Morning sports update: Patriots hold onto Jimmy Garoppolo amid NFL Draft’s QB run
The Celtics look to close out their series against the Bulls, the Red Sox get set to welcome the Cubs to Fenway, and the Patriots will get to use their first of six draft picks tonight.
Jimmy Garoppolo’s value to Patriots is highlighted on first night of draft: The quarterback class in the 2017 NFL draft is widely viewed as flawed, so what happened in Thursday night’s first round? Three QB-needy teams paid massive prices to move up to select their hopeful franchise signal-caller, which helps explain, in part, why the New England Patriots are so inclined to hang on to Jimmy Garoppolo. (ESPN.com)
Tanaka outduels Sale and Yankees beat Red Sox 3-0: Chris Sale (1-2) nearly matched Tanaka most of the way, allowing only one unearned run over the first eight innings before giving up three straight singles to start the ninth, when the Yankees added two more runs. (Boston.com)
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The Red Sox have a big (Papi) absence in their offense: “What’s been different?” Bogaerts said, the star shortstop repeating the end of a question comparing the first 21 games of this season to last year. “I mean, David’s not here. He’s definitely one of the huge parts of our team for the year that I’ve been here. We definitely miss him.” (ESPN)
Top-seeded Celtics headline trio of elimination games: “I had a good feeling in my heart when we came here 0-2 that we would come together and give ourselves a chance to win Game 3,” Crowder said. “That’s what happened. I just felt like we needed to get away from the stuff that was going on back home and just be us.” (Boston.com)
Isaiah Thomas will attend sister’s funeral Saturday in Washington: This will be Thomas’s second trip home since his sister’s death. He traveled there for two days after Game 2 so he could grieve with family and friends. Celtics coach Brad Stevens said on Thursday he has once again told Thomas he should stay home in Tacoma for as long as he needs. (Boston Globe)
UMass officials break off talks with Kraft Group about soccer stadium: “The original proposal to put a soccer stadium out there would have been disastrous for South Boston and Dorchester,” said at-large City Councilor Michael Flaherty, who lives in South Boston. “There’s only so much one neighborhood can handle. For those guys to put the stadium over there, I think, was shortsighted.” (Boston Globe)
Starting with Bears, surprises galore on Day 1 of NFL draft: After the Browns took Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett with the No. 1 overall pick Thursday night, eight of the next 11 picks were offensive players in a surprising opening day. (Boston.com)
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