Morning Sports Update: Why hiring Mike Hazen makes sense
Dave Dombrowski promotes Mike Hazen to Red Sox’s general manager. Zdeno Chara suffers an injury in a preseason game. Rob Gronkowksi and Sergio Brown answer questions about the famous block in the AFC Championship Game.
Red Sox name new general manager with Hazen: “Hazen, who has been with the team for 10 years and assistant general manager since 2012, will serve under the team’s new president of baseball operations, Dave Dombrowski, who announced the promotion.’’ (Boston.com)
Why hiring Hazen makes sense: “A former Princeton University baseball player, Hazen worked in multiple management roles both in scouting and player development for the Cleveland Indians organization before arriving in Boston. So why does Dombrowski’s decision to promote Hazen make sense? Here are three reasons.’’ (Masslive.com)
The Jaguars are coming and nobody gives a damn: “If you’re heading to the game this weekend, congratulations on the free tickets. Inevitably, the allure of welcoming another NFL season back into our good graces takes an early-season, sharp turn into banality. Welcome to that week.’’ (Boston.com)
Boston Red Sox shut down Hanley Ramirez for rest of season: “The failed left field experiment is now the delayed first base experiment. That’s because Hanley Ramirez has been shut down for the season because of lingering inflammation in his right shoulder.’’ (The Boston Globe)
Zdeno Chara sustains upper body injury during preseason game: “Bruins captain Zdeno Chara left Thursday’s preseason game against the Rangers with what the team is calling an upper-body injury. Chara played just three shifts, the last of which ended at 4:12 of the first, before leaving the game. He took a hit from Rangers forward Ryan Bourque on his final shift, with Chara being thrown into the boards as a result.’’ (WEEI.com)
Meet the Boston Celtics entering camp: “Last spring’s brief playoff appearance already a faded memory, the Celtics open training camp today with a coach who is ready to return them to reality. ’We were as close to 12th as we were to fourth,’ Brad Stevens said this week of where the Celtics, who ended up with the seventh playoff seed, fell in the weak Eastern Conference last season. This will also be the most competitive training camp in Stevens’ tenure with the Celtics.’’ (Boston Herald)
Gronkowski says he’s looking forward to facing off against Sergio Brown and the Jaguars defense: “He’s a good player. I have respect for how he prepares for the game, how hard he works, and him as a player,’’ Gronkowski said. “It’s not just about Sergio Brown, though, it’s about the whole defense, too.’’ (The Boston Globe)
Brown is often reminded of when Gronkowski threw him “out of the club’’: “Sergio Brown has never seen the video clip of Rob Gronkowski blocking him out of bounds and into a sideline television camera crew. That doesn’t mean the memory of that play in Week 11 last season has faded. It’s hard for him to forget it because people keep bringing it up.’’ (ESPNBoston.com)
Clay Buchholz wants to overcome injury, pitch one more inning this season: “Basically we sat down with Dave [Dombrowski], [trainer] Brad [Pearson], [pitching coach] Carl [Willis, and Torey [Lovullo], and tried to map out a little plan,’’ Buchholz told WEEI.com. “The first step is going to be tomorrow.’’ (WEEI.com)
UMass will appear on the big stage at Notre Dame: “We’ve been to some great venues before, but I’m sure that this will rank right up at the top,’’ said receiver Tajae Sharpe, whose winless team takes on unbeaten and sixth-ranked Notre Dame Saturday afternoon before 80,000 partisans who’ll shake down the thunder from the sky. “I’ve heard nothing but great things.’’ (The Boston Globe)
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