1834 1870 1925 1920 1923 RACISM, RIOTS, & MURDER A By Danny McDonald GLOBE sTAFF burned convent in charlestown. The execution of two italian anarchists. harassment of businesses in chinatown. Antisemitic beatings in Dorchester and roxbury. vandalism targeting cambodian refugees in Fields corner. currently buffeted by waves of immigrants, and the scattered patches of concern and resistance that have followed, Massachusetts has a painful history of newcomers being met with violent resistance that lives alongside the region’s legacy as a beacon of liberty and a sanctuary for the oppressed. Xenophobia. racism. riots. Murder. in Boston’s immigration story, it’s all there. Also courage, resilience, privation, and pluck — and the gradual acceptance of some newcomers and their rise to social and political influence. it is, in short, not a new story but one we should know. “Even the puritans were very distrustful of outsiders,” said William c. Leonard, a professor of Boston history at Emmanuel college. The ongoing migrant crisis has resulted in families sleeping on the floor of Logan Airport as state and local authorities scramble to find accommodations in an already overtaxed shelter system. it has also provoked pushback in some quarters. Massachusetts-based resettlement agencies logged more than 11,000 migrants from October 2022 through september 2023, IMMIGRANTS, Page A14 Immigrants have long faced a hostile reception in Massachusetts An Ursuline convent in thenCharlestown, now Somerville, was burned down by an angry Protestant mob. “Throwing Down the Ladder by Which They Rose,” a cartoon by Thomas Nast that appeared in Harper’s Weekly. Henry Cabot Lodge (right) was a staunch anti-immigrant nationalist. Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco were tried and convicted of first-degree murder of Frederick A. Parmenter and Alessandro Berardelli on April 15. The S.S. Carmania arrived with immigrants from Eastern Europe, docking at East Boston immigration station. The Ku Klux Klan established a foothold locally early in the 20th century. By 1925, the KKK had more than 130,000 members in Massachusetts. We’re not even at the midway point of the year, but a lot of great albums have already arrived in 2024, and Globe music writers have been listening. Here are 20 of their favorites. N1. Celtics beat Cleveland, 106-93, to take 2-1 series lead. C1. Meet the most influential people in the region’s tech sector in the Tech Power Players edition of the Globe Magazine. Graduations at several universities unfolded without major incident after weeks of tumult on campuses. A4. Sunday: Cloudy, cool. High: 53-58. Low: 43-48. Monday: Warmer. High: 61-66. Low: 49-54. High tide: 2:46 a.m. 3:33 p.m. Sunrise: 5:25 Sunset: 7:56 Complete report, A24. Deaths, A18-23. Mom’s the word v O L . 305 , N O . 1 3 3 * suggested retail price $6.00 By Katie Johnston GLOBE sTAFF Kore Anderson can’ t shake the memory of the night a father arrived by ambulance at the salem hospital emergency room with an unresponsive infant. Anderson, the only pediatric doctor in the Er at the time, soon realized the baby had an intracranial hemorrhage, and it didn’t appear to be accidental. The next few hours were a whirlwind. With a smaller dedicated pediatric staff following the closure of the pediatrics department in 2017, Anderson arranged for the baby to be transferred to Boston, reported the situation to social services, and talked to the father to try to figure out what happened. she documented each development and answered callbacks about the case (there is often no secretary, she said) while checking on the emotional wellbeing of other caregivers — and setting her own feelings aside. “As a physician, you’re raised to sacrifice,” said Anderson, 49, who grew up in Norwood. “But when you are asked to give and give and give, and you’re not given the support and resources you need to realize that vision of why you’re giving up the things in the rest of your life, it feels pointless someDOCTORS, Page A17 Frustrated physicians look to unions to take a stand View group action as needed in face of ‘corporate’ medicine $1.9 million Value of earmarks added by Rep. Aaron Michlewitz $175,000 To repair Hammond Castle in Gloucester, added by Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante $60,000 For the digitization of town records in Wellesley, added by Assistant Majority Leader Alice Peisch By Samantha J. Gross and Matt Stout GLOBE sTAFF After months of preaching fiscal restraint, five of the Massachusetts house’s highest-ranking Democrats slipped at least $5 million in earmarks into the chamber’s spending plan in late April, fattening their own districts’ haul far beyond that of most others and almost entirely out of public view. All told, house speaker ron Mariano, budget chief Aaron Michlewitz, Majority Leader Michael Moran, and two other top lieutenants on the house budget committee baked dozens of previously undisclosed earmarks for their districts and other pet causes into the $58 billion taxpayer-funded budget, bypassing the public-facing process that every other rank-and-file member must follow to score coveted extras for their districts. The election year add-ons included tens of thousands of dollars for dog parks in Michlewitz’s North End neighborhood, half a million dollars for a presidential center and museum in Mariano’s hometown of Quincy, and $175,000 to repair an oceanside castle in Gloucester, the hometown of state representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante, the No. 2 Democrat on the house budget committee. EARMARKS, Page A16 On Beacon Hill, a secretive perk of power Crafting the state budget is a game played largely out of public view, and no one knows that better than House leaders. Their districts get millions in last-minute earmarks on their quiet say-so. M a y 1 2 , 2 0 2 4 Serving our community since 1872 GLOBE ArchivE phOTOs Member FDIC FIND A LOCATION *The AnnualPercentageYield(APY) is valid as of March15,2024.The minimum deposit toopenis$1,000; maximum deposit toopenis$1,000,000.00.You must maintaina minimum balance of $0.01 in theaccount eachday to obtainthedisclosed APY. 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Zabihullah mujahid, spokesman for the taliban government, posted on social media platform X that “hundreds . . . have succumbed to these calamitous floods,” which have resulted in “significant financial losses.” (aP) ecu A d o r Gang shooting at party leaves 8 dead Quito — a shooting attack during a birthday party at a bar in ecuador on saturday left eight people dead, police said, as the country experiences an escalating wave of gang-fueled violence. local police said the attackers rode up in a taxi and two motorcycles. they opened fire at the bar in the town of chanduy, 185 miles southwest of Quito. the victims, some of whom were found outside, included five men and three women; none had criminal records, police said. santa elena has become one of ecuador’s most violent regions, in part because it has three ports. seaports are often used to smuggle drugs. (aP) N i geri A Meghan celebrates her ancestry aBuJa — meghan, duchess of sussex, said it’s been “humbling” to find out through a genealogy test that she is partly nigerian as she met with women in the west african nation saturday. on her second day in nigeria, where she is visiting with Prince Harry to also promote mental health for soldiers and girls, meghan acknowledged nigeria as “my country.” “it’s been eye-opening to be able to know more about my heritage,” she said at an event on women in leadership co-hosted by ngozi okonjo-iweala, a nigerian economist and head of the world trade organization. the duchess had announced on her podcast in october 2022 that she found out through a dnabased test that she was “43 percent nigerian.” (aP) war in the mideast By Peter Baker new YorK times wasHington — President Biden laid it out for Prime minister Benjamin netanyahu of israel long before letting the public know. in a conversation bristling with tension Feb. 11, the president warned the prime minister against a major assault on the gaza strip city of rafah — and suggested that continued us support would depend on how israel proceeded. it was an extraordinary moment. For the first time, the president who had so strongly backed israe l’s war against Hamas was essentially threatening to change course. the white House, however, kept the threat secret, making no mention of it in the official statement it released about the call. and indeed, the private warning, perhaps too subtle, fell on deaf ears. six days later, on Feb. 17, Biden heard from secretary of state antony Blinken. despite the president’s warning, Blinken reported that momentum for an invasion of rafah was building. it could result in a humanitarian catastrophe, he feared. they had to draw a line. at that point, the president headed down a road that would lead to the most serious collision between the united states and israel in a generation. three months later, the president has decided to follow through on his warning, leaving the two sides in a dramatic standoff. Biden has paused a shipment of 3,500 bombs and vowed to block the delivery of other offensive arms if israel mounts a full-scale ground invasion of rafah over his objections. netanyahu responded defiantly, vowing to act even “if we need to stand alone.” Biden’s journey to this moment of confrontation has been a long and tortured one, the culmination of a seven-month evolution — from a president who was so appalled by the Hamasled terrorist attack on oct. 7 that he pledged “rock-solid and unwavering” support for israel to an angry and exasperated president who has finally had it with an israeli leadership that he believes is not listening to him. “He has just gotten to a point where enough is enough,” said former defense secretary chuck Hagel, a onetime republican senator from nebraska and a friend of Biden’s from their days together in congress and President Barack obama’s administration. “i think he felt he had to say something. He had to do something . He had to show some sign that he wasn’t going to continue this.” interviews with administration officials, members of congress, middle east analysts, and others, many of whom spoke on condition of anonymity to describe internal deliberations, indicate that the president’s decision came not as a sudden break but as the inexorable result of months of efforts to influence israel’s behavior. ever since February, Biden h as focused on r af ah and brought it up with netanyahu again and again. a major strike in the densely populated city swelling with displaced masses seemed like a disastrous idea after many thousands had already been killed in the first months of the war in gaza. “i can’t support it,” he told netanyahu, according to an official informed about their calls. “it will be a mess.” the president argued that Yehia sinwar, the military leader of Hamas and reputed mastermind of the oct. 7 attack that killed 1,200 in israel, actually wanted an israeli invasion because it would produce many civilian deaths and further isolate israel from the rest of the world. to some degree, the israelis have responded. despite more than three months of vowing to invade rafah, they have yet to actually do so beyond limited strikes, perhaps an indication that the chest-beating is more about domestic politics or putting pressure on Hamas during cease-fire talks. administration officials received some indications after Biden’s threat to cut off offensive weapons this past week that israel may refrain from a full-fledged assault in favor of the more strategic approach favored by americans, including targeted strikes on Hamas leadership and surgical raids. if so, then the current clash between washington and Jerusalem may yet be defused. although Biden has delayed the delivery of 500-pound bombs and particularly destructive 2,000-pound bombs that could be used in an attack on rafah, he has not stopped other weapons shipments, including one heading out this weekend with smal l-diameter 250-pound bombs. “we’ve never told them they can’t operate in rafah,” said John Kirby, a national security spokesperson for the white House. “what we’ve told them is that the way they do it matters and that we won’t support a major ground operation and invasion smashing into rafah with, you know, multiple divisions of forces in a ham-fisted, indiscriminate way. “But eliminating the threat of Hamas?” he continued. “absolutely. they have every right to do that. and they’ll continue to have our support as they do that.” From the beginning of the war in gaza, Biden worried that israel in its justifiable fury over the Hamas terrorist attack would, in the president’s view, go too far in response, much as he believes the united states made misjudgments in afghanistan and iraq after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. even as he voiced his own visceral outrage over the atrocities of oct. 7, Biden soon faced pressure from within his own party to restrain israel’s ferocious retaliation. Biden’s theory was always that he would have more influence speaking privately as israel’s friend than by pushing its leaders publicly. while much of the criticism of israel’s conduct of the war has focused on netanyahu, Biden recognized that the war has widespread support across israel’s political spectrum, including from the prime minister’s opponents. But over time, the president began expressing his frustrations publicly. He said as early as nov. 24 during a thanksgiving trip to nantucket that the notion of imposing conditions on us arms pressed by progressives was a “worthwhile thought,” although not one he was prepared to follow through on yet. as weeks went by and civilian casualties in gaza mounted, the president’s pique began slipping out at campaign events, where he tends to be more candid. at a fund-raiser dec. 12, he said that the israelis had been engaging in “indiscriminate bombing,” a description typically associated with war crimes. the administration was left with the impression that israel expected to enter “phase c” of its war plan by the end of January, pulling most of its forces out of gaza other than a single brigade and focusing more on targeted strikes from time to time. But January came and went with no sign of combat coming to an end. on Feb. 8, Biden’s impatience flared when he told reporters that israel’s attack on gaza had been “over the top.” He signed a national security memorandum the same day meant to ensure that us weapons would not be used in violation of international law. even so, Biden was the figure in his white House most resistant to pressure from the political left to do more to restrain netanyahu, such as curbing arms sales. “Biden’s natural instinct is to cut him slack,” said Ha g e l — unli ke his s t a ff . “they’ve been more aggressive on this point than he has been. He’s been more cautious.” By march 7, Biden was thinking about another tough conversation with netanyahu. speaking with lawmakers on the floor of the House after his state of the union address, the president was caught on a microphone saying he was going to have a “come-to-Jesus meeting” with the prime minister. a turning point came april 1 when israeli forces mistakenly killed seven aid workers for world central Kitchen. Biden was described as “outraged” and had a painful call with José andrés, the celebrity chef and founder of the aid agency. aides called that tragedy a “game changer” for the president. in advance of another call with netanyahu, the deputy national security adviser, Brett mcgurk, told israeli officials that the president was angry and went over a series of changes they should agree to make in response. when Biden got on the line april 4, he again warned that he would reconsider his support unless netanyahu changed course. the prime minister rattled off a range of things he would do to increase the flow of humanitarian aid , essentially what mcgurk had suggested. But even though israel followed through on some of the commitments on humanitarian aid, netanyahu was not backing down on rafah. with no agreement, the presiden t was forced to decide whether to allow a pending shipment of bombs that could be used in the attack. this time he said no. Biden’s long path to holding back bombs President grew frustrated as war in Gaza raged evan vucci/associated Press/File 2023 President Biden met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv shortly after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. By Raja Abdulrahim, Bilal Shbair, Aaron Boxerman, and Ben Shpigel new YorK times Jerusalem — around 300,000 Palestinians in the southern and northern gaza strip are being forced to flee once again, the united nations says, as israel issued new and expanded evacuation orders saturday. But many are unsure where to find secure shelter in a place devastated by war. the expanded evacuation orders apply to the city of rafah at gaza’s southernmost tip, where more than 1 million Palestinians have gathered after fleeing israeli bombardment elsewhere over the past seven months. they have deepened fears that the israeli military is set to proceed with an invasion of rafah, which israeli leaders have long promised, a prospect that international aid groups and many countries have condemned. some 150,000 people have already fled rafah over the past six days, according to unrwa, the un agency that aids Palestinians. “it’s such a difficult situation. the number of people displaced is very high, and none of them knows where to go, but they leave and try to get as far away as possible,” said mohammad almasri, a 31-year-old accountant who is sheltering with his family in a tent in rafah. “Fear, confusion, oppression, anxiety is eating away at people.” charles michel, president of the european council, criticized the expanded evacuation order saturday on social media, saying, “evacuation orders for civilians trapped in rafah to unsafe zones are unacceptable.” israel seized control of the gaza side of the rafah border crossing with egypt on monday in what it called a “limited operation,” and stepped-up bombardment and fighting have continued in and around the city since then. the israeli military has said it is carrying out “precise operations in specific areas of eastern rafah” targeting Hamas. But the m ajor i ty o f the more than 34,000 Palestinians reported killed in gaza have been women and children, according to local health officials. dozens have been killed by israeli strikes in rafah since monday, health officials say. most of gaza’s 2.2 million residents have been forced to leave their homes, often multiple times, throughout the war, with many now living in ramshackle tents, classrooms, or overcrowded apartments. on saturday, the israeli military said in a statement that it “called on the population from additional areas in eastern rafah to temporarily evacuate to the expanded humanitarian area in al-mawasi,” a coastal area north of rafah. “so far,” the military added, “approximately 300,000 gazans have moved toward the humanitarian area in al-mawasi.” although israel has characterized al-mawasi as a humanitarian zone, the un has stressed that the area is neither safe nor equipped to receive the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians already displaced by the war. even as israeli forces bombarded rafah, they have also in recent weeks repeatedly returned to areas of northern gaza, including the town of Beit Hanoun and the Zeitoun neighborhood of gaza city, to deal with renewed militant activity. on saturday, the israeli military ordered an evacuation of the northern city of Jabalia in advance of a planned operation. israel’s ground invasion began at the end of october in northern gaza, in response to the Hamas-led oct. 7 attacks in southern israel. large swaths of the area were left devastated by months of israeli airstrikes and shelling, leaving a lawless wasteland dominated by street gangs. on saturday, the israeli military said in a statement that Hamas was trying “to reassemble its terrorist infrastructure and operatives” around Jabalia, which the israeli military considers a Hamas stronghold and base for operations. israeli m ilitar y analysts called Hamas’s apparent resurgence in northern gaza the result of israel’s failure to establish any alternative form of government there, leaving behind a vacuum that is an ideal breeding ground for an insurgency. even though israeli forces sweep through areas, when they inevitably retreat, Hamas reasserts its control, whether directly or through allies, said michael milshtein, a former senior israeli intelligence official. “Hamas still rules,” milshtein said. “their forces have been badly damaged, but they still have capabilities. there’s still no alternative to them in gaza, and every alternative we tried to establish failed.” earlier in the week, razan alsa’eedi, an 18-year-old university student studying accounting, prepared with her family to leave the unrwa school in rafah where they had been living for months. But as they waited for the driver they had arranged to transport them to another city, they learned that his vehicle — a tractor pulling a large cart — had been struck by an israeli missile, al-sa’eedi said. one man was killed, she said. in a panic, they called local emergency responders, who told them that no help was available. instead, al-sa’eedi said, the family members left behind most of their belongings and set out on foot, with each person carrying only a backpack. after a nearly two-day trek that involved hours of walking and then — finally — a taxi ride, she said, they arrived at al-aqsa university, in the southern city of Khan Younis. inside a building at the university, the walls of classrooms were scrawled with messages. one message said, “this floor is booked,” she said, while another read, “Please do not take any room, otherwise we will kick you out.” only a small closet once used to store generators was empty. that would have to do. 300,000 Palestinians on move amid Israeli attacks aFP via gettY images A man, woman, and children rode on the back of a vehicle loaded with their possessions and other items as they fled amid the ongoing conflict, bound for Khan Younis on Saturday.
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a4 Nation/World B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e m a Y 12, 2 0 2 4 By Alma SolÍs aSSOCIaTED PRESS Panama CITY — Panama is on the v er ge o f a d rama tic change to its immigration policy that could reverberate from the dense Darien jungle to the US border. President-elect José Raúl mulino says he will shut down a migration route used by more than 500,000 people last year. Until now, Panama has helped speedily bus the migrants across its territory so they can continue their journey north. whether mulino is able to reduce migra tion through a sparsely populated region with little government presence remains to be seen, experts say. “Panama and our Darien are not a transit route. It is our border,” mulino said after his victory with 34 percent of the vote in Sunday’s election was formalized Thursday evening. He will take over as president on July 1. as he had suggested during his campaign, the 64-year-old lawyer and former security minister said he would try to end “the Darien odyssey that does not have a reason to exist.” The migrant route through the narrow isthmus grew exponentially in popularity in recent years with the help of organized crime in Colombia, making it an affordable, if dangerous, route for hundreds of thousands. It grew as countries like mexico, under pressure from the US government, imposed visa restrictions on various nationalities including Venezuelans and just this week Peruvians in an attempt to stop migrants flying into the country just to continue on to the US border. But masses of people took the challenge and set out on foot through the jungle-clad Colombian-Panamanian border. a crossing that initially could take a week or more eventually was whittled down to two or three days as the path became more established and entrepreneurial locals established a range of support services. It remains a risky route, however. Reports of sexual assaults have continued to rise, some migrants are killed by bandits in robberies and others drown trying to cross rushing rivers. Even so, some 147,000 migrants have already entered Panama through Darien this year. “People migrate for many reasons and frequently don’t have safe, orderly, and legal ways to do it,” said Giuseppe loprete, chief of mission in Panama for the Un’s International Organization for Immigration. “when the legal routes are not accessible, migrants run the risk of turning to criminal networks, traffickers, and dangerous routes, tricked by disinformation.” loprete said the Un agency’s representatives in Panama would meet with mulino’s team once its members are named to learn the specifics of the president’s plans. If mulino could be even partially effective, it could produce a notable, but likely temporary, impact. as with the visa restrictions tha t uninten tionally steered migrants to the overland route through Panama, if the factors pushing migrants to leave their countries remain they will find other routes. In a local radio interview Thursday, mulino said the idea of shutting down the migration flow is more philosophical than a physical obstacle. “Because when we startto deport people here in an immediate deportation plan the interest for sneaking through Panama will decrease,” he said. By the time the fourth plane loaded with migrants takes off, “I assure you they are going to say that going through Panama is not attractive because they are deporting you.” President-elect aims to shut down Panama’s busy migration route war in the mideast bassador to the United nations. The University of Vermont said last week that she would not be speaking there, agreeing to a demand from student demonstrators. R arizona State University has put the chief of its campus police department on paid administrative leave. Complaints had been filed related to the chief’s actions in late april, when the campus police broke up a pro-Palestinian encampment and arrested dozens of people. R Faculty members at UCla failed to come to a vote Friday on whether to formally rebuke the school’s chancellor for his handling of the campus encampment, where pro-Palestinian demonstrators were attacked for hours last week without police intervention. R more than 2,800 people have been arrested at pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses since april 18, according to new York Times tracking data. By Shaila Dewan, Holly Secon, and Leah Small nEw YORk TImES at the University of California Berkeley, hundreds of soonto-be graduates rose in their seats in protest, briefly disrupting their commencement. at Virginia Commonwealth University, about 60 graduates in caps and gowns walked out during Governor Glenn Youngkin’s speech. at the University of wisconsin, a handful of graduates stood with their backs to their chancellor as she spoke. But after weeks of tumult on college campuses over pro-Palestinian protests, graduations on Saturday at several universities unfolded without major incident. many who protested did so silently. among the colleges scheduled to hold their main commencement ceremonies Saturday were the University of Illinois; California Sta t e Polytechnic University Humboldt; the University of north Carolina at Chapel Hill; and the University of Texas at austin. many had increased their security measures in anticipation of possible disruptions, or had taken various measures including dismantling encampments, setting aside free speech zones, canceling student speeches, and issuing admission tickets. The University of wisconsin said it had reached a deal with protesters to clear the encampment before Saturday’s commencement in return for meeting to discuss the university’s investments. at the University of mississippi, where there had been a confrontation between counterprotesters who taunted and jeered a female Black student protester, there were no demonstrations and light security. at Virginia Commonwealth University, in Richmond, where the ceremony included more than 1,000 students, some students had objected to the appearance by Youngkin, a Republican, in part because he supported the dismantling of an encampment on campus. late last month, 13 people, including six students, were arrested. a reporter in attendance at the graduation was not permitted to leave the auditorium to speak with the students who walked out. On Saturday in Berkeley, chancellor Carol Christ was met with boos when she began to speak, but there were louder cheers when she mentioned the pro-Palestinian encampment nearby and the protesters’ opposition to the violence in the Gaza Strip. “I too am deeply troubled by the terrible tragedy,” she said. The ceremonies came after a week in which some colleges made arrests and cleared encampments of pro-Palestinian demonstrators. In recent days, authorities cleared tents at mIT and the University of Pennsylvania. and officers were also called in to clear an encampment atthe University of arizona in Tucson, deploying “chemical munitions” in the process, hours before its graduation ceremony Friday evening. In other developments: R arizona State University has banned a postdoctoral research scholar and faculty member from campus as it investigates a video that went viral depicting him confronting a woman in a hijab, the school said this past week. In the video from may 5, the scholar can be seen cursing and getting in a woman’s face at a pro-Israel rally near the school’s Tempe campus. R Xavier University of louisiana in new Orleans this past week became the second school to rescind an invitation to linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US amGraduations mostly quiet across US Some protests held but little disruption JIm wIlSOn/nEw YORk TImES University of California Berkeley students rose from their seats as a protest on Saturday. Appointments are encouraged, but not required. Call the store location or visit us online to schedule an appointment. All payments will be made by check or in-store credit. Trust & Estate inquiries welcome. Receive immediate payment or up to 25% more in store credit for diamonds, jewelry, gold and fine watches! Make an appointment WE W ILL BUY: Bracelets Earrings Necklaces Rings Diamonds & Gemstones Coins & Silver Fine Swiss Watches Gold in Any Condition NEWBURY ST. 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a6 The World B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e M a y 12, 2 0 2 4 do sul state found sanctuary at second homes, including alexandra Zanela, who co-owns a content agency in Porto alegre. Zanela and her partner volunteered when the floods began, but chose to move out after frequent electricity and water cuts. she headed to the beachfront city of capao da canoa — so far unaffected by flooding — where her partner’s family owns a summer home. “We took a ride with my sister-in-law, took our two cats, my mother, and a friend of hers and came here safely. We left the Porto alegre chaos,” Zanela, 42, told the aP by phone. “it is very clear thatthose who have the privilege to leave are in a much safer position, and those living in the poorer areas of Porto alegre have no option.” in Brazil, the poor often live in houses builtfrom less resilient materials such as wood and in unregulated areas more vulnerable to damage from extreme weather, such as low-lying areas or on steep hillsides. “We cannot say that the worst is over,” rio Grande do sul Governor eduardo Leite said on social media Friday. the day before, he estimated that 19 billion reais ($3.7 billion) would be needed to rebuild the state. the scale of devastation may be most comparable to Hurricane Katrina, which hit new orleans in 2005, sergio Vale, chief economist at MB associates, wrote in a note Friday. rio Grande do sul has the sixth highest GdP per capita among Brazil's 26 states and the federal district, according to the national statistics institute. Many of the state's inhabitants descend from italian and German immigrants. “in the popular imagination, the population of rio Grande do sul is seen as white and well-off, but this is not the reality,” said Marília closs, a researcher at the ciPo Platform, a climate think tank. “it’s very important to dispel this fiction, because it’s constructed with a political objective” to erase Black and poor residents, she said. in canoas, one ofthe hardesthit cities in the state, Paulo cezar Wolf’s small wooden house was fully submerged, along with all his belongings. a truck driver, the Black man now lives in the back of a loaned truck with six of his neighbors, who all cook, eat, and sleep there. Wolf, 54, has considered leaving the rural region, where he has lived since childhood, but has nowhere else to go and doesn’t want to leave behind his four adult children. “it is too late for someone like me to move somewhere else,” Wolf said, wearing a donated sweat shirt as he stood on a highway. the meteorology institute said that the arrival of a mass of cold and dry air would reduce the chance of rain beginning Monday. But it also meant that temperatures were set to drop sharply, to around freezing by Wednesday. that wouldmake hypothermia a concern for those who were wet and without electricity. celebrities, among them supermodel Gisele Bündchen and pop star anitta, shared links and information about where and how to donate to help flood victims. c hurch e s , b usiness e s , schools, and ordinary citizens around, the country rallied to provide support. the Un refugee agency was distributing blankets and mattresses. it was sending additional items, such as emergency shelters, kitchen sets, solar lamps, and hygiene kits, from its stockpiles in northern Brazil and elsewhere in the region. on thursday, Brazil’s federal government announced a package of 50.9 billion reais ($10 billion) for employees, beneficiaries of social programs, the state and municipalities, companies and rural producers in rio Grande do sul. andre Penner/associated Press RESIdENtS pAddLEd tHROUGH fLOOdEd StREEtS SAtURdAy AftER HEAVy RAINS IN PORtO ALEGRE, BRAzIL. 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His two-story home doubles as a sports bar. even though the first floor was flooded, he said he wouldn’t leave, partly out of fear of looters in his high-crime neighborhood, where police carried assault rifles as they patrolled its flooded streets. But sampaio also has nowhere else to go, he told the associated Press. “i am analyzing how safe i am, and i know that my belongings aren't safe at all,” sampaio said. “as long as i can fight for what is mine, within my abilities to not leave myself exposed, i will fight.” a t l ea s t 136 p eople h ad died in the floods since they began last week, and 125 more were missing, local authorities said Friday. the number of people displaced from their homes due to the torrential rains surpassed 400,000, of whom 70,000 were sheltering in gyms, schools, and other temporary locations. “i came here on Monday — lost my apartment to the flood," Matheus Vicari, a 32-year-old Uber driver, said inside a shelter where he was staying with his young son. 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a8 The World B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e M a Y 12, 2 0 2 4 BY Vasilisa StePanenko and EvgeniY Maloletka aSSOCIaTED PRESS vOvCHanSk, Ukraine — Moscow’s forces captured five villages in a renewed ground assault in northeastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday, and associated Press journalists in the city of vovchansk described multiple buildings destroyed after Russian airstrikes and barrages of grad rockets. Ukrainian officials didn't confirm whether Russians had taken the villages, which lie in a contested “gray zone” on the border of Ukraine's kharkiv region and Russia. Ukrainian journalists reported that the villages of Borysivka, Ohirtseve, Pylna, and Strilecha were taken by Russian troops on Friday. Russia said the village of Pletenivka was also taken. In an evening statement Saturday, Ukrainian President volodymyr Zelensky said fighting was still ongoing in the settlements of Strilecha and Pletenivka, as well as krasne, Morokhovets, Oliinykove, lukyantsi, and Hatyshche. “Our troops are carrying out counterattacks there for a second day, protecting Ukrainian territory,” he said. The Institute for the Study of War said Friday that geolocated footage confirms at least one of the villages was seized. The Washington-based think tank described recent Russian gains as “tactically significant.” The renewed assault on the region has forced more than 1,700 civilians residing in settlements near the fighting to flee, according to Ukrainian authorities. I t comes a fter Russia stepped up attacks in March targeting energy infrastructure and settlements, which analysts predicted were a concerted effort by Moscow to shape conditions for an offensive. On Saturday, Russia continued to pummel vovchansk with airstrikes and grad rockets as police and volunteers raced to evacuate residents. at least 20 people were evacuated to safety in a nearby village. Police said that 900 people had been evacuated the previous day. aP journalists who accompanied an evacuation team described empty streets with multiple buildings destroyed and others on fire. The road was littered with newly made craters and the city was covered in dust and shrapnel with the smell of gunpowder heavy in the air. Mushroom clouds of smoke rose across the skyline as Russian jets conducted multiple airstrikes. The aP journalists witnessed nine air attacks during the three hours they were there. “The situation in vovchansk and the settlements along the border [with Russia] is incredibly difficult. Constant aviation strikes are carried out, multiple rocket missile systems strikes, artillery strikes,” said Tamaz Hambarashvili, the head of the vovchansk military administration. “For the second day in a row, we evacuated all the inhabitants of our community who are willing to evacuate,” he said. “I think that they are destroying the city to make [local] people leave, to make sure there are no militaries, nobody. To create a ‘gray zone.'" Evacuees bade tearful goodbyes to neighbors as they were taken away from their homes. “You lie down and think — whether they will kill you now, or in an hour, or in three,” said resident valentyna Hrevnova, 75. “I hope that they [Russians] will not come, but ours [Ukrainians] will be here.” vera Rudko, 72, was among those who left. “We drove through vovchansk in the city center,” Rudko said. “I can’t look at this without tears.” Russia’s recent pu sh in kharkiv seeks to exploit ammunition shortages before promised Western supplies can reach the front line, and pin down Ukrainian forces in the northeast and keep them away from heavy battles underway in the Donetsk region where Moscow’s troops are gaining ground, analysts said. Russian military bloggers said the assault could mark the start of a Russian attempt to carve out a “buffer zone” that President vladimir Putin vowed to create earlier this year to halt frequent Ukrainian attacks on Belgorod and other Russian border regions. Fears also mount that without adequate supplies, Russia might even be able to cut supply routes and besiege the city of kharkiv, where 1.1 million people reside. Ukrainian officials have downplayed Russian statements about captured territory, with reinforcements being rushed to the kharkiv region to hold off Russian forces. On Telegram, kharkiv region governor Oleh Syniehubov said that heavy fighting continued in the areas around Borysivka, Ohirtseve, Pylna, and Oliinykove, but that the situation was under control and there was no threat of a ground assault on the city of kharkiv. In the meantime, artillery, mortar, and aerial bombardments hit more than 30 different towns and villages in the region on Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring five others, Syniehubov said. Ukrainian President volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed Friday evening that Russian forces were expanding their operations. He also called on the country’s Western allies to ensure that promised deliveries of military aid would swiftly reach the front lines. “It is critical that partners support our warriors and Ukrainian resilience with timely deliveries. Truly timely ones,” he said in a video statement on X. “a package that truly helps is the actual delivery of weapons to Ukraine, rather than just the announcement of a package.” The attack was launched from two areas in the kharkiv region early Friday, Ukrainian officials and analysts said. Russian assault groups attempted to break through Ukrainian defensive lines in the city of vovchansk and in the region north of the village of lyptsi. Separately, Ukrainian forces launched a barrage of drones and missiles Friday night, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said, with air defense systems downing 21 rockets and 16 drones over Russia’s Belgorod, kursk, and volgograd regions. One person died in a drone strike in the Belgorod region, and another in the kursk region, officials said. another strike set ablaze an oil depot in Ukraine’s Russianoccupied luhansk region, killing four people and wounding eight more, leonid Pasechnik, the region’s Moscow-installed leader, said on Telegram Saturday. There was also shelling in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region Saturday, where three people died when an explosion hit a restaurant, said Denis Pushilin, the area’s kremlin-appointed leader. Eight more people were wounded, including a child. In the war’s early days, Russia made a botched attempt to quickly storm kharkiv but retreated from its outskirts after about a month. In the fall of 2022, s even mon th s l ater, Ukraine’s army pushed them out of kharkiv. The bold counterattack helped persuade Western countries that Ukraine could defeat Russia on the battlefield and merited military support. 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m A Y 12, 2024 B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e The Nation A11 campaign 2024 By Russ Buettner and Paul Kiel NEW YORK tImES Former president Donald trump used a dubious accounting maneuver to claim improper tax breaks from his troubled Chicago tower, according to an IRS inquiry uncovered by the New York times and ProPublica. losing a yearslong audit battle over the claim could mean a tax bill of more than $100 million. the 92-story, glass-sheathed skyscraper along the Chicago River is the tallest and, at least for now, the last major construction project by trump. through a combination of cost overruns and the bad luck of opening in the teeth of the Great Recession, it was also a vast money loser. But when trump sought to reap tax benefits from his losses, the IRS has argued, he went too far and, in effect, wrote off the same losses twice. the first write-off came on trump’s tax return for 2008. With sales lagging far behind projections, he claimed that his investment in the condo-hotel tower met the tax code definition of “worthless,” because his debt on the project meant he would never see a profit. that move resulted in trump’s reporting losses as high as $651 million for the year, the times and ProPublica found. there is no indication that the IRS challenged that initial claim, although that lack of scrutiny surprised tax experts consulted for this article. But in 2010, trump and his tax advisers sought to extract further benefits from the Chicago project, executing a maneuver that would draw years of inquiry from the IRS. First, he shifted the company that owned the tower into a new partnership. Because he controlled both companies, it was like moving coins from one pocket to another. then he used the shift as justification to declare $168 million in additional losses over the next decade. the issues around trump’s case were novel enough that, during his presidency, the IRS undertook a high-level legal review before pursuing it. the times and ProPublica, in consultation with tax experts, calculated that the revision sought by the IRS would create a new tax bill of more than $100 million, plus interest and penalties. trump’s tax records have been a matter of intense speculation since the 2016 presidential campaign, when he defied decades of precedent and refused to release his returns, citing a long-running audit. A first, partial revelation of the substance of the audit came in 2020, when the times reported that the IRS was disputing a $72.9 million tax refund that trump had claimed starting in 2010. that refund, which appeared to be based on trump’s reporting of vast losses from his long-failing casinos, equaled every dollar of federal income tax he had paid during his first flush of television riches, from 2005 through 2008, plus interest. the reporting by the times and ProPublica about the Chicago tower reveals a second component of trump’s quarrel with the IRS. this account was pieced together from a collection of public documents, including filings from the New York attorney general’s suit against trump in 2022, a passing reference to the audit in a congressional report that same year, and an obscure 2019 IRS memorandum that explored the legitimacy of the accounting maneuver. the memorandum did not identify trump, but the documents, along with tax records previously obtained by the times and additional reporting, indicated that the former president was the focus. In response to questions for this article, trump’s son Eric, executive vice president of the trump Organization, said: “this matter was settled years ago, only to be brought back to life once my father ran for office. We are confident in our position, which is supported by opinion letters from various tax experts, including the former general counsel of the IRS.” An IRS spokesperson said federal law prohibited the agency from discussing private taxpayer information. Beyond the two episodes under aud it , repor ting by the times in recent years has found that, across his business career, trump, the Republicans’ presumptive 2024 presidential nominee, has often used what experts described as highly aggressive — and at times, legally suspect — accounting maneuvers to avoid paying taxes. to the six tax experts consulted for this article, trump’s Chicago accounting maneuvers appeared to be questionable and unlikely to withstand scrutiny. “I think he ripped off the tax system,” said Walter Schwidetzky, a law professor at the University of Baltimore and an expert on partnership taxation. the worthlessness deduction serves as a way for a taxpayer to benefit from an expected total loss on an investment long before the final results are known. It occupies a fuzzy and counterintuitive slice of tax law. three decades ago, a federal appeals court ruled that the judgment of a company’s worthlessness could be based in part on the opinion of its owner. After taking the deduction, the owner can keep the “worthless” company and its assets. Subsequent court decisions have only partly clarified the rules. Absent prescribed parameters, tax lawyers have been left to handicap the chances that a worthlessness deduction will withstand an IRS challenge. the tax experts gave the weakest chance of surviving a challenge for a worthlessness deduction based on borrowed money for which the outcome was not clear. It reflects a doubly irrational claim — that the taxpayer deserves a tax benefit for losing someone else’s money even before the money has been lost, and that those anticipated future losses can be used to offset real income from o ther sources. most of the debt included in trump’s worthlessness deduction was based on that risky position. trump continued to sell units at the Chicago tower, but still below his costs. Had he done nothing, his 2008 worthlessness deduction would have prevented him from claiming that shortfall as losses again. But in 2010, his lawyers attempted an end-run by merging the entity through which he owned the Chicago tower into another partnership, DJt Holdings llC. In the following years, they piled other businesses into DJt Holdings. those changes had no apparent business purpos e. But trump’s tax advisers took the position that pooling the Chicago tower’s finances with other businesses entitled him to declare even more tax-reducing losses from his Chicago investment. His financial problems there continued. more than 100 of the hotel condominiums never sold. Sales of all units totaled $727 million, far below trump’s budgeted costs of $859 million. And about 70,000 square feet of retail space remained vacant because it had been designed without access to foot or vehicle traffic. From 2011 through 2020, trump reported $168 million in additional losses from the project. It’s unclear when the IRS began to question the 2010 merger transaction, but the conflict escalated during trump’s presidency. the IRS explained its position in a memorandum, released in 2019, that identified trump only as “A.” Such memos are reserved for cases where the law is unclear. the document is dense with footnotes, calculations, and references to various statutes, but the core of the IRS’ position is that trump’s 2010 merger violated a law meant to prevent double dipping on tax-reducing losses. If done properly, the merger would have accounted for the fact that trump had already written off the full cost of the tower’s construction with his worthlessness deduction. In the IRS memo, trump’s lawyers vigorously disagreed with the agency’s conclusions. the only public sign of the Chicago audit came in December 2022, when a congressional Joint Committee on taxation report on IRS efforts to audit trump made an unexplained reference to the section of tax law at issue in the Chicago case. that the IRS did not initiate an audit of the 2008 worthlessness deduction puzzled the experts in partnership taxation. “I think the government recognized that they screwed up,” and then audited the merger transaction to make up for it, said monte Jackel, a veteran of the IRS and major accounting firms. Trump might owe $100m in double-dip tax breaks IRS says Chicago towerlosses were written off twice JAmIE KEltER DAvIS/NEW YORK tImES Trump International Hotel & Tower, in Chicago. Through a combination of cost overruns and the bad luck of opening in the Great Recession, the skyscraper was a vast money loser. 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a12 the nation B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e m a Y 12, 2 0 2 4 By Audrey McAvoy aSSOCIaTED PRESS PEaRl haRbOR, hawaii — The families of five men from hawaii who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during world war II received posthumous Purple heart medals on Friday, nearly eight decades after the soldiers died in a plane crash in the final days of the conflict. “I don’t have words. I’m just overwhelmed,” wilfred Ikemoto said as he choked up while speaking of the belated honor given to his older brother haruyuki. T he olde r I kemoto was among 31 men killed when their C-46 transport plane hit a cliff while attempting to land in Okinawa, Japan, on aug. 13, 1945. “I’m just happy that he got recognized,” Ikemoto said. army records indicate only two of the 31 ever received Purple heart medals, which the military awards to those wounded or killed during action against an enemy. Researchers in hawaii and minnesota recently discovered the omission, leading the army to agree to issue medals to families of the 29 men who were never recognized. Researchers located families of the five from hawaii, and now the army is asking family members of the other 24 men to contact them so their loved ones can finally receive recognition. The older Ikemoto was the fourth of 10 children and the first in his family to attend college when he enrolled at the university of hawaii. he was a photographer and developed film in a makeshift darkroom in a bedroom at home. “I remember him as probably the smartest and most talented in our family,” said wilfred Ikemoto, who was 10 years old when his brother died. On board the plane were 12 paratroopers with the 11th airborne Division, five soldiers in a Counter-intelligence Detachment assigned to the paratroopers, 10 Japanese american linguists in the military Intelligence Service, and four crew members. They had all flown up from the Philippines to spearhead the occupation of Japan after Tokyo’s surrender, said Daniel matthews, who looked into the illfated flight while researching his father’s postwar service in the 11th airborne. matthews attributed the army’s failure to recognize all 31 soldiers with medals to administrative oversight in the waning hours of the war. The uS had been preparing to invade Japan’s main islands, but it formulated alternative plans after receiving indications Japan was getting ready to surrender. Complicating matters further, there were four different units on the plane. The hawaii five were all part of the military Intelligence Service or mIS, an army unit made up of mostly Japanese americans who interrogated prisoners, translated intercepted messages, and traveled behind enemy lines to gather intelligence. They five had been inducted in January 1944 after the mIS, desperate to get more recruits, sent a team to hawaii to find more linguists, historian mark matsunaga said. altog e ther s om e 6,000 served with the military Intelligence Service. but much of their work has remained relatively unknown because it was classified until the 1970s. During the uS occupation of Japan, they served crucial roles as liaisons between american and Japanese officials and overseeing regional governments. Retired army general Paul nakasone, who recently stepped down as head of uS Cyber Command and the national Security agency, presented the medals to the families during the ceremony on the banks of Pearl harbor. nakasone’s hawaii-born father served in the mIS after the war, giving him a personal connection to the event. WWII soldiers honored after death Linguists killed in crash in 1945 campaign 2024 By Michael C. Bender and Nick Corasaniti nEw YORK TImES less than six months out from the presidential contest, leading Republicans, including several of Donald Trump’s potential running mates, have refused to commit to accepting the results of the election, signaling that the party may again challenge the outcome if its candidate loses. In a series of recent interviews, Republican officials and candidates have dodged the ques tion, responded with nonanswers, or offered clear falsehoods rather than commit to a notion that was once so uncontroversial that it was rarely discussed before an election. The evasive answers show how the former president’s refusal to concede his defeat after the 2020 election has ruptured a tenet of american democracy — that candidates are bound by the outcome. Trump’s fellow Republicans are now emulating his hedging well in advance of any voting. For his part, Trump has said he will abide by a fair election but has also suggested that he already considers the election unfair. Trump frequently refers to the federal and state charges he is facing as “election interference.” he has refused to rule out the possibility of another riot from his supporters if he loses again. “If we don’t win, you know, it depends,” Trump said las t month when asked by Time magazine about the prospect of political violence. “It always depends on the fairness of an election.” when asked about Trump’s comments, Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, one of the contenders to become Trump’s running mate, repeatedly evaded the question during an interview on nbC’s “meet the Press.” here is how he and other Republicans have handled questions about challenging the outcome of the next election: Senator tim Scott Scott voted in the Senate to certify the 2020 election and said during a Republican presidential primary debate in august that former vice president mike Pence was correct to certify the results on Jan. 6, 2021. “absolutely, he did the right thing,” Scott said. but Scott evaded eight different attempts by Kristen welker, the moderator of “meet the Press,” to pin h im down on whether he would accept the results of the next contest, no matter who won. after repeatedly responding by predicting a Trump victory in november, Scott ultimately, and flatly, refused to engage. “I’m not going to answer your hypothetical question,” he said. House Speaker Mike Johnson In a statement to The new York Times on Friday, Taylor haulsee, a spokesperson for Johnson, said the speaker would “adhere to the rule of law” when it came to accepting election results in 2024. “The speaker of the house has a duty to ensure each presidential election is conducted in compliance with the Constitution and all applicable laws, and to accept the results accordingly,” the statement said. “Speaker Johnson will always adhere to the rule of law. The speaker also recognizes the right of all candidates to contest election irregularities with litigation as appropriate.” In past interviews, including one this month with Politico, Johnson has indicated that he believes adhering to the Constitution can mean challenging the results. Johnson said he had no regrets about signing on to a lawsuit that sought to toss out millions of votes in states that had changed their voting rules during the coronavirus pandemic. The case was ultimately dismissed by the Supreme Court. Johnson also voted against certifying Joe biden’s victory. “I would do the exact same thing today if the circumstances were presented,” Johnson told Politico. Representative elise Stefanik Stefanik, the highest-ranking woman in house Republican leadership and another potential running mate of Trump’s, has committed to accepting results “if they’re constitutional.” The congresswoman, who is from new York, said the 2020 results were unconstitutional, pointing to the changes to voting procedures in some states. She also said she believed gerrymandered congressional districts in new York were “illegal.” “what we saw in 2020 was unconstitutional circumventing of the Constitution, not going through state legislators when it comes to changing election law,” she told “meet the Press.” “I see this at a very local level as well.” Republicans often point to the pandemic-era voting rules as evidence that the 2020 election was marred. In some cases, disputes over the changes were litigated before the election. after he lost, Trump filed more than 60 lawsuits contesting the results and won just one. no court found the outcome to be in question. Representative byron Donalds Donalds, a Florida Republican on Trump’s list of potential running mates, said in an interview Friday that he would accept the results of the 2024 election if he thought the contest was fair. “as long as localities actually follow election laws passed by the legislature, yeah,” Donalds said, adding that he believed that had not been the case in 2020, when he took a leading role in Congress during the attempt to overturn the presidential contest. “If the procedures are followed, I’m good,” Donalds said. “no funny business.” Senator JD Vance vance, an Ohio Republican believed to be on Trump’s vice presidential shortlist, did not respond to a request about whether he would accept the 2024 results. but he has said that unlike vice President mike Pence in 2020, he would have helped Trump overturn the results by accepting Trump electors that had not been elected by voters. “If I had been vice president, I would have told the states — like Pennsylvania, georgia, and so many others — that we needed to have multiple slates of electors, and I think the uS Congress should have fought over it from there,” vance told abC news in February. “That is the legitimate way to deal with an election that a lot of folks, including me, think had a lot of problems in 2020.” Other Republican candidates hoping to be Trump’s vice presidential pick, including Donalds, have expressed similar sentim ents about whether the y would certify an election they saw as problematic, but the question is likely moot. In 2022, Congress passed an update to the Electoral Count act that states that the vice president has no official authority in certifying the results. Sam brown, candidate for Senate in nevada brown, a retired army captain, is running to replace Senator Jacky Rosen, the Democratic incumbent in nevada. he has support from the national Republican Senatorial Committee but has not yet been able to secure an endorsemen t from Trump in the crowded Republican primary scheduled for June. last week, brown responded to a questionnaire from The las vegas Review-Journal that asked candidates about election fraud and their willingness to accept the results of their own race in 2024. but he did not directly answer any of the questions. according to the newspaper, brown instead responded by raising doubts about election security. he did not provide any specific examples of what he viewed as the risks, and instead pointed to Democratic lawmakers in the state who, in 2020, “rammed through new laws that put ballots and election security at risk.” “These last-minute changes caused many voters to lose confidence in our election systems,” brown said. Will GOP lawmakers accept election results? Some emulate Trump’s hedging as voting looms DOug mIllS/nEw YORK TImES; amanDa anDRaDE-RhOaDES/nEw YORK TImES Trump could choose Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina or Representative Elise Stefanik of New York as his running mate. ‘I would do the exact same thing today if the circumstances were presented.’ mIKE JOhnSOn, House speaker, on signing on to a lawsuit after the 2020 election that sought to toss out millions of votes Donald Trump said nikki haley isn’t under consideration to be his running mate as the former president sharpens his focus on possible vice presidential candidates. Trump’s comment on his social media platform followed an axios report earlier Saturday that his campaign has been considering haley, who served as his ambassador to the united nations. She was Trump’s closest rival in this year’s Republican primaries before dropping out of the race in march. “nikki haley is not under consideration for the v.P. slot, but I wish her well!” Trump said. The relationship between the two remains strained after the primaries, but Republicans close to both think it’s in their mutual interest to reconcile, axios reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. a donor retreat in Florida last week gave Trump a chance to check out several potential running mates: Ohio Senator JD vance, north Dakota governor Doug burgum, Florida Senator marco Rubio, and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott. Trump signaled in a may 1 radio interview that he’ll make his pick closer to the Republican national Convention, which begins July 15 in milwaukee. blOOmbERg nEwS Jill biden has encouraging words for ariz. college grads Jill biden on Saturday told arizona community college graduates to tune out the people who like to tell them what they can’t do. The first lady shared with graduates of mesa Community College how her high school guidance counselor told her she wasn’t college material. She didn’t listen and got her college degree. Then she got three more, including two master’s degrees and, at age 55, a doctorate in educational leadership. She went to school at night while raising three children and working full time. The first lady has been a teacher for more than 30 years. She encouraged the graduates to “drown out” the voices that say “can’t” and to remember the challenges they overcame to get to wear a cap and gown on Saturday. “You’ve met life’s challenges before. and you know that on the other side of ‘can’t’ lies the beauty and joy and surprise of life, the adventure that changes us for the better,” she said, according to excerpts of her prepared remarks shared with the associated Press. “and you are ready for it.” biden said the graduates shouldn’t be afraid to face the unknown. “Expect anything and everything. Take the risks that scare you. Don’t hesitate when you see the chance for joy. Share your stories, too. be kinder. love harder. Dream bigger. Find your adventure and keep your courage to say ‘yes,’” she said. aSSOCIaTED PRESS in reversal, barron trump will not be Rnc delegate barron Trump, former president Donald Trump’s youngest son who has stayed out of the spotlight since his father entered politics, will not serve as one of Florida’s delegates to the Republican national Convention, the office of melania Trump announced Friday. In a statement released two days after barron, 18, was selected to be an at-large delegate by the Florida Republican Party, melania Trump’s office said that barron was “honored” to be chosen but that he “regretfully declines to participate due to prior commitments.” melania Trump did not immediately respond to questions about those commitments. barron, who will graduate from high school next week and plans to attend college in the fall, has largely not participated in his father’s political career. melania Trump has fiercely guarded her son’s privacy, even as some of his older siblings have been in the spotlight, campaigning for their father during the Republican primary. hours before her office released its statement, Donald Trump suggested in a radio interview that barron was among his political advisers. “he’s really been a great student. and he does like politics,” Trump said on Talk Radio 1210 wPhT in Philadelphia. “It’s sort of funny. he’ll tell me sometimes, ‘Dad, this is what you have to do.’” nEw YORK TImES Murphy wins state party backing for third term unCaSvIllE, Conn. — Connecticut Democrats on Saturday unanimously endorsed uS Senator Chris murphy for a third term, praising his efforts on gun control, immigration reform, and foreign policy. murphy’s enthusiastic backing from the party faithful happened quickly at the Democratic State Convention, held at the mohegan Sun resort and casino. he had no opposition. with 1,425 delegates on hand, murphy and other top state Democrats used the event to inspire support for the reelection of President biden in november and to keep Connecticut politically blue. The state’s junior senator, murphy pledged to keep pushing for a universal background check law on guns and a ban on assault weapons. murphy’s challenger is set to be nominated on monday at the Republican state convention. aSSOCIaTED PRESS Trump says Haley is not a contender to be his running mate political notebook gIORgIO vIERa/aFP vIa gETTY ImagES/FIlE 2023 Donald Trump, with son Barron, suggested in an interview that the 18-year-old was among his political advisers.
m A Y 12, 2024 B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e The Nation A13 BY Jeff McMurraY ASSOCIATED PRESS As vehicles get smarter and more connected, the humble lights that have controlled the flow of traffic for more than a century could also be on the cusp of a major transformation. Researchers are exploring ways to use features in modern cars, such as GPS, to make traffic safer and more efficient. Eventually, the upgrades could do away entirely with the red, yellow, and green lights of today, ceding control to driverless cars. Henry liu, a civil engineering professor who is leading a study through the University of michigan, said the rollout of a new traffic signal system could be a lot closer than people realize. “The pace of artificial intelligence progress is very fast, and I think it’s coming,” he said. Traffic lights haven’t changed much in the US over the years. Cleveland debuted what is considered the first “municipal traffic control system” in 1914, historian megan kate Nelson wrote for Smithsonian magazine. Powered by the electricity from the city’s trolley line, engineer James Hodge’s invention featured two lights: red and green, the colors long used by railroads. A police officer sitting in a booth on the sidewalk had to flip a switch to change the signal. A few years later, Detroit police officer william Potts is credited with adding the yellow light (as a city employee he couldn’t patent it). By 1930, Nelson wrote, all major American cities and many smaller ones had at least one electrical traffic signal. The advent of connected and automated vehicles, though, has presented a world of new possibilities for traffic signals. Among those reimagining traffic flows is a team at North Carolina State University led by Ali Hajbabaie, an associate engineering professor. Rather than doing away with today's traffic signals, Hajbabaie suggests adding a fourth light, perhaps a white one, to indicate when there are enough autonomous vehicles on the road to take charge and lead the way. “when we get to the intersection, we stop if it’s red and we go if it’s green," said Hajbabaie, whose team used model cars small enough to hold. “But if the white light is active, you just follow the vehicle in front of you.” Although Hajbabaie’s research refers to a “white phase” and possibly even a white light, the specific color isn’t important , he said. Current lights could even suffice, say, by modify ing them to f lash red and green simultaneously to signal that driverless cars are in charge. Using such an approach would be years away, as it would require 40 percent to 50 percent of vehicles on the road to be selfdriving in order to work, Hajbabaie acknowledged. University of michigan researchers have taken a different approach. They conducted a pilot program in the Detroit suburb of Birmingham using insights from the speed and locat ion data found in G enera l motors vehicles to alter the timing of that city’s traffic lights. The researchers recently landed a US Department of Transportation grant under the bipartisan infrastructure law to test how to make the changes in real time. Because the michigan research deals with vehicles that have drivers, not fully autonomous ones, it could be much closer to wider implementation than what Hajbabaie is seeking. liu, who has been leading the michigan research, said even with as little as 6 percent of the vehicles on Birmingham’s streets connected to the Gm system, they provide enough data to adjust the timing of the traffic lights to smooth the flow. “The beauty of this is you don’t have to do anything to the infrastructure,” liu said. “The data is not coming from the infrastructure. It’s coming from the car companies.” Smarter cars could mean big changes for traffic lights Red, yellow, and green signals may be phased out BY Jesus Jiménez NEw YORk TImES For decades, munch’s make Believe Band at Chuck E. Cheese has performed for countless birthdays, end-of-season little league parties, and other celebrations. There’s been Chuck E. Cheese and Helen Henny on vocals, mr. munch on keys, Jasper T. Jowls on guitar, and Pasqually on drums. The band of robot puppets has been a mainstay at the colorful pizzeria-arcade chain where children run amok and play games for prizes in between bites of pizza slices. Their final curtain call is coming soon. By the end of 2024, the animatronic performances — endearing and nostalgia-inducing, if perhaps slightly creepy to their audiences — will be phased out at all but two of the chain’s more than 400 locations in the United States: one in los Angeles and another in Nanuet, N.Y. The departure of the band comes as Chuck E . Cheese undergoes what its CEO, David mckillips, recently described as its largest and “most aggressive transformation.” Out: Animatronic bands. In: more screens, digital dance floors, and trampoline gyms. The coronavirus pandemic forced hundreds of Chuck E. Cheese locations to shutter, and the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the summer of 2020. Since then, its leaders have tried to adapt Chuck E. Cheese to a modern era — and children who might be more excited by screens than an old animatronic band with limited movement and shifty eyes. “kids are consuming entertainment differently than they were 10, 20 years ago,” mckillips said, sitting in a booth at the Chuck E. Cheese in Hicksville, N.Y., on long Island. “kids, really of all ages, are consuming their entertainment on a screen.” For now, munch’s make Believe Band still performs every day at the Hicksville location, which sometimes hosts as many as 20 birthday parties on a weekend day, starting as early at 8 a.m. But by the end of the summer, the band will have played its last show there. Then the band will be removed and replaced by a Jumbotron-size TV, more seating, and a digital dance floor. (Chuck E. Cheese declined to say what will happen to the animatronic figures after they are removed from hundreds of locations across the country.) Not everyone wants more screens, trampolines, and new games. On a recent wednesday afternoon, kendall maldonado, 12, of Queens, was dancing next to the band dressed in his own Chuck E. Cheese costume, taking in one of the final performances in Hicksville. “I grew up on tickets and tokens,” said kendall, a self-described “super fan,” who has visited dozens of Chuck E. Cheese locations across the New York area and one in Puerto Rico. kendall’s mother, Jennifer molina, 43, said she brought kendall to his first Chuck E. Cheese when he was 3 . like many young children, kendall was initially slightly scared of Chuck E., but he later warmed up to the giant mouse. “He’s been a fan ever since,” she said. molina said that kendall wished the bands could stay. “The band is in perfect condition,” kendall said. “Sometimes kids hit them, which is mad disrespectful because they’re just doing their job and performing.” Since Chuck E. Cheese announced in November that it would phase out munch’s make Believe Band, some parents have scrambled to take their children to the final performances. kaitlin Rubenstein, 30, the general manager of the Hicksville location and another in Hempstead, N.Y., said that some people recorded videos of the band to preserve the memory. Rubinstein said it was “bittersweet” to watch the band that had been a part of her childhood being retired. “To go to Chuck E. Cheese on a Friday night,” she said, “that was a treat.” For anyone born since about the mid-1970s, visiting a Chuck E. Cheese has felt like part of an American childhood. As the chain modernizes and ushers out its animatronic band, kristy linares, 33,the general manager of the Chuck E. Cheese in Paramus, N.J., said not much had changed. The Paramus location no longer has an animatronic band and was recently renovated with more TVs, a digital dance floor, and a trampoline gym, but linares, who sometimes takes her children there, said that children still eat pizza and play games as always. “Chuck E. Cheese is still the same,” she said. Employees said they had seen children shift their attention to screen-based games in recent years. leana Gil, 17, a birthday party coordinator at the Paramus location, said she had noticed that children “gravitate toward things of their time,” citing a much-loved Paw Patrol game as an example. JACkIE mOllOY/NEw YORk TImES The animatronic band will be phased out at all but two of Chuck E. Cheese’s US locations. Time’s running out for fans to catch Chuck E. Cheese animatronic band Year-round, BHCHP provides high quality health care to over 10,000 individuals and families experiencing homelessness. 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a14 The Region B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e M a Y 12, 2 0 2 4 1970 1940 1984 1988 ‘IMMIGRANTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE SCAPEGOAT. ALWAYS.’ LORNA RIVERA, director of the Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development & Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts RACISM, RIOTS, & MURDER the federal fiscal year, but state officials don’t know for sure how many migrants are actually arriving. it’s unclear what the longterm impact of this influx will be. but what is undeniable, according to Jonathan sarna, a history professor at brandeis University, is that immigration changes the social, cultural, and demographic fabric of communities. “When i hear broad criticisms of today’s immigrants, one has déja vu,” said sarna during a recent phone interview. Marilynn s. Johnson, a boston college research professor made a similar observation., “boston was a real center of immigration and continues to be,” she said, “and that often brings about negative responses.” “and it’s also been a place that’s had economic ups and downs; when that collides with immigration, it can produce a lot of resentments,” said Johnson, co-director of Global boston, a digital project at bc that chronicles the history of immigration in the region. today, Johnson said, the region’s housing crisis may be contributing to unease. Where will all the new arrivals live? and who will foot the bill? Governor Maura healey’s administration has projected it will cost $915 million to run the state’s emergency shelter system at current levels during the fiscal year that begins July 1. “i don’t want to say everyone who is opposed to migrants coming in is necessarily racist or nativist,” Johnson said, “because there are real problems here in terms of the housing situation.” “often people feel like their communities are overrun, and there’s no support forthcoming from the federal government because of all the gridlock in Washington,” she said. “so it is a source of frustration, but it’s one that we’ve seen before in the past.” indeed, one of the earliest and most-cited instances of violent xenophobia locally is the burning down of a catholic convent in a section of thencharlestown, now somerville, by an angry protestant mob in 1834, in the middle of a decade when the number of irish catholics in the city doubled. that brought about religious and ethnic tensions and stoked stories of papist plots on street corners and in taverns. the burning of the Ursuline convent was a precursor to fierce anti-catholicism in the years to come, as the irish continued to pour into boston. three years later, a huge irish funeral procession and a group of Yankee firefighters engaged in a brawl so large and violent that it took 800 armed troops to restore order in what would become known as the broad street riot. in the 1840s, in the midst of the Great Famine in ireland, a stream of new arrivals were met with a fierce local backlash. (J. anthony lukas’s pulitzer prize-winning nonfiction book “common Ground” has 130,000 irish disembarking at the port of boston between 1846 and 1856.) “our country is literally being overrun with the miserable, vicious, and unclean paupers of the old country,” the bunker hill aurora newspaper in charlestown proclaimed in 1847. in the 1890s, as newcomers from italy and southeastern europe arrived at a time of sweeping industrialization and urbanization, a trio of boston brahmin intellectuals founded the immigration restriction league, which laid the intellectual groundwork for many contemporary hard-line anti-immigration beliefs. the league’s great ally in Washington, henry cabot lodge, a well-known senator from Massachusetts and a boston brahmin, was known as a staunch anti-immigrant nationuIMMIGRANTS Continued from Page A1 alist during his political career. in 1891, lodge wrote that immigration was increasing at that time, adding that “it is making its relative increase from races most alien to the body of the american people and from the lowest and most illiterate classes among those races.” “in other words, it is apparent that, while our immigration is increasing, it is showing at the same time a marked tendency to deteriorate in character,” he wrote. lodge also hailed the 1882 chinese exclusion act, which prohibited new immigration from china and blocked those already here from becoming naturalized citizens. the wisdom of the act, lodge wrote, “everybody now admits.” in the decades after that act, police routinely raided businesses in boston’s chinatown, searching for people who may have entered the United states illegally. in one such raid, in 1903, police cordoned off the neighborhood as authorities burst into houses and businesses alike without warrants, according to bc researchers. of the 234 people arrested by police during that raid, 50 were deported. the trial and execution of Nicola sacco and bartolomeo vanzetti, both italian immigrants and anarchists, in Massachusetts in the 1920s is still debated today. Despite their pleas of innocence, they were convicted and sentenced to die in the electric chair for fatally shooting two people during an armed robbery in braintree. political dissidents, unionists, italian immigrants, and other supporters — including poet edna st. vincent Millay — demonstrated across the United states and europe, arguing the two were targeted for their political beliefs and immigrant status. Decades later, Governor Michael Dukakis said their trial “was permeated by prejudice against foreigners and hostility toward unorthodox political views.” additionally, the Ku Klux Klan established a foothold locally in the early decades of the 20th century. by 1925, the KKK had more than 130,000 members in Massachusetts, according to research from historian Mark paul richard, with the group taking aim at catholic and Jewish immigrants as well as black people. indeed, antisemitism found a home in Greater boston, and it festered as the region’s Jewish population grew. During World War ii, bands of irish catholic youths assaulted Jewish people in Dorchester, roxbury, and Mattapan, according to one historian. the New York-based Yiddish daily newspaper the Day referred to the violence in Dorchester as “a series of small pogroms,” according to american Jewish history. Driven from their homelands by war and genocide, vietnamese and cambodian refugees began arriving in larger numbers in the late 1970s and 1980s, carving out enclaves in Dorchester’s Fields corner and lowell. During the 1980s in Massachusetts, at least three asian refugees were killed by white assailants, according to media coverage of the time. Unrest in latin america has dramatically altered Greater boston’s demographics in recent decades. in the 1980s, chelsea’s latino population surged as thousands of refugees fleeing violence and civil wars in el salvador, honduras, and Guatemala settled in. lorna rivera, director for the Gastón institute for latino community Development & public policy at the University of Massachusetts boston, said latinos locally have faced discrimination in housing, employment, health care, and education. “immigrants have always been the scapegoat,” she said. “always.” in 1984, a race riot erupted in lawrence, when a blue-collar neighborhood erupted into multiple nights of violent turmoil. the spark was believed to be an argument between different groups about a broken car windshield that spiraled out of control. in a front-page dispatch, the New York times reported, “Dozens of young hispanic residents and some of their parents spoke bitterly of the prejudices they said they faced from whites. they spoke of trouble finding jobs and of harassment by the lawrence police.” lawrence’s population is currently more than 80 percent hispanic, according to the Us census. in more recent years, xenophobia has surfaced again amid rising anti-immigrant rhetoric in national politics. in 2015, a pair of south boston brothers were charged with beating and urinating on a homeless Mexican immigrant. police alleged one of the brothers said, “Donald trump was right; all these illegals need to be deported.” the brothers pleaded guilty to several charges in the case. in 2020, a white woman attacked a mother and daughter in east boston while they were speaking spanish, with the assailant allegedly saying, “this is america” and “Go back to your [expletive] country.” Dina haynes, a professor at New england law and an immigration expert, applauds the state’s response to the latest surge of migrants. here, she said, officials have resisted antiimmigrant narratives that are grounded in national security concerns or “limited resource arguments.” Massachusetts has thus far avoided legislation such as an immigration proposal recently signed by the iowa governor that criminalized “illegal entry” into that state. “Massachusetts has done a remarkable job in resisting pitting vulnerable groups against one another for scarce resources,” she said, “and i’m really proud of us for that.” Jeremiah Manion of the Globe staff contributed to this report. Material from the Associated Press was used in this report. Danny McDonald can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him @Danny__McDonald. A woman wept as she was fingerprinted while registering as an alien in Boston. The Alien Registration Act required noncitizens to register with the US government. Boston Mayor Kevin White (left) and Rabbi Israel O. Goldberg looked out of a secondfloor window as they inspected damage caused by a fire at the Temple Agudath Israel in Dorchester. White called on the city’s “silent majority” to take a more active role to improve the community and to reduce vandalism like what occurred at this and another Dorchester synagogue. The rubble of a liquor store was seen on Oxford Street after the Lower Tower Hill race riots. An EMT helped a resident holding a sick baby run to an ambulance during the riots. Immigrants listened to speakers during a rally for the Gateway Cities Program at Faneuil Hall. Globe archive photos
M A y 12, 2024 B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e A15 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST SCAN TO READ THE COVERAGE Denied by AI: How Medicare Advantage plans use algorithms to cut of care for seniors in need Casey Ross and Bob Herman in Investigative Reporting For highlighting the dangers of AI use in medicine.
