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The Celtics have said suspended head coach Ime Udoka was given the severe penalty after he chose personal desires over organizational success.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Udoka suspension leaves behind many questions and much confusion

“We have strong values at the Celtics,” primary governor Wyc Grousbeck said. “And we are doing our very best to uphold them here."

Celtics learned of Ime Udoka’s team policy violations in the summer, and had a law firm investigate

Former NBA player Matt Barnes is shown speaking at a rally in Sacramento in 2018.

Former NBA player Matt Barnes says he knows details of Ime Udoka’s behavior, and that it’s ‘100 times uglier than any of us thought’

The analyst had earlier declared consensual sexual relationships within the NBA are “not uncommon” and that it was a “terrible decision” to punish Udoka with a suspension equal to that of Suns owner Robert Sarver.

Jeneé Osterheldt

Stop talking about Ime Udoka and start talking about Brett Favre

Welfare fraud in the poorest state in our country has gotten less attention than the inappropriate behavior of an NBA coach. We should ask ourselves why we care more about the latter than the former.

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Ime Udoka has put the Celtics in a terrible position, and other thoughts

It seems nothing has gone right for the Celtics since Bill Russell died, and the unanswered questions about the latest controversy just make things worse.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

An ugly side of social media surfaced in the Ime Udoka controversy

While we waited for details to come out, Internet "sleuths" dragged female Celtics employees into the scandal with baseless and disgusting speculation.

Nia Long visits Build Series at Build Studio on Feb. 24, 2020 in New York City.

Nia Long issues statement following Ime Udoka suspension, asks for privacy ‘to process recent events’

“The outpouring [of] love and support from family, friends and the community during this difficult time means so much,” actress Nia Long said in a statement following the suspension of her longtime partner, Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka.

A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt

The Hispanic history I carry with me: Rixy
A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month and Latino joy, as told to Jeneé Osterheldt.

Boston’s sea-level rise will require a ‘Big Dig level’ solution, city leaders say

A recent federal report forecast that, by 2050, sea levels in Boston will be 16 inches higher than they were at the start of the century. Addressing this, city leaders say, will require a comprehensive, coordinated climate change effort.

‘They’re unfit to serve.’ Stoughton police chief will ask state to decertify officers identified in explosive internal affairs report

Stoughton Police Chief Donna McNamara spoke to reporters Friday, one day after the release of a highly anticipated, redacted 60-page report that found three former officers had inappropriate relationships with a young woman who killed herself last year while she was expecting her first child.

Three Stoughton police officers had inappropriate relationships with a young woman who later killed herself, town report finds

Alex Schwartz is back on the hunt to find the best apple cider doughnuts in the region, and share that information with the world.

The ‘Cider Donuteur’ is back. Here’s what he’s learned while hunting for New England’s best cider doughnuts.

Alex Schwartz, known to fans online as the "Cider Donuteur," is back on the road to hunt for New England's best fried treats. And he's sharing some tips and tricks for getting the most out of your autumn adventures.

Powerful storm Fiona hits Canada, knocking out power to thousands of people
Fiona transformed from a hurricane into a post-tropical storm late Friday, but meteorologists cautioned that it still could have hurricane-strength winds and would bring drenching rains and huge waves.

Tom Brady and the Buccaneers are 2-0, but you wouldn't know it by looking at them.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Tom Brady and the Buccaneers are winning, but look miserable and dysfunctional in the process

The injuries are piling up. The offense is stuck in neutral. Brady is throwing tablets in frustration on the sideline.

Shea Langeliers, acquired in the trade that sent Matt Olson to Atlanta, could be a building block for Oakland.

Peter Abraham | YANKEES 5, RED SOX 4

Future isn’t looking bright for many of MLB’s 2022 cellar-dwellers

As the Major League Baseball playoffs approach, what’s going on with the teams at the other end of the standings? Here’s a look at the seven worst teams in the majors.

Red Sox find another way to lose to Yankees despite Rich Hill quieting Aaron Judge Albert Pujols gets to 700 home runs with two at Dodger Stadium

Joie Edson, a former Patriots cheerleader, led her class at the Lynnfield Senior Center.

At 13, I didn’t make the cheerleading squad at Eastern Junior High. Was the ‘Pom Squad’ at a local senior center my second chance?

I guess it’s true what they say — nothing ever really stays buried.

Hispanic Heritage Month

Mi Historia en Boston

Soy cantautora multilingüe. Por mucho que viaje, nunca me siento a gusto hasta que vuelvo a Boston.
Aquí es donde he creado mi propia identidad, una que incluye ser bostoniana, de Nueva Inglaterra y latina.

Documentando el corazón infatigable de Chelsea Ideas | Rarely seen snapshots of Latino Boston Read more Hispanic Heritage Month stories

Visiting Guatemala, my parents’ homeland, transported me to my childhood memories

A family outing to Jamaica Plain’s old Hi-Lo Foods market was always a taste of home.

Opinion

View of a house that was washed away by Hurricane Fiona at Villa Esperanza in Salinas, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 21.

Kill the Jones Act

Hurricane Fiona highlights an ugly truth about the US maritime industry.

IDEAS | TOM JOUDREY

The high cost of Hollywood nostalgia

Another white coat in the family

Go back to the office — please!

IDEAS | PATRICK COLE

Rage, rage against the dying of the laser light

Culture

Banned Books Week Quiz
Banned Books Week is now underway! Put your knowledge of banned and challenged works to the test with our quiz.

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150 years of The Boston Globe

Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe.

Spotlight investigation

Part 1

A celebrated surgeon, a trail of secrets and death
Dr. Yvon Baribeau set a record for malpractice settlements, and many colleagues tried desperately to stop him. But hospital executives let him go on and on.

Timeline: What the public didn't know about Dr. Yvon Baribeau Video: What the Spotlight Team’s investigation discovered about Dr. Baribeau N.H. hospital promises review after revelations about doctor with 21 malpractice settlements

Dr. Yvon Baribeau

A crisis of conscience, with lives on the line

Alarmed doctors at Manchester's Catholic Medical Center tried to get a troubled colleague barred from surgery. But hospital leaders resisted. Then came the "summer of death."

More recent stories

Oscar-winning ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ actor Louise Fletcher dies
Louise Fletcher, a late-blooming star whose riveting performance as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” set a new standard for screen villains and won her an Academy Award, has died at age 88.

LOVE LETTERS

Battling insecurity while dating
He’s been texting less. Is that something to worry about?

Russians strike Ukraine as Kremlin-staged votes continue
Russian forces launched new strikes on Ukrainian cities Saturday as Kremlin-orchestrated votes continued in occupied regions of Ukraine to pave the way for their annexation by Moscow.

‘Shoebert’ the seal waddled to the police station ‘for some help’ after weeklong stay in Beverly’s Shoe Pond
The gray seal made its way across a nearby parking lot and "came to the side door of the police station for some help," the Beverly Police Department said.

Boston officials report small increases in COVID-19 cases; urge booster shots
New cases have increased by 8.5 percent over the past week and 37.7 percent over the past 14 days, figures that don’t include at-home or rapid tests, according to a weekly update from the Boston Public Health Commission.

High-profile attorney joins legal team for woman charged with killing Boston police officer in Canton
A California lawyer who represented actor Kevin Spacey has joined the defense team for Karen Read, the Mansfield woman charged with second-degree murder for allegedly driving over her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, during a blizzard in Canton this January.

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State Representative Dylan Fernandes spoke with members of the media about the group of migrants who had recently arrived on Martha’s Vineyard in Edgartown.

Meet the 32-year-old state representative thrust into the national spotlight when migrants landed on Martha’s Vineyard

Dylan Fernandes has been catapulted into the national spotlight as an outspoken critic of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. “This has been a crazy circus,” he said.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘She looked like she’d put in some effort, which made me nervous since I’d just come in my work clothes’
Will these two running enthusiasts be on the same path?

Where does Western Mass. begin? The debate plays out on WBZ radio.
Worcester? Lee? Cape Cod? Those were some of the answers floated when WBZ NewsRadio reporter Matt Shearer