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NHL-best Bruins clinch Atlantic with 2-1 win over Tampa Bay

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:32:42 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins are winning so much that clinching their division didn’t merit any celebration. Captain Patrice Bergeron didn’t even realize it had happened.Garnet Hathaway scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period and the NHL-best Boston Bruins wrapped up first place in the Atlantic Division with their sixth straight victory, 2-1 over the Tampa Bay Lightning, on Saturday.The win was the Bruins’ 56th and moves them one behind the club record set in 1970-71. It also keeps them on pace to set the NHL record for victories in a regular season with 10 games left. The Detroit Red Wings won 62 in 1995-96 and Tampa Bay matched it in their final regular-season game (at TD Garden in Boston) in 2018-19.“I forgot because things were happening so quickly,” Bruins first-year coach Jim Montgomery said when asked what he told his team about winning the division. “We didn’t actually talk about the Atlantic Division, but its a tremendous feat with 10 game...

JUST ONE STATION: Sneak peek at movie filming inside Bova’s Bakery in Boston

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:32:42 GMT

Matt Damon and Casey Affleck have been drawing crowds as they continue to film scenes for their upcoming movie “The Instigators” at locations across Boston. One of the biggest draws was Bova’s Bakery in the North End, where owner Ralph Bova’s 24/7 bakery had to close his doors to business for several days for the first time in decades. The business has since reopened to customers.Now that filming is wrapped, Ralph Bova is giving 7NEWS a little insight into the scenes filmed in his bakery.He says Damon and Affleck’s characters are working as cooks in the bakery and an officer comes in to ask them questions about a bank robbery.Bova said he had to send a worker to help the film crew work the cash register.“We made everything fresh from scratch,” Bova said of the delicious treats that are back on shelves. “So everything you see here was made yesterday — that was intense.”

Yankees Notebook: Jhony Brito enters the rotation mix

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:32:42 GMT

With Luis Severino injured, the Yankees may need to tap even further into their starting pitching depth early this season.With Carlos Rodon and Frankie Montas already out to start the year, Severino is dealing with a low-grade lat strain on his right side. The injury will keep Severino from making what would have been his first start of the season and will “probably” land him on the injured list, according to Aaron Boone.The manager added that, should the Yankees require a fifth starter during Severino’s absence, Jhony Brito could join the rotation. Domingo German and Clarke Schmidt, who is now scheduled to start the second game of the season, are already filling in for Rodon and Montas.Brito, the Yanks’ 27th-best prospect, will start against the Blue Jays on Sunday in what was supposed to be Severino’s final spring training outing. A 25-year-old righty from the Dominican Republic, Brito owns a 3.52 ERA, seven strikeouts and zero walks over 7.2 innings ...

Chicago Cubs officially name rookie right-hander Hayden Wesneski the No. 5 starter: ‘He’s earned it’

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:32:42 GMT

Of all the trades Chicago Cubs President Jed Hoyer made since the sell-off in summer 2021, the biggest one might have involved a middle reliever instead of one of the beloved stars from the 2016 team.The Cubs sent Scott Effross to the New York Yankees on July 31, 2022, for pitching prospect Hayden Wesneski in a deal that made little noise at the time.But Wesneski proved himself from the start, throwing five scoreless innings against the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field in his Sept. 6 debut, then dominating in his brief September audition and in Cactus League action this spring.On Saturday manager David Ross confirmed the obvious, naming Wesneski the No. 5 starter behind Marcus Stroman, Jameson Taillon, Justin Steele and Drew Smyly. Wesneski said he was “speechless” Thursday after Ross gave him the news.“Being called to the big leagues is special, but this is nothing to poo-poo on,” he told reporters at the Cubs complex Saturday.Wesneski’s parents were i...

Final Mets 26-man roster projection as spring training comes to a close

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:32:42 GMT

PORT ST. LUCIE — Mets’ manager Buck Showalter has spent the last week of the Grapefruit League season evaluating the talent he has in the big league locker room and trying to balance their spring results with the track records that some of them have.The manager made a poignant observation earlier this week: You can’t develop a track record if you don’t get the opportunity to develop one. So, will the Mets give one or two of their top prospects a chance? Or will they trust the track records of some scuffling veterans?Injuries have taken a toll on the pitching staff and the Mets are still trying to figure out how to contend with the loss of closer Edwin Diaz, but the position player group may escape spring training unscathed. Brandon Nimmo worked out all week on the back fields of the Mets’ Clover Field complex and reported no pain or soreness in his sprained right knee or right ankle. He returned to action Saturday against the St. Louis Cardinals, with t...

