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Sports columnist for the Boston Globe. Author. Winner BBWAA Career Excellence Award presented at Baseball Hall of Fame.
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In this sad Red Sox spring of 2026, they’re no longer the talk of the town, and other thoughts

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By Dan Shaughnessy 
| The Boston Globe
“We don’t talk about them anymore,” said one of them. “We just talk about A.J. Brown.” Bingo. Such is the tone of most sports conversation in this sad Sox spring of 2026. It’s early June and the Sox are the only game in town, but they’re largely ignored on local sports airwaves. If you visit a Hub saloon, the TV over the bar will probably feature golf, the Knicks, Roland Garros, or Stephen A. Smith ripping Jaylen Brown.
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It’s going to be a lot of fun ‘hate-watching’ the Knicks in the NBA Finals, and other thoughts

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By Dan Shaughnessy 
| The Boston Globe
Even though the Celtics (a higher seed than the Knicks) bowed out of the NBA playoffs four weeks ago, there’s plenty of incentive to follow the Knicks as they attempt to win their first NBA championship since Richard Nixon was president. Mocking the Knicks has been a local sports tradition for most of the eight decades of NBA history.
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Offering up a toast to New England sports fans. It’s different here, for the better, and other thoughts.

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By Dan Shaughnessy 
| The Boston Globe
The Bruins are done for this season, but like many of you, I still keep an eye on the playoffs, and I watched the Canadiens beat the starving Sabres in overtime in Game 7 Monday. Tuesday morning at 9, I got this email from a random Globe reader: A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. “Long live the Adams Division!!! Montreal, Quebec, and Hartford still alive! Sound the Brass Bonanza!” That was it. Fifteen little words of sports gold.
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