SportsLine's Top Weekend Picks: NBA, NHL Playoffs And MLB Action
With the NHL Stanley Cup Finals set, but the NBA conference finals still up in the air, SportsLine offers its top weekend picks.
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With the NHL Stanley Cup Finals set, but the NBA conference finals still up in the air, SportsLine offers its top weekend picks.
With NBA conference finals getting interesting and plenty of MLB action, SportsLine offers its top weekend picks.
With NBA and NHL playoffs moving into the championship round and MLB teams rounding into form, SportsLine offers its top weekend picks.
Brad Marchand has apologized before, only to go off the rails at a later date. Matt Kalman believes this time is different.
There are a lot of myths floating around social media and sports radio concerning the Boston Bruins. Matt Kalman debunks those misconceptions.
Perhaps the Bruins beat the Lightning a little too soundly during those regular-season matchups.
Brad Marchand's licking of opponents embarrasses his team and his organization, especially when he does it while an opponent is trying to get him to respond for a borderline low hit, writes Matt Kalman.
The NHL has seen enough of Brad Marchand's tongue.
Brad Marchand cannot be stopped ... from licking opponents in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
With NBA and NHL playoff series getting interesting and MLB teams rounding into form, SportsLine offers its top picks for the weekend.
For brutal honesty, there's no better player to go to than Bruins forward David Backes.
After a lethargic 4-1 loss in Game 3 against the Lightning, it's pretty clear that the Bruins need a bit of a shakeup in their offensively-challenged lineup.
After an initial push to start the second period, the Bruins never even came close to playing like the team that won 21 games in the regular season when allowing the first goal.
Boston fans didn't have much to cheer about during Wednesday night's Game 3 against the Tampa Bay Lightning, but they got to enjoy a pretty awesome honorary banner captain before the game.
"We didn't start the way we needed to at all."
Mystified why Patrice Bergeron keeps getting kicked out of the faceoff circle? So is the B's center.
This may prove to be an unpopular opinion in the great city of Boston, but here goes: You have got to appreciate Game 2 between the Bruins and Lightning.
Some will want to blame Tuukka Rask for the Bruins' Game 2 loss to the Lightning, but Matt Kalman puts it on Boston's forwards.
The Tampa Bay Lightning can't let the Bruins play like this in Game 2.
After the Bruins' 6-2 victory in Game 1 of their second-round series against Tampa Bay there should be a moratorium placed on any and all negative reviews of Rask and Nash.
Rick Nash and Boston's high-scoring line of Patrice Bergeron, David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand are off to a flying start in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The Bruins will have to quickly turn the page and get to work on preparing for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Bruins benefited from unprecedented contributions from rookies all year. Game 7 against Toronto was no different.
A comeback win for Boston in Game 7. In the other Eastern series, is this finally the year the Caps get past the Penguins?
Rallying to win an emotional Game 7 on home ice never gets old.
There are now more than 71,000 blue license plates on the road in Massachusetts.
New Hampshire man Dean DelleChiaie, who works for the FAA, is charged with threatening President Trump.
A child who was hit by a large falling tree at a school playground in Melrose, Massachusetts has died.
Jurors are now deliberating in the Stefon Diggs assault trial Tuesday afternoon inside a Dedham, Massachusetts courthouse.
It remains unclear who is responsible for covering Chelmsford firefighter Nick Spinale's pay and benefits during recovery.
A child who was hit by a large falling tree at a school playground in Melrose Monday has died.
Jurors are now deliberating in the Stefon Diggs assault trial inside a Dedham, Massachusetts courthouse.
Stefon Diggs' former personal chef Mila Adams was back on the stand for tense cross-examination in the assault trial.
There are now more than 71,000 blue license plates on the road in Massachusetts.
New Hampshire man Dean DelleChiaie, who works for the FAA, is charged with threatening President Trump.
Many people fear that a family history of dementia dooms them to inevitably suffer the condition themselves. But a new tool, the Brain Care Score, shows how lifestyle changes can be beneficial, cutting the risk of dementia.
There was a possible measles exposure at Logan Airport in Boston last week, Massachusetts health officials say.
A new study finds that a simple blood test could predict Alzheimer's disease long before symptoms appear.
The Lone Star tick, which can cause alpha-gal syndrome, is spreading north throughout Massachusetts.
Boston's cold and snowy winter might have an effect on this year's pollen allergy season.
There have been four violent attacks in three weeks at Tewksbury Hospital and a state representative is taking the fight to Beacon Hill to give security the non-lethal equipment back.
A family is demanding answers from the Gloucester, Massachusetts school district, after learning their five-year-old son was left alone in a quiet room for nearly half an hour.
A nurse says the decision is leaving the staff and patients at Tewksbury Hospital vulnerable to serious injury.
A Dorchester woman says Boston Police opened fire through her closed apartment door and the bullets went into her 5-year-old son's bedroom.
The I-Team has learned the Massachusetts Dept. of Health wants to take away pepper spray and non-lethal restraints from Tewksbury State Hospital safety officers.
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."
Maine Governor Janet Mills' run for Senate comes with an unusual promise - she will only serve one six-year term.
The "dirty soda" trend is coming to drive-thrus all over Massachusetts as Dunkin' is now serving up its own version of the viral drink.
Smokey Bones is closing all of its restaurants, including Massachusetts locations in Tyngsboro and Taunton.
Boston ranks right up there with Hawaii as one of the most expensive vacation spots in the country, according to a new report.
The Market Basket Board of Directors was justified in firing longtime CEO Arthur T. Demoulas, a judge ruled Monday.
April 20 is Patriots' Day and Marathon Monday in Massachusetts. Here's what's open and what's closed.
Best Bees installs and manages professionally maintained hives for homes, businesses, and institutions.
Known for his sustainable cooking and farm-fresh ingredients, Woods Hill's Charlie Foster is a leader in the farm-to-table movement.
Gaining Ground in Concord, Massachusetts is one of the region's leading non-profit farms dedicated to hunger relief.
Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor is a 114-acre destination just 4 miles from downtown Boston.
A modern school with a historic aesthetic, St. Benedict Classical Academy in Natick blends contemporary design with timeless style.
Jurors are now deliberating in the Stefon Diggs assault trial Tuesday afternoon inside a Dedham, Massachusetts courthouse.
Payton Tolle pitched seven innings of two-run ball, Jarren Duran hit a three-run home run and the Boston Red Sox used a five-run seventh inning to beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4.
Celtics star Jaylen Brown took to his Twitch stream to rip NBA refs and Sixers star Joel Embiid for his flopping.
Stefon Diggs' accuser, his former personal chef Mila Adams, testified Monday at his assault trial in Dedham, Massachusetts.
Bianca St-Georges scored in stoppage time and the Boston Legacy beat the Denver Summit 3-2 for the expansion club's first regular-season victory.
A Boston man says he's lucky to be alive after jumping into the Charles River to save his dog.
Little Joe the gorilla is leaving Boston after decades at the Franklin Park Zoo.
There's been another sighting of an unusual killer whale named Old Thom in the waters off Massachusetts.
A soccer coach in Ludlow, Massachusetts plans to pay it forward after winning big on a lottery scratch ticket.
The Rumney Rocks Climbing Area is partially closed as nesting peregrine falcons could attack rock climbers.