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Boston Celtics guard JD Davison (20) drives toward the basket as Washington Wizards forward Anthony Gill, center left, defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Things to know about the NBA playoffs, which start Saturday

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Boston Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark drops to the ice, but fails to make the save, on a gaol byy Ottawa Senators left wing Jiri Smejkal during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

History with Maple Leafs could help Bruins snap short playoff slump

By Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

Miami Heat forward Kevin Love (42) drives to the basket against Chicago Bulls center Andre Drummond (3) during the first half of an NBA basketball play-in tournament game, Friday, April 19, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Heat headed to Boston after beating Bulls 112-91 in East play-in finale

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Sisay Lemma, of Ethiopia, blows kisses as he celebrates while lying down near the finish line after winning the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 15, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Boston Marathon winners hope victories will earn them spot in Paris Olympics

By Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

Sisay Lemma, of Ethiopia, breaks the tape to win the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 15, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Ethiopia’s Lemma wins Boston Marathon in runaway. Kenya’s Hellen Obiri repeats in women’s race

By Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard (11) drives toward the basket past Washington Wizards forward Deni Avdija (8) in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Wizards fall to Celtics to end third straight season without a playoff berth

By Ken Powtak - Associated Press

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) reacts after missing a shot against the New Orleans Pelicans during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 12, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

The last day of the NBA regular season is Sunday. Expect chaos and lots of it

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday, center, tries to drive past Portland Trail Blazers forward Jabari Walker (34) and guard Rayan Rupert (72) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, April 7, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Celtics’ Jrue Holiday says signing long-term extension was what he envisioned after offseason trade

By Kyle Hightower - Associated Press

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James reacts during the second half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

NBA Playoffs 2024: Playoff positioning fights continue, and see what games matter most

Associated Press

Baltimore Orioles' Jackson Holliday takes a swing during batting practice prior to his first major league baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Boston. Holliday, the son of seven-time All-Star Matt Holliday, is schedule to play second base in Wednesday game. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Top-rated prospect Jackson Holliday makes MLB debut for Orioles

Associated Press

FILE - Boston Red Sox president Larry Lucchino, right, tips his cap to fans as majority owner John Henry holds the 2013 World Series championship trophy during a parade in celebration of the baseball team's win, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, in Boston. Larry Lucchino, the force behind baseball’s retro ballpark revolution and the transformation of the Boston Red Sox from cursed losers to World Series champions, has died. He was 78. Lucchino had suffered from cancer. The Triple-A Worcester Red Sox, his last project in a career that also included three major league baseball franchises and one in the NFL, confirmed his death on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Larry Lucchino, force behind retro ballpark revolution and drought-busting Red Sox, dies at 78

By Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

Commuters wait to load as a train of passengers arrives at the South Station Red Line subway stop, Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in Boston. Lower income riders who rely on greater Boston's public transit system could soon be getting a break on the cost of their fares under a plan approved by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s board of directors, Thursday, March 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Low-income subway, bus and commuter rail riders in Boston could be getting cheaper fares

By Steve LeBlanc - Associated Press

A homeowner clears snow from a walkway as a late winter storm regained strength and resumed snowing Thursday, March 14, 2024, in Denver. Forecasters predict that the storm, which has already dropped a foot or more of snow on the region, will persist until early Friday, snarling traffic along Colorado's Front Range communities. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Wintry weather blankets New England and California mountains, storm expected in central regions

By Steve LeBlanc - Associated Press

A snowplow removes the snow on Maple Street in Brattleboro, Vt., while the snow falls on Saturday, March 23, 2024. New England is battling a mix of wind, rain, sleet and heavy snow across the region Saturday with more than a foot of snow expected in ski county, but mostly rain, wind and possible flooding in southern areas and along the coast. (Kristopher Radder /The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)

New England battling a mix of wind, rain, sleet and heavy snow

By Steve LeBlanc - Associated Press

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted and sentenced to death for carrying out the Boston Marathon bombing attack on April 15, 2013 that killed three people and injured more than 260, is pictured in this photograph released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on April 19, 2013. Tsarnaev's lawyers, in a court filing on Thursday April 7, 2022, asked the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to consider four constitutional claims not taken up when Tsarnaev's death sentence appeal went to the Supreme Court last month. (FBI via AP, File)

Appeals court orders judge to probe claims of juror bias in Boston Marathon bomber’s case

By Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

A person waves an Irish flag while watching the St. Patrick's Day parade, Sunday, March 17, 2024, in Boston's South Boston neighborhood. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Boston celebrates St. Patrick’s Day; Biden holds White House brunch with Irish leader

Associated Press

Montreal's Tereza Vanisova (21) knocks down New York's Brooke Hobson (6) during the second period of a PWHL hockey game Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in Bridgeport, Conn. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) **FILE**

Players like how physicality of women’s hockey league lets them show off their skills

By Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

American Airlines airplanes are parked at their gates at JFK International airport in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

American Airlines flight to Spain pulls U-turn due to cracked windshield

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

James Lucien, right, is embraced Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, by a family member, left, at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston, after being freed from incarceration. Lucien, who spent more than two decades in prison for a murder conviction that was thrown out by the courts is suing the state for $1 million. Lucien was serving a life sentence in connection to a 1994 fatal shooting when he was released in 2021. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via AP, File)

Massachusetts man sues state for $1M after serving 27 years in prison

By Steve LeBlanc - Associated Press

FILE - A crowd listens to speakers at a reparations rally outside of City Hall in San Francisco, on March 14, 2023. San Francisco's supervisors will offer a formal apology to Black residents for decades of racist laws and policies perpetrated by the city. All 11 supervisors have signed on as sponsors of an apology resolution to be voted on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

San Francisco ready to apologize to Black residents, but reparations advocates want more

By Janie Har - Associated Press