Buchholz, Red Sox Look To Beat Rays Without Ellsbury
The result on the scoreboard was exactly what the struggling Boston Red Sox needed to see as they opened the 101st season at Fenway Park.
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The result on the scoreboard was exactly what the struggling Boston Red Sox needed to see as they opened the 101st season at Fenway Park.
The Red Sox returned home with a bang on a near-perfect day, the Celtics displayed a resilient effort north of the border and the Bruins avoided a big-time scare in their pursuit of another Stanley Cup.
Josh Beckett bounced back and the Red Sox beat the Rays on at Fenway, but the team got one big downer from their Home Opener.
Offense was the overriding theme at practice Friday, a day after the Bruins outlasted the Washington Capitals, 1-0, in Game 1 of their first round, Eastern Conference series.
Jacoby Ellsbury had to leave the Red Sox home opener on Friday after injuring his shoulder in the bottom of the fourth inning.
DeMar DeRozan scored 13 of his 22 points in the third quarter and made four pivotal free throws down the stretch as the short-handed Toronto Raptors held off the Boston Celtics 84-79 Friday night.
Tony Massarotti kicked off the Baseball Reporters discussing opening day at Fenway Park, the Sox 12-2 win over the Rays, and crowd reaction.
Today on the Final Word with Marc Bertrand: Last nights Bruins game got Mazz fired up, which got Felger to mess up a player's name. Beckett loves driving to Fenway on Opening Day.
Josh Beckett allowed one run over eight innings, leading the Red Sox to a 12-2 win over the Rays.
After Tim Wakefield and Jason Varitek announced their retirements during spring training, it was only fitting to have the two throw out the first pitch for the Red Sox' 2012 Home Opener.
If his wrist injury wasn't enough to rehab from, Red Sox outfielder Carl Crawford was recently diagnosed with a minor strain in his left elbow.
The short-handed Toronto Raptors had their point guard bloodied and their interior defense soundly beaten their last time out. One can only imagine a motivated Rajon Rondo's eagerness, then, as he leads the resurgent Boston Celtics into Air Canada Centre for Friday night's game.
Bruins center David Krejci is confident he'll play Saturday against the Capitals after being struck by a pane of glass that dislodged from the partitions during the team's Game 1 celebration.
The Boston Red Sox have their home opener Friday against the Tampa Bay Rays, and CBSBostonsports.com brings you all the updates from America's favorite ballpark!
The New England Patriots offensive line will have the steady Dan Koppen returning in 2012, according to reports.
