BALTIMORE — Chris Sale struck out 10 over six sharp innings, J.D. Martinez homered in a third straight game and the surging Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-2 on Saturday. Sale (3-7) gave up two runs, six hits and a walk. Both runs came in the sixth, after the left-hander extended his streak […]

SANFORD — North Adams starting pitcher Gordon Graceffo said the key to his strong start against the Mainers was setting up his breaking pitches by establishing his fastball inside on batters early in the count. The strategy appeared to work as Graceffo struck out eight over five plus innings and Sam Punzi hit a two-run […]

BALTIMORE — J.D. Martinez hit two of Boston’s season-high six home runs, and the Red Sox staged another impressive power display at the expense of the Baltimore Orioles’ beleaguered pitching staff in a 13-2 rout Friday night. One night after slamming five homers against Texas, Boston went one better against the dreadful Orioles, who yielded […]

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The crowd lining the ninth hole some 100 yards short of the seaside green at Pebble Beach couldn’t have been more pumped as Tiger Woods blasted out of a fairway bunker and his ball came to rest in the rough just in front of them. No matter that Woods would have […]

BOSTON — Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara said he broke his jaw in multiple places and played the last three games of the Stanley Cup Final with “two plates, some wires and screws” holding it together. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Chara commended the team doctors who put his face back together after he was […]

I don’t know why, but I’ve always been a sucker for a ‘feel good’ story. Maybe it’s partially because I spent 30 years of my life in law enforcement, 18 of those as chief of police, where all too often you are dealing with the other side of the coin. For whatever reason, I am […]

BOSTON — After trailing early by five runs, the Boston Red Sox slugged their way to a comeback victory. Xander Bogaerts hit a solo homer in the seventh inning, Boston’s fifth long ball of the game, and the Red Sox rallied to beat the Texas Rangers 7-6 on Thursday night. “We found a way to […]

OAKLAND, California — Kawhi Leonard raised his arms high in triumph and celebrated Canada’s first NBA championship. “We the North!” is now “We the Champs!” Leonard and the Toronto Raptors captured the country’s first major title in 26 years with their most remarkable road win yet in the franchise’s NBA Finals debut, outlasting the battered […]

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — One of the suspects being sought in the shooting of former Red Sox superstar David Ortiz is believed to be the same man who’s wanted by Pennsylvania authorities on a charge of attempted homicide. Luis Rivas-Clase, 31, is charged in an April 2018 shooting in Reading. The victim, who was […]