a16 The Region B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e M a y 12, 2 0 2 4 Wellesley — the home of assistant majority leader alice Peisch and one of the state’s wealthiest communities — received at least $495,000 in direct earmarks, including $60,000 to digitize town records. Groups and departments in braintree, the hometown of Revenue committee chair Mark cusack, secured $725,000. Weymouth, which Mariano also helps represent, got $560,000. thanks to their powerful representatives, those towns and cities fared far better than cities such as brockton ($440,000), a majority-black city of 100,000 peopl e , and c hicope e ($100,000), a Western Massachusetts city where median household income is far lower. another example is chelsea, which received $75,000. the city is home to about 10,000 more people than Wellesley and is 67 percent latino. in Wellesley, more than three-quarters of residents are white. Peisch defended her haul, saying in a statement that the “house’s work prioritizes aid for our most vulnerable populations.” “earmarks should not be the only measure used to determine a ‘gap’ between other municipalities and Wellesley,” she said. Republicans, a tiny minority in the house, also tend to fare poorly under the secretive system. the 25-person caucus collectively received $1.6 million in total earmarks. by contrast, about a dozen high-ranking democratic members received that much, or more, each. the partisan divide was evident in one town where both state Representative Marcus Vaughn, a first-term Wrentham Republican, and state Representative John Rogers, a veteran norwood democrat, filed earmarks of $50,000 and $100,000, respectively, for the same thing: “pedestrian access” improvements at the high school in Walpole, which they both represent. language allocating funds for both representatives’ requests was included in the bud ge t — but Vau ghn’s a t $20,000 and R og e r s a t t he full $100,000. Rogers, a former budget chair himself, told the Globe he believes that the money Vaughn scored was a “data entry issue” and will ultimately be cut from the budget bill before it heads to the governor’s desk. house minority leader brad Jones — whose $275,000 in earmarks led all members of the GoP caucus — said he believes house leaders used this year’s budget process to punish members, such as Republicans, who tried to disrupt democratic leadership’s agenda. late last year, the few Republican members of the house repeatedly blocked a spending bill with money for the emergency shelter system by using parliamentary maneuvering, ultimately forcing dozens of democrats to attend an informal session to push it through. at the time, Mariano released statements accusing house Republicans of “obstructionism.” “i’ve been in the building long enough to know it’s a cause and effect,” Jones said, “even if it’s not stated.” Mariano’s office did not comment on the treatment of GoP budget amendments. Samantha J. Gross can be reached at [email protected]. Matt Stout can be reached at [email protected]. Michlewitz, the budget’s primary author, added 15 earmarks for his constituents and other priorities, without attaching his name to any of them. that’s more earmarks than any of the chamber’s other 158 representatives collected. Michlewitz’s additions total nearly $1.9 million, more than any single city or town outside of boston got in direct earmarks, according to a Globe analysis of the more than 700 earmarks the house adopted last month. his haul also topped what all 25 house Republicans received in earmarks combined. and this all played out largely in secret. house leaders tucked the largesse into sweeping budget amendments assembled in a private, wood-paneled lounge down the hall from the house chamber. these stealth earmarks are not illegal; rather, they are a coveted, traditional perk of legislative heavyweights, allowing the most powerful to funnel money to hand-picked projects before other members or the voters who elected them realize it. not that they would be likely to squawk. the power dynamics of the house — where the speaker controls everything from office space to how much money individual lawmakers make — work to silence potential opposition or complaints, house veterans say. Most of the leaders’ earmarks were packed into a $27 million package released late on april 26 — a friday afternoon — in the final 90 minutes of the house’s three-day budget deliberations. lawmakers then had 30 minutes to read the 12,443-word amendment before it passed with no opposition. “it not only offends principles of fairness among the members and basic ideas about transparency, it potentially opens the door to all kinds of sweetheart deals or even worse,” Jonathan hecht, a former democratic state representative who left the house in 2021, said of the legislative leaders’ practice of inserting their own earmarks late into the budget. “there’s no opportunity for anybody in the public to see what’s being done — until it’s too late.” Michlewitz, widely regarded as the presumptive speaker when Mariano retires, alone added $1.88 million in funding for local organizations in or near his north end-anchored district. that included $400,000 for a local health center, $65,000 for a nonprofit that runs two north end dog parks, and $50,000 for a group that represents bay Village, boston’s smallest neighborhood, considered the city’s “secret-garden” for its tree-lined streets and multimillion-dollar brick row houses. Michlewitz, in total, scored seven times in earmark funding what the median lawmaker received, the Globe found. nine other representatives had amendments approved that amounted to more earmark money than what Michlewitz secured himself, the Globe found. but in almost all cases, those other big-dollar earmarks benefited more than a single district. the earmarks of Michlewitz, Mariano, and the other leaders by contrast focused largely on their own. Representative Kevin honan, a brighton democrat and the current longest-serving member of the house, scored a $2 million earmark for the Massachusetts alliance of boys & Girls clubs, a statewide organization that represents dozens of clubs that serve tens of thousands of children. that one item accounted for most of the nearly $2.8 million in earmarks he won. likewise, Representative carlos González, a springfield democrat who serves as the house chairman of the joint Public safety committee, won amendments that totaled $3 million, with $1 million alone going to a statewide grant program for police and prosecutors. Mariano included nearly $1.3 million in earmarks for communities in his district, including $500,000 for the adams Presidential center, a planned research and exhibition space dedicated to Presidents John and John Quincy adams and their families, and another $300,000 for Quincy college for “student supports.” Quincy alone scored nearly $1.5 million in direct earmarks from Mariano and two other lawmakers representing the 100,000-person city — the most for any community outside of boston, springfield, or Worcester, the state’s three largest cities. the annual budget is the most fundamental piece of legislation to pass through beacon hill each year — and is required by the state constitution — ensuring that state government remains funded. it funnels billions of dollars to uEARMARKS Continued from Page A1 Hidden path in budget process Jessica Rinaldi/Globe staff local schools, municipal governments, and various causes, and dominates discussion on beacon hill for weeks. the house Ways and Means committee typically releases its proposal each april, after which lawmakers can propose an array of amendments, including new policy proposals, such as increasing a public official’s salary, or what are colloquially known as earmarks — which target money to specific projects, from building a new gazebo to funding new band uniforms for a local high school. other earmarks direct funding to specific local organizations. those amendments are either accepted and added into the spending bill, or rejected during budget deliberations later in the month. to become law, they then have to survive closed-door negotiations with the senate after it passes its own budget, and be signed into law by the governor. but while most lawmakers must request earmarks by formally filing them through the house clerk — and do so nearly two weeks before deliberations over the budget begin — several house leaders didn’t file a single one on this schedule. aides to Mariano said house speakers have a “longstanding” practice of not filing any legislation or amendments to bills. of the five house leaders, only Representative Patricia haddad, the third most powerful democrat on the budget committee, filed an amendment seeking money for a local sewer project, which other representatives could see in advance. she later withdrew the measure, telling the Globe her aide filed it by mistake. nonetheless, she still secured $200,000 for the project. “When you’re on the committee [with Michlewitz] and you’re three doors down . . . we talk,” haddad said, explaining why she didn’t file amendments for her earmarks. “for me to file an amendment would b e k ind o f dumb.” the somerset democrat ended up getting more than $600,000 in total earmarks, including $100,000 for a nonprofit where her son sits on the advisory board. ferrante won $812,500 in earmarks that weren’t revealed before budget deliberations started, including money to repair Gloucester’s hammond castle, a 1920s-era mansion that houses a museum and is a popular wedding venue. add in $525,000 of earmarks for Moran, including $50,000 for a riverside amphitheater in his district, and earmarks inserted by top house leaders added up to $5.1 million to the budget, without the democrats’ names ever being publicly attached to them. in response to questions from the Globe, each of the leaders confirmed they were responsible for the proposals benefiting their districts. in a statement, Mariano defended the house’s budget process as one that “ensures that every member has multiple opportunities to have their voice heard, and their amendments considered.” Michlewitz said he met privately with individual lawmakers in the months before the budget votes, and noted that, amid an uncertain revenue picture, the roughly $95 million the house added during its deliberations — including $77 million in earmarks by the Globe’s count — was tens of millions lower than what house lawmakers inserted in recent budget cycles. the additions make up a small fraction of a wider spending proposal that now nears $60 billion. Mariano and others in leadership also argued that every lawmaker can debate an individual amendment on the floor, though few outside of the chamber’s small Republican caucus ever do. of the 1,495 amendments lawmakers filed to this year’s budget proposal, just seven were considered as standalone proposals, and only six of those — all filed by Republicans — got roll call votes. Just one was adopted. “While local earmarks are often a critical source of needed support for our communities, the house remained focused on balancing their importance with the need to be fiscally prudent throughout this year’s budget process,” Mariano said in a statement. ‘People are scared’ the earmarks, however, present a stark reminder of the state house’s unbalanced power dynamic, said evan horowitz, executive director at tufts University’s center for state Policy analysis. When the line items get folded into “consolidated” mega-amendments, there is little room for conversation or disagreement. “the power structure of the house is unhealthy,” he said. ”it is not surprising that these are not sprinkled fairly because not all members are treated equally in the power dynamic of the house.” democrats, in particular, are loath to challenge house leaders by demanding a floor debate or amendment vote in a chamber where Mariano controls what office they get, what committee assignment they receive, and ultimately, whether they get a lucrative leadership stipend to pad their $73,655-a-year base salary, said state Representative Russell holmes. “People are scared,” said the Mattapan democrat, who has challenged leadership in the past. “When your salary is dependent on you not pulling this [amendment] out and your mortgage still needing to be paid, those things weigh on whether you want to get in the fight with the person who makes the decision in the building.” holmes now sits on the house budget committee and won $825,000 in earmarks, the Globe review found. house leaders have, for at least two decades, used backrooms off the house chamber to piece together their budget. behind a velvet rope, beyond which only lawmakers may venture during session, Michlewitz listens to members’ requests and then bundles hundreds of earmarks and other proposals — often loosely grouped together by subjects — into what’s known as a consolidated amendment. as a result, public debate on the house floor has withered, replaced by private meetings several lawmakers likened to the tV show “shark tank.” When alerted by house leaders, lawmakers this spring, as in years past, filed into a room off a hallway limited to “Members only,” where they typically take less than a minute — “quicker than an elevator pitch,” as one lawmaker put it — to appeal to Michlewitz about why their proposed earmark should make it into the sprawling amendment before he moves on to the next one. for many years, house leaders held court in Room 348, a small conference room steps from the chamber. after the pandemic, house leaders moved the operation to the roomier house member’s lounge. but Room 348 remains shorthand on beacon hill for this crucial part of the budget process and where lawmakers have long memories of cramming in shoulder to shoulder to pitch their causes. “With so many people in there, you can pass out because it’s so hot,” said state Representative Michael soter, a bellingham Repub lican who got $15,000 in earmarks in the current budget. the process, proponents said, gives lawmakers another avenue to advocate directly for their districts or priorities. but even the process’s defenders said it’s unclear to what degree the backroom jockeying shapes the final product. “i’m quite certain the [budget] chair has a good idea of what’s going to make it in and what isn’t prior to Room 348,” said state Representative susannah Whipps, an independent from athol who received $110,000 in earmarks. still, Whipps said it’s a system that works. “it’s the only way you can get through — i don’t know, how many amendments? 1,500 of them?” she said. ‘A charade’ others disagree. state auditor diana diZoglio, a former lawmaker who served in the house for three terms, said that by taking the debate out of the chamber and into closed-door meetings, leadership prevents the public from tracking a process “that they call democratic but is anything but.” “it always seemed more like a charade than anything else, that it was kept in place to give rank-and-file legislators the impression that they were being listened to more than they actually were,” said diZoglio, who has clashed with legislative leaders in her bid to gain the power to audit the legislature. “it’s a process that allows for some folks to count and some folks not to count.” democratic leaders often secured several amendments each, boosting their towns in the process. for example, ‘It not only offends principles of fairness among the members and basic ideas about transparency, it potentially opens the door to all kinds of sweetheart deals or even worse.’ Jonathan hecht, a former Democratic state representative
M A y 12, 2024 B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e The Region A17 actively working toward it, told the globe about an increased focus by hospital corporations on metrics and money. they also say that more patient-care decisions are being made by administrators, and that they, too, experience frustrations the salem doctors are expressing. one primary care doctor in the boston area who asked not to be identified for job security reasons said in an email that policies are being made “based mainly on making sure we recoup maximum financial reimbursement for our services.” “i don’t feel i can take care of my patients safely anymore without a significant change in how my institution listens to those of us who care for patients directly,” she said. financial pressures and consolidation in health care are taking an especially heavy toll on doctors in emergency rooms, according to the century foundation — although physicians in all specialties report feeling under stress. today, slightly more than half of hospi ta ls are owned by national chains, up from 12 percent in the 1980s, the foundation’s report notes, leading to greater pressure to generate revenue, reduced physician and support staffs — and increasing frustration. “if you’re supposed to be making money, you feel more vulnerable,” said report author tara oakman. the “relative value unit” of each procedure and visit physicians perform — a reimbursement mechanism that factors in efforts and costs and can also measure productivity — is recorded in regular analytics reports, but this data doesn’t show the hours spent trying to manage a single er patient, doctors say, while trying to arrange transfers or consult with remote specialists to accommodate for services that were previously onsite. “there’s no metric for how much compassion you have or how late you are willing to stay or how many times you gave a parent a $20 bill because they couldn’t afford parking in boston,” said Anderson, the pediatric doctor. the job takes an emotional toll, she said, and days off are sometimes spent putting yourself back together. one thanksgiving night, in 2001, when she was a resident in Portland, Maine, a boy who had been missing was found in a lake. Anderson was the one who wrapped him in blankets and circulated warm saline through his body. she was the one who, alone in a room with the boy after he was declared dead, cut a lock of hair to give to his mother. the next morning, while watching an emotionally wrenching scene in “forrest gump,” she started crying uncontrollably. “i realized i wasn’t sobbing over ‘forrest gump,’ ” she said. “i was sobbing over the 7-year-old that they pulled out of a freezing cold lake.” At salem hospital, which cares for many low-income immigrants who don’t speak english or have a regular doctor, the pressures are compounded, physicians said. in particular, the emergency department — the entry point for patients in serious distress and the last line of defense for those who can’t get in to see their primary care providers — is often overwhelmed with patients, doctors say, many of them with severe, complex needs. sometimes, nearly all the er beds are filled with people waiting to be admitted, doctors said, and they worry about how they will manage the next time there’s a pandemic or natural disaster. the salem emergency room is better staffed than the national average, based on average daily visits per physician hours, a Mass general brigham spokesperson said. five new er doctors were just hired, she said, and patient numbers have been declining since 2019, dropping 16 percent in the past year. A new behavioral health unit also just opened in the emergency department, freeing up more beds for arriving patients. doctors also worry about services that have been stripped away from the community hospital and consolidated at larger academic centers. in-patient pediatrics, neurology, cardiovascular surgery, and other surgical procedures are no longer offered in salem — due to low patient volume, Mgb said — and many patients who need to be admitted must be transferred elsewhere. some frustrated family members end up driving patients to boston instead, doctors said. “i feel like i have the entire weight of not just Mgb but the entire weight of the American health system pushing against my back,” said er physician owen harris, 38, “and i have to be the face of this broken system telling the patient why they can’t get what they need.” Pulmonary and critical care specialist christine blaski recently had to send a man who had a stroke to dover, n.h., for outpatient neurology followup because there were no local options, and the patient was upset that he had to take time off work to drive an hour away, blaski said. (A neurology outpatient site is opening in lynn this summer.) Knowing the hoops patients have to jump through to get the care they need “eats away at people,” said blaski, 65, who in her 26 years at salem hospital has witnessed patient care become less personal as the “widgetization of medicine” grows. input from people on the front lines is often not sought out or ignored, blaski added. during the first winter of the pandemic, when the medical staff was “emotionally and physically at our limits,” she asked if the lay chaplains who provide spiritual care during the week could be staffed on weekends, too, when many families came to visit critically ill and dying patients. A senior administrator told her it wasn’t in the budget, she said, and after asking what else might help, offered to give the staff fleece jackets — a moment blaski said illustrated the “absolute disconnect” between administrators and caregivers. (Mgb disputes this account and said chaplains are scheduled based on need.) for many doctors, medicine isn’t just a job, it’s a calling. salem er physician ellie lyford, 37, became an eMt at the age of 16. When she got accepted to med school in new orleans, she got a tattoo of a stethoscope on her wrist. but after years of being “steamrolled” by a constant barrage of sick patients, many of whom are angry after waiting hours to be seen, lyford said, “it doesn’t make me come alive anymore.” codier, the combat vet, was called into a “mass casualty debrief ” last year about the night he put the emergency room on code black, a state policy closing it to new patients when the facility is unable to provide care. the staff was treating multiple victims following a shooting in lynn, codier said, and fights had broken out in the waiting room among people connected to the incident. codier was trying to avoid putting more people in a dangerous situation, he said — local police and security staff were brought in — but there was little opportunity to explain himself in the meeting, he said. rather, hospital administrators said he was wrong to resort to the extreme measure o f calling a code black. “We went into this profession because there’s something extremely satisfying about taking a terrible situation and being able to turn it around and having the capability and the knowledge and the power to save someone’s life, to make them better,” codier said. “And now we’ve lost that.” Katie Johnston can be reached at [email protected]. Follow her @ktkjohnston. times. We keep coming to take care of the patients and each other. but i think so many of us are so, so close all the time to saying, i’m not going to come here anymore.” that tension is playing out nationwide as staffing shortages and capacity overloads strain an already stressed health care system, and hospitals, including nonprofit ones, increasingly adopt for-profit practices to minimize costs and maximize revenue. doctors are caught in the middle, helping people in greater need, but inhibited by a corporate mindset that they say is hurting patient care. “We’ve reached a breaking point,” said sean codier, an emergency room physician who helped organize a union with AfscMe council 93at salem hospital this spring and has been talking to other exhausted, demoralized doctors around the country. emboldened by union protections, a group of salem physicians agreed to speak to the globe on the record about what they’re experiencing to provide a window into what they say are the untenable conditions facing physicians everywhere. contract negotiations haven’t begun, but the environment is tense, according to the doctors, who stressed that their animosity is toward the system, not local administrators. “the average citizen should be asking: What did it take for this group of highly trained, highly resilient, and experienced providers to say, we need a union?” said codier, a 42-year-old Army veteran who started his career treating wounded soldiers on the battlefield in the Middle east. President roxanne c. ruppel defended the hospital, which she said is growing and improving. becoming part of the Mass general brigham network, starting in 1996, has allowed salem to hire more staff, expand surgical and behavioral health services, and increase caregiving capacity, enabling “extraordinary opportunities for our patients and community that would be impossible for salem hospital to provide on its own.” “our physicians and staff are the foundation of our organization and we value them tremendously,” she said. “We work collaboratively with our talented patient care teams to ensure that our patients receive high-quality, comprehensive care at salem hospital.” the doctors acknowledge that the hospital has gained some resources, but noted that a number of them came after Mgb closed a sister hospital in lynn. (An outpatient health care center was opened onsite in 2020.) being a doctor has always been incredibly demanding. Medical school students graduate with an average debt of $200,000 and spend years in grueling residency programs working 80-hour weeks. Keeping people alive is an ever-present pressure — especially during the pandemic when doctors’ own health was also at risk. it’s an enormously gratifying profession, physicians say. And dealing with terrible trauma and missing christmas with their families is worth it, provided they have the support they need to do their jobs well. but with health care increasingly being run like a business, they say, many don’t. “this is patient care, quality of care, access to care, equity of care vs. the bottom line,” said pediatric er physician ian thornley. “And right now in this health system, Mass genera l brigham and other corporatized entities throughout the country, the balance is way off.” Physician burnout rose 17 percentage points between 2011 and 2021, according to a 2023 report by the equityfocused think tank the century foundation, but doctors in salem say what they’re really experiencing is “moral injury,” the psychological harm that comes from not being able to give patients the best possible care. it’s not just doctors who are concerned. in a new survey by the Massachusetts nurses Association, 80 percent of nurses said the quality of patient care had decreased in the past two years. nurses have long been unionized; doctors are just starting to do the same. the 112 salem doctors are the first attending physicians at Mass general brigham, the state’s largest health care system, to push for collective bargaining rights. but they likely won’t be the last. fed-up physicians at the organization’s two flagship hospitals in boston, which are merging clinical operations, are also talking about organizing. A number of doctors around the country, some recently unionized or uDOCTORS Continued from Page A1 Swamped, doctors look to unions ‘It feels pointless sometimes. We keep coming to take care of the patients and each other. But I think so many of us are so, so close all the time to saying, I’m not going to come here anymore.’ Kore Anderson, pediatric ER doctor at Salem Hospital suzAnne Kreiter/globe stAff JessicA rinAldi/globe stAff After years of being ‘steamrolled’ by a constant barrage of sick patients, ‘It doesn’t make me come alive anymore.’ ellie lyford, ER physician at Salem, shown with her 2-year-old twins JonAthAn Wiggs/globe stAff ‘The average citizen should be asking: What did it take for this group of highly trained, highly resilient, and experienced providers to say, we need a union?’ seAn codier, an ER physician at Salem, shown with Sameer Shah (left), who’s also joined the union effort
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MARSHFIELD CAMPBELL, Carol (MacDonald) MEDFORD ALBERGO, Dorothy Ann (Reale) GOLINI, Ronald F. MEDWAY TOBIN, Denis T. MELROSE HATCH, Edward Avo NATICK AQUINO, Robert FOUNDAS, Nicholas LEWIS, Lorna Jean (Kamell) NEEDHAM AQUINO, Robert BOLAND, James P. LEWIS, Lorna Jean (Kamell) LONIGRO, Poppy Anne (Tartaglia) ROWE, Elizabeth Woodbury TYRRELL, James Richard Sr. NEWTON LEWIS, Lorna Jean (Kamell) LUCAS, Michele Claire ROWE, Elizabeth Woodbury SHAPIRO, Ruth VIGNA, Pauline (Sauer) NORWOOD KAHLER, George, KAHLER, George LONIGRO, Poppy Anne (Tartaglia) PLYMOUTH CHARLANTINI, Mary Kathleen (Haggerty) MULCAHY, Joan L. (Whalen) QUINCY BYRNE, Patricia Mary DILLON, Jeffery F. FLYNN, John F. RAYNHAM TOBIN, Denis T. ROSLINDALE GOREN, Russell W. SHARON KAHLER, George, KAHLER, George SOMERVILLE DALEY, Gerald D. SUDBURY MULCAHY, Joan L. (Whalen) TYRRELL, James Richard Sr. SWAMPSCOTT WHITE, Morris M. TEMPLETON POTTER, Gail M. (Galvin) TRURO GUERTIN, Charlotte Adele WALTHAM CHARLANTINI, Mary Kathleen (Haggerty) VIGNA, Pauline (Sauer) WATERTOWN CHARLANTINI, Mary Kathleen (Haggerty) MULCAHY, Joan L. (Whalen) TYRRELL, James Richard Sr. VIGNA, Pauline (Sauer) WAYLAND GOREN, Russell W. ROWE, Elizabeth Woodbury VIGNA, Pauline (Sauer) WELLESLEY AQUINO, Robert BABSON, David L. Jr. ROWE, Elizabeth Woodbury TYRRELL, James Richard Sr. WEST FALMOUTH KAHLER, George, KAHLER, George WEST ROXBURY BOLAND, James P. GOREN, Russell W. TOBIN, Denis T. WESTON ROWE, Elizabeth Woodbury WESTWOOD AQUINO, Robert WILMINGTON DRAINONI, Jacqueline WINCHESTER CAMPBELL, Carol (MacDonald) GALLANT, Stella (Kopanon) WOLLASTON BYRNE, Patricia Mary YARMOUTH PORT BARRETT, Emilie E. (Moxon) OUT OF STATE CALIFORNIA SWIRNOFF, Lois COLORADO THORNDIKE, David FLORIDA RONAN, John Francis SULLIVAN, Thomas G. MAINE SPANN, Annette (Shannon) NEW HAMPSHIRE ALBERGO, Dorothy Ann (Reale) BABSON, David L. Jr. NEW JERSEY KENT, James R. NEW YORK KENT, James R. RHODE ISLAND BYRNE, Patricia Mary SPANN, Annette (Shannon) OUT OF COUNTRY GREECE FOUNDAS, Nicholas IRELAND BOLAND, James P. LUXEMBOURG KENT, James R. Shareamemory Or add a condolensece to the guestbook at boston.com/obituaries Celebrate their lives Honor your loved ones with a photo in the Boston Globe. Ask your funeral director for details. Lifelong resident of Allston/Brighton. Beloved wife of the late Alexander “Sandy” Campbell. Adored mother of Carolyn, Cathi (Kevin Daly) of Allston and Kerri Sullivan (Peter) of Winchester. Devoted ‘Nana Ma’ of Alex and Carley Daly, P.J. and Campbell Sullivan. Dear friend of the late Bernie Curley. Also survived by her loving brother, Michael MacDonald; sister, Pat Ethier; many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and nephews. All services were private. In lieu of flowers, donations in Carol’s memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, https://alz.org CAMPBELL, Carol (MacDonald) Nardone Funeral Home (617) 924 - 1113 www.NardoneFuneralHome.com Passed away on May 3, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. Predeceased by his sister, Susan Babson Young; he is survived by a sister, Katherine “Gig” Babson; his children, David Babson, III and his wife, Megan, Kristin Babson, Amy Babson-Richter, Ossie Babson and his wife, Alyson; and his seven grandchildren, Kyla, David IV, Maggie, Carrie, Hans, Jack, and Eliza. The family is planning a Celebration to commemorate “Babo’s” Life on August 4, 2024, at 1:00 pm, at the Remick Museum and Farm, 58 Cleveland Hill Rd., Tamworth Village, NH. All his friends are invited to attend. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, www.cff.org or the Remick Museum and Farm, https://www. remickmuseum.org/members/support are appreciated. For obituary, visit www.bedfordfuneralhome.com BABSON, David L. Jr. Age 90, of Brookline and Chatham, formerly of West Roxbury, originally of Dorchester, passed away on May 7, 2024. Son of the late Patrick and Johanna (Deady) Boland of Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland. Beloved husband of the late Carol A. (Moore) Boland. Longtime cherished companion of Linda Golburgh of Brookline. Devoted father of Ellen M. Bennett and her husband, Jeffrey of Austin, TX, Bryan M. Boland of Brookline, Denise M. Corless and her husband, Jeff of Needham, Joyce A. Boland of Austin, TX. Loving Grampy of Monica B. Fonseka of Medford and Suzanna M. Bennett of Palo Alto, CA. Brother of the late John F. Boland. Jim proudly served his country in the U.S. Army National Guard, Unit 211 AAA, asaSgt. He attended St. Peters School, Boston Latin, Class of 1951 and received his BA and MA from Boston University. Jim worked for many years asaHealth Economist for the Commonwealth of MA, he was also an entrepreneur and an author. Jim was an avid sports fan, gardener, traveler and enjoyed studying military history. He will be greatly missed. A Celebration of his Life will be held at a future date, family and friends will be notified. For online guestbook pemurrayfuneral.com. BOLAND, James P. P.E. Murray - F.J. Higgins George F. Doherty & Sons West Roxbury 617 325 2000 Of Malden, passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2024, in the presence of his friend and partner, John Tramondozzi. Joseph was the son of the late Joseph and Ann (Verrengia) Cesario; and the brother of Ronald Cesario of Tennessee. He also leavesanumber of Cesario and Verrengia cousins. Relatives & friends are respectfully invited to attend a Funeral Mass Celebrating Joe’s Life at Saint John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, 124 Bridge St., Salem, MA, on Wednesday, May 15, at 10:00am. Please go directly to church. Visiting Hours will be held at the A. J. Spadafora Funeral Home, 865 Main St., MALDEN, on Tuesday, May 14, from 4:00pm to 8:00pm. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden. In lieu of flowers, donations in John’s memory may be made to the Malden Historical Society, 36 Salem St., Malden, MA 02148 or St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church, 124 Bridge St., Salem, MA 01970. CESARIO, Joseph Jr. Spadafora Funeral Home 781-324-8680 Yarmouth Port Age 93, passed away peacefully, Saturday, May 4, 2024. Emilie was the loving wife of Rowland H. Barrett for 55 years before his passing in 2012. She is fondly remembered by her two children, Cynthia Barrett and Jon Barrett. A Memorial Service will be held at 2pm, on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at the Brewster Baptist Church, 1848 Main Street, (Route 6a), Brewster. Interment will be private. Visiting Hours will be held from 5 to 7pm, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at the Hallet Funeral Home, 273 Station Ave., SOUTH YARMOUTH. As an expression of sympathy, memorial contributions may be made in Emilie’s name to the Brewster Baptist Church, 1848 Main Street, Brewster, MA 02631, www. brewsterbaptistchurch.org or to the “Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore” by visiting www.fccns.org For online obituary and guestbook please visit www.hallettfuneralhome.com BARRETT, Emilie E. (Moxon) Hallett Funeral Home Of Cambridge, passed away on May 8, 2024, surrounded by her loving family, at the age of 78. Devoted wife of the late Vincent J. Albergo. Loving mother of Christopher M. Albergo and his wife Pam, Alexander P. Albergo and his wife Paulette. Cherished grandmother of Sargent Keith Albergo–USMC, Kelsey Albergo and Ryan Albergo. Beloved sister of Rose Suchoski, Ann Ferrante, and the late Malcom Carl Reale. Also survived by nieces, nephews, and other loving relatives and friends. Funeral from the Rogers Funeral Home, 380 Cambridge Street in CAMBRIDGE, on Friday, May 17, 2024, at 9:00 am. Funeral Mass at Sacred Heart Church, 49 Sixth Street in Cambridge, at 10:00 am. Visiting Hours at the funeral home in Cambridge on Thursday, May 16, 2024, from 4:00 to 8:00 pm. ALBERGO, Dorothy Ann “Dottie” (Reale) Rogers & Hutchins Funeral Homes Arlington&Cambridge rogersfuneralhome.net Of Needham, formerly of Allston, May 9, 2024. Beloved husband of Patrona M. (Lovett) Aquino. Devoted father of Amy Canty and her husband Rick of Natick, Ellen M. Monroy and her husband Joseph of Westwood and Katherine Barlett and her husband Will of Westwood. Loving grandfather of Marie, Katherine, Bella, Lily, Bobby, Lucy and Danny. Brother of Joanne Dooley of Allston, Carol Fales of Needham and the late August Aquino. He leaves behind some lifelong friends from Allston. Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Robert was a late retired owner of Aquino Electric Pool Specialists for over 50 years. Visitation at the George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 1305 Highland Ave., NEEDHAM, on Tuesday, May 14, from 9-10:30am, followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Joseph Church, Needham, at 11am. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made in Robert’s memory to the charity of your choice. For online guestbook, gfdoherty.com AQUINO, Robert George F. Doherty & Sons Needham 781 444 0687 Of Quincy, formerly of Braintree, died suddenly in her home on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. She was 80. Pat was born in Milton on May 11, 1943 and was the daughter of the late George and Catherine (Irwin) Byrne. She was raised in the Quincy neighborhood of Wollaston, attended local schools, and graduated from North Quincy High School. Pat was a gentle soul whose presence illuminated the lives of those fortunate enough to know her. She leaves behind a legacy of love, compassion, and cherished memories. Pat was the devoted sister of Gerald I. Byrne and his wife Diana of Newport, Rhode Island, and his late wife Eleanor (McKinnon) Byrne, who died in 2012. She was the loving aunt of Janine Byrne and her husband Bruce Picard Jr. of Cambridge and Jaime Byrne of Quincy. Pat was the loving great-aunt of Astrid Picard of North Carolina and Grace Picard of Jamaica Plain; and is also survived by many loving extended family members and friends. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to greet the family during the Visiting Hours on Thursday, May 16, 2024, 9-11 AM, in the Keohane Funeral Home, 785 Hancock St., QUINCY. Her funeral service will be held on Thursday, May 16, 2024, at 11 AM, in Keohane Funeral Home, Quincy. Services will conclude with Interment in Pine Hill Cemetery, Quincy. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent in Patricia’s name to the Boston Ballet by visiting www.bostonballet.org/home/support/ donate. See www.Keohane.com for complete obituary, directions and online condolences. 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M A y 12, 2024 B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e A19 Show respect View The Boston Globe’s complete list of death notices and sign the guestbook at boston.com/obituaries. Lend support View The Boston Globe’s complete list of death notices and share cherished memories in the guestbook at boston.com/obituaries. To submit a paid death notice for publication in The Boston Globe and on Boston.com, contact your funeral director, visit boston.com/deathnotices or call 617.929.1500. Now offering custom headings and enhanced listings. To submit an obituary for editorial consideration, please send the information and a photo by e-mail to [email protected], or send information by fax to 617.929.3186. If you need further assistance about a news obituary, please call 617.929.3400. To access death notices and obituaries online, visit boston.com/obituaries. Ref lect onalife well lived DILLON, Jefery F. Age 68, a lifelong resident of Quincy, died unexpectedly, Monday, May 6, 2024 at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, in the comfort of his loving family. Jeffery was born in Milton, raised and educated in Quincy. He was a graduate of North Quincy High School, Class of 1973. As a young man, Jeff began his career at Miller Blueprint in Quincy Center. He went on to work as a journeyman in the imaging department of The Boston Globe for over twentyfive years. In that position, Jeff worked on correcting image colors so that they would appear with the best possible reproduction either in the print edition or online. He had been retired for many years. Jeff was an avid fan of the Boston Red Sox, Boston Bruins and New England Patriots. Beloved son of the late Francis Ramon “Ray” and Doris A. (Dwyer) Dillon. Devoted brother of Gregory P. Dillon and his wife, Susan of Louisville, KY, Tracey A. Alberti and her husband, Scott of Mashpee and Tara H. Dillon of Centerville. Loving uncle of Matt and Katie, Kirsten, Marissa and Stephanie, and Kristina. At the request of the family, services were private. In lieu of flowers, donations in Jeffery’s memory may be made to the charity of your choice. Arrangements were under the direction of the Sweeney Brothers Home for Funerals, 1 Independence Avenue, QUINCY. You are invited to visit www.thsweeneybrothers.com or call 617-472-6344. DRAINONI, Jacqueline (Destefano) ”Jackie” passed away peacefully on May 9, 2024, with her daughters by her side. She was predeceased by her mother Sarah DeStefano; her father Augustine DeStefano; along with her brother, Arthur DeStefano. Jackie was a devoted homemaker who dedicated her life to caring for her family and creating a warm and loving home. Her kindness, generosity, touched the lives of all who knew her. She found joy and fulfillment in the simple pleasures of life, and her home was always a place of comfort, warmth. In addition to her role asahomemaker, she had such talents and gifts, she loved to upholster and refinish furniture. She was an avid sewer, she could make anything from drapes & curtains, to her youngest daughters clothes. She had a passion for interior design and found joy and fulfillment in creating beautiful and functional spaces in her home. Some of her happiest times were the many years traveling with her husband, her sister, Barbara, and her husband, Michael, to Aruba. Cape Cod was one of her favorite places to frequent over the years as well. She loved celebrating all of the milestones and happy occasions with her family & friends. She touched the lives of everyone she met with her warmth, compassion, and gentle spirit. She is survived by her husband, Robert Drainoni; her daughter, Debra Ouellette and husband Steven Ouellette of Tewksbury; daughter, Barbara Conte of Lexington; and beloved sister, Barbara Megliola of Wakefield (formerly of Lexington). Loving grandmother of 4 grandchildren, Steven Ouellette, Jr., Jamie Ouellette, Matthew Ouellette, & Angelina Conte; 8 great-grandchildren, Anthony, Brandon, Bryan, Sophia, Gianna, Eleanor, Vincent & Sadie; her niece, Carla Whela and husband Richard; and many cousins. At her request, there will be a Private Burial held at Westview Cemetery in Lexington. There will be a Celebration of her Life at a later date. Barbara Cohen Rosenberg passed away peacefully on May 4, 2024. She was born on July 13, 1932 in Fall River, MA, at the height of the Great Depression. Her father, Lester Cohen, was a serial entrepreneur who was known to have succeeded and failed several times during his career. Her mother, Anna, was one of nine children. From her parents, Barbara owed her love of family and eternal optimism and positive attitude for which she was famous. Her nickname was “Fun Barb” and while she was a high school teacher in Marin County, her students loved it when she zipped into the school parking lot in her bright red MGB convertible. After graduating from H.M.S. Durfee High School in Fall River, Barbara attended Brandeis University in Boston, where she received a B.A. in English. She followed up with a master’s degree at Harvard University and obtained her teaching credential. Beginning her long career in education, Barbara got a job as an English teacher at White Plains H.S. in New York. It was during her time in New York, where Barbara became reacquainted with Dick Rosenberg, a boy from Fall River. Barbara had attended Dick’s Junior prom with him at Durfee several years earlier. Dick was a naval officer in the Atlantic Fleet stationed in New York, after serving in Korea and Vietnam. A few years later, in 1956, Barbara and Dick were married and shortly thereafter, Dick was assigned duty in San Francisco, which brought the couple to the West Coast. There, they would build their careers and family and become a prominent part of the San Francisco Community. Ultimately, Dick served as Chairman and CEO of Bank of America. Dick often commented that he owed virtually all of his success to the love, support and friendship he had with Barbara. Along the way, while raising a family, they had two sons, Michael and Peter, Barbara established her own distinguished career in education, philanthropy and public service. For several years, Barbara taught English and Literature at Terra Linda H.S. in Marin County. A stickler for the proper use of grammar in the English language, when her sons and later, her grandsons wrote her a letter, she would often return the letter marked with a red pen correcting any grammatical errors. Once, when dropping off one of her grandsons at summer camp, Barbara noticed there was a separate bus for boys and another for girls. On the bus transporting the boys, there was a banner that read “Boy’s Bus”. Barbara asked the camp counselor for a sharpie marker so that she could mark out the misplaced apostrophe and put it after the “s”. Subsequent to her teaching career, Barbara took on a role in administration in charge of all Curriculum Development at the San Rafael School District. During this time, she earned a Doctorate degree in Education at the University of San Francisco. Thereafter, the license plate on her successive sports cars read DR BARB. Barbara leftalegacy of significant contributions to the community. She was appointed by San Francisco Mayor, Frank Jordan, to the Library Commission at a time of fundamental changes in the City’s public library system. She also served as President of the Bureau of Jewish Education and the President of the Campus for Jewish Living, where she and Dick funded the Rosenberg Family Center. Barbara also served on the boards of the Jewish Community High School, Lehrhaus Judaica and the department of Jewish Studies at Stanford University and was a trustee of Brandeis University. Barbara spearheaded many of the philanthropic endeavors of the Rosenberg family, including the funding of the Rosenberg Institute for Marine Biology and Environmental Science at San Francisco State University, the Rosenberg Institute for Global Finance at Brandeis University and the Jewish Community H.S., among others. Barbara was a world traveler and visited all seven continents. She often traveled with Dick and met many world leaders such as President Ronald Reagan, President George H.W. Bush, Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Someone once asked her what all these prominent world leaders had in common, she responded “they were all honored and felt lucky to have met me.” While Barbara was certainly comfortable interacting with senior corporate, civic and political leaders, she was most happy spending time with her family and friends, particularly her five grandsons Jack, Joe and Max (Michael) and Jake and Cyrus (Peter). Barbara is survived by her two sons, Michael and Peter; two daughters-inlaw, Ellen Rosenberg (Michael) and Lisa Rosenberg (Peter); and her five grandsons. The family has suggested donations be made in memory of Barbara Rosenberg to the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, 302 Silver Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112, sfcjl. org Sinai Memorial Chapel 415-921-3636 ROSENBERG, Barbara Cohen Barbara Cohen Rosenberg July 13, 1932 - May 4, 2024 F ormerly of Waltham, Watertown and Lexington, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Lovingly known to family and friends as “Kathy”, was born on November 18, 1949, in Waltham, daughter of the late Thomas M. and M. Louise (Roche) Haggerty. Raised in Watertown, she graduated from Watertown High School and later earned her Associate’s degree from MassBay Community College. She was predeceased by her husband and soulmate of 44 years, Robert “Rob” A. Charlantini who passed away on April 23, 2021. Kathy enjoyed a long and respected career, as a senior actuary for John Hancock Mutual Insurance Company in Boston, for over 30 years before retiring. Kathy and her husband, Rob, made their home in Lexington, in 1977, upon their marriage. They lived there for 47 years. They vacationed at their home in Manomet. Kathy enjoyed gardening, cooking, reading and jigsaw puzzles. Kathy is survived by her brother, Thomas “Tommy” M. Haggerty, Jr. of Boxborough; her sister-in-law, Kathleen A. Gray of Florida; her niece, Heather L. Gray of New Hampshire; and cousins of the Susan (Tuttle) and Thomas M. Haggerty family. Kathy was blessed with lifelong friendships with Lucy Joyal; Kathy Demko; and her wonderful friends, neighbors and caretakers, Raghu Devineni; his wife, Poornima; and sons, Sritan and Sriman. Family and friends are invited to honor and remember Kathy’s life by gathering for Visitation at The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street, (Rte. 20), WALTHAM, on Tuesday, May 14, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., followed by a Funeral Service at 11:30 a.m. The Very Reverend Monsignor Kevin J. O’Leary will officiate. Burial immediately following at Calvary Cemetery, Waltham. At conclusion of interment, family and friends are invited to a Luncheon at Papa Razzi, Wellesley. Donations in Kathy’s memory may be made to The Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard, Attn: Mass General Development Office, 125 Nashua Street, Suite 540, Boston, MA 02114 or www.ragoninstitute.org or a charity of one’s choice. Kathy’s online tribute available at www.joycefuneralhome.com CHARLANTINI, Mary Kathleen (Haggerty) “Kathy” Watertown High School MassBay Community College Age 67, passed away April 29, 2024, following an illness. He leaves behind his long-time, devoted partner, Mae Flynn, along with his beloved dog, Mia, and his 20-year old cat, Midnight. He also leaves two sisters, Debbie Flynn Bannick (Bill) of Scituate, MA and Patricia Flynn (Lynne) of San Francisco, CA; his nephew, Sam Gillespie (Becca); his nieces, Martha Bruccoleri (Alex) and Sarah Tranter (Hunter); and a great-niece and great-nephew, Natalie and Antonio Bruccoleri. Jack was born in Boston, MA, son of the late John F. and Marguerite M. Flynn. His roots were in Wollaston, MA. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, serving aboard the USS Arkansas. He graduated from Massachusetts Maritime Academy, in 1978 and spent most of his working career as an EHS Engineer at Northrup Grumman – AOA Xinetics. Away from work, he was a talented amateur photographer and a regular visitor to Butler Farm Dog Park in Millbury. A private Memorial Service will be held in the summer. Funeral arrangements are under the care of Roney Funeral Home in NORTH GRAFTON. FLYNN, John F. “Jack” Peacefully passed away on the evening of April 29, 2024, at the age of 91. He was a kind, caring, thoughtful, intelligent and loving gentleman, who always made time for his family, to attend events, play sports and go on vacations together. Born in Tuscumbia, AL and raised in Chattanooga, TN, he was selected into the seven-year undergraduate medical school program at Tulane University. He trained as an intern at Boston City Hospital and was chief resident at Tufts (New England) Medical Center. He completed fellowships in Cardiology and Pulmonary Medicine at the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Barry Fanburg practiced at Tufts for more than 63 years and was the first Chief of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division at Tufts. He was renowned as an academic clinician and mentor and was honored by receiving a Tufts Distinguished Faculty Award. As an avid and experienced researcher, he had more than 50 years of continuous NIH grants and mentored many physicians and trainees around the world. He had a longstanding career and retired at the age of 90. A giant in the field of Pulmonary Medicine, he received the highest honor of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Thoracic Society. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Jane Rosenthal Fanburg; children, Dr. Julie C. Fanburg-Smith and husband, Joe Smith; Dr. Jonathan Fanburg and wife, Dr. Stephanie Gartner Fanburg; Dr. Susan Fanburg and husband, Dr. Stephen Hanlon; seven grandchildren, Austin, Jessica, Jake, Lily, Liam, Dylan, and Jackie; and sisters, Helene Marshall and Harriet Anderson; several in-laws; cousins; nieces and nephews; and their offspring. His colleagues, mentees, patients, friends and extended family will infinitely miss him and he will live on in our hearts forever. Donations....can be made in Dr. Fanburg’s name to the American Thoracic Society, which supports the patients whose lives he saved, who had lung cancer, sarcoid and other pulmonary fibrosis and lung diseases. Please use the following link for donations: https:// aeugmntn.donorsupport.co/page/ BarryFanburgMemorial Please use the following email to send memories, comments and pictures to the family: Email: InMemoryofDrBarryFanburg@gmail. com FANBURG, Dr. Barry Lee Levine Chapels, Brookline 617.277.8300 www.levinechapels.com Remembered SHARE YOUR MEMORIES ON OUR GUEST BOOK AT BOSTON.COM/OBITUARIES
a20 B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e M a y 12, 2 0 2 4 Celebrate their lives Honor your loved ones withaphoto in the Boston Globe. Ask your funeral director for details. To submit a paid death notice for publication in The Boston Globe and on Boston.com, contact your funeral director, visit boston.com/deathnotices or call 617.929.1500. To submit an obituary for editorial consideration, please send the information and a photo by e-mail to [email protected], or information by fax to 617.929.3186. If you need further assistance about a news obituary, please call 617.929.3400. To access death notices and obituaries online, visit boston.com/obituaries. Remembered SHARE YOUR MEMORIES ON OUR GUEST BOOK AT BOSTON.COM/OBITUARIES To submit a paid death notice for publication in The Boston Globe and on Boston.com, contact yourfuneral director, visit boston.com/deathnotices or call 617.929.1500. Now offering custom headings and enhanced listings. To submit an obituary for editorial consideration, please send the information and a photo by e-mail to [email protected], or send information by fax to 617.929.3186. If you need further assistance about a news obituary, please call 617.929.3400. Ref lect on a life well lived KAHLER, George Age 81, of West Falmouth, MA, passed away at home on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. He was a former resident of Sharon, Norwood and Dedham. George graduated from Dedham High School, where he was the Class C State Javelin Champion and a running back for the football team. He worked at Josephthal & Co. Inc and Cowen & Co. for many years as an institutional stock trader and made the best of 30 years of retirement. He enjoyed watching football and golf and was an avid golfer and card player. He loved that he was often mistaken for Kenny Rogers. He will miss his family, friends and good times at Woods Hole and Wampatuck Country Clubs. George was a loving husband, father, brother, grandfather, uncle and friend. George is survived by his wife, Ellen (Merchant) of West Falmouth; his daughter, Donna of Dedham; his son, Dean and wife, Gayle of Dedham; his son, Danny and wife, Ann of Mansfield; his brother, Arthur and wife, Becky of Middleboro; and his four grandchildren, Jessica, Abs, Sarah and Jack. Visiting Hours will be held Saturday, May 18, from 1pm to 4pm, at Chapman Funerals&Cremations, 58 West Falmouth Hwy., WEST FALMOUTH, MA. A Celebration of Life will be planned at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society or to Cape Cod Health Care. For directions and guestbook visit www.chapmanfuneral.com GUERTIN, Charlotte Adele Charlotte Adele Guertin, age 90, of Truro, MA, died on May 4, 2024, at her daughter’s home in Marblehead, where she recently resided after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She is survived by her daughter, Dale Carder Bruce; her son, Monroe Nils Carder; her grandchildren, Julia O’Leary, Caroline Coan, Jack Carder, Eric Carder; and her three great-grandchildren.Wake, 4-7, on May 17, at Chapman Funeral Home, YARMOUTH, MA. Go to www. chapmanfuneral.com for Charlotte’s complete obituary. In lieu of flowers, donations to Alzheimer’s Association https://www.alz.org/ or flowers to the Funeral Home. To submit a paid death notice for publication in The Boston Globe and on Boston.com, contact your funeral director, visit boston.com/deathnotices or call 617.929.1500. To submit an obituary for editorial consideration, please send the information and a photo by e-mail to [email protected], or information by fax to 617.929.3186. If you need further assistance about a news obituary, please call 617.929.3400. To access death notices and obituaries online, visit boston.com/obituaries. Of Needham, died on April 30, 2024. Poppy was born in Norwood, MA on October 24, 1942, the daughter of Albert and Poppy Tartaglia of Canton, MA. Poppy was the loving and devoted wife of her husband, Dennis. She was a dedicated and loving mother to sons, David and Dennis, Jr.; and adoring grandmother to their four beautiful grandchildren. Poppy graduated from Dedham High School in 1960, followed by a variety of work in the insurance, medical and technology industries. Poppy and her husband met while working at Analog Devices, Inc., in Norwood, MA. She left ADI to devote herself to raising their two sons and actively supporting their education and extracurricular activities. Poppy loved the simple life spending time with her family and vacationing close to home. Her favorite getaways included trips to Chatham on Cape Cod and occasional stays in Newport, Rhode Island. She made friends easily and was loved by many. Visiting Hours in the Eaton Funeral Home, 1351 Highland Ave., NEEDHAM, on Thursday, May 16, from 4 to 7PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held in St. Joseph Church, 1360 Highland Ave., Needham, on Friday, May 17, at 10:30AM. Interment to follow at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Needham. The Lonigro family would like to offer a sincere thank you to the staff, caregivers and friends at Avita of Needham, for the loving care and friendship extended to Poppy during her stay. Donations in Poppy’s memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association. To share a memory of Poppy, visit www.eatonfuneralhomes.com LONIGRO, Poppy Anne (Tartaglia) Age 83, of Medford, May 6, 2024. Beloved husband of the late Edna I. (Marquebreuck) Golini. Loving father of Ron J. Golini and his wife, Laura of Medford, Lisa A. Hughes of Burlington, David J. Golini of Salem, NH and Christopher J. Golini and his wife, Kirsten of North Andover. Dear brother of Diane Golini of Stoneham and brother-in-law of Mary “May” Marquebreuck of Medford. Devoted grandfather “papa” to Diana Berg and her husband, Ben, Elena Golini, Nicholas Golini, Julia Hughes, Daniel Hughes, Daria Hughes, Trent Golini and Ainsley Golini. Great-grandfather to Lilly Berg. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to Gather at Costello Funeral Home, 177 Washington St., WINCHESTER, on Tuesday, May 14, from 4-8PM and again on Wednesday, at 9AM, followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Francis of Assisi Church, 441 Fellsway West, Medford, at 10AM. Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford. If desired, memorials in Ron’s name may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association on their website at www.alz.org. GOLINI, Ronald F. www.costellofuneralhome.com Of Canton, passed away on May 2, 2024. Beloved son of the late Michael and Hilda (Jacobs) Goren. Beloved husband of the late Valerie (Tolland) Goren. Brother of Robert L. Goren. Russell will be laid to rest with his late wife at Gardens Cemetery, 670 Baker St., West Roxbury, on Friday, May 17, at 1pm. Relatives and friends kindly invited. GOREN, Russell W. P.E. Murray - F.J. Higgins George F. Doherty & Sons West Roxbury 617 325 2000 Reverend Ronald A. Gomes of Lexington, May 8, 2024, at the age of 84. Son of the late Louis and Hilda Gomes; and is survived by his son, Jim D. Gomes and Mark W. Murphy. A native of Cambridge and 1957 graduate of Cambridge High and Latin School, Ron completed his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in 1961. He then received his commission in the U.S. Public Health Service as an Officer, where he went on to serve for 22 years in various leadership positions across the country, retiring as a Navy Captain in 1983. Captain Gomes also obtained his Master of Public Health from the Yale School of Medicine in 1970. Following his military service, Ron entered Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary in Weston and in 1987, was ordained a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Boston at the age of 48. Fr. Gomes served at St. Anthony Parish in Cambridge and St. Anthony Parish in Lowell, in addition to assisting several other local parishes in his retirement. His greatest joy was serving the people. Looking back on the gift and legacy of Ron’s life, his son, Jim Gomes said, “My mother taught me to be a man, and Pa taught me to be a gentleman.” He will be remembered for his intellect, compassion, wisdom and authenticity. Visiting Hours will be held at Rogers Funeral Home, 380 Cambridge Street, in CAMBRIDGE, on Monday, May 13, 2024, from 4:00 to 7:00 pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Anthony’s Parish, 400 Cardinal Medeiros Avenue, in Cambridge, on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at 10:00 am. Interment will be at Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge. GOMES, Ronald A. Rogers&Hutchins Funeral Homes Arlington&Cambridge rogersfuneralhome.net Of Winchester, Massachusetts, passed away at Lahey Hospital in Burlington, after a brief period of declining health, on April 9, 2024. She was 99 years old. Stella was born in Boston to parents, Michael and Camille (Massura) Kopanon, the eldest of five children. She grew up in Gloucester Massachusetts, attending Gloucester public schools and Greek school. She received a bachelor’s degree in 1946, from Salem Teachers College (Now Salem State University), where, among many other activities, she was a member of the glee club and the choir, and senior class president. After college, she taught for a few years in Gloucester and Arlington, then married her college sweetheart, Bob Gallant, in 1949. They moved to Winchester in 1956, where they raised two sons, Dean and Glenn. In Winchester, she continued her lifelong enthusiasm for tennis and won many tournaments. She was a firm believer in the value (and pleasure) of exercise and encouraged Bob to take up tennis, he in turn encouraged her to take up golf, activities they both enjoyed into their eighties together and with many friends. She and Bob were also decadeslong members of the Winchester Badminton Club. They were dedicated parishioners at the Parish of the Epiphany, where Stella sang in the choir for many years. Other volunteer activities filled her days, the En Ka Society (57 years), the gift shop at the Winchester Hospital and co-teaching many courses, with Bob, at the Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement. In 1985, she and Bob completed a two-year goal to walk every street in Winchester. She was an irrepressible optimist and remained in close contact with family and friends throughout her life, even as passings left her the sole remaining member of her family’s generation. Her husband, Bob, died in 2016, and son, Glenn, in 2019. She lived in her home in Winchester until the last few weeks of her life, as her own mother had done in Gloucester. She is survived by son, Dean and his wife, Lauren of Kittery Point, Maine; and eight nieces and nephews; and their children; and grandchildren. There will be a Memorial Service at the Parish of the Epiphany, 70 Church Street, in Winchester, at 1 p.m., on Saturday, June 15. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Parish of the Epiphany or to the charity of your choice. GALLANT, Stella (Kopanon) www.costellofuneralhome.com Of Natick, formerly of Needham, Newton and Watertown, passed away on May 7, 2024. Daughter of Jean and Nick Vello, Beloved wife of Robert G. Lewis. Devoted mother of Laurie Coco of Whitinsville, Nicholas Alexander and his wife, Sarah of Sutton, Edward LaCorcia and his wife, Sandra of Nashua, NH and Eric LaCorcia of Lynn. Loving grandmother of Elizabeth, Brittany, Nicholas, Edward, Brendan, Corey, Dean, Angelina and Lilly. Sister of Cheryl Vello. Also survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins. She lived life to the fullest and on her terms and loved her friends and family with a fierceness and passion that we will all miss. She had the best laugh and lit up any room that she walked into with her sparkling green eyes. She was happiest spending time in the Caribbean with her beloved husband, Bob, where she made many lifelong friends. Funeral Service in the John Everett & Sons Funeral Home, 4 Park Street, NATICK COMMON, on Tuesday, May 14, at 11:30am. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Interment St. Patrick Cemetery, Natick. Visiting Hours on Monday, May 13, from 4-8pm, in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Lorna may be made to Dana Farber Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284. For online guestbook and directions www.everettfuneral.com LEWIS, Lorna Jean (Kamell) John Everett & Sons Natick 508 653 4342 Of Duxbury, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, on May 9, 2024. He was the beloved husband of 36 years to Lisa (Wetzell) Kent and loving father of Brooke and Tayler Kent. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday, May 13, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., in the Holy Family Parish Church, 601 Tremont Street, in Duxbury. Burial will be private. For full obituary and other helpful information please visit the website macdonaldfuneralhome.com KENT, James R. “Jim” MacDonald Funeral Home, Marshfield macdonaldfuneralhome.com Of Melrose, passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2024, at the age of 80, after a 23-year battle with cancer. Beloved husband of Maureen (Curtin) Hatch for 49 years. He was born in Detroit, Michigan to Edward Simon Hatch and Marie Rita (Selian) Hatch. Loving brother to Christine Polito and the late Anita DeBruyn. He leaves many devoted nieces and nephews and dear friends. Brother-in-law of Thomas Curtin (Maria), Michael Curtin (Nancy) and the late Timothy Curtin (Taeko). He was a proud United States Marine, who served his country in Vietnam. Longtime member of Local 7 Iron workers union. Visiting Hours will be held on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at the Gately Funeral Home, 79 W. Foster Street, MELROSE, from 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will held on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at Incarnation Church, 429 Upham Street, Melrose, at 10:00 AM. Interment with Military Honors will be in Wyoming Cemetery, Veterans Section, 205 Sylvan Street, Melrose, following the Funeral Mass. Family and friends respectfully invited to attend. In lieu of flowers, a memorial donation may be made in Edward’s name to Dana - Farber Cancer Institute, 19 Brookline Place West, Brookline, MA 02445. For directions or to leave an online message of condolence, please visit www.gatelyfh.com HATCH, Edward Avo Gately Funeral Home 781-665-1949 Age 76, of Osprey, FL, formerly of Swampscott, MA, passed away on May 4, 2024, after a long, courageous battle with heart disease. Richard was born on May 29, 1947, to Roy and Genevieve Lettieri in Chelsea, MA. After high school, Richard attended and graduated from Villanova University in 1969, where he was a three-year starting letterman on the varsity baseball team. As a student athlete at Villanova, Richard was recognized by the Outstanding Americans Foundation as an Outstanding College Athlete of America for his academic and athletic achievements. Upon graduation, Richard taught algebra and geometry at St. Dominick Savio High School in Boston for two years. Richard then enrolled in law school at Boston College, where he graduated in 1974 with a Doctor of Jurisprudence. Richard was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar Association in 1975. Richard had a 40-year, esteemed legal career, including a nine-year stint with the Massachusetts Port Authority, where he was Chief Legal Counsel from 1981 to 1986. Richard’s career path then took him to the prestigious Boston law firm, Ropes&Gray LLP, where he spent 25 years, excelling as a Partner from 1990 to 2012. While at Ropes & Gray, Richard’s practice focused on Corporate Law, Public Development and Airport Law. Beyond his professional accomplishments, Richard was a man of uncompromised, high integrity with a passion for justice and kindness for the poor and the underserved. He took great pride in serving as a Board Member of the New England Center and Home for Veterans, as well as supporting numerous charities that help the needy and disadvantaged. Richard was predeceased by his parents; his younger brother, Ronald; and his loving partner of 35 years the distinguished artist, Jennifer L. Pierce. Richard is survived by his younger brother, Roy of San Francisco; two nieces; numerous cousins in the Boston area; and his cousin, Ann Marie Lane of Chicago. A private Ceremony is planned at Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett. The Lettieri Family requests any consideration for donations be made to the American Heart Association or New England Center and Home for Veterans in memory of Richard Joseph Lettieri. LETTIERI, Richard Joseph Of Brighton, passed away on May 9, 2024. Beloved husband of over 50 years, to the late Maria V. (Tingus). Father of three children, John N. and his wife, Jennifer of Natick, Stacey F. and her husband, Tim Dolan of Hingham and Peter N. and his wife, Ranna Farzan of Natick. Loving grandfather of William, Amelia, Patrick, Alex, Penelope, Jake and Avree. Brother of the late George, Gladys, Connie, Arthur and Sandy. Also survived by many nieces, nephews and godchildren. Growing up in Brighton, Nick attended the Edison School, down the street from his childhood home on Lake Street and then went to Boston English, before attending Northeastern University. At Northeastern, Nick met his future wife, Maria, when she joined his carpool from Brighton (despite Nick charging her for gas money, the two fell in love and married in 1969). Upon graduation from Northeastern, Nick served two years in the Army as a 1st Lieutenant. He then attended Boston College Law School and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1970. Nick began his legal career as a prosecutor with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office and was appointed as legal advisor to the Boston Police Department in 1973. Later, he went into private practice, founding the law firm of Eisenstadt & Foundas in the late 1980s. He was a founding member of the Hellenic Bar Association of New England in 1998, bringing together two central parts of his life: his Greek heritage and his love of the law. Nick was also an avid Boston sports fan, holding season tickets to the Red Sox and Boston College football for many years. He also held philanthropic positions, including serving as the Parish Council President and Treasurer of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Boston and was instrumental in the acquisition of the Cathedral Center grounds in Brookline. In addition, Nick was a member and past President of Chapter 24 of American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA). Above everything else, Nick was a devoted husband and loving father. Despite his busy law practice, Nick always made time to attend his children’s dance recitals, softball and little league games and hockey tournaments. He adored Maria and the two loved to spend their summers on Cape Cod with their children and extended family. Visiting Hours will be held on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, from 4:00 – 8:00pm, at Lehman, Reen and McNamara Funeral Home, 63 Chestnut Hill Avenue, in BRIGHTON. His Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, May 16, 2024, at 11:00 am, at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 514 Parker Street Boston. Interment will then occur at Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Nicholas Foundas may be made to Alzheimer’s Association of MA, 320 Nevada Street, Suite 201, Newton, MA 02460. For directions and guestbook, please visit www.lehmanreen.com. FOUNDAS, Nicholas Lehman, Reen & McNamara Brighton 617 782 1000 Passed away on May 8, 2024, 85 years old. Proud son of Lowell, MA. Born to John and Agnes Hart, attended St Patrick’s School and Keith Academy. A Boston College triple eagle, he graduated in 1960 and received the Alumni Lifetime Achievement for Public Service in 2005. A passionate member of the BC Community his entire life. Survived by beloved wife, Alice (Noonan) of 61 years; son, Robert, Jr.; and grandchildren, Alice and Xavier. He was the happiest when surrounded by family and friends, preferably on a beach, a boat or in his garden. Visitation, Tuesday, May 14, 4 – 7 PM, Chapman Funerals & Cremations, 584 West Falmouth Highway, WEST FALMOUTH. Funeral Mass, Wednesday, May 15, 11 AM, St. Elizabeth Seton Church, 481 Quaker Road, North Falmouth. Burial at North Falmouth Cemetery. For Full Obituary visit www.chapmanfuneral.com. HART, Robert Francis Xavier “Bob”
