TARA SULLIVAN
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The belligerent Bruins winger needs to ignite his scoring touch, not his baser instincts.
Bruins may look to David Backes for more net-front presence
Bruce Cassidy wouldn’t commit to the lineup change but has to find ways to disrupt Columbus goalie Sergei Bobrovsky.
Kentucky Derby favorite Omaha Beach is scratched
The colt has been taken out of Saturday’s race because of a breathing problem.
RED SOX 7, ATHLETICS 3
Red Sox finish off three-game sweep of Athletics
Red Sox hitters stayed hot and the bullpen was effective in the win at Fenway Park. The team finished its homestand at 5-4 and embarks on an eight-game road trip with momentum.
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GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL
Brown hopes other children will learn they can overcome negativity and shoot for their dreams.
RED SOX NOTEBOOK
Dustin Pedroia to begin rehab assignment Thursday with Double A Portland
Pedroia has been on the injured list since April 19 (retroactive to April 18) with left knee irritation.
BRUINS NOTEBOOK
Brad Marchand’s good-boy streak may be over for Bruins
The forward punched Columbus defenseman Scott Harrington in the back of the head during a stoppage late in Boston’s Game 3 loss.
BLUE JACKETS 2, BRUINS 1
The Bruins have run into a red-hot goalie, but think they’ll solve him soon
“He’s definitely going to crack at some point,” Brandon Carlo said of Sergei Bobrovsky, who helped the Blue Jackets take a 2-1 series lead.
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ALEX SPEIER | ON BASEBALL
The 30-year-old rookie is 4-0 with a 1.65 ERA.
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT I ON HOCKEY
Blue Jackets look like the best team in the Stanley Cup playoffs
This isn’t a previously sad-sack bunch of expansioneers.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Who really thought the Celtics were going to have it easy?
A sweep of the 60-win Bucks did not seem out of the realm of possibility. And then reality happened.
BRUINS NOTEBOOK
Bruins have been running into obstacles on offense
Against a tough Columbus defense, the idea was to stick to basics and perhaps shoot more.
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ADAM HIMMELSBACH
Gorman shares a few stories for the first time: a Naval tragedy that still haunts him, the time he nearly fought Tommy Heinsohn, and an important beer-league softball game.
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They attended the 2019 Team IMPACT Gala, a nonprofit founded by Dan Kraft, the son of the Patriots owner.
Sports Log
Cleveland’s Corey Kluber breaks right forearm
Indians’ ace struck on the arm by comebacker to the mound during fifth inning of Wednesday night’s 4-2 loss in Miami.
NHL playoffs
Teuvo Teravainen scored twice as Carolina forged a 3-0 series lead.
NBA Playoffs
Portland’s C.J. McCollum scored a game-high 20 points in 97-90 victory to tie Western Conference semifinal series at one game apiece.
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FRANK DELL’APA | SOCCER NOTES
Ineffective defense, sluggish offense, questionable coaching decisions . . . they’re all factors.
Gary Washburn | On basketball
Miserable night by Celtics gives Bucks the momentum back
Kyrie Irving played his worst game with the Celtics and worst statistical playoff game of his career.
TARA SULLIVAN
Where have the Bruins we saw all season gone?
The Bruins would be wise to figure it out by Thursday night and Game 4.
RED SOX 5, ATHLETICS 1
Here’s what led to Rick Porcello’s most dominant outing of the season
Some extra work and an adjustment to his pitch mix helped the righthander continue to bounce back from a slow start.
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BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL
The regular season is only four months away — what could possibly change in that time?
High school track and field
The agreement averted the awkward prospect of the groups staging dueling outdoor championships this season.
Fenway Park reportedly will begin hosting a bowl game in 2020
The game will pit teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference and American Conference against each other.
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The veteran center remembers what it was like when he joined the defending Super Bowl champions in 2015.
ESPN The Magazine to end print operation in September
The network indicated that it will still produce the type of projects that ran in the magazine, but for a digital audience.
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BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL
He has four weeks in May and June to get introduced to new target N’Keal Harry, and he should do it.
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The 36-year-old first baseman is 4 of 39 with 17 strikeouts and one extra-base hit and one RBI.
After an embarrassing loss in Game 1, the Bucks said they weren’t prepared for Boston’s defensive onslaught and admitted they lacked passion.
The replica Civil War artillery in Nationwide Arena seldom fails to jolt unsuspecting opponents.
Last year’s 10th overall pick was expendable after Arizona used the No. 1 overall pick to draft Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray.
The three-time defending champion Raiders poised for more success in 2019.
Hall has traded running for weightlifting, is training his wife for Boston, and can envision a sub-two-hour marathon.
Despite the Minutemen’s loss in the Frozen Four championship game, “a culture that everybody’s bought into” has paved the way for excellence.
Scott Fauble and Jared Ward both broke 2:10, giving them a nice head start toward the Olympics.
Andrew Benintendi, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Mookie Betts are still carving their place in Sox history.
Jim Rice, Fred Lynn and Dwight Evans agree that each star trio have one thing in common: chemistry.
The Patriots tight end didn’t even play a decade, but on and off the field, his was a career like almost no other.
The Patriots prevailed in a defensive battle, scoring 10 points in the fourth quarter to grab their sixth Lombardi Trophy.
We do this so well, and do it so often, it’s almost as if we invented the concept.
LA also took out a full page ad in the Globe to offer congratulations to the Sox.
Sullivan is a columnist who joined the Globe in December of 2017.
Shaughnessy is a columnist who has been writing for the Globe since 1981.
Gasper began as a full-time columnist in 2012, and is host of the Globe’s Season Ticket podcast. He previously covered the Patriots beat for the Globe.
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