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Major League Baseball bumbles long on path to strike

Major League Baseball has exposed itself. Again. How else do you explain the lack of movement in the big-money free-agent market this offseason? Look at the list of remaining free agents. This is a rock-solid lineup: Marwin Gonzalez 2B; Manny Machado SS; Mike Moustakas 3B; Adam Jones ...

Red Sox need not fret over replacing Kimbrel

At least no one is pointing to Craig Kimbrel’s lingering availability and crying “Collusion!” Bryce Harper’s conspicuous presence on the list of unsigned free agents could inspire a reasonable argument that 30 big-league owners put their heads together and from that rock pile came an ...

The AAF buzz just proves that football is forever

Football is forever. At least it seems that way, doesn't it? The last piece of confetti at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta is probably still floating around the facility somewhere, but that doesn't mean the end of football for the year. Nope, it's just beginning. It's everywhere, and will ...

Time for Celtics’ brass to feel some heat

Are Danny Ainge and Brad Stevens in trouble? The Boston Celtics general manager and coach share the bullseye this morning. Their team, chock full of giant contracts and even more grandiose egos, has not budged from the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference with a pedestrian 35-21 mark heading ...

Cards will have tourney success, but who will join them?

It was quite an opportunity on Sunday at the Colligadome to see two defending Division I state championship girls basketball teams, Braintree (Mass.) and Bishop Guertin collide. Doesn't happen often. Guertin more than survived the collision to the tune of an incredibly impressive 68-43 win, ...

Some final Super thoughts on a memorable week that was

Here's a few New England Patriots/Super Bowl tids and bits as reflect on the couple of weeks that were as we hit the first non-NFL weekend since late July: ---The result of the game dictates all. A year ago, after the stunning loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, the Patriots and their fans were ...