Bobby Orr is 65 now and still widely considered the greatest hockey player who ever lived. But if a man’s true greatness can be measured by the deeds he does when no one is looking, then Orr has ...

Get more out of your Globe subscription: Sign up to text with Patriots writer Ben Volin during the NFL playoffs. Click here to learn more. SAN MATEO, Calif. — It’s mid-morning and 75-year-old ...

I felt a swell of emotion when I received the notification. I had been assigned to officiate a big girls’ high school soccer game between two rivals in Greater Boston. I was excited, proud ...

Red Sox veteran Joe McDonald, also a former ticket-taker and big league GM, retires as ‘a living encyclopedia’ of the game’s history.

I t was painless at first, the bullet that ripped through David Ortiz’s torso and lodged in his friend’s leg. “I felt a burning sensation,’’ Ortiz told the Globe in his first public ...

Fitch, who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Friday and led the Celtics to the 1981 NBA title, willed the ’97 Clippers to the playoffs in what may have been his greatest accomplishment.

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 ...

STAN GROSSFELD John Farrell goes lobstering The former Red Sox skipper is happily pursuing his other passion, which he calls “a lifelong dream.” ...

From the Great Wall to Game 7, the Bruins took it as far as they could. This team, a M.A.S.H. unit in November and December, lights-out in January and February, and playoff conquerors of Toronto ...

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.

To those who knew Reggie Lewis best, fond memories are always front and center ‘He was one of the nicest people you could ever meet,’ Donna Harris Lewis told the Globe in an exclusive interview ...

By Nick Cafardo Globe Staff,November 24, 2018, 10:14 a.m.