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Charles P. Pierce

Articles From This Author

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NBA

Remembering John Havlicek: A tireless Celtics champion

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NHL

Bruins eliminate Leafs from the playoffs again

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NHL

Kadri's hit on DeBrusk takes center stage of Bruins-Leafs

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NHL

Leafs' revival showcased in Game 1 win vs. Bruins

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College Basketball

No Cinderellas? At least March has Prince Charming

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College Basketball

Tacko Fall vs. Zion Williamson will be a spectacle

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College Basketball

Virginia ready to lay the ghost of last year to rest

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NFL

Robert Kraft and the NFL’s Discipline Double Standard

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College Basketball

Ole Miss players who took a knee were far from alone

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NFL

Patriots' run game behind Sony Michel keys win over Chargers

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NFL

Lamar Jackson endures first playoff loss as NFL QB

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College Football

Alcorn State, NC A&T put history at forefront of Celebration Bowl

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MLB

Just about every move Alex Cora has made has worked beautifully

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NBA

The professional path program sets the market for young stars

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NFL

Patriots, Chiefs Played a Textbook Game for Football in 2018

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MLB

Red Sox-Astros Game 1 was calamitous

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MLB

Brewers emulate 2015 Royals for postseason push

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College Football

The dark side of college sports is getting harder to hide

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MLB

The Nationals are the ideal team for the fretting fan

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More Sports

Goat or G.O.A.T? History of term's evolution in sports

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NFL

The NFL’s Best Response to Trump? Defiance

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NBA

LeBron continues to push the limits of exhaustion

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NHL

My favorite day as a sportswriter, 30 years later

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NHL

The Capitals aren't at all worried like in years past

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NBA

Marcus Smart is showing his worth for the Celtics

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NHL

How bad has NHL playoff officiating really been?

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NBA

The latest chapter in Celtics-76ers rivalry

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NFL

Tom Brady, You Can Do Better Than Promoting Qatar

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More Sports

Humboldt tragedy strikes close to home for all

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NHL

Golden Knights humanize, heal Vegas

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College Basketball

Villanova Is a Modern Dynasty With the Swagger Reminiscent of an Old Big East Team

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College Basketball

Reinstate vacated teams to NCAA record books

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College Basketball

The new Basketball Hall of Famer you never saw play

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MLB

Why did Dayton Moore bring anti-porn activists to speak to the Royals?

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College Basketball

The FBI is ill-fit to be the NCAA's enforcement arm

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Olympics

Every coward who enabled Larry Nassar should pay

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NFL

Patriots’ Special Teams Excels in AFC Championship Win

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NFL

Ricky Jean-Francois: What the Patriots and Haiti Have in Common

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NFL

Anything is possible with Pats—except distractions

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NFL

Sports Gambling Case Is About Money, Control

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More Sports

The future of athlete activism under Trump

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MLB

Justin Verlander powered Astros to ALCS

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MLB

Young Yankees Shine in the Wild Card Format

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College Basketball

Latest scandal smells like prosecutorial overreach

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NFL

Don't expect anthem protests to go away anytime soon

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Media

Call for Jemele Hill's firing is nonsense

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MLB

Sports have been grappling with their racist history, too

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MLB

Yankees-Red Sox delivered for a second consecutive weekend

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NFL

Head Games: The Moral Calculus of Football and CTE

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Boxing

Sideshow Effect: Mayweather-McGregor the worst of sports