This may be the only baseball column in New England this week not devoted to what NBC Boston reporter John Tomase called “LIGHTS OUT FOR THE LASER SHOW.” Unless you’ve been asleep all week, or have been so turned off by the “Reigning World Champions” lackluster performance that you don’t pay attention to them, you […]

TORONTO  — Pascal Siakam scored a playoff career-high 32 points and the Toronto Raptors won the first NBA Finals game played outside the U.S., beating the Golden State Warriors 118-109 on Thursday night. The Raptors hardly looked like newcomers to the NBA’s biggest stage, controlling the action most of the way against a Golden State […]

ST. LOUIS — Blues forward Oskar Sundqvist has been suspended for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final for delivering an elbow to the head of Bruins defenseman Matt Grzelcyk. The NHL’s department of player safety announced the suspension Thursday after a hearing with Sundqvist, who was assessed only a two-minute minor penalty for boarding for the […]

KENNEBUNK — Everything was in place for a memorable Senior Night: Flowers for the families of the two players and one manager of the Kennebunk girls’ lacrosse team who are about to graduate. Decorative balloons. A hand-painted bedsheet expressing love for their contributions. Kennebunk’s juniors had one final surprise: An upset victory over the top-ranked […]

FALMOUTH — It was like the state final all over again when Falmouth met Massabesic in a regular-season girls’ lacrosse finale Thursday night. In a game of big plays and big-time intensity, the result was the same as last season’s championship game, with Falmouth doing enough to beat the Mustangs by three goals, this time […]

ST. LOUIS — Bruce Cassidy figures sometime before the puck drops for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, the Boston Bruins’ first line will get together. Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak will talk about what hasn’t gone right so far in the series against the St. Louis Blues and what they need […]