James White’s expanded role helps Patriots’ offense

The last time White faced the New York Jets he set a career high for rushing yards in a game. That game also marked the start of a stretch in which the ground attack has taken on added importance for New England.

Patriots' Tom Brady says he "absolutely" believes he'll be back in 2019

Irving scores 40, leads Celtics to overtime win over Sixers

Boston guard hit crucial back-to-back 3-pointers in OT.

Celtics end skid with win over Hornets

The Celtics came out Sunday looking much more like the team that had won eight straight before the skid

Whalers-dressed Hurricanes beat Bruins 5-3

Sebastian Aho, a 21-year-old who was born three months after the Whalers' final game, had his fourth career four-point night

Patriots run over Bills, win 10th straight AFC East title

New England became the first franchise in NFL history to earn playoff berths in 10 straight seasons

Patriots chasing 10th straight AFC East crown vs. Bills

New England enters the final two weeks of the regular season needing help to avoid playing in the wild-card round of the playoffs for the first time since 2009.

New Jersey athletic association benching ref who told wrestler to cut dreadlocks

Jordan Burroughs, a 2012 gold medalist, calls incident “a combination of an abuse of power, racism and just plain negligence.”

Patrice Bergeron scores twice in return as Bruins beat Predators

The two scores give Bergeron 300 in his career.

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