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Sometimes movies slip through the cracks and, for better or worse, I catch up with them. Here's a handful, from the shirtless to the offensive to the gloriously ecstatic. Mud, directed by Jeff Nichols Ordinarily, two boys who happen upon Mat...

Throughout the offseason, there will be reports and whispers about players or trades that the Celtics might be interested in. Each time a name bubbles up, we'll ask an ESPN Boston writer to react to the rumor: THE RUMOR From the editor of...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Fall is just around the corner, well, a season away but that means football is coming up soon. In that spirit, we discuss a lot of redshirt freshmen, pure freshmen and linebackers in this week's WolverineNation mailbag. Oh, and...

CHICAGO -- Two months into what is supposed to be a three-year tour of duty in Boston, the last thing Shane Victorino wants is to become known as the Limpin' Hawaiian. But Victorino, who has been tormented by back problems that caused him to miss ...

CHICAGO -- Jon Lester and the Red Sox can live with this pace, one loss every 10 starts. The distinction of being undefeated in the Red Sox rotation now rests exclusively with Clay Buchholz, who will be putting his 6-0 record on the line Wednesday...

CHICAGO -- Jon Lester's teammates would not let him go down to defeat without putting up a fight. Down 5-0 after two innings, Lester having served up a three-run home run to White Sox strongman Adam Dunn in the first and three two-out doubles that...

CHICAGO -- Red Sox catcher David Ross, who hasn't played since May 12, when he was struck in the catcher's mask twice by foul balls and sustained a concussion, has passed the ImPACT concussion testing, a necessary step to return to playing, manager J...

BOSTON -- Former Red Sox manager Terry Francona is setting himself up for a spirited return to Boston this week. His Cleveland Indians are in first place in the AL Central, 2.5 games ahead of Detroit, where the Indians visit for two games prior to arr...

Boston Red Sox catcher David Ross, who hasn't played since May 12, when he was struck in the mask twice by foul balls and sustained a concussion, has passed the ImPACT concussion testing, a necessary step to return to playing.

CHICAGO -- Red Sox reliever Andrew Bailey, who was activated Monday after being out since April 28 with biceps tendinitis, said Monday he "feels as good today as I did day one" and looks forward to returning to closing for the Sox. Bailey said he ...

As expected, the Red Sox on Monday activated closer Andrew Bailey from the disabled list.

Jon Lester learned the hard way that "you've got to fail in order to succeed."

Some people just love to hate Jimmie Johnson. Well, the five-time Sprint Cup champ -- who won his record fourth All-Star Race -- has a message for his critics: Whatever.

In this week's edition of "State of the Nation," Gordon Edes looks at Thursday's ninth-inning win over the Rays and Daniel Bard's continuing struggles in the minors....

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Fernando Rodney celebrates a save, and Tampa Bay victory, by pretending to launch an arrow into the heavens. But how do you simulate being hoist by your own petard, which was Shakespeare's fancy way of describing a 16th-cen...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A major league scout who was here Thursday night said he was very close to pitcher Steve Blass, the former Pirate who mysteriously lost his ability to throw a baseball over the plate and was out of baseball within two years of...