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Bruins blow chance to clinch Atlantic Division, manage just 16 shots in shutout loss to Capitals

Boston will get another shot at the division title in Tuesday night's regular-season finale against the Senators at TD Garden.

Box score: Capitals 2, Bruins 0NHL scoreboard

Grand marshall Rob Gronkowski spiked a football at the finish line and the party was on for the Boston Marathon.

Best of Boston? Without question, Patriots Day with the Marathon and Red Sox has a celebratory vibe no other city can match.

Here in Boston, the only events that might surpass Patriots Day involve a certain type of amphibious landing vehicles.

guardians 6, red sox 0
Red Sox manage just three hits in shutout loss to Guardians
Sox starter Kutter Crawford hurled 5⅔ scoreless innings but got no support on offense.

Box score: Guardians 6, Red Sox 0MLB scoreboard

Patriots
Patriots bringing in Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. for dinner and an official workout
It could set the stage for the Patriots to either take a non-quarterback with the third overall pick and select Penix early in the second round, or trade down in the first round and take Penix.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL
Celtics’ first-round playoff foe could be bigger threat than the next round
It’s quite apparent the seventh-seeded Philadelphia 76ers and No. 8 Miami Heat, who have a play-in game Wednesday, present the biggest threats to the East's top seed.

bruins notebook
Johnny Beecher took the positive out of demotion to the AHL. Now he hopes to help Bruins in playoffs.
The rookie forward has played with a heavier presence in his second stint with the big club, and that is something that should pay dividends in the playoffs.

Red Sox
Tyler O’Neill leaves Red Sox game after collision with Rafael Devers
O'Neill sustained a gash on his forehead that required eight stitches and is undergoing concussion protocol.

Boston Marathon
Kenya’s Hellen Obiri breaks away late to defend her women’s title in Boston Marathon
American Emma Bates led the pack for much of the first 20 miles but faded when she hit Heartbreak Hill.

Boston Marathon
Ethiopia’s Sisay Lemma runs away with men’s crown in Boston Marathon
Lemma broke from the pack early and finally conquered the Boston course on his fourth attempt.

Boston Marathon
CJ Albertson finishes as top American man at Boston Marathon, with a little help from chicken coop technology
Albertson famously led the first 20 miles of the 2021 Marathon before fading late, as thousands of runners have done, around Heartbreak Hill — Monday turned out differently for him.

Boston Marathon
For Emma Bates, a 12th-place finish in the Boston Marathon was a personal victory
After an injury kept her from the US Olympics trials, Bates was the top American woman in Monday's race.

red sox notebook
Red Sox plan to get Wilyer Abreu more at-bats by starting him against righties
This lineup approach will mean that Ceddanne Rafaela sees more time at shortstop, filling in for Trevor Story.

Boston Marathon
After 37 years running the Boston Marathon at night, race director Dave McGillivray rejoins the fray
McGillivray has run the course at night every year since 1987.

boston marathon
Former champ Des Linden ran the Boston Marathon without the ‘pressure or expectations.’ She had a ball.
The 2018 winner came out of the gate strong but slowed noticeably on the second half of the course.

Boston Marathon
On her birthday, Sara Hall turned energy from the Boston Marathon crowd into a 15th place finish
“The crowd just keeps you in there and keeps you fighting," said Hall, who turned 41 on Monday.

Boston Marathon
Marcel Hug shatters Boston Marathon record in seventh wheelchair win; Eden Rainbow-Cooper wins women’s division
Hug overcame an on-course incident in Newton and dominated the men's race, winning by more than five minutes.

J.J. McCarthy has been steadily climbing draft boards in the runup to the NFL Draft, which is less than two weeks away.

Patriots host Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy as draft closes in

McCarthy’s visit comes on the heels of similar visits involving LSU’s Jayden Daniels and North Carolina’s Drake Maye earlier in the pre-draft process.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Coach Joe Mazzulla will enter his second postseason with a Celtics team that earned the East's No. 1 seed and posted the NBA's top record at 68-14.