M A y 12, 2024 B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e A21 PALACINO, Suzanne Rowe Age 59, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, died of cancer at her home, on April 23, 2024. Her husband James and daughters Nicole and Tara were by her side. Suzanne loved the changing seasons and reveled in them growing up in Pittsford, N.Y., skiing in winter and hiking and visiting family in Long Island in the summer. She attended Pittsford public schools and cheered enthusiastically for the Sutherland High School Knights, as a varsity cheerleader. She graduated in 1982. She studied marketing and French at SUNY Oswego, then began a long and distinguished career at Xerox. Company leaders, recognizing her promise, soon sent her to the corporate training center in Washington, D.C., where she shared her knowledge with other employees, befriending people from around the country and the world. Joyously acquiring knowledge and skills and generously passing them on to others would become a theme in her life. Suzanne’s Catholic faith was an important part of her. In 1994, she joined the young adult group at Holy Trinity Church in Washington, where James Palacino was a social director. She and James had orbited each other for years, having gone to some of the same concerts at the Paradise and Axis in Boston, but didn’t meet until the group held a 70s-themed disco party, complete with shag carpeting and lava lamps. For their first date, James previewed his role as family chef by making her fettuccine Alfredo, the beginnings of their shared love of food. They were married in Wellesley in 1996 and began their lives together in Chicago, where Suzanne was working for Xerox and James, a biomedical scientist, was getting his Ph.D at Loyola University. Their daughters were born in the city, almost exactly two years apart. In 2001, the Palacinos settled in Wellesley, where family traditions included Easter baskets left on the front porch by an elusive Easter Bunny, who was briefly glimpsed by the parents but somehow just missed by the girls. February school vacation meant skiing with friends at Bretton Woods in New Hampshire and summer was for trips to Cape Cod or Crane Beach on the North Shore. Suzanne left Xerox in 2007 and focused on her girls. She taught them to be self-confident and to find their own paths. It didn’t matter what branded gear other kids had and a smartphone was not an essential accessory. Inspired by the Buddhist community at Wellesley College, Suzanne also began to study and practice mindfulness, eventually becoming a certified mindfulness facilitation trainer, through the UCLA Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior. She led mindfulness sessions, even in the last weeks of her life and found that her practice helped her stay centered and present. Her thoughtful approach to life extended to how she treated the earth. Determined to leave a healthy planet to her daughters and future generations, Suzanne was a committed recycler and took satisfaction in seeing that the family’s fossil fuel use was always well below average on their monthly gas bill. It was difficult to find a plastic bag in Suzanne’s kitchen. Living mindfully did not necessarily mean quietly. Suzanne’s laugh was an unrestrained delight and she was hard-wired for fun: a hip-hop dancer, a connoisseur of the clever greeting card, well versed in the salutary properties of tiramisu and margaritas, once seen skiing in a banana suit. Her wedding reception might still be going on if she and James hadn’t taken pity on the staff of Wellesley College Club. She made friends quickly and kept them for decades. When spending time with her, they knew it was important not to be in a hurry, because she could – and did – become deeply invested in the life of every cab driver, random woman at the dog park and guy in the next booth at the diner. Suzanne was preceded in death by her parents, Donald and Madelyn Rowe. In addition to James, Nicole and Tara, she is survived by her sister, Kathleen Rowe. A Celebration of her Life will be held on July 13, 2024, at Wellesley Chapel, on the campus of Wellesley College. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to James Palacino’s PanMass Challenge bike ride to support the Dana Farber Cancer Institute (PMC ID - JP0529) or the Turning the Tide retreat for women with ovarian cancer. ROSENBERG, Barbara Cohen See Enhanced Listing PUGH, Ann Enderton May 3, 1931 – May 9, 2024 Ann Enderton Pugh, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and adventurer, passed away on May 9, 2024, at the age of 93. Born on May 3, 1931, Ann led a life filled with love, laughter, and unforgettable experiences. Ann grew up as an army brat, instilling in her a love for travel and exploration from an early age. She pursued her education at Stanford University as a recipient of the prestigious Pepsi Cola Scholarship, studying mathematics with an enthusiasm and dedication that would shape her future endeavors. After her time at Stanford, Ann settled in Ithaca, where she met the love of her life, Evan Pugh, with whom she shared 64 years of marriage. Together, Ann and Evan embraced every opportunity for adventure. They enjoyed folk dancing, hiking, camping, and later discovered a passion for snorkeling. Travel was a central part of their lives and they explored the world together, chasing solar eclipses and sailing the seas inspired by the journeys of Patrick O’Brien. Ann’s greatest joy in life was her family, and she wasadevoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She leaves behind her loving husband, Evan Pugh; her daughter Marian Ewell and husband, Malcom; and her daughter Bronwen Looby and husband, Kevin. Ann will be deeply missed by her grandchildren Evan Bernier, Cameron Ewell, Nicholas Bernier and Benjamin Ewell. While the services will be private, her memory will live on in the hearts of all who knew and loved her. Honor your loved one’s memory with a photo Ask your funeral director for details or visit boston.com/deathnotices or call 617.929.1500. Express your sympathy View The Boston Globe’s complete list of death notices and sign the guestbook at boston.com/obituaries. Celebrate their lives Honor your loved ones with a photo in the Boston Globe. Ask your funeral director for details. To submit a paid death notice for publication in The Boston Globe and on Boston.com, contact your funeral director, visit boston.com/deathnotices or call 617.929.1500. To submit an obituary for editorial consideration, please send the information and a photo by e-mail to [email protected], or information by fax to 617.929.3186. If you need further assistance about a news obituary, please call 617.929.3400. To access death notices and obituaries online, visit boston.com/obituaries. A energetic and loving woman to the end, Sylvia Maynard, born and bred in New York City, an artist, dancer and lover of life and proud Radcliffe alumna ‘44, passed on November 29, 2023, in Cambridge due to complications from COVID. A Celebration of her Life will be held Friday, May 17, at 10:30am, at the Appleton Chapel, in Harvard Yard. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery will be private. Gratitude to Cambridge Homes for providing a vibrant and supportive environment. MAYNARD, Sylvia Novelist Michele Claire Lucas of Port Chester, NY, died on April 30, in Newton, MA, of complications from breast cancer in a place that was decidedly “not her home.” She was 86. The only child of Fred and Claire Lucas, Michele was raised in Rye, NY. She attended Emma Willard School and Smith College, Class of ’59. Not much inspired by academic pursuits, her father “bribed” her into getting a college degree with the promise of travel after graduation. She landed in Paris, France, where she met the love of her life, Marcel Wittenberg and although they parted ways due to his enlistment in the French military, they stayed in touch until his death in 2020. Returning to New York, Michele met Arthur Benis, who had coincidently grown up in Rye too. A seemingly ideal match, they wed in 1962. Although it afforded her the opportunity to live abroad and travel, the marriage was not a good one. Upon their divorce in the mid-’70s, Michele returned to Rye from Hong Kong, where they were living at the time, with their young daughter in tow. Now a single parent, she took a job as a photo editor at Time Life, Inc. in Manhattan, where she worked at various publications including Time, People and Sports Illustrated, for more than a decade. She found herself an ardent feminist inamale-dominated workplace; a staunch Democrat in a sea of Republicans and a passionate Red Sox fan in a glut of Yankees supporters; having learned baseball at the knees of her Massachusettsborn maternal grandparents. Michele ultimately retired from Time Life in the late ’80s to pursue her dream of becomingawriter. Channeling her obsession for all things related to World War II and the Holocaust, she centered her one published novel, A High and Hidden Place, Harper San Francisco, 2005, on a real-life event in Oradour-sur-Glane, France, where Nazi troops massacred the entire village of non-combatant men, women and children in June 1944. The book explores the precariousness of faith in the face of evil. After a brief stint in West Palm Beach, FL, cut short by her dislike of its lightening, alligators and politics, Michele settled in a small house in Port Chester, NY, where she lived happily writing for almost 30 years. While she relished her quiet, solitary existence at home, Michele’s love for travel took her all around the world, from the Ayurvedic hospitals of India and the breathtaking Great Wall of China to the peaceful savannahs of Africa and the bustling marketplaces of Turkey. But she was never more content than in the cozy den of her house in Port Chester or on the windswept deck of her home-away-from-home on Cape Cod. In 2019, Michele suffered a serious stroke, from which she was not expected to recover. All the dire predictions were wrong, but her condition necessitated moving closer to her family in Massachusetts, where she survived the COVID pandemic as well. Despite her antipathy for assisted living, Michele found joy in her nightly Tito’s martini, a Stockyard Restaurant filet mignon, reruns of Raymond Burr’s Perry Mason and updates from her only grandchild, the light of her life. Michele is survived by her daughter, Alexandra Molloy and husband, James Molloy of Brookline, MA; her grandson, Owen Molloy; her cousin, Kurt Langenhahn of Los Angeles, CA; and her dearest friends, Jill Harrold (Emma Willard) of West Palm Beach, FL, Aggie Benis (sister-“out-law”) of Rye, NY and Peggy Daniel (Smith) of New York, NY. A small Memorial Service for family and close friends will take place on May 15, at Lehman Reen & McNamara Funeral Home, 63 Chestnut Hill Ave., in BRIGHTON, MA, at 1pm. In lieu of flowers, please makeadonation to Michele’s favorite charity, Doctors without Borders and/or purchase and read her novel, which would have pleased her no end. For directions and guestbook, please visit www. lehmanreen.com LUCAS, Michele Claire Lehman Reen & McNamara Brighton 617 782 1000 Age 74, of Bridgewater, formerly of Brookline, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family, on May 7, 2024. Born in Weymouth to the late Joseph and Elizabeth (Merritt) McCaffrey. Judy attended Brookline High School and received her bachelor’s degree from Bridgewater State University. Growing up one of eight siblings, she never experienced a dull moment. Judy worked in the advertising industry for 25 years, retiring from the Boston Globe in 2006. After retiring, she went back to school for her bachelor’s degree and worked as a Park Interpreter at Miles Standish State Forest. Judy loved to travel the country with her husband, spend time with her beloved dogs, listen to music, especially Aretha Franklin and spend time outdoors enjoying nature. Judy leaves a legacy of kindness. Always willing to help those in need. Cherished wife of 30 years to the late John “Jack” M. Perry of Bridgewater, formerly of South Boston. Beloved mother of Jennifer Almeida of Bridgewater, formerly of Weymouth. Sister to the late Robert Flores and wife, Patricia Carlucci, Edward Flores and the late Virginia Flores, Noah Flores and the late Carol Flores, Richard McCaffrey, Michael McCaffrey and wife, Linda McCaffrey, Elizabeth McCaffrey and Susan McCaffrey. Judy is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. A gathering will be held at Dolan Funeral Home, 460 Granite Avenue, EAST MILTON SQUARE, Saturday, May 18, from 10 to11 AM, followed by the Funeral Home Service, at 11:00 AM. Relatives and friends invited. Inurnment at Blue Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, www.alz.org To leave the McCaffrey-Perry family a condolence message, please visit www. dolanfuneral.com MCCAFFREY-PERRY, Judith A. Ruth Shapiro passed away at age 90 on May 8, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. Ruthie was a rare bird; rare like a gemstone, and free likeabird to soar. She was an artist, business trailblazer, teacher, spiritual seeker, leader, confidante. But most of all, she was a woman with a generous, welcoming, enormous heart. Ruthie’s commitment to community, friends, family, beauty, and joy infused every aspect of her life. Whatever Ruthie did, she did with gusto. As an educator she used art to motivate students with learning challenges. In business she broke barriers, achieving positions and accolades traditionally reserved for men. In her communities she encouraged dialogue and sought opportunities for togetherness. Ruthie was not easily discouraged and always persevered when challenged, trusting her instincts and leading the way for others. Ruthie will always be remembered as a forward thinker. She freely shared her love of life, her commitment to lifelong learning, and her acceptance...no, her welcoming... of change. Getting to know and spending time with Ruthie was a gift. Ruthie and her husband Danny knew how to celebrate, and relishing life was central to their marriage. Guests at their home in Brewster entered a space that was curated to spark laughter and serve a feast for the eyes, taste buds and heart. Ruthie was married to Danny Shapiro for 42 years prior to his death in 1998. A loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt, Ruthie’s love, encouragement, and wise counsel are among her enduring gifts to her children, Barry Shapiro (and wife Lois), Suzan Ushman (and husband Wayne) and Jeff Shapiro (and wife Valeria Indice); to her siblings, Tom Dokton (and partner Anita Waxman) and Ellen Dokton (and husband Stephen Schmidt); to her grandchildren Annie and Laura Shapiro, Benjamin and Dov Ushman; to her nieces and nephews, Rachel Doyne, Nicole Dunn, Fredda Zaiger, Ken Shapiro, Cindy Siagel, and Mark Shapiro. How she lived her life was how she ended it: with dignity, grace, and love. A funeral service followed by the burial will be held on Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 1:00 p.m., at the Sharon Memorial Park Chapel at 40 Dedham St., Sharon, MA followed by a meal of consolation at Temple Sinai at 25 Canton Street, Sharon, MA. The services will be live-streamed. Access the link above Ruth’s obituary. The family will sit shiva on Monday, May 13, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the home of Suzan and Wayne Ushman. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Am HaYam–Cape Cod Havurah or the Lower Cape Outreach Council. SHAPIRO, Ruth Age 84, of Ipswich, passed away, Thursday, May 2, surrounded by family. He was the son of the late Lester R. and Violet (Winn) Snow; and husband of the late Judith (Milke) Snow. Brad graduated from Northeastern University with a bachelor’s degree in business. He enlisted in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era, served at his Battalion’s HQ and was honorably discharged in 1971 as First Lieutenant. Brad had one older brother, four sisters and one son. He is survived by his son, Jonathan W. Snow of Beverly; one sister, Carole (Snow) VaJames of Ipswich; and many nieces and nephews. Visiting Hours for Brad will be at the Cambell Funeral Home, 525 Cabot St., BEVERLY, on Saturday, May 18, from 2:00 to 5:00pm. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Services and Burial will be private. Contributions may be made in Brad’s memory by enlisting with the U.S. Military and/ or donating your time and energy to helping seniors live happily and indefinitely in their own homes. Information, directions, condolences, at www.campbellfuneral.com SNOW, Bradford C. Age 85, of Acton, formerly of Templeton, Lexington and Arlington, passed away peacefully on May 7. She was the beloved wife of the late Ray Potter; the loving mother of Rick and his wife, Jean Potter, Cindy Kimball, Shelley Potter and Ed Potter; the adoring grandmother of Megan (Kimball) and her husband, Erl Brown, Joe Kimball and his wife, Allison Fluke and Kate, Chris and Mark Potter; and the proud great-grandmother of James Kimball. A Visitation period and Memorial will be held from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, on Saturday, May 18, in the Acton Funeral Home, 470 Massachusetts Ave., (RT.111), ACTON, MA.Aprivate Burial at Westview Cemetery, in Lexington will be held at a later date. POTTER, Gail M. (Galvin) www.actonfuneralhome.com Passed peacefully surrounded by her loving family, on May 4. Betsy was the daughter of Perry and Nancy Woodbury; and sister to Robert (Bob) Woodbury. She was born in New York City, graduated from Horace Greeley H.S. and went on to earn degrees at Smith College and The Fletcher School at Tufts University. Betsy is survived by her husband, C. Edward Rowe, Jr. (Ted); and their three children, C. Edward Rowe III (Tee), Kevin Rowe and Deb Marchiony. Without hesitation, Betsy claimed her three children to be her biggest accomplishment. She shared a love of outdoor activities and travel adventures. She was thrilled to add John, Kate and Laurie and then six grandchildren to the family fun. She was often seen with any one of them, or all of them, skiing, hiking, fly fishing or playing tennis or golf. As a dedicated and energetic volunteer, Betsy’s attention to detail benefited many organizations, including the Junior League of Boston, Action for Children’s Television, the Museum of Fine Arts and the St. Peter’s Altar Guild. Her efforts at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute led to her serving as the President of the Friends. In addition, Betsy was an accomplished professional, who held development roles at The Fletcher School, Pine Manor College and Saint Jude Children’s Hospital. Betsy was a passionate “Smithie” and found great joy as a relentless fundraiser and organizer for her beloved Smith College Class of 1959. She cherished the opportunity to serve on the Reunion Committee for their 65th reunion. Through volunteering, she found many of lifelong friends. Betsy will be remembered as a loving and devoted wife to Ted; adoring big sister to Bob; empowering mother to Tee, Kevin and Debby; and playful and generous “Nana” to Sam, James, Peter, Max, Charlie and Alex. With pride, she rarely missed a concert, performance or graduation and she was a fixture cheering from the sidelines, in the bleachers, at the finish area and on the riverbanks. Memorial Service for Betsy will be held in St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 320 Boston Post Road, Weston, on Saturday, June 1, at 2PM. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Private interment in Linwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Betsy’s honor to Dana-Farber www. dana-farber.org or Smith College www. smith.edu/giving. For online guestbook, gfdoherty.com. ROWE, Elizabeth Woodbury “Betsy” George F. Doherty & Sons Wellesley 781 235 4100 Age 62, passed away on Monday, May 6, 2024 in Gainesville, Florida. John was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 30, 1962, to Francis Daniel Ronan and Mary Immaculata Cleary Ronan. John was a graduate of the University of Florida, earning a Master’s degree in English Literature. He earned a baccalaureate degree in journalism at University of California, Irvine. He is survived by his loving wife, Jana Smith Ronan; children, Elizabeth Marie Ronan, and Daniel Thomas Ronan; and siblings, Mary Ronan, Kathy SooHoo, Anne Ronan, Joan Ronan, Margaret Stack, Sarah Rasmussen, Frank Ronan and Robert Ronan. He was preceded in death by his parents, Francis and Mary Ronan. He had a wild soul and a big heart. He will be missed. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. For those who wish, donations may be made to SAW: https://www.sequentialartistsworkshop. org/donate For full obituary, please visit his memorial page at www. williamsthomasfuneralhome.com. For Further information: RONAN, John Francis Williams-Thomas Downtown 352-376-7556 Of Watertown and Dennis Port, May 10, 2024. Age 95. Beloved wife of the late George S. Mulcahy. Loving mother of Joan M. McNamara and her husband, Michael of Arundel, Maine, George S. Mulcahy, Jr., and his wife, Mary of Plymouth, John R. Mulcahy and his wife, Carol of Dalton, Joseph G. Mulcahy of Dennis Port, Mary Catherine Maroney and her husband, John of Mansfield, Thomas M. Mulcahy and his wife, Erin of Sudbury and the late Susan E. Mulcahy. Loving grandmother of 20 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Funeral from the MacDonald Rockwell & MacDonald Funeral Home, at 270 Main St., WATERTOWN, Wednesday, May 15, at9AM, followed by Funeral Mass, in the Church of St. Patrick, 212 Main St., Watertown, at 10 AM. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Visiting Hours, Tuesday, 4-8 PM. Interment St. Mary Cemetery, Salem. MULCAHY, Joan L. (Whalen) MacDonald-Rockwell-MacDonald www.macdonaldrockwell.com Remembered SHARE YOUR MEMORIES ON OUR GUEST BOOK AT BOSTON.COM/OBITUARIES
a22 B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e M a y 12, 2 0 2 4 Have theTalk of a LifetimeSM You talk about many things with your loved ones: from day-to-day details to big events. Sharing stories with those who matter most isn’t just important today; it will be especially significant when it’s time to honor and commemorate your lives. Meaningful memorialization starts when loved ones talk about what matters most: memories made, lessons learned and how they hope to be remembered. Download a free brochure and Have the Talk of a Lifetime today. It can make the difference of a lifetime. talkofalifetime.org To submit a paid death notice for publication in The Boston Globe and on Boston.com, contact your funeral director, visit boston.com/deathnotices or call 617.929.1500. Now offering custom headings and enhanced listings. To submit an obituary for editorial consideration, please send the information and a photo by e-mail to [email protected], or send information by fax to 617.929.3186. If you need further assistance about a news obituary, please call 617.929.3400. To access death notices and obituaries online, visit boston.com/obituaries. We know that paying tribute to your loved ones is important To submit a paid death notice for publication in The Boston Globe and on Boston.com, contact yourfuneral director, visit boston.com/deathnotices or call 617.929.1500.Now offering custom headings and enhanced listings. To submit an obituary for editorial consideration, please send the information and a photo by e-mail to [email protected], or send information by fax to 617.929.3186. If you need further assistance about a news obituary, please call 617.929.3400. Ref lect onalife well lived To submit a paid death notice for publication in The Boston Globe and on Boston.com, contact your funeral director, visit boston.com/deathnotices or call 617.929.1500. Now ofering custom headings and enhanced listings. To submit an obituary for editorial consideration, please send the information and a photo by e-mail to [email protected], or send information by fax to 617.929.3186. If you need further assistance about a news obituary, please call 617.929.3400. To access death notices and obituaries online, visit boston.com/obituaries. Paying tribute to your loved ones is important Express your sympathy View The Boston Globe’s complete list of death notices and sign the guestbook at boston.com/obituaries. Of Swampscott, MA, passed away peacefully on May 3, 2024, in the presence of family, at the age of 98. He was born April 2, 1926 and raised in Peabody, MA. The Army sent him to University of Maine for his senior year of high school and further engineering education at NYU and Northeastern, ultimately stationed with the 3365th Signal Service Battalion in Guam during WWII. After the war, he completed his BSEE at Northeastern. Morris began working at Sanborn Company in Cambridge, during the birth of the analytical and electronic test equipment age. Sanborn was purchased by Hewlett-Packard, and he joined the Medical Equipment Division, specializing in Cardiac Monitoring, becoming an expert in both equipment design and cardiology. He was instrumental in outfitting cardiac care units and O.R.s throughout the world with HP systems. He was prompted by a number of cardiologists to fulfill the need for a sensitive fetal cardiac monitor, which he designed and created for HP. At HP, he was known as “The Answer Man”.Alifelong self-reliant learner, there was nothing he couldn’t fix or repair. He traveled extensively with his wife, Barbara and loved boating, skiing and bicycling. He had a great fondness for the JCC of Marblehead, enjoying exercising and many friendships. He was predeceased by his parents, Harry and Tillie White of Peabody; his wife, Barbara (Ankeles) White; and his two sisters, Sadye (White) Loten of Peabody, MA and Beatrice (White) Spector of Brookline and Marco Island. He leaves his loving son, Andrew; wife, Michelle; along with his cherished grandchildren, Samuel and Max. Visiting Hours: Services will be private. A small Memorial gathering will be announced at a later date. If one wishes, donations in Morris’s memory can be made to the JCC of Marblehead, 4 Community Road, Marblehead, MA 01945. WHITE, Morris M. Stanetsky-Hymanson Memorial Chapel 781-581-2300 Colonel Thomas G Sullivan (Ret), a devoted husband, father and proud veteran of the U.S. Air Force, passed away on April 30, from pancreatic cancer. Raised in Winchester, MA, Tom joined the ROTC program before graduating from Lowell Technical Institute in May 1970 and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the USAF. After graduating from pilot training in 1974, he was assigned to the 416th Bombardment Wing, flying the B-52 Stratofortress out of Griffis Air Force Base in Rome, NY. He went on to serve as an instructor pilot and Operations Officer for the 328th Bombardment Wing at Castle Air Force Base in Atwater, CA. He later served as commander of the 340th Bomb squadron in Operation Desert Storm. He earned an Air Medal, as well as one of the highest honors for a military aviator, The Distinguished Flying Cross. He finished his career at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia, after 27 years of dedicated service. After retiring from the Air Force, Tom joined his wife, Ann, in the real estate business in Hampton Roads, VA, where they worked together for 15 years. In 2013, they moved to the Villages, FL, where Tom spent his days playing golf, riding his bike, volunteering at The American Legion, driving his beloved dog, McGraw, to the mailbox and having the “occasional “ cocktail” with neighbors and friends. Tom is survived by his wife of 55 years, Ann; children, Keri, Katie and Tom, Jr.; and his wife, Gretchen; brother, Paul; and sisters, Madeline Emmons and Nannette Shanahan. He was predeceased by his parents, Arthur and Madeline Sullivan; and brothers, Arthur, John and Peter. A Service honoring the life of Tom will be held at St Timothy’s Church in the Villages, at 8:30 am, May 24, with reception to follow at the Eisenhower Recreation Center. Interment in Arlington National Cemetery Washington, D.C., date TBD. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, https://pancan.org Wounded Warriors, https//support. woundedwarriorsproject.org or Special Olympics, https//supportspecialoympics SULLIVAN, Thomas G. Age 82, of Watertown and Dennisport, May 9, 2024. Beloved wife to Robert Vigna. Loving mother of Billy Vigna and his wife, Olga; Theresa Mariano; and Vicky Vigna. Cherished “Grammy” to Anthony, Robert and Natalie; and her furry companion, Jake. Dear sister in law to Fred Vigna and his wife, Kay. Family and friends are welcome to come celebrate Pauline’s life by gathering for Visiting Hours in the Nardone Funeral Home, 373 Main St., WATERTOWN, on Monday, from 11 am to 1 pm, followed by a 1 pm, funeral home Service. Burial to follow in Mt. Auburn Cemetery. VIGNA, Pauline (Sauer) Nardone Funeral Home (617) 924 - 1113 www.NardoneFuneralHome.com Of Wellesley, MA and Sudbury, MA, passed away the morning of May 8, 2024. Jim was the beloved husband of Laura Duffey Tyrrell for nearly 35 years; devoted and cherished father of James Richard Tyrrell, Jr. and his fiancée Ambrey Rice of Boston, Alexandra Tyrrell Shaw and her husband Ian of Watertown, and Kerry Anne Tyrrell and her fiancé Keshav Ahuja of Boston. Brother to Joseph P. Tyrrell and wife Kate of Sudbury, and Mary T. Coughlin and husband Chris of Wellesley; the late Ann Tyrrell Abely and the late Patricia Tyrrell. Beloved son of the late Joseph and Mary Tyrrell. He was a proud uncle and friend, deeply loved by many. Jim was born on October 11, 1958 in Boston, MA. He grew up in Wellesley in a large Irish Catholic family. Jim and Laura raised their children in Sudbury; where he enjoyed taking care of his lawn and gardening so his kids could “run, jump, and play.” He always made coming home to Sudbury special for his family; cooking turkey dinners and hosting large barbecues by the fire pit. He deeply loved his dog, Bailey, and granddog, Calvin. Jim attended St. Paul’s School in Wellesley, St. Sebastian’s School in Needham and Boston College, where he gained lifelong friends, and was known to be both studious and social. He had a distinguished career in the commercial insurance industry, serving as a vice president and executive at Alexander & Alexander, Kaler Carney Liffler & Co., Knapp Schenck and NEIS. His past and current colleagues have shared the impact Jim had as a quiet and respected leader, mentor and friend. Growing up, Jim spent his summers with family in Osterville, MA, on Cape Cod, and later on Squam Lake in New Hampshire. Jim loved sunset cruises with his family on the lake. He was a passionate golfer and lifelong member of Weston Golf Club. He inherited the love of golf from his father and passed it on to his son, Jimmy. While always humble, Jim was a four-time Club Champion at Weston GC and competed in many Massachusetts Amateur events throughout his life, including his victory in the annual Boston Globe/ MGA Tournament of Club Champions in 1999. He was most proud of winning the Weston GC Father & Son Tournament with his father in 1985, and again with Jimmy in 2017. His natural disposition was calm, caring, and patient. He was known for his quick wit, pitch perfect one-liners and dry sense of humor. He will be forever missed and always loved. Visiting Hours will be held at the George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 477 Washington Street (Route 16), WELLESLEY, on Monday, May 13th, from 4-7 pm. A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Paul Church, Wellesley, MA, on Tuesday, May 14, at 11 am. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund. Online guestbook at gfdoherty.com TYRRELL, James Richard Sr. George F. Doherty & Sons Wellesley 781-235-4100 David was a complex, loving and self-reliant man. Born on December 1, 1925, he died on April 29, 2024. He is survived by his wife, Deborah J. Haynes; daughters, Leslie Thorndike and Persis Thorndike; granddaughters, Madeleine and Julia Thorndike Goetz and Talis Love; and greatgrandchildren, Tulsi and Oona Love. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he grew up in Skowhegan, Maine, graduated from Bowdoin College and served in the U.S. Army in World War II. David offered tremendous service to his communities in Massachusetts, Washington and Colorado, especially at the Union Boat Club in Boston and as Mayor and a member of the Town Board in Jamestown, Colorado. THORNDIKE, David Of Brookline, MA, formerly of Los Angeles, CA, entered into rest on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at the age of 92. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Fannie (Goldstein) Swirnoff. A renowned color scientist, visual artist, educator and author, Ms. Swirnoff graduated from the Cooper Union School of Art in NY in 1951. She pursued her graduate studies at Yale University under the tutelage of Josef Albers, the Bauhaus Master. After receiving her BFA and MFA in 1954, she began her teaching career as Instructor in Art at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA. Subsequently, she held faculty appointments at UCLA (where she became Emerita Prof. of Art and Design in 1990) and at Harvard University from 1968 to 1975. She was the Chair of the Art Department at Skidmore College from 1977 to 1981. She returned to Cooper Union in 1991, where she held the Feltman Chair in Light before she retired in 2003. She published two critically acclaimed books, “The Color of Cities; an International Perspective” and “Dimensional Color”. She exhibited her creative work in solo shows at the Farnsworth Art Museum, The National Academy of Sciences, Swetzoff Gallery in Boston, Galley BAI in NY, the Hathorn Gallery at Skidmore College, as well as in group shows in the U.S. and abroad. Her impact on art and design extended globally, as she lectured in cities from Bergen, Norway to Sydney, Australia. Ms. Swirnoff is survived by her devoted son, Dr. Joshua A. Boyce and his wife Deb of Sherborn, her treasured grandchildren, Erica Murphy of Westwood, MA and Joshua R. Boyce of Worcester, MA, her loving brother Michael Swirnoff and his wife Christine of Glen Cove, NY, and her nephews, Alex Swirnoff of Lexington, MA and David Swirnoff of Rutherford, NJ. Services were held privately. In lieu of flowers, donations in Ms. Swirnoff’s memory may be made to Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, www.gardnermuseum.org SWIRNOFF, Lois Levine Chapels, Brookline www.levinechapels.com 617-277-8300 Annette Spann (Shannon), also fondly known as Net and Nettie, was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, and was a longtime resident of Lexington, Massachusetts. Daughter of Walter “Hap” and Christine Shannon. Beloved niece of Emily Shannon. Predeceased by older brothers, Daniel (Shirley) Shannon and Walter (Celeste) Shannon. Adored mother of Christopher Spann (Susannah) of Cape Elizabeth, Maine and Megan (Bill) Dennen of Cumberland, Rhode Island. Proud grandmother of Michaela and Devon Forde, Henry and Owen Dennen and Ryer Spann. Great-grandmother to recently arrived Winona Mae. She was raised in Watertown, Connecticut, and attended St. John’s School and Sacred Heart High School. After high school, she enrolled in the Waterbury Hospital School of Nursing, becoming a Registered Nurse. Annette worked for 30 years at Mount Auburn Hospital. With much dedication, she earned her Bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University in 1987. She loved playing tennis, going to the movies, being outdoors, walking, listening to classical music, eating ice cream and laughing with her many dear friends. Annette leaves behind a legacy of resilience, love and kindness. She will be deeply missed by her family and the many friends whose lives she touched. There will be a Private Service in Franklin, Massachusetts, and Annette will be Buried in New Saint Joseph’s Cemetery in Waterbury, Connecticut. Guestbook www.oterifuneralhome.com SPANN, Annette (Shannon) Mr. Warren R. Stone, a resident of Gloucester, MA and Andover, MA and husband of Virginia Lee (Crist) Stone, passed away at the Beverly Hospital in Beverly, Massachusetts, on Sunday morning, April 28, 2024. He was 91 years old. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Warren was the son of the late Harry H. and Mary (Dubin) Stone. He was a graduate of The Hopkins School and of Harvard University, class of 1954. Warren was the Chief Executive Officer for Addison Wesley Publications in Reading, Massachusetts, for many years. Besides his wife, Virginia, Warren is survived by his sister, Linda Stone Kaplan; and nephews, Dr. Andrew Stone Kaplan and Dr. Jeffrey Stone Kaplan. Funeral Services will be held at a later date. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Burke-Magliozzi Funeral Home of ANDOVER. For additional information, please visit, www.burkemagliozzi.com. STONE, Warren R. Age 89, of Marlborough, formerly of West Roxbury, passed away peacefully on May 9, 2024, surrounded by his family. Denis was a “triple eagle” attending Boston College High School, Boston College and Boston College Law School. He spent his career working as a salesman for Insulfab Plastics. He was an avid reader, who enjoyed doing puzzles and was a huge Boston sports fan. However, nothing gave him greater pleasure than attending and watching his grandchildren’s games and activities. Denis will be greatly missed by his wife of 64 years Mary (Farrell); and his three children, Denis and his wife, Maura of Medway, Margaret “Peggy” Carlson and her husband, Jeff of Holden and Ann McCoy and her husband, Kevin of Raynham. He is also survived by eight grandchildren, Matthew and his wife, Diana, Denis, Gregory, Julia, Brian, Shannon, Joseph and Chris. Denis was predeceased by his parents, Richard and Mary Catherine (Davey); and his siblings, Catherine, Richard and Robert. Visiting Hours at the William J. Gormley Funeral Home, 2055 Centre St., WEST ROXBRY, on Tuesday, May 14, from 4-7pm. Funeral from the funeral home on Wednesday, May 15, at 9:30am, followed by a Funeral Mass, in St. Theresa Church, at 10:30am. Interment St. Joseph Cemetery. Relatives and friends invited. For directions and guestbook www.gormleyfuneral.com TOBIN, Denis T. “Papa” William J. Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600 Age 73, of Brookline, died on May 8, 2024, at home, surrounded by love, after a courageous three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 73 years old. A kind and loving soul, known for his wise counsel, generosity and bawdy, good natured sense of humor. Ray grew up in Cincinnati, the son of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra musicians, Jack and Linda Wellbaum. Music was always a huge part of Ray’s life and he studied piano and trumpet from an early age. A graduate of Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts, he also earned a Juris Doctor from Temple University School of Law. Ray and his wife, Karen, also a musician and a writer, moved to New York City, where their first daughter, Leah, was born. Marrying his law and music skills, he held executive positions with Philharmonia Virtuosi, New York City Opera, and Carnegie Hall. In 1991, the couple moved to Boston, where their second daughter, Emma, was born and Ray found his “dream job” as the Orchestra Manager of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for over 25 years. An engaged, doting, and devoted father, he also loved music, sports, puzzles, “Jeopardy!”, good food and travel. Living modestly but giving generously, he was an active member of the vibrant and caring community of First Parish in Brookline, where he taught religious education classes for many years and served on a variety of committees. In retirement, Ray served as a literacy tutor in the Boston Public Schools, regaling children with reading and sing-along videos via Zoom during COVID. In addition to Karen, his “partner in life” of over 40 years; and daughters, Leah and Emma Wellbaum; Ray is survived by sisters, Laura Kalaitzoglou and Lisa Wellbaum Geber (Stephen); nieces, Stephanie Geber and Lauren Geber Marquez (Danny); two nephews, two great-nephews and a great-niece. A private family Service has been held. A Celebration of Ray’s Life will be held at a future date. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Dana Farber Cancer Institute, the Boston Symphony Orchestra or Good Shepherd Community Care. WELLBAUM , Ray F. Remembered SHARE YOUR MEMORIES ON OUR GUEST BOOK AT BOSTON.COM/OBITUARIES
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a24 B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e m a Y 12, 2 0 2 4 0.0" 0.1" 0.2" 0.3" 0.4" 0.5" 0.6" 0.7" 0.8" T T T 0.05 0.74 0.04 0.15 0.29 0.09 0.05 0.1 0.45 0.04 0.69 20 40 60 80 100 Record high 91 Record low 33 Normal high 65 Normal low 49 Maximum unprotected safe time in the sun for people with fair skin that sometimes tans but usually burns. Ultraviolet index Forecast for noon today For more information on today’s conditions, call the state hotline at (800) 882-1497 or Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection web site www.state.ma.us/DEP Eastern Massachusetts air quality GOOD MOD. UNHEALTHY HAZARDOUS 50 100 150 200 300 39 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 LOW MOD. HIGH V.HIGH EXTREME >1 HOUR 45 MIN. 30 MIN. 15-24 MIN. <10 2 Allergies Trees Weeds Grass Mold Yesterday’s mold and spore rating. High N.A. N.A. N.A. Source: Asthma & Allergy Affiliates, Inc. Cities Forecast high and low temperatures and conditions Boston’s forecast Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Today’s outlook Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Tides A.M. P.M. High tides A.M. P.M. High tides A.M. P.M. New England marine forecast For current Charles River Basin water quality, call (781) 788-0007 or go to http://www.charlesriver.org. Wind Seas Temp Wind Seas Temp Yesterday Degree days Heat Cool Actual Norm. 24 Hr. Precipitation Climate data are compiled from National Weather Service records and are subject to change or correction. Moon phases Mount Washington Almanac Asia & Australia Africa South America Yesterday’s temperature extremes Today Tomorrow Weather codes Europe & the Middle East HIGH Canada & Mexico LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW 6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M. 6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M. 6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M. 6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M. 6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M. Actual Temperatures Normal Temperatures Record Temperatures Central America & Caribbean Travel delays possible C Clouds F Fog H Haze I Ice Pc Partly Cloudy R Rain Sh Showers S Sun Sn Snow Fl Flurries T Thunderstorms W Windy Small craft advisory Gale warning Storm warning Boston’s recent climate Map key Cloudy and cool with a shower in places. Winds ESE 7-14 mph. Turning out clear tonight. Winds SW 6-12 mph. Breezy with variable cloudiness. Winds SSW 12-25 mph. Breezy Tuesday evening; otherwise, cloudy. Winds SSW 12-25 mph. Morning rain; otherwise, cloudy; rain at night. Winds SSW 8-16 mph. Periods of rain at night. Winds ESE 8-16 mph. Mostly cloudy. Winds ENE 12-25 mph. Mostly cloudy at night. Winds NE 10-20 mph. Warmer with periods of clouds and sun. Winds S 8-16 mph. Mostly cloudy at night with a shower or two. Winds SSW 8-16 mph. Yesterday 16 0 Monthly total 124 0 Normal to date 109 8 Season total 4785 0 Season normal 5407 8 Last year to date 4565 14 Avg. daily high 59.3 63.7 Avg. daily low 47.6 47.5 YTD avg. temp. 40.9 38.7 May readings High/low 54/43 Mean 49 Departure from normal -8 Departure for month -21 Departure for year 324 4 p.m. rel. humidity 70% For updated New England, national and international forecasts, visit boston.com/weather For the latest weather forecast for your area, text “w” plus your city or town name (ex: “w hull”) to BOSTON (267866) Yesterday 0.00” Precip days in May 5 Month to date 1.33” Norm. month to date 1.15” Year to date 21.52” Norm. year to date 15.68” TODAY: Plenty of clouds around for much of the region with some showers around, especially in western and northern areas. TOMORROW: Turning milder with clouds and breaks of sun across the region. There may be afternoon showers in the north and west. EXTENDED: There will be considerable cloudiness for much of the region Tuesday with showers likely, especially to the north and west. New England forecast High tides Old Orchard ME 2:35 3:25 Hampton Beach NH 2:49 3:39 Plum Island 3:00 3:41 Ipswich 2:37 3:23 Gloucester 2:48 3:32 Marblehead 2:46 3:33 Lynn 2:51 3:38 Scituate 2:51 3:33 Plymouth 2:56 3:35 Cape Cod Canal East 2:39 3:22 Cape Cod Canal West 1:42 Falmouth 2:30 3:17 Hyannis Port 3:52 4:55 Chatham 3:43 4:38 Wellfleet 3:00 3:47 Provincetown 2:55 3:41 Nantucket Harbor 3:56 4:51 Oak Bluffs 3:30 4:00 New Bedford 11:59 --- Newport RI --- 12:01 Boston high 2:46 3:33 Height 10.6 9.1 Boston low 9:15 9:25 Height -0.1 1.4 Marblehead SE 6-12 kts. 1 ft. 52/45 Boston Harbor E 6-12 kts. 1 ft. 55/45 Scituate E 6-12 kts. 1-3 ft. 54/42 East Cape Cod Canal NE 6-12 kts. 1 ft. 53/42 Buzzards Bay SE 6-12 kts. 1-2 ft. 54/42 Newport, R.I. SE 6-12 kts. 1-3 ft. 52/42 (valid at 4 p.m. yesterday) (valid at 4 p.m. yesterday) Yesterday’s high 54° Yesterday’s low 43° April May April May 1993 1900 New Orleans 84/75 C 82/72 T New York City 54/48 Sh 68/55 Pc Oklahoma City 68/61 T 73/58 T Orlando 89/70 Pc 90/72 T Philadelphia 57/45 T 72/56 S Phoenix 97/70 S 99/74 S Pittsburgh 63/48 C 79/60 Pc Portland OR 78/54 Pc 67/50 Pc Raleigh 78/51 S 82/63 Pc Sacramento 90/53 S 87/51 S Salt Lake City 79/57 S 84/58 Pc San Diego 69/60 Pc 68/61 Pc San Francisco 67/52 Pc 65/51 Pc Santa Fe 64/42 C 73/46 Pc Seattle 75/53 Pc 63/48 C Spokane 82/52 Pc 73/46 Pc St. Louis 85/63 S 71/61 T Tampa 89/74 Pc 90/78 C Washington 67/52 T 76/62 S Cancun 92/80 Pc 92/81 Pc Edmonton 70/47 Sh 64/43 Sh Halifax 51/39 C 54/40 Pc Mexico City 89/62 C 88/60 S Montreal 60/49 Sh 65/52 C Quebec 61/38 Pc 62/49 Sh Toronto 63/51 C 73/55 Sh Vancouver 66/51 C 62/49 C Albany 57/44 C 70/52 Sh Albuquerque 72/50 C 79/54 Pc Anchorage 53/38 C 54/39 S Atlanta 80/62 S 71/64 Sh Atlantic City 55/42 T 64/53 S Austin 84/73 T 86/59 T Baltimore 66/49 T 75/58 S Boise 85/55 S 78/50 Pc Buffalo 61/49 C 72/56 T Burlington VT 58/47 C 66/53 Sh Butte 74/41 S 65/41 Pc Charleston SC 84/61 S 81/68 Pc Charleston WV 73/46 Pc 82/58 S Charlotte 78/55 S 77/60 C Chicago 80/62 Pc 75/50 T Cincinnati 74/56 S 73/59 Pc Cleveland 65/56 Pc 78/59 Pc Dallas 71/67 R 85/62 T Death Valley 104/87 S 105/88 S Denver 62/45 R 73/51 Pc Des Moines 83/61 S 67/53 T Detroit 68/57 Pc 77/56 T Fairbanks 58/43 C 58/40 C Fargo 77/43 S 67/46 Pc Fort Myers 91/71 S 93/77 Pc Honolulu 82/72 Sh 84/71 Sh Houston 80/75 T 86/67 T Indianapolis 78/59 S 77/61 T Internat. 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High/low temperature 29/25 Snow depth at 4 p.m. 0.0” (4 p.m. yesterday) Sunrise 5:25 a.m. Sunset 7:56 p.m. Day length 14:30 Moonrise 8:54 a.m. Moonset 12:21 a.m. Day of year 133 May 15 May 23 May 30 June 6 FIRST FULL LAST NEW Bangkok 98/83 T 98/81 T Beijing 85/50 S 89/59 S Hong Kong 86/78 T 82/75 T Jakarta 93/78 Sh 93/78 R Kabul 72/51 S 76/54 S Melbourne 66/48 S 68/49 Pc New Delhi 102/81 Pc 103/80 Pc Seoul 73/47 Pc 75/50 S Singapore 89/80 T 90/79 T Sydney 67/59 R 70/55 Sh Taipei City 90/64 T 74/63 R Tokyo 75/68 C 72/61 Sh Cairo 84/66 S 82/63 S Johannesburg 79/52 S 72/50 S Lagos 88/78 T 92/79 C Nairobi 78/59 Pc 79/58 S Amsterdam 77/59 C 72/59 R Athens 76/56 S 76/60 S Baghdad 96/76 C 95/69 Pc Barcelona 72/61 Pc 72/62 Pc Berlin 70/47 S 75/50 S Dublin 66/49 Sh 58/48 Sh Frankfurt 79/55 S 75/56 Sh Helsinki 58/43 Pc 66/45 C Istanbul 70/54 Pc 60/49 R Jerusalem 72/56 Pc 68/55 Pc London 77/54 Pc 68/56 C Lisbon 73/59 C 69/55 C Madrid 83/56 Pc 82/55 C Moscow 46/31 C 51/35 C Oslo 70/47 Pc 70/44 S Paris 76/57 T 71/57 C Rome 74/53 S 74/53 Pc Stockholm 70/48 Pc 73/49 Pc Tel Aviv 76/67 Pc 75/67 S Vienna 71/49 S 70/52 S Warsaw 65/42 S 69/45 S Asuncion 72/57 Sh 60/52 R Bogota 68/51 R 67/48 Sh Buenos Aires 57/44 R 56/43 S Caracas 92/75 Sh 91/76 Pc Lima 71/64 Pc 71/63 S Quito 66/49 Sh 69/48 Sh Rio de Janeiro 90/75 S 93/77 S Sao Paulo 88/69 Pc 88/66 S Bermuda 74/65 S 73/64 S Havana 92/75 S 94/77 Pc Kingston 91/81 Pc 92/82 Pc Panama City 89/77 T 90/76 T Saint John 89/79 S 89/79 S San Jose 88/69 T 85/70 T San Juan 92/78 T 91/77 T High: 118 at Matam, Senegal Low: -8 at Resolute, Canada TODAY 53-58 43-48 MONDAY 61-66 49-54 TUESDAY 69-74 54-59 WEDNESDAY 62-67 51-56 THURSDAY 60-65 49-54 Martha’s Vineyard SE 6-12 kts. 1-2 ft. 54/42 Nantucket E 7-14 kts. 2-4 ft. 54/46 Provincetown NE 4-8 kts. 2-4 ft. 55/46 Penobscot Bay SE 6-12 kts. 1-2 ft. 54/40 Georges Bank NW 7-14 kts. 4-8 ft. 49/44 100 miles south of Nantucket Shoals NE 7-14 kts. 4-8 ft. 52/48 illuminated, shinescloseto theleft of Gemini’s twin stars, Polluxand Castor,and nearlyin line with them. Procyon is farther to their lower left in Canis Minor. – Patrick Rowan Thisevening’s waxing crescent moon,about 27% Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2024 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 123 45678 9 10 11 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 567 8 9 10 11 The tuna crabs’ arrival ‘signals something different is happening in the ocean.’ mEGaN cImINO, assistant researcher at the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz By Jules Jacobs NEW YOrk TImES SaN DIEGO — When anna Sagatov, an underwater cinematographer, goes on her usual night dives off la Jolla Shores in San Diego, she’s used to spotting the “occasional octopus, nudibranch, and horn shark.” but what she witnessed on a late april plunge was shocking: a seafloor turned red by what she described as an “overlapping carpet of crabs.” Swirling and shifting in the current, the creatures stretched “as far as my dive lights could illuminate,” she said. The swarming red crustaceans she and other observers have been spotting on San Diego’s coast are called tuna crabs, but they are actually squat lobsters. and the shallows around Southern california are not their usual home. The animals typically live on the high seas, around baja california in mexico. but this is their second appearance in six years in the area. Some experts say they may have been pushed to San Diego’s near-shore canyons by nutrient-dense currents set off by El Nino, when warmer oceans release additional heat into the atmosphere, creating variable currents and air pressure fluctuations over the equatorial Pacific. The event could signal shifts in the region’s climate. at the same time, the aggregation of tuna crabs offers scientists and divers like Sagatov a close-up of a sea creature that usually turns up inside a tuna’s stomach. Some of the observations took twisted turns, like when she began to notice what she called “mass cannibalism” among the red crawlers. While tuna crabs are equipped to eat plankton, they are also opportunistic predators in the benthic stage of their life cycle, which can cause them to feed on their own species. Tuna crabs are also known as red crabs, lobster krill and langostilla. They are more closely related to hermit crabs than to “true” crabs, even though they have evolved similar features. Their common name derives from their role as a favored food source for large species like tuna during the time in their life cycle when the y l iv e in th e open ocean. In the final phase of their life cycle, the crabs descend from the open ocean and live just above the continental crust as bottom-dwellers. In this stage, they will take vertical journeys through the water column in search of plankton, making them susceptible to winds, tides, and currents, which may have pushed many of the animals to the north. On the floor of Scripps canyon, these crabs form writhing piles, thousands of individuals thick. For local predators, this is a welcome bounty. While many bottom-dwelling tuna crabs are consumed, hundreds of thousands of individuals remain uneaten when the novelty of this new food source wanes. This aggregation and the one that preceded it in 2018 are mysteries to science, said megan cimino, an assistant researcher at the Institute of marine Sciences at the university of california, Santa cruz. When tuna crabs last appeared, her team found that their movement in california was “related to unusually strong ocean currents originating from baja,” sometimes but not always coinciding with El Nino. She said the new event “signals something different is happening in the ocean.” While the link between tuna crab aggregations and El Nino isn’t exactly clear cut, “when we think about climate change, the first thing to come to mind might be warming temperatures, but climate change can result in more variable ocean conditions” as well, cimino said. She called tuna crabs an “indicator species” able to suggest evidence of large-scale changes in ocean currents and composition that may have positive and negative effects on animals in the area’s waters. because o f cold water in Scripps canyon, these crabs won’t last long after settling in San Diego. This mass dying creates stranding events in which tuna crabs wash onto the beaches in droves, turning the sand and the surrounding waters red. alternately, the same currents that brought the swarm to San Diego could kick them back out to sea. The end o f this invas ion could help scientists to one day create a forecasting system for future tuna crab aggregations. It can’t yet be said exactly how long the tuna crabs will stay, or when they’ll return to california’s shores. but in a warming ocean, it may be sooner than anyone expects. Tuna crabs, neither tuna nor crabs, are swarming off San Diego Squat lobsters usually live on the high seas JulES JacObS vIa NEW YOrk TImES The red crustaceans are also known as red crabs, lobster krill, and langostilla.
Metro BoStoN SUNDay GLoBe May 12, 2024 | BoStoNGLoBe.CoM/Metro that whole body positivity thing? yeah, never mind. We’re doing corsets again. there was end times ambassador kim kardashian at the Met gala on Monday, laced into a corset strung so tight that she looked like a depressed wasp, her waist so compressed it was barely wider than her neck. only with painful squishing could her internal organs, let alone her ribs, fit into that tiny space. inhaling oxygen is “an art form,” in her outfit, she said. it was actually painful to watch. “i’ll feel so snatched i won’t even be able to communicate to you how snatched i feel,” she told Vogue. so snatched, she couldn’t talk. so 1850! those were the days, when men were men and women suffered from dizziness, constricted blood flow, digestive disorders, and limited mobility. Who wouldn’t want to go back? incidentally, speaking of going back, kardashian’s getup — and a bunch of other Met showstoppers — was created by John galliano, a designer previously disgraced because he went on multiple drunken vile, racist, and antisemitic tirades in 2011. in one, he told Jewish diners at a paris bistro, “i love hitler,” and “people like you would be dead. your mothers, your forefathers would all be [expletive] gassed.” galliano has now been welcomed back into the very bosom of high fashion. championing him in this moment of exploding antisemitism is quite the choice by Vogue editor anna Wintour. but hey, did you see that corset? the super-tight lacing is an extreme version of a more widespread phenomenon: over the last year or two, we’ve seen legions of painfully thin celebrities and assorted rich people suddenly cross over into emaciation, thanks to drugs like ozempic and Wegovy. lifesavers for those with serious illnesses like obesity, diabetes, and other maladies, the expensive weekly injections prompt dramatic weight loss — but only for as long as patients take it. that has meant massive profits for novo nordisk, shortages of the expensive medication for those it was designed for, and growing health inequities. it also means the decline of the body positivity movement — the push for realistic beauty standards and well-being over suffering — as a bunch of formerly life-sized models and influencers decide skinny is best after all. “the frenzy around these products has again put the focus on thinness at all costs,” said bryn austin, a professor at the harvard chan school of public health who specializes in eating disorders. “it has brought weight stigma and fat shaming right up front.” it would be easy to dismiss the grotesque corsetry as a desperate grab for attention by a vacuous celebrity who already gets way too much of it. but, sadly, what kardashian does matters. legions of girls and women follow her example, filling their lips with injectables and having their behinds brazilian butt lifted. and wearing her branded shapewear — including “waist trainers” — that can never deliver on the promises of her cynical marketing. “these images are frighteningly retrograde, that women should be doing everything they can to be smaller and conform to this disturbed and distorted idea of beauty,” austin said. the effect is multiplied by social media, which disseminates not only images of the first kardashian of the apocalypse, but of other, digitally altered and even ai-generated models, all pushing standards literally impossible for actual humans. austin worries most about children who see those images, which can drive them to disordered eating, or to buy dangerous supplements to lose weight or build muscle — marketed by companies “making money hand over fist.” for years, she has worked to pass state legislation, sponsored by representative kay khan, to restrict the sale of over-the-counter diet pills and muscle-building supplements to children under 18. a similar law took effect in new york last month. it’s long past time our legislature finally got it done. it’s harder than ever out there for kids. this would give them a few more years to breathe before joining the circus of the impossible. We still like breathing, right? Globe columnist Yvonne Abraham can be reached at [email protected]. how very 1850. Yvonne Abraham B INSIDE Business B9 By John Hilliard globe staff and Daniel Kool globe corresponDent Martin Dobrow, a springfield college professor who is the commencement speaker at his school’s graduation sunday, is measuring how he will tackle two jobs: celebrating the accomplishments of graduates and addressing the on-campus protests over the war in gaza. “these are important times, and i think it is important to meet the moment, and this is something that we really want to ask of young people,” Dobrow said, and that means talking about the issues facing the world, even if his campus has not had a large protest. but Dobrow also wants to make sure the message is relevant to graduates who are taking the next big step in life: “i think the key question is making sure that young people are educating themselves as deeply as they can, considering these issues very carefully, [and] seeking out viewpoints that might be opposed to their initial” point of view, he said. the war in gaza and the furor on campuses in the United states is forcing a choice on commencement speakers: should they focus only on graduates or do they have a responsibility to talk about the divisions on campus? other scheduled speakers, however, believe the class of 2024, who as high schoolers missed out on graduation ceremonies due to pandemic-era lockdowns, are owed a respite from current events. “there is certainly a time to talk about social activism, butthis class of 2024 has gone through an awful lot,” said Jay ash, who served as economic chief for former governor charlie baker and addressed bridgewater state University graduates on saturday at gillette stadium. “i’m instead going to focus on trying to help them figure out what they do next, as opposed to ensnaring them in further debate.” SPEECHES, Page B4 Speakers weigh their words to graduates at commencement ceremonies, a choice whether to address war and protests By Esmy Jimenez globe staff the hospital visits often start simply. a parent brings their child in because of worsening asthma. a woman mentions her mental health is declining. each time, a doctor offers treatment, but the ailment lingers. the cause, it turns out, is a mice infestation they can’t get a landlord to fix or a frustrating insurance appeal taking its toll. but the solution is outside of a doctor’s wheelhouse and requires a lawyer’s expertise. for the last couple of years at beth israel Deaconess Medical center, health care workers and attorneys have worked hand-inhand to help such patients, many of whom are among boston’s most vulnerable. they are burdened with housing problems, flustered with the red tape blocking access to public benefits, and failing to navigate the web that is immigration law. “We’re seeing anything from ATTORNEYS, Page B4 Programs connect patients to lawyers aim to mitigate the underlying causes of illness 12 aberdeen road was one of the places to be during somerville porchfest saturday as indie rock band guster (above) played a set to a happy crowd. the band’s members lived just down the street when they were starting out in the ’90s. B2 fRont (poRch) and centeR photos by erin clark/globe staff By Billy Baker globe staff rockport — there was a minor freakout in town when the most iconic red fishing shack in america suddenly became gray. locals flocked to see it. tourists walked away disappointed that they didn’t get their photo. and the painting contractor, which had volunteered its services, rushed to assure locals that it was only temporary: just a coat of primer. Motif number 1 — known by landscape artists as “the most-painted building in america” — would soon be red again. but what kind of red? now that the painting is progressing, some local artists are asking: is it the right shade of red? the stakes are high when you start messing with the color of the most recognizable structure on cape ann. to understand the passions at play, we need to go back to 1884, when an unassuming fishing shack was built on rockport’s bradley Wharf to house maritime gear. by the turn of the century, when plein air painters began flocking to rockport for its dramatic shorelines and coastal light, many found themselves enamored with the red shack covered in colorful buoys, and it became such a common subject for landscape artists that lester hornby, a local art teacher, was said to have lambasted his students for their unoriginal choice. “Motif number 1 again?!” he exclaimed, according to local legend. the name stuck, as did the interest of painters, to the point where it is often claimed that the shack is the most-painted image in the United states. the town of rockport has essentially adopted it as a logo, and it is featured on the sign welcoming visitors to town, as well as countless coffee mugs and posters and t-shirts for ROCKPORT, Page B5 In Rockport, the iconic fishing shack gets a fresh look — but it’s still red John blanDing/globe staff Painters poured red paint as they worked on the Motif Number 1 fishing shack in Rockport. By Nick Stoico globe staff rick slayman, the first man to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig, has died, according to a statement from his family and Massachusetts general hospital, where he underwent the historic operation in March. “our family is deeply saddened about the sudden passing of our beloved rick but take great comfort knowing he inspired so many,” his family said in the statement released saturday evening. the hospital did not say how or when slayman died. a spokesperson declined to provide furSLAYMAN, Page B2 Man in pig kidney transplant has died IN TODAY’S GLOBE MAGAZINE Meet the most infuential people in the region’s tech sector as determined by Boston Globe journalists and an advisory panel of industry experts. See the full list in today’s Tech Power Players 50 Globe Magazine.
