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Bruins earn crucial victory, snap Jackets' win streak at 7
Feb 26, 2026; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Columbus Blue Jackets center Boone Jenner (38) can’t makes the goal against Boston Bruins goaltender Joonas Korpisalo (70) during the second period at TD Garden. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images The Boston Bruins erased an early one-goal deficit with three straight goals and held on to defeat the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2 in the teams’ first meeting of the season on Thursday night.
Viktor Arvidsson bookended the night with two goals, scoring Boston’s opener in the first period and an empty-netter in the final minute of the third.
Sean Kuraly scored the eventual game-winner and Morgan Geekie also lit the lamp to extend his point streak to nine for the Bruins, who are 5-0-3 in their last eight games and lead the Blue Jackets by six points for the second Eastern Conference wild-card spot. The Capitals are four points back of the Bruins.
Joonas Korpisalo was the victor in goal (36 saves, 19 in the first period), holding off Columbus despite its 40-23 advantage in shots.
Michael DiPietro made two saves in 6:03 as Korpisalo was taken off the ice following a collision with Columbus forward Miles Wood that led to a goaltender interference penalty and Boston’s go-ahead tally on the power play.
Adam Fantilli had a goal and an assist, Kirill Marchenko also scored and Marson Marchment assisted on both goals for Columbus, which won its last seven games before the Olympics and lost for just the second time under coach Rick Bowness (10-2-0).
Elvis Merzlikins made 19 stops in the Blue Jackets net.
Korpisalo saved Mathieu Olivier’s close-range backhander amidst early opportunities for both teams, but the visitors drew first blood on Marchenko’s breakaway at 4:32. Charlie McAvoy’s misplay turned the puck over to Mason Marchment, who sprung Marchenko down the middle for a blocker-side wrist shot.
After Boston came up empty on the game’s first power play and extended in-zone pressure that followed around the halfway mark of the first, Korpisalo continued an outstanding start when he denied Fantilli on a 2-on-1 less than a minute later.
Arvidsson tied the game at 15:51, taking a shot from the right wall that bounced in off a defender as Casey Mittelstadt drove towards the net.
The Bruins jumped into their first lead at 6:54 of the second. With 40 seconds gone on Wood’s infraction, Geekie took David Pastrnak’s pass for a one-timer from the left dot. DiPietro preserved the 2-1 score with a key blocker save on Fantilli point-blank less than a minute after Geekie’s goal.
An Ohio native playing against his former team, Kuraly extended the Boston lead to 3-1 on a slapper in transition with 8:45 left.
Fantilli, who had another look clank off the post in the opening minutes of the third, finally found twine to make it 3-2 with 6:15 to go. He ripped home a Marchment pass from the high slot.
Korpisalo stood tall again late, making an outstretched leg save on Zach Werenski to keep Boston in front just after Fantilli’s goal before holding off the visitors’ 6-on-5 surge.
–Field Level Media
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Report: RB David Montgomery 'wants out' of Detroit
Dec 25, 2025; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Detroit Lions running back David Montgomery (5) looks on before the game against the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images Lions running back David Montgomery “wants out” of Detroit after three seasons, ESPN reported on Sunday.
Montgomery, however, immediately appeared to refute the report on X, posting: “Damn, Dmo told you that?”
The ESPN report claims the Lions would want “a decent Day 3 pick (possibly a fifth-rounder)” in the 2026 NFL Draft in return for Montgomery, who turns 29 in June and is owed $6 million next season.
The report follows general manager Brad Holmes’ remarks after the season about Montgomery being unhappy with his playing time in 2025. Sharing a backfield with Jahmyr Gibbs, Montgomery rushed for a career-low 716 yards and eight touchdowns in 17 games (no starts).
“Those are conversations that we’re going to have to have because I’ve got a lot of respect for that player,” Holmes said of Montgomery in January. “He deserves to be in a situation where his skillset can be utilized, and so yeah would love for it to be here, but if it can’t be here then you’d just love to see where could work out best for him.”
At the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Holmes said the situation with Montgomery is “fluid.” He signed a two-year extension during the 2024 season that runs through the end of the 2027 campaign.
“Yeah, I have been in touch with David’s agent, and his representation,” Holmes revealed. “Obviously, we love David, he’s a great player, we love to have him, you know, kind of want to put last year in the rear view, and just move forward. But, obviously, a player has to want to be at a certain place as well. The conversations are still fluid, but we’ll see how it goes.”
Montgomery has rushed for 2,506 yards and 33 touchdowns in 45 games (28 starts) in three seasons with Detroit (2023-25). He has 76 catches for 650 yards in that span.
He began his career with the NFC North rival Chicago Bears, who drafted him in the third round in 2019. Montgomery rushed for 3,609 yards and 26 scores in 60 games (51 starts) with the Bears (2019-22).
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Yankees LHP Ryan Yarbrough joins U.S. roster for WBC
Jun 18, 2025; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees relief pitcher Ryan Yarbrough (33) delivers a pitch during the first inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images New York Yankees left-hander Ryan Yarbrough was added to the Team USA roster for the upcoming World Baseball Classic on Sunday.
The 34-year-old reliever replaces Minnesota Twins right-hander Joe Ryan, who is dealing with low back tightness. Ryan moves into the designated pitcher pool, meaning he is eligible for a call-up after each round of the WBC.
Yarbrough went 3-1 with a 4.36 ERA and one save in 19 games (eight starts) during his first season with the Yankees in 2025, striking out 55 batters and walking 19 in 64 innings.
Ryan Yarbrough has been added to our roster for the World Baseball Classic!#ForGlory???? pic.twitter.com/RrtKJQ20gz
— USA Baseball (@USABaseball) March 1, 2026
Team USA will play its first game of the 2026 WBC on Friday night, meeting Brazil in a Pool B contest in Houston.
Yarbrough has a career record of 56-41 with a 4.22 ERA and four saves in 215 games (76 starts) with the Tampa Bay Rays (2018-22), Kansas City Royals (2023), Los Angeles Dodgers (2023-24), Toronto Blue Jays (2024) and Yankees. The side-arming southpaw signed a one-year, $2.5 million deal in November to return to New York in 2026.
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Ex-pitcher Dan Serafini gets life sentence for '21 murder
Dan Serafini (file photo) pitched in MLB with seven teams. He was convited of first-degree murder. Former major league pitcher Dan Serafini was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Friday for the 2021 shootings of his in-laws in North Lake Tahoe, Calif.
Serafini, 52, was convicted in July of the first-degree murder of father-in-law Gary Spohr and the attempted first-degree murder of mother-in-law Wendy Wood during a burglary. Spohr, 70, died from a single gunshot and Wood, then 68, survived but died by suicide the following year.
In the courtroom on Friday in Auburn, Calif., Placer County prosecutor Morgan Gire described Spohr and Wood as loving grandparents.
“The impact of this attack has extended far beyond the immediate victims, deeply affecting family members and the broader community, and highlighting the lasting harm caused by deliberate violence,” Gire said.
Serafini, who pitched for six MLB teams from 1996 to 2007, addressed the court and maintained his innocence. He said he was out partying with his wife, Erin Spohr, at the time of the shooting and referred to himself as a “broken, imperfect man that makes mistakes,” according to MyNews4.
The Minnesota Twins selected Serafini, a native of the San Francisco area, with the No. 26 overall pick in the 1992 MLB Draft. He made his debut in 1996 and went on to appear in 104 games (33 starts) with the Twins, Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and Colorado Rockies before his retirement in 2007.
He had a 15-16 record with a 6.04 ERA and one save. He threw 263 2/3 innings and struck out 127 batters.
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