Magic’s Wendell Carter wins 2022-23 Rich & Helen DeVos Community Enrichment Award

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:32:42 GMT

The Orlando Magic on Saturday named Wendell Carter Jr. the winner of the 2022-23 Rich & Helen DeVos Community Enrichment Award — an award that honors a player for outstanding community service.Carter, a first-time winner of the award, will be granted $25,000 from the DeVos Family Foundation to donate to the charity of his choice. Cole Anthony and Markelle Fultz, who won the award last year, were also finalists for this year’s award.The award, which has usually been given out annually since 1995, was presented during the second Orlando Wine Festival and Auction benefiting the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes.A panel of representatives based the selection on the last year of the player’s community work.“The legacy of our parents lives on through the great work in the Central Florida community by the entire Magic organization,” Magic chairman Dan DeVos said in a statement. “We congratulate Wendell as this y...

Anthony Volpe’s preparedness has Aaron Judge’s attention: ‘He just shows up ready to work’

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:32:42 GMT

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Aaron Judge didn’t think twice when asked to identify one thing that has stood out the most about Anthony Volpe this spring.Judge could have mentioned Volpe’s speed, which he used to start Friday’s game with a bloop triple. Judge could have highlighted the 21-year-old’s bat-to-ball skills, which Volpe used to raise his spring training average to .314 in the Yankees’ 8-3 win over the Phillies. Judge could have even praised Volpe’s fielding and quiet confidence, both of which have helped the New Jersey native in his quest to become the Bombers’ starting shortstop.But instead, the Yankees captain singled out Volpe’s work ethic.“He just shows up ready to work. He’s prepared. Very rarely do you see that at such a young age,” Judge said, noting that neophytes can sometimes be a bit immature or unprepared for big moments. “But he’s seemed ready to go every single game I’ve play behi...

Bruins notes: Garnet Hathaway looking good in black and gold

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:32:42 GMT

Garnet Hathaway looks ready for the playoffs to start. And the Maine native has looked ready to be a Bruin his whole life.Hathaway was front and center in a taut, grind-it-out game against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. He stood toe-to-toe with big Pat Maroon in a fight to start the game and then scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal late in the second period in the B’s Atlantic Division-clinching 2-1 win over the Bolts.Hathaway is exactly what the Bruins bargained for when they got him in a trade with the Washington Capitals with Dmitry Orlov.“He’s been great,” said Patrice Bergeron, whose line was often checked by Hathaway’s line before the trade. “I’ve always liked his game. I guess you don’t like playing against him, but he’s very efficient, very good for his team. He came in and fit in nicely on that line, but also off the ice. He’s a great guy. He seems to be a character guy. He’s leading his own way, leading b...

Challenger wins close race to lead United Auto Workers union

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:32:42 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — A challenger defeated the president of the United Auto Workers in a close election and vowed Saturday to take a more confrontational stance in negotiating with the big automakers.A court-appointed monitor declared challenger Shawn Fain the winner over incumbent Ray Curry. Fain’s slate of candidates won control of the big union, as workers rejected most incumbents in the wake of a bribery and embezzlement scandalIt was the 372,000-member union’s first direct election of its 14-member International Executive Board, which came in the wake of the wide-ranging scandal that landed two former presidents in prison. The vote count had been going on since March 1, and the outcome was uncertain going into Saturday because of challenges against several hundred ballots. Curry had filed a protest alleging election irregularities and campaign-financing violations. But he conceded Saturday and said Fain would be sworn in on Sunday.Fain said members clearly wanted the union to b...

Search on for missing in deadly chocolate factory explosion

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:32:42 GMT

WEST READING, Pa. (AP) — An explosion at a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania on Friday killed two people and left five people missing, authorities said. One person was pulled alive from the rubble overnight.Rescue crews using dogs and imaging equipment continued to search through the rubble Saturday — hours after the blast that erupted just before 5 p.m. Friday at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant in the borough of West Reading, about 60 miles (96 kilometers) northwest of Philadelphia.West Reading officials on Saturday confirmed two fatalities. The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency had earlier said there were five fatalities, citing county emergency management officials, but after an update from the county also indicated that two had died and five were missing.Chief of Police Wayne Holben said the rescue of one person from the rubble “provides hope that others still may be found.” Rescue workers were continuing a thorough search using specialized equipment and techniques. Officials s...