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Jaylen Brown shook off one of his worst games of the season, redeeming himself in a huge way on a big stage and in a manner the Celtics sorely needed....

The Chicago Bulls had the win in the bag. With three minutes left in the third quarter of Saturday' s road game against the Orlando Magic, they held a 89-64 lead and every ounce of momentum. The highs The momentum of the game seemed poised to swing in...

For most of Saturday, the Orlando Magic' s 128-109 home loss to the Chicago Bulls looked like it was going to go how most of their games on the second night of a back-to-back have gone. "Us trying to go shot for shot, that' s what started the ...

SATURDAY'S SCORES BOYS BASKETBALL Brooks 66, BB&N 43 Charlestown 90, Brighton 33 Durfee 79, Snowden 60 Martha's Vineyard 47, Nantucket 45 Rivers 58, Beaver Country Day 19 St. Paul's 101, Vermont Academy 96 (ot) GIRLS BASKETBALL Cohasset 42, Bi...

For most of Saturday, the Orlando Magic' s 128-109 home loss to the Chicago Bulls looked like it was going to go how most of their games on the second night of a back-to-back have gone. The bench unit of Cole Anthony, Jalen Suggs, Admiral Schofield, B...

The Chicago Bulls are creeping closer to shutting down point guard Lonzo Ball for a second straight season. If Ball can' t make a drastic improvement in the next three weeks ahead of the All-Star break, coach Billy Donovan said the Bulls likely will s...

The Bruins are officially in a slump at least according to 2022-23 Bruins' standards....

Ben Simmons also missed Sunday' s game with soreness in his left knee. The Nets played the Philadelphia 76 ers in a game with playoff implications given the proximity of the Nets and Sixers in the Eastern Conference standings. The breadcrumbs, of cour...

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has concluded that a body found Thursday in Marblehead is Michael Gray, 31, whose family reported him missing on Dec. 11....

Around 150 people showed up outside the State House Saturday to protest police brutality against Black men in the wake of the Memphis police beating and death of Tyre Nichols....

For this game— and most games against the Nets— the Knicks should be happy that James Dolan refuses to enter Barclays Center. On Saturday, the Nets, playing without the injured Kevin Durant, led throughout and got dagger 3- pointers from Kyrie...

Candace Parker chose to leave the Chicago Sky for the same reason she joined the team in 2021— to go home. The Naperville native and two-time WNBA champion on Saturday announced her decision to sign with the Las Vegas Aces as a free agent. When Park...

Ukraine and its Western allies are engaged in "fast-track" talks on the possibility of equipping the invaded country with long-range missiles and military aircraft, a top Ukrainian presidential aide said Saturday....

"We live in a broken world."...

A legislative package filed last week introduces a clearer framework for municipal rent control than other local option bills filed in recent years, with stronger tenant protections and stronger limits on rent increases, housing justice advocates say....

"I want to ask all of you that you find it deep within yourselves to forgive Lindsay, as I have," Patrick Clancy wrote in Saturday statement shared to a GoFundMe page....

The Celtics will be short-handed against LeBron and the Lakers....

"Next year, ASFL Soccer will look a little different than this. We're going to talk to our players, they're going to give their input on how to make this better, and it's going to grow from here." 'A Shot for Life' founder Mike...

Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn used a baseball reference to describe the direction he wants embattled forward Ben Simmons to trend toward this season. Simmons, who left Thursday' s loss to the Detroit Pistons after getting hit in the face and did not r...

On the heels of James Dolan publicly declaring his playoff expectations for this season, Knicks' coach Tom Thibodeau said he doesn' t feel pressure to reach the owner' s goal. "I never feel pressure because I know what I put into each day,...

Donald Trump kicked off his White House bid in New Hampshire, where he maintained that he won the 2020 election, and framed Joe Biden's bid to move the first presidential primary out of the state as the president taking "revenge" for losing &#...

"Honestly, I don't think I'd be where I am if she wasn't on the team." Jillian Strynar on Norton High teammate Ali Murphy...

Matt Groh spoke with reporters following Saturday's Shrine Bowl practice with the West team....

CBPOne, a new mobile app for migrants to seek asylum in the United States, has been overwhelmed since it was introduced this month in one of several major changes to the government's response to unprecedented migration flows....

A 13-year-old Palestinian boy opened fire in east Jerusalem on Saturday, wounding two Israelis, officials said, a day after another attacker killed seven outside a synagogue in the deadliest attack in the city since 2008....

Championship Sunday ought to provide compelling football, with MVP favorite Patrick Mahomes going head-to-head against the Cincinnati Bengals' Joe Burrow in the AFC in Kansas City, Mo., and the Philadelphia Eagles playing host to the San Francisco 49 ...

A dispute in a New Hampshire bar led to a fatal shooting outside of the business and an arrest on a second-degree murder charge. And other New England crime news in brief....

