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BOSTON -- A broadcaster who helped pioneer the evening television sportscast in Boston and was the longtime TV host of Candlepins For Cash has died at age 85. According to his family, Don Gillis died Wednesday at his home in Falmouth after suffering a...

Rookie Justin Masterson -- all 6 feet 6 inches of him -- makes his first major league start today in the Red Sox matinee game against the Angels. Jon Couture is keeping tabs on the events on his "Better Red Than Dead" blog.

BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox jersey secretly buried under the new Yankee Stadium in a failed curse attempt has been sold for $175,100 in a charity auction.

Kevin Garnett had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Rajon Rondo added 12 points, eight assists and six rebounds to lead Boston to a 96-77 victory.

Hank Steinbrenner would probably call it reassessing a situation, but in reality, it's nothing more than tempered panic.

BASEBALL

BOSTON — Mike Bibby, perhaps you were right. Maybe Boston is full of "fair-weather fans" who jump on the nearest bandwagon.

NEW YORK — Matt Walsh will get his day with the commissioner. What he has to offer is anyone's guess.

Football is most definitely Patriots head coach Bill Belichick's passion, and his linebackers are his soul mates. They are the grease of the engine that runs his defense, which is Belichick's prime area of expertise.

BOSTON — Casey Kotchman's solo home run put Los Angeles ahead in the sixth inning, Gary Matthews Jr. hit two solo homers of his own and the Angels snapped the Red Sox's six-game winning streak with a 6-4 victory Wednesday night.

LAKEVILLE — Evan Bissonette likes it just fine where he is. To express his appreciation, the sophomore right fielder drove in three runs and helped defuse an Apponequet rally with a diving catch as Old Rochester outlasted the Lakers, 11-5, on...

NEW BEDFORD — Of the seven wins New Bedford's boys lacrosse team has this season, Wednesday's certainly wasn't the prettiest. The Whalers, regardless, showed grit in coming away with a 7-4 victory over crosstown rivals GNB Voc-Tech.

Christa Coscia lined a bases-loaded single off the leg of Old Rochester pitcher Jess Nye in the top of the eighth inning on Wednesday to help lead Apponequet to a 3-2 South Coast Conference softball win over the Lady Bulldogs at Dexter Lane Fields in...

BOSTON — Bruins defenseman Aaron Ward needs some time to get over the pain of his team's seven-game first-round playoff elimination by the Montreal Canadiens.

NEW YORK — Former Patriots assistant Matt Walsh will meet with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on May 13 about New England’s videotaping of opposing teams.

NEW BEDFORD — New Bedford scored its first goal 13 seconds after the opening whistle and didn't let up until securing its first win of the girls lacrosse season, 22-9 over Fairhaven on Tuesday.

After needing last at-bat drama for two straight wins, the Old Rochester baseball team didn't know what to do with a three-run lead in the seventh on Tuesday.

BOSTON — Paul Pierce couldn't be faulted if he still pinched himself, fearing it was all an illusion.

BOSTON — Casey Kotchman's solo home run put Los Angeles ahead in the sixth inning, Gary Matthews Jr. hit two solo homers of his own and the Angels snapped the Boston Red Sox's six-game winning streak with a 6-4 victory last night.

Once again, it's on.

HARWICH — Alex Xiarhos drove in six runs, sophomore starter Matt Dawson fanned eight and the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School baseball team topped Harwich 13-4 in nonleague play.

The MLS regular season, a seven-month ordeal stretching from the last week of March to the waning days of October, is simply too long – especially when it leads up to the league’s everybody’s-a-winner playoff format.

BOSTON — Bruins defenseman Aaron Ward needs some time to get over the pain of his team's first-round playoff elimination by the Canadiens.

It's that time of the week again, boys and girls: Game of the Week time!

Friday, we'll have our second GOTW of the week as Northampton visits East Longmeadow for a Suburban League baseball contest that could end up shaking things up in the league and the baseball hierarchy here in Western Mass.

If you take a look at the latest Fab 5 rankings from The Republican, you'll see that East Longmeadow is ranked at the top of Division 1. Northampton, however, despite being the preseason sleeper pick by many around Western Mass., hasn't cracked the Top 5.

Nevertheless, this will be a game you won't want to miss, Western Mass. baseball fans.

All the action begins at 3:30 and you'll have the usual live blog with half-inning by half-inning updates, along with commentary, post game interviews, stats, photos and more.

See you then.