Boston goalie Tuukka Rask expects to be ready for the Bruins opener on Aug. 2, but backup Jaroslav Halak is also making preparations to play.
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Safe at home? Social distancing will be a challenge around home plate in MLB restart
Social distancing is fairly easy in other parts of the field, but the batter, catcher and umpire will be within a few feet of each other around home plate.
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Celtics notebook: Tacko and Boston’s second unit starting to shape up, push starters
Robert Williams, Tacko Fall and the Celtics’ second team are coming together as a unit and providing a needed boost in practice.
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Defensive end Michael Bennett retires after 11 pro seasons
Michael Bennett, who played for five teams – including part of 2019 in New England – and won a Super Bowl in Seattle in 2013, says he is retiring.
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Sports Digest: Collins kicked out of TeamTennis event after breach of coronavirus protocols
Danielle Collins is out of the World TeamTennis after leaving the resort hosting all the events. ‘The protocols have been put in place and communicated numerous times,’ WTT CEO Carlos Silva said.
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NFL notebook: NFL reportedly offers plan to players to scrap all preseason games
The players’ association had been seeking to play no preseason games even after the league reduced the exhibition schedule from four to two games.
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MLB notebook: Blue Jays talking to Pirates about sharing a ballpark for the season
The Blue Jays hope to find a major league-level facility after Canada’s government barred Toronto from playing in its home stadium amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Boston’s Bergeron again a finalist for NHL’s top defensive forward award
Center Patrice Bergeron, already a four-time winner, helped the Bruins put together a defense that allowed a league-low 174 goals.
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Celtics notebook: Boston seems to be ahead of the game as restart looms
Just ask center Enes Kanter, who says “the NBA should be scared because everybody is healthy now, everybody is 100 percent now, and everybody is going at it”
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Sports Digest: Marine Corps Marathon canceled for first time its 45-year history
The Marine Corps race had been one of the last mega-marathons remaining on the country’s 2020 race calendar with races in Boston and New York already canceled.