Championship-or-bust Celtics will prepare for the unknown while waiting on first-round playoff opponent

The Celtics are determined to ensure they are locked in enough, prepared and focused enough, to prosper regardless of the opponent.

peter abraham | on baseball

Tyler O'Neill got a chance to wear the Red Sox' latest home run prop — manager Alex Cora's Boston Marathon 5K medal — after hitting a solo shot during the first inning against the Angels on Sunday.

Tyler O’Neill has made himself feel at home with the Red Sox. Seven home runs in 14 games doesn’t hurt.

In his first year in Boston after being traded, the outfielder feels revitalized and has anchored the offense.

Celtics Notebook

Longtime Celtics announcer Mike Gorman is honored during halftime in his final regular-season game at TD Garden.

The Celtics honor retiring TV play-by-play voice Mike Gorman for his 43-year career with the team

Gorman was honored at halftime of the regular-season finale. His final games behind the microphone will come during the Celtics' first-round playoff series.

Tyrese Maxey scored 26 points in Philadelphia's 107-86 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday, a game they played without Joel Embiid, who sat out as a precaution.

The Eastern Conference play-in field is set, with the Celtics awaiting their opponent from it

The East result set the game schedule for the Western Conference as well, with both of those play-in games set for Tuesday.

BRUINS NOTEBOOK

David Pastrnak has been ineffective on the power play of late, scoring just once in his last 32 games.

The Bruins are running out of time to fix their broken power play

The Bruins' No. 1 power-play unit has amassed a collective 171 man games since last knocking one home on the advantage, back on March 9.

NCAA FROZEN FOUR

Boston College sophomore Cutter Gauthier, after leading the nation in goals, signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday.

After Frozen Four runs fall short, both Boston College and Boston University men’s hockey teams will have to reload

Two remarkable seasons have come to an end, and now comes an offseason in which both squads figure to see plenty of turnover.

In addition to his stellar play at Boston College, Cutter Gauthier shone for Team USA in the last two World Junior Championships, leading the Americans to a gold medal earlier this year.

Cutter Gauthier done at Boston College, signs three-year deal with Anaheim Ducks

The two-year Eagles' star, whose 38 goals this season were the most by any NCAA player since 1999-2000, signed a professional contract one day after BC was upset in the national championship game.

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Maine Celtics go cold, fall to Oklahoma City Blue in G League Finals

Watch BU’s Lane Hutson notch an assist less than five minutes into his NHL debut with the Canadiens

Bruins blow chance to clinch Atlantic Division, manage just 16 shots in shutout loss to Capitals

Baseball roundup: Matt Stuart, Chelmsford take down No. 7 St. John’s Prep

Boys’ volleyball roundup: Senior trio powers Central Catholic to comeback five-set win over Lowell Catholic

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Brookline's Caroline Allen Butler holds her 11-month-old son Jack as she crosses the finish line on Monday.

There’s nothing like the Boston Marathon. See how the day unfolded.

Sisay Lemma, Hellen Obiri, Marcel Hug, and Eden Rainbow-Cooper won the elite races earlier in the day.

Boston Marathon

The Boston Marathon finish line is on Boylston Street.

2024 Boston Marathon results: See where your favorite runner finished in Monday’s race

More than 25,000 runners crossed the finish line on Boylston Street in the 128th edition of the run from Hopkinton to Boston.

OKLAHOMA CITY BLUE 117, MAINE CELTICS 100

Several members of the Maine Celtics, including JD Davison (middle), Neemias Queta, and Drew Peterson (right) were called up to play at TD Garden in between G League Finals games.

Maine Celtics go cold, fall to Oklahoma City Blue in G League Finals

Facing a Blue team coached by Kameron Woods, who played for Celtics president Brad Stevens at Butler, Maine struggled shooting, hitting just 11 of 39 3-pointers and 42.6 percent from the floor overall. 11:32 p.m.

Caitlin Clark, here with WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert, will join last year's No. 1 pick, Aliyah Boston, in Indiana.

Indiana Fever do the expected, select Iowa’s Caitlin Clark No. 1 overall in WNBA draft

Clark will make her WNBA debut with the Fever in Connecticut against the Sun on May 14.

Boston Marathon

More than 29,000 people were expected to start the 2024 Boston Marathon.