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Also no. it was a scene unlike any other at the annual outdoor music showcase, drawing a massive swell of people, their babies, and their pets at the intersection of cedar stree t and Aberdeen road. the best seats belonged to a couple of plucky fans, who watched the band while perched between the branches of a large tree. And 25-year-old hadi kobaissi, a 6-foot-5 malden resident, who, from his view several hundred people-deep from the porch where Guster was playing, had eyes on the four-man band at 12 Aberdeen. it’s a pity, he added, that he has the “worst ears.” “that’s the trade-off,” kobaissi said. “i’ve heard about as much Guster music as i heard before now, which is none of it,” his friend, 30-year-old Andy cawley, quipped. “this,” she added, eyeing the the size of the crowd, “is new.” Guster, the band behind hits such as “satellite” and “Amsterdam,” is the most high-profile act to ever play in the festival in recent years, according to rachel strutt, program manager of the somerville Arts council, which puts on the citywide event. their brief appearance at Porchfest, where they performed a 30-minute s et , came two months after playing before a packed house at mGm fenway. it was a homecoming of sorts for Guster. the band performed less than 200 feet from their old stomping grounds at 33 Aberdeen road, where they lived for three years. the band’s members met in 1991 while studying at tufts university in medford. they wrote much of their third album “lost and Gone forever” at the four-bedroom somerville apartment in the 1990s. Guster singer ryan miller told the Globe earlier this week that the band’s time living and making music in somerville were “fundamental [and] formative.” he said the band had been toying around with the idea of performing at Porchfest for years. “we h ad a lw ay s kind o f thought that this would be a fun thing to do if we could ever work it out,” miller told the Globe. for tried and true Guster lovers, navigating the mob of spectators was worth it. David kilstein, 30, and his girlfriend, lea h Gaf fne y , 3 1 , bot h o f cambridge, are self-described “hardcore Guster fans” who grew up listening to Guster and bonded over their shared passion for the band. they came to Porchest specifically to see Guster, driving back home early from a graduation party in Providence so they could make it to the show. kilstein, “a classic music snob who ascribes to the greater Pitchfork universe of music” said Guster embodies ’90s nostalgia. Growing up, he shared a room with his brother; the first record they bought together was “lost and Gone forever.” “we listened to it every night to go to sleep for like a year,” he said. “it’s an album i literally learned every lick of, cover to cover.” twenty-six-year-old Abe laxague, of brighton, was also a little wistful watching Guster perform. he recorded the band, lifting his phone high above his head, while singing along to “Amsterdam.” when he heard Gus ter was p laying a set at Porchfest, laxague knew he had to attend even if it meant listening “on the outskirts.” his father, who died of cancer in 2020, introduced laxague to “Amsterdam” when he was a kid. “it’s very sentimental to me,” he said. “seeing them here, live, is something i never expected. And i’m so grateful for it.” Guster’s much-anticipated next album, “Ooh la la,” their first in five years, drops may 17. Deanna Pan can be reached at [email protected]. erin clArk/GlObe stAff Guster performed on the porch at 12 Aberdeen Road in Somerville on Saturday. Guster draws quite a crowd to Porchfest By Colin A. Young stAte hOuse news service Gov. maura healey’s trip to speak at a vatican climate summit this week will include an audience with the pope, but the governor also plans to tend to the bay state’s business ties with italy while she’s there. the governor’s italian itinerary s tarts in rome w ith an American chamber of commerce in italy roundtable on tuesday. healey will host italian business leaders who are thinking about establishing or expanding a footprint in massachusetts, her office said, and she will “highlight all that makes massachusetts a great place to do business, learn more about what the businesses are interested in and the challenges they face, and discuss opportunities for further collaboration.” italy is massachusetts’ 10thlargest global trading partner, with a total of $2.05 billion in trade between the state and country in 2023, healey’s office said. the administration highlighted italian companies that maintain operations in massachusetts, including enel north America and Piaggio fast forward. healey will also connect tuesday with u.s. Ambassador to the holy see Joe Donnelly, a former Democrat member of congress from indiana. “i’m excited for this opportunity to showcase massachusetts’ climate and economic leadership on the global stage, and to make the case for why businesses should consider starting and growing in our state,” healey said. “massachusetts deeply values our close relationship with italy and the vatican city state, and we see this trip as an excellent opportunity to strengthen ties and strategize on future opportunities for collaboration.” traveling with healey will be climate chief melissa hoffer, Director of Operations ellie hitt, Director of scheduling and senior executive Assistant katharine thibodeau, and Press secretary karissa hand. the delegation’s expenses are expected to be paid through the massachusetts tourism trust fund, which allocates funds to the massachusetts marketing Partnership, hand said. the mPP includes the massachusetts Office of travel and tourism and the massachusetts Office of international trade and investment. next wednesday morning, healey will give a keynote address at the opening session of the vatican climate summit focused on “governing in the age of climate change” and plans to make news. her office said the speech “will highlight massachusetts’ global climate leadership, particularly in the emerging industry of climatetech, and announce a new initiative to grow the climate workforce.” later that evening, she will co-chair the summit’s energy session and deliver introductory remarks for panels on the renewable energy transition, access to clean and affordable energy, grid resilience, and clean cooking. her co-chair is cheikh mbow, the director general of centre de suivi ecologique in senegal and an adjunct professor at michigan state university. hoffer has plans tuesday to visit the italian institute for environmental Protection and research, and to meet with the director of rome’s climate Office as well as with environment, science, technology and health personnel from the u.s. italian embassy. she will deliver a “report from the front lines” to the climate summit wednesday afternoon. thursday morning, healey will participate in a “highlights and the way forward” event, which her office said will end with proposals from all mayors and governors on next steps. the climate summit is organized by the Pontifical Academy of sciences and the Pontifical Academy of social sciences under the leadership of university of massachusetts boston chancellor marcelo suárez-Orozco and ram ramanathan, a renowned researcher who discovered the greenhouse gas effect of halocarbons in the 1970s. Pope francis, who called climate change “a global social issue and one intimately related to the dignity of human life,” will preside over the conference. healey, who has previously identified herself as catholic, will get an audience with Pope francis early thursday morning along with wu, the governor’s office said. francis is the first catholic church leader from the Americas and he has connections to massachusetts by virtue of his close relationship with boston Archbishop cardinal sean O’malley. the 79-year-old O’malley told the boston Globe earlier this year that he expects to leave his post “soon,” noting that he handed his resignation to the pope five years ago as is required of bishops turning 75. the 87-year-old francis would appoint O’malley’s successor as head of the church in the boston area. Healey to have audience with the pope during Vatican climate summit By Nick Stoico GlObe stAff Jasper white, a new Jerseyborn chef who mastered the culinary classics of his adopted new england and wrote several cookbooks, has died, two close family friends said saturday. lydia shire, with whom white had worked at some of boston’s top kitchens before he established his summer shack restaurants, confirmed his death to the Globe. Another close colleague, Gordon hamersley, also confirmed white’s death after speaking with members of white’s family. no other details were immediately available. the Globe was not able to find contact information for white’s family. long known as a leading authority on new england cuisine, white joined the ranks of boston restaurateurs with the opening of Jasper’s restaurant on the waterfront in 1983. he opened Jasper white’s summer shack in cambridge in 2000, and later opened locations at mohegan sun in connecticut and in back bay. his signature dishes included roasted lobster, putting a new spin on new england’s iconic fare. white also authored four cookbooks. Prior to opening his first restaurant, white met shire in 1979 and the two oversaw the kitchens at some of boston’s most esteemed hotels, including the copley Plaza, the Parker house, and the bostonian, according to an online biography by the culinary institute of America , where white from graduated in 1976. white, who was born in new Jersey in 1954, also worked in new York, florida, california, washington state, and montana before settling in boston, according to the institute. After a successful 12-year run, white closed Jasper’s restaurant on the boston waterfront in 1995 out of concern that the decade-long big Dig project would hurt the business. five years later, and after writing a pair of cookbooks, he opened the first summer shack in cambridge near the Alewife mbtA station. white took a different tack with his new restaurant, moving away from the upscale setting of Jasper’s to a more casual and family-friendly dining experience. w ith summer shack , white aimed to deliver a traditional new england clam shack experience to diners in the city. he left the restaurant in 2017, and it is now operated by the lyons Group. white was honored with numerous accolades throughout his career, including induction into the massachusetts restaurant Association hall of fame and the menumasters hall of fame, according to the institute. in 1991, he won a prestigious James beard Award for the best chef in the northeast, according to the beard foundation. in 2001, he was a nominee for the James beard Award for best new restaurant for summer shack, according to the foundation. Jasper White, chef behind Summer Shack, dies ther information, citing “privacy issues.” “we have no indication that [slayman’s death] was the result of his recent transplant,” mass. General said in the statement. slayman, who lived in weymouth and worked as a manager with the state Department of transportation, developed kidney failure as a result of diabetes and hypertension and had been on dialysis for years, Dr. winfred williams, associate chief of the renal division at mass. General and a transplant nephrologist who knew slayman for more than a decade, said in march. slayman received a donated human kidney in 2018, which eventually failed. mass. General doctors implanted a pig kidney on march 16 and slayman was released from the hospital April 3. slayman was 62 years old at the time of the operation. “mr. slayman will forever be seen as a beacon o f hope to countless transplant patients worldwide and we are deeply grateful for his trust and willinguSLAYMAN Continued from Page B1 ness to advance the field of xenotransplantation,”mass. General’s statement said. “we offer our heartfelt condolences to mr. slayman’s family and loved ones as they remember an extraordinary person whose generosity and kindness touched all who knew him.” in march, the news that slayman’s transplant had been successful was hailed as a milestone in research into xenotransplantation — transplantation of organs or tissues from animals to humans — which has accelerated in recent years. recent efforts have involved pigs, whose organs are modified so that they become more like humans’. teams a t nYu l an gone health and the university of Alabama at birmingham heersink school of medicine have transplanted pig kidneys into braindead people whose relatives agreed; in one case the kidney lasted two months. in the last two years, doctors at the university of maryland transplanted pig hearts into two men, but both died within two months. And last year mass. General researchers reported that gene-edited kidneys functioned well in monkeys for an average of 176 days and in one animal for more than two years. the developments have continued since slayman’s operation. in April, surgeons at nYu langone health performed the first combined mechanical heart pump and gene-edited pig kidney transplant surgery on a 54- year-old woman who suffered from heart and kidney failure. slayman’s procedure was viewed as a medical milestone. when he was released from the hospital, slayman called it “one of the happiest moments of my life” and said he hoped his story would signal hope for others in need of a kidney transplant. “rick accomplished that goal and his hope and optimism will endure forever,” his family said saturday. “his legacy will be one that inspires patients, researchers, and health care professionals everywhere.” Previous experiments have also transplanted pig kidneys in nonhuman primates. in the last two years, two men have received genetically modified pig hearts and lived for up to seven weeks. s l a y man’ s f a mily a l s o thanked his team of doctors, “who truly did everything they could to help give rick a second chance.” “their enormous efforts leading the xenotransplant gave our family seven more weeks with rick, and our memories made during that time will remain in our minds and hearts,” they said. Man with transplanted pig kidney has died michelle rOse/mAss. GenerAl viA new YOrk times MGH did not say how or when Rick Slayman died.
m A y 12, 2024 B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e Metro b3 Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption. lexus is a kind, loving, and sweet 12-year-old. lexus is energetic, eager to please, and does best with positive reinforcement. she thrives on receiving oneon-one attention from lovin g adults. she enjoys coloring, arts & crafts, playing outside, listening to music, and playing games. she loves animals, trying new things, and visiting with her brother. she is very outgoing, creative, and loves projects. lexus would like her new family to help her with raising pet ducks and chickens. she also would like to take horseback riding lessons. can i adopt? if you’re at least 18 years old, have a stable source of income, and room in your heart, you may be a perfect match to adopt a waiting child. Adoptive parents can be single, married, or partnered; experienced or not; renters or homeowners; lgbtQ+ singles and couples. As an adoptive parent, you won’t have to pay any fees, adoption from foster care is completely free in massachusetts. the process to adopt a child from foster care includes training, interviews, and home visits to determine if adoption is right for you. these steps will help match you with a child or sibling group that your family will fit well with. to learn more about adoption f rom fos t er care visit www.mareinc.org. massachusetts Adoption resource exchange (mAre) can give you guidance and information on the adoption process. reach out today to find out all the ways you can help children and teens in foster care. Lexus, 12, is outgoing and creative SuNDay’S cHiLD Lexus would like to take horseback riding lessons. NiGHT LiGHTS — the northern lights colored the sky above the mount Washington observatory friday night. cHArlie PeAcHey/moUnt WAsHington observAtory SPECIAL GUESTS A group of buddhist monks from Japan prayed inside the museum of fine Arts Japanese buddhist temple room during a rededication ceremony saturday at the museum’s Arts of Japan galleries that reopened after almost six years of renovations. JoHn tlUmAcKi/globe stAff AssociAteD Press PortlAnD, maine — A convicted scammer who claimed to be an irish heiress and who is accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from several victims should be extradited to the United Kingdom, a federal court has ruled. marianne smyth, who accusers say has also fashioned herself as a w itch, a psychic, and a friend to Hollywood stars, has been in a maine jail waiting to learn if she will be extradited. she faces allegations that she stole more than $170,000 from the victims from 2008 to 2010 in northern ireland. Us magistrate Judge John nivison ruled on thursday that there is sufficient evidence to certify smyth’s extradition to the UK to face charges. nivison wrote that smyth will be in custody of the Us marshals service pending a decision on extradition by secretary of state Antony blinken. An attorney for smyth, who has declined to comment in the past, did not respond to phone calls and emails. the judge’s ruling that smyth should be extradited could help bring about the end of a bizarre saga in which victims have painted smyth as a master of disguise and a veteran traveling grifter. smyth faces four counts of fraud by abuse of position under the UK fraud Act of 2006, and four counts of theft in violation of northern ireland’s theft Act of 1969, nivison wrote. Authorities overseas have said smyth stole money that she had promised to invest and arranged to sell a victim a home but took the money. A court in northern ireland issued arrest warrants for her earlier this decade. “the evidence presented regarding ms. smyth’s interactions with and transactions involving the individuals . . . is sufficient to sustain the four fraud charges and the four theft charges that are the subject of the extradition request,” nivison wrote. smyth’s case is similar in some respects to that of Anna sorokin, a scammer who was convicted of paying for her lifestyle by impersonating a german heiress. smyth’s victims included Johnathan Walton, a podcaster who warned others of smyth’s grifts. smyth was found guilty of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from Walton and spent about two years in jail. the two had grown close in los Angeles, and smyth told Walton she was due an inheritance of $7 million from her wealthy irish family, but smyth’s story began to fall apart when Walton learned she was jailed for stealing $200,000 from a travel agency she worked for. Walton used his podcast to gather tips from smyth’s other accusers. some of those accusers said smyth started a fake charity and others said she posed as everything from a cancer patient to Jennifer Aniston’s best friend. smyth, who is in fact American, was found and arrested in maine in february. Fake Irish heiress arrested in Maine should be extradited to UK, judge rules Johnathan Walton and Marianne Smyth in Los Angeles in 2013. By Steven Porter globe stAff buying a house i n n e w Hampshire just keeps getting more expensive. the median sales price for a single-family home anywhere in the state , which climbed to $500,000 for the first time in march, rose to $515,000 in April, according to data from the new Hampshire Association of realtors. that’s 13.7 percent higher than a year prior, and the upward trend continues despite a recent uptick in the inventory of homes available for sale, according to the association. “Warmer temperatures appear to have helped bring some sellers back to the market, providing additional options to h om e shoppers during the spring buying season. … nevertheless, demand continues to outpace supply and properties are selling quickly, with the typical home spending 33 days on market nationwide, down from 38 days the month before,” the group said. the 795 homes across new Hampshire that sold in April were on the market for an average of 30 days, according to the association. that’s not the shortest turnaround time the state has seen in recent years, but it’s significantly quicker than the pre-pandemic norm. the rising sales prices combined with heightened interest rates are further undermining affordability. for the first four months of this year, the state’s affordability index stood at 60, according to the association. that means the median household income was enough to cover 60 percent of the amount needed to qualify for a mortgage for the median-priced singlefamily home at prevailing interest rates. During the same period two years earlier, the affordability index was notably better, at 77. And for all of 2008 through 2020, it had stayed above 100. so although housing affordability is a perennial concern, the pinch has been especially painful lately. the state needs to produce nearly 90,000 more housing units by 2040, according to estimates from new Hampshire Housing. to that end, a bipartisan group of lawmakers, with support from both the new Hampshire realtors Association and the new Hampshire municipal Association, had advocated for a so-called “Homenibus” bill to help cities and towns spur development. the senate passed the bill unanimously, but the House killed it this week. other housing bills are still alive. House bill 1291, for example, would a llow accessory dwelling units by right, and House bill 1399 would allow single-family homes to be converted into duplexes. both of those bills passed the House by a healthy margin and are pending in the senate. 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b4 Metro B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e m A Y 12, 2 0 2 4 “if you don’t, it’s a glaring hole, and it shows that the university doesn’t care and it isn’t acknowledging the true issue at hand,” garfinkle said. “And so, at least acknowledging [it] touches on your awareness of it. “And then you try to bring them back to the main point: the hope, the future, the possibilities of what they can do for themselves,” he said. scott brown, a former ambassador to new zealand and republican Us senator from massachusetts, who has delivered commencement addresses at lasell University and other schools, said he would have talked about the war and protests directly. he said people have a right to speak, but universities should have taken steps sooner to discipline students involved with encampments. “i say, stay on message, you know, obviously address what’s going on and show an understanding of the issue, the fact that there are people on both sides,” brown said. he also said the focus should be on celebrating graduation. locally, at campuses that have had large protests — harvard, tufts University, mit, emerson — it remained unclear how commencement speakers plan to address the protests and the war in their graduation speeches, or if they intend to. Commencement speakers for those schools either declined comment or did not respond to requests for comment. At the University of massachusetts Amherst, where 130 people, including 70 students, were arrested last week for protesting israel’s attacks in gaza, undergraduate commencement speaker Colson Whitehead, a Pulitzer Prize winning author, withdrew from the may 18 ceremony. there is no replacement speaker, the university said. the commencement speaker for nor theastern, david A . thomas, president of morehouse College in Atlanta, did not directly address the protests during his speech at fenway Park last sunday. A little over a week before the ceremony, about 100 people were arrested on northeastern’s campus as part of a pro-Palestinian encampment. thomas, who spoke after one pro-Palestinian student was arrested at sunday’s commencement for disrupting the event, didn’t mention israel or gaza in his remarks. he included only a brief reference to the conflict: “today we see a world challenged by war, by antisemitism, by islamophobia, by climate and inequality.” thomas didn’t respond to a people unable to pay their rent and looking for community resources,” said myraida Claros with lawyers for Civil rights. “At times, we still see lead paint.” Claros, a graduate from the University of Puerto rico school of law, is one of two lawyers taking referrals from beth israel for patients who need legal aid, as part a so-called medical-legal partnership, or mlP. she sees about five people per week, often taking phone calls, meeting patients at beth israel, or even meeting them at their homes if they have mobility issues. the mlPs bridge the gap between the health care and legal worlds, two seemingly disparate ecosystems that intimately overlap, with the goal of repairing inequities among low-income communities and communities of color. in Claros’s office, for example, when a child receives a new diagnosis like autism, she helps connect the family with federal benefits such as supplemental security income or an individualized education plan to support their child in school. beth israel has carried two mlPs in recent years — one with health law Advocates starting in 2023 and another with the lawyers for Civil rights. in the past year, health law Advocates, which has focused on helping immigrants, has worked with 350 people at beth israel, bowdoin street health hospital, and a community health center in dorchester. lawyers have helped immigrants in massachusetts secure better health coverage and appeal medical bills. the mlPs are not a novel idea, nor are they new to boston. they were started in 1993 uATTORNEYS Continued from Page B1 by dr. barry zuckerman, a pediatrician at boston medical Center, who noticed young patients coming in with asthma. through the mother of the children, he said, he learned there was mold in their house. in other cases, a patient’s home heating was about to get shut off, or other environmental factors were affecting the family’s health. so he tried calling the landlords to explain the situation, how it was harming children, and why the tenants needed repairs. nothing changed. Until one day he spoke to a lawyer who pointed to specific rules and regulations that zuckerman could use to help his patients. “that was the easiest intervention — just the lawyers,” he said. the conversation made one thing clear: While medical professionals are trained to deal with illnesses of the body, it’s difficult to navigate patients’ legal matters, whether that’s a landlord refusing to cooperate or needing to make calls to help them connect to the right resource. these social determinants of health, as they’re known by researchers, ultimately influence the physical health of patients, but unlike a typical illness it’s harder to prescribe medication or the right treatment. “the biggest determinant of your health is your ziP code,” said leonor fernandez, a doctor at beth israel who points to research that highlights the health inequities communities of color face. mortality rates, for example, are higher in roxbury, mattapan, and dorchester than in neighborhoods like Allston, back bay, and fenway, according to a 2023 report from the boston Public health Commission. And life expectancy is lower in communities with a greater concentration of people of color; an adult in mattapan is expected to live to 77, while those in back bay and beacon hill are expected to make it to 82. one of the strengths of mlPs is that both legal and medical staff learn from each other. lawyers start learning how to ask patients questions linking their medical needs to social problems that may have legal remedies; and medical staff start learning how to think more like lawyers investigating external factors. that’s the “secret sauce,” according to Amy Copperman, the executive director of mlPb, a nonprofit that trains and provides resources for these types of partnerships “the lawyers on our staff essentially become part of care teams,” she said. Patients benefit, too, not just from the legal representation, but by gaining legal literacy skills and renewed trust in the justice system. “they may not realize that they’re entitled to additional benefits, or that they can fight that eviction,” said david sontag, general counsel for beth israel lahey health. it’s estimated that 92 percent of low-income people often go without representation, a phenomenon known as the justice gap, which leaves poorer communities — and often people of color — behind when it comes to accessing legal resources. About half of the people surveyed in a 2022 legal services Corporation study on the justice gap said they did not seek legal help for their problems, citing the cost. in other cases, people weren’t sure how to find a lawyer or if they could even get help for their specific concern. the most common problems people face include health care, housing, income, and consumer issues. Claros, with lawyers for Civil rights, sees this first-hand in the clients referred to her from beth israel. “We’re in the middle of a shelter crisis. We’re in the midst of a housing crisis,” she said, reflecting on the kinds of needs patients have. though medical-legal partnerships have proven successful, keeping them funded has been a challenge. the massachusetts legislature in 2009 drafted a bill that would have studied the effects of such partnerships and potentially created a statewide framework. that bill, however, never passed. And in 2023, the Us department of health and human services funded eight mlPs, though none in massachusetts. instead , there remains a patchwork network of local hospitals and law clinics partnering to serve some of their most vulnerable patients, with a growing demand. “We definitely have people on our waitlist,” matt selig, the executive director of health law Advocates said. the program at beth israel with lawyers for Civil rights is wrapping up in June. Program administrators hope to secure additional funds to keep it running. A separate partnership at mass. general ended in 2023 after serving 2,230 patients in the last 10 years. they are also looking for ways to bring the program back. medicaid dollars have been useful in the past but have not been enough to sustain programs. the grim reality, sontag at beth israel said, is that lawyers are needed to make sure people’s rights — and ultimately their health — are protected. “but that’s kind of the broken society that we live in now,” sontag said. “i think we’re going to continue to patch the holes with duct tape and bubble gum to make sure that we are meeting the needs of our patients and our communities.” Esmy Jimenez can be reached at [email protected]. Follow her @esmyjimenez. Programs help patients find connection with legal help CrAig f. WAlKer/globe stAff David N. Sontag, senior associate general counsel and director of ethics at Beth Israel Lahey Health; LaShonda Walker-Robinson, community resource specialist; and Myraida Claros, director of the health justice initiative at Lawyers for Civil Rights. that debate over the war in gaza — which broke out after hamas attacked israel on oct. 7, killed about 1,200 people, and took roughly 250 hostages — ripped open political fault lines across the United states. more than 34,000 people in gaza, including civilians, have been killed since israel and hamas went to war, according to health officials in gaza. on campuses such as harvard University and mit, protesters have demanded their schools cut financial ties and divest from israel, and also support a cease-fire. demonstrations have resulted in police sweeps of some encampments, including at emerson College and northeastern University. since April 18, there have been around 2,500 arrests on about 50 Us campuses, according to the Associated Press. now with graduation season here, mark Castel, president and founder of Aei speakers bureau in Allston, argued students don’t need a reminder of the controversies attheir commencements. “ Yo u don’ t w an t t o b e a downer at the commencement, and a lot of the graduates who are attending the commencement are probably not involved with the protest anyway,” said Castel, whose company helps find commencement speakers for smaller colleges and universities. for a speaker, “it’s not my job to address the political issue. it’s to wish them well on their careers, and get them to look ahead,” Castel said. Joe l gar finkle, who has coached executives at companies including google, bank of America, and the gap on effective communication, agreed speakers should focus on graduates and celebrate their achievements. but garfinkle, author of “executive Presence: step into Your Power, Convey Confidence, & lead With Conviction,” said speakers will have a better chance of connecting with their audience by talking about what students have been through in college. for today’s graduating seniors, that means addressing the on-campus protests over the war in gaza. uSPEECHES Continued from Page B1 request for comment. then there are schools that appear to be trying to stave off protests at commencements. Columbia University in new York canceled its main commencement ceremony over security concerns, as did the University of southern California after a controversy erupted when administrators refused to let the valedictorian, who expressed support for Palestinians, address graduates, according to the AP. At the University of vermont, linda thomas-greenfield, Us ambassador to the Un, will no longer be the commencement speaker at the school’s may 19 ceremony, university president suresh garimella said in a statement. Adam White, a Uvm spokesperson, in an email to the globe, suggested that protesters played a role in the decision: “our graduating students want to enjoy the celebration of commencement, and we do not want the potential of disruption from a vocal minority to interfere with the moment.” the university has not selected a new commencement speaker, according to White. other political advisers recommended caution for speakers if they plan to address the war and protests. Will Keyser, who served as director of communications for Us senator ted Kennedy from massachusetts and later as a strategist for baker, said speakers “this year and virtually any year” would do well to avoid taking on heavy topics in their commencement addresses. “Acknowledging this big moment of change at a time of extraordinary change in the world would be about where i would recommend leaving it,” Keyser said. tim buckley, who was baker’s chief of staff and dealt with the former governor’s commencement addresses, asked whether it’s worth taking another approach entirely this year. ”do we have to go and give a commencement speech?” he said. “this may be a year to take a pass.” John Hilliard can be reached at [email protected]. Daniel Kool can be reached at [email protected]. ‘There is certainly a time to talk about social activism, but this class of 2024 has gone through an awful lot.’ JAY Ash, speaker at Bridgewater State University who served as economic chief for former governor Charlie Baker Commencement speakers weigh their words to graduates dAnielle PArhizKArAn/globe stAff David A. Thomas, president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, addressed Northeastern graduates last Sunday. dAvid l. rYAn/globe stAff/file “I’m instead going to focus on trying to help them figure out what they do next,” said Jay Ash of his speech to Bridgewater State University graduates. AriC beCKer/AfP viA gettY imAges US ambassador to the United Nations Linda ThomasGreenfield was going to be the commencement speaker at the University of Vermont.
M A y 12, 2024 B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e Metro b5 sale in the touristy areas. there is even a Motif number 1 day in town each May, featuring a street festival, gallery tours and artist demonstrations, and a road race. it’s such a source of local pride that when the shack was destroyed in the infamous blizzard of ’78, the town quickly replaced it with an exact replica. but the second version of the shack was showing its age, and when a resident named tim Kenney, who is the chief executive of an Arlington-based paint contractor named W.t. Kenney, approached the town with the offer to patch up and repaint the exterior, gratis, the town leapt at the chance. there was one major condition from the town, however. “they wanted to make sure we got the color right,” Kenney said. to do that, Kenney said workers took several samples and tinkered with paint until they were comfortable they had the shade correct. “We knew that if it was two shades off, no one would be happy.” sherwin Williams donated the paint, and now that it is going on — on top of the roughly 200 tubes of caulking that were needed to patch the dried-out wood — everyone in town seems to have an opinion on the new color. “i think it’s a little bit darker than it was,” said david Arsenault, who owns a gallery just across from Motif number 1 and has done nine paintings of the shack. “but Mother nature will decide how it ultimately looks.” indeed, the only real way to achieve the properly weathered look is proper weather, which is in ample supply at this rocky tip of Cape Ann. but first, there will be a period where it looks a little too polished, for Kenney is also repainting the 25 wooden buoys uROCKPORT Continued from Page B1 that hang on its exterior, each with a specific color scheme that represented something akin to a family crest for old fishing families. some are so rotted they will be replaced with fresh wood. but what won’t change is the setting, the placement on the end of a granite pier, with fishing boats anchored around it in the harbor, and the prized coastal light that always seems to reveal new details each time an artist approaches an easel. the Rockport Art Association and Museum, just up the street from the shack, is currently running an exhibit titled “Red paint and granite: interpretations of a Rockport icon,” which features unique renditions of Motif number 1 by several notable painters of the early-to-mid 20th century. And despite the exasperation of the painting teacher generations ago, Motif number 1 as a beloved subject matter is not going anywhere, no matter how cliché it has become. “When i first moved here, i declared, ‘i’m not painting that thing. i’m going to do something original,’” said deb schradieck, a local artist. “but i quickly realized that if you want to make a living as an artist in Rockport and pay the rent on your gallery, you have to paint Motif number 1.” More than that, schradieck said, the building won her over. it’s impossible to ignore, and difficult to describe. “there’s just something about a red building against a blue sky and a harbor full of boats that symbolizes small town coastal new england. i’m nonconformist by nature, but i’ve painted it eight different ways and i never tire of it.” to wit, when she opened her gallery, she named it gallery number one. Billy Baker can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Instagram @billy_baker. Iconic fishing shack gets a fresh look — but it’s still red photos by John blAnding/globe stAff Painters applied the new red paint to Motif Number 1 in Rockport. The iconic fishing shack is a replica of the original that was destroyed in the Blizzard of ’78 (below right). The inside is cluttered (bottom right), but the view out the window is not. JAnet Knott/globe stAff/1978 file Ask the new Globe weather team. Lead meteorologist Ken Mahan joins Dave Epstein and our expanded weather team to bring you the science behind our region’s weather, enhanced daily forecasts, and extreme-weather alerts. Check your forecast now at Globe.com/weather Should I bring sunglasses? Thank you to our viewers for making the first year a success. 200+ episodes.10 awards. One year bringing you an in-depth look at the stories and people impacting our community—from news and sports to culture and politics—and more. Watch the Emmy-nominated Boston Globe Today anytime on Globe.com/bgtoday FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Segun Oduolowu, Boston Globe Today Host, Chris Gasper, Boston Globe Today Sports Host
b6 Metro B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e m A Y 12, 2 0 2 4 The unwrittenrules ofRhode Island From Del’s to beach parking, we’ve got you covered with every secret you need to know mArK stocKWell for the boston Globe Classic hot wieners “all the way” — with chili, mustard, chopped onions, and celery salt — at Baba’s Original New York System in Providence. Emily Sweeney BLOTTER TALES Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news. Here is a sampling of lesser-known — but no less noteworthy — incidents from police log books (a.k.a. blotters) in our communities. GROSS HOTEL ROOM CRASHERS on April 20, two wedding guests who were staying at an inn in Sandwich returned to their room after attending the nuptials and discovered “two strange men passed out in their beds,” police wrote on facebook. the women were unable to wake up the sleepy duo, so they called police and met the officers at the front desk, and gave them a description of the two suspects, who were taken into custody. “officers went to the room and observed a pair of men’s nike shoes outside the door, nip bottles on the desk and a vomit covered bathroom,” the facebook post said. “it was confirmed all of it was the result of the men’s bender, not the registered guests. While investigating, the ripped van Winkles returned to the room. they could not explain how they ended up in the wrong room and blamed the innkeepers for their situation. because of their level of intoxication and demeanor, the men were provided accommodations at 255 cotuit road [sandwich police department]. We will also be giving them a lousy Yelp review because their level of behavior did not improve at our fine establishment.” MEET MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA’S NEWEST OFFICER seems like more and more police departments are adding comfort dogs to their rosters, and Manchester-by-the-Sea is among the latest. police chief todd fitzgerald recently announced the arrival of daisy, a fivemonth-old female yellow labrador retriever who’s the department’s newest officer (and first comfort dog). she arrived on April 17 and has been assigned to work with school resource officer Andrea locke. daisy’s duties include providing support to the town’s senior population as well as students, faculty, and staff of the manchester essex regional school district, and serving as a department ambassador downtown and at masconomo park and during community events. “While a comfort dog can create positive interactions within a community, it also can greatly assist with our public safety work,” fitzgerald said. “A dog can be a calming influence when we meet with a child victim or witness, provide a sense of comfort during a mental health intervention, and reduce the stress felt by residents during a critical incident.” OUT OF BOUNDS At 11:01 a.m. April 29, Stow police received a complaint from a resident of Wheeler road who reported that his neighbor was hitting golf balls into his yard. police spoke to the golfer, and no damages were reported. PARENTING ADVICE on April 22, Sandwich police officers were called to help mediate a dispute over parental discipline. “A teen failed to clean his room so dad decided to ground the kid by taking the license plates from their vehicle,” police wrote on facebook. “mom did not agree with the punishment and contended dad had committed a crime by removing the plates of a vehicle not registered to him. she did not want her husband charged with the crime, but wanted officers to convince him to return the plates. An officer passed along her request to her spouse.” ARCADE ARGUMENT At 9:54 a.m. April 13, Bridgewater police received a 911 call from someone in central square who reported a dispute over an Asteroids arcade video game. Apparently, the argument didn’t escalate any further, because police reported that peace was successfully restored. BEAR BEWARE on April 23, Wrentham police chief bill mcGrath posted a photo of a bear on facebook that was taken two days before on foxboro road. “this bear was trying to get to the bird seed in a feeder which was hanging from someone’s porch window,” the facebook post said. “i suggest anyone with bird feeders to take them down and to be cautious when leaving trash/food outside. try to avoid doing so if possible.” Emily Sweeney can be reached at [email protected]. Follow her @emilysweeney and on Instagram @emilysweeney22. Two guys crash inwrong hotelroom mAnchester-bY-the-seA police depArtment Daisy the comfort dog waiting for a cruiser ride in Manchester-by-the-Sea. By Steven Porter Globe stAff the third time isn’t always the charm. sometimes it takes another try or two to get a child marriage ban across the legislative finish line. even after Governor chris sununu signed a bill in 2018 raising new hampshire’s minimum marriage age to 16 — up from 13 for girls and 14 for boys — lawmakers and advocates kept pushing to raise that threshold to 18, no exceptions. bills were introduced in at least four separate legislative sessions. but they faltered, as opponents argued the rigmarole minors must navigate these days to win permission to wed requires parental consent and judicial review, so the number of child marriages is already minimal. nonetheless, those in favor tried again. democratic senator debra Altschiller of stratham introduced senate bill 359, with democratic cosponsors in both the house and senate. Advocates from the nonprofit unchained At last testified about the dangers of allowing minors to marry. And this time the bill passed. senators signed off back in march, and representatives voted 192-174 on thursday to add their stamp of approval, sending the measure along to sununu for the final step in the legislat ive process. (no word yet on whether he will sign this one.) republican representative margaret m. drye was among those who urged lawmakers to reject the bill. “i have a problem with a rule with no exceptions,” drye said, arguing that marriage can be a source of stability for those who are 16 or 17 and have demonstrated that they understand the gravity of marital commitment. “Young people need some support,” she said. “sometimes it’s given by their family. sometimes it’s given by marriage. sometimes it’s given by both.” democratic representative cassandra n. levesque of barrington, who was 15 when she started researching and advocating on this issue a decade ago, said the effects of child marriage are “devastating” and the practice is often spurred by tradition, deception, and emotional manipulation. “We are not looking to deny children their right to marry,” she said. “We are delaying their right to marry until they become adults and can give full informed legal consent.” levesque celebrated thursday’s decision with a post on social media: “i stood against then, i stand against it now, and i will always stand against it!” Steven Porter can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him @reporterporter. Child marriage ban finally clears both N.H. legislative chambers dAvid l. rYAn/Globe stAff fiile to order is to ask for “the works,” according to tony morettini. And always wash those hot wieners down with a coffee milk, morettini said. When it comes to family gatherings, patrick Quinn explained that pizza strips should always be an option, but never the only choice. make sure you augment those strips with anything from pasta and meatballs to salad. other rules of the road include always putting white vinegar on your french fries, and of course chowder should be spelled and pronounced with an “a” at the end. Travel no matter where you live, you almost always assume your state has the worst drivers, and rhode island is no exception. more than 10 readers mentioned the potholes in providence or a refusal to use the turn signal, but there are a few uniquely rhode island driving quirks. first , lewis dana wrote that when issuing directions, you should “always use long-vanished landmarks as reference points.” example: “take a left where the Almacs used to be.” Jessica K. Willi, executive director of the block island tourism council, has a smart piece of advice about everyone’s favorite island: “never call it the block.” that’s just tacky. Whether you’re traveling to or from Aquidneck island — where newport is — you should always “pack a lunch,” according to larry davis. if you’re a real rhode islander, you “never ever follow the law when getting to a four-way intersection by taking turns counterclockwise,” explained university of rhode island professor cheryl foster. “once the first-arrived car goes, you go,” she said. Sayings let’s get the basics out of the way. rhode island is still a “know a guy” state, as in, you know someone who can help you with everything from plumbing to obtaining providence friars’ tickets at the Amica mutual pavillion. A cabinet is a milkshake with ice cream, according to mark carruthers. usually coffee ice cream. he also added that you might have noticed that some older residents refer to a convenience store as a “spa,” but that’s only if it has a soda fountain. And, carruthers said, a hoodsie is a cardboard cup of ice cream, eaten with a personal-size flat wooden spoon that comes with it. Beaches & Leisure readers sent in a combination of practical and specific rules about rhode island’s gorgeous beaches, like you should n ev er feed the seagulls because they’ ll never stop annoying you while you’re sunbathing, and you should always move your neighbor’s beach chair if they have gone for a walk and the tide begins to come in. it’s just common courtesy. When you’re try ing to find a beach, start early in the morning and make sure you follow the state’s official parking status monitor so that you know if there’s availability in the lots. if your lot is filled, you might want to consider switching locations. Jane miller wrote that parking in downtown Warren is notoriously difficult, but there’s a park-and-ride on franklin street along the bike path that typically has spots. “it’s within easy walking distance of the famous coffee cabinets, restaurants, watering holes, and on the main drags of main and Water streets,” she said. While it’s technically not a beach, christine villecco offered up a sound piece of advice: “don’t swim in the blackstone river.” Dan McGowan can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him @danmcgowan. eric doYle for the boston Globe John tlumAcKi/Globe stAff Salty Brine State Beach in Narragansett is a favorite summer destination — if you can find a parking spot. Ocean State residents know never to feed the seagulls, because if you do they’ll never stop annoying you. By Dan McGowan Globe columnist Do you know the proper way to order a hot wiener? how do you find parking at rhode island ’s not o r i ously crowded beaches? And what’s the proper way to give directions to landmarks across the state? Whether you’re brand new to rhode island or you’ve lived in the ocean state all your life, you’ve probably learned that we do things a little differently here. so i decided to have a little fun and ask readers of rhode map, my daily morning newsletter, to send in the unwritten rules of rhode island. naturally, we received hundreds of suggestions. here’s a guide. Food & Dessert if only one unwritten rule could be written into state law, it would have to be that under no circumstances should you ever drink del’s lemonade with a straw. Ann Anesta wrote that the only exception is that her 92-year-old father should be allowed to use a straw to avoid the mess, but clearly the General Assembly should appoint a del’s czar to give a thumbs-up or thumbs-down on these special circumstances. hot dogs are frowned upon in rhode island because of hot wieners, and ed hannan reminded us that “you order ‘em ‘all the way,’” which is chili, mustard, chopped onions, and celery salt. one other acceptable way Rhode Islanders do not drink Del’s lemonade with a straw. AleX lArson / AlAmY stocK photo
m A Y 12, 2024 B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e Metro b7 Alexa Coultoff INNOVATOR Q&A By Amanda Gokee gLObE sTAFF Two students journalists who were covering the pro-Palestinian protests on Dartmouth’s campus last week should not have been arrested, the college’s president said Tuesday. Dartmouth President sian L. beilock’s statement came after an organization that rates universities on free speech wrote to the college on Tuesday, asking the charges be dismissed. “We are deeply concerned that arresting journalists engaged in legitimate newsgathering sets a dangerous precedent, harms the public’s right to know, and defies Dartmouth’s commitments to students’ expressive and press rights,” said the letter, signed by the Foundation for individual rights and Expression, or FirE, and the student Press Law center, as well as 13 other national organizations that advocate for journalists and first amendment rights. Alesandra gonzales and charlotte hampton had been granted permission to cover the protest and were wearing press identification, but were arrested and charged with criminal trespass anyway, according to the letter. “These arrests silence student journalists at a time when the world relies on their coverage to capture the realities of campus events,” the letter continued. O n Tue sd ay a ft e r noon, beilock released an open letter published in the college newspaper The Dartmouth, addressing the arrests of the student journalists and apologizing for the harm the decision has caused. beilock said she had been speaking with people concerned for those arrested on may 1, that she shared those concerns, and wanted to clarify a few points. “First,” she said, “the student journalists for The Dartmouth who were on the green to report on the protests should not have been arrested for doing their jobs.” “We are working with local authorities to ensure this error is corrected,” she said. college officials previously refused to acknowledge any wrongful arrests, according to the new England First Amendment coalition. The nonprofit, nonpartisan organization also had sent a letter asking the college to denounce the arrests of student journalists and insist char g e s agains t them b e dropped. The Dartmouth Editorial board published an editorial requesting the charges be dropped on may 2, the day after the protest. “Journalists should be off limits,” it read. “We expect a prompt and public apology from college President sian Leah beilock.” nhPr reported on may 3 that a college spokesperson called the student journalists “respected members of our community,” but did not indicate plans to drop charges. FirE has rated Dartmouth a “yellow” for its speech code rating, which was last updated in may 2023.The yellow rating identifies colleges with at least one ambiguous policy “that too easily encourages administrative abuse and arbitrary application,” according to FirE. it includes policies on nondiscrimination and anti-harassment, sexual harassment, and bias and hate speech. Dartmouth’s overall ranking on free speech is 240 out of 248 colleges surveyed, based on factors such as campus policies, openness, tolerance, and administrative support for free speech. michigan Technological university ranked first; harvard university ranked last. Amanda Gokee can be reached at [email protected]. Dartmouth College agrees student journalists ‘should not have been arrested’ nEWPOrT, r.i. — What began as a side hustle 18 years ago quickly became a full-time endeavor for gwendolyn gardner, 60, who has pioneered the organic baby clothing industry. gardner grew up doodling cartoons and painting with her father, who was a cartoonist, and her mother, a painter. she went on to teach English in Japan for six months as a young adult, where she developed a love for Japanese paper and crafting designs. but gardner’s life drastically changed in 2005 when, in one week, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and learned she was pregnant. After the cancer was removed, gardner became more aware of contaminants in the environment around her and surrounding her baby girl. Thus, her brand , simply chickie, was born. gardner creates original designs and prints them on organic cotton with clever catchphrases and pops of color. Products from her brand can be purchased online or found in stores across the country and in newport, where she is based. Q. What is Simply Chickie and how did it come to fruition? Gardner: simply chickie is a brand of whimsical, 100 percent gOTs [global Organic Textile standard] certified organic cotton children’s clothing made for newborns to 6-year-olds. it came about in 2005, nine months after i wasn’t feeling well and found out i had cancer and that i was pregnant in the same week. i started thinking about my entire environment and really tried to clean it up as much as possible, kind of going organic. The cancer was excised and i decided to start a company because i had so much time nursing this child. i feel like i have a sense of humor, so i decided to put some ofthese designs on textiles. And that’s when i started to educate myself on textiles. i discovered that regular cotton, meaning conventional cotton, has a dirty secret. it’s one of the most polluting crops. i decided to seek out an organic option, which was a lot more difficult back then. i used a company who made the blanks in california, and then i printed on them here in rhode island. Q. What types of products do you sell? A. i sell newborn onesies, also known as baby rompers. i also sell baby T-shirts, bibs, little hats, and blankets. Q. What makes organic cotton special? A. Organic cotton is raised without the nasty insecticides and pesticides that are put on the regular cotton crop. it’s generally raised with natural rainfall, whereas with regular cotton they have automat ic water throughout the field. it’s less intensive on the environment. Q. What are your hopes for the future of the company? A. i do local markets in boston and rhode island. i do some in Florida. i’m looking to really move it more online and expand the wholesale across the country. i’m in about 30 stores across the country, but i have a lot more in the new England region just because i’m here. i’m looking to expand wholesale and retail online. Q. How have you kept business successful throughout the years, especially during COVID? A. i’ve been around for a long time, so i have to keep pivoting. Way back then i would go to the huge trade shows in vegas and new York and Atlanta and california just to get accounts. Then people started to move away from the massive trade shows and i noticed that there were local markets. i moved through that and then to selling online. i had a store in new York city in the subway, doing the brick-andmortar thing for a while. i closed that in 2019, luckily, because it was just really hard to go down to new York city and back to newport. Then it was a real struggle in 2020 and 2021 because of the pandemic. i was mostly in person because i had the brick-and-mortar. i had to kind of pivot again and put even more energy into online. i feel like in order to survive, you have to have your hand in everything because you never know what’s going to happen. so now i do pop-up markets, i do boston seaport, i do local markets [in rhode island]. That’s how i’ve survived for 18 years. Q.What wouldyousay the importance of having a local business model in Rhode Island is? A. it’s physical access, i mean, people want to see the artist. if people you know are shopping locally, they’re probably not necessarily your Target and Amazon customers. They want that personal touch. They want the experience. They want to hear the story. They want to actually feel the product and see you. That’s super important. i don’t necessarily think of myself as a farmer, but i’ve had to use an organic crop to make the base. People want to know the farmer. Alexa Coultoff can be reached at [email protected]. Organic baby clothing businessfueled by owner’s passion PhOTOs bY JOhn TLumAcki/gLObE sTAFF Gwendolyn Gardner creates original designs and prints them on organic cotton with clever catchphrases and pops of color. By Brian Amaral gLObE sTAFF PrOviDEncE — he swept through town like a Portuguese rock star, leaving fans reporting sightings and chefs sharing selfies and bakeries posting grainy security footage just to prove it really happened: Emeril Lagasse had been there. The famed chef, Tv host, and cookbook author recently took a swing through rhode island and southeastern massachusetts on a fact-finding mission as he prepares to do something he’s never done before in his long years in the limelight: open a Portuguese restaurant. it may not be the first thing people think about when they think about Emeril. in fact, many people think he’s italian, he said. but his mother’s name was hilda Medeiros Lagasse, and he came from Fall river, which can only mean this: Emeril has caldo verde in his blood, bacalhau in his bones. “i grew up hard-core Fall river,” Emeril said of the southeastern masssachusetts city, which as of 2018 had 46 percent of residents of Portuguese heritage. “i played in a Portuguese band. Did all the festas. sopas. Favas. bacalhau and all of that stuff. it’s part of who i am. it’s part of my culture. And certainly influences my style.” And soon that style — as well as Emeril’s Portuguese heritage — will be on display at his new restaurant in new Orleans, set to open around september this year. it is called 34 restaurant & bar, named after Emeril and his son, who are the third and four th people to be named Emeril Lagasse. There’s not much of its kind down south, Emeril said. The chef and his culinary entourage recently went on a whirlwind tour of some of the Portuguese restaurants in our area, picking up inspiration and good meals along the way. The boston globe’s rhode island bureau’s Portuguese affairs correspondent, brian Amaral, recently spoke to Emeril via telephone to get a sense of his new restaurant, and how his Fall river roots helped get him there. This Q&A has been edited for length and clarity. Q. You’ve been a restaurateur and a public figure for decades now, but this is your first Portuguese restaurant. Why was this the right time to do it? A. i’m enamored by Portuguese food. my son E.J. is very into it as well. he has recently taken over as the chef patron of the flagship [Emeril’s in new Orleans]. so he’s got some incredible training. he and i and his mom, my wife, had a little conversation, and it was like, i want to pay a little homage to my mom. my r&D team has been to Portugal a couple of times, but i wanted them to see Fall river, new bedford, and Westport firsthand. i wanted [the restaurant] to be real. i wanted to really pay homage to my mom. And i wanted to pay a little homage not only to Fall river, but the Portuguese culture and Portuguese food. Q. You’re from Fall River and you went to Johnson & Wales University in Providence. Have those things influenced you over the course of your career even before you set out on this new restaurant? A. no ques tion about i t. There’s a lot of influences in our menus throughout, even at the flagship at Emeril’s. my son E.J. just did a spring fish dish that had the really modern caldo verde sauce. [The menu] had elements of my mom’s recheio, her stuffing. The dish is dynamite. Q. Portuguese restaurant isn’t a monolith. What’s Emeril’s take on Portuguese restaurant going to be? Are you going for something more traditional, or are you going to kick it up a notch? A. it’s definitely going to be kicked up several notches. it’s going to be traditional, but modernized. We’re going to have a jamon bar, mostly Portuguese hams and cheeses, which will have eight seats. The restaurant is fairly good-sized. so i’m really feeling this European vibe. We actually have a DJ booth for weekends. A very small speakeasy that we’re doing. gambas and clams and clams mozambique, but it’ll be modernized. Q. I feel like people generally associate you with New Orleans, but the people of Fall River would probably associate you with Hilda Medeiros and the St. John’s Athletic Club kitchen. Do you think people generally know about your Portuguese heritage, and has this endeavor changed that perception at all? A. because of the “Emeril Live” days, i think a lot of people think i’m italian. i spent a lot of time there, too. i tried to do a little bit of Portuguese food and heritage. it was really nice to do that kind of trip back in Fall river. i don’t have any relatives there now. most of them moved to new Orleans. so the only real connection i had was using mello’s or gaspar’s products. my local grocery store is Publix. They carry gaspar’s chouriços and linguiças, just for me. Q. I saw you went to O Dinis in East Providence, which is a personal favorite. Any favorite dishes you picked up from there? A. [chef natalia Paiva-neves] is incredible. We had a lot of incredible traditional dishes. clams, shrimp, codfish cakes, etc. i told her we were going to Portugalia in Fall river, and she said, “Well, i’ll meet you there. michael [benevides] is a good friend, i’ll show you around. Plus i need to do some shopping.” Then she invited us back to O Dinis again for fado night. she killed us. she absolutely killed us. i’m not exaggerating, we must have had 15 courses. We probably drank too much Portuguese wine, since we were also on a Portuguese wine mission. We also went to sagres in Fall river, we went to Portas [da cidade] in Westport — it was great for our guys to smell it, to taste it. sunday morning, we did about six bakeries. We went to the bakery where i first started on bedford street , the Old moonlight baking corporation [now barcelos bakery]. We were just buying products, going in the parking lot in our car, and just tasting the breads and pastries. They got to see where i grew up, where i went to school, where i lived, my backyard by the st. John’s club. it was really an awesome trip. Q. Why is it important to carry on these traditions, from your mom and now to your son? A. it’s about culture . it’s about tradition. i don’t want to lose those Portuguese roots. i’m very proud of being from Fall river. so i just want it to be true. And we’re trying to make 34 as true as can possibly be. Brian Amaral can be reached at [email protected]. Emeril —‘hard-coreFallRiver’—talksnewPortuguese restaurant “It’s about culture. It’s about tradition.” nATALiA PAivA nEvEs Chef Natalia Paiva-Neves of O Dinis, a Portuguese restaurant in East Providence, impressed celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse. mArgArET nOrTOn/nbc Emeril Lagasse gave host Jay Leno some cooking lessons on “The Tonight Show” during an episode that aired in 1998.
