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Borges: Finally sinks in for Rick Porcello
It was a good night for the sons of Ben Cherington. At least for one of them.The dearly departed former Red Sox general manager’s memory has not fared well recently with announcements that $72.5...
View ArticleBorges: Tom Brady learned the hard way, players a working class
Tom Brady learned yesterday what his boss always knew: they are not partners. There are owners and renters. All players are renters.They may live in the high-rent district, fly to speaking engagements...
View ArticleBorges: Celtics must answer tough question in Game 6
Who is in whose head now? That’s the question the Celtics have to answer tonight.On the eve of Tuesday night’s debacle on Marietta Street much was said by local pundits and overhyped “Celtics Insiders”...
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Borges: Celtics simply need better players
In the end, you can’t outrun your talent.Or your lack of it.There are many ways to look at the Celtics’ 104-92 Game 6 loss to the Atlanta Hawks last night at the Garden but that is the underlying truth...
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Borges: Deflategate ordeal Supreme absurdity
The level of self-absorption it has taken on all sides to turn 11 under-inflated footballs into a federal case seems to know no bounds. This was proven once again this week when Tom Brady and the NFL...
View ArticleBorges: Amir Khan takes a risk in championship bout
LAS VEGAS — Amir Khan is willing to put his chin where his mouth is. For that alone, boxing fans should be rooting for him Saturday night.That’s when the former junior welterweight champion will do...
View ArticleBorges: Canelo Alvarez more than a puncher
LAS VEGAS — Amir Khan has compared his challenge of WBC middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez tomorrow night to Sugar Ray Leonard’s upset of Marvelous Marvin Hagler 28 years ago, claiming that like that...
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Borges: Canelo Alvarez too big for Amir Khan
Subtitle: Alvarez too big to toppleLAS VEGAS — If Canelo Alvarez handles Amir Khan as adroitly as he did a question about his opinion of Mexico-bashing Donald Trump this week, tonight’s fight for the...
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Borges: Floyd Mayweather comeback all business
LAS VEGAS — Bill Parcells used to have a saying about how he viewed the athletes under his charge. “I go by what I see,” he claimed. The same should apply to talk of Floyd Mayweather’s return to the...
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Borges: Larry Bird’s three-year plan for coaches off target
Subtitle: Legend’s notion of a coach’s shelf life differs from Danny AingeBasketball, when properly played, is about patterns. It is a game of precision passing, cutting and moving to create open...
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Borges: Don’t count on Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor happening
Timing is everything in life and in boxing, as Floyd Mayweather Jr. knows better than anyone. But is the time right for a remake of Ali vs. Inoki? Fans of combat sports should hope not.In recent years,...
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Borges: David Price and other leisurely topics
On a beautiful spring day, strolling aimlessly along often seems like the best use of your time. Sometimes the same is true while traversing the often complicated world of sports.So, on a quiet Sunday...
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Borges: Mike Sherman joins fight against drugs on Cape
HYANNIS — Cape Cod would seem an unlikely setting for such a story as this, but even the Garden of Eden had its evil snake. So it is here, where the sand meets the sea but darkness lurks.According to...
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Borges: David Ortiz’ swan song just perfect
Subtitle: No reason to watch our heroes deteriorate during final seasonWhy do so many of us insist the athletes we cheer for end their careers broken, beaten down and all but unrecognizable from the...
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Borges: ‘Canelo’ to GGG: Hey, not so fast
Lineal middleweight champion Saul“Canelo” Alvarez spoke last week . . . out of both sides of his mouth. This was not the result of a swollen jaw.With a Tuesday deadline looming to make a deal with...
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Borges: Red Sox Nation miserable while club keeps winning
The Fellowship of the Miserable, Fenway Park Chapter, is in fine fettle today. The Red Sox are in first place after seven weeks of the season, which of course means disaster looms around the...
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Borges: Despite talk, nothing major’s wrong with Jordan Spieth
It might look like all private jets and cashing checks, but here’s the other side of what it’s like to be Jordan Spieth.The 22-year-old golf wunderkind has entered 11 PGA events this season. He’s won...
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Borges: This Red Sox loss one to remember
Subtitle: Kimbrel only one problemTORONTO — This was the kind of loss you may remember in September. The kind that warns you of what not only the best of it can be for the Red Sox but also what the...
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Borges: A good start at relief for Clay Buchholz
TORONTO — It was only one inning and four batters yet it was something, and John Farrell knew that in the way only former pitchers who have struggled themselves, as Clay Buchholz is now, fully can.He...
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Borges: Phony Deflategate outrage smacks of hypocrisy
On Tuesday, Kenneth Feinberg, who has become the go-to King Solomon when it comes to deciding how to divide up a pile of money among aggrieved parties, rallied to Tom Brady’s defense. So did the...
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