement in principle with the 29-year-old receiver.

Bruins

The Bruins are in the midst of a historic season. Track all the records they’re set to break here.

The Bruins are cruising toward the league record for wins and points in a season, and Linus Ullmark might be putting up the best performance by a goaltender in league history.

Bruins pull within one victory of Big Bad record from 1970-71

The squad between their 1970s Cup winners finished with 57 regular-season victories and 121 points, marks easily within reach with 10 games left before the playoffs.

Sharks sign Harvard defenseman Henry Thrun to two-year contract

Thrun, a native of Southborough, had seven goals and 24 assists with a plus-20 rating in 33 games as a senior for the Crimson.

Celtics

Eric Montross held onto the ball while celebrating with Donald Williams after North Carolina beat Cincinnati to advance to the Final Four in 1993.

Former Celtic Eric Montross battling cancer

Montross, drafted No. 9 overall by the Celtics in 1994, played two seasons with Boston.

It’s become clear that as Marcus Smart goes, so go the Celtics

His play is a true barometer of this team’s success, and the Celtics are aware.

The impact legendary coach Pete Carril had on Craig Robinson at Princeton

Robinson said he eventually learned that the teamwork principles Carril instilled were just as impactful off the floor.

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