Here’s who won the para athletics divisions at the 2024 Boston Marathon

In the past several years, the Boston Athletic Association has made an effort to expand and enhance participation by para athletes in its events.

Jrue Holiday (left) and Jayson Tatum are looking to lock up their second gold medals.

Celtics teammates Jayson Tatum and Jrue Holiday reportedly will join forces for Team USA in Paris Olympics

Tatum, 26, and Holiday, 33, were teammates at the Tokyo Olympics, winning gold in 2021.

The Canadiens' Lane Hutson was minus-one in his first 22 minutes of NHL ice time.

Watch BU’s Lane Hutson notch an assist less than five minutes into his NHL debut with the Canadiens

Hutson was selected by the Canadiens in the second round (62nd overall) in the 2022 NHL Draft. He became the 94th Terrier to play in the NHL.

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' LACROSSE NOTEBOOK

Weymouth senior standout Megan Doyle (right), standing 6-foot-1, usually towers over her competition. Doyle's combination of strength, skill, and leadership has pushed the Wildcats to new heights.

Megan Doyle has been a singular, driving force for Weymouth girls’ lacrosse on and off the field

The Yale-bound star has personally helped resurrect her school's basketball and lax programs, turning the Wildcats from a perennial cellar-dweller into one of the strong teams in the Bay State Conference.

EMASS GIRLS' LACROSSE: TOP 20

EMass girls’ lacrosse: NDA-Hingham leads unbeatens on top of Globe Top 20

Notre Dame is followed by Medfield, Reading, and Central Catholic, but No. 5 Wellesley continues with its impressive start.

EMASS GIRLS' LACROSSE: PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Chelmsford senior Taija Bell (right) helped carry the Lions to victories over Billerica and Andover.

EMass girls’ lacrosse: Clutch in a pair of Chelmsford wins, Taija Bell headlines Players of the Week

The senior netted four goals in a 10-5 Merrimack Valley Conference win over Billerica and scored the OT winner vs. Andover.

Mark Daigneault led the Thunder to the playoffs for the first time since 2020.

Leominster’s Mark Daigneault voted best NBA coach by his peers after leading Thunder to top of Western Conference

The Thunder are one of only four teams in league history to improve their win total by 16 games or more in consecutive seasons.

John Sterling, shown here in 2009, called every Yankees game from September 1989 until July 2019.

Longtime Yankees broadcaster John Sterling announces his immediate retirement at age 85

Sterling, who had just started his 34th season in the booth, had cut back his schedule in recent years.

Ken Holtzman was part of three straight World Series winners with the Athletics.

Ken Holtzman, MLB’s winningest Jewish pitcher and a four-time World Series champion, dies at 78

The lefthander posted a 174-150 record and 3.49 ERA from 1965 to 1979 with the Athletics, Cubs, Yankees, and Orioles, throwing a pair of no-hitters with the Cubs.

FRANK DELL'APA | ON SOCCER

The Revolution have been forced to play Tomas Chancalay at striker to generate quality chances, even though his natural position is on the wing.

It’s time to talk about the Revolution’s sorry scoring

A 2-0 loss to New York City Saturday left the Revolution 1-5-1, with five goals in seven matches and the least-productive offense in the league.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Field Yates worked on the scouting and coaching staffs for the Patriots and Chiefs before landing at ESPN in 2012.

How Weston’s Field Yates emerged as ESPN’s do-it-all star on everything NFL

He has been a jack-of-all-trades for the network’s NFL coverage, and that will grow this year to include a place in its draft programming.

Sunday notebooks

Is it the pitch clock, or is it velocity? MLB pitchers ponder why injuries are so prevalent this season.
The league and the union are at odds when it comes to finding a cause. And what's the solution?

Looking at the biggest wastes of salary-cap space for the 2024 NFL season
Whenever a team or general manager says it doesn’t have the cap space to make a move, what they are really saying is they don’t want to pay the cash.

What goes into being elected into the Naismith Hall of Fame?
Voting is not made public and media members — unless named to the anonymous group that includes former players, coaches. and executives — are not part of the process.

NHL centers walk a fine — and sometimes mysterious — line to not get kicked out of the faceoff circle
Players can get kicked out of faceoffs for bad stick placement, moving their stick prior to the drop, improper body angles, or if a winger creeps too close to the dot.

