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Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd, who pitched eight of his 10 major league seasons with the Boston Red Sox, says he used crack cocaine every day of the 1986 season while with the Red Sox, including one day in Oakland when he smoked in the clubhouse before one o...

Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd, who pitched eight of his 10 major league seasons with the Boston Red Sox, ventured into insulting territory with his comments about Jackie Robinson during a mostly heartfelt interview.

Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd says he used crack cocaine every day of the 1986 season while with the Red Sox, including one day when he smoked in the clubhouse before one of his starts and had the drug tucked in his cap while on the mound.

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Former Red Sox pitcher Bill Lee, appearing on WEEI's Planet Mikey show recently with good friend Mike Adams, spoke about Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd's contention that Boyd feeling the effects of cocaine most of the time he was pitching ...

After the Boston Red Sox lost the heartbreaking Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd was scheduled to start Game 7. The game got rained out, which gave Red Sox manager John McNamara an option: Boyd on five days' rest or Bruce Hur...

"Oil Can" Boyd admits he was under the influence of cocaine during "two-thirds" of his games.

Rusty Kennedy/A.P. PhotoA botched rundown play played a major role in Game 3 of the 1986 World Series.Over the next week, Mark Simon will reminisce here about the 1986 postseason. The 1986 Mets won the World Series in an exhilarating fashion. Here's ...

The Southwestern Athletic Conference will induct six new members into its Hall of Fame, including former major league pitcher Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd.

As a player, Oil Can Boyd always seemed to march to the beat of a different baseball drummer. Now he and others are trying different approaches to reverse the mass exodus of black players from the game, writes John Helyar.

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd surrendered Monday to federal agents in Tupelo to face charges he threatened a former girlfriend.

Eight years after his last professional appearance, Oil Can Boyd returned to the low minors on Monday night, pitching six solid innings in his Can-Am League debut for the Brockton Rox.

Welcome to The Show! On Tuesday, former major league pitcher and current Brockton Rox pitcher Oil Can Boyd will stop by to take your questions! Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd, 45, was 78-77 in his 10-year major league career which ended in 1991 due to bl...

Chat | May 30, 2005

"Oil Can" Boyd is back pitching for the independent Brockton Rox. Yes, the world is a better place again.

Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd earned a roster spot with the Brockton Rox and signed with the minor-league team on Monday, extending his attempt at a big-league comeback 14 years after he left the majors.

Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd, 14 years removed from his last major-league appearance, threw four shutout innings as the independent Brockton Rox beat the New Haven County Cutters 9-3 in a Can-Am League exhibition game.