B8 metro/Business B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e M A Y 12, 2 0 2 4 won’t give workers and beneficiaries time to adjust to changes to the program. this is such an important point. the longer the wait, the more painful the adjustment will be. But here’s what concerns me. While the politicians bicker over the right fix, Americans are losing confidence in a program that’s the financial safety net for not just seniors, but also for workers and families in which a spouse or parent dies. Many young adults are convinced that Social Security won’t be around when they’re ready to collect, and seniors are concerned about a cut in their benefits. early findings from an upcoming West health-Gallup Aging in America report show that 80 percent of adults ages 18 to 61 are worried or extremely worried that Social Security will not be available when they become eligible. Yet when asked how important Social Security will be to them as they age, more than 83 percent said important or extremely important, according to the data, scheduled to be released in early June. “the perceived fears over the future of Social Security match the reality of the situation,” said timothy lash, president of West health, a nonprofit focused on aging and health care. “this program is part of the fabric of growing older in America and must be protected for future generations.” We’ll have to wait to see how our dysfunctional political system will solve the problem. in the meantime, here are three moves that you can make to prepare for changes to Social Security. Don’t just worry. Get a plan. the old retirement plan relied on people having three income streams — often referred to as a three-legged stool. one leg represents their own savings and investments. one might be a traditional definedbenefit plan or pension — if they were fortunate to have one. the third leg is Social Security. the three-legged stool is extremely wobbly. We know Social Security is unstable. fewer Americans have a pension through their employer, and now that leg is more likely to be a defined-contribution plan such as a 401(k). the federal Reserve Board’s 2022 Survey of Consumer finances found that the median value of retirement accounts, including employer-sponsored accounts, was $86,900. howevSocial Security isn’t broke, but it’s badly broken. there’s enough money currently coming into the retirement program to pay benefit recipients. however, without intervention, it will be like many struggling Americans, unable to pay everyone the full amount due each month. each year, the trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds issue reports on the current and projected financial status of the two programs, which are critical for keeping so many seniors above the poverty line. this year’s report, released last week, repeated the longstanding concern about the program’s financial stability: More money will be going out than coming in. Social Security is financed by payroll taxes. the total cost of the program in 2023 was $1.392 trillion, and total income was $1.351 trillion, according to the trustees’ report. the old-Age and Survivors insurance (oASi) trust fund, which pays retirement and survivor benefits, will be able to pay 100 percent of benefits until 2033. After that, the income received is projected to cover only 79 percent of scheduled benefits. that means Congress has less than a decade to fix the shortfall. proposals include reducing benefits, raising the retirement age for younger workers, or lifting the cap on how much of a person’s payroll is subject to the Social Security tax. the trustees have continued to warn lawmakers that failing to address the funding issue er, only 54.3 percent of families held such accounts in 2022. Young or old, you need to determine which income sources will cover your retirement. if you see a shortfall, now is the time to develop a strategy to bridge the gap. if you had planned to collect Social Security early, you might have to reconsider and wait. if you claim early at 62 rather than waiting until your full retirement age (which falls between 66 and 67, depending on your birth year), your monthly benefit may be reduced by up to 30 percent. every year you delay beyond your full retirement age up to 70, your benefit will increase by 8 percent. Get your Social Security statement i have worked with many individuals who haven’t looked at their Social Security statements in years, and some never have. if you haven’t already, you can check online for what you might collect in estimated Social Security benefits under the current program. Yes, the numbers might change, but regularly reviewing your Social Security statement should be a key part of retirement planning. Your annual statement also shows the estimated amount you would get if you became disabled, plus information about spousal and survivor benefits. Although you won’t find out the exact final amounts until you apply for benefits, you need to have an idea of how much you’ll get from Social Security. to set up an account, go to ssa.gov and look for the sign-in link for “my Social Security.” if you’ve placed a security freeze, fraud alert or both on your credit report, you won’t be able to open the account until you unlock your file. Social Security uses information in your report to verify your identity. once you establish the account, you can freeze your file again. make retirement savings a budget priority last year, 59 percent of retirees said they rely on Social Security as a “major” source of income, according to a Gallup poll. this year, the figure is 60 percent, which is nearly twice the percentage who cite any other source as a major source. pensions are second at 33 percent. But consider this: if you have average earnings, your Social Security retirement benefits will replace only about 40 percent of your preretirement income, according to the Social Security Administration. Budget as best you can to find money to save and invest for retirement. for instance, if your employer automatically enrolled you at a 3 percent rate for its workplace retirement plan, try to increase that percentage every year. Given the political urgency, Congress will eventually have to come up with a solution to deal with Social Security’s shortfall. But the personal responsibility that its inaction forces on us means you can’t afford to wait to prioritize retirement. Michelle Singletary can be reached at michelle.singletary @washpost.com. the color of money | michelle singletary Social Security has to be fixed. But you still need your savings. Ap file photo today is Sunday, May 12, the 133rd day of 2024. there are 233 days left in the year. ºBirthdays: Actor Millie perkins is 88. R&B singer Jayotis Washington is 83. Country singer Billy Swan is 82. Actor linda Dano is 81. Actor lindsay Crouse is 76. Singer-keyboardist Steve Winwood is 76. Actor Gabriel Byrne is 74. Actor Bruce Boxleitner is 74. Singer Billy Squier is 74. Blues guitarist-musician Guy Davis is 72. Actor Kim Greist is 66. Actor Ving Rhames is 65. Actor emilio estevez is 62. Actor April Grace is 62. tV personality/chef Carla hall is 60. Actor Stephen Baldwin is 58. Actor Scott Schwartz is 56. Actor Kim fields is 55. Actor Samantha Mathis is 54. Actor Jamie luner is 53. Actor Christian Campbell is 52. Actor Rhea Seehorn is 52. Actor Mackenzie Astin is 51. Country musician Matt Mangano of the Zac Brown Band is 48. Actor Malin Akerman is 46. Actor Jason Biggs is 46. Actor Rami Malek is 43. ºin 1780, during the Revolutionary War, the besieged city of Charleston, S.C., surrendered to British forces. ºin 1932, the body of Charles lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old kidnapped son of Charles and Anne lindbergh, was found in a wooded area near hopewell, N.J. ºin 1933, the federal emergency Relief Administration and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration were established to prov ide help for the needy and farmers. ºin 1943, during World War ii, Axis forces in North Africa surrendered. the two-week trident Conference, headed by president franklin D. Roosevelt and British prime Minister Winston Churchill, opened in Washington. ºin 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the Berlin Blockade, which the Western powers had succeeded in circumventing with their Berlin Airlift. ºin 1958, the United States and Canada signed an agreement to create the North American Air Defense Command (later the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NoRAD). ºin 1970 , the Senate voted unanimously to confirm harry A. B lackmun a s a Supreme Court justice. ºin 1975, the White house announced the new Cambodian gov ernmen t had seized an American merchant ship, the Mayaguez, in international waters. (U.S. Marines gained control of the ship three days after its seizure, not knowing the 39 civilian members of the crew had already been released by Cambodia.) ºin 1982, in fatima, portugal, security guards overpowered a Spanish priest armed with a bayonet who attacked pope John paul ii.(in 2008,the pope’s longtime private secretary revealed that the pontiff was slightly wounded in the assault.) ºin 1986, the military actiondrama film “top Gun,” starring tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis and released by paramount pictures, had its world premiere in New York. ºin 2002, more than 200,000 people celebrated Mother’s Day by walking across the leonard p. Zakim-Bunker hil l Bridge , months before it was open to cars. ºin 2008, a devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake in China’s Sichuan province left more than 87,000 people dead or missing. ºin 2009, five Miami men were convicted in a plot to blow up fBi buildings and Chicago’s Sears tower; one man was acquitted. ºin 2011, Ceos of the five largest oil companies went before the Senate finance Committee, where Democrats challenged the executives to justify tax breaks at a time when people were paying $4 a gallon for gas. ºin 2013, pope francis gave the Catho lic Church many new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to islam. ºin 2021, israel pressed ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, killing as many as 10 senior hamas military figures and toppling two high-rise towers housing hamas facilities; the islamic m il itant group showed no signs of backing down and fired hundreds of rockets at israeli cities. 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M A y 12, 2024 B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e Business B9 TALKING POINTS THE WEEK IN BUSINESS HEALTH CARE Steward files for bankruptcy Steward Health Care, which once trumpeted its community hospital system as an accessible low-cost alternative to Boston’s medical goliaths, filed for bankruptcy protection early Monday morning. Under Chapter 11 of the US bankruptcy code, Steward — which expanded nationally before falling into a deep financial crisis — will become a “debtor in possession,” continuing to operate its 31 hospitals in eight states while it seeks to restructure its debt under court supervision. Steward has eight hospitals in Eastern Massachusetts, though its Norwood Hospital remains closed following a flood. “Steward does not expect any interruptions in its day-to-day operations, which will continue in the ordinary course throughout the [bankruptcy] process,” it said in a news release posted at 3:27 a.m. “Steward’s hospitals, medical centers and physician’s offices are open and continuing to serve patients and the broader community and our commitment to our employees will not change.” As part of the bankruptcy process, Steward said it is “finalizing the terms” of $75 million in new financing from Medical Properties Trust, an Alabama real estate company that bought its Massachusetts hospital buildings in 2016. Steward said in a release it expects to receive $225 million more if it meets unspecified conditions acceptable to the hospital landlord, however on Monday evening, MPT said in a release it had not committed to any more financing beyond the $75 million. The filing said Steward had more than 100,000 creditors. It listed the company’s liabilities as between $1 billion and $10 billion, and its assets in the same range. Steward filed in US Bankruptcy Court in Houston, after missing a payment deadline from a consortium of private credit firms that provided a loan of about $600 million last year, followed by a second “bridge” loan of $150 million in January. The company said it was forced into bankruptcy because of a delay in a plan to sell its nationwide physicians group, called Stewardship Health. It also blamed “insufficient reimbursement” from Medicare and Medicaid, the federal health insurance programs for seniors and low-income residents, and higher costs of labor and medical supplies. However a recent analysis showed that Steward hospitals are paid the same as if not better than many Massachusetts hospitals. “Steward Health Care has done everything in its power to operate successfully in a highly challenging health care environment,” chief executive Ralph de la Torre said in a statement. De la Torre, in a letter to Steward employees, took no responsibility for the hospital system’s financial problems, blaming inflation and a tough business environment for hospitals. — ROBERT WEISMAN and JESSICA BARTLETT CASINOS Wynn puts Everett expansion on hold An impasse in negotiations between Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria and Wynn Resorts has prompted the Las Vegas-based casino operator to put the $400 million expansion of its Encore Boston Harbor casino on hold. Wynn has been planning a 60- foot-tall building across Broadway from the casino with space for sports betting and poker as well as various restaurants and entertainment venues such as a nightclub, a nearly 1,000-seat theater, and a 200-seat comedy club. The project also calls for a seven-story parking garage with more than 2,000 spaces. The expansion would be connected to the casino by an overhead walkway across Broadway. After the project went through state and local reviews for the past two years, crews led by general contractor Suffolk Construction were beginning to prep the site when Wynn decided to halt the development. Chief executive Craig Billings broke the news to Wynn investors and analysts during an earnings conference call on Tuesday afternoon. “We have put this development on hold for the time being because we have been unable to reach an agreement with local authorities on certain financial terms,” Billings said. The dispute between DeMaria’s administration and Wynn involves how much money the casino company should pay the city above what’s provided via the original host community agreement for the five-year-old casino. Per city records, Wynn paid a fee of $30 million before opening, and then annual payments in lieu of taxes and community mitigation fees that totaled $25 million in the city’s 2021 fiscal year; that number grew to $26.9 million for 2024. (Those numbers don’t include meal and room taxes from the casino.) -- JON CHESTO TOURISM Nantucket rejects widespread legalization of short-term rentals Nantucket residents voted down a broad legalization of shortterm rentals Tuesday, sparking what will likely be yet another round of debate in the multiyear saga over the right of homeowners to lease out their property to tourists on the island. The vote in Town Meeting could force Nantucket to take a heavier hand regulating over 9,000 homes used as vacation rentals, the primary form of lodging for out-oftowners who flock to Nantucket in the warmer months. In March, a state Land Court judge ruled that Nantucket’s longstanding practice to allow shortterm rentals in residential areas violates the town’s zoning rules. The measure Tuesday would have changed those rules to clearly allow the rentals on most of the island, effectively nullifying the Land Court ruling. It needed a two-thirds majority to pass but received 713 votes in favor and 782 against. Now it falls to Nantucket’s Zoning Board of Appeals to write short-term rental rules in meetings beginning next month. The breadth of those regulations will then need to be voted on again at Town Meeting, likely extending the conversation into next year. — DITI KOHLI CITY OF BOSTON Chamberwants Wu to rein in spending As the Boston City Council continues to hold hearings on the city’s 2025 budget, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce urged city councilors in a letter Wednesday to spend less money than Mayor Michelle Wu is proposing. Wu’s $4.6 billion plan for the next fiscal year represents an 8 percent increase, or $344 million, over the previous year, after a 6.8 percent increase in 2024, and 5.9 percent increase in 2023. In a letter sent to the chair and vice chair of the council’s Committee on Ways and Means — Councilors Brian Worrell and Enrique Pepén — and copied to all 11 other council members, James E. Rooney, president and CEO of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, pushed the councilors to “practice fiscal discipline,” and keep spending growth between 3 and 4 percent. “While the city has enjoyed revenue growth in recent years, changing fiscal circumstances will likely impact city revenues for the foreseeable future,” wrote Rooney (at left with Wu), who has typically enjoyed a friendly relationship with Wu. “High interest rates and a burdensome regulatory process will slow commercial property growth this year, and federal pandemic assistance is no longer available to bolster the city’s finances. The city should proceed cautiously as residents and businesses will bear the brunt of the resulting tax increases that may be necessary to match the proposed spending.” Rooney’s letter echoes ongoing concern about the city’s financial outlook amid declining values of commercial real estate, which generates an outsized share of Boston’s property tax revenue and municipal budget. Downtown office buildings, in particular, are selling for substantially less than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic sparked a rise in remote work, and some budget watchdogs warn that will eventually dent the city’s bottom line. In February, nonprofit research group the Boston Policy Institute, in partnership with the Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University, released a report projecting Boston could see tax revenue fall between $1.2 billion and $1.5 billion below earlier estimates over five years should office values drop by 20 percent to 30 percent. — NIKI GRISWOLD Big things are born in Boston. Listen as the Globe’s Shirley Leung leads intimate conversations with the doers and thinkers behind the innovations, discoveries, ideas, and trends shaping our world. Listen now at Globe.com/saymore with Shirley Leung
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By Julian McWilliams GLOBE STAFF Red sox 4 nationals 2 The nationals decided they wanted no part of Tyler O’neill after the red Sox slugger was up 2-0 in the count in the eighth inning Saturday at Fenway Park. With the game tied and a runner on second base with one out, robert Garcia intentionally walked O’neill to bring rafael Devers to the dish. The Sox’ inefficiency with runners in scoring position had been well-detailed. And, perhaps, it quelled some of the angst in nationals manager Dave martinez when he Red sOX, Page C10 Devers delivers win with double sox slugger snaps deadlock after nationals issue intentional walk Marchand sits out Bruins captain misses practice after Game 3 shot to chin. C3 triple-Ot treat PWhL Boston takes 2-0 series lead with a 2-1 win in 3 OTs. C4 sunday notebooks hockey, C2 Basketball, C5 Baseball, C9 Football, C11 inside By Christopher Price GLOBE STAFF F ifty-fifty. The words rang in Sherée Lanihun-Anderson’s ears. Those were the odds the doctors gave her husband, Patriots offensive lineman calvin Anderson, of survival. Training camp was set to start in three days. Anderson, who had signed with new England as a free agent in the spring, was supposed to help shore up the offensive tackle position. in 72 hours, he was expected to be on the practice field, going through drills in Foxborough. instead, Anderson was laid out in the emergency room at newtonWellesley hospital with a 105-degree fever and 50-50 odds on whether he was going to live or die. The morning of July 22, 2023, marked the start of a harrowing journey for Anderson, one that began in the days after a trip to Africa and included a hospital stay, a brief return to the field, another scare a few months later that forced him to the sideline, and mental health concerns that stemmed from guilt as he watched the Patriots struggle to a 4-13 finish. now, fully cleared for a return and looking stronger than ever, the 6-foot-5-inch, 305-pound Anderson is attempting to do something no player in the history of the nFL has ever done — return from a near-fatal bout with malaria to play a full season at a high level. “i know that calvin has had a long road to recovery and i am eager to see him return to the field and compete this year,” Patriots coach Jerod mayo said. his friends and family joke about the 28-year-old Anderson being the early favorite for comeback Player of the year. “if i were to win comeback Player of the year, it would come with a lot of good play . . . which is why i’m in the gym getting crazybig right now,” he said with a laugh. “Don’t let that get lost, either. “But if i were to win comeback Player of the year, it wouldn’t be about me, but about how God brought me back from this.” he also is aware of the debt of gratitude he owes to his wife, Sherée. if she hadn’t insisted on a hospital visit that morning, who knows what would have happened? “i trust her with my life, and in this case, it was a good example of why that’s important,” Anderson said. “if left to my own devices, i might have decided to not prioritize my health in that moment. As football players, a lot of times we end up prioritizing a lot of things ahead of our health so we can continue to play. “But this was a case when i had someone in my corner who made a AndeRsOn, Page C12 Patriot back after near-fatal bout with malaria JOhn TLumAcKi/GLOBE STAFF Calvin Anderson credits his wife, Sherée, for getting him the medical attention he needed. Dan Shaughnessy Picked-up pieces while dreaming of celtics-Knicks and Bruins-rangers in simultaneous conference championships at the two Gardens . . . R celtics-Knicks. Bruins-rangers. Boston-new york. The new (1995) Boston Garden and the vintage 1968 madison Square Garden. The Sports hub vs. The Fan. matt Damon vs. Spike Lee. Williams vs. Dimaggio. real clam chowder vs. manhattan clam chowder. “cheers” vs. “The honeymooners.” The celtics got back on track Saturday night in cleveshAUghnessY, Page C13 Boston-New York dream matchups are still possible NBA PLAYOFFS GAME 3: CELTICS 106, CAVALIERS 93 By Adam Himmelsbach GLOBE STAFF cLEVELAnD — After the celtics lost Game 2 of this Eastern conference semifinals against the cavaliers, Jaylen Brown sat at the dais and said many times that the performance was simply unacceptable. On Saturday night, Brown stepped in and did his part to ensure the issue would not be repeated, as he played one of his most clean and efficient games as a celtic and led Boston to a 106-93 win that gave them a 2-1 series lead. Brown made 13 of 17 shots and scored 28 points. Jayson Tatum’s night wasn’t quite as smooth, but it was productive. The forward was 11 for 25 and tallied 33 points and 13 rebounds. Boston shot 51.3 percent from the field. The celtics led by as many as 23 points in the third quarter before the cavaliers mounted a rally. cleveland pulled within 9 three times but could get no closer. Donovan mitchell had 33 points to lead the cavaliers. he made 7 of 12 3-pointers, but the rest of the team went 5 for 24. Observations from the game: R Playing Al horford at center rather than the injured Kristaps Porzingis allows the celtics to switch at every position, but that does not always end well. Three times in the first half mitchell shook the 37-year-old big man beyond the arc and drilled open 3-pointers. in fairness to horford, the celtics’ other defenders did not fare much better in the first half. mitchell made 8 of 12 shots and 6 of 8 3-pointers, for a gameCeltiCs, Page C6 Tatum, Celtics find game for series lead Sports tHE Boston GLoBE sunday, May 12, 2024 | BostonGLoBE.CoM/sports C tV highlights PgA: Wells Fargo Championship, 1 p.m., Golf; 3 p.m., CBS Baseball: Nationals-Red Sox, 1:35 p.m., NESN nBA playoffs: Knicks-Pacers, 3:30 p.m., ABC nhl playoffs: Panthers-Bruins, 6:30 p.m., TBS listings, C14 BArry chin/GLOBE STAFF Rafael Devers lashes a two-run double to left-center field in the eighth inning for the Sox’ winning runs. DAniELLE PArhizKArAn/GLOBE STAFF The Cavaliers’ Donovan Mitchell (left) matched Jayson Tatum with 33 points, but the Celtics had the upper hand on the scoreboard. 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C2 Sports B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e M A Y 12, 2 0 2 4 Marner is in the same spot Matthew Tkachuk was in with the Flames after the 2021-22 season, standing one year from reaching unrestricted free agency. The difference: Tkachuk wanted out, and specifically wanted to be wheeled to the Panthers. Treliving, the Flames’ GM at the time, cut the best deal he could, which today has the Flames saddled with the highly paid and grossly underperforming Jonathan Huberdeau. Marner said again, amid locker cleanout day, that he’d like to extend his deal in Toronto. No surprise. No one ever wants to leave Leafland, where the work season rarely extends beyond 89 games. Also, like all of Toronto’s top earners, including Tavares, Marner can’t be traded without his permission. Treliving’s best, most practical play might be impossible to execute. To wit: Wheel Tavares to a primo Cup contender, while retaining, say, half of the cap hit, then dish Marner for a true, minute-munching top-four defenseman who can finally solidify the perpetually leaky back end. None of that is possible if Tavares and Marner don’t sign off. If they don’t, they are both goners next summer and then Treliving can switch to reset. Regrettably, from his standpoint, he won’t have bolstered the roster with whatever assets he could have received for Marner. ETC. Bowness always keptit classy The final number for Rick Bowness: 2,726. That’s Bones’s career total for games coached in the NHL, be it as an assistant or as boss. Bowness, 69, most recently the No. 1 in Winnipeg (two seasons, 98 wins), called it a career last Monday. The onetime centerman moves to the rocking chair with that record for games coached, accompanied by his legacy as one of the game’s kindest, most sincere individuals. Everybody loves Bones. “Such a classy human. Great role model for many coaches, especially me,” said Bruins coach Jim Montgomery, who worked with Bowness in DalASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS * The original Jets relocated to Arizona in 1996. Been there, done that Rick Bowness has been part of the NHL since 1975, first as a player, then as an assistant coach, and then as a head coach, among other roles. At age 69, he recently decided to retire, even though he was a finalist for NHL Coach of the Year (Jack Adams Award) this season. Bowness coached the Winnipeg Jets at the end of the 1988-89 season, eight years before that franchise relocated to Arizona as the Coyotes (who he also coached!). And for the last two seasons, he led the current Winnipeg Jets to a .625 points percentage —although with back-to-back first-round playoff exits. Bowness retires with six franchises on his head coach resume, which is tied for third-most all time. COMPILED BY SEAN SMITH 6 FRANCHISES 8 FRANCHISES Mike Keenan Rick Bowness Peter Laviolette Roger Neilson FLYERS (1984-88: 320) JETS (1988-89: 28) ISLANDERS (2001-03: 164) MAPLE LEAFS (1977-79: 160) BLACKHAWKS (1988-92: 320) BRUINS (1991-92: 80) HURRICANES (2003-09: 323) SABRES (1980-81: 80) RANGERS (1993-94: 84) SENATORS (1992-96: 235) FLYERS (2009-14: 272) CANUCKS (1981-84: 133) BLUES (1994-97: 163) ISLANDERS (1996-98: 100) PREDATORS (2014-20: 451) KINGS (1983-84: 28) CANUCKS (1997-99: 108) COYOTES* (2003-04: 20) CAPITALS (2020-23: 220) RANGERS (1989-93: 280) BRUINS (2000-01: 74) STARS (2019-22: 176) RANGERS (2023-current: 82) PANTHERS (1993-95: 132) PANTHERS (2001-04: 153) JETS (2022-24: 164) FLYERS (1997-2000: 15) FLAMES (2007-09: 164) SENATORS (2001-02: 2) (SEASONS: GAMES) Hockey Kevin Paul Dupont Swayman a homegrown rarity for Bruins las, where the latter took over the Stars’ bench when Montgomery was dismissed. Montgomery, hired out of the college ranks (Denver) for the job in Dallas, his first behind an NHL bench, credited Bowness for guiding him on how to handle players, practices, and travel. “Tremendously impacted me and my growth in the league,” noted Montgomery, offering his thoughts immediately after learning that Bowness announced his retirement. “The most important thing is what a great human and family man he is.” Montgomery said he especially appreciated that Judy Bowness, the coach’s wife, texted the Montgomerys over the weekend, pre- and post-Game 7 against the Maple Leafs. “That speaks volumes, you know, about the type of people they are,” said Montgomery, “and how they care about the people in their lives.” Bowness, then 37, spent 95 of those 2,726 games as bench boss in Boston in 1991-92, the Bruins dismissed, 4-0, by the Penguins in the Cup semis. He was promptly let go by GM Harry Sinden, who favored the tighter-gripped approach of Brian Sutter over the more understanding, modern ways of the good-humored Bowness. “They had Terry [O’Reilly], a longtime Bruin favorite and tough guy,” Bowness told your faithful puck chronicler a few years ago, when he established the record for games coached. “Then they had Mike [Milbury]. And then they bring an unknown like me in, and I was determined from the outset, well, I am going to coach my way, not like Mike and Terry. Yeah, they were great coaches, very successful, but l knew I wanted to coach my way and be me. So, it probably cost me my job there. But that’s OK. Because it also kept me alive.” The Bruins didn’t reach the Cup semis again for nearly two decades, until Claude Julien guided them to the title in 2011. Loose pucks Ex-Bruins coach Don Cherry, who turned 90 in February, made clear via a posting on X Thursday, the day Sheldon Keefe was canned as coach, how the outcome could have been different for the Leafs this spring. “Ask yourself this,” Grapes said to fans, “Switch goalies. Who wins the series? Show me a good coach and I’ll show you a good goalie.” Ilya Samsonov, who, like Jeremy Swayman, settled his contract via salary arbitration last summer, did not provide playoff-worthy goaltending. Ex-Boston College goalie Joseph Woll was brilliant in his two starts but had to sit out Game 7 because of injury. In his end-of-season presser, Leafs GM Brad Treliving made clear it was on his checklist to explore ways for Woll, 25, to avoid the injury list. Woll has a year remaining on his entry-level deal, which pays him less than $800,000. Probably a good idea for Treliving also to extend that deal this summer . . . Coaching legend Scotty Bowman, who took over the Montreal bench just weeks after Ken Dryden backed the Habs to the Cup in the spring of 1971, holds the all-time mark for games as an NHL bench boss (2,141). Second place, Paul Maurice, today the coach of the Florida Panthers. He’ll coach No. 1,851 Tuesday night in Sunrise when the Bruins are there for Game 5 of the series. Now 57, he’s on target to edge by Bowman in three-plus years . . . Bruins short-timer Travis Green (2003-06) landed the gig as the Senators’ new coach. Curious fit. He had four-plus unspectacular seasons in that role with the Canucks, and failed this spring to nudge the Devils over the line after he took over for Lindy Ruff, the Devils going an uninspired 8-12-1 under his watch. Steve Staios, the exBruins defenseman who now is the Senators’ GM, noted his desire for a firmer, more defined, disciplined approach. Maybe it works. The Senators are young and talented but have a penchant for lapsing into freewheeling out there. Brady Tkachuk’s frequent barks haven’t called them to order. Perhaps Green has a bark they’ll heed . . . When hockey is being played in the Hub on Mother’s Day, Bruins fans of a certain age can’t help but dial the memory machine back to the May, 10, 1970, holiday when Bobby Orr banged home the short return pass from Derek Sanderson for the OT winner over the Blues, bringing home the franchise’s first Cup title since 1941. The fans who remember that day — and the scorching heat inside the old barn on Causeway Street — are now minimum age 60 (not a typo, no matter how hard some of us might wish it were). Kevin Paul Dupont can be reached at [email protected]. Whenever or however this playoff season ends for the Bruins, it sure looks like Jeremy Swayman, the 111th pick in the 2017 NHL Draft, has taken full ownership of his 24 square feet of territory as the franchise’s No. 1 goaltender. OK, fine, go ahead and say it . . . duh! But hold on, because what may seem so painfully obvious at this hour, with Swayman’s name already being bandied about as a Conn Smythe candidate, was still a matter of some debate as the playoffs approached. Remember those days of yore, when everyone was asking coach Jim Montgomery how he’d divvy up the job between Swayman and Linus Ullmark? For the record, that was all of (checks notes) three weeks ago. Again, for those with memories shorter than Tiny Thompson’s skate laces, Ullmark was last season’s Vezina Trophy winner. He won 40 games. He, too, has shown himself to be a master craftsman and may yet be a factor in the franchise’s fortunes this spring. The Stanley Cup playoffs can be as unpredictable as the bounces of that 6-ounce chunk of rubber that underpins the entire maddening, funhouse mirror of an industry. At this hour, though, midway through the series against the Panthers, it appears Sway is the way for the Bruins. That was underscored after Game 1 in Florida when Montgomery, summing up his decision to run Swayman out there for a sixth consecutive start, said, “When a guy’s playing that well, it’s like, don’t outsmart yourself.” Swayman is 25 years old. It’s hardly unheard of for a goalie so young to seize the No. 1 job, though slightly rarer to be the constant go-to guy in the playoffs. We watched Ken Dryden, then only 23, do it with the Canadiens in the spring of 1971 after playing in only six regular-season games. Andrei Vasilevskiy, now a two-Cup winner with Tampa Bay, was 22 when he became the workhorse for the Lightning. Jake Oettinger, the first goalie taken in same draft as Swayman, when the Bruins made Swayman the 12th goalie selected, turned 23 in the season he became the Stars’ No. 1 stopper. What makes Swayman particularly rare in Bruins annals, in fact makes him unique, is that they drafted him, developed him, and now appear to have cultivated him as potentially the franchise’s Martin Brodeur, Marc-Andre Fleury, Patrick Roy, or Henrik Lundqvist. Now there’s aiming high, right? And why not? Go grande or go home. Brodeur, Roy, and Lundqvist already have their images hanging in the Hockey Hall of Fame. A plaque is on order for Fleury, who recently signed on for a 2024-25 farewell tour with the Wild. All four made their names and became stalwarts with the clubs that drafted them. They were all wunderkinds (average age: 21) when they became full-fledged franchise stoppers, In fact, by age 25 all but Lundqvist had won the Cup and collectively had played in 164 playoff games. Going into Friday night’s Game 3 vs. the Panthers at the Garden, Swayman had made 16 career playoff appearances. So, sure, it’s far too early to place Swayman among that group of illustrious goaltenders. He only this season posted a career-high 25 wins (now 87 total, including playoffs) and he has yet to be on a team to succeed beyond a first-round series. But as of today, in this moment, Swayman stands as the club’s most successful goalie to be drafted, cultivated, and kept on the roster in the 60-plus-year history of the draft. The only true comparable is Eddie Johnston, who was signed by the Bruins in the pre-draft era and made his NHL debut in 1962-63, the season he turned 27. E.J. was their property from the start, spent 11 seasons on the Spoked-B roster, and twice has his name on the Cup as a Bruin (1970, ’72). Hall of Famer Gerry Cheevers made his name with the Bruins, too, coming aboard and partnering with Johnston in 1965-66. Cheevers, though, originally was a Maple Leaf, ultimately making his way to the Hub via an intraleague draft. He became a star with the renowned Big Bad Bruins, backing those Cup wins in 1970 and ’72 with Johnston his partner. Had the Leafs not lost Cheevers to the Bruins, perhaps they wouldn’t be still in the thick of a Cup drought that dates to their 1967 title. But we can play that bit of mind torture here, too, because it was the Bruins who drafted Dryden (No. 14) 60 years ago this June and quickly wheeled him that same summer of 1964 to the Habs. In all the decades since Johnston’s arrival, the Bruins have drafted scores of goalies and only a handful other than Swayman debuted in Black and Gold. A few initially looked as though they might enjoy long careers in the Hub of Hockey. Not a single one lasted. To wit: Marco Baron (1979, No. 99) — Played 65 games, including one in the playoffs, prior to being dealt to the Kings following the 1982-83 season. Mike Moffat (1980, No. 165) — Played 30 games, including 11 in the playoffs. Retired at age 25. Bill Ranford (1985, No. 52) — Played 49 games, including four in the playoffs, before being dealt to the Oilers (with Geoff Courtnall) March 8, 1988. Returned later in career and played another 81 games. John Grahame (1994, No. 229) — Played 76 games before being dealt to the Hurricanes Jan. 13, 2003. Andrew Raycroft (1998, No. 135) — Played 115 games, seven in the playoffs, and was the NHL’s Rookie of the Year (Calder Trophy), before being traded to the Maple Leafs on June 24, 2006, for Tuukka Rask. Played six more NHL seasons and appeared in one more postseason game. A couple of free agent signees, including Robbie Tallas and Blaine Lacher, enjoyed some initial success but ultimately had brief playing careers. Their four best stoppers over the last 40 years — Pete Peeters, Tim Thomas, Rask, and Ullmark — were drafted by other NHL clubs. Peeters and Rask were acquired by trade. Thomas, unable to land NHL work with Quebec/Colorado or Edmonton, signed with the Bruins as a free agent and was 31 before he became a regular in the Boston net. Ullmark was a July 2021 UFA hire. In context, what we are witnessing with Swayman is something we’ve never seen in the Boston net: a kid they drafted, helped develop in college (Maine), develop further in the minor pros (Providence, 14 games total), and now have as their franchise stopper, potentially for a generation. That No. 1 on his back represents more than just a roster number. NOT GETTING IT DONE Leafs in need of more changes Entering the weekend, status quo prevailed in Toronto in the wake of Thursday’s inevitable turfing of Sheldon Keefe as coach. Brendan Shanahan, a decade on the job, remained in charge of the Blue and White executive suite, albeit with Keith Pelley now the ultimate boss after being named Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment’s CEO in January. “Pelley’s the suit,” said one former team executive, “but a good suit.” For now, he’s kept Shanahan on as president and Brad Treliving as general manager. Meanwhile, the topheavy roster, loaded with a gaggle of some of the league’s highest-paid forwards, remained the same as the one that was rubbed out in Round 1, Game 7, last Saturday by the Bruins. More change is surely coming in Leafland. Isn’t it? With roughly 150 days to go before opening night, 2024-25, Treliving, entering his second season calling the shots, has to figure a way out of the franchise’s recurring nightmare of early playoff elimination. The Leafs have made it to Round 2 only once in the last 20 years. Their last appearance in the Cup semis was 2002, a 4-2 loss to the Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference finals. Ugly. “It’s attainable,” their top defenseman, Morgan Rielly, said as the Leafs cleaned out lockers some 48 hours after being dismissed yet again by Boston. “But there’s work and improvement that has to take place.” “It feels,” added Rielly, “both attainable and a ways away.” Team captain John Tavares, whose bold rush to the net set up Matthew Knies’s overtime winner in Game 6, is on the books for only one more season at $11 million. Slick winger Mitch Marner just turned 27 and has one year left at $10.9 million. GLOBE FILE PHOTO Eddie Johnston made his Bruins debut in 1962-63.
m A Y 12, 2024 B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e Sports c3 By Matt Porter GLOBE sTAFF In his day, Ed Jovanovski had one of the best nicknames in hockey. The first overall pick in the 1994 nhL draft patrolled the Panthers’ blue line like a man-machine, so they called him “Jovocop.” Andrew Peeke’s name and profile don’t lend themselves to such a memorable moniker; most teammates call him “Peeker.” But the Bruins defenseman sure would love to channel some of Jovocop, his favorite player growing up, in the coming weeks. “A lot of excitement, watching on TV all these years,” Peeke said before the playoffs began. “The physicality ramps up, and that’s a big part of my game, so I’m excited about that.” Peeke, who was cleared and played in Friday’s Game 3 loss to the Panthers, his hometown team, skated less than 28 minutes over two games against the maple Leafs in the first round before a Tyler Bertuzzi shot ricocheted off his left hand. “stepping right in it,” he said Friday morning. “no holding back. All that stuff. so it’s exciting for me, seeing all the juices flowing and all that stuff and the commitment, how this team is sticking together through it all. can’t wait to just add to that.” . . . Peeke, who was traded to Boston march 8 by columbus, grew up in Parkland, Fla., a sunsplashed 15-minute drive from the rink in sunrise currently known as Amerant Bank Arena. he estimates that he attended “north of 200, maybe 300” Panthers games growing up. The first? when he was about six months old. “I used to change his diaper between periods,” said his father, cliff Peeke, who moved to the edge of the Everglades in 1983 from the Detroit area, bought miami hurricanes football and Dolphins season tickets, and tailgated in a holiday Inn parking lot near the Orange Bowl. A former Red wings diehard, cliff Peeke all but sprinted to the front of the line for season tickets when the Panthers were born in 1993. In the late-aughts, he wrote a fan column for the team website called “Peeke’s Points.” so it was no surprise when cliff and mary Ruth’s boys, Trevor and Andrew, gravitated toward sticks and pucks. Andrew has vague memories of the Panthers hosting the 2001 draft — he was 3, watching his father fill a notebook with thoughts on the picks. As a kid, Andrew was “very dialed in” to the scores, stats, and stories of hockey. “he would have breakfast with the sports page,” cliff Peeke said. “Other kids would watch cartoons. he would study the box scores.” soon after donning skates at age 5, Peeke had expert training. he played at the Panthers’ practice rink in coral springs with the sons of ex-nhLers cory stillman, Ville Peltonen, and Jeff chychrun, who helped run the team. Former Panthers forward serge Payer coached him with the U8 and U10 Junior Panthers, and later became his agent. “he’s a great guy,” said Jakob chychrun, the senators defenseman who still hangs out with Peeke in the offseason. “I think most hockey people are. his parents are phenomenal people.” Columbus via Notre Dame Florida is arguably the nation’s richest baseball state, and that sport nearly swayed Peeke. As a pre-teen, Peeke, a righthanded pitcher and hitter, would change out of his hockey gear after practice, commute an hour-plus to miami to pitch the front end of a doubleheader, and catch the back half. “I was a pretty good ballplayer,” he recalled. “It was a tough decision.” But he was a defenseman first. he was a large kid — at 26, now 6 feet, 3 inches, and 205 pounds — and an agile skater. he had no problem blocking shots or boxing out. he took pride in crisp first passes. “Andrew played the game the right way from the beginning,” Payer said. “he never made lowpercentage plays. The more consistent you are in doing that, you’ll be successful.” he left his home state at 14 to play for the south Kent (conn.) selects Academy, then did a post-grad season at UshL Green Bay. he made the league’s allrookie team and was named scholar-athlete of the year. That summer of 2016, columbus drafted him in the second round (34th overall). harvard was interested, but notre Dame offered a full ride. Peeke rose up the lineup and earned a spot on a 2018 Team UsA world Junior squad with future Bruins teammates Jeremy swayman and Trent Frederic. Peeke was named Fighting Irish captain as a junior. “he didn’t shy away from being honest with me,” said notre Dame coach Jeff Jackson, who coincidentally gave Bruins coach Jim montgomery his first coaching job in 2005. “not every kid has that confidence to do that.” Peeke was pressing for points in the first half of his junior year, Jackson recalled, as he tried to earn an nhL contract. A christmastime conversation with Jackson helped refocus Peeke on playing tough defense. The bite he added to his game in the second half convinced columbus to sign him. he joined the Blue Jackets as a 21-year-old in 2019-20, playing 22 nhL games and 29 in the AhL. The pandemic, as it did many young players, hampered his development. he was part of the team’s taxi squad, practicing far more often than he played (11 nhL games, seven AhL games). his breakout came in 2021- 22. he played in all 82 games, saw top-pair duty next to Allstar Zach werenski, and recorded six assists in 10 games for Team UsA at the world championships. Blue Jackets then-Gm Jarmo Kekalainen signed him to a contract (three years at $2.75 million per) that confirmed he was part of their future. But werenski’s season-ending injury in november 2022 left Peeke to “eat [expletive],” in the words of a rival front-office executive. he played heavy minutes on an awful team, getting outscored, 91-44, at five-on-five. Only one defenseman in the league (Erik Karlsson, 96) was on the i ce f or m or e g oa l s - against. Peeke finished an nhLworst minus-41. On April Fools Day 2023, Peeke was on the ice for all seven goals in a 7-0 home loss to the Panthers. “There’s nothing you can do,” werenski said. “There’s guys who mope about it and complain, and point fingers, and tell the goalies to make saves. For him, it’s just, ‘I’m going to move forward.’ I respect that.” Excited about Boston Playing for his third coach in four seasons (not including mike Babcock, who was hired and fired before the season), Peeke wanted out in late October. columbus couldn’t find a taker at his $2.75 million annual cap hit. he played in 23 of the team’s first 63 games, never suiting up for more than five in a row. h e c am e t o B os to n i n a march 8 swap for Jakub Zboril, two mid-20s defensemen looking for fresh starts. Bruins Gm Don sweeney said Peeke’s seamless transition pleased the coaching staff. The defenseman knew what he was, what he wasn’t, and how he fit. “Kudos to our scouting staff for realizing that it’s not just a one-year blip where he’s in and out of the lineup in a previous environment coming in, and earning an opportunity to continue to grow within our own lineup,” sweeney said. “more minutes, more responsibility, and hopefully that continues to translate.” Peeke has one year left on his contract. with matt Grzelcyk, Kevin shattenkirk, and Derek Forbort soon to reach free agency, Peeke could be a regular come next fall. Before Peeke’s injury, he and fellow newcomer Parker wotherspoon formed a rugged third pair. The y d id a primo job against Florida’s snarling duo of matthew Tkachuk and sam Bennett in an April 6 win. “A nice litt le confidence boost,” Peeke said. “A big assignment, so you get up for that type of thing.” no doubt Peeke was eager to get another look at the Panthers. At the very least, he could give his father something to write about. Peeke is enjoying the chance to take on his hometown team By Conor Ryan BOsTOn.cOm sTAFF crafting a fool-proof game plan to tame the Panthers? It’s an undertaking as fruitless as trying to duck traffic on I-93 south at 4:59 p.m. matthew Tkachuk draws most of the headlines as Florida’s pugnacious poster boy. But Paul maurice’s team boasts many talented skaters capable of tilting the ice in the Panthers’ favor. Aleksander Barkov might be the besttwo-way centerman in the postBergeron era, while sam Reinhart lit the lamp 57 times in 2023-24. sergei Bobrovsky is a Vezina Trophy finalist; Brandon montour is one of the most potent playmaking defensemen in the league (106 points in his last 146 games); and Aaron Ekblad and Gustav Forsling are anchoring the nhL’s top-ranked defense (2.41 goals against per game). Amid that stacked depth chart, sam Bennett can easily fly under the radar. The 27-year-old pivot isn’t the largest skater on Florida’s roster, nor has he ever surpassed the 50-point threshold. But after Florida’s convincing 6-2 win over the Bruins on Friday night, maurice offered high praise for Bennett and his role in Florida’s ascension as a playoff juggernaut. “his style, I would say that it’s maybe the prototypical kind of Florida Panther identity — the way we’re either viewed or the way we like to play,” maurice said. “he might embody that.” The Bruins learned that the hard way in Game 3. On a night when a galvanized Bruins team expected to get a rise from David Pastrnak’s spirited Game 2 scrap with Tkachuk, it was the Panthers who received the largest lift with Bennett back in the lineup. his return further strengthens a roster that already seems to have a sound plan in place to bounce Boston from the playoffs. “It was nice to get back out there,” said Bennett, who was sidelined for five games after suffering an upper-body injury in the firstround series. “I think it’s important to not dip your toe in. I want to be out there and play full speed and that’s kind of my game.” much like last postseason, the Bruins have struggled to counter the Panthers’ relentless forechecking. Bennett’s insertion into the lineup is akin to adding a heat-seeking missile in front of a pack of hungry wolves. while most Bruins fans were expecting fisticuffs and fireworks after wednesday’s fracas in south Florida, Bennett set the tone early for his team — dropping Brad marchand and Pastrnak with a pair of heavy hits. marchand is “day to day,” according to coach Jim montgomery, who took exception to what appeared to be a punch from Bennett just before doling out his reverse hit on marchand. “There’s a history there with Bennett. Good, hard player,” montgomery said saturday morning. “But there’s clearly evidence of what went on.” Bennett’s reverse hit on marchand brought the Bruins’ captain to the ice, and marchand was later ruled out in the third period because of an upper-body injury. Bennett landed seven hits in 12:43 of ice time on Friday, and Florida’s incessant pressure in Boston’s zone put the Bruins’ transition in neutral. Boston landed just 17 shots on goal. “we’ve got guys that are physical, but I don’t think anybody is as physical as Benny,” Tkachuk said. “he’s not the biggest guy, but he p lays so b ig . so h e d efinitel y changed our team, for sure.” Beyond landing welts against the Bruins, Bennett also generated the primary assist on Vladimir Tarasenko’s power-play snipe in the second period. The Panthers have scored nine goals against Jeremy swayman in the last six periods — with the Bruins’ D-zone turnovers and lapses hampering their man between the pipes. “he’s an elite goalie and you’ve got to try to take his eyes away,” Evan Rodrigues said. “You like to say that about every goalie in the league, but the way he’s been playing — you try to focus on it a little bit more.” The Bruins already have their hands full trying to slow down one of the best top-six units in the league. But Bennett’s return bumps Anton Lundell back to the third line nextto Rodrigues and Eetu Luostarinen — creating another matchup headache for montgomery. “what he does for the rest of our lineup — that is equally as important,” maurice said. “Because I think the Lundell line was the best line. They were fantastic tonight. “It kind of puts our pieces in place.” solving the Panthers’ bruising approach already was going to be a daunting undertaking for the Bruins. Bennett’s return from injury — much as it did last spring — makes it even harder. Get the ice bags ready. Bennett is a boost for Panthers mATThEw J. LEE/GLOBE sTAFF StanLeY CUp pLaYOFFS BrUInS vS. pantherS By Conor Ryan BOsTOn.cOm sTAFF If the Bruins are going to even their second-round series against the Panthers on sunday evening, they might have to do without their captain. Brad Marchand — felled in Friday night’s Game 3 loss in a collision with Panthers forward Sam Bennett — did not practice with his teammates on saturday morning. coach Jim Montgomery called marchand’s injury an “upper-body” ailment, setting his status as “day to day.” At first glance, marchand was shaken up following a heavy reverse hit doled out by Bennett in the first period. But upon further review, it appears Bennett delivered a punch to marchand’s head just before the skaters slammed into one another. The 36-year-old marchand was slow to get up, gingerly making his way to the bench and later consulting with the team’s medical staff. marchand remained on the bench and played 10:51 through the first two periods, but he did not return for the third period. he landed zero shots on goal with five hits and one blocked shot. no penalties were assessed on the play, nor has Bennett faced any supplemental discipline. “I haven’t seen it yet. so, I’ve got to go see that,” Charlie McAvoy said of the replay of hit. montgomery noted that his eyes weren’t on the hit in real time, given that the puck was already pushed up the ice. But the subsequent replays drew the ire of the coach. “having seen it, there’s a history there with Bennett,” montgomery said. “Good, hard player. But there’s clearly evidence of what went on. People can say it wasn’t intentional. we have our view of it.” Bennett has established himself as an effective menace on Florida’s relentless forecheck over the last few seasons. But the 27-year-old also has drawn criticism for his role in injuries on heavy hits during postseason play. Bennett slammed maple Leafs forward Matthew Knies into the ice following a collision near the end boards during Game 2 of the teams’ second-round encounter last year — with Knies ruled out for the remainder of that series. when asked about said “history” involving Bennett, montgomery reiterated that it involves “his career,” rather than specific hostilities with marchand or the Bruins. Panthers coach Paul Maurice defended his player on saturday morning. “no, and I don’t think most of you would, either,” maurice said when asked if he saw a punch from Bennett. “It was just a collision. In a perfect world, every team has everybody healthy. nobody likes to see anybody hurt.” marchand’s potential absence in Game 4 would not only sap the Bruins of their emotional leader in a pivotal home matchup. It would also be a sizable hit to an offense that has averaged two goals over the last six games. “That’s an opportunity for guys to step up, and we can do that,” Charlie Coyle said. “And I think you saw Toronto do that against us earlier with [Auston] Matthews out. “They come together and throw together a couple of good games without him. . . . And we want to play for guys who are out of the lineup and can’t be in there. That’s why we play out there. we play for each other and that’s something we’re going to do tomorrow.” Heinen close to return Danton Heinen skated on a reworked third line with coyle and Trent Frederic on saturday, with montgomery noting that heinen is close to being cleared and missing the last five games because of injury. “we’ll know more tomorrow for sure to see how he responded in practice,” montgomery said. “But that’s the best he’s looked in practice.” . . . with marchand out, montgomery reshuffled the top six forwards. Morgan Geekie centered Jake DeBrusk and David Pastrnak, while Pavel Zacha slotted in between James van Riemsdyk and Justin Brazeau . . . It remains to be seen if the Bruins will stick with Jeremy Swayman in net for Game 4 or opt to change things up by starting Linus Ullmark. But montgomery had little criticism to levy against swayman following Game 3. “no message to Jeremy swayman,” montgomery said. “You seen this guy? This guy wants the crease. That’s the will and the skill that we want from everyone.” Conor Ryan can be reached at [email protected]. BRUINS NOTEBOOK Marchand misses practice, ‘day to day’ Montgomery objects to hit from Bennett Panthers lead series, 2-1 Monday, May 6 Boston 5............................at Florida 1 Wednesday, May 8 At Florida 6...........................Boston 1 Friday, May 10 Florida 6............................at Boston 2 Schedule Sunday at Boston....6:30 p.m. (TBS) Tuesday at Florida......7 p.m. (ESPN) *Friday at Boston.........................TBA *Sun., May 19 at Florida.............TBA * If necessary Bruins vs. Panthers Bruins captain Brad Marchand played 10:51 through the first two periods of Friday night’s Game 3, but he did not return for the third period. 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c4 Sports B o ston s u n d a y glo b e m A Y 12, 2 0 2 4 an Bouchard capped the oilers’ big win over the canucks. mcdavid and draisaitl each had a goal and three assists, and Bouchard scored 5:38 into overtime as edmonton beat vancouver, 4-3, on friday night to even their second-round playoff series at one game apiece. “when they put on a show like the did tonight, it’s hard to stop them,” the oilers' Mattias Ekholm said. ekholm also scored and Stuart Skinner finished with 16 saves for edmonton. draisaitl was listed as a game-time decision because of an undisclosed injury after he appeared to be in pain late in edmonton’s 5-4 loss wednesday. he played and had a big game when the oilers needed it. stAff And wire reports red Bulls 4 revolution 2 seeking consecutive road w i n s , the revolution fell short, 4-2, to the new York red Bulls in harrison, n.J., on saturday night. But the silver lining was the revolution (2-8-1, 7 points) managed to score multiple goals for the first time in 11 mLs games this season. t he red B ul l s ( 5-2-5) grabbed the lead in the sixth minute when Lewis morgan took a pass from sean nealis and drilled a right-footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom right corner of the net. it was morgan’s eighth goal this season. the revolution (2-8-1) pulled even in the 24th minute after carles Gil used an assist from tomás chancalay to score his fourth goal of the campaign. it was Gil’s 100th mLs goa l contribution and his team-best fourth goal of the season. new York took a 2-1 lead into halftime on a penalty-kick goal by emil forsberg in the 4 3 r d min ute . f o r sberg notched his fourth netter of the season with a right-footed shot to the bottom right corner following a hand-ball foul on new england defender henry Kessler. the red Bulls added an insurance goal in the 84th minute when elias manoel used assists from wiki carmona and noah eile to score for a second time this season. it was the first career assist eile, a 21- year-old rookie defender. t he r e volut io n m ad e things interesting in the 90th minute after Giacomo vrioni took a pass from emmanuel Boateng and scored his second goal of the season to make it 3-2. cameron harper answered for the red Bulls in the third minute of stoppage time with his first goal this season. morgan assisted on the score. the revolution lost midfielder dylan Borrero to an apparent knee injury during second-half stoppage time. Borrero was carted off and replaced by noel Buck in the 10th minute of extra time. Aljaz ivacic finished with two saves in his second career start for the revolution. ivacic's first effort last week led to a 1-0 road win over the chicago fire. ivacic had eight shutouts in 53 starts with the portland timbers from 2019-23. new York is unbeaten in five home matches this season and unbeaten in eight at home in all competitions dating to last season. the club entered play with just one victory in its last six matches (1-1-4) and 0- 1-3 in its previous four under first-year manager sandro schwarz. new York was coming off a 6-2 loss to inter miami where the red Bulls surrendered a goal and a single-match league record five assists to Lionel messi. the revolution beat the fire 1-0 last time out for their first road win of the season under first-year manager caleb porter. new england leads the alltime series 35-32-17 butfalls to 9-25-9 on the ro ad in the matchup and 1-13-2 since new York began play ing home matches at red Bull Arena. new england returns home to host philadelphia next saturday (7:30 p.m.) at Gillette stadium. Revolution score two, still stumble nHl noTEBooK GolF rounDuP AssociAted press madelene sagstrom and rose Zhang left nelly Korda and everyone else way behind saturday in the cognizant founders cup. trying to win a record sixth straight LpGA tour event, Korda was 11 shots behind sagstrom and 10 back of two-time ncAA champion Zhang with a round left at upper montclair country club in clifton, n.J. After months of near-perfect play, Korda inexplicably hit bad drives, found bunkers from the fairway, and missed short putts. she shot a 1-overpar 73. sagstrom, who has played well on this course the last three years, had a 66 to get to 19-under 197. Zhang, who won in her professional debut in new Jersey state a year ago, had a 67 after lipping out on a short birdie putt at no. 18. unless something unexpected happens, one of them will win their second LpGA tour title. the 31-year-old sagstrom has not won since 2020. the swede had a bogey-free round of six birdies, highlighted by three in row on the last three holes on the front nine. the 20-year-old Zhang, who won the mizuho Americas open in Jersey city last year, had seven birdies and two bogeys. Korda was tied for third at 8 under with sei Young Kim of south Korea and Gabriela ruffels of Australia, who each shot 67. the 25-year-old Korda had three birdies and four bogeys, the first coming on the opening hole after finding a bunker from the fairway. the LpGA tour record for largest deficit overcome in winning a tournament is 10 shots. it has been done three t imes with mickey wright (1964), Annika sorenstam (2001), and Louise friberg (2008). Korda came into the tournament having taken two weeks off after winning the chevron championship. it was her fifth straight title and tied her with hall of famers sorenstam (2004-05) and nancy Lopez (1978) for the tour’s longest winning streak. PGA — rory mcilroy shot a bogey-free 4-under 67 to pull within a stroke of leader Xander schauffele with a round left in the pGA tour’s wells fargo championship in charlotte, n.c. schauffele, who entered the day four shots ahead of mcilroy and Jason day, had a 70 to get to 12-under 201 as he looks to hold on and snap a 38-tournament victory drought. s u n g j a e im was f o u r strokes back after holing out from a bunker on no. 18 to save par and shoot 69. sepp straka matched mcilroy’s low round of 67 and was alone in fourth at 7 under, while day was fifth at 5 under — making five bogeys in a 73. mcilroy birdied nos. 9 and 10 to pull within two shots, t h e n g o t t o o n e w h e n schauffele bogeyed the 12th. seizing the momentum, mcilroy rolled in another birdie putt on no. 14 to move into a tie, but schauffele matched that with a long birdie putt of h i s own m om en t s l a ter. schauffele fought off mcilroy the rest of the way to maintain the lead. mcilroy caught a break on the difficult par-4 18th when his tee shot somehow avoided the creek on the left side of the fairway and came to rest sitting up in the tall grass. with a good lie, he found the edge of the green and twoputted for par to become the only player to not have a bogey saturday. Champions — doug Barron shot a 6-under 66 for a share of the regions tradition lead with ernie els heading into the final round of the champions’ first major of the season. els shot 70 with an eagle and a par-saving shot after sending the ball into the creek on no. 15 at Greystone in Birmingham, Ala. the world Golf hall of famer settled for par on the final hole, where Barron had birdied to pull even at 13- under 203. Korda (73) falters at Founders Cup Eastern Conference nY rangErs Vs. caroLina Rangers lead series, 3-1 Sunday, May 5 At NY Rangers 4................................Carolina 3 Tuesday, May 7 At NY Rangers 4....................Carolina 3 (2OT) Thursday, May 9 NY Rangers 3.......................at Carolina 2 (OT) Saturday, May 11 At Carolina 4................................NY Rangers 3 Schedule Monday at NY Rangers....................................7 *Thursday at Carolina................................TBA *Saturday at NY Rangers...........................TBA Western Conference daLLas Vs. coLorado Series tied at 1 Tuesday, May 7 Colorado 4................................at Dallas 3 (OT) Thursday, May 9 At Dallas 5........................................Colorado 3 Saturday, May 11 Dallas....................................at Colorado (late) Schedule Monday at Colorado...................................TBA Wednesday at Dallas.......................................8 *Friday at Colorado.....................................TBA *Sun., May 19 at Dallas..............................TBA VancouVEr Vs. Edmonton Series tied at 1 Wednesday, May 8 At Vancouver 5..............................Edmonton 4 Friday, May 10 Edmonton 4.....................at Vancouver 3 (OT) Schedule Sunday at Edmonton..................................9:30 Tuesday at Edmonton.................................9:30 Thursday at Vancouver..............................TBA *Saturday at Edmonton.............................TBA *Mon., May 20 at Vancouver.....................TBA * If necessary nHL playoffs the united states men rebounded from a 5-2 loss to sweden by routing last year’s runner-up Germany, 6-1, at the hockey world championship saturday. Johnny Gaudreau and Michael Kesselring each had a goal and an assist, and captain Brady Tkachuk, luke Hughes, Trevor Zegras, and Michael Eyssimont added goals in a Group B game in ostrava, czech republic. tkachuk put the Americans up, 1-0, by using his stick to deflect in a shot from the point by Kesselring, with Boston college’s ryan leonard also tallying an assist. Kesselring made it 2-0 on a breakaway. Alex lyon stopped all 14 shots he faced before he was substituted for Trey Augustine 3:27 into the middle period because of an injury. Augustine made 11 saves. t e n nis nadal doubtful about French open fifteen days befsore he is scheduled to play in what will likely be his final french open, rafael nadal is so unsatisfied with his level of tennis that he’s still debating whether or not to go to roland Garros. nadal’s surgically repaired hip and his 37-year-old legs didn’t provide him with the necessary means to be competitive enough as ninthranked Hubert Hurkacz overwhelmed the 22-time Grand slam champion on the spaniard’s beloved clay for a 6-1, 6-3 victory in the third round of the italian open. it was nadal’s first match against a top-10 player in 1½ years. a u t o r a c i n g Allgaier wins nASCAr Xfinity race Justin Allgaier had a dominant day behind the wheel to win his first Xfinity series race of the season and get his third career victory at darlington raceway in south carolina. Allgaier led 119 of 147 laps as he swept both stages and cruised to his 24th career series win. Austin Hill took second and defending series champion Cole Custer third . . . Alex Palou won the race off pit row on Lap 62 then beat Will Power into the first turn on the only restart of the indianapolis Grand prix and easily defended last year's title on indy's road course. M i s c e l lan y Mystik Dan to race in Preakness Kentucky derby winner mystik dan is heading to the preakness in Baltimore after all next saturday, said trainer Kenny McPeek. mcpeek previously refused to commit to mystik dan taking part in the second leg of the triple crown because of concern over the twoweek turnaround, which did not work out so well in november. But he liked enough of what he saw in training over the past several days to take the chance . . . two-time wnBA mvp A’ja Wilson is getting a nike signature shoe. the shoe, which will be called A’one, will hit the market in 2025. SportsLog US men’s hockey rips Germany in worlds AssociAted press Brady Skjei scored on the power play with 3:11 left to help the carolina hurricanes beat the new York rangers, 4-3, on saturday night in raleigh, n.c., staving off a sweep by winning Game 4 of the second-round playoff series. skjei’s shot from the the point came off a feed from Tuevo Teravainen, with the puck zipping past Igor Shesterkin to catch the post and bang into the net. that was carolina’s first goal with the man advantage in 17 tries in the series, and it finally pushed carolina ahead for good on a night when the hurricanes squandered a two-goal lead. no matter, though. the hurricanes survived to fight another day in the nhL playoffs. the rangers get another closeout chance monday night with the 3-1 lead when the series returns to madison square Garden for Game 5. Evgeny Kuznetsov, Stefan noesen and Sebastian Aho each scored for carolina, which led 2-0 and 3-1 in the first period during a strong start that built some early momentum. Frederik Andersen finished with 22 saves as carolina tries to become the fifth team to rally from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series and first since 2014. oilers pull back even in oT Connor McDavid and leon Draisaitl kept edmonton even with host vancouver, and EvSkjei, ’Canes avoid sweep NY Rangers .....................................................1 1 1 — 3 Carolina ...........................................................3 0 1 — 4 First period — 1. Carolina, Kuznetsov 3, 1:51. 2. Carolina, Noesen 4 (Teravainen, DeAngelo), 6:33. 3. NY Rangers, Cuylle 1 (Kakko, Gustafsson), 8:06. 4. Carolina, Aho 3 (Guentzel, Burns), 15:29. Penalties — Staal, Car (tripping), 17:30. Second period — 5. NY Rangers, Goodrow 2 (Schneider, Vesey), 12:43. Penalties — Zibanejad, NYR (holding stick), 6:06. Burns, Car (roughing), 19:46. Trocheck, NYR (roughing), 19:46. Third period — 6. NY Rangers, Lafreniere 4 (Zibanejad, Trouba), 2:04. 7. Carolina, Skjei 1 (Teravainen, Svechnikov), 16:49 (pp). Penalties — Lindgren, NYR (tripping), 16:17. Shots on goal — NY Rangers 8-12-5 — 25. Carolina 10-13-8 — 31. Power plays — NY Rangers 0-1; Carolina 1-2. Goalies — NY Rangers, Shesterkin 7-1-0 (31 shots-27 saves). Carolina, Andersen 5-3-0 (25 shots-22 saves). Referees — Jean Hebert, Garrett Rank. Linesmen — Steve Barton, Jesse Marquis. A — 19,074 (18,680). T — 2:21. Hurricanes 4, Rangers 3 from stAff And wire reports Boston 2 Montreal 1 they had played over 110 minutes of hockey at place Bell, and yet Boston and host montreal were still knotted at 1 in Game 2 of their pwhL playoff semifinal series saturday night. six Boston players had logged over 40 minutes, while seven montreal skaters had done the deed — with five of them logging over 50. And with Boston looking the more tired crew, and the hosts threatening in the third overtime, Boston coach courtney Kessel called on some fresh legs to see if they could make a difference. Good call, coach. taylor wenczkowski took a feed from defenseman sidney morin circling the net, and followed up her initial bid by popping home the rebound at 11:44 of the third overtime, giving Boston a 2-1 victory and a commanding 2-0 series lead. “this is a great new rivalry in women’s hockey,” wenczkowski said in a post-game tv interview. “And it’s great to go back home with a 2-0 lead.” wenczkowski had played just over 12 minutes when she took the ice, joining other fresher teammates Gigi marvin (17 minutes) and morin (28 minutes). marvin won a rightcircle draw to her right, where morin picked it up and kept coming. while morin steamed around the net, wenczkowski fought to the top of the crease. the first in-tight bid was stopped by montreal goalie Ann-renêe desbiens (50 saves), but wenczkowski whacked home the rebound to silence the place Bell. four minutes earlier, montreal almost won it when a point-shot by defenseman erin Ambrose (who logged a game-high 61:33 of ice time) was on target. Boston goalie Aerin frankel looked to kick out the rebound clear, but it instead caromed off the head of morin back toward the goal — but it trickled harmlessly wide of the goal post. After recording a league-record 53 saves in the Game 1 ot victory two days earlier, frankel stopped 56 of 57 shots to put Boston in the driver’s seat — needing to win just once more to get to the pwhL finals. And Boston has won four straight at tsongas center, where they’ll host Game 3 on tuesday. Amanda pelkey’s shot from behind the net went off desbiens’s skate and in to give Boston a 1-0 lead at 6:48 of the first. montreal tied it with a power-play goal 1:58 of the second, when Kristin o’neill pumped a rebound past frankel. christinne muschi/the cAnAdiAn press viA Ap PWHl PlAYoFFS Wenczkowski is triple-OT hero Her goal gives Boston a 2-0 lead in semifinal Aerin Frankel made a headsup play to stop a third-period shot by PWHL Montreal on her way to 56 saves for PWHL Boston in its triple-overtime win in Game 2 of the teams’ playoff series.
m A Y 12, 2024 B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e Sports c5 ASSOCIATED PRESS Just short The Magic, in the playoffs for the first time since 2020, fell to the Cavaliers in their first-round series in seven games. In the deciding game, star forward Paolo Banchero put forth a top-tier effort for Orlando. According to stathead.com, Banchero is one of just five players with at least 38 points and 16 rebounds in a Game 7. COMPILED BY MICHAEL GROSSI CHARLES BARKLEY SUNS | 123-110 WIN VS. SEATTLE IN 1993 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS 44 POINTS 24 REBOUNDS 46 MINUTES ELGIN BAYLOR LAKERS | 110-107 OT LOSS AT BOSTON IN 1962 NBA FINALS 41 POINTS 22 REBOUNDS 51 MINUTES WILT CHAMBERLAIN WARRIORS | 105-95 WIN VS. ST. LOUIS IN 1964 WESTERN DIVISION FINALS 39 POINTS 30 REBOUNDS 48 MINUTES BOB PETTIT HAWKS | 125-123 2OT LOSS AT BOSTON IN 1957 NBA FINALS 39 POINTS 19 REBOUNDS 56 MINUTES PAOLO BANCHERO MAGIC | 106-94 LOSS AT CLEVELAND IN 2024 EASTERN CONFERENCE FIRST ROUND 38 POINTS 16 REBOUNDS 42 MINUTES Basketball I t seems the only one laughing now is Glen Davis. the former celtic took to social media this past week after he was sentenced to 40 months in prison for his participation in a scheme to defraud the NBA Players’ health and Benefit welfare Plan, joking that prison will be the only way for him to lose weight and stop eating hamburgers. Davis was always a jokester, a player who never took anything too seriously, even his own conditioning, and it led to a premature end to what was once a promising career. Davis, a key member of the celtics’ title team in 2008, last played in the NBA in 2015. he earned $34 million during his career but was plagued by financial problems after his career ended, experimenting with a number of new ventures, even stand-up comedy. the problem was Davis never truly got serious about anything. he never got into premium shape to extend his playing career, and when the magic released Davis after a foot injury in 2014, he became a journeyman, abandoning a post and midrange game that became polished to become a bowling ball reserve and more of a sideshow. Davis’s problem was that he always wanted to be liked and accepted, that he became whatever he thought those around him wanted him to be. You want the stereotypical big, sloppy guy, Davis will oblige. You want him to embrace being the butt of jokes? No problem, Davis will laugh along with you. the Big Baby act was cute during his younger years in Boston, when the expectation was that he would eventually mature and become focused on his craft. Yet he never got serious about his career, and therefore nobody took him seriously. And when his NBA career ended and he was grasping at straws in the Big3 and overseas, he had nothing left to offer besides his tired act. Davis is 38 and joked on instagram that prison will help him get in shape. he laughed openly about his sentence. he is one of 18 players who tried to cheat the league’s health care program by filing phony medical statements in order to get reimbursed for services they never received. Former celtic Terrence Williams was the ringleader, while ex-celtics Tony Allen and Keyon Dooling were also involved. Allen avoided prison time and was sentenced to probation and paid back most of the $420,000 he wrongly received. Dooling was sentenced to 30 months in prison in February 2023. Davis has had issues with the law since his retirement, but anyone who talks with him knows he’s a good-hearted person who is misdirected. it seems he never truly prepared for life after basketball. in recent visits to tD garden, Davis plugged his local stand-up appearances, but privately those in the celtics organization knew it was a desperate attempt at money. glen Davis was still trying to live off the Big Baby image and name, even though it had been years since his NBA prime. he has known about the possibility of prison for nearly three years. he, along with the other 17 players, were Gary Washburn Problem is, ‘Big Baby’ Davis never grew up indicted for fraud by a federal grand jury in New York, and in November 2023 Davis was found guilty. And in his first statement since his sentencing, Davis joked that he’ll stop eating unhealthy foods while in prison. it’s still Big Baby being Big Baby, but the act has run its course and he’s the only one who doesn’t realize it. BUILDING PROJECT Big offseason forthe 76ers the 76ers once again came up short in their quest for a championship, this time because of a series of circumstances. Joel Embiid never was healthy and durable enough after returning from a two-month absence following knee surgery, and the 76ers didn’t get enough from their supporting cast besides Kelly Oubre, who will be a free agent. Tobias Harris, in the final season of a five-year, $180 million deal, did not score in the decisive game 6 against the knicks. it’s highly unlikely he will return. general manager Daryl Morey said he plans to build around embiid, who is about to turn 30 and has dealt with injuries his entire career, and Tyrese Maxey, the league’s most improved Player who emerged as an Allstar in his fourth season. maxey is a restricted free agent this summer. “this is a big offseason for us,” said morey. “tyrese took a big leap forward and we think the sky’s the limit for him as he continues to improve. Joel was incredible for us, a warrior until the end. so we’re excited about who we’re building around.” Only four players on the roster are under contract — embiid, maxey, Paul Reed, and Ricky Council. the 76ers have enough salary-cap space for a maximum player but will also have to fill out the roster creatively if they want to avoid the second apron. “i owe to the fans, to ownership, to everybody to get this team where we’re competing for championships,” said morey. “we’re very well-situated to use all the tools, trade, free agency, draft to upgrade the team. we’re going to put every single effort into that. coach [Nick] Nurse is going to be with us. Besides our two [top] players, we think we have one of the best coaches in the league.” the 76ers were a contender in the eastern conference before embiid’s knee injury. with the former mVP out, the 76ers slipped into the Play-in tournament, where they had to beat the heat for the right to face the secondseeded knicks. And while that series was one of the more compelling in recent years, embiid was essentially playing on one leg and the 76ers’ scoring limitations were exposed. they need to get better. “that long stretch without Joel was tough,” morey said. “i feel like i could have done a better job with the players so that we were in a better spot to win without him. it can’t be a focus of how we play without him. that team can’t win a championship. i feel like the depth wasn’t quite there when he was out to win at the level we wanted to win at.” morey has promised changes, and he knows he can’t rebuild the 76ers through the draft because their window is now. he’s going to chase a major free agent, perhaps the clippers’ Paul George, and then build around that core. “we’re mostly going to be a veteranladen team,” morey said. “it’s an offseason where there’s going to be a lot of change. except for Nick Nurse, Joel, tyrese, and [the two younger players], we don’t know for sure who’s going to be back next year. we feel like we’re in the window where we have to win now.” the pressure is on morey. he’s considered a top gm, yet he’s never led a team to the NBA Finals. he fell short with James Harden and the Rockets, and he’s never been close with the 76ers. morey fired coach Doc Rivers after last season, and then traded harden to the clippers. that appeared to be the remedy, until embiid went down. “Joel, tyrese, and Nick give me the confidence we can turn this thing around,” morey said. “we put ourselves in a good position in most years to win, and i’ve just got to keep working hard to put us in an even better position.” ETC. WNBAfever is spreading the wNBA season begins tuesday and the primary focus will be in indiana, where rookie Caitlin Clark opens her professional career after an historic run at the university of iowa. wNBA interest is at an all-time high, with nearly all of the Fever’s 40 games on national television. with Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso starting their careers in chicago, and the Las Vegas Aces vying for a third consecutive title, the league has an abundance of story lines, primarily the most talented draft class in wNBA history. “the impact of this class is going to be like nothing we’ve ever seen before,” said esPN analyst Rebecca Lobo. “we’ve never had 20 million people tune in to watch [an NcAA] national championship game. we’ve never had ratings like we saw throughout the course of the regular season and throughout the tournament. there’s no reason to expect anything other than a massive boost in the tV viewership. we’ve already seen it in preseason games. we’ve seen it reflected in ticket sales. “the last time i can think of this much hype leading into a wNBA season was 1997, because it was the first one. And now we have similar interests, but for a variety of different reasons. it’s, what is this rookie class going to look like playing against the best players in the world? the wNBA is certainly ready for this. the players and the product on the court has been ready for it the last decade. there just hasn’t been enough people watching it. Now we’re going to have those people watching it, a lot of them new to the wNBA.” clark may be the most-hyped wNBA rookie since Candace Parker, who recently retired. there is record interest in the league, mainly because of clark and her ability to score from long range, shades of Stephen Curry. “i think caitlin is going to have a phenomenal rookie year, in particular on the offensive end,” Lobo said. “All the things she did well in college will translate to the wNBA. i think we’ve seen that throughout the course of the first two exhibition games. “And in terms of how she handles it, we just look at the past year. Nobody’s been under a stronger spotlight, a bigger microscope in the women’s game, probably in the history of the game, than caitlin clark. And she continually lived up to the moment every single time.” Clippers again exit early the clippers blew out the celtics at tD garden in late January, and looked nearly flawless in a stretch of 26 wins in 31 games. Paul George and Kawhi Leonard were healthy. James Harden was playing team basketball. Russell Westbrook had adapted to coming off the bench. the clippers were a title contender. three-plus months later, they are sitting at home again, ousted in the first round of the playoffs by the mavericks. Leonard played in just two games in the series because of knee issues. george was wildly inconsistent, while harden and westbrook, former mVPs nearing their mid-30s, didn’t have enough to carry the clippers. coach Tyronn Lue, who is expected to sign a contract extension that will keep him from jumping to the Lakers, said he’ll keep plugging away as the franchise moves into a new arena. “i just view [this] as a great opportunity,” he said after the game 6 loss to the mavericks. “Acquiring James took a little time to figure it out, and how we wanted to play rotations getting guys in the right spots. Once we figured it out, we had a really great stretch, going 26-5.” As has been the issue for years, injuries derailed the clippers. Leonard, 32, played 68 regular-season games, his most in seven years. But he again was felled by a knee injury toward the end of the regular season and was far from 100 percent during the playoffs. “we had some injuries,” Lue said. “guys in and out, minute restrictions. stuff like that kind of killed our flow. then i thought, toward the end of season, we got that back. so, i give our guys credit, for just sticking with it through all the ups and downs, to come back and do what we did, and finish fourth in a tough western conference, having to go into a series again shorthanded.” george is an unrestricted free agent and will garner interest from teams such as the 76ers and magic. “Obviously, we’re getting older,” george said, “so still relying on our young talent is first and foremost. But big picture, i am not really sure yet. But this is a brutal sport we play. it’s what we signed up for. You put your body on the line on a nightly basis. i think that is what people don’t quite understand. it takes a lot to go through a whole season healthy and then play the toughest part of the season at the end of all of that. it is not easy. it is taxing. it’s taxing mentally, it taxing physically, and the result of that, it sometimes puts a lot of stress on the body. “You always prepare, especially when you are in that small group of teams that have a chance and you don’t quite get to get everything out of what you put into it, it’s frustrating. But we didn’t do enough to move on and that is on us.” Layups the wNBA announced this past week that every team will begin taking charter flights this season, something players have been requesting for years. teams occasionally had landed in their destination city just hours before a game, or have had to take same-day flights for games. whether it was the arrival of future stars such as clark and Reese, or the increased interest in women’s basketball, the wNBA took a major step forward with this decision. the next move should be an overall increase in salaries and a requirement that all teams carry 12 players. in recent years, some clubs have carried 10 players to save money, making it even more difficult for rookies and training camp invites to make wNBA rosters . . . with Charles Lee taking the hornets’ job, there are three remaining NBA head coach openings — Lakers, suns, and wizards. the wizards have kept their search private and apparently are considering interim coach Brian Keefe, a winchester native. the possibility of esPN analyst JJ Redick being hired as a head coach is real. he is considered an astute basketball mind and because of his youth and tV exposure could have the ability to relate to younger players. he was a candidate in charlotte but could be rising on the Lakers’ list because of his relationship with LeBron James . . . the trail Blazers are reviewing their coaching staff and could make changes around Chauncey Billups, who has had two difficult seasons because of a complete rebuild. the Blazers want to take a step forward with their young roster and there’s been concern whether Billups and the club is a long-term marriage . . . the NBA fined Jamal Murray $100,000 for throwing a heating pad onto the court during the Nuggets’ game 2 loss to the timberwolves in the western conference semifinals. that’s a severe fine for any player, but it was apparent the league did not want to impact the series by suspending murray for game 3, especially with Denver trailing, 2-0. murray wasn’t exactly apologetic, but the league sent a stern message with the fine. murray has been frustrated by the timberwolves’ defense and is also battling a calf injury. Gary Washburn can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him @GwashburnGlobe. tim NwAchukwu/gettY imAges Tyrese Maxey (0) and Joel Embiid will remain focal points in Philly.