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When in the stands for Wellesley High games, basketball savant Brad Stevens (center) left the coaching to others. On this night, he's joined by former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy (left), a consultant for the Celtics, and his daughter Kinsley (right).

In this gym, he’s just dad: A night of Wellesley High basketball with Brad Stevens

The Celtics president of basketball operations took great pleasure in dropping his executive role and watching his son play for Wellesley this season.

DeMarcus Covington not only survived the massive turnover on the Patriots staff, he was promoted.

‘He was always ahead of the game’: DeMarcus Covington was destined to coach. Now he’s leading the Patriots defense.

The new Patriots defensive coordinator always showed a superb comprehension and ability and to connect with teammates.

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His 24-year reign with the Patriots will be remembered for an uncompromising approach, occasional controversy, and six Super Bowl triumphs.

Cooper Flagg, a 6-foot-9 basketball player from Maine, turned 17 in December and will not play his first minute of college basketball for months. But he's already captured attention from the basketball world, including NBA stars Jayson Tatum and LeBron James.

The NBA’s hottest prospect is a 17-year-old from Maine. Meet Cooper Flagg.

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With a visit to Brookings, S.D., in February, longtime Globe columnist Bob Ryan crossed the final state off his list; he has now attended sporting events in all 50. He caught the perennial powerhouse South Dakota State Jackrabbits in a showdown against archrival North Dakota State. The Jackrabbits lost.

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Ken Holtzman was part of three straight World Series winners with the Athletics.

Ken Holtzman, MLB’s winningest Jewish pitcher and a four-time World Series champion, dies at 78

Red Sox plan to get Wilyer Abreu more at-bats by starting him against righties

Longtime Yankees broadcaster John Sterling announces his immediate retirement at age 85

Tyler O’Neill leaves Red Sox game after collision with Rafael Devers

Patriots & NFL news

Washington's Michael Penix Jr. is known for his ability to deliver on-time, on-target deep balls.

Patriots bringing in Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. for dinner and an official workout

Patriots host Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy as draft closes in

Bill Belichick attends Northwestern women’s lacrosse game, visits longtime connection

Looking at the biggest wastes of salary-cap space for the 2024 NFL season

celtics & NBA news

Several members of the Maine Celtics, including JD Davison (middle), Neemias Queta, and Drew Peterson (right) were called up to play at TD Garden in between G League Finals games.

Maine Celtics go cold, fall to Oklahoma City Blue in G League Finals

Celtics teammates Jayson Tatum and Jrue Holiday reportedly will join forces for Team USA in Paris Olympics

Celtics’ first-round playoff foe could be bigger threat than the next round

Leominster’s Mark Daigneault voted best NBA coach by his peers after leading Thunder to top of Western Conference

bruins & nhl news

The Canadiens' Lane Hutson was minus-one in his first 22 minutes of NHL ice time.

Watch BU’s Lane Hutson notch an assist less than five minutes into his NHL debut with the Canadiens

Bruins blow chance to clinch Atlantic Division, manage just 16 shots in shutout loss to Capitals

Johnny Beecher took the positive out of demotion to the AHL. Now he hopes to help Bruins in playoffs.

Bruins at Capitals: There’s something at stake on both sides of the aisle Monday in D.C.

college sports news

In addition to his stellar play at Boston College, Cutter Gauthier shone for Team USA in the last two World Junior Championships, leading the Americans to a gold medal earlier this year.

Cutter Gauthier done at Boston College, signs three-year deal with Anaheim Ducks

After Frozen Four runs fall short, both Boston College and Boston University men’s hockey teams will have to reload

What stopped Boston College from claiming a sixth national title? ‘The Matt Davis Show.’ That’s what.

Frozen Four: Boston College loses to Denver in national championship

soccer news

The Revolution have been forced to play Tomas Chancalay at striker to generate quality chances, even though his natural position is on the wing.

It’s time to talk about the Revolution’s sorry scoring

New York City FC shuts out Revolution

Atalanta stuns host Liverpool in the Europa League

New York officials approve $780 million soccer stadium for NYCFC to be built next to Mets’ home