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Red Sox sign Japanese batting champ Masataka Yoshida

By Jimmy Golen Dec. 15, 2022 05:35 PM EST
BOSTON (AP) — Former Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka passed along some advice to Masataka Yoshida, another Japanese star who made the trip to Fenway Park. ...

Boston set to host 2025 figure skating world championships

By Dave Skretta Oct. 12, 2022 02:46 PM EDT
The International Skating Union awarded the 2025 world figure skating championships to Boston on Wednesday, giving the U.S. the opportunity to host the last worlds...

Army-Navy game heading to New England for 1st time

Jun. 15, 2022 04:43 PM EDT
The Army-Navy game will be played in New England for the first time, the service academies announced Wednesday as they revealed the five cities that will host the...

The 23 venues bidding to host World Cup matches in 2026

Jun. 15, 2022 02:07 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A look at the 23 venues bidding to host soccer matches at the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada: ___ ...

Boston Marathon women's division winner Peres Jepchirchir, of Kenya, left, and men's winner Evans Chebet, of Kenya, pose at the finish line Monday, April 18, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Olympic champ Jepchirchir wins 50th women's Boston Marathon

By Jimmy Golen Apr. 18, 2022 12:16 PM EDT

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert dunks during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics, Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Utah Jazz at Boston Celtics 3/23/2022

Mar. 24, 2022 12:18 PM EDT

Boston Bruins' Brad Marchand (63) checks Vancouver Canucks' Oliver Ekman-Larsson (23) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Vancouver Canucks at Boston Bruins 11/28/2021

Dec. 29, 2021 05:56 AM EST

FILE - New York Rangers coach David Quinn gestures from the bench during the third period of the team's NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins in Boston on Jan. 19, 2019. On Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, Quinn was named the U.S. men's hockey coach and John Vanbiesbrouck general manager for the upcoming Winter Olympics after the NHL decided not to send players to Beijing. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)
New York Rangers at Boston Bruins 1/19/2019

Dec. 27, 2021 04:02 PM EST

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr claps for this team during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
Golden State Warriors at Boston Celtics 12/17/2021

Dec. 20, 2021 12:20 PM EST

Team Europe's Andrey Rublev, left, and Alexander Zverev hold the Laver Cup aloft after they defeated Team World for tennis' Laver Cup, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in Boston. Looking on, at right, is tennis great Rod Laver, and at far right, Team World captain John McEnroe. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Exhibition Laver Cup Men Singles

Sep. 26, 2021 05:29 PM EDT

Team Europe's Daniil Medvedev, middle, of Russia, is surrounded by his teammates after he defeated Team World's Denis Shapovalov, of Canada, during Laver Cup tennis, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Exhibition Laver Cup Men Singles

Sep. 26, 2021 02:57 PM EDT

In this photo provided by RR Auction of Boston, an Olympic torch from the Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics is shown. Olympic medals dating to 1896, relay torches from several eras, and other Olympic memorabilia are among the items being auctioned by RR Auction, just 10 days before the start of the Tokyo games. (Nikki Brickett/RR Auction via AP)
Just in time for Tokyo games, Olympic items up for auction

By Mark Pratt Jul. 14, 2021 11:11 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 24, 2018 file photo, Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman listens to testimony during a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing in Washington. Raisman is looking for her beloved dog, who ran away scared during a weekend fireworks show in Boston. "My dog Mylo was terrified of fireworks and ran off," she tweeted Saturday, July 3, 2021, "He has a tag on and a leash. Please let me know if you see him." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Gymnast Aly Raisman reunites with dog who went missing

Jul. 10, 2021 03:34 PM EDT

Patriots ferry face masks...British footballers ask to sacrifice...Titans Henry takes tag tender

Apr. 02, 2020 05:24 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — The New England Patriots' private team plane is returning to Boston from China carrying more than one million masks critical to health care...

Palettes of N95 respirator masks are off-loaded from the New England Patriots football team's customized Boeing 767 jet on the tarmac, Thursday, April 2, 2020, at Logan Airport in Boston, after returning from China. The Kraft family deployed the Patriots team plane to China to fetch more than one million masks for use by front-line health care workers to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Patriots use team plane to help Mass., fly N95 in from China

By Kyle Hightower Apr. 02, 2020 03:44 PM EDT

A passer-by walks past a closed social club, left, in Somerville, Mass., Thursday, April 2, 2020. Many people are working from home and many business have indefinitely closed out of concern about the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Patriots plane ferries critical masks from China to US

By Mark Pratt And Steve Leblanc Apr. 02, 2020 02:56 PM EDT

In this Wednesday, April 1, 2020 photo, Ryan Eble, left, and his father, Chris, talk in their milk house while fresh milk gushes down a drain at the Eble family's Golden E Dairy near West Bend, Wis. Many dairy processing plants across Wisconsin have more product than they can handle and that's forced farmers to begin dumping their milk down the drain. The Eble's are forced to dump 25,000 gallons of milk a day from their 2400 milling cows. The coronavirus has dried up the marketplace for dairy products as restaurants, schools and business in food service have been closed. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)
The Latest: India's PM looks to boost country's morale

By The Associated Press Apr. 02, 2020 02:18 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2017, file photo, the New England Patriots customized Boeing 767 jet rests on the tarmac at T.F. Green Airport, in Warwick, R.I. The Patriots private team plane is expected to land in Boston on Thursday, April 2, 2020, returning from China with more than one million masks to help control the spread of the coronavirus. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
The Latest: MLS extends training moratorium through April 24

By The Associated Press Apr. 02, 2020 06:44 AM EDT