C6 sports B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e M A Y 12, 2 0 2 4 DANIELLE PARHIzkARAN/GLOBE STAFF Jaylen Brown (28 points) ran into Darius Garland of the Cavaliers during a drive to the basket in the third quarter. CLEVELAND — Jayson Tatum fully realized something different was required from him, something more than what he had been delivering this postseason. His team desperately needed to snatch back momentum in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, and he’s the Celtics’ unquestioned leader. The Celtics needed Tatum to be a star. A teaser to his performance occurred in the first three minutes when he knocked down a pair of 3-pointers. Early threes are sign that Tatum is feeling good about himself, it gives him even more swagger. His offensive prowess continued throughout this pivotal game. He hit stepbacks, attacked the rim and showed no fear of making physical drives. Tatum was different Saturday at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, and so were the Celtics. He scored a postseason high 33 points along with 13 rebounds and 6 assists. Their 106-93 win was impressive. For the past 48 hours the Celtics heard about their inability to embrace prosperity, their lack of focus in Game 2 and maddeningly inconsistency at home. Tatum was the central target of that criticism because he hasn’t been quite himself this postseason. While contemporaries Jalen Brunson and Anthony Edwards are carrying their teams throughout the postseason with prolific scoring nights, Tatum has been well, pretty good this postseason, nothing spectacular. Because the Celtics are so deep and talented, it’s been good enough to push the top seed into the second round. But there are nights in which any team needs its star to do star things, and Tatum shined brightly to lift the Celtics in a raucous environment. “He’s a great player that gets taken advantage of because he’s been really good for a long time,” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said of Tatum. “He’s underappreciated. I thought he played a great game on both ends of the floor.” Tatum was rather annoyed after Game 2 because of the lofty expectations placed on the Celtics because of their 64-18 regular season. And we have found out in the past 24 hours, even the best teams can get humbled in the postseason. The Timberwolves dominated the Nuggets in the first two games of their Western Conference semifinal series and then were humiliated by 27 points on Friday at home. Good teams have bad nights, but in Game 2, the Celtics defensive effort suffered as a result of their offensive struggles. And while the entire team took the blame for the Game 2 breakdown, including Mazzulla, it was Tatum who has drawn the most criticism because of his rather quiet postseason. He entered R With his team struggling to find offense, Cleveland coach J.B. Bickerstaff was looking everywhere for a spark. For a long second-half stretch he put a fourguard lineup around Mobley. Although the speed caused problems for the Celtics, they overpowered the Cavaliers at the other end. Adam Himmelsbach can be reached at adam.himmelsbach @globe.com. high 23 points. Horford also missed his first five 3-pointers and played nearly 40 minutes, a heavy workload that could be affecting his offense. R The problem for Cleveland in the first half was that Mitchell had little help. The other Cavaliers combined to go 2 for 15 from the 3-point line. Dean Wade, who had been sidelined with a knee sprain since March 8, checked in with four minutes left in the opening quarter and hit a three soon after. But he missed his other two attempts. R Tatum started the game as if he was bothered by the chatter about his lukewarm start to the postseason. He gained confidence by hitting a pair of early 3- pointers and sought out his shot as aggressively as he has in weeks. His approach was notable because it varied. He did not settle for 3-pointers or lower his head and try to draw fouls. uCeltICs Continued from Page C1 There was more creativity. He cooled down a bit fbut went to halftime with 18 points on 6-on12 shooting. R Tatum’s outburst was important, but it also helped that the Celtics outscored the Cavaliers by 7 points during his long first-half stint on the bench. R Jrue Holiday became the clear fifth offensive option among Boston’s starters during the regular season, mostly settling into his role as a lockdown defender and finding opportunities in transition. But in the first half he showed unusual aggression and urgency. Perhaps the lone NBA champion on the roster realized it’s what this team needed during this rare moment of slight unease. On several possessions, he backed his defender into the paint and converted a soft lefty hook, sometimes even over the long and talented Evan Mobley. One sequence was particularly loud. After scoring inside, Holiday grabbed an offensive rebound on Boston’s ensuing possession and found Sam Hauser for a 3-pointer. Then at the other end, he stripped Caris LeVert and knocked the ball off his leg. Holiday had 15 points in the first half. He last reached that total in an entire game March 12 against the Suns. R Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla has some game situations that he hammers home well after the Celtics are tired of hearing about them. Here is one: Whenever an opponent falls after taking a layup, the Celtics should run, run, and run some more, taking advantage of the rare power play. They’ve generally done an excellent job of it this year, and on one first-quarter play LeVert tumbled to the ground after a layup. Tatum noticed, and two quick outlet passes later the Celtics got a layup. R The start of the third quarter was near perfect for Boston. On the first two possessions Tatum converted a 3-point play and White hit a 3-pointer. If that simple sequence was reversed, it would have been a 3-point game. Instead, it was the start of a 14-0 run that was capped by a Holiday 3-pointer that gave the Celtics a 71-48 lead, their largest. They could not quite deliver the final punch at that point, however. The Cavaliers responded with a 9-0 burst that kept them within striking distance for the rest of the quarter. R The Cavaliers, who are already without starting center Jarrett Allen, received a scare when Mobley came up limping after an awkward landing early in the third quarter. He limped to the bench and received medical attention, but returned by the end of the period and gave the Cavaliers a lift at the start of the fourth, scoring a pair of baskets inside during a 6-0 flurry that made it 84-75. The Cavaliers struggled with their shooting, but lingered in part because after committing six first-quarter turnovers they had just two over the next two quarters. Tatum (33 points) finds offense; Celtics take series lead DANIELLE PARHIzkARAN/GLOBE STAFF Jrue Holiday (18 points) was impeded on a fourth-quarter drive to the basket by the Cavaliers’ Caris LeVert. nba Playoffs Game 3: celtics 106, cavaliers 93 eAsteRN CONFeReNCe semiFiNAls, GAme 3 Saturday, May 11, 2024, at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland boston time FGm-A 3Pm-A Ftm-A OReb DReb Reb Ast blk stl tO PF +/- Pts Jaylen Brown............... F 40:39 13-17 2-3 0-2 2 7 930124 +18 28 Jayson Tatum.............. F 41:58 11-25 2-8 9-9 1 12 13 6 1152 +8 33 Al Horford................... C 38:46 1-7 0-6 0-0 3 4 7 20003 +12 2 Derrick White............. G 36:54 4-13 3-8 1-1 0 3 331111 +13 12 Jrue Holiday ............... G 37:40 7-10 3-4 1-2 2 6 851011 +15 18 Luke Kornet................... 7:51 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 01001 +1 2 Payton Pritchard.......... 22:20 2-4 1-2 0-0 1 2 3 3 0011 -4 5 Sam Hauser................... 9:56 2-3 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 00010 +10 6 Oshae Brissett.............. 1:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 00000 -2 0 Svi Mykhailiuk .............. 1:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 00001 -2 0 Jaden Springer ............. 1:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 00000 -2 0 Jordan Walsh ................ 0:56 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 00000 -2 0 Totals.......................... 41-80 13-34 11-14 9 35 44 22 4 3 11 14 106 51.3%38.2%78.6% Team: 7 7 pts. Cleveland time FGm-A 3Pm-A Ftm-A OReb DReb Reb Ast blk stl tO PF +/- Pts Isaac Okoro................. F 17:47 1-7 0-4 0-0 0 1 1 10110 -17 2 Max Strus.................... F 37:27 2-8 2-6 0-0 0 5 5 20014 -14 6 Evan Mobley .............. C 37:06 7-11 0-1 3-3 3 5 8 1 0131 -16 17 Darius Garland........... G 37:51 6-15 1-6 2-2 0 3 361023 -17 15 Donovan Mitchell...... G 43:24 12-22 7-12 2-3 0 6 6 30202 -10 33 Marcus Morris Sr......... 4:36 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 00000 -2 0 Caris LeVert................... 29:37 6-12 1-3 2-2 2 4 6 10010 -1 15 Dean Wade.................... 16:48 2-6 1-4 0-0 1 2 3 3 1002 +12 5 Tristan Thompson........ 4:31 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 00002 -6 0 Sam Merrill ................... 10:53 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0000 +6 0 Totals.......................... 36-84 12-36 9-10 7 28 35 17 248 14 93 42.9%33.3%90.0% Team: 5 6 pts. Technical fouls: def. 3-second, 6:42/2nd. 1 2 3 4 t boston............................. 30 27 27 22 — 106 Cleveland........................ 28 20 21 24 — 93 Attendance: 19,432 (95% of 20,562). Time: 2:11. Officials: Zach Zarba, James Williams, Mark Lindsay. Celtics 106, Cavaliers 93 Saturday averaging 21.7 points on 40.7 percent shooting (he was 45.8 percent last year) in the postseason. Those numbers are below Tatum’s standards. He’s better than that. He was the best player on the floor in Game 3 and Jaylen Brown, who went 13 for 17 and added 28 points, was not far behind. The Celtics duo was dynamic on a night when a packed house in Cleveland were hoping for a carryover from Game 2. The only consistency from that game was the performance of Donovan Mitchell, who put on a 3-point display that kept Cleveland close despite Boston’s constant offensive pressure. He canned five 3-pointers, most of them contested, in the first half but the Celtics still led, 57-48. Tatum helped the Celtics take control in the second half. Not only was he adding buckets, he was keeping the Cavaliers to one possession with his defensive rebounding. He was also contesting shots on Evan Mobley, who feasted in Game 2. What has differentiated this year’s Tatum from the previous years is his ability to contribute in all phases. That versatility is what makes a superstar, not only dropping the ball in the bucket. Tatum has become a better rebounder and better defender in recent years. He’s completely engaged in the game, and he has been visibly disappointed when his critics only judge him on his shooting percentage. But the NBA is always going to be a scorer’s league. There is no real stat for defensive contests or potential assists. Tatum is one of the most enjoyable players in the league to watch when he’s scoring prolifically. He can knock down the three, hit the stepback midrange and glide to the rim and it’s picturesque. Yet, he can do the other things, the little things. And he did in Game 3. He filled the stat sheet. He led his team to a win and he quieted his critics at least for another 48 hours. Tatum met the challenge in Game 3. The Celtics needed this Tatum. They needed their main man to play like an unstoppable force. Gary Washburn is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him @GwashburnGlobe. Tatum met Game 3 challenge with a star turn DANIELLE PARHIzkARAN/GLOBE STAFF Jayson Tatum ratcheted up his aggression in Game 3, throwing down a dunk during a 14-0 third-quarter run. Gary Washburn on basketball
m A Y 12, 2024 B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e sports c7 rough Game 2. Jaylen brown said the celtics can’t afford to think they’ll be able to just flip the switch again going forward. there needed to be a more consistent effort. “they were upset and knew they had to play better,” coach Joe mazzulla said. “those guys are smart guys, they’ve been around a long time and they did a good job bouncing back.” tatum finds stroke Jayson tatum’s recent shooting struggles didn’t seem to affect his mood much at the morning shootaround. he smiled as he put up shots and chatted with assistant coaches. he even showed off a couple of dance moves while sitting on the scorer’s table. tatum’s confidence helped him break out of a shooting slump. he posted 33 points on 11-for-25 shooting and made all nine of his free throw atnba Playoffs Game 3: celtics 106, cavaliers 93 A year ago this month, boston University students booed and picketed commencement speaker david zaslav, the Warner brothers discovery ceo who was a pivotal figure in the soulless corporate ways during the Writers Guild of America strike at the time. the jeers he heard that day will seem as serene as Walden Pond compared to the backlash he will deserve and hopefully receive if he loses the broadcast rights to the nbA — thus ending the greatest studio program in the history of televised sports, “inside the nbA” — during ongoing negotiations with the league. here’s where negotiations on the new rights deal stand. the nbA, which has longstanding partnerships with esPn/Abc (owned by disney) and tnt sports (owned by Warner brothers discovery), intends to add a third partner to focus on streaming. last month, multiple outlets reported that the framework of a deal was in place with disney and streaming service Amazon Prime to be two of the partners, beginning with the 2025-26 season and running for at least a decade. that left Wbd and nbcUniversal contending for the third partnership. tnt’s history with the nbA practically runs parallel with the cable channel’s existence. their first contract commenced in october 1988, a year after tnt launched. the partnership has been uninterrupted. but the nbA has a history with nbc, too, most recently from 1990-2002. (bet you can hear the “roundball rock” theme in your head right now.) And nbc is so determined to get back in the nbA game that it has reportedly offered $2.5 billion per year for a share of the rights. if tnt loses the nbA, nbc would seem a decent alternative overall, and there is speculation in the industry that nbc already has the deal locked up. but true nbA fans don’t want an alternative, as competent as it may prove to be. because it would likely mean the end of “inside the nbA,” the lone current studio program for any sport that qualifies as high-level, satisfying entertainment in its own right. host ernie Johnson and analysts charles barkley, kenny smith, and shaquille o’neal have the kind of chemistry that other studio programs are desperate to replicate and never do. (how many incarnations of “nbA countdown” has esPn gone through in the quest to approximate what “inside the nbA” has? many, many incarnations.) barkley is a force of personality, selfdeprecating, and genuinely hilarious, a one-of-one as a commentator. but it’s Johnson, who simultaneously keeps the show from careening off the rails while also participating in the humor and hijinks, who makes it work. during an appearance on “the dan Patrick show” on may 3, barkley said that he would become a free agent if Wbd and tnt lost the nbA, but he wasn’t sure of the contract status of smith and o’neal. barkley said that Johnson, who has been the lead host for tnt’s nbA coverage for 35 years, intends to stay at the network. (his father, ernie Johnson sr., was a braves broadcaster during tbs’s early days, so working under the former turner umbrella is the family business.) it’s unlikely if Wbd and tnt lose the nbA that barkley, smith, and o’neal would be a package deal for another network. the bottom line seems to be this: if Wbd doesn’t retain the nbA, a studio show unlike any other in all the right ways, one that is part of the fabric of the nbA, will cease to be. When barkley made his comments on “the dan Patrick show,” he noted that a decision could come soon, perhaps as soon as that day. more than a week later, no announcement has come. Perhaps the deal is already in place with nbc. or perhaps zaslav, who has on multiple occasions, although not recently, said that Wbd does not need the nbA, has recognized what he’s about to lose. during a Wbd earnings call on thursday, as reported by the Wall street Journal, zaslav said he remained hopeful for a deal that “makes sense for both sides.” “We’ve had a lot of time to prepare for this negotiation, and we have strategies in place for the various potential outcomes,” zaslav said. “however, now is not the time to discuss any of this since we are in active negotiations with the league. “And under our current deal with the nbA, we have matching rights that allow us to match third-party offers before the nbA enters into an agreement with them.” Wbd currently pays $1.2 billion for nbA broadcast rights. zaslav’s options are to lose the nbA and anger fans that have enjoyed the network’s coverage for more than three decades, or pay at least twice the current rate (based on nbcUniversal’s $2.5 billion offer) for what is likely to be a smaller package of games considering Amazon’s involvement. zaslav, who has received camera time recently on tnt’s broadcasts from his courtside seats at knicks playoff games — purely coincidental, i’m sure — is caught between a roundball rock and a hard place. there are valid financial reasons not to match the nbcUniversal offer. but should zaslav’s decision lead to the end of “inside the nbA” as we know it, he deserves to be jeered like he was at bU any time he is in the vicinity of an nbA arena. Chad Finn can be reached at [email protected]. ‘Inside the NBA’ is caught in the middle Chad Finn sPorts meDIA Eastern Conference new yOrk vs. inDiAnA Knicks lead series, 2-1 Monday, May 6 At New York 121.............................Indiana 117 Wednesday, May 8 At New York 130.............................Indiana 121 Friday, May 10 At Indiana 111.............................New York 106 Schedule Sunday at Indiana.......................................3:30 Tuesday at New York.......................................8 *Friday at Indiana........................................TBA *Sun., May 19 at New York........................3:30 Western Conference Denver vs. minnesOTA Timberwolves lead series, 2-1 Saturday, May 4 Minnesota 106..............................at Denver 99 Monday, May 6 Minnesota 106..............................at Denver 80 Friday, May 10 Denver 117..............................at Minnesota 90 Schedule Sunday at Minnesota.......................................8 Tuesday at Denver.....................................10:30 *Thursday at Minnesota............................8:30 *Sun., May 19 at Denver............................TBA OklAhOmA ciTy vs. DAllAs Mavericks lead series, 2-1 Tuesday, May 7 At Oklahoma City 117........................Dallas 95 Thursday, May 9 Dallas 119......................at Oklahoma City 110 Saturday, May 11 At Dallas 105......................Oklahoma City 101 Schedule Monday at Dallas.........................................9:30 Wednesday at Oklahoma City..................9:30 *Saturday at Dallas.....................................8:30 *Mon., May 20 at Okla. City......................8:30 * If necessary nBA playoffs mAvericks 105, ThunDer 101 OKLAHOMA CITY FG FT Reb Min M-A M-A O-T A F Pt Dort................................. 40 3-9 0-0 1-2 2 6 8 Ja.Williams..................... 38 7-12 1-2 0-6 8 2 16 Holmgren....................... 35 5-9 3-5 2-8 3 3 13 Giddey............................ 13 4-8 0-0 0-2 1 1 9 GilgeousAlexndr........... 42 10-23 9-10 2-10 6 5 31 Ja.Williams..................... 13 0-2 2-2 0-4 1 3 2 Wallace .......................... 14 1-3 0-0 1-1 0 1 3 Wiggins .......................... 22 3-7 0-0 0-4 0 0 6 Joe................................... 19 5-7 0-0 0-2 2 1 13 Hayward .......................... 3 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 Totals............................. 38-81 15-19 6-41 23 22 101 FG%: .469, FT%: .789. 3-pt. goals: 10-30, .333 (Dort 2-7, Ja.Williams 1-2, Holmgren 0-2, Giddey 1-4, Gilgeous-Alexander 2-3, Ja.Williams 0-2, Wallace 1-3, Wiggins 0-3, Joe 3-4). Blocks: 11 (Dort, Ja.Williams, Holmgren 4, Gilgeous-Alexander 5). Turnovers: 13 (Dort 2, Ja.Williams 3, Holmgren, Gilgeous-Alexander 5, Wiggins, Joe). Steals: 7 (Dort 2, Holmgren, Gilgeous-Alexander, Ja.Williams, Wiggins, Joe). DALLAS FG FT Reb Min M-A M-A O-T A F Pt Jones Jr. ......................... 36 1-10 1-1 2-4 1 2 3 Washington................... 40 11-23 0-0 2-6 2 4 27 Gafford........................... 20 4-5 0-2 1-5 3 1 8 Doncic............................. 40 7-17 7-10 3-15 5 1 22 Irving .............................. 41 10-17 0-0 2-5 7 2 22 Lively II........................... 27 2-7 8-12 3-8 1 3 12 Exum................................. 6 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 Green.............................. 15 1-3 0-0 1-1 1 3 3 Hardaway Jr.................. 16 3-9 0-0 0-2 1 0 8 Totals............................. 39-91 16-25 15-48 21 16 105 FG%: .429, FT%: .640. 3-pt. goals: 11-33, .333 (Jones Jr. 0-3, Washington 5-12, Doncic 1-4, Irving 2-6, Green 1-3, Hardaway Jr. 2-5). Blocks: 2 (Gafford, Irving). Turnovers: 13 (Jones Jr. 2, Gafford, Doncic 4, Irving 4, Lively II, Green). Steals: 7 (Jones Jr. 2, Doncic 2, Irving, Green, Hardaway Jr.). Oklahoma City......................... 23 29 26 23 — 101 Dallas......................................... 26 25 31 23 — 105 A — 20,325 (19,200). T — 2:25. Officials — John Goble, Bill Kennedy, Gediminas Petraitis. nbA notebooK AssociAted Press Kyrie Irving scored 22 points, including a running lefthander in the lane in the final minute to help the mavericks hold off the thunder, 105- 101, in dallas on saturday for a 2-1 lead in the Western conference semifinals. luka Doncic also had 22 points to go with 15 rebounds, and P.J. Washington scored 27, just 2 shy of his playoff high from the previous game. shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 31 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks, but was called for a charge with 29 seconds left and the thunder trailing by 5. Game 4 is monday night in dallas. irving had 14 points in the second half, including 6 straight for dallas in the fourth as the mavericks took their biggest lead of the quarter at 9. doncic, who began the game with a sprained right knee and sore left ankle, took a hard fall on his back in the last two minutes jumping for a loose ball. oklahoma city intentionally fouled Dereck lively II in the fourth. the rookie center missed three of the first four free throws, but hit the next four to put dallas up, 100-95, with 3:06 to go. lively had 12 points — 8 of them on free throws — and eight rebounds. oklahoma city’s Jalen Williams (16 points, eight assists) hurt his left ankle in the third but returned in the fourth. chet Holmgren had 13 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks. suns hire budenholzer mike budenholzer was named coach of the suns, with the franchise turning to the man who beat them in the 2021 nbA finals. he replaces Frank Vogel, who was fired thursday after a season. the suns did not release terms of the contract. esPn and the Athletic reported budenholzer’s deal is for five years, with the Athletic saying it was worth roughly $50 million. budenholzer, 54, is from holbrook, Ariz.. he coached the bucks in 2021 when they erased a 2-0 deficit to beat the suns for the title. he was fired in 2023 after five seasons with milwaukee and didn’t coach in the nbA this season. he led the hawks from 2013-18 and has a 484-317 mark in 10 seasons. Irving, Doncic pace Mavericks By Khari Thompson boston.com stAff cleVelAnd — the celtics vowed they would put together a stronger defensive effort than the lackluster one turned in for Game 2, and that’s exactly what happened saturday night. the celtics prevailed, 106-93, over the cavaliers at rocket mortgage fieldhouse in Game 3 of the eastern conference semifinals. coming off their worst defensive performance of the postseason in the Game 2 loss at home, the celtics took care of business and claimed the series lead. Jrue Holiday said before saturday’s game that the Game 2 lapse had more to do with the celtics’ effort than their strategy. “i think it was just a little bit of effort and concentration,” holiday said. “not concentrating on the things we had gone over in the game plan and not executing.” holiday’s words rang true. the celtics approached the Game 3 matchup with more focus on the defensive end, particularly in holding cleveland to 48 points in the paint, down from 60 in Game 2. the celtics adjusted quickly after giving up a franchise playoff record 23 3-pointers to the heat in Game 2 last series. miami was held under 90 points for the final three games of that series. once again, the celtics roared back with a strong defensive outing after a tempts. “it just says he’s a really great player that gets taken advantage of because he’s been really good for a long time,” mazzulla said. “Underappreciated. i thought he played well on both ends of the floor.” tatum came into the game shooting 39 percent (14 for 36) from the field this series, including 2 for 10 from 3- point range. “Just keep playing,” brown said. “i think over the course of the playoffs, over the course of all of that stuff, it’ll even itself out. but focus on the game. each game has a different story, and just stay locked in on that, and i think he will be fine.” “Jayson is one of the best players in the world. so, it’s a part of that. teams draw coverages to make you get uncomfortable; just take it for what it is, and you make the right play.” tatum’s shooting mostly hasn’t lived up to his lofty standards during this series, but he has consistently found other ways to impact the game. he entered Game 3 leading the celtics in rebounds (10) and assists (5.4) per game. he led boston in both categories again saturday night. the celtics had more fast-break points (12), second-chance points (12), and points in the paint (50) than cleveland, which helped open things up for tatum. “i think getting out in transition and getting some stops, i think that helps,” brown said. “last game, we didn’t really get enough stops, and we got outrebounded. so, i think that helps. “if we get some stops, get out in transition, but also other ways that we can get ourselves going is crash and getting offensive rebounds, the little plays, getting steals, staying involved on defense, making plays at the rim. those are ways to get yourself going rather than relying on others.” bittersweet feelings holiday said he had mixed feelings about charles lee’s upcoming departure. lee, the top assistant on the celtics’ coaching staff, was named coach of the hornets on thursday. “i was really happy. sad to see him go, but extremely happy,” holiday said. “he deserves it. i’ve been with him for a minute now, so to see him as a head coach and to beat him every time that we play him is going to be great.” lee and holiday spent three seasons together and won a title in milwaukee before reuniting in boston this season. “Just hugged him, told him i loved him, and how happy i was for him because obviously we’ve been through a lot together,” holiday said. “so, to see even before when there was kind of a chance for him to be a head coach and him not get it but to see it now i think the timing might be right. “You’re just happy for your guys, you know.” celtIcs notebooK Improved defensive effort stands out Celtics lead series, 2-1 Tuesday, May 7 At Boston 120...............................Cleveland 95 Thursday, May 9 Cleveland 118................................at Boston 94 Saturday, May 11 Boston 106................................at Cleveland 93 Schedule Monday at Cleveland..................7 p.m. (TNT) Wednesday at Boston.................7 p.m. (TNT) *Friday at Cleveland............ 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) *Sun., May 19 at Boston............................TBA * If necessary celtics vs. cavaliers dAnielle PArhizkArAn/Globe stAff The Celtics’ Stay Ready Crew, as well as a plainclothed Kristaps Porzingis, got on their feet to celebrate a 3-pointer by fellow reserve Payton Pritchard.
c8 sports B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e M A Y 12, 2 0 2 4 A EAST L W L Pct. GB Div. Last 10 Streak Baltimore 26 12 .684 — 6-1 8-2 W 3 New York 26 15 .634 1½ 7-8 7-3 L 1 Boston 20 19 .513 6½ 0-3 4-6 W 1 Tampa Bay 20 20 .500 7 4-5 6-4 W 1 Toronto 18 21 .462 8½ 5-5 4-6 W 1 CENTRAL W L Pct. GB Div. Last 10 Streak *Kansas City 24 16 .600 — 8-5 7-3 W 3 Cleveland 24 16 .600 — 6-5 4-6 L 3 Minnesota 23 16 .590 ½ 12-7 7-3 L 1 Detroit 20 19 .513 3½ 10-6 4-6 W 1 Chicago 12 28 .300 12 5-18 6-4 W 4 WEST W L Pct. GB Div. Last 10 Streak *Seattle 21 18 .538 — 5-2 5-5 W 1 Texas 22 19 .537 — 8-9 6-4 L 2 *Oakland 18 22 .450 3½ 3-5 5-5 L 2 Houston 14 25 .359 7 5-5 4-6 L 1 *Los Angeles 14 25 .359 7 0-0 3-7 L 2 NL EAST W L Pct. GB Div. Last 10 Streak Philadelphia 28 12 .700 — 5-3 9-1 W 2 Atlanta 24 12 .667 2 10-4 5-5 W 4 Washington 19 19 .500 8 5-2 5-5 L 1 New York 18 20 .474 9 2-3 4-6 L 2 Miami 10 31 .244 18½ 1-11 3-7 L 5 CENTRAL W L Pct. GB Div. Last 10 Streak Milwaukee 24 15 .615 — 11-5 6-4 W 3 Chicago 23 17 .575 1½ 3-2 5-5 L 1 Pittsburgh 18 22 .450 6½ 3-3 4-6 W 1 Cincinnati 17 22 .436 7 1-2 1-9 L 1 St. Louis 15 24 .385 9 0-6 1-9 L 7 WEST W L Pct. GB Div. Last 10 Streak Los Angeles 27 14 .659 — 8-5 8-2 W 1 San Diego 21 21 .500 6½ 11-10 7-3 L 1 Arizona 18 22 .450 8½ 9-8 5-5 L 2 San Francisco 18 23 .439 9 8-9 4-6 W 1 Colorado 11 28 .282 15 5-9 4-6 W 3 * — Not including late game ResuLts SATURDAY At Boston 4 Washington 2 At Chi. White Sox 3 Cleveland 1 At Toronto 10 Minnesota 8 At San Francisco 5 Cincinnati 1 At Baltimore 5 (11 inn.) Arizona 4 At Milwaukee 5 St. Louis 3 At Pittsburgh 10 Chi. Cubs 9 At Colorado 8 Texas 3 Atlanta 4 at NY Mets 1 LA Dodgers 5 at San Diego 0 At Tampa Bay 7 NY Yankees 2 Kansas City at LA Angels Philadelphia 8 at Miami 3 Oakland at Seattle At Detroit 8 Houston 2 FRIDAY Washington 5 at Boston 1 At Chi. White Sox 6 Cleveland 3 Chi. Cubs 7 at Pittsburgh 2 At Milwaukee 11 St. Louis 2 Houston 5 at Detroit 2 At Colorado 4 Texas 2 NY Yankees 2 at Tampa Bay 0 Kansas City 2 at LA Angels 1 At Baltimore 4 Arizona 2 At San Diego 2 LA Dodgers 1 Minnesota 3 at Toronto 2 At Seattle 8 Oakland 1 Atlanta 4 at NY Mets 2 Cincinnati 4 at San Francisco 2 Philadelphia 8 at Miami 2 suNDAY’s GAMes ........2024 ........ Team ........2023 vs. opp........ ........Last 3 starts........ Odds W-L ERA rec. W-L IP ERA W-L IP ERA WASHINGTON AT BOSTON, 1:35 p.m. Gore (L) Off 2-3 3.44 3-4 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-2 14.0 3.21 Bello (R) Off 3-1 3.04 4-1 0-0 0.0 0.00 2-1 16.2 1.62 ARIZONA AT BALTIMORE, 1:35 p.m. Gallen (R) +105 4-2 2.84 4-3 0-0 0.0 0.00 1-2 16.0 4.50 Kremer (R) -125 3-2 3.57 4-3 0-0 0.0 0.00 3-0 18.1 1.96 CHI. CUBS AT PITTSBURGH, 1:35 p.m. Taillon (R) Off 3-0 1.13 4-0 1-0 6.0 4.50 2-0 19.0 0.95 Keller (R) Off 3-3 4.41 4-4 0-0 0.0 0.00 1-1 19.0 3.79 MINNESOTA AT TORONTO, 1:37 p.m. Ober (R) -135 3-1 4.42 3-4 0-1 5.0 3.60 2-0 18.1 3.93 Manoah (R) +115 0-0 13.50 0-1 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-0 4.0 13.50 HOUSTON AT DETROIT, 1:40 p.m. Verlander (R) -115 1-1 4.43 1-3 0-1 5.0 3.60 0-1 16.1 4.96 Flaherty (R) -105 0-2 3.86 3-4 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-1 17.2 3.06 NY YANKEES AT TAMPA BAY, 1:40 p.m. Gil (R) Off 3-1 2.92 5-2 0-0 0.0 0.00 2-0 17.1 3.12 TBA Off — — 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-0 0.0 — PHILADELPHIA AT MIAMI, 1:40 p.m. Wheeler (R) -235 4-3 1.64 4-4 0-0 6.0 1.50 3-0 18.0 0.50 Garrett (L) +190 — — 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-0 0.0 — CLEVELAND AT CHI. WHITE SOX, 2:10 p.m. Allen (L) -165 3-2 6.41 4-4 0-1 11.2 3.09 0-2 12.2 9.24 Soroka (R) +140 0-4 6.34 1-7 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-1 14.1 4.40 ST. LOUIS AT MILWAUKEE, 2:10 p.m. Mikolas (R) Off 2-5 6.43 2-6 0-0 0.0 0.00 1-2 15.2 6.32 Wilson (R) Off 2-1 2.40 2-2 0-0 2.2 6.75 0-1 16.1 1.65 TEXAS AT COLORADO, 3:10 p.m. Ureña (R) Off 1-2 3.86 1-0 0-0 0.0 0.00 1-0 5.0 1.80 Hudson (R) Off 0-6 6.35 1-6 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-2 12.2 8.53 CINCINNATI AT SAN FRANCISCO, 4:05 p.m. Montas (R) +110 2-3 3.55 3-3 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-2 8.2 6.23 Harrison (L) -130 3-1 3.20 6-2 0-0 0.0 0.00 1-0 18.0 0.50 KANSAS CITY AT LA ANGELS, 4:07 p.m. Lugo (R) -135 5-1 1.74 5-3 0-0 0.0 0.00 2-0 20.2 1.31 Sandoval (L) +115 2-5 4.85 3-5 1-0 7.0 0.00 1-2 17.2 2.55 LA DODGERS AT SAN DIEGO, 4:10 p.m. Buehler (R) -130 0-0 6.75 1-0 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-0 4.0 6.75 Darvish (R) +110 2-1 2.94 5-2 1-0 6.2 1.35 2-0 15.0 1.80 OAKLAND AT SEATTLE, 4:10 p.m. Wood (L) +190 1-2 5.30 4-4 0-0 0.0 0.00 1-0 15.2 1.72 Castillo (R) -235 3-5 3.35 3-5 1-0 6.0 0.00 2-1 19.2 1.83 ATLANTA AT NY METS, 7:10 p.m. Elder (R) -125 1-1 5.28 2-1 1-0 6.0 6.00 1-1 15.1 5.28 Severino (R) +105 2-2 2.93 2-5 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-1 19.0 3.79 Team rec. — Record in games started by pitcher this season Baseball rAYS 7, YANkeeS 2 NY YANKEES AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Volpe ss 4032 0 1 .268 Soto rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Judge dh 3000 0 1 .228 Verdugo lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Berti 3b 4010 0 1 .294 Rizzo 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .260 Wells c 2 1 1 0 0 0 .200 Torres ph-2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .207 Cabrera 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Trevino ph-c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Grisham cf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .069 Totals 31 2 5 2 2 4 TAMPA BAY AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Díaz 1b 4332 0 0 .250 Arozarena lf 3 2 2 4 1 0 .154 Rosario 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .299 Paredes 3b 3 0 2 1 0 0 .301 HaRamírez dh 4000 0 1 .276 DeLuca rf 1000 1 0 .280 Palacios ph-rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Caballero ss 4 0 0 0 0 4 .250 Jackson c 2 0 0 0 0 2 .077 Rortvedt ph-c 0100 2 0 .333 Siri cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .165 Totals 30 7 8 7 5 8 NY Yankees..............................020 000 000 — 2 5 0 Tampa Bay...............................103 000 30x — 7 8 0 LOB—NY Yankees 6, Tampa Bay 5. 2B—Wells (5), Díaz 2 (8), Arozarena (4), Paredes (6). HR—Díaz (2), off Cortes, Arozarena (7), off Cortes. SB—Volpe (8). SF—Paredes. DP—NY Yankees 1. NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO ERA Cortes L 1-4 5‚ 5 4 4 3 5 4.02 Santana 1233 1 1 4.58 Hamilton „ 1 0000 2.79 Tonkin 1 0 0 0 1 2 2.08 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO ERA Littell W 2-2 5„422 2 3 3.02 Cleavinger 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.84 Adam ‚10000 1.56 Maton 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.52 Fairbanks 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.88 Inherited runners-scored—Santana 1-0, Hamilton 1-1, Cleavinger 1-0, Adam 1-0. HBP—by Littell (Judge), by Cleavinger (Grisham). PB—Trevino. NP—Cortes 89, Santana 24, Hamilton 7, Tonkin 28, Littell 80, Cleavinger 19, Adam 7, Maton 11, Fairbanks 11. Umpires—Home, Ramon De Jesus; First, Adrian Johnson; Second, Quinn Wolcott; Third, Junior Valentine. T—2:27. A—21,308 (25,025). PhiLLieS 8, mArLiNS 3 PHILADELPHIA AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Merrifield 3b 5110 0 1 .224 Realmuto c 4 1 1 1 1 1 .274 Stubbs c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .136 Harper 1b 5 0 0 0 0 3 .260 Bohm dh 5 1 2 0 0 2 .343 Castellanos rf 3 2 1 0 1 2 .209 Stott 2b 5 1 2 4 0 0 .257 Sosa ss 3 1 1 0 1 1 .282 Pache lf 4 1 3 1 0 1 .269 Rojas cf 3 0 1 2 0 1 .236 Totals 37 8 12 8 3 12 MIAMI AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Chisholm Jr. cf 5 0 2 0 0 2 .243 De La Cruz dh 4010 0 2 .270 Burger 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .195 Bell 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .200 JSánchez rf 4000 0 1 .225 Gordon lf 4030 0 0 .221 Bruján ss 4221 0 0 .268 Lopez 2b 3122 0 0 .320 Fortes c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .122 Totals 35 3 11 3 1 8 Philadelphia.............................000 004 040 — 8 12 0 Miami........................................000 010 002 — 3 11 1 E—Gordon (2). LOB—Philadelphia 7, Miami 7. 2B— Merrifield (3), Lopez (2). 3B—Stott (2). HR—Bruján (1), off Walker, Lopez (2), off Ruiz. SB—Bohm (2), Rojas (9). CS—Chisholm Jr. (2), Bruján (3). S—Rojas. Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO ERA Walker W 3-0 6 8 1 1 1 4 4.82 Strahm 1100 0 2 1.17 Hoffman 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.06 Ruiz 1 2 2 2 0 2 4.50 Miami IP H R ER BB SO ERA Luzardo L 0-3 5„ 4 2 2 1 8 5.97 Maldonado ‚ 2 2210 2.16 Smith 1‚ 4 4 3 1 3 4.12 Soriano 1„20001 9.26 Inherited runners-scored—Maldonado 1-1, Soriano 2-2. HBP—by Walker (Lopez), by Smith (Castellanos). WP—Luzardo, Smith. NP—Walker 86, Strahm 16, Hoffman 7, Ruiz 18, Luzardo 79, Maldonado 21, Smith 37, Soriano 23. Umpires—Home, Manny Gonzalez; First, Jeremy Riggs; Second, Nestor Ceja; Third, Cory Blaser. T—2:36. A—13,210 (37,446). tiGerS 8, AStrOS 2 HOUSTON AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Altuve 2b 4000 0 1 .317 Kessinger ph 1000 0 1 .000 Peña ss 3120 0 0 .345 Alvarez dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .252 Bregman 3b 4111 0 1 .201 Singleton 1b 3000 1 2 .218 Diaz c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .273 Meyers cf 4010 0 1 .236 Dubón lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .274 Loperfido rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .304 Totals 34 2 8 2 2 9 DETROIT AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Greene lf 4 1 1 1 1 1 .254 Canha rf 3 1 1 4 2 1 .242 Pérez cf 4110 1 1 .282 Carpenter dh 5223 0 1 .275 Vierling 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .277 Keith 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .174 Torkelson 1b 4010 0 1 .224 McKinstry ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .220 Rogers c 4 1 2 0 0 2 .210 Totals 36 8 11 8 5 9 Houston.....................................000 200 000 — 2 8 1 Detroit.......................................070 100 00x — 8 11 0 E—Peña (6). LOB—Houston 8, Detroit 9. 2B—Peña (6), Meyers (3), Pérez (2), Keith (3). HR—Canha (6), off Javier, Carpenter 2 (5), off Javier, off Brown. SB—Pérez (3), Keith (3). DP—Detroit 1. Houston IP H R ER BB SO ERA Javier L 2-1 1‚577 4 0 4.01 Scott „00001 2.65 Brown 5 5 1 1 0 7 7.79 Dubin 1 1 0 0 1 1 7.59 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO ERA Skubal W 5-0 6‚722 2 7 2.02 Miller „ 0 0000 4.41 Holton 2 1 0 0 0 2 3.60 Inherited runners-scored—Miller 2-0. HBP—by Miller (Peña). NP—Javier 50, Scott 9, Brown 85, Dubin 27, Skubal 97, Miller 9, Holton 25. Umpires—Home, Adam Hamari; First, Brian Walsh; Second, Edwin Moscoso; Third, Vic Carapazza. T—2:41. A—27,140 (41,083). white SOx 3, GuArDiANS 1 CLEVELAND AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Florial lf 2000 0 2 .184 Fry ph-lf 1 0 0 0 1 1 .303 Giménez 2b 4000 0 0 .241 Ramírez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .239 JNaylor 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .275 Brennan rf 4010 0 2 .252 Laureano cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .149 BNaylor c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .182 Manzardo dh 3 0 1 0 0 1 .176 Arias ss 3010 0 1 .244 Totals 31 1 4 1 1 9 WHITE SOX AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Pham cf-rf 3010 1 0 .309 Sheets rf 3000 1 0 .241 Ortega cf 0000 0 0 .000 Vaughn 1b 4120 0 1 .204 Jiménez dh 3010 1 0 .216 Shewmake pr-dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .138 Benintendi lf 3001 0 1 .194 Ramos 3b 4000 0 0 .269 DeJong ss 4110 0 3 .252 Lopez 2b 3111 0 0 .204 Maldonado c 3 0 1 1 0 1 .106 Totals 30 3 7 3 3 6 Cleveland..................................000 100 000 — 1 4 1 Chi. White Sox.........................020 000 01x — 3 7 0 E—Brennan (1). LOB—Cleveland 4, Chi. White Sox 7. 2B—Manzardo (1), Jiménez (3), Lopez (2). HR—JNaylor (11), off Clevinger. SB—Pham (1). SF—Benintendi. Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO ERA McKenzie L 2-3 6„ 4 2 1 3 5 3.54 Smith ‚10000 2.45 Barlow 1211 0 1 2.79 Chi. White Sox IP H R ER BB SO ERA Clevinger 4„ 4 1 105 5.40 Hill W 1-0 1‚ 0 0 0 0 1 2.63 Shuster 2 0 0 0 1 2 2.57 Brebbia S 1 1 000 0 1 4.38 Inherited runners-scored—Hill 1-0. WP—Clevinger. NP—McKenzie 91, Smith 5, Barlow 20, Clevinger 73, Hill 15, Shuster 27, Brebbia 14. Umpires—Home, Scott Barry; First, Nic Lentz; Second, Jacob Metz; Third, Doug Eddings. T—2:16. A—26,152 (40,615). AL LeADerS Through Friday’s games BATTING AB R H Avg. Kwan, Cle..................................133 28 47 .353 Peña, Hou .................................145 22 49 .338 Altuve, Hou...............................157 26 51 .325 Soto, NYY..................................151 26 49 .325 Perez, KC..................................137 15 44 .321 Rutschman, Bal .......................152 20 48 .316 Witt Jr., KC ...............................155 36 48 .310 Rosario, TB...............................123 11 37 .301 Heim, Tex..................................124 18 37 .298 Jeffers, Min...............................115 20 34 .296 Smith, Tex ................................112 21 33 .295 Paredes, TB..............................133 18 39 .293 Toro, Oak..................................128 18 37 .289 Ramírez, TB..............................130 16 37 .285 Westburg, Bal..........................131 20 37 .282 Semien, Tex..............................171 31 48 .281 Devers, Bos ..............................100 13 28 .280 O'Hoppe, LAA...........................111 14 31 .279 O'Neill, Bos...............................104 22 29 .279 Mountcastle, Bal .....................134 21 37 .276 Naylor, Cle................................134 20 37 .276 HOME RUNS Tucker, Hou......................................................................12 Henderson, Bal................................................................11 Naylor, Cle........................................................................10 Trout, LAA.........................................................................10 Judge, NYY..........................................................................9 Langeliers, Oak..................................................................9 Raleigh, Sea........................................................................9 Rooker, Oak........................................................................9 Soto, NYY............................................................................9 Greene, Det.........................................................................9 O'Neill, Bos.........................................................................9 Ramírez, Cle.......................................................................9 RUNS BATTED IN Soto, NYY..........................................................................33 Ramírez, Cle.....................................................................33 Perez, KC..........................................................................32 García, Tex.......................................................................30 Naylor, Cle........................................................................29 Jeffers, Min.......................................................................29 Semien, Tex......................................................................28 GiANtS 5, reDS 1 CINCINNATI AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Friedl cf 400 002 .182 De La Cruz ss 311 100 .272 Ford dh 200 000 .100 Fairchild ph-dh 1 0 0 001 .194 Capel ph-dh 100 001 .000 Steer 1b-lf 3 0 1 000 .248 Fraley rf 403 000 .304 Stephenson c 4 0 0 002 .216 Candelario 3b-1b 3 0 1 010 .212 Benson lf 201 000 .202 Espinal ph-3b 1 0 1 010 .173 India 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .210 Totals 31 1 8 137 SAN FRAN. AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Estrada 2b 401 000 .248 Wade Jr. 1b 311 001 .341 Bailey c 3 1 1 100 .280 Flores dh 400 002 .198 Ramos rf-lf 310 012 .250 Chapman 3b 412 401 .213 Conforto lf 201 001 .280 Yastrzemski pr-rf 2 0 0 001 .221 Schmitt ss 300 001 .000 Fitzgerald cf 311 000 .277 Totals 31 5 7 519 Cincinnati..................................000 100 000 — 1 8 1 San Francisco..........................400 000 10x — 5 7 0 E—De La Cruz (8). LOB—Cincinnati 9, San Francisco 5. HR—De La Cruz (9), off Black, Chapman (5), off Lodolo. SB—Fraley (6). SF—Bailey. DP—San Francisco 1. Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO ERA Lodolo L 3-2 654 416 3.34 Suter 121 102 4.18 Farmer 100 001 2.53 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO ERA Black 4‚ 4 1 122 6.23 TaRogers W 1-1 „00 002 3.77 Walker 120 001 2.14 Miller 100 010 4.66 TyRogers 110 001 2.55 Hjelle 110 001 3.09 Inherited runners-scored—TaRogers 2-0. HBP—by Suter (Wade Jr.), by Black (Steer), by TaRogers (De La Cruz), by Miller (Friedl). NP—Lodolo 98, Suter 25, Farmer 20, Black 78, TaRogers 12, Walker 11, Miller 20, TyRogers 10, Hjelle 16. Umpires—Home, Larry Vanover; First, David Rackley; Second, Nate Tomlinson; Third, Chris Segal. T—2:35. A—37,321 (41,331). brewerS 5, cArDiNALS 3 ST. LOUIS AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Donovan lf 500 000 .209 Nootbaar cf-rf 503 201 .198 Goldschmidt 1b 501 004 .190 Arenado 3b 500 001 .270 Burleson rf 300 000 .255 Siani cf 000 000 .232 Carlson ph-cf 1 0 0 000 .000 Herrera c 4 1 2 002 .253 Carpenter dh 412 002 .357 Gorman 2b 312 111 .192 Winn ss 402 000 .275 Totals 39 3 12 3 1 11 MILWAUKEE AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Turang 2b 400 000 .302 WilliContreras c 2 1 1 021 .342 Adames ss 411 001 .265 Bauers lf-rf 211 111 .231 Hoskins 1b 311 310 .233 Frelick rf 200 001 .241 Chourio ph-lf 2 0 0 001 .217 Sánchez dh 300 102 .206 Dunn 3b 211 001 .225 Ortiz ph-3b 2 0 1 000 .263 Perkins cf 300 011 .223 Totals 29 5 6 559 St. Louis....................................000 021 000 — 3 12 0 Milwaukee................................001 001 30x — 5 6 0 LOB—St. Louis 10, Milwaukee 8. 2B—Carpenter (1), Gorman (6), WilliContreras (13), Dunn (2). HR—Hoskins (9), off Kittredge. SB—Bauers (4). S—Turang. St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO ERA Gibson 532 247 3.67 Romero 1‚00 001 1.42 Kittredge L 0-2 „ 2 3 310 2.87 Fernandez 110 001 2.08 Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO ERA Peralta 683 318 3.63 Milner W 1-0 110 001 1.96 Hudson 110 002 0.81 Megill S 4 1 2 0 000 0.93 Gibson pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. Inherited runners-scored—Romero 3-1. HBP—by Gibson (Bauers), by Romero (Sánchez). NP—Gibson 104, Romero 21, Kittredge 18, Fernandez 19, Peralta 100, Milner 16, Hudson 13, Megill 19. Umpires—Home, Jim Wolf; First, Alan Porter; Second, Sean Barber; Third, Edwin Jimenez. T—2:50. A—34,028 (41,700). rOckieS 8, rANGerS 3 TEXAS AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Semien 2b 401 100 .280 Seager ss 4 0 1 0 1 0 .240 Lowe 1b 201 120 .315 García rf 400 003 .253 Smith 3b 400 001 .284 Heim c 4 0 1 000 .297 Jankowski lf 400 001 .239 Duran dh 412 001 .294 Taveras cf 422 101 .256 Totals 34 3 8 337 COLORADO AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Tovar ss 401 002 .266 Rodgers 2b 502 002 .258 McMahon 3b 524 100 .303 Díaz dh 512 100 .320 Bouchard rf 310 003 .245 Montero 1b 000 000 .205 Doyle cf 211 020 .288 Stallings c 4 1 1 203 .326 Goodman 1b 311 101 .111 Blackmon ph 101 200 .248 Cave rf 000 000 .216 Beck lf 411 002 .167 Totals 36 8 14 7 2 13 Texas.........................................000 020 100 — 3 8 1 Colorado...................................001 001 60x — 8 14 0 E—García (3). LOB—Texas 8, Colorado 8. 2B—Díaz (8), Doyle (9), Blackmon (7). HR—Taveras (3), off Bird, Goodman (2), off Heaney. SB—Taveras (4), Doyle (6). CS—Tovar (1). S—Tovar. SF—Semien. Texas IP H R ER BB SO ERA Heaney 582 208 4.39 Leclerc BS 2 1„11 114 5.40 Robertson L 2-1 024 410 2.61 Winn 1‚ 3 1 101 6.17 Colorado IP H R ER BB SO ERA Feltner 652 224 5.20 Bird „21 110 5.40 Kinley W 2-0 1‚ 0 0 0 0 1 9.64 Mears 110 002 5.17 Heaney pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. Robertson pitched to 4 batters in the 7th. Inherited runnersscored—Leclerc 2-1, Robertson 1-1, Winn 3-3, Kinley 2-0. HBP—by Robertson (Bouchard). Balk—Leclerc. WP—Robertson. NP—Heaney 85, Leclerc 33, Robertson 22, Winn 23, Feltner 84, Bird 19, Kinley 19, Mears 8. Umpires—Home, Chad Fairchild; First, Ryan Wills; Second, Carlos Torres; Third, Charlie Ramos. T—2:48. A—37,527 (46,897). DODGerS 5, PADreS 0 LA DODGERS AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Betts ss 500 001 .335 Ohtani dh 310 010 .352 KHernández ph-dh 1 0 0 001 .208 Freeman 1b 312 110 .309 Smith c 3 1 0 011 .315 Muncy 3b 310 011 .242 THernández lf 411 402 .258 Pages rf 401 002 .298 Lux 2b 301 011 .188 Outman cf 300 011 .153 Totals 32 5 5 5 6 10 SAN DIEGO AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Arraez 1b 401 001 .309 Tatis Jr. rf 402 000 .256 Profar lf 401 000 .321 Machado dh 400 001 .238 Bogaerts 2b 400 001 .204 Solano 3b 301 001 .400 Kim ss 401 000 .209 Azocar cf 300 001 .298 Higashioka c 2 0 0 001 .182 Campusano ph-c 100 000 .281 Totals 33 0 6 006 LA Dodgers...............................100 004 000 — 5 5 0 San Diego.................................000 000 000 — 0 6 0 LOB—LA Dodgers 6, San Diego 7. 2B—Freeman (12), Solano (1). HR—Freeman (4), off Waldron, THernández (11), off De Los Santos. SB—Pages (1). LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO ERA Paxton W 5-0 6 4 0 004 2.58 Varland 100 001 2.25 Yarbrough 120 000 2.61 Feyereisen 100 001 9.00 San Diego IP H R ER BB SO ERA Waldron L 1-5 5‚ 2 2 226 5.49 Morejon ‚02 220 3.38 De Los Santos ‚11 101 3.52 Brito 2 2 0 022 4.43 Kolek 1 0 0 001 3.20 Inherited runners-scored—Morejon 1-0, De Los Santos 3-3. IBB—off Brito (Freeman). HBP—by Feyereisen (Solano). Balk—Morejon. WP—Waldron, Morejon. PB—Higashioka. NP—Paxton 95, Varland 13, Yarbrough 15, Feyereisen 14, Waldron 82, Morejon 11, De Los Santos 7, Brito 40, Kolek 12. Umpires—Home, Erich Bacchus; First, Tripp Gibson; Second, Laz Diaz; Third, Mike Estabrook. T—2:36. A—46,701 (40,019). NL LeADerS Through Friday’s games BATTING AB R H Avg. Ohtani, LAD ..............................156 32 56 .359 Betts, LAD.................................156 33 54 .346 Turner, Phi................................137 27 47 .343 Bohm, Phi .................................138 19 47 .341 Contreras, Mil..........................150 35 51 .340 Profar, SD.................................136 22 44 .324 Smith, LAD................................127 22 41 .323 García Jr., Wsh ........................110 9 35 .318 Díaz, Col....................................123 14 39 .317 HOME RUNS Ozuna, Atl.........................................................................12 Ohtani, LAD......................................................................11 Hernández, LAD...............................................................10 Harper, Phi.........................................................................9 Muncy, LAD........................................................................9 Schwarber, Phi..................................................................9 Alonso, NYM.......................................................................9 5 tied....................................................................................8 RUNS BATTED IN Ozuna, Atl.........................................................................38 Bohm, Phi.........................................................................32 Contreras, Mil..................................................................30 Harper, Phi.......................................................................29 Hernández, LAD...............................................................29 5 tied..................................................................................27 brAveS 4, metS 1 ATLANTA AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Acuña Jr. rf 4 0 0 1 1 2 .252 Albies 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Riley 3b 3 1 0 0 1 2 .241 Olson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 4 .195 Ozuna dh 4 1 2 0 0 1 .319 d'Arnaud c 3 010 1 0 .270 Harris II cf 3 1 3 1 0 0 .264 Arcia ss 3 1 1 2 1 0 .263 Kelenic lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .272 Totals 33 474 4 10 NY METS AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Nimmo lf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .228 Taylor lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Marte rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .255 Narváez c 0 000 0 0 .186 Lindor ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .207 Alonso 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .215 Martinez dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .267 McNeil 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .238 Bader cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .274 Baty 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .244 Nido c 1 000 1 0 .205 Stewart ph-rf 0 000 1 0 .185 Totals 29 121 6 8 Atlanta.......................................002 100 001 — 4 7 0 NY Mets....................................000 000 001 — 1 2 1 E—Lindor (3). LOB—Atlanta 7, NY Mets 7. 2B—Ozuna (7). HR—Arcia (4), off Scott, Martinez (1), off Iglesias. DP—NY Mets 2. Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO ERA Fried W 3-1 7 000 3 5 3.57 Jiménez 1 000 2 2 1.69 Iglesias 1 211 1 1 2.76 NY Mets IP H R ER BB SO ERA Scott L 0-1 6 633 2 8 2.84 Reid-Foley 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 JLópez 1 1 1 1 2 0 2.41 Scott pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. Inherited runners-scored—Reid-Foley 2-0. HBP—by JLópez (Harris II). WP—JLópez. NP—Fried 109, Jiménez 30, Iglesias 25, Scott 91, Reid-Foley 23, JLópez 25. Umpires— Home, James Hoye; First, Rob Drake; Second, D.J. Reyburn; Third, John Libka. T—2:45. A—38,919 (41,922). PirAteS 10, cubS 9 CHI. CUBS AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Tauchman dh 4 1 2 2 1 1 .279 Suzuki rf 5 1 2 1 1 2 .313 Bellinger cf 4 0 0 1 2 1 .257 Morel 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .220 Madrigal ph-3b 2 000 0 1 .208 Happ lf 4 1 0 0 0 1 .225 Hoerner ss 3 2 1 2 1 1 .272 Busch 1b 2 1 0 1 3 2 .250 Mastrobuoni 2b 4 2 3 1 1 0 .167 Gomes c 4 111 1 3 .203 CrowArmstrong pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Totals 35 9 10 9 10 13 PITTSBURGH AB R H BI BB SO Avg. McCutchen dh 4 2 2 1 1 1 .187 Reynolds lf 4 0 1 0 1 2 .240 Joe 1b 5 1 1 3 0 1 .284 Tellez 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Cruz ss 4 2 2 1 0 0 .268 Olivares rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .214 Suwinski rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171 NGonzales 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .143 Grandal c 4 223 0 0 .235 Triolo 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .213 Taylor cf 4 2 2 2 0 1 .234 Totals 34 10 11 10 5 7 Chi. Cubs...................................000 170 001 — 9 10 0 Pittsburgh.................................004 231 00x — 10 11 0 LOB—Chi. Cubs 12, Pittsburgh 5. 2B—Tauchman (9), Mastrobuoni (1), Reynolds (9), Cruz (6). HR—Hoerner (2), off Skenes, McCutchen (4), off Lovelady, Joe (4), off Steele, Cruz (6), off Steele, Grandal (1), off Thompson, Taylor (1), off Steele. SB—Tauchman (3), Suzuki (1), Crow-Armstrong (3). CS—Morel (2). SF—Tauchman. DP—Chi. Cubs 1. Chi. Cubs IP H R ER BB SO ERA Steele 4 6 6 6 2 3 4.73 Thompson L 1-1 1 233 2 2 4.97 Lovelady 1 211 0 0 6.75 Cuas 2 100 1 2 9.00 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO ERA Skenes 4 6 3 3 2 7 6.75 Nicolas „ 044 3 2 7.71 Fleming 0 1 1 1 1 0 3.50 Holderman W 1-0 1‚00 0 3 1 0.82 Chapman 1 1 0 0 1 2 4.15 Stratton 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.19 Bednar S 7 1 211 0 0 9.64 Skenes pitched to 2 batters in the 5th. Fleming pitched to 2 batters in the 5th. Inherited runnersscored—Nicolas 2-2, Fleming 3-2, Holderman 3-2. HBP—by Skenes (Hoerner), by Nicolas (Happ). NP— Steele 74, Thompson 38, Lovelady 13, Cuas 33, Skenes 84, Nicolas 23, Fleming 11, Holderman 27, Chapman 27, Stratton 11, Bednar 16. Umpires—Home, Paul Clemons; First, Andy Fletcher; Second, Mike Muchlinski; Third, Jansen Visconti. T—2:56 (2:20 delay). A—34,924 (38,747). OriOLeS 5, DiAmONDbAckS 4 ARIZONA AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Marte dh 4 1 1 2 0 0 .294 Carroll cf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .195 Gurriel Jr. lf 5 0 2 1 0 0 .245 Walker 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .273 Grichuk rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Pederson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .299 McCarthy rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .295 EugSuárez 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .222 Moreno c 4 000 0 0 .242 Alexander 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .263 Newman ss 4 2 2 0 0 1 .197 Totals 38 474 1 6 BALTIMORE AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Henderson ss 4 1 2 1 1 0 .278 Rutschman c 5 000 0 1 .306 McKenna pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 McCann c 0 000 0 0 .224 O'Hearn dh 4 0 1 1 1 0 .294 Mountcastle 1b 5 1 3 0 0 1 .288 Santander rf 4 1 1 1 1 1 .217 Cowser cf-lf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .265 Westburg 3b 5 0 4 2 0 0 .301 Kjerstad lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Mullins cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .192 Mateo 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Totals 40 5 13 5 3 6 Arizona................................002 020 000 00 — 4 7 0 Baltimore............................011 010 010 01 — 5 13 0 LOB—Arizona 7, Baltimore 10. 2B—Gurriel Jr. (8), Newman (3), Mountcastle 2 (11), Westburg (8). 3B— Newman (1), Mountcastle (1). HR—Marte (9), off Means, Henderson (12), off RNelson, Santander (7), off Ginkel. SB—Westburg (5). SF—Carroll. DP—Arizona 2; Baltimore 2. Arizona IP H R ER BB SO ERA RNelson 4„ 10 3 3 0 3 5.33 Thompson 1‚ 000 0 1 1.10 Mantiply 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.31 Ginkel BS 3 1 111 0 0 3.31 Sewald 1 1 0 0 1 1 3.00 Jarvis L 0-2 1 110 2 1 4.91 Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO ERA Means 4„ 644 0 3 3.09 Baumann 2‚ 100 0 0 4.02 Akin 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.12 Cano 1 000 1 0 1.80 Coulombe 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.40 Kimbrel W 4-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4.11 Jarvis pitched to 1 batter in the 11th. Inherited runners-scored—Thompson 1-0, Baumann 2-0. IBB—off Sewald (Henderson), off Jarvis (O'Hearn). HBP—by Means (Marte), by Kimbrel (Walker). NP—RNelson 87, Thompson 13, Mantiply 9, Ginkel 9, Sewald 26, Jarvis 17, Means 89, Baumann 22, Akin 17, Cano 19, Coulombe 15, Kimbrel 11. Umpires—Home, Chad Whitson; First, Bill Miller; Second, Malachi Moore; Third, John Bacon. T—3:11. A—27,882 (45,971). bLue JAYS 10, twiNS 8 MINNESOTA AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Julien 2b 4 1 2 0 1 2 .215 Larnach dh 5 0 2 1 0 2 .350 Jeffers c 5 111 0 3 .292 Kepler rf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .329 Correa ss 4 2 2 1 1 0 .286 Kirilloff lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .219 Castro cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .271 Santana 1b 4 2 2 3 0 0 .203 Miranda 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .280 Totals 39 8 13 7 2 12 TORONTO AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Schneider lf 4 3 3 2 0 1 .287 Kiermaier cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Varsho cf-lf 3 1 1 1 2 0 .222 Guerrero Jr. 1b 5 1 4 3 0 0 .272 Turner dh 5 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Jansen c 5 232 0 0 .315 Bichette ss 5 1 1 1 0 1 .200 Kiner-Falefa 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .284 Biggio rf 2 1 1 0 1 1 .205 Springer ph-rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .206 Clement 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .269 Totals 38 10 16 10 4 3 Minnesota.................................313 100 000 — 8 13 0 Toronto.....................................012 032 20x — 10 16 1 E—Schneider (1). LOB—Minnesota 6, Toronto 9. 2B—Kepler (8), Correa (6), Castro (10), Santana (5), Schneider (8), Varsho (8). HR—Jeffers (9), off Pop, Santana (6), off Gausman, Schneider (4), off Woods Richardson, Jansen (4), off Sands, Bichette (2), off Woods Richardson. SB—Julien (4), Schneider (2), Guerrero Jr. (1). SF—Schneider. DP—Minnesota 1. Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO ERA Woods Richardson 4‚ 855 1 2 3.24 Sands 1‚ 333 0 1 4.08 Okert BS 4 ‚ 100 1 0 3.86 Jackson L 1-2 ‚ 222 0 0 6.87 Thielbar ‚ 100 2 0 6.23 Staumont 1‚ 100 0 0 0.00 Toronto IP H R ER BB SO ERA Gausman 3 10 7 6 2 6 4.95 Pop 1 2 1 1 0 0 3.18 Richards 2 000 0 2 2.84 Swanson W 1-2 1 000 0 1 13.50 García 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.63 Romano S 6 1 100 0 2 4.15 Inherited runners-scored—Sands 1-1, Okert 2-2, Thielbar 2-2, Staumont 3-0. WP—Sands. NP—Woods Richardson 91, Sands 28, Okert 11, Jackson 10, Thielbar 25, Staumont 21, Gausman 86, Pop 16, Richards 18, Swanson 9, García 9, Romano 16. Umpires—Home, Phil Cuzzi; First, Alex Tosi; Second, Dan Bellino; Third, Tom Hanahan. T—3:08. A—35,069 (49,286). AL LeADerS Through Friday’s games ERA Lugo, KC.........................................................................1.74 Crawford, Bos...............................................................1.75 Skubal, Det....................................................................1.90 Blanco, Hou...................................................................2.23 Houck, Bos.....................................................................2.24 Gray, Tex........................................................................2.36 Singer, KC......................................................................2.36 Olson, Det......................................................................2.52 Miller, Sea......................................................................2.61 Eovaldi, Tex...................................................................2.61 Kikuchi, Tor...................................................................2.64 Anderson, LAA..............................................................2.74 ASSOcIATED PRESS The cubs drew six bases-loaded walks in the fifth inning Saturday in Pittsburgh against the Pirates, the most by a major league team in a single inning in 65 years. The last team to draw that many free passes with runners at every base in one inning was the White Sox, who had eight in the seventh inning on April 22, 1959. The inning, which included a rain delay of over two hours, began with prized Pirates rookie Paul skenes giving up two hits, ending his big-league debut. The cubs needed thr ee mor e p itcher s to g et through the frame. kyle Nicolas came on, struck out two batters and hit Ian Happ with a pitch. Then it got much worse. nico las threw 12 straight pitches outside the strike zone to Nico Hoerner, Michael busch, and Miles Mastrobuoni to bring in three runs. J os h F lemin g came i n and walked Yan Gomes before giving up an infield single to Mike tauchman. fleming was pulled for Colin Holderman, who walked seiya suzuki on four pitches and Cody bellinger on five to give chicago, which trailed 6-1 entering the frame, an 8-6 lead. holderman retired Nick Madrigal to end the inning. The Pirates retook the lead with three runs in the bottom half and held on to win, 10-9. braves fail in no-hit bid J.D. Martinez of the Mets hit a homer with two outs in the ninth inning to spoil a combined no-hit bid by the visiting braves’ Max Fried and two relievers. Martinez homered to right-center off Raisel Iglesias, who entered to pitch the ninth, to end the no-hitter with the braves leading, 4-0. Atlanta wound up winning, 4-1. fried threw a season-high 109 pitches (68 strikes) in seven innings. Joe Jiménez came on in the eighth and walked two batters before retiring the side. orioles win it in 11th Jordan Westburg flicked a gameending single inside the right-field line in the 11th inning for his fourth hit of the day, and the host Orioles beat the Diamondbacks, 5-4. Gunnar Henderson tied for the major league lead with his 12th homer for Al East-leading baltimore. Anthony santander went deep in the eighth to tie the game. Craig kimbrel (4-1) worked a scoreless 11th after a rough stretch in which the veteran failed to convert four of five save opportunities. Rays get closer back Rays closer Pete Fairbanks was reinstated from the 15-day injured list and pitched the ninth inning of a 7-2 win over the Yankees after missing 19 games with nerve-related hand issues. The righthander was shut down after experiencing numbness while playing catch. he was 0-2 with a 9.00 ERA in eight games. Tampa bay, which got four RbIs and a homer from Randy Arozarena, comes to fenway Park for a fourgame set against the Red Sox starting Monday. Notebook Pirates survive walks bARRY chIn/GlObE STAff Red Sox first baseman Dominic Smith is encouraged to return to the dugout after arguing a third strike call by plate umpire Brennan Miller in the fourth inning vs. the Nationals.
