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Independence Day is a good day to drop some very important, super-serious sports takes. These aren't your standard "MJ-is-better-than-LeBron" types of takes, but rather they are ways we must improve sports.
Sale allowed three homers, five earned runs, nine hits, two walks and a hit-by-pitch while striking out just five Blue Jays over 5.2 innings en route to a 6-3 loss in Toronto on Wednesday night. Afterwards, Sale had no explanation, other than to say he is embarrassed.
The Red Sox led early but Toronto used three home runs to propel them to a 6-3 victory.
The Red Sox have another member on the American League all-star team.
The tale of Steve Pearce in 2018 was straight out of a storybook. The tale of Steve Pearce in 2019 is a bit less glorious.
Technically, Rafael Devers is not an All-Star. Technically, that's a preposterous statement.
The Red Sox will remember it as the weekend when their dreams of winning the AL East in 2019 were officially extinguished. Others may remember it for becoming an international embarrassment.
The Red Sox and Yankees concluded their brief trip to London on Sunday.
Before a sellout crowd of 59,659 at Olympic Stadium that included fans from Britain, Beantown and the Big Apple plus royalty, the Red Sox lost to the Yankees.
High cheese comes to the land of high tea on Saturday.
Jose Abreu took Matt Barnes deep for a two-run home run in the ninth, giving Chicago an 8-7 win over the Red Sox.
It's been a very strange first half of the season for the defending-champion Boston Red Sox. The ace of their staff represents arguably the strangest development.
The Red Sox will conclude a three-game set with the Chicago White Sox at Fenway Park on Wednesday afternoon. After that, they begin quite the road trip.
Former Red Sox manager John Farrell has a new career in Massachusetts, one that brings him far away from the baseball diamond. Farrell is once again a skipper, but a skipper of a different kind.
It has been an odd season for the Boston Red Sox, so it's only fitting that manager Alex Cora made a rather unusual pitching change in Monday night's comeback win over the White Sox.
It's happened multiple times this season, this phenomenon where we're all compelled to wonder aloud if the Red Sox are "back." It happened in early May. It happened again just last week. It should never happen again.
The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 6-1 Sunday.
Christian Vázquez hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning to cap Boston's comeback against the Blue Jays.
ESPN's Jeff Passan reported Thursday that, in an effort geared toward "saving baseball in the Tampa Bay area," the Rays are now ... exploring the idea of moving baseball out of the Tampa Bay area for most of the year.
Xander Bogaerts belongs on the American League All-Star team.
David Price was dealing in Minnesota on Tuesday night. He had held the powerful Twins offense to just four hits and a run after five innings. And then, suddenly, his night was done.
Authorities in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday announced the arrest of an 11th suspect in the attempted killing of former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz.
Red Sox icon David Ortiz's condition has been upgraded to "good," though he remains in intensive care at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Nathan Eovaldi is getting back to work.
The Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-6 Sunday to move a season-high five games over .500.
New Jersey beat Massachusetts in their first game of the Little League World Series 2-1 on a walk-off home run.
Over the last few months, police in Haverhill, Massachusetts, have seen a rise in incidents with e-bikes and e-scooters.
The Arizona Diamondbacks avoided a series sweep by beating the Boston Red Sox 7-6 on Wednesday.
A young Roxbury mom says her car was supposed to be in an auto repair shop; instead, it was out on the road and it came back with more issues.
The device was found in the shower area of a women's locker room at Mass General Brigham's off-campus research lab facility.
The defense is now expected to call one more witness Thursday before potentially resting its case.
A young Roxbury mom says her car was supposed to be in an auto repair shop; instead, it was out on the road and it came back with more issues.
The device was found in the shower area of a women's locker room at Mass General Brigham's off-campus research lab facility.
Video released Wednesday shows Karen Solomon, who is wanted for questioning in the death of her Worcester, Massachusetts, police officer husband.
New Jersey beat Massachusetts in their first game of the Little League World Series 2-1 on a walk-off home run.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
Sydney Towle, known for her social media content about living with a rare form of cancer called cholangiocarcinoma, died Wednesday in Bethesda, Maryland.
Massachusetts has seen more than 100 cyclospora cases this summer, with some linked to lettuce.
Several people in New Hampshire have cyclospora infections linked to Taylor Farms lettuce.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A young Roxbury mom says her car was supposed to be in an auto repair shop; instead, it was out on the road and it came back with more issues.
The device was found in the shower area of a women's locker room at Mass General Brigham's off-campus research lab facility.
Apartment rental scams are rising in the Boston area, according to the FBI. They said there have been nearly 500 victims.
An I-Team investigation into a brazen case of alleged land theft in Concord, Massachusetts has led to criminal charges nearly two years later.
With the Brigham and Women's Hospital nurses strike looming, some parents of newborns in the NICU are sounding the alarm.
Barney Frank, a Democrat who represented Massachusetts in Congress for 32 years, has died. He was 86 years old.
Both the Trump and Healey administrations are using government websites to blame each other for the shutdown.
Which party stands to take more of the blame from voters for the government shutdown? Here's what a new poll says.
A UNH Survey Center/Granite State poll shows John Sununu crushing Scott Brown by 23 points among likely primary voters in New Hampshire.
Seth Moulton said he's running against Sen. Ed Markey because "our party leaders are clinging to that old playbook."
The immersive WNDR Museum in Boston's Downtown Crossing is set to close down just two years after it opened.
Panera Bread is moving its headquarters from St. Louis to Weston, Massachusetts.
Breaking Grounds Cafe, a Peabody, Massachusetts coffee shop known for employing people with disabilities, is closing.
The buildings that house the Somerville Theatre and the Capitol Theatre in Arlington, Massachusetts are for sale.
Golden Temple and Party Favors in Brookline are closing after a combined 100 years in business.
Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House has become one of New England's most imaginative seaside estates.
Blending clean modern lines with the warmth of a classic seaside retreat, this stunning North Shore coastal home was designed to feel both elevated and inviting.
Set across thirty acres of rolling lawns, wooded trails, and contemporary outdoor art, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum invites visitors to experience art in the landscape.
James Beard Award-winning chef and restaurateur Karen Akunowicz has become known for her bold, Italian-inspired cooking and unmistakable culinary voice.
Just a short drive from Newport, the Norman Bird Sanctuary spans 300 acres of fields, forests, and coastal trails with sweeping views and more than six miles of hiking paths.
The Arizona Diamondbacks avoided a series sweep by beating the Boston Red Sox 7-6 on Wednesday.
New England Patriots wide receiver A.J. Brown got a chance to face his former team on Wednesday as the Philadelphia Eagles were in town for the first of two joint practices.
Adley Rutschman hit his first homer as a member of the Red Sox and Boston beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-4 on Tuesday night.
Willson Contreras and Mickey Gasper homered, and the Red Sox dismantled the Diamondbacks 11-1 on Monday night.
Bryan Reynolds, Brandon Lowe, and Nick Yorke each had two RBIs to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Boston Red Sox 8-3 after a 2 1/2-hour rain delay.
Natick says it is installing a new floating boardwalk across Pickerel Pond.
Rising ocean temperatures are drawing more hammerhead sharks to New England waters, researchers say.
Some of the oldest military veterans in Massachusetts were honored with special flights on Friday in a World War II-era aircraft.
After marrying Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, Adam Sandler went to Nantucket in search of a basketball court.
An injured hiker had to be carried off a New Hampshire mountain on a stretcher, but that didn't stop her from getting engaged.