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Red Sox notebook: Corey Kluber to get the start on Opening Day

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:20 GMT

Corey Kluber will be the Opening Day starting pitcher, the Boston Red Sox announced this week.Over four starts this spring, the 36-year-old righty has a 2.13 ERA and 1.421 WHIP, with his ERA ranking sixth among qualified pitchers. He’s allowed three earned runs on 13 hits, five walks and 14 strikeouts across 12 2/3 innings.The 12-year MLB veteran is a two-time Cy Young Award winner and three-time All-Star. He’s also one of several veterans on this year’s Red Sox roster looking to make a comeback.After being limited to 24 starts (116 2/3 innings) between 2019-21, Kluber was able to pitch a full season last year for the first time since 2018. Across 31 starts (164 innings) with the Rays, he compiled a 4.34 ERA, 3.57 FIP and 1.213 WHIP. Though he put up his worst strikeout rate since 2013, his 1.2 walks-per-nine led the majors and his 3.1% BB% surpassed his previous career rate by 0.9%.This will be the sixth Opening Day start of Kluber’s career, but his first si...

Division 2 state boys basketball championship history

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:20 GMT

DIVISION 2 STATE FINAL1972: Rockland 85, St. Peter’s (W) 811973: Rindge Tech 67, Plymouth-Carver 551974: North Andover 86, Jamaica Plain 661975: North Andover 53, Wahconah 431976: Springfield Commerce 90, Dorchester 841977: Springfield Commerce 87, Rindge Tech 821978: Springfield Commerce 67, Fairhaven 591979: Hyde Park 60, Wayland 561980: Lynn Classical 86, Dover-Sherborn 711981: Wayland 79. St. Peter (M) 591982: No state final1983: No state final1984: West Roxbury 41, Algonquin 371985: East Boston 59, Bartlett 461986: East Boston 69, Millbury 661987: Wahconah 68, Boston Tech 671988: Milton 57, Drury 551989: Duxbury 84, Worcester Voke 651990: Salem 68, Gardner 581991: Sharon 53, Wahconah 451992: East Boston 59, Athol 571993: Belmont 75, Wahconah 511994: Duxbury 75, Greenfield 581995: Salem 81, Greenfield 681996: Milton 52, St. Peter (M) 461997: Wakefield 74, St. Bernard’s 661998: St. Bernard’s 81, Latin Academy 671999: East Boston 62, Quabbin 572000: Charlestown 8...

Crime Briefs: Boston police nab suspect for Roxbury shooting

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:20 GMT

A 33-year-old Boston man has been nabbed and charged as the suspect in a shooting last month that injured one man and killed another man, Terrell Banks, 37, of Boston.Stephen Freeman, 33, of Boston, was arrested Thursday in the area of Shawmut Avenue and Hammond Street for the murder of Banks in front of Slade’s Bar and Grill on Tremont Street on Feb. 18. He pleaded not guilty to the murder charge, as well as multiple firearms charges, at municipal court in Roxbury Friday.Prosecutors say that police suspected Freeman of the murder due to the “distinctive clothing” he wore, as seen in surveillance video recovered from inside the restaurant and following the gunman’s path after the shooting.Restaurant owner accused of using illegal employees like slavesThe feds say that the owner of the local chain “Stash’s Pizza” was serving up slices of pain, humiliation and misery to his employees, and preferred hiring illegal immigrants so they would have no recourse to his methods of management.“...

Energy bills could drop $115 for National Grid customers

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:20 GMT

Bay Staters who get their electricity through National Grid’s basic service could see their monthly bill drop by more than $100 under a new rate that would take effect in May, but the cost of power will still be higher than last summer.The utility filed its proposed summer supply rate with the Department of Public Utilities this week, proposing a shift from the winter rate of 33.89 cents per kilowatt hour to a rate of 14.12 cents/kWh for the six-month period from May through October. The company said a typical residential customer would see their bill drop from $297.22 to $181.83 if the rate is approved by DPU, a decrease of $115.39.“We understand that high energy costs have been challenging for customers,” Helen Burt, National Grid’s chief customer officer, said. “We are pleased that these new summer rates will help bring down the overall cost of electricity starting in May. We also know our customers pay bills, not rates. So, as summer heats up and cu...

Yankees plan to move Jasson Dominguez around outfield after impressive spring

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:20 GMT

The Yankees reassigned Jasson Dominguez to the minor league camp on Thursday, but Aaron Boone doesn’t foresee more demotions in the outfielder’s future.“I told him I don’t plan on sending him down very often moving forward,” the skipper said Friday, recalling a conversation he had with the Yankees’ No. 2 prospect, per MLB Pipeline, the previous night. Boone also told Dominguez to keep building on what’s been a year of significant progress.Boone added that the plan is to move Dominguez around the outfield, which could theoretically expedite his big league arrival — depending on the Yankees’ roster needs in the coming months. Dominguez has exclusively played center field since his pro career began.Dominguez enjoyed his first big league camp this spring, hitting .455 with a 1.565 OPS, four home runs, nine RBI and a stolen base. Still just 20 years old, “The Martian” made a strong impression on Boone.“He’s pro...