M A Y 12, 2024 B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e Sports C9 GETTY IMAGES, ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS Looking for answers The Astros demoted slugger Jose Abreu to their Florida Complex League in an attempt to fix the three-time All-Star’s abysmal start to the season. The 37-yearold — a former Rookie of the Year and MVP — had just seven hits (one for extra bases) in 77 plate appearances, leaving him one of just seven players to hit under .100 with at least 70 plate appearances in March and April in a season, according to baseball-reference.com. And Abreu isn’t the only veteran struggling in 2024 — the Nationals’ Eddie Rosario batted .088 in April. The list of the sub-.100 major leaguers before the calendar turned to May: COMPILED BY RICHARD McSWEENEY Batting average Batting average at end of season Greg Vaughn TB, 2002 .099 (104) .163 0 . .100 200 Don Baylor CAL, 1981 .239 .062 (77 plate appearances) Roger Metzger HOU, 1973 .250 .088 (72) Mike Epstein WAS, 1968 .234 .090 (73) Cedric Mullins BAL, 2019 .094 (74) .094 Eddie Rosario WAS, 2024 .088 (73) ? .099 (77) Jose Abreu HOU, 2024 ? .200 .250 .234 Baseball The trade deadline is just over 11 weeks away and there already have been two notable deals made by contenders. The Marlins gave up on their season and sent All-Star second baseman Luis Arráez to the Padres for four prospects on May 4. Four days later, the White Sox traded outfielder Robbie Grossman to the Rangers for a minor league righthander. Grossman had a .597 OPS over 25 games for Chicago, so it’s not a move that will change much for the last-place White Sox. But Grossman was a regular player for Texas last season, meriting 420 plate appearances and contributing 34 extra-base hits and 49 RBIs. With rookie left fielder Wyatt Langford expected to be on the injured list for 3-4 weeks with a hamstring strain, the switch-hitting Grossman gives the Rangers a useful hitter against lefthanders. He also has 17 games of postseason experience. Do these moves signal that teams will be more active in the coming weeks as opposed to the days leading up to July 30? That was the question put to Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow, who already has made 11 trades since being hired in October. “On the one hand, you have expanded playoffs keeping teams engaged longer, which is great for baseball fans,” Breslow said. “On the other side, if teams do fall out of the pack and are chasing multiple teams, are they willing to be decisive earlier on? “There’s a chance an outlier or two becomes a trend, so we’ll see where things go.” Breslow has shown himself to be decisive. He traded Chris Sale, John Schreiber, and Alex Verdugo to bring back prospects. He also traded prospects to obtain Tyler O’Neill from the Cardinals. The Red Sox are among the large group of teams that could be either buyers or sellers come the deadline. But the obvious buyers (Braves, Dodgers, Orioles, Phillies, and Yankees) and sellers (Angels, Athletics, Marlins, Rockies, and White Sox) could push the market forward and bring other teams along. Teams are chasing Oakland closer Mason Miller. Miami lefthander Jesús Lazardo, who is on the injured list with a flexor strain, seems sure to be moved once he is healthy. It’s also fair to wonder if the Blue Jays will break up their underachieving core and start over. The Orioles might be in the market for a closer given some recent stumbles by Craig Kimbrel. Given their better-than-expected start, where do the Red Sox stand? “The right plan is always to give some run to give what we believe to be our true talent to surface,” Breslow said. “We have major league talent in our pitching staff and we want to give those guys a chance to perform. We’re seeing that. “The injuries have been something else that we’ve needed to weather. We’re six weeks into the season. It’s a little premature to make any irreversible dePeter Abraham Some teams are getting an early start on deals cisions here. But generally we’re getting healthier. We’ve got some key members of the rotation coming back. We have some guys who have stepped up. “[Trade strategy] typically becomes evident.” Breslow played for seven teams over 12 seasons. He was a trade-deadline acquisition by the Red Sox in 2012. He’s also the first Red Sox head of baseball operations with major league playing experience since Haywood Sullivan from 1978-83. How will that background color Breslow’s moves over the coming weeks? “My experience gives me a pretty good idea of how certain decisions may land in the clubhouse and maybe the opportunity to try to walk through the decision process to be open and transparent with players about why we’re doing certain things,” Breslow said. “The clubhouse matters and the sense of environment that’s created matters. But also, my decisions can’t be driven solely based on what the desire of the clubhouse is. “But I do think when there is a chance to act decisively and with conviction in a way that improves the outlook of the team, especially when it doesn’t come at a sacrifice of what we’re trying to build here, then I think I’m well-positioned to understand what the benefits of that are.” Breslow said he is “collecting more and more information” and studying data to determine which prospects are keepers and which he would be willing to include in trades. “There’s so much volatility,” he said. “But fortunately the industry does a pretty good job of telling you the guys that you should value really highly. “There are players who I might sit here today and say we would really like to hold on to this guy. But if there’s an opportunity to improve what we’re trying to do, you have to be willing to think about anyone in that context.” Keep in mind that, with only a few exceptions, nearly all of the Sox prospects were drafted or signed during previous administrations. Breslow has little emotional attachment to those players. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT? Sox outfielders working as a unit The season isn’t even a quarter complete, so all statistics have to be measured with that in mind. But the Red Sox having the most defensive runs saved in the outfield (13) is still astonishing. The Sox were 18th in that metric in 2023 and 26th in 2022. That Tyler O’Neill is playing left field instead of heavy-legged Masataka Yoshida is a big factor, as is the increased playing time for Wilyer Abreu in right field. Both players take good routes to fly balls and Abreu has an excellent arm. The big change has been the improvement of Jarren Duran in center. Outfield coach Kyle Hudson helped make that happen by having the outfielders do drill work as a group during spring training. The Sox focused on individual defensive skills for several seasons. But Hudson wanted the outfielders to learn to work together. Now Duran has a better sense of how much ground Abreu and O’Neill can cover and adjusts accordingly. “We try to be as accurate as we can be with positioning,” Hudson said. “But those guys also have to communicate with each other and that part of it has been fun to watch. “Jarren can play a step or two in either direction now because he knows what the other two will do. He’s playing with a lot more confidence.” What makes it even more impressive is the Sox came into the season intending to play Duran in left, O’Neill in right, and Ceddanne Rafaela in center. That changed after Trevor Story was lost for the season with a shoulder injury and Rafaela went to the infield. It sounds simple: Have players practice together. But it has worked. A few other observations on the Red Sox: R Pitching coach Andrew Bailey, deservedly so, has received credit for the staff’s turnaround. But there also has been improvement in the team’s day-today game planning against hitters. Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow, who was director of pitching with the Cubs, is part of those conversations. He checks in with Bailey and manager Alex Cora on a daily basis about how best to approach certain situations. “Those guys know what my preferences are,” Breslow said. Director of pitching Justin Willard, game-planning coordinator Jason Varitek, pitching strategist Devin Rose, and bullpen coach Kevin Walker are all part of the daily preparation. “The way I believe is the right way to do this job is to make sure the people around you know what the vision is, know what it is important, and then have the flexibility to operate within those constraints,” Breslow said. R Old friend Blake Swihart, now 32, has signed with Chihuahua of the Mexican League. He had been playing for Charleston in the independent Atlantic League. It was a newsy week for 2011 Red Sox draft picks. Matt Barnes was designated for assignment by the Nationals after giving up 10 earned runs on 16 hits over 13‚ innings. Jackie Bradley Jr. is playing for Long Island in the Atlantic League and hit .235 with a .641 OPS through 13 games. R Doug Mirabelli, Trot Nixon, and Curt Schilling attended a memorial service for former Sox player Dave McCarty in Oakland on Thursday. McCarty died suddenly last month at 54. Senior director of club relations Jack McCormick attended on behalf of the team. McCarty played for the Sox from 2003-05, part of an 11-year career in the majors. ETC. Livvy era begins, and Skenes,too The Pirates promoting 21-year-old top pitching prospect Paul Skenes to the majors was welcome news for MLB’s social media department. Skenes is dating gymnast Livvy Dunne, who has 5.1 million followers on Instagram and 8.1 million on TikTok. The couple met at LSU, where both won national championships. Within baseball, Skenes is famous for his triple-digit fastball, power sweeper, and a “splinker” pitch that has the traits of a splitter and sinker. At 6 feet 6 inches, 235 pounds, he’s a true power pitcher while at the same time showing the ability to change speeds and attack from different angles. Skenes started his college career at Air Force as a catcher and closer. He transferred to LSU for the 2023 season and became a full-time starter. He was 13-2 with a 1.69 earned run average for a team that finished 54-17. The Pirates were extraordinarily careful with Skenes. He pitched only 6„ innings after the draft before being shut down. He then pitched one game in major league spring training before being sent down to minor league camp. Skenes allowed three earned runs on 17 hits over 27‚ innings in seven starts for Triple A Indianapolis and struck out 45 with only eight walks. The Pirates could have had Skenes in their rotation to open the season. But general manager Ben Cherington wanted to control his innings in such a way that he could pitch through the end of the season as opposed to being shut down in August. When the Red Sox were in Pittsburgh last month, Cherington said the team had done as much research as it could to develop a plan for Skenes. But he acknowledged there was no way to be sure they were doing the right thing. In Skenes and 22-year-old righthander Jared Jones (2-3, 2.63 ERA in his first seven starts), the Pirates have two rotation cornerstones to build around. Jones struck out 52 with only five walks over 41 innings in those seven starts. This is the franchise’s chance to become relevant again. But outside of baseball, Skenes is the boyfriend who makes occasional appearances in Dunne’s videos. Dunne reportedly makes $500,000 apiece for promotional posts on social media and was one of the most valuable NCAA athletes based on NIL payments. When she attended one of Skenes’s minor league games in Bradenton, Fla., last season, the team put Dunne in a suite above the plate to shield her from a crowd of autograph-seeking fans. Skenes and Dunne are not at the level of Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift. But MLB won’t complain. Extra bases The Red Sox have no complaints about their rotation. But it’s worth noting that James Paxton was 4-0 with a 3.08 ERA through six starts with the Dodgers (despite 24 walks in 32‚ innings) and Chris Sale was 5-1, 2.95 in seven starts for the Braves and averaging 11.0 strikeouts per nine innings. Sale’s slider produced 13 swings and misses against the Red Sox this past week, his most with that pitch in a game since 2018. Opponents have hit .158 against the slider. With Sale, it’s all a matter of health. But he’s also motivated by showing Atlanta it didn’t make a mistake in trading for him. “I owe it to the Braves to be the best I can be,” Sale said. Sale’s Hall of Fame résumé took a big hit in recent years. A few more All-Star Games and another ring would do a lot to improve his chances . . . Through 15 starts, Shota Imanaga (Cubs) and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Dodgers) were 9-1 with a 1.94 ERA. Their quick success in making the transition from Japan has increased interest in righthander Roki Sasaki, the flamethrowing 22-year-old ace of the Chiba Lotte Marines. Foreign professionals under the age of 25 are subject to international signing rules and signing bonus limits. But Sasaki has made it clear he wants to pitch in the majors. The question is whether China Lotte would hold on to him until after the 2027 season, when it can collect a posting fee . . . The 2018 trade that sent Christian Yelich from the Marlins to the Brewers is one of the all-time steals. The four players the Marlins received — outfielder Lewis Brinson, infielder Isan Diaz, outfielder Monte Harrison, and righthander Jordan Yamamoto — were busts. Brinson hit .199 over parts of six seasons and is playing in Mexico. Diaz hit .177 over 153 games and is now in independent ball. Harrison hit .176 in 50 games and has switched to college football at 28. He’s hoping to make the team at Arkansas as a walk-on. Yamamoto appeared in 21 major league games and is now retired . . . Call me cynical, but it’s a little too convenient that it took only 51 days for the gambling scandal involving Shohei Ohtani’s former translator to come to a conclusion. The story broke on March 20 that Ippei Mizuhara had essentially stolen money from Ohtani to feed a sports gambling addiction. It essentially ended Thursday when Mizuhara agreed to plead guilty to bank fraud for stealing $17 million from the Dodgers star. He is expected to receive a reduced sentence and will be required to repay Ohtani. Mizuhara has said he didn’t bet on baseball and Ohtani was unaware of his gambling. It still makes little sense any bookie would allow a bettor to fall $17 million in the hole without knowing how the debt would be paid. Or that Ohtani had no idea Mizuhara had stolen that much from him and was gambling it away. It’s also odd that Mizuhara was Ohtani’s only conduit to the Angels and his agents at CAA. There were somehow no other Japanese speakers in either organization . . . Action for Boston Community Development will hold its 25th annual Field of Dreams fund-raiser on May 19 at Fenway Park. The event brings company teams to Fenway to play softball. Contact [email protected] or call (617) 348-6244 for information . . . Condolences to the family and many friends of longtime agent Barry Axelrod, who died at 77 on Friday. He represented, among others, Jake Peavy, Jeff Bagwell, and Craig Biggio . . . Happy birthday to Bob Heise, who is 77. The infielder played 11 seasons in the majors, including 95 games for the Red Sox from 1975-76. Heise was acquired in a trade with the Angels for Tommy Harper and was the team’s utility infielder for much of the season, appearing in 63 games. But he did not play in the postseason. Heise played only 32 games in ’76 and was sold to the Royals after the season. Peter Abraham can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him @PeteAbe.
C10 sports B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e M A Y 12, 2 0 2 4 bARRY CHIN/GLObE STAFF Red Sox leadoff hitter Jarren Duran tied the game in the fifth inning with an RBI double to left field. bARRY CHIN/GLObE STAFF Wilyer Abreu donned the Sox’ home run medal after his third-inning solo blast. he’s still one of the best hitters on the team and to see that, it’s impressive. It’s crazy. Give credit to them. big guts. Raffy put a tough bat on, found a hole, and went the other way. As a pitcher, being on that side, you just have to tip your cap. He beat him opposite [field].” RED sOX NOTEBOOk By Julian McWilliams GLObE STAFF There’s a strong chance that Red Sox starter Brayan Bello (right lat tightness) will be reinstated from the injured list ahead of Sunday’s series finale against the Nationals at Fenway Park. bello made one start for Triple A Worcester and came out of it without incident, giving the Sox optimism for his return. The Red Sox have been hampered by injuries to their pitching staff. Nick Pivetta was recently reinstated from the injured list and though he was roughed up and lasted just four innings while allowing five earned runs in Wednesday’s loss to the braves, the starter, who was originally placed on the IL with a right elbow flexor strain, saw it as a positive step forward. “I mean, hats off to the training staff and [head athletic trainer] Brandon Henry,” Pivetta said. “He’s been with me since [my injury]. It takes a team to get everybody back. I’m happy that I feel good and I look forward to my next start.” The rotation has been the bright spot for the Red Sox despite the injuries. Entering Saturday, Sox starters led the league with a 2.39 ERA while ranking third in WHIP (1.06) and opponent batting average (.217). “I had no doubt from the pitching side that guys in spring training, that the guys that were here and the guys started in Triple A were going to do a good job,” manager alex Cora said before the Sox won the middle game vs. the Nationals, 4-2. “I truly believed that in spring training. I felt like [Cooper] Criswell, if we wanted to go another route with [Garrett Whitlock] in the bullpen and keeping [Criswell] in the rotation, we were going to be fine. because of the way he pitches. So, I feel pretty confident that we were going to pitch. The thing is that when you have so many guys injured, then the five innings and the four innings, it becomes hard, and that’s what we ran into last year, especially with the bullpen.” Criswell pitched well again Saturday, going five innings and yielding just two runs (both on solo shots) while striking out a career-high nine. Whitlock (oblique) will return to the rotation when the club reinstates him from the IL, meaning the Sox will have a decision to make as it pertains to Criswell. On Wednesday, Whitlock is scheduled to start for Worcester. It’s still to be determined whether Whitlock will need more than one start before returning from the rehab assignment. “I’m just happy that we’re getting our guys back,” Cora following the win. “And [Criswell] will be a part of this.” Rafaela on upswing Ceddanne Rafaela was batting .350/ .357/.600 across 11 games, with a .957 OPS, heading into Saturday. While that could be a positive sign, Cora refrained from suggesting that his rookie, who has a tendency to chase pitches outside the strike zone, had completely figured out the big leagues. “He’s been getting hits,” Cora said. “I don’t know where we are at as far as like chasing pitches and all that, but he’s not expanding much. I do believe he becomes more selective when men are on. He’s still learning, and you start looking at the numbers he’s starting to get his hits. I think he put up great at-bats against Chris [sale] in Atlanta. Friday [against the Nationals] the walk was huge. Little by little, he’s getting there. but I do believe there’s more.” Rafaela has had to learn at the big league level while also commanding shortstop in the absence of Trevor story. Neither is an easy task, particularly for a player in his first full season in the majors. Though he’s had his struggles at the plate, the pressure, including playing in a tough market, hasn’t flustered Rafaela. “I think it’s part of the game,” he said. “You [have to] have more bad days than good days. Then you go 3 for 10 and you’re one of the best in the game. It’s always going to be more failure than success. I think you just need to just keep focus, and try to help the team every day. I think that’s the biggest one for me.” Campbell at work Rehabbing reliever Isaiah Campbell (shoulder) recently tossed an up and down . . . Corner infield prospect Blaze Jordan left a game for Double A Portland with a finger injury on his left hand, incurred on a play at the plate. The extent of the injury had yet to be determined. Upon return, Bello will rejoin stronger rotation There’s conviction and consensus among those who describe Red Sox outfielder Tyler O’Neill. “Intense would be the word that I use for him,” said manager Alex Cora. “He is very intense,” agreed teammate Reese McGuire. “Very intense.” “Intensity in a ball,” said Vaughn Grissom. “He’s a ball of intensity.” Given the breadth of that sentiment, there may not be a play in baseball that better embodies a player’s on-field persona than O’Neill’s throws to the plate from the outfield. Yes, O’Neill has commanded most of his attention this year for what he’s done in the batter’s box. He entered Saturday hitting .279/.385/.596 with nine homers, a source of instant offense in the early season. (Of course, his .130/.259/.261 line with runners in scoring position has also been a contributor to the team’s recent offensive struggles.) but the two-time Gold Glover’s defense in the two outfield corners has also been noteworthy. “He’s such a good athlete, such a good defender,” said pitcher Tanner made the gutsy decision. Heading into Saturday, the Red Sox went 27 consecutive plate appearances without plating a runner in scoring position. More importantly, Devers had struggled with men in scoring position this year, too, batting just .208 in those situations. Devers would also go up in the count, 2-0, and all but one of the pitches he saw during the at-bat were four-seam fastballs, a clear indication that if the Sox slugger was going to beat Garcia, he would have to hit the fastball. He proceeded to foul off four consecutive pitches with the intention of going to the opposite field in order to protect himself from chasing the slider off the plate. On the seventh pitch of the at-bat, Devers got another fastball and scalded it to left-center field for a two-run double that ultimately stamped a 4-2 Sox win, giving the club life for a series victory Sunday. “I was ready,” Devers said through a translator. “Me as a hitter, I’m ready to hit any pitch. I’m out there to swing. Throughout my career, everybody knows that I am a good breaking ball hitter. but he did surprise me with the fastball. I was just able to hit the ball.” Devers, while he understood the decision to intentionally walk O’Neill, admitted that he was surprised when it occurred. And rightfully so. The only time that happened in his career was back in 2021 against the Rays, when they walked JD Martinez to get to Devers. On paper, the decision to issue the intentional walk made sense. Garcia is a lefty and with O’Neill, a righty, at the plate and in a hitter’s count, he could have easily put the Sox in front with one swing. Instead, Martinez and the Nationals chose to deal with Devers — one of the best hitters in the sport. “That’s big guts,” Sox closer Kenley Jansen, who recorded his sixth save, said. “That’s all I can say. I don’t care, uRED sOX Continued from Page C1 Cooper Criswell’s performance also impressed. He continues to be a steady piece to the Sox rotation in the absence of injured starters. Against the Nationals, he worked five innings, yielding two runs on three hits and a walk while striking out a career-high nine. “I thought it was pretty cool,” Criswe ll said. “[Catcher] Reese [McGuire] called a good game. I thought we got ahead and kept them off-balance for most of the night. Luckily, I got nine today.” both runs allowed by Criswell came via the homer. Joey Meneses tagged a Criswell sweeper over the Green Monster in the second inning for the first run of the game. Then in the fifth, Eddie Rosario poked an opposite-field home run to left. The Red Sox, however, responded to each run Criswell allowed. Wilyer Abreu got the Sox on the board in the third inning with a nodoubt solo shot to right field off Nationals starter Jake Irvin to tie the score at 1-1. Then in the fifth, McGuire led off with a single. David Hamilton attempted to advance McGuire with a bunt, but it was too firm and Meneses, the Nationals’ first baseman, fielded the b al l and thr ew out McGuire a t second. Hamilton, though, stole second base and advanced to third on a fly out by Ceddanne Rafaela. Jarren Duran then drove Hamilton in with an RbI doub le o ff the Monster. Duran was stranded at second when Abreu flew out to right to end the inning. The focus, though, shifted back to Devers. If the Sox want to get out of this offensive rut, it will have to start with Devers capitalizing when the game matters the most. Saturday might have been a start. “He was on pitches,” manager Alex Cora said of Devers. “He got one he was able to handle.” Julian McWilliams can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him @byJulianMack. Devers’s double delivers Sox a win At Fenway Park WASHINGTON AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Young cf 4 0 000 2 .275 Abrams ss 4 0 200 0 .271 García Jr. 2b 4 0 000 1 .307 Meneses 1b 4 1 110 2 .220 Winker dh 3 0 001 3 .238 Ruiz c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .145 Rosario lf 2 1 111 0 .167 Lipscomb 3b 3 0 000 1 .242 Robles rf 2 0 000 2 .250 Totals 29 2 4 2 2 12 BOSTON AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Duran cf 3 0 110 0 .265 a-Refsnyder ph-lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .341 Abreu rf 3 1 110 0 .284 b-González ph-ss 1 1 0 0 0 0 .273 O'Neill lf-rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .271 Devers 3b 4 0 220 2 .288 Grissom dh 4 0 000 1 .120 Smith 1b 3 0 000 2 .167 McGuire c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Hamilton 2b 3 1 000 0 .200 Rafaela ss-cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Totals 31 4 6 4 1 7 Washington.....................................010 010 000 — 2 4 2 Boston..............................................001 010 02x — 4 6 1 a-singled for Duran in 8th, b-grounded into a fielder’s choice for Abreu in 8th. E—Abrams (4), Lipscomb (6), Hamilton (4). LOB—Washington 3, Boston 4. 2B—Duran (9), Devers (8). HR—Meneses (1), off Criswell, Rosario (4), off Criswell, Abreu (3), off Irvin. SB—Hamilton (4). CS— Robles (1). Runners left in scoring position—Washington 1 (García Jr.), Boston 3 (Abreu, Grissom 2). RISP—Washington 0 for 1, Boston 2 for 6. GIDP—García Jr., Rosario. DP— Boston 2 (Criswell, Rafaela, Smith), (McGuire, Rafaela, Smith). Washington IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Irvin 7 4 2 2 0 6 103 3.55 Garcia L 0-2 1 2 2 2 1 1 18 6.35 Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Criswell 5 3 2 2 1 9 79 2.10 Bernardino 1‚ 1 0 0 0 1 14 0.53 Slaten „ 0 0 010 11 1.74 Martin W 2-1 1 0 0 000 13 4.40 Jansen S 6 1 0 0 002 16 2.84 IBB—off Garcia (O'Neill). HBP—by Martin (Robles). Umpires—Home, Brennan Miller; First, Brian O'Nora; Second, Derek Thomas; Third, Chris Conroy. T—2:13. A—30,995 (37,755). how the runs scored SECOND INNING NATIONALS — Meneses homered to left. Winker walked. Ruiz struck out. Ed.Rosario grounded into a double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, Winker out. THIRD INNING RED SOX — Rafaela struck out. Duran grounded to pitcher. Abreu homered to right. O'Neill grounded to shortstop. FIFTH INNING NATIONALS — Ed.Rosario homered to left. Lipscomb flied to right. Robles struck out. Young struck out. RED SOX — McGuire singled to right. Hamilton bunted into fielder’s choice, first to shortstop, McGuire out. Hamilton stole second. Rafaela lined to right, Hamilton to third. Duran doubled to left, Hamilton scored. Abreu flied to right. EIGHTH INNING RED SOX — Rafaela popped to second. Refsnyder, hitting for Duran, singled to third. R.González, hitting for Abreu, reached on fielder’s choice, shortstop unassisted, Refsnyder out; on shortstop Abrams’s throwing error, R.González to second. O'Neill was intentionally walked. Devers doubled to left, R.González and O'Neill scored. Grissom struck out. Red Sox 4, Nationals 2 Baseball Houck. “Obviously his bat is overshadowing that, but you forget that he’s a Gold Glove outfielder as well. To have a guy like that is truly, truly special.” O’Neill has a signature play that has been captivating despite the fact that it has yet to result in an out. On multiple occasions this year, with a runner on second, O’Neill has fielded ground balls in stride and unloaded throws to the plate with every bit of power he can muster, the momentum of his follow through so extreme — intense, if you will — that his body flies forward in a full front flip. The first occurrence came on Opening Day against the Mariners, inspiring awe among teammates. “He just broke it out,” said outfielder Jarren Duran. “I was like, ‘Oh my God! All right, T.O. is here. This is what he’s doing.’ I don’t know if I’d have the guts to go over the top like that.” The most recent instance occurred on a close play at the plate in Friday night’s game against the Nationals, nearly nailing the runner at the plate. Though the 28-year-old said he overflowed with energy while growing up in Western Canada and had a trampoline in his backyard, he only started incorporating the aerial somersault on his throws in the last couple of years with the Cardinals. “I just wanted a little extra oomph on the throw,” said O’Neill. “I’m an allor-nothing guy for the most part, especially in a situation like that where I’m trying to come up with a throw to home plate. I just felt like I didn’t have to worry about like decelerating my body at all. I could just whip through the throw. Then it kind of turned into an almost front flip. “With the Cardinals, I started to make some throws to home, just letting it rip, man. I got a couple of guys doing it too.” McGuire recalled a spring training drill where he saw O’Neill’s feet flying over his head on the followthrough and figured his teammate was simply messing around. Instead, he discovered that O’Neill was practicing in the way he intended to approach a game situation. “As you’re seeing the ball come in, you’re also seeing his body tumble and flip. It’s kind of a funny perspective,” said the catcher. “You kind of realize, ‘Oh, wow, he’s coming home with this. He’s not trying to hit the cutoff. He’s coming home with it.’ ” O’Neill — who claimed Gold Gloves for his work in left field with the Cardinals in 2020 and 2021 — suggested he enjoys the no-holds-barred nature of the play, feeling that it represents the way he tries to approach the game. “Obviously, coming up in Canada, we only played 30 or 40 games during the baseball season, so it was more of a maximal effort [on the field],” said O’Neill. “I’m learning to tame it back in certain aspects, trying to be better on my body for the long term and being healthy for a whole season. but it’s plays like that where it comes out.” Teammates love it. “Watching him do it, flying through the air, that is definitely a really cool feat,” said Houck. “I know I couldn’t do it if I tried.” “He does it [expletive] awesome,” said Grissom. “He does it like he’s done it a million times.” “The boys pump me up about it here and there,” said O’Neill. Multiple members of the Sox believed they’d seen similar throwing form in the past, but there was disagreement about whether anyone had precisely matched O’Neill’s gymnastics. When he was with the Red Sox, Kiké Hernández also had a dramatic followthrough on throws from the outfield that tended to produce “the Superman” — Hernández flying through the air and then landing on the grass, sprawled out. but O’Neill’s compact flips are at a different level. “Kiké was really good,” said Duran, “but I guess Kiké didn’t have as much weight to throw around as T.O.” What to call the play? Some players refer to it as the “Janitor Throw,” a reference to a profane mock instructional video by comedian Kent Murphy, so dubbed by the humorist because it “cleans up the [runners] that are trying to take an extra base.” “Everybody calls it the Janitor Throw,” said Duran, “but we might have to make it a ‘T.O. Special’ or something like that.” Houck suggested a fan poll to come up with a more distinctive moniker. O’Neill admitted sheepishly that he doesn’t have a name for the throw — almost apologizing as he shruggingly referred to it as a “flip throw.” but regardless of the title, O’Neill welcomed the possibility that his airborne acrobatics might be seen as a distilled essence of his game. “It’s kind of my M.O. as a player,” said O’Neill. “I want to make that big play for [teammates], and those are the kind of moments I’m looking for.” Alex Speier can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him @alexspeier. They love to watch O’Neill flip throws home Alex Speier ON BasEBall
m A Y 12, 2024 B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e Sports c11 I n the two weeks since the nFL draft, plenty has been written about patriots first-round quarterback Drake Maye. We know he’s the youngest of four boys who all played college sports. We know he has all the physical tools to be a great quarterback, but his footwork and mechanics may need a lot of work. But the patriots drafted seven other players. Let’s take a deeper look at the rest of the patriots’ draft class, including some analysis that isn’t overly kind: R With Eliot Wolf and Jerod Mayo replacing Bill Belichick, it was supposed to mark the end of the patriots making strange draft picks, as Belichick became infamous for reaching for players such as Cole Strange and Jordan Richards. At the nFL combine in February, Wolf said the patriots were switching to the grading system Wolf learned in green Bay in part because “it accounts value better.” except Wolf’s first draft wasn’t too different from those of his predecessor. the patriots’ second- and third-round picks, receiver Ja’Lynn Polk and offensive tackle Caedan Wallace, were considered by some analysts as among the most over-drafted players in 2024. of course, there’s a big caveat to acknowledge with any draft analysis — no one has any idea which players will succeed, up to and including the no. 1 overall pick. But it is certainly fair to analyze how each team rated the prospects and worked the board in relation to the other 31 teams. using a “consensus big board” model that gathers player grades from dozens of mock drafts, sharp Football Analysis ranked the patriots’ draft 29th out of 32, with polk the fifth-most overdrafted player in round 2, and Wallace the most over-drafted player in round 3. sharp pointed out that the patriots “once again reached for offensive linemen, much like they did in 2023.” Last year, the patriots supposedly over-drafted Atonio Mafi, Sidy Sow, and Jake Andrews, per consensus big boards, and this year it was Wallace and fourthround guard Layden Robinson. the site nFL draft scout, which is partnered with the pro Football Hall of Fame, gave the patriots a d-plus and ranked their draft 28th out of 32. interestingly, nds had maye rated as the no. 1 prospect, ahead of Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels. Wallace was nFL draft scout’s leastfavorite pick of the draft, as he was picked no. 68 and it ranked him the no. 313 prospect. that disparity of 245 picks was the largest in the draft for nds. the site also didn’t like the patriots taking polk at no. 37, rating him at no. 71. But other draftniks weren’t so harsh on Wallace. nFL.com’s Lance Zierlein and the Athletic’s Dane Brugler had him projected as a fourth-round pick, though neither considered him a left tackle. R some intel on polk, listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 203 pounds: “i like him. mature and tough, hard worker, sets a high standard for himself,” one AFc executive said. “carried himself like a pro as a college player. Very coachable and smart. can handle multiple positions, smooth route runner, and has enough speed to win many one-on-one matchups. He will be a good pro.” polk only ran a 4.52 at the combine, but he averaged 16.9 and 16.8 yards per catch the last two years at Washington, with 15 touchdowns. “i think he’s a very dependable guy — good hands, ran good routes,” one nFL head coach told me. “He’s not a burner or anything like that, but i think he’s got good savviness. i think he can play inside and outside, wherever you need him to play. A lot of flexibility in what he can do for you. He’s going to be a sturdy, dependable wideout.” R Wallace played 99.8 percent of his snaps at right tackle at penn state, yet the patriots are going to try to make him a left tackle. “i thought they might trade up for a different offensive tackle who was more of a pure left tackle,” the AFc executive said. “Above-average size and athleticism, but not great. i see him as more of a potential starter than a definite starter. i think he’ll eventually start somewhere, maybe even at guard. But he’s a total projection at left tackle.” i asked the head coach how hard it is to project a prospect to switch sides, and he said it varies by player. “probably not as big [of a challenge] as you think,” he said. “most of these guys are all athletic enough now and have some ability to be able to do it.” R the most fascinating day 3 pick was sixth-round quarterback Joe Milton, listed at 6-5 and 246 pounds with the ability to throw the ball 80 yards. Wolf said this past week on Adam Schefter’s podcast that he arrived early to last fall’s tennessee-Vanderbilt game to watch milton warm up. “Just watching him throw the football is unbelievable,” Wolf said. “We feel there’s some things we can work with and develop. it was just one of those picks where there was too much talent in him to pass that up.” the AFc executive called milton a “developmental backup” and called it an “interesting decision” by the patriots to draft two project quarterbacks. “milton needs significant technical coaching, and so does maye,” he said. “they need a plan to get [milton] coaching while not taking away from maye’s development.” R the AFc executive’s take on the patriots’ other day 3 picks: robinson is “big, thick, powerful,” and an “oldschool power blocker who is not ideal in space.” Fourth-round receiver Javon Baker is “strong” with “good size and hands” but “not explosively fast.” sixthround cornerback Marcellas Dial is an outside press cornerback who is “fast enough but a little tight-hipped. Will allow some separation versus a quickbreaking route-runner.” And seventhround tight end Jaheim Bell is a classic tweener — “small for a tight end, slow for a receiver” — but “athletic” and “a potential mismatch receiver versus a linebacker.” UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL Maye’s ex-coaches have kind words A few off-field notes on Drake Maye from his coaches at north carolina: R Head coach Mack Brown raved about maye’s character, particularly his commitment. “We lost a coordinator a year ago after [maye’s] first year, and he comes into my office, and everybody’s trying to pay him a lot of money,” Brown said. “Believe me, he was tampered with at the highest level, and he didn’t even consider any of that. He said, ‘i’m a north carolina guy, i’m staying here, so don’t even worry about it. coach, it’s not about money with me.’ ” R Brown highlighted how maye and his predecessor, seahawks quarterback Sam Howell, made sure that their teammates got a piece of the niL pie. “drake would not take any opportunities with niL without including other players,” Brown said. “so if they came and said, ‘We want you to do this advertisement,’ he said, ‘Well, the offensive linemen need to be with me, and they need to be paid.’ ‘Well, we want you to get fed through the seafood company for the year.’ And he said, ‘that’s great. the receivers and their families need to get fed, too.’ so that’s just who he is.” R unc offensive analyst Clyde Christensen, a longtime quarterbacks coach who worked with Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck in indianapolis, and Tom Brady in tampa, said maye liked to pick his brain. “in college, you eat your pregame meal together, and so all the quarterbacks sit together, and i always was impressed that every dinner we would sit there and we’d eat and then toward the end of it, he’d always have two wellthought-out questions,” christensen said. “ ‘Hey, tell me what tom Brady’s routine on the night before game was.’ ‘Hey, tell me how peyton handled coverzero in high pressure.’ His mind was always working to learn, and so that was always impressive to me.” ETC. Controversial yes, but also correct Former nBA player Austin Rivers caused a stir this past week when he said on Pat McAfee’s show, “i can take 30 players right now in the nBA and throw them in the nFL. You cannot take 30 nFL players and put them in the nBA.” J.J. Watt, James Jones, Christian Barmore, and many other current and former nFL players took issue with rivers’s statement. “i watched him say he quit football after one day because it was too hot and the coach was yelling at him,” said former patriots receiver Phillip Dorsett, who played in the same athletic circles as rivers while growing up in Florida. the thing is, though, rivers is right. of the four major pro sports, football is the least reliant on skill (outside of quarterback) and most reliant on height, weight, and speed. n.c. state basketball player D.J. Burns was asked several times during march madness whether he would consider trying out for the nFL. it is unfathomable to think that an athlete could get drafted into the nBA, nHL or mLB without having played the sport before. Antonio Gates is a soon-to-be Hall of Fame tight end who played college basketball, not football. Jimmy Graham was a struggling college basketball player who switched to football for one year, got drafted in the third round, and also might be headed for canton. the eagles’ Jordan Mailata had never played football before the eagles drafted him in 2018, and now is the third-highestpaid left tackle in the game. this year, the Bills drafted tackle Travis Clayton in the seventh round even though he has never played the sport. nFL broadcaster Ross Tucker conceded that rivers is generally correct but argued that transitioning from football to basketball is “way more complicated” than rivers gives it credit for. “With no technique and training, they wouldn’t get off the line of scrimmage,” tucker said. Fair point, but nFL teams surely would sign nBA players to their practice squads sight unseen. And it wouldn’t take long for some to thrive. gates, who didn’t play college football, was first-team All-pro by his second nFL season. graham, with one year in college, was second-team All-pro in his second nFL season. if anything, rivers’s estimate of 30 players (out of 450 in the nBA) might dArron cummings/AssociAted press Many believe the Patriots reached for Caedan Wallace in Round 3. Football Ben Volin First draft post-Belichick draws questions be low. nFL teams would raid nBA rosters if they could. 18th game seems inevitable the nFL played a 16-game season for 43 years (1978-2020) before adding a 17th game in 2021. But the nFL doesn’t seem like it wants to stay with 17 for long, because the possibility of adding an 18th game has been coming up a lot lately. At the combine, Browns general manager Andrew Berry said that a rule proposal to move the trade deadline from Week 8 to 10 was done with an 18-game schedule in mind (the nFL ultimately moved it to Week 9). At the draft, commissioner Roger Goodell told pat mcAfee’s show that “we’re good at 17 now, but listen, we’re looking at how we continue. i’d rather replace a preseason game with a regular-season any day . . . so if we got to 18 and two [preseason games], that’s not an unreasonable thing.” new nFL players Association president Jalen Reeves-Maybin of the Lions didn’t dismiss the 18-game schedule out of hand when he said, “When that time comes, we’ll address that.” Another nFLpA representative recently told the Washington post that they expect the owners to propose an 18-game schedule in the next 12-18 months. Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow said it would have to come with a second bye week. “maybe you could do something like, the first bye is kind of how we have it now, and the second bye everybody has it at once, and you make it like the pro Bowl week, like an All-star break for the nBA,” Burrow said. the nFL may not be totally against two byes per team because it could push the super Bowl back to presidents’ day weekend. But the tV networks hated two byes the one season the nFL tried it (1993), citing too many disruptions in the weekly schedule. And Burrow’s other suggestion will be a nonstarter, as a week without games is a week without revenue. Extra points Rashee Rice had a fine rookie season, but perhaps we’re starting to see why he lasted until the 55th pick in last year’s draft. He’s already facing eight counts including aggravated assault after injuring seven people in a dallas highway drag race crash in which he was allegedly driving 119 miles per hour. then this past week, rice found himself in another incident, this time investigated by dallas police for allegedly assaulting a photographer in a nightclub. Luckily for rice, he plays for the chiefs, who usually have a high tolerance for talented players (and coaches’ sons) with off-field issues. But the chiefs signed Marquise Brown and drafted Xavier Worthy in the first round this year, so rice had better tread carefully . . . the schedule is expected to be released this coming week, and teams shouldn’t be too upset if the nFL neglects them in the national tV schedule. the last two years, some of the league’s biggest surprises have been teams with almost no national exposure. Last year, the texans finished 10-7 and won the AFc south after playing each of their first 16 games in the sunday 1 p.m. window. in 2022, the Lions went 9-8 despite not playing an afternoon or night game until Week 18. Also in 2022, the Jaguars won the AFc south at 9-8 despite playing just one national tV game all season . . . southern california is going to be a mecca for nFL training camps this August, with five teams practicing within a 100-mile radius. the rams are moving into new digs in Woodland Hills, and the chargers into their new practice facility in el segundo. the cowboys will hold their annual camp in oxnard, the saints are holding camp in irvine because of renovations back home in new orleans, and the raiders will beat the Vegas heat by holding camp in costa mesa. Because of nFL territorial rights, the raiders and saints will only be able to host season ticket-holders and sponsors at their camps, not the general public. the cowboys get grandfathered in because Jerry Jones gets what he wants . . . the chiefs took Holy cross offensive lineman C.J. Hansom with the 248th pick in the seventh round, making him the crusaders’ first nFL draft pick since 1989 — a year that has become important for a certain subset of chiefs fans . . . Lions rookie cornerback Terrion Arnold, drafted 24th, said this past week the raiders told him that their no. 13 pick came down to a coin flip between him and tight end Brock Bowers. responded raiders gm Tom Telesco: “typically, i use a magic 8 Ball and not a coin.” Ben Volin can be reached at [email protected]. ASSOCIATED PRESS Top spot With Caleb Williams being selected with the top selection, the University of Southern California can now boast that it has produced the most first overall picks in NFL history with six. Williams has quite the torch to carry, as four of his five predecessors were Pro Bowl players, including two Hall of Famers. COMPILED BY MICHAEL GROSSI CARSON PALMER QB | BENGALS | 2003 182 GAMES 92-88-1 RECORD 46,247 PASSING YARDS 294 TDS 187 INTS KEYSHAWN JOHNSON WR | JETS | 1996 167 GAMES 814 CATCHES 10,571 YARDS 64 TDS RICKY BELL RB | BUCCANEERS | 1977 64 GAMES 3,063 RUSHING YARDS 16 TDS O.J. SIMPSON RB | BILLS | 1969 135 GAMES 11,236 RUSHING YARDS 61 TDS RON YARY OT | VIKINGS | 1968 207 GAMES 6-TIME FIRST-TEAM ALL-PRO
c12 Sports B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e m A Y 12, 2 0 2 4 Scan the QR code to watch reporter Christopher Price discuss this story on the Boston Globe Today TV show. JOHN tLUmAcKI/GLOBE StAFF After a trip to Africa last year, the lives of Patriot Calvin Anderson and his wife, Sherée, took an ominous turn. judgment call and had to veto me a little bit there. It ended up saving my life.” Circling back A heady offensive lineman who went undrafted out of Rice, Anderson made an early claim to fame with an almost eerie proficiency with the Rubik’s cube. He majored in mathematical economic analysis in college, and he can solve the cube behind his back using a complex mathematical formula. On the field, Anderson carved out a niche as a smart, versatile, and cost-effective lineman capable of playing in multiple systems. He bounced around at the start of his career, signing with the Patriots as a rookie free agent in 2019. He was quickly poached by the Jets, then added to the Broncos’ 53-man roster, playing left and right tackle in Denver for three seasons. He made his name as a dependable presence who could play on either end of the line, and his snaps grew from 132 in 2020 to 439 in 2022. In 2022, he made seven starts at left tackle for the Broncos, allowed just two sacks, and wasn’t flagged for a holding penalty all year. While playing for the Broncos, he met Sherée Lanihun, and the two connected instantly. Anderson soon laid his cards on the table, explaining that he was an “all-in or all-out type of guy,” and they were destined to be together. “I didn’t know someone with so much persistence and conviction existed,” Sherée recalled. “I felt relieved. I had never felt like I had found my person. And here he was. my person.” Last spring brought his first real opportunity in free agency, and he was the first external free agent signed by New England. In march, Anderson agreed to a two-year deal, $7 million deal with the Patriots, a contract that included a $1.69 million signing bonus and $4 million guaranteed. For an undrafted free agent, it provided a sense of validation. Bill Belichick was showing a level of faith in him that was unprecedented. Belichick told him it was a shame to lose him the first time, “and I’m hoping we can right the previous wrong this time around.” “circling back and coming back to the Patriots was exciting, and an interesting moment,” said Anderson. “my first experience, acknowledging I was going to be an NFL player, was with the Patriots organization. there was certainly a happy, giddy feeling about that. “It was not only free agency, and I had a team and I was going back,” he said, “but I’m also talking to the man who I consider to be the greatest coach ever, and he was giving me a call back.” At the same time, the contract came with the weight of expectation. He was going to compete for a job at tackle on a team that needed dependable offensive linemen. Anderson was going to have to be available on a consistent basis. Dependability is more important than ability was a favorite Belichickism, one Anderson took to heart. For a guy who once finished a game with a broken nose, that wasn’t going to be an issue. “You sacrifice a lot to be on the field,” Anderson shrugged. the NFL traditionally takes a break between mid-June and mid-July, a final chance for players and their families to catch their breath before training camp. For calvin and Sherée, they had one final trip planned, as they had been going to Africa for several years doing philanthropic work in Nigeria, including looking for businesses and families to support. It was a chance for them to give back on a number of levels and allow Sherée — who is half-Nigerian and halfDutch — an opportunity to make a difference in her home country. On the plane coming back in July, Anderson’s focus had shifted. Now, the singular thing ahead was football. But on that first night back in New England, it all went sideways. A dire diagnosis Anderson’s body temperature spiked wildly in the early-morning hours of July 22. Sherée used Instacart to track down a thermometer. She stuck it in calvin’s mouth, waking him up. After a minute, the temperature popped up: 104.5 degrees. “I had to double-check it to be sure,” she said. “We’re not going to play around with this anymore. We’re now going to the hospital. He was like, ‘No, no. I don’t have time for this.’ I literally was like, ‘No. We’re going to the hospital. Now.’ I really persisted.” After a call to apprise the Patriots, Sherée put calvin in the car and they drove from Foxborough to NewtonWellesley Hospital. “It was past the point of me getting checked out and thinking it was some uANDERSON Continued from Page C1 to his dissatisfaction was the nagging thought that he was continuing to let his teammates down. “Embedded in the culture of offensive line play is accountability and sacrifice,” he said. “And so when you’re not able to be counted on, and when you are not able to sacrifice, to show your brothers that you’re there, it’s just really tough, man. “You watch guys like David [Andrews], a great example of someone who, over the course of his career, has constantly been put in situations where he had to be counted on. “It was hard, playing next to those guys and knowing how much they were sacrificing and not being able to do that also.” Sherée recalls the mental struggles being as difficult as the physical ones. One night, she awoke at 4 a.m. to find Anderson standing in front of the mirror, yelling at his reflection. “ ‘they think it’s over? this [expletive] isn’t over yet! I worked my whole life to be here!’ I literally thought that he was going crazy,” Sherée said. “He was shouting at the mirror and saying, ‘this [expletive] ain’t over! I am Him! I am Him! I’m coming back!’ I was like, ‘calvin, it’s 4 a.m. calm down. Lay in the bed.’ ” Anderson tried to fight, especially as he watched the offense struggle, but the Patriots placed him on injured reserve on Nov. 3, effectively ending his season. He had played five games, starting two. “the conversations primarily started with trying to assess where I was in the recovery process,” he said. “I think we just tried to get a gauge of how long it would take to be back at 100 percent, to be able to give everything I had on the field.” “calvin is really resilient, as a person first, and then as an athlete,” said Onwenu. “to battle through that, and everything, and still come back and still be pushing, that’s amazing. “I remember when he first came back last year from being sick — we were both coming back, actually — we were just talking and enjoying that time. He’s seen a lot in a short amount of time. He’s a guy, when his back is against the wall, he’s a fighter.” Carrying on, with scars When Belichick and the Patriots parted ways in January, Anderson took to social media to offer a tribute, acknowledging that Belichick was the “first to call me when getting out of the hospital both times this year. I consider it an honor. 2024 season I will prove you right. thank you legend.” Now, after basically losing a year of his career, Anderson is determined to make up for lost time. He has been an active participant in the offseason program, showing up in Foxborough the first day and working with his teammates to prepare for the upcoming season. He again has a chance to make an impact. the Patriots are in desperate need of offensive line depth — particularly at tackle — and a healthy Anderson would make a colossal difference in stabilizing things up front. Anderson and his wife are not planning to travel overseas this summer, instead focusing on the Lanihun-Anderson Foundation, dedicated to promoting financial literacy for teens and young adults. “We want to focus on financial literacy so we can close the gap in education,” Anderson said. “Because when kids aren’t able to focus on learning these skills in early development, they spend a lot of their older years working through the setbacks of not having garnered that info when they were young. And you spend all of your 20s trying to figure those things out. We want to help out with that.” And with a new head coach and new coaching staff in place, no one is looking forward to training camp more than Anderson. the grind. the sweat. the tedium and drudgery of two-hour practices in pads in the heat of July and August. missing nearly a year of doing something you love — something you really love — will make you wistful for odd things, such as knocking the head off a defensive end. “this is a new year, a new opportunity,” Anderson said. “And I’m looking forward to that. “When I think about approaching this year, I think about authentic expressions. I think about walking in truth and oneness with the expression of me, and who I am. Who I am includes the scars that come from the moments that I’ve had. the moments of weakness, the moments of defeat. “I look forward to many things, but most of all, I look forward to authentically being calvin Anderson.” Christopher Price can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him @cpriceglobe. Back after near-fatal bout with malaria ‘If I were to win Comeback Player of the Year, it wouldn’t be about me, but about how God brought me back from this.’ cALVIN ANDERSON, Patriots offensive lineman sort of flu or whatever,” said Anderson. “Everybody knew something else was happening, with the exception maybe of me. “I had woken up now, and was moving around a bit, and I started to understand that I wasn’t functioning normally. When I got there, I almost passed out.” Blood tests and consultations among doctors — including Anderson’s father DeVry, a doctor who Facetimed into the conversation — determined that it was malaria, the result of a mosquito bite in Nigeria. While there have been cases of soccer players contracting fatal cases of the disease in Europe and Africa, malaria historically has had little impact on the North American sports world. According to an NFL spokesman, there had been no recorded cases of malaria in the history of the league. So there were no specific health and safety protocols to follow. the Patriots put Anderson on the Non-Football Injury list, a designation for players who suffer an ailment outside the realm of an NFL practice or game. While there are incidents of malaria being transmitted in ways other than a mosquito bite, those are rare, particularly in the United States, “where it’s basically been eradicated,” according to Dr. Gabriela m. Andujar Vazquez, an infectious disease specialist affiliated with tufts medical center. She said it’s important to note that malaria isn’t contagious; if Anderson shared a water bottle with his teammates, or spoke with the media, they wouldn’t be at risk. Anderson’s condition eventually stabilized, but the hospital stay was harrowing, according to his wife. “It was scary because at some point, he just lost it,” Sherée recalled. “I remember the nurse was in the room, and he randomly stood up and had all these needles and IVs in him, and he just started pulling them out and started pulling off his clothes. “I had to really sit him down: ‘I’m here with you. Let’s calm down. Breathe.’ And he’s like, ‘What am I going to do? I don’t know how I’m going to fight this.’ ” Anderson was released from the hospital after four-plus days, but as his teammates prepared for the 2023 season, he remained on the NFI list. It was a strange and difficult period for him; by his own admission, he did not handle it well. “there’s a difference in how you should deal with it and how I did deal with it,” he said. “I was really hard on myself. I think the way I was hard on myself about something I couldn’t necessarily control just wasn’t really healthy.” Rejoining the team Sherée, who compares Anderson to a “shining star” because he’s so full of “positive energy,” said he spent days with his hoodie pulled up over his head. “I told him he became like a dark cloud; he was wearing his hoodie like a dark cloud,” Sherée said. “It was difficult to see him in that way. It was difficult for me to see a different side of him. So yeah, I just wanted to heal him and help him heal.” throughout the recovery, Anderson heard from Belichick, who served as a lifeline to the team. “At the start of camp, as a head coach, you have a hundred million things going on in your mind about the team, the season, etc.,” said Anderson. “I know he had all that going on, so I appreciated that he called me. “I know my teammates weren’t aware of everything that was going on with me, so I was happy that at least he knew so I could be connected to the team, the guys.” Anderson continued to study the playbook and work the mental side. When he was cleared medically, he was put back into service shortly before the start of the season. “It’s good to have calvin back out there,” Belichick said in the days before the season opener against Philadelphia. “He’s a young player, but he’s experienced enough to where he can handle a lot of things and pick things up quicker than a rookie would, even though he played for another team. “He’s been able to, I would say, transition pretty well from an assignment standpoint, technique standpoint. We’ll see how it goes.” Remarkably, without the benefit of a full training camp, he played every snap on offense against the defending NFc champions, as well as a couple on special teams. coaches and teammates marveled. “I definitely made sure to let him know how much I appreciated his effort Sunday, because that’s tough,” said center David Andrews in the wake of the game. “Obviously, he’s a veteran player, but it’s really hard missing a training camp. You need a training camp. And a new system. So I really appreciated his effort.” “test of fortitude,” said offensive line coach Adrian Klemm. “there was a point in the game that he was gasping and he was tired and all that, but he pushed through it.” Week 2 was a different matter. While he again played 100 percent of the snaps (a team-high 77, with 74 on offense and three on special teams), he was struggling to stay on the field. In his mind, it was the worst performance of his career. “I know what I’m capable of and what the guys next to me are capable of,” he said. “me not being at my best just made me feel . . . it was hard not to feel like you’re letting guys down. “I was just fighting to keep myself moving. I really didn’t want to come out of the game at all. I told myself at some point, midway through the first quarter, ‘No matter what, I’m staying in this game,’ as long as I’m not inhibiting the team’s ability to win. It was a different focus.” the truth was that he didn’t have his legs underneath him, not yet. Robbed of the conditioning that comes with training camp, he was rusty. In the next three games, the Patriots did some shuffling, moving mike Onwenu from guard to tackle and leaning on a variety of options at the other tackle spot. Anderson transitioned to a reserve role, playing fewer than 10 snaps a game over the next three weeks. the hope was that he could continue to build some cardio and work his way back into the starting lineup. to that end, it appeared he would be good to go the first week of November against Washington. A complication and a mental strain It had been a good week for Anderson. He was taking practice reps with the first-team offense. Feeling healthy, there was real cause for optimism that he could become a consistent contributor and help stabilize the offensive line. But toward the end of the week, Anderson was hit by a defensive teammate. Suddenly, his world was spinning again. “I get hit in the chest in kind of an awkward way,” he said. “I didn’t think anything of it. We kept going. “I started feeling like a chest pain that I had never felt before. I asked one of the trainers, ‘Hey, I’m having a little chest pain. I don’t know what it is. Do you guys have any thoughts about that?’ “So the doc came over and said, ‘Well, let’s just make sure everything is OK.’ they get on the sideline and I sat down, and my heartbeat wouldn’t stop. It just kept going . . . boom-boomboom-boom-boom. I’m sitting there, at rest, and my heartbeat is just going. “We ended up going and getting it checked out, and after a long period of time trying to figure out what it was, the cardiologist assessed it was a heart contusion from a hit. they didn’t really know what was causing it. “But just imagine how rare this is. We get hit in the chest on every single play as an O-lineman. It just so happened that it was a combination of the position I was in and not seeing it, it caused temporary damage to my heart. Like a bruise. “At that point, the level of frustration I had was just through the roof.” Vazquez, the infectious disease specialist, said it was unlikely that the malaria made Anderson any more susceptible to a heart problem. “Having heart conditions after a bout of malaria is rare,” said Vazquez, who did not treat Anderson. “It’s more likely to have complications in other organs before the heart.” Anderson said a sizable part of his annoyance was that the health issues couldn’t be attacked via rehab. they were about sitting and waiting. Adding ‘I know that Calvin has had a long road to recovery and I am eager to see him return to the field and compete this year.’ JEROD mAYO, Patriots coach