A federal appeals court is considering whether a law school in Vermont modified a pair of large murals when it concealed them behind a wall of panels against the artist's wishes after they were considered by some in the school community to be racially...

Some fed-up consumers are posting rants on social media complaining about tip requests at drive-thrus, while others say they're tired of being asked to leave a gratuity for a muffin or a simple cup of coffee at their neighborhood bakery. What's ne...

A Japanese whaling operator, after struggling for years to promote its products amid protests from conservationists, has found a new way to cultivate clientele: whale meat vending machines. And other business news in brief....

Federal prosecutors are trying to prohibit FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, accused of bilking investors and customers, from privately contacting current and former employees of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange to prevent potential witness tampering....

What the Miami Heat have accomplished in the fourth quarter of their past two games has been particularly notable, with a season-high 37 fourth-quarter points in Friday night' s victory over the Orlando Magic and three nights earlier outscoring the Bo...

State workers aren't the only ones loving all the overtime up for grabs. Those at the municipal level are raking in thousands in extra dollars by working outside regular hours, too. Case in point: the Everett Police Department....

Former President Donald Trump has kicked off his 2024 White House bid with a stop in New Hampshire. And later Saturday, he plans to be in South Carolina. The appearances in the early-voting states mark the first campaign events since Trump announced his l...

A 29-year-old woman used false documents to enroll as a New Jersey high school student and attended some classes over a four-day period before her scheme was discovered last week, authorities said....

A 13-year-old girl, in a stolen SUV, led state troopers on a chase at speeds exceeding 100 mph until the cops deployed stop sticks and ended her little escapade. Officers searched the vehicle and found a firearm, marijuana, drug paraphernalia and an 11-ye...

Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells wrote the Miami Dolphins are at risk relying on him. It' s only the second week of the Dolphins offseason and if it seems conversation already is funneling to one player that' s because it is. This was the gamble g...

Dementia Joe Biden can never get a name or a title right. Just ask "President Harris." Or Nancy Pelosi's husband "Bobby." Or his cabinet secretaries like "Marcia Fudd" and "Walshmarty,"; and Lloyd Austin, "the secret...

So it' s conceivable the Giants could head off Martindale' s second scheduled head coaching interview with the Indianapolis Colts this weekend and retain him with a raise— and maybe an" assistant head coach" title— that creates...

What the Miami Heat have accomplished in the fourth quarter of their past two games has been particularly notable, with a season-high 37 fourth-quarter points in Friday night' s victory over the Orlando Magic and three nights earlier outscoring the Bo...

We' re almost four years removed from the Philadelphia 76 ers trading Markelle Fultz to the Orlando Magic following a disappointing start to his career. The former No. 1 pick was considered a bust and blamed for ruining The Process in Philadelphia. No...

Well, of course they should, because Rodgers, even at 39, would be the best they' ve ever had, and that includes Joe Namath, their No. 12, the iconic Hall of Fame quarterback who won them their one and only Super Bowl, but who also threw more career i...

But this is not about Jae Crowder, D' Angelo Russell, Bojan Bojdanovic, Jarred Vanderbilt, O.G. Anunoby, P.J. Washington, Norman Powell, Dorian Finney Smith, Malik Beasley, Kelly Olynyk or some other unknown target. All while accepting the reality tha...

A protest against the Memphis police beating and death of Tyre Nichols weaved its way through the streets of downtown Boston last night after a somber vigil at "The Embrace" statue on the Common....

Former President Donald Trump is set to kick off his 2024 White House bid with visits to a pair of early voting states. The appearances Saturday will mark Trump's first campaign events since announcing his latest run more than two months ago. Trump wi...

Something needs to change for the Chicago Bulls. It' s clear wherever you look: their 22-26 record, their haphazard second-half implosions, their 11th spot in the Eastern Conference standings. After the Bulls' 111-96 road loss to the Charlotte Hor...

Championship Sunday ought to provide compelling football, with MVP favorite Patrick Mahomes going head-to-head against the Cincinnati Bengals' Joe Burrow in the AFC in Kansas City, Mo., and the Philadelphia Eagles playing host to the San Francisco 49 ...

I' m not saying Terrence Ross would be the be all, end all of the Heat' s 3- point issues. So Duncan Robinson for Ross? Such a move also could provide luxury-tax relief, allow the Heat to fill their vacant 15th roster spot, and even convert the tw...

A Herald reporter waThe state has reversed course on a plan to share potentially identifying information contained in decades of gun transactions it had recently posted online following complaints by gun rights groups and inquiries by the Herald.s able to...

FRIDAY'S SCORES BOYS BASKETBALL Apponequet 71, Fairhaven 66 Abp. Williams 80, Cardinal Spellman 62 Arlington 56, Woburn 49 Arlington Catholic 69, Bishop Fenwick 55 Attleboro 63, North Attleboro 51 Bedford 50, Waltham 46 Belmont 70, Lexington 65 Beverl...