MBTA may lift full speed restriction on Green Line Saturday

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:20 GMT

The MBTA plans to lift a speed restriction covering the entire Green Line by the start of service on Saturday, more than a week after the agency implemented a systemwide slowdown.The Green Line is the final subway line to be relieved of its full 10-25 mph speed restriction, but like the remainder of the system, will continue to be plagued with a high number of slow zones until track defects are addressed.The MBTA lifted the cap on the Mattapan Line on Thursday, and end-to-end slow zones were removed on the Red, Blue and Orange Lines last Friday, a day after the systemwide restriction went into effect.Interim General Manager Jeffrey Gonneville said that by Saturday morning, 16.5% of the light rail system, which includes the Green and Mattapan lines, will be covered in speed restrictions, and slow zones will encompass 31.9% of heavy rail, or the Red, Blue and Orange lines.“Riders should continue to plan for longer headways and additional travel time throughout the system,” Gonneville ...

Lack of hugs caused US fentanyl crisis, Mexico’s leader says

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:20 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Friday that U.S. families were to blame for the fentanyl overdose crisis because they don’t hug their kids enough. The comment by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador caps a week of provocative statements from him about the crisis caused by the fentanyl, a synthetic opioid trafficked by Mexican cartels that has been blamed for about 70,000 overdose deaths per year in the United States. López Obrador said family values have broken down in the United States, because parents don’t let their children live at home long enough. He has also denied that Mexico produces fentanyl. On Friday, the Mexican president told a morning news briefing that the problem was caused by “a lack of hugs, of embraces.” “There is a lot of disintegration of families, there is a lot of individualism, there is a lack of love, of brotherhood, of hugs and embraces,” López Obrador said of the U.S. crisis. “That is why they (U.S. officials) should be dedicating funds to add...

State voter fraud system fractures as Republicans opt out

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:20 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Election officials from states enrolled in a bipartisan effort to ensure accurate voter lists decided Friday against making rule changes that had been pushed by Republicans amid conspiracies targeting the group, prompting more GOP-leaning states to leave.The Electronic Registration Information Center, known as ERIC, has a record of combating voter fraud by identifying those who have died or moved between states. Yet it also has drawn suspicion among some Republican state leaders, after a series of online stories surfaced last year questioning the center’s funding and purpose.Earlier this month, Republican election officials from Florida, Missouri and West Virginia said they planned to withdraw from the group, joining Louisiana and Alabama. Former President Donald Trump, on social media, has called on every Republican-led state to leave, characterizing it as a “terrible Voter Registration System that ’pumps the rolls’ for Democrats and does nothing to...

Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:20 GMT

The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers. Week of 3/20/2023 : TOP 20 GLOBAL CONCERT TOURS 1 Red Hot Chili Peppers 2 Elton John 3 Bad Bunny 4 Harry Styles 5 Daddy Yankee 6 Carin León 7 Marc Anthony 8 The Killers 9 The Cure 10 Trans-Siberian Orchestra 11 André Rieu 12 Wisin & Yandel 13 Stromae 14 Pentatonix 15 Rosalía 16 The 1975 17 Jo Koy 18 Katy Perry 19 Luke Bryan 20 Bryan Adams For free upcoming tour information, go to www.pollstar.com ___The Associated Press

Bagpipes, Guinness & Shepard's Pie, oh my: Chicago celebrates St. Patrick's Day

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:00:20 GMT

CHICAGO — The Chicago area celebrated St. Patrick's Day at several pubs and restaurants on Friday.As hundreds celebrated Irish culture with good food, drinks, bagpipes and dancing, the holiday was meaningful for Tara Walsh, who moved from Ireland to Chicago nine years ago. She said St. Patrick’s Day festivities at the Irish American Heritage Center made her feel at home. "This is my first time here and I didn’t realize it was going to be so full of Irish culture," Walsh told WGN News. "We even have soda bread right over there."VIDEO: WGN Morning News' St. Patrick's Day Extravaganza kicks off at Bourbon Street!The wall-to-wall crowd was decked in green as they enjoyed other Irish favorites like the talented Shannon Rovers Pipe Band and the world-famous Trinity Irish Dancers. "I love dancing so much. I feel so good when I dance. It makes me happy," said Trinity Irish Dancer Kaitlin Schimmel.But the St. Paddy's Day fun wasn't exclusive to the Irish American Heritage Center.Chief O’Neil...