M A Y 12, 2024 B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e Sports C13 land, beating the Cavaliers, 106-93, to take a 2-1 series lead. the green team is a virtual lock to advance to the eastern Conference finals. same with the new York Rangers, who are up, 3-1, in their series with the Carolina hurricanes. the gritty Knicks? sustaining new injuries every day, they take a 2-1 series lead into sunday’s game 4 at indiana. it’s the bruins we’re all worried about. the b’s trail the Panthers, 2-1, going into game 4 at the garden sunday night. the bruins were badly outplayed in games 2 and 3, surrendering 10 consecutive goals over two losses. but it’s playoff hockey and boston winning three of the next four is not impossible. Which means that Celtics vs. Knicks and bruins vs. Rangers is still a possibility. boston-new York times two would be a throwback to the 1970s when i was at holy Cross (lots of new York/new Jersey students) and every victory by the Celtics over the Knicks or the bruins over the Rangers would result in somebody running down a dormitory corridor and pounding on the doors of kids from Morristown and forest hills gardens. look it up, young people. in 1972, the bobby orr bruins beat the Rangers in the stanley Cup finals just a few weeks after the Willis Reed Knicks beat the Celtics in the eastern Conference finals. A year later, we had the bruins losing a first-round series to the Rangers three weeks before the Celtics lost game 7 of the eastern Conference finals to the Knicks. the two cities collided in both sports again in the spring of 2013 when the Celtics lost a first-round series to the Knicks three weeks before the bruins beat the Rangers in Round 2 of the nhl bakeoff. What’s different this time is the prospect that these potential boston-new York conference final matchups would run concurrently in the third and fourth weeks of May. At the two gardens. every other night for two weeks. A festive fortnight of fury and fun, this would be the ultimate smorgasbord of boston’s spring sports. At this moment, we are in a 12-night stretch with one of our winter teams playing a postseason game every night, and this could happen again with the Knicks and Rangers providing the opposition. hop on the Acela. better yet, bring back the old eastern Airlines shuttle with its $12 student standby fares from boston to laguardia. Put “Do the Right thing” on a flatscreen loop. Play sinatra’s “new York, new York” 24/7. Raise a Curtis Martin coffee mug to the Parcells-Kraft border War, and light votive candles in front of your Jason Varitek/A-Rod Rawlings-sandwich photo shrine. seriously. two weeks of playoff CelticsKnicks and bruins-Rangers would be almost as good/bad as long ago days when a Rangers fan tried to stab Derek sanderson as the bruins center was boarding a bus at Msg; or December of 1979 when Mike Milbury and teammates jumped into the stands and pummeled a Rangers fan with his own shoe; or May of 1984 when Cedric Maxwell mocked bernard King’s gait and declared, “Ain’t no way any [expletive] who walks like this is gonna get 40 off me!” (King scored 43 in game 4 at Msg, but the Celtics won the series in seven.) Ah, good times. go Knicks. go bruins. go Rangers. go Celtics. give us two weeks of conference finals in our two magic gardens. R Quiz: Knicks guard Jalen brunson on Monday became the fourth nbA player to record at least four consecutive 40-point playoff games. Who are the other three? (Answer below.) R it’s hard to know where to start regarding the vulgar (and entertaining) three-hour tom brady roast that aired on netflix sunday. it’s the latest bogus brick in the crumbling wall of the once-amazing Patriots dynasty. it certainly verifies everything we tried to tell you about the internal dysfunction of new england’s wildly successful football operation since the start of the 21st century. All in good fun, i guess, but some of the barbs were pretty pointed. there can be no doubt that hard feelings festered in foxborough during all that winning. this was an X-rated airing of grievances. When roastee brady dismissed Deflategate by telling the nfl they should have just given him the $20 million they spent investigating him because, “i would have told you i [expletive] did it!,” it made a proper farce out of the “the Wells Report in Context.” that was just a joke, though. Right, tom? Doubt it. footie-pajama fans also tried to tell us brady was only kidding when he shut down comedian Jeff Ross (“don’t say that [expletive] again”) after Ross made a bob Kraft massage parlor wisecrack. Joke? Don’t think so. it was pretty clear to this veteran observer that on a festive, no-holds-barred night when 9/11 and suicide were fodder for humor, the only off-limits topic was orchids of Asia. Yeesh. R Chris sale shoved the Red sox, 5-0, Wednesday, striking out 10 (cue bob louSHAUGHNESSY Continued from Page C1 bel). the sox are paying sale $17 million this season. R Knicks guard Josh hart is the greatnephew of former Yankees (and Red sox) catcher elston howard. hart’s dad, Moses, was the late howard’s nephew. R Unlikely, i know, but imagine the Celtics vs. Kyrie irving in the nbA finals. R When the twins beat the Red sox in the first two games of their three-game set last weekend, sox manager Alex Cora said, “it’s all about scouting reports and adjustments, and so far in two games they have the edge.” Another concession to the nerds? ouch. Remember when winning and losing baseball games was about having more talent than the other team? R larry lucchino’s nephew, David, found photos of 14-year-old larry with Celtic greats at bob Cousy’s Camp graylag in Pittsfield, n.h., in 1960. Young lucchino — who took a bus (or buses) from Pittsburgh to attend the camp — practiced under the tutelage of hall of famers Cousy, bill sharman, and tommy heinsohn. lucchino wound up playing varsity hoops at Princeton, where he was part of the 1965 final four team captained by bill bradley. R Mike Yastrzemski, grandson of the Man We Call Yaz, understands his grandfather’s quest for privacy. Yaz the elder is simply not a glad-handing meet-and-greet guy. he just wants to be left alone. fair enough. he gave us his game for 23 seasons. in this spirit, we regularly note that Yaz doesn’t stick around when he returns to fenway for a World series ceremonial first pitch (remember those days?). After Yaz participates in one of those ceremonies, we wait for the sound of tires screeching on Van ness street as he roars out of the parking lot bound for Route 1 north. it’s no different when Mike Yastrzemski comes to fenway with the giants. Yaz visited with his grandson briefly at fenway May 2 when the giants were playing the sox in a thursday matinee. When Mike was asked about the length of the visit, he answered, “Probably 10 minutes. i think he left the car running when he was in here. that’s normal. he’s quick to the point.” Mike homered into the Red sox bullpen a few hours later. Papa Yaz was well past the Kowloon by then. Yaz turns 85 in August. R the indiana fever’s Caitlin Clark made her professional debut last friday in Arlington, texas, scoring 21 points in a 3- point preseason loss to the Dallas Wings. Veronica burton, daughter of WbZ’s steve burton, started for the Wings and recorded a couple of steals. the game was a sellout (6,251). Clark makes her regular-season debut tuesday at 10,000-seat Mohegan sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., and that game is also sold out. R speaking of Clark, remember the cheesy offensive foul call for an illegal screen that jobbed the UConn women out of a final shot in their nCAA semifinal loss to iowa? Rick Carlisle’s Pacers were hosed by a similar call with 12.1 seconds to go against the Knicks at Msg Monday. R stat guru bill Chuck reminds us that coming into the weekend, Rafael Devers was hitting .250 with zero homers in 11 games at fenway this year. overall, the sox were 7-15 against teams over .500. they had thrown only 659 four-seam fastballs; every other Mlb team had thrown more than 1,000. the sox went into the weekend having struck out 369 times — most in team history through 37 games. R Wonder if folks in Colorado will ever admit they erred in allowing Deion sanders to tarnish their football program badly with the sole interest of making himself richer and pushing his sons’ nfl candidacies. R the eight teams remaining in the nbA postseason tournament have won 23 nbA championships — 17 by the Celtics, two by the Knicks, and one each for the Cavaliers, nuggets, Mavericks, and thunder (as the supersonics). the Pacers and timberwolves have zero. R learning that Jim Montgomery took the bruins to a swank boston hotel the night before last weekend’s game 7 against toronto reminded me of former coach Milbury shaming his players with a night at the town line inn on Route 1 in Malden during a playoff series in the early 1990s. R the Knicks are an offensive rebounding force, averaging a league-best 13.4 per game in the playoffs. they play in the image of 6-foot-2-inch coach tom thibodeau, who once grabbed 22 rebounds for new britain high school. R the new York football giants hired 42-year-old former super bowl champ (and boston College star) Chris snee as a scout. snee is the son-in-law of tom Coughlin. R the Wall street Journal reports that Russell Wilson and his wife, Ciara, are selling their seattle-area home, asking $21.25 million. Wilson, now with the steelers, paid $6.7 million for the six-bedroom home in 2015. no photos of Malcolm butler on the wall. R Quiz answer: Jerry West (six), bernard King (four), Michael Jordan (four). Dan Shaughnessy is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at daniel.shaughnessy @globe.com. Follow him @dan_shaughnessy. Dream matchups still possible in the playoffs PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK By Christopher Price globe stAff foXboRoUgh — the Patriots’ offensive line received a boost on draft weekend with the decision to go back-to-back up front, as they took tackle Caedan Wallace of Penn state in the third round (68th overall) and guard Layden Robinson from texas A&M in the fourth round (103rd). Wallace and Robinson said saturday they’ve already bonded, spending time together on and off the field in an attempt to help each other get up to speed as quickly as possible. “that’s my dude,” the 6-foot-5- inch, 314-pound Wallace said of Robinson after the rookie minicamp workout. “We started texting right after the draft, and honestly, we’ve been inseparable since we got out here. We walk around together, eat together, study plays together. it’s pretty cool being with him.” “it’s great — me and Caedan have been close,” the 6-4, 315- pound Robinson said. “We talked to each other at the combine, just chopping it up. When we got here, he hit me up and said, ‘let’s go to work.’ “bonding. learning this playbook together. he’s my left tackle and i’m left guard right now. Communication has been a big key part of this game. We’ve been doing that and having fun.” of the two, Wallace could have a clearer path toward significant playing time in his first season. the Patriots featured a steady rotation of bodies at left tackle last year, and while there are veteran possibilities to see significant snaps on the left side, it is worth noting Wallace spent a lot of time at left tackle during saturday’s workout. Wallace, who played right tackle for the bulk of his college career, gave a nod of approval when asked about what it was like to take some snaps on the other side. “it’s been good,” he said. “obviously, i’ve been working there through the combine and draft prep process, so . . . coming out here and being able to put on for coaches, it’s been pretty cool. “i don’t find it all too hard to switch over. i guess just flipping things in my mind; hand placement, certain kicks, angles. things like that. it’s not really a challenge. i played a lot of left in college — in college practices. but i pretty much played all left in high school. being able to work that throughout the years, to come out here, it’s been sort of an easier transition. not completely easy, but it’s been a little easier for me.” Talk is cheap After he was taken in the fourth round last month, receiver Javon Baker hit a confident note, saying he was a player who makes “people in wheelchairs stand up.” on saturday, Jerod Mayo sounded like a coach who welcomed the brashness, but added a first-year player can pay a price being so bold. “i want these guys to have a personality, i want them to feel free to talk about certain things. look, we’ll have rules of what to talk about,” Mayo said of the Central florida product. “but now, once he puts it out there, he has to show it every day out here on the football field. if not, he’s just a talker, and you start to lose the respect of the locker room and things like that. so, he said it, he put that out there. And now, you have to show us.” baker was not one of the six players made available to the media following practice. Take it easy Mayo said he was impressed by “a few” of the players who were part of the tryout group on friday, but he preached caution. “this is another day to add into it,” Mayo said. “You can’t just take one day and say, ‘this guy showed out.’ i know that’s the hot thing to do. At the same time, we’ll do a lot here today and you guys will get a chance to see these guys, as well. so, ask that next time we talk.” . . . As expected, saturday’s workout was a low-intensity affair that lasted an hour. it concluded with players running the hill beyond the practice field . . . Mayo said he didn’t have a chance to watch the roast of Tom Brady, then quickly reversed field. “You know what? that’s a fib,” Mayo said. “i started off watching it. i’m going to be honest, we want to have transparency and honesty. i started off watching it, and then i was like, ‘i’m going to change the channel.’” Mayo added that he hasn’t watched “the Dynasty.” “i’m just focused on what i have to do,” he said. “i think you guys will be nice to me if we win games, not watching netflix.” Rookies bonding during minicamp JonAthAn Wiggs/globe stAff Drake Maye’s new Patriots mates enjoyed his positive energy. By Nicole Yang globe stAff foXboRoUgh — through two days of rookie minicamp, new Patriots quarterback Drake Maye has already begun to establish himself as a leader. “he’s always communicating with people,” guard layden Robinson said saturday. “he always wants to make sure he goes and greets you. he just has a nice smile on his face, like, ‘hey man, let’s get after it today. i’m having a great day. how about you?’ “Just having that leadership around and having that energy, you always have to bring your best energy, as well.” Maye headlined the group saturday, which featured the eight 2024 draft picks, nine players signed as undrafted free agents, and 23 tryout players. the pad-less session was light, lasting only about an hour and featuring minimal competitive work, but represented an early step in Maye’s development. saturday focused on the basics, as Maye practiced taking snaps under center, delivered handoffs, and took some throws on the run. he alternated with sixth-round pick Joe Milton in routeson-air drills with the receivers, and in one brief 7-on-7 period. Maye operated in short and intermediate distances, with no deep throws. in the group’s short time together, Maye’s teammates already took note of his welcoming and dynamic presence. “i just love his energy and intensity when he’s in the huddle,” Robinson said. Added wide receiver Ja’lynn Polk: “he’s vocal. he’s setting the tone in practice, trying to get guys moving around and operating at a high level.” for Maye, friday and saturday served as his first opportunities to meaningfully connect with his fellow rookies. After friday’s session, Maye and his teammates spent time at their foxborough hotel watching film, repeating cadences, and looking at the practice scripts. “that’s the best thing about minicamp is getting around the guys,” Maye said. “We got nothing else to do up here, so why not do football?” As Maye learns the playbook, he emphasized the importance of communicating and asking many questions. “As a quarterback, you have to know what everybody is doing on the field in the offense,” he said. “You have to know not just my job, you have to know what everybody is doing . . . that takes extra drawing up and extra questions.” According to coach Jerod Mayo, offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt will be the “lead guy” in Maye’s ear. Quarterbacks coach t.C. McCartney and senior offensive assistant ben McAdoo will also play a role in his development, but Mayo stressed the need for balance. “You don’t want Drake hearing too many voices,” Mayo said. Maye has been working with Van Pelt on cleaning up his footwork, which was considered during the pre-draft process to be one of his weaknesses. Maye said saturday he’s currently trying out two new stances. “he doesn’t expect anything right away,” Maye said. “he knows it’s going to be a growing side, a mental side to it. he’s understanding. but also if you’re not doing the right job, he’s going to tell you. it’s been awesome so far. Just trying to ask as many questions.” next for Maye and the Patriots will be their first organized activity May 20. Until then, Mayo trusts that Maye will continue learning the playbook and developing rapport with his teammates. “look, he has a lot to work on,” Mayo said, “but i have no doubt that he’ll put the time in.” Nicole Yang can be reached at [email protected]. Maye gives off nice vibe Positive signs from Patriots rookie QB By Nicole Yang globe stAff foXboRoUgh — the Patriots on saturday officially named eliot Wolf their executive vice president of player personnel, a promotion that seemed in the works for months. According to the team, Wolf’s duties will include “the overall direction of the personnel department” and “management of the salary cap and control of the 53- man roster.” Wolf, who served as the Patriots’ director of scouting for the past two seasons, already had such control this offseason following the departure of bill belichick. “it is an honor to accept this position with the new england Patriots,” Wolf said in a statement. “i am grateful to the Kraft family for this opportunity and want to thank my family, especially my wife and children, for the support and strength they have given me as i move forward in my new role. i also want to thank all of the people i have worked with and learned from over the years.” When the Patriots parted ways with belichick in January, they already had a contractual succession plan in place for Jerod Mayo to become head coach. but the team didn’t make any changes to the overarching structure of its personnel department, despite losing its most prominent decision-maker over the past two decades. owner Robert Kraft said the team planned to conduct a search for the “primary football executive” role following the draft, but gave Wolf final say over personnel in the meantime. the Patriots last week finally began conducting interviews for that role, speaking to eagles director of scouting brandon hunt and Panthers director of player negotiations and salary-cap manager samir suleiman. but three other candidates — bills director of player personnel terrance gray, bengals senior personnel executive trey brown, Cardinals ex-vice president of player personnel Quentin harris — declined requests for interviews, as many across the nfl operated under the assumption the job belonged to Wolf. the last four months would indicate such. the 42-year-old Wolf hired Alonzo highsmith as a senior personnel executive, influenced multiple hirings on the new coaching staff, managed the Patriots’ $100 million in cap space, revamped the scouting department’s grading system, and served as the point person in the team’s collaborative draft process. “the plan was to observe the working relationship and involvement between eliot and Jerod and see how they managed our offseason personnel decisions,” Kraft said in a statement. “then, following the draft we would formally undertake a process for setting up the permanent structure of our personnel department. i have been impressed with eliot’s management style and experience and i’m excited that he has agreed to take on this new position.” before joining the Patriots in 2020 as a scouting consultant, Wolf spent 14 seasons in green bay (2004-17), where his father, Ron, served as the general manager for 10 seasons (1991-2000). eliot Wolf also spent two seasons in Cleveland (2018-19) as assistant general manager. Wolf officially named VP of player personnel
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Providence 3-1 Hershey def. Lehigh Valley, 3-1 North Division Cleveland def. Belleville 3-1 Syracuse def. Rochester 3-2 Central Division Texas 2, Milwaukee 2 Grand Rapids def. Rockford 3-1 Pacific Division Coachella Valley def. Calgary, 3-1 Ontario def. Abbotsford 3-0 SAtURDAY’S ReSUlt Hershey 6........................Lehigh Valley 3 SUNDAY’S GAMe Texas at Milwaukee...............................6 FRIDAY’S ReSUltS Hartford 2..................Providence 1 (OT) Cleveland 3.............................Belleville 1 Syracuse 5............................Rochester 2 Milwaukee 4.................................Texas 1 Coachella Valley 3...................Calgary 0 echl Kelly cup diViSion FinalS (beST oF 7) North Division Adirondack 3, Norfolk 2 South Division Florida def. Orlando, 4-1 Central Division Toledo def. Wheeling 4-0 Mountain Division Kansas City def. Idaho, 4-1 FRIDAY’S ReSUltS Adirondack 5.............................Norfolk 2 Toledo 3................................ Wheeling 2 Kansas City 5............................... Idaho 3 SAtURDAY’S ReSUltS Kansas City 4............................... Idaho 3 Florida 2...........................Orlando 1 (OT) Adirondack 2.............................Norfolk 1 latest line NBA Sunday Favorite Pts. Underdog At Indiana........... 5½..............New York At Minnesota..... 3 ...................Denver NHl Favorite Line Underdog Line Florida.............-150 at Boston.......+130 At Edmonton..-200 Vancouver.....+170 Transactions BASeBAll Boston: C Tyler Heineman sent to minors for rehabilitation. Chi. Cubs: P José Cuas called up from minors. P Yency Almonte placed on 15- day IL. Houston: P Brandon Bielak sent to minors. P Cristian Javier removed from 15-day IL, recalled from minors rehab. Miami: P Eli Villalobos sent to minors. P Jesús Luzardo removed from 15-day IL, recalled from minors rehab. Pittsburgh: SS Alika Williams called up from minors. P Roansy Contreras designated for assignment. P Paul Skenes purchased from minors. 3B Ke'Bryan Hayes placed on 10-day IL. San Francisco: C Jakson Reetz sent to minors. 2B Brett Wisely called up from minors. LF Austin Slater placed on 7- day IL. C Patrick Bailey removed from 7-day IL. St. louis: SS José Fermín sent to minors. 3B Matt Carpenter recalled from minors rehab, removed from 10-day IL. tampa Bay: P Edwin Uceta sent to minors. P Pete Fairbanks removed from 15-day IL, recalled from minors rehab. NFl Arizona: LB Xavier Thomas, T Christian Jones, WR Tejhaun Palmer, CB Jaden Davis, TE Tip Reiman signed/draft choice. Atlanta: RB Jase McClellan, WR Casey Washington, DT Zion Logue, LB JD Bertrand signed/draft choice. Buffalo: G Keaton Bills, CB Keni-H Lovely, WR Lawrence Keys III, WR Xavier Johnson, RB Frank Gore Jr., T Mike Edwards, DT Branson Deen, CB Te'Cory Couch, P Jack Browning, G Gunner Britton, DT Rondell Bothroyd, DE David Ugwoegbu signed. Carolina: RB Tarik Cohen, RB Spencer Brown, TE Chris Pierce Jr., WR Jalen Camp, T Ilm Manning, DT Raequan Williams, CB AJ Parker cut. DT Ulumoo Ale, S Demani Richardson, C Andrew Raym, QB Jack Plummer, WR Sam Pinckney, LB Jackson Mitchell, K Harrison Mevis, LB Derrick McLendon, S Clayton Isbell, DE Darius Hodges, CB DeShawn Gaddie Jr., TE Kevin Foelsch, LB Kenny Dyson Jr., T Christian Duffie, CB Willie Drew, T Jeremiah Crawford, WR Jalen Coker, DE Popo Aumavae, RB Jaden Shirden signed. Cincinnati: WR Cole Burgess, LB Maema Njongmeta, WR Tre Mosley, T Eric Miller, P Austin McNamara, QB Rocky Lombardi, S PJ Jules, TE Cam Grandy, S Michael Dowell, RB Elijah Collins, LB Aaron Casey, RB Noah Cain, DE Justin Blazek, CB Lance Robinson signed. DT McKinnley Jackson, CB Josh Newton, TE Tanner McLachlan, S Daijahn Anthony, C Matt Lee signed/draft choice. Cleveland: G Javion Cohen, S Christopher Edmonds, CB DyShawn Gales, LB Winston Reid, RB Aidan Robbins, T Lorenzo Thompson, TE Treyton Welch, WR Ahmarean Brown signed. G Zak Zinter, WR Jamari Thrash, LB Nathaniel Watson, CB Myles Harden, DT Jowon Briggs signed/draft choice. Dallas: T Tyler Guyton, G Cooper Beebe, LB Marist Liufau, CB Caelen Carson, WR Ryan Flournoy, T Nathan Thomas, DT Justin Rogers signed/draft choice. Denver: WR Phillip Dorsett II, NT Rashard Lawrence cut. S Cam Allen, RB Blake Watson, WR Lincoln Victor, LB Alec Mock, NT Jordan Miller, DT Brandon Matterson, TE Dylan Leonard, T Frank Crum, P Nik Constantinou, S Omar Brown, LB Levelle Bailey, LB Jaylon Allen, TE Thomas Yassmin signed. CB Kris Abrams-Draine, RB Audric Estime, WR Devaughn Vele, C Nick Gargiulo signed/draft choice. Detroit: WR Jalon Calhoun, LB Isaac Ukwu, K James Turner, S Loren Strickland, TE Isaac Rex, CB Morice Norris Jr., LB Nate Lynn, C Bryan Hudson, C Hogan Hatten, LB DaRon Gilbert, S Chelen Garnes, C Kingsley Eguakun, C Duke Clemens, LB Steele Chambers, WR Isaiah Williams signed. T Giovanni Manu, S Sione Vaki, DT Mekhi Wingo, G Christian Mahogany signed/draft. Houston: RB Gerrid Doaks cut. LB Tarique Barnes, RB British Brooks, WR Jadon Janke, WR Jaxon Janke, DE Pheldarius Payne, LB Max Tooley signed. DE Solomon Byrd, DT Marcus Harris, G LaDarius Henderson, LB Jamal Hill, RB Jawhar Jordan, CB Kamari Lassiter, TE Cade Stover signed/draft choice. Indianapolis: WR Terrell Bynum cut. QB Jason Bean, RB Trent Pennix, K Spencer Shrader, QB Kedon Slovis, G Dalton Tucker, WR Xavier White, LB Craig Young signed. DE Laiatu Latu, S Jaylon Carlies, S Jaylin Simpson, CB Micah Abraham, DT Jonah Laulu signed/draft choice. Jacksonville: RB Keilan Robinson, K Cam Little, CB Deantre Prince signed/ draft choice. las Vegas: T DJ Glaze signed/draft. lA Chargers: LB Junior Colson, CB Tarheeb Still, CB Cam Hart, RB Kimani Vidal, WR Brenden Rice, WR Cornelius Johnson signed/draft choice. Miami: WR Je'Quan Burton, S Mark Perry, DT Leonard Payne Jr., LB Grayson Murphy, C Andrew Meyer, T Bayron Matos, G Matthew Jones, CB Isaiah Johnson, QB Gavin Hardison, CB Storm Duck, S Jordan Colbert, TE Hayden Rucci signed. Minnesota: K Will Reichard, C Michael Jurgens, DT Levi Drake Rodriguez signed/draft choice. New england: RB Deshaun Fenwick, T Zuri Henry, CB Kaleb Ford-Dement, LB Jontrey Hunter, DE John Morgan III, S Dell Pettus, C Charles Turner III, CB Mikey Victor, TE Jacob Warren signed. CB Marcellas Dial, QB Joe Milton III, TE Jaheim Bell signed/draft choice. NY Giants: RB Deon Jackson cut. WR Ayir Asante, WR John Jiles, CB Alex Johnson, T Marcellus Johnson, G Jake Kubas, DE Ovie Oghoufo, DT Casey Rogers, K Jude McAtamney signed. WR Malik Nabers, RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. signed/draft choice. Pittsburgh: G Mason McCormick, DT Logan Lee signed/draft choice. WR Scotty Miller signed/unrest FA. San Francisco: CB Renardo Green, T Dominick Puni, S Malik Mustapha, WR Jacob Cowing, LB Tatum Bethune signed/draft choice. RB Isaac Guerendo signed/unrest FA. tampa Bay: QB Zack Annexstad, RB DJ Williams, LB Shaun Peterson Jr., CB Chris McDonald Jr., WR Tanner Knue, WR Latreal Jones, G Avery Jones, WR Kameron Johnson, LB Daniel Grzesiak, LB Antonio Grier Jr., CB Tyrek Funderburk, LB Kalen DeLoach, G Xavier Delgado, DT Judge Culpepper, S Marcus Banks, S Rashad Wisdom signed. RB Bucky Irving, G Elijah Klein signed/ draft choice. tennessee: K Brayden Narveson, S Keaton Ellis, CB Rod Gattison, DT Isaiah Iton, CB Gabe Jeudy-Lally, LB Khalid Duke, T Brian Dooley, C X'Zauvea Gadlin, CB Robert Javier, TE David Martin-Robinson, TE Steven Stilianos, WR Sam Schnee, WR Bryce Oliver, RB Dillon Johnson, RB Jabari Small, G Cole Spencer signed. Washington: WR Luke McCaffrey, LB Jordan Magee, S Dominique Hampton, DE Javontae Jean-Baptiste signed/ draft choice. NHl Washington: LW Alexander Suzdalev sent to minors. Scoreboard Y Y Y Sun 5/12 Mon 5/13 tue 5/14 Wed 5/15 thu 5/16 Fri 5/17 Sat 5/18 WAS 1:35 NESN tB 7:10 NESN tB 7:10 NESN tB 7:10 NESN tB 7:10 NESN Stl 8:15 NESN Stl 7:15 NESN FlA 6:30 TBS FlA 7:00 ESPN FlA (if nec.) 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Yardage: 6,536; par: 72 Madelene Sagstrom65-66-66–197 -19 Rose Zhang...............63-68-67–198 -18 Sei Young Kim..........72-69-67–208 -8 Nelly Korda...............69-66-73–208 -8 Gabriela Ruffels.......69-72-67–208 -8 Peiyun Chien............69-72-68–209 -7 Xiyu Lin......................68-73-68–209 -7 Mao Saigo.................71-70-68–209 -7 Nataliya Guseva.......71-71-68–210 -6 Carlota Ciganda.......68-73-70–211 -5 Perrine Delacour......69-74-68–211 -5 Stephanie Kyriacou.66-79-66–211 -5 Yan Liu.......................68-70-73–211 -5 Wichanee Meechai..70-74-67–211 -5 Anna Nordqvist........75-69-67–211 -5 Marina Alex..............68-72-72–212 -4 Hannah Green..........69-71-72–212 -4 Minjee Lee................ 70-70-72–212 -4 An Na-rin...................66-75-71–212 -4 Jenny Shin.................72-71-69–212 -4 Ruoning Yin..............70-74-68–212 -4 P. 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Forsterling............70-71-74–215 -1 Esther Henseleit.......71-74-70–215 -1 Sarah Kemp..............69-72-74–215 -1 Lydia Ko.....................69-71-75–215 -1 Mi Hyang Lee...........69-71-75–215 -1 Yuka Saso.................73-69-73–215 -1 Jodi Ewart Shadoff..70-72-73–215 -1 Angel Yin...................71-74-70–215 -1 Celine Borge.............69-73-74–216 E Celine Boutier...........69-76-71–216 E Georgia Hall..............69-71-76–216 E Moriya Jutanugarn..72-71-73–216 E Auston Kim...............70-75-71–216 E Pernilla Lindberg.....70-71-75–216 E Roberta Liti...............68-72-76–216 E Ryann O'Toole..........73-69-74–216 E J. Suwannapura.......73-72-71–216 E Jing Yan.....................73-72-71–216 E Olivia Cowan............70-72-75–217 +1 Sofia Garcia..............71-73-73–217 +1 Brooke Henderson...71-74-72–217 +1 Grace Kim.................68-74-75–217 +1 Cheyenne Knight.....71-74-72–217 +1 Elizabeth Szokol.......73-69-75–217 +1 Lindsey Weaver.......67-78-72–217 +1 Matilda Castren.......71-71-76–218 +2 Maria Fassi...............68-74-76–218 +2 Hyo Joon Jang..........71-73-71–215 +2 Yuna Nishimura.......73-71-74–218 +2 Alexa Pano................68-76-74–218 +2 Yu Jin Sung...............69-72-78–219 +3 JeongEun Lee5.........73-70-77–220 +4 pga: WellS Fargo At Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, N.C. Yardage: 7,558; par: 71 Xander Schauffele...64-67-70–201 -12 Rory McIlroy.............67-68-67–202 -11 Sungjae Im................68-68-69–205 -8 Sepp Straka..............68-71-67–206 -7 Jason Day..................68-67-73–208 -5 Byeong Hun An........70-68-71–209 -4 Sam Burns.................71-68-70–209 -4 Stephan Jaeger........73-65-71–209 -4 Collin Morikawa.......67-70-72–209 -4 Taylor Pendrith........71-67-71–209 -4 Lee Hodges...............68-70-72–210 -3 Denny McCarthy......70-71-69–210 -3 C. Bezuidenhout.......70-69-72–211 -2 Cam Davis.................70-69-72–211 -2 Max Homa................ 69-70-72–211 -2 Grayson Murray.......70-69-72–211 -2 Cameron Young.......71-69-71–211 -2 Keegan Bradley........70-70-72–212 -1 Corey Conners.........70-68-74–212 -1 Tommy Fleetwood...71-70-71–212 -1 Taylor Moore............68-68-76–212 -1 Alex Noren................67-75-70–212 -1 Justin Thomas..........68-71-73–212 -1 Nick Dunlap..............69-72-72–213 E M. Hughes.................73-71-69–213 E Si Woo Kim...............70-73-70–213 E Seamus Power.........72-71-70–213 E Andrew Putnam.......70-71-72–213 E Lucas Glover.............71-70-73–214 +1 Russell Henley..........68-73-73–214 +1 Patrick Rodgers.......70-70-74–214 +1 Webb Simpson.........70-73-71–214 +1 Will Zalatoris............70-70-74–214 +1 Akshay Bhatia..........74-70-71–215 +2 Tom Hoge..................70-73-72–215 +2 Tom Kim....................73-69-73–215 +2 Kurt Kitayama..........70-75-70–215 +2 Ben Kohles................71-71-73–215 +2 Adam Scott...............71-71-73–215 +2 Adam Svensson.......72-70-73–215 +2 Nick Taylor................71-69-75–215 +2 Harris English...........71-73-72–216 +3 Viktor Hovland.........72-72-72–216 +3 Matt Kuchar..............69-72-75–216 +3 Jordan Spieth...........69-71-76–216 +3 Patrick Cantlay........73-72-72–217 +4 Jake Knapp...............71-75-71–217 +4 Wyndham Clark.......73-73-72–218 +5 Tony Finau................72-73-73–218 +5 Adam Schenk...........72-73-73–218 +5 Brendon Todd...........72-71-75–218 +5 Kevin Tway...............73-71-74–218 +5 pga: MyrTle beach At Dunes Golf & Beach Club, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Yardage: 7,347; par: 71 Chris Gotterup..........66-64-65–195 -18 Jorge Campillo.........66-66-67–199 -14 Robert MacIntyre....64-67-68–199 -14 Erik van Rooyen.......67-67-65–199 -14 Davis Thompson......65-68-67–200 -13 Alex Smalley.............68-65-68–201 -12 Joseph Bramlett.......68-66-68–202 -11 Ryan Fox....................70-66-66–202 -11 Beau Hossler............64-69-69–202 -11 Patton Kizzire...........70-65-67–202 -11 Sam Ryder................67-69-66–202 -11 Greyson Sigg............67-67-68–202 -11 Ben Silverman..........66-71-65–202 -11 Kevin Yu....................67-69-66–202 -11 Chesson Hadley.......69-67-67–203 -10 Chan Kim...................66-68-69–203 -10 Henrik Norlander68-67-68-73–203 -10 Dylan Wu...................66-68-69–203 -10 Parker Coody............68-71-65–204 -9 Alistair Docherty......65-68-71–204 -9 Ben Griffin.................67-68-69–204 -9 Blades Brown...........72-67-66–205 -8 Trace Crowe.............71-63-71–205 -8 Patrick Fishburn.......73-66-66–205 -8 Max Greyserman.....71-68-66–205 -8 Ryan McCormick.....68-68-69–205 -8 S.Y. Noh.....................69-68-68–205 -8 Chez Reavie..............68-66-71–205 -8 Sam Stevens.............68-69-68–205 -8 Carson Young...........69-69-67–205 -8 Zecheng Dou............65-72-69–206 -7 Michael Kim..............68-68-70–206 -7 Mac Meissner...........70-68-68–206 -7 Troy Merritt..............68-71-67–206 -7 Scott Piercy..............68-69-69–206 -7 Robby Shelton..........72-67-67–206 -7 Matt Wallace............72-64-70–206 -7 Harry Hall..................72-67-68–207 -6 Thriston Lawrence..70-67-70–207 -6 Matthew NeSmith...72-68-67–207 -6 David Skinns.............71-68-68–207 -6 J.J. Spaun...................71-67-69–207 -6 Kevin Streelman......71-66-70–207 -6 Matt Atkins...............69-69-70–208 -5 Paul Barjon...............69-67-72–208 -5 Jacob Bridgeman.....70-68-70–208 -5 Hayden Buckley.......70-69-69–208 -5 Pierceson Coody......71-69-68–208 -5 A. D. De Chassart.... 67-70-71–208 -5 Chandler Phillips......67-69-72–208 -5 Justin Suh..................67-68-73–208 -5 Daniel Berger............70-69-70–209 -4 Joel Dahmen.............69-67-73–209 -4 S.H Kim......................68-68-73–209 -4 Sean O'Hair...............68-72-69–209 -4 Victor Perez..............71-66-72–209 -4 Roger Sloan..............67-70-72–209 -4 Alejandro Tosti.........65-73-71–209 -4 Andrew Novak..........72-66-72–210 -3 Carl Yuan..................67-72-71–210 -3 premier league GP W D l Pts. Manchester City .... 36 26 7 3 85 Arsenal..................... 36 26 5 5 83 Liverpool.................. 36 23 9 4 78 Aston Villa............... 36 20 7 9 67 Tottenham............... 36 19 6 11 63 Newcastle................ 36 17 6 13 57 Chelsea.................... 36 16 9 11 57 Man. United ............ 35 16 6 13 54 West Ham ............... 37 14 10 13 52 Brighton................... 36 12 12 12 48 Bournemouth.......... 37 13 9 15 48 Crystal Palace ........ 37 12 10 15 46 Wolverhampton ..... 37 13 7 17 46 Fulham..................... 37 12 8 17 44 Everton .................... 37 13 9 15 40 Brentford................. 37 10 9 18 39 Nottinghm Forest... 37 8 9 20 29 Luton Town............. 37 6 8 23 26 Burnley..................... 37 5 9 23 24 Sheffield .................. 37 3 7 27 16 SAtURDAY’S ReSUltS Manchester City 4...............at Fulham 0 At Everton 1............................Sheffield 0 Brighton 1........................at Newcastle 1 At Tottenham 2........................Burnley 1 At West Ham 3.................Luton Town 1 Crystal Palace 3...at Wolverhampton 1 Brentford 2................at Bournemouth 1 Chelsea 3..........at Nottingham Forest 2 SUNDAY’S GAMe Arsenal at Manchester United....11:30a Schools baSeball Worcester Acad. 10................Cushing 1 CAPe ANN Lynnfield 10........................Essex Tech 0 Manchester 5...........................Ipswich 2 Newburyport 2..............Triton 1 (8 inn.) N. Reading 5.........................Pentucket 2 CAtHOlIC CeNtRAl Arlington Cath. 4..............Bp. Fenwick 1 COMMONWeAltH Gr. Lowell 10.........................Northeast 4 DUAl COUNtY Bedford 10................Concord-Carlisle 4 Boston Latin 4..........Weston 0 (10 inn.) HOCKOMOCK Franklin 9.............................King Philip 3 Milford 4.................................Attleboro 0 ISl Tabor 2..................................St. Mark’s 0 MeRRIMACK VAlleY Central Cath. 6........................Andover 2 N. Andover 6......................Chelmsford 1 MID-WACH Oakmont 5...........................Tyngsboro 1 MIDDleSeX Arlington 13.............................Belmont 2 NORtHeASteRN Masconomet 9.........................Danvers 0 Swampscott 2.......................Winthrop 1 SOUtH COASt Seekonk 4...................W. Bridgewater 0 Somerset Berk. 3.....Gr. New Bedford 2 tRI-VAlleY Holliston 1............................Hopkinton 0 NONleAGUe Andover 4............Shrewsbury 3 (8 inn.) Bp. Stang 6..........................Dartmouth 4 Cambridge 8..............................Revere 2 Cath. Memorial 7.......................Lowell 0 Foxboro 3...................Ashland 1 (8 inn.) Milton 10.................................Hingham 8 Nantucket 1............................O'Bryant 0 Newton North 4....................Lexington 0 Phillips Exeter 2.......................Pingree 1 St. Mary’s 4.....................Pope Francis 0 lacroSSe BOYS CAPe ANN Amesbury 12...............Ham.-Wenham 9 ISl Belmont Hill 18............................BB&N 6 Brooks 9..............................Rivers 8 (OT) Milton Acad. 12..........................Groton 4 Roxbury Latin 16..............St. George’s 7 St. Sebastian’s 10......................Nobles 8 Thayer 20.................Lawrence Acad. 10 MAYFlOWeR Old Colony 10.................Southeastern 3 MeRRIMACK VAlleY Tewksbury 14.............................Lowell 0 NONleAGUe Ashland 8...............................Brookline 5 Belmont 14...............................Bedford 5 Beverly 8.................................Methuen 6 Bp. Stang 11........................Dartmouth 4 Cath. Memorial 13.........Central Cath. 3 Danvers 10........................Bp. Fenwick 6 Fairfield Prep (Conn.) 21.......BC High 8 Falmouth 14...................Whit.-Hanson 2 Hingham 4..........Glastonbury (Conn.) 3 Holliston 10.............................Wayland 9 King Philip 9.........................Hopkinton 8 Lincoln-Sudbury 8.........Longmeadow 7 Manchester 10....................Gloucester 9 Mansfield 19.......................Silver Lake 8 Medfield 14..............................Franklin 7 Milford 15............................Bellingham 8 Nantucket 16.................Abp. Williams 2 Nashoba 13..........................Wachusett 7 Nauset 21...............................Hanover 11 Nipmuc 15................................Medway 4 Norwell 8.........................Newburyport 4 Peabody 6................................Medford 4 Scituate 9.................................Reading 8 Stoughton 10..........................Bay Path 1 Swampscott 10............................Triton 4 Westford 12.......................Chelmsford 4 Weston 18.................Martha’s Vnyd. 11 GIRlS CAPe & ISlANDS Barnstable 20..........Dennis-Yarmouth 3 MeRRIMACK VAlleY Tewksbury 12.............................Lowell 5 SOUtH COASt Apponequet 19.......................Seekonk 2 NONleAGUe Andover 15.......................Minnechaug 9 Beverly 19...............................Billerica 13 Canton 9......................................Milton 7 Central Cath. 10.......Concord-Carlisle 8 Chelmsford 13.........Pinkerton (N.H.) 11 Lincoln-Sudbury 8......Hingham 7 (3OT) Medfield 16.......................Manchester 5 Nantucket 17.......................N. Reading 4 Nauset 20................................Mashpee 1 Needham 10.............................Foxboro 9 Newburyport 11.......................Norwell 9 Newton South 11...............Watertown 8 Stoneham 11.......................Gloucester 2 SoFTball CAPe ANN Newburyport 17.....................Rockport 1 CAtHOlIC CeNtRAl Abp. Williams 12........Card. Spellman 8 DUAl COUNtY Concord-Carlisle 12...............Wayland 0 ISl Brooks 3......................................Thayer 0 MAYFlOWeR Westport 15...................................Avon 3 Westport 21...................................Avon 7 MIDDleSeX Wakefield 4........................Wilmington 3 SOUtHeASt Bridge.-Raynham 5............Dartmouth 4 NONleAGUe Austin Prep 4................Phillips Exeter 3 Austin Prep 22..............Phillips Exeter 5 Bedford 5................................Arlington 0 Digh.-Rehoboth 12.............Bp. Feehan 0 Hanover 8.....................E. Bridgewater 7 King Philip 2....................Central Cath. 1 Latin Acad. 18.............Martha’s Vnyd. 6 Marshfield 13.........................Cohasset 1 Millis 20...................................Holbrook 4 New Bedford 8......................Falmouth 0 Walpole 5.............................Gloucester 2 TenniS GIRlS CAPe & ISlANDS Nantucket 3.................Martha’s Vnyd. 2 CAPe ANN Ipswich 5.................................Rockport 0 ISl Thayer 6......................................Brooks 3 NONleAGUe Danvers 5..............................St. Mary’s 0 Volleyball BOYS NONleAGUe Newton North 3....................Westfield 0 R For updated scores and highlights, go to bostonglobe.com/sports/highschools. colleges lacroSSe NCAA tOURNAMeNt MeN SAtURDAY’S ReSUltS Tufts 27............................Ill. Wesleyan 9 St. Lawrence 14.........Plymouth State 6 RIT 23........................................Babson 16 Swarthmore 14........................Endicott 9 SUNDAY’S GAMeS St. Anselm vs Mercy..............................1 Stevenson vs. Tufts................................3 WOMeN SAtURDAY’S ReSUltS MIT 18........................Plymouth State 10 St. John Fisher 17...................Endicott 8 SUNDAY’S GAMeS Boston College vs. Princeton.............12 Babson vs. Stevens................................1 Cortland vs. Tufts...................................1 MlS SAtURDAY’S ReSUltS At NY Red Bulls 4..........New England 2 At Charlotte 1........................Nashville 0 NYCFC 3...............................at Toronto 2 Orlando 3.....................at Philadelphia 2 Miami 3..............................at Montreal 2 D.C. United 3.........................at Atlanta 2 Cincinnati 2......................at Columbus 1 At Dallas 2...................................Austin 1 Houston 2.....................at Sporting KC 1 At St. Louis 3............................Chicago 1 San Jose 3..........................at Colorado 2 Real Salt Lake.....................at LA Galaxy Vancouver....................................at LAFC SUNDAY’S GAMe Seattle at Portland............................4:45 pWhl Walter cup SeMiFinalS (beST oF 5) Minnesota vs. toronto Toronto 2, Minnesota 0 Boston vs. Montreal Boston 2, Montreal 0 FRIDAY’S ReSUlt Toronto 2..............................Minnesota 0 SAtURDAY’S ReSUlt Boston 2.......................Montreal 1 (3OT) By Matty Wasserman GLobE corrEsPoNDENT Marti Sarquella’s passion for tennis originated as a 6-year-old, when one of his family’s globe-hopping moves landed them in beijing. Due to the severe air pollution, sarquella would often be holed up inside his apartment for days on end — so finding activities required creativity. Using a beach paddle, sarquella would hit balls against his front door for hours on end. He stacked suitcases to form a de facto net, and would play against his father. After the family moved to Massachusetts a year later, sarquella began transplanting those homegrown skills onto a real tennis court. Now 14, sarquella has established himself as one of the state’s top young players, winning more than 60 junior tournaments. The freshman claimed the first singles spot for Actonboxborough, a perennial Division 1 power. sarquella has lost just twice, and has held his own against the state’s top players. “There’s a lot new about playing tennis as a team sport,” sarquella said. “Especially as the top guy and being a freshman, there’s pressure to deliver for your teammates, but it’s good pressure.” sarquella does not come from a tennis-playing family — his father, Vicente, was a soccer player, and his mother, Cristina, competed in gymnastics. but since displaying affection for the sport as a youngster, his parents encouraged his highly competitive path. “He always loved the game. You could see that, but he also always had a great tennis court awareness, even at a very, very young age,” said Marcus Lewis, who has trained sarquella since age 10. “His anticipation was really kind of preternatural. And that’s something that either takes you a long time to get, or you’re just born with it.” While players of sarquella’s caliber don’t always compete for their local high school, Acton-boxborough offered him the opportunity to experience a team environment, and to contend for a state title alongside juniors Rishi Dasari and Siddhant Ganeshwaran and a deep roster. “Next year, I might focus more on going to national tournaments instead [of playing for Acton-boxborough],” sarquella said. Longtime Acton-boxborough coach Kevin Curley knew he had a major talent in the pipeline. “He’s seen a lot of different styles at the [first singles] position, and he understands and reads the competition very well, and adapts accordingly,” curley said. “He’s got a very gifted court sense.” sarquella’s most impressive performances include a straight-set win over Weston’s star senior Max Ding, and three-set losses to Westford senior Connor Liona (6-1, 4-6, 7-6) and concord-carlisle senior Lucas Bikkersbaker (3-6, 7-5, 6-3) — widely considered two of the state’s best players. “[sarquella’s] found a way to win these matches. And if he doesn’t, like the case of [Liona], he took him the distance,” curley said. “[The Liona match] is very much a statement that we have a top legitimate singles player who we know is going to be incredibly competitive.” Net matters R With the Westford Academy boys (8-2) taking consecutive losses to concordcarlisle and brookline this week, st. John’s Prep (12-0) and Lexington (14-0) remain the only undefeated teams in Division 1. R The Duxbury boys are impressive 11-0, sitting third in the Division 2 MIAA power rankings. The Green Dragons are backed by junior Tim Vargas, who only has two losses in his high school career. “Every 10 years or so, we get a trained player who’s dedicated to tennis, who plays year round,” said Duxbury coach John Bunar. “He’s one of the top 10 players in New England.” Adding strength to the lineup is senior Tucker Catalano, who is 42-0 in his Duxbury career. In their first meeting since the 2023 Division 2 state final, in which Duxbury prevailed, 3-2, visiting Westborough held a 2-1 edge Friday when the match was suspended because of darkness. It will be completed at a later date. R The Division 1 girls’ bracket is loaded. Four of the top six teams in the MIAA D1 power rankings are Dual county League schools: boston Latin (10-0), concord-carlisle (5-3), Westford Academy (7-2), and Newton south (7-3). but only one of the four teams is unbeaten against the other three this season. Undefeated boston Latin leads the ranking for the Dual county League, and Division 1 girls tennis overall. Lexington (Middlesex, 14-0) and Wellesley (bay state, 11-1) are second and fifth, respectively. “The Dual county League is pretty strong this year,” said boston Latin coach Paulanne Wilson. “There’s a lot of young talent. You know for years to come it’ll be good.” Globe correspondent Sofia Garrett contributed to this report. HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS NOTEBOOK Product of China A-B’s Sarquella got his start in Beijing BOYS No. Rec. last 1. Lexington 14-0 1 2. St. John’s Prep 12-0 2 3. Concord-Carlisle 8-1 9 4. Newton North 8-1 6 5. Winchester 10-2 4 6. Brookline 13-2 8 7. Duxbury 11-0 7 8. Westford 8-2 3 9. Acton-Boxborough 5-3 11 10. Sharon 11-0 10 11. Arlington 10-3 12 12. Wellesley 9-4 18 13. Weston 6-3 13 14. Bedford 6-3 14 15. Andover 10-3 5 16. BC High 8-3 — 17. Wayland 5-3 20 18. Hopkinton 10-1 16 19. Hingham 9-1 15 20. Bishop Feehan 9-3 17 GIRlS No. Rec. last 1. Lexington 14-0 1 2. Boston Latin 10-0 2 3. Wellesley 11-1 6 4. Westford 7-2 8 5. Acton-Boxborough 5-2 7 6. Winchester 10-2 5 7. Newton South 7-3 4 8. Concord-Carlisle 5-3 3 9. Andover 11-2 9 10. Notre Dame (H) 9-0 10 11. Lincoln-Sudbury 5-3 11 12. Franklin 9-0 12 13. Duxbury 9-1 13 14. Belmont 11-3 — 15. Hingham 8-3 14 16. Bishop Feehan 8-2 — 17. Pembroke 8-1 18 18. Needham 7-4 16 19. Newton North 6-3 15 20. St. John Paul II 12-0 17 globe Top 20
Address yOurrEaLEstatEguIdEtObuyINg,sELLINg,LIvINg BOstON sUNDay GlOBe May 12, 2024 | BOstON.COM/realestate H ONLINE rENT WAGE GAP GrOWS ALSO INSIDE: HELP WANTED AND CLASSIFIEDS Your Second Home: Summer By Christopher Gavin GLOBE CORRESPONDENT S unscreen. Towels. a book for the beach. Skis. Winter jackets . Maybe a snowboard. Yes, the vacation home necessities — be it on the shores of Cape Cod or in the Green Mountains of Vermont — can definitely vary by location. But not all. Perhaps just as important as some of those fun essentials is smart-home technology, from energy-friendly thermostats to automated tech-savvy locks and security systems. Vacation property owners in New England are increasingly relying on them to get the most out of their home away from home — and peace of mind. “It’s definitely not only for the techsavvy, and it’s becoming almost unavoidable,” said Matthew H. Cole, president and CEO of Cape associates Inc. in Eastham. In addition to crafting custom homes, Cape associates cares for a portfolio of about 480 private properties on the popular peninsula, particularly during the offseason. “Whether you want to call it the ‘Internet of Things’ or just ‘WiFi-connected devices,’ ‘smart devices’ … they’re just becoming more common,” Cole said. These gadgets have become especially popular recently. a January report by YouGov, an international online research data and analytics technology group , indicated that 65 percent of americans now own at least one smart-home appliance or device — a significant jump from 51 percent in 2020, with security products among Smarttech is the ultimate upgrade for your vacation property Owners eagerly embrace monitoring devices as a way to keep their investments safe. Here’s what they are getting. the most used. “People are just hungry for information,” Cole said. “They want to know what’s going on in their home, whether they’re there or not. They want control.” For some, that may mean having a backup battery to keep everything running during coastal storms or mountain blizzards. It could mean having security cameras throughout the home or even smart lighting. all are true for JC Murphy, president of Savant Systems, a Massachusetts-based industry pioneer in home automation. On a recent Zoom call, Murphy quickly pulled up Savant’s unique dashboard, showing the real-time monitoring of his second home in Florida, from the front door cameras HOME TECH, Page H13 aDOBE With a certified home watcher, you’re sitting pretty Tempted to hire a friend, neighbor, or house sitter to keep an eye on your home while you go on vacation or leave for the season? Not so fast. Friends or neighbors who feel inconvenienced by the added responsibility may not check as carefully or as frequently as you’d like. a house sitter will live in your home and sleep in your bed — but have you vetted that person, run a criminal background check, or confirmed the sitter has insurance to cover any damage? Dan Hegarty has faced this very issue. a retired sales manager who lives in North Easton, Hegarty owns a 1,400-square-foot vacation home on Cape Cod that he uses from May to September. He’s tried having nearby family check on the house — an inexpensive approach, he said, but they failed to do so regularly. He also paid a friend, but felt that person wasn’t experienced enough to spot issues of concern, and as Hegarty added more sophisticated electronics to the house — like cameras and security systems — he wanted someone with more tech experience. So, he hired Patrick Foran, a Certified Home Watch Professional, whose business, Dennis-based Foran Realty, is accredited by the National Home Watch association, or NHWa, a trade association that screens members; runs criminal background searches; checks references; verifies insurance, bonding, and licenses; and, for certified members, requires individuals to complete a rigorous curriculum and pass an exam. “When you get your hair styled or your nails done, the cosmetologist or nail tech displays their license,” said Jack Luber, founder and executive director of the NHWa. “But we, as home watchers, have your keys, alarm codes, personal information, and access to your belongings. There are a lot of less-than-legitimate home watch services that offer their clients little or no protection, but we believe our clients must be protected as well as they can be.” Luber said home watchers don’t need to be licensed in any state or municipality, except for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which requires a Watch Guard Patrol License from the Massachusetts State Police for anyone performing such services. Under the Massachusetts statute, there’s an exception from licensing for those who perform exterior checks for storm damage only. a home watch service can give absent homeowners peace of mind. Watchers inspect both the inside and outside of a house to check for leaks, insect infestations, mold, and other potential issues. They create a presence at your home, which may deter squatters and other intruders. and they can mitigate damage by detecting problems when they first arise, not months later when the owner shows up to open the house for the season. Luber said the NHWa, which was founded in 2009, has more than 600 members, including 14 Certified Home Watch Professionals in New England. Hegarty pays $50 per visit for biweekly inspections by Foran, who said he spends about 20 minutes at each home. “Your home is your largest asset,” Foran said. “a house watcher gives you peace of mind. If you’re not here for three or six months, you HOME WATCHErS, Page H2 they inspect both the inside and outside of a house to check for leaks, insect infestations, mold, and other potential issues. they create a presence in your home, which may deter squatters and other intruders. B y Robyn A . Fri edma n | Globe correspondent aDOBE, GLOBE STaFF SPRING IS IN THE AIR AT REDBROOK. Redbrook balances friendly gathering places and neighborhoods to make life easier. So you have time to explore, experience and enjoy. Homes starting in the upper-$500s. Connect with us by appointment only, call 508 224 2600 or visit RedbrookPlymouth.com VAST. VISTAS. 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h2 Address B o ston S u n d a y Glo b e m A Y 12, 2 0 2 4 Have a question for our experts: Send it to [email protected]. Questions are subject to editing. ? Double the fun: 2 ranches on a creek for under $1 million By John R. Ellement gLOBE STAFF Go ahead, let a coin flip decide. heads, and your new home address is 46 riverview St. in this western vermont town about a half-hour south of Burlington. Tails: Tell the mail carrier to deliver to 58 riverview St. Either way, your new residence is a 1,848-square-foot ranch/camp-style home built just three years ago on a half-acre lot on Otter creek. The property comes with a private dock and 250 feet of frontage on the water, which meanders into Lake champlain, one of the northeast’s great natural treasures and rumored to have a mysterious creature in residence, “champ.” These two homes are twins — the flooring and finishes vary — but the overall design, room layouts, and square footage closely track, so our coverage will focus on 46 riverview. There’s a stairwell on the water side to a 91-square-foot screenedin porch with beadboard and a wrought-iron chandelier, a placid spot to enjoy one’s morning coffee. A slider reveals an open area that encompasses the living and sitting rooms and the kitchen. The flooring throughout is an engineered hardwood. The living room, the largest space at 261 square feet, draws natural light from a window with a side view of the lake, while a trio of windows looks into the porch. To the right, the 84-square-foot sitting room sits under a candle-like light fixture with a warm finish, offering a prime spot to take in the view through five windows. The kitchen (150 square feet) has a butcher-block-topped island with three glass-shaded pendant lights and seating for two. The appliances are stainless steel, including the gas stove. The Shaker-style cabinets are white, but the granite counter is dark for an elegant look. The sink is positioned under a window. A short hallway leads deeper into the home, with a door to the half bath, which also serves as the laundry room; the entrance to the two-car garage; and the door to the primary bedroom suite. The bedroom (246 square feet) comes with one double-hung window and a 49-square-foot walk-in closet. The en-suite bath offers a shower behind a clear glass door. The surround is ceramic tile that mimics marble, and the single vanity is topped with quartz. heating and cooling is via a heat pump. According to the listing agent, the homes can be rented seasonally or serve as long-term residences. Both are on the water. kieran T. donnelly of coldwell Banker hickok & Boardman in Burlington, vt., is the listing agent. Follow John R. Ellement on X @JREbosglobe. Send listings to [email protected]. Please note: We do not feature unfurnished homes unless they are new-builds or gut renovations and will not respond to submissions we won’t pursue. Subscribe to our newsletter at Boston.com/address-newsletter. “discovering these issues quickly can mean the difference between a quick fix and extensive, expensive damage.” To find a qualified home watcher who already has been vetted, check the nhwA’s searchable database at www.nationalhomewatchassociation.org for both accredited businesses and certified individuals. verify references, and be sure to meet the specific person who will be watching your house, not just the owner of the company. “Find someone you click with,” said hegarty, the owner of the cape cod home. “it’s all about communication.” Robyn A. Friedman has been writing about real estate and the home market for more than two decades. Follow her @robynafriedman. Send comments to [email protected]. Follow Address on X @globehomes and sign up for our free newsletter at Boston.com/address-newsletter. have no idea what’s going on.” chip raffi, owner of The home watchers in Sandown, n.h., has just concluded his second season as a home watch professional. previously, he was a police officer in california, a corporate executive, and the owner of an insurance agency. raffi considers his company, an accredited member of the nhwA, to be in the risk-mitigation business. “homeowners are assuming a bit of a risk when they leave to go south for the winter or if they are absentee owners of a vacation property,” he said. “Through scheduled visual inspections of unoccupied properties, we offer homeowners a way to mitigate the risk of potential vandalism, weather damage, burst water pipes, forced entry, and uhome wAtCheRS Continued from Page H1 squatters.” raffi spends about 30 to 40 minutes inspecting the interior and exterior of his clients’ homes and then emails them a four-page report and photos, “so property owners, from the warmth and comfort of their Florida home, can have peace of mind knowing there’s a local advocate there on their behalf.” he charges between $75 and $100 per check for homes up to 2,500 square feet, and visits either weekly or biweekly, according to his clients’ preferences. charlie posnick, a certified home watch professional and owner of vermont home watch in Jericho, vt., said many homeowners believe that their security cameras, leak detectors, and remote temperature monitors will adequately protect their property. he respectfully disagrees. “Those things are great, but they give you a false sense of security because you don’t get a complete picture of the condition the house is in,” posnick said. “These devices wouldn’t indicate if a tree has fallen on the house or if the refrigerator stopped working. And, if the power or internet goes out, those wi-Fi devices won’t work anyway.” posnick’s fees start at $65 per visit, but vary based on the size of the home, the time it will take to perform a thorough inspection, and any additional client requests. he will, for example, idle a car stored in the garage or stock the fridge with groceries before the owners return. he typically spends about a half-hour inspecting each home, following a 30-item checklist on his ipad. “The winters are harsh up here, and a lot can happen to a home when it’s unoccupied,” he said. In Mass., some home watchers need licenses ABoVe The homes sit on a half acre along Otter Creek. Left The kitchen island at 46 Riverview seats two. $965,000 Style Ranches Year built 2021 Square feet 1,848 each Bedrooms 1 in each Baths 1 full, 1 half in each Sewer/water Private/public taxes $5,322 (2023) 46 And 58 rivErviEw ST., FErriSBUrgh, vT. home of the week See more View additional photos of this property at boston.com/realestate. Ask... Can you grow a butterfly bush in a container? greetings fellow gardeners. Our winter was a boon for everyone who loves spring flowers, with temperatures here in hopkinton never dipping below 9 degrees Fahrenheit, thereby qualifying us for a USdA Zone 7 plant hardiness zone rating. Yale climate connections cited January 2024 as the “Earth’s warmest January since global record-keeping began in 1850. Thanks to these statistics, along with last year’s ample rainfall, our springtime is among the most colorful i’ve ever experienced, including many generally less hardy trees and shrubs in glorious bloom. But along with the appealing changes like these, climate change is bringing problems, including expanding the range of many invasive plants that are becoming a challenge in our gardens. i appreciate your kind responses to my first column; i’ve received many questions, some of which i’ll address here and in future columns. i cannot reply to all of you, but i promise to do what i can. Q. Two years ago, my very big butterfly bush appeared dead, but it finally poked up one little sprig among the dead branches. Then two little butterfly bushes sprang up, one about 5 feet away from the mother plant and the other about 10 feet away. Should i dig them up and replant them? can they survive winters in big pots? p.h., Mission Hill A. Butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii and cvs.) is a woody shrub that typically dies to the ground over the winter in this climate, but it usually sprouts new growth from roots, which survive the cold. when you see new shoots, cut back all the dead branches to encourage growth for the surviving parts. it’s likely that those new, smaller plants are seedlings, not root sprouts from your original bush. volunteer seedlings like these won’t be the same as your original plant, but you can transplant them now if you want to save them. Because they seed-in so readily, some localities now classify butterfly bush as an invasive species. A better choice might be one of the newer Buddleia cultivars offered at your garden center that are less fertile and produce fewer seeds. Buddleia grows well in containers, but you’ll need to bring the pots into cold storage (like a garage or root cellar) where temperatures stay above 25 degrees in the winter. Q. rabbits have decimated so many things i love to grow in my garden. i’ve spent at least $100 (surely more) on things like coyote urine, Liquid Fence, and rabbit Scram, to little or no avail (except to gross me out). This takes a lot of the joy out of the warm months for me. Outside of building fences, which seems difficult and unattractive for our many separate garden areas, is there any way of eliminating this scourge? E.B., Medford A. Once rabbits get a taste for something they enjoy, changing their habits is difficult, so start your efforts early in the season: Some of this year’s rabbits are a new next generation and may not have inherited their parents’ knowledge, so those smelly repellant applications may be more effective in the new season. The best solution is a physical barrier. i use chicken wire hooped over susceptible crops, spiked into the ground to deter digging, or mounted on a portable frame that can be moved as each crop matures. Surrounding delectable crops with plants that rabbits don’t enjoy (like mint, hot peppers, garlic, onions, and rhubarb) can encourage them to forage elsewhere. my wife has successfully spread old coffee grounds around herb plants as an effective deterrent. we consider our cat part of our management team, too. please keep your questions coming. if you can, please include a photo. Thank you for your support! R. Wayne Mezitt is a third-generation nurseryman, a Massachusetts Certified Horticulturist, chairman of Weston Nurseries, and owner of “Hort-Sense,” a horticultural advisory business. In addition to serving as editor-in-chief for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society Leaflet, an electronically published monthly member newsletter, he chairs the Massachusetts Invasive Plant Advisory Group. Please send your questions to [email protected]. 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