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CINCINNATI, OH - JULY 12: Rafael Devers #13 of the World Team dives as he misses the ball against the U.S. Team during the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game at the Great American Ball Park on July 12, 2015 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)

5 things to know about Rafael Devers

Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward (20) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Gordon Hayward recalls 4 difficult days of free agency

Man arrested in connection with attack outside Planet Fitness in NH

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BOSTON, MA - MAY 13: Chris Sale #41 of the Boston Red Sox walks towards the dugout during the second inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park on May 13, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox won 6-3. Players are wearing pink to celebrate Mother's Day weekend and support breast cancer awareness. (Photo by Rich Gagnon/Getty Images)

Chris Sale is pitching like a 1986 Roger Clemens

Go ahead and press that pedestrian button if it makes you feel good

Tom Brady watches during an NFL practice, June 8, 2017, in Foxborough, Mass.

A national media outlet has a very bold prediction for the upcoming Pats season

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This Martha’s Vineyard pool house adds more than square footage

'You think you are leaving early, but it is never early enough'

New Celtics player Gordon Hayward his hair cut and beard trimmed by at Boston Barber and Tattoo Company in the North End earlier this month.

During his first Boston experience, Gordon Hayward says he could feel the city's 'intensity'

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A lone star tick seen under a magnifying glass in a resource center at Southampton Hospital in Southhampton, N.Y., July 6, 2017. With the expansion of the suburbs and a push to conserve wooded areas, deer and mice populations are thriving. They provide ample blood meals for ticks and help spread ticks to new regions, which is also spreading more pathogens and putting more Americans at risk, even for more rare illnesses.

It's high time for ticks, which are spreading diseases farther

CINCINNATI, OH - JULY 12: Rafael Devers #13 of the World Team dives as he misses the ball against the U.S. Team during the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game at the Great American Ball Park on July 12, 2015 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)

5 things to know about Rafael Devers

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Momentous SJC immigration ruling still needs legislative support

Momentous SJC immigration ruling still needs legislative support

2017 Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival

The sand sculptures at Revere Beach look amazing

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Boehner predicts Republicans will ‘never’ repeal and replace Obamacare

Boehner predicts Republicans will ‘never’ repeal and replace Obamacare

New roller coaster coming to Harry Potter theme park

FILE - In this July 10, 2012, file photo, Uber CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick arrives at a conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kalanick said in a statement to The New York Times on Tuesday that he has accepted a request from investors to step aside. Kalanick says the move will allow the ride-sharing company to go back to building itself rather than become distracted by another fight.

Uber CEO Kalanick resigns under investor pressure