Basketball always came easy to Marvin Barnes. Once he stepped outside the gym, it was a different matter. “He struggled with life,” says Mike Tranghese. “He really did.” The colossal struggle, which ...

ATLANTA — He is Tom Hagen in “The Godfather.’’ He is Doug Stamper on “House of Cards.’’ He is Berj Najarian, consigliere to Bill Belichick. He is The Man To See if you want to see Bill. “You’re never ...

Part beauty queen, part ring performer, Ashley Massaro was sent to Kuwait in 2006 by World Wrestling Entertainment to visit American troops. During the trip, as a civil war raged in neighboring Iraq, ...

Editor’s note: This story was published in 2015. The Patriots, in an unusual departure from National Football League practice, have created a revenue stream for a private business owned by their ...

When ESPN canceled its new program with Barstool Sports this fall after just one episode, the network tried to distance itself from the men’s blog that has stoked criticism for everything from calling ...

A rundown of the property that Patriots coach Bill Belichick owns on Nantucket. It won’t be long before Bill Belichick is back where his soul resides amid the sea and sandy bluffs of the private ...

PETERBOROUGH, Ontario — It ended with a jarring but clean check into the glass delivered by Colorado Avalanche defenseman Matt Hunwick in Denver nearly six years ago. Marc Savard’s head snapped back ...

Mookie Betts has a thing for necklaces. So when he graduated from high school in 2011 and got drafted by the Red Sox, he got a special present. “This one was my Dad’s, so I never take it off,” said ...

LONDON — Mookie Betts met one of his relatives for the first time before the Red Sox and Yankees played at London Stadium on Saturday. It was Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and they shared a hug. It all ...

Outside Memphis, John “Bull’’ Bramlett, a former Patriots linebacker once feared as “the meanest man in football,’’ turned to his wife, Nancy, in their home of 20 years and said, “This is a beautiful ...

EDMONTON, Alberta — Former Edmonton Oilers tough guy Dave Semenko, who protected Wayne Gretzky in the 1980s, has died. He was 59. The Oilers say Semenko died after a short battle with cancer. A team ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Newly acquired Red Sox outfielder Alex Verdugo may not be ready for the start of the season. According to major league sources, Verdugo’s availability for Opening Day is in question ...