Dan Shaughnessy

It's sports. After all these years, we know the drill. Sunday's Tomato Cans are Tuesday's World Beaters.

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Picked-up pieces in the aftermath of last weekend's “Knives Out” Red Sox blockbuster …

Hello darkness. The sounds of silence will be heard on Causeway Street over the next few months now that the Bruins and Celtics have been eliminated on back-to-back nights at the West End barn.

Ted Turner revolutionized TV journalism, and also once owned the Atlanta Braves. Joanne Rathe/Globe Staff

Picked-up pieces while waiting for the Super Bowl rematch when the Patriots visit Seattle Sept. 9 …

Picked-up pieces while noting that only Jaylen Brown could have all of America rooting for Stephen A. Smith . . .

Picked-up pieces while thinking there should be a racehorse named “Tartabull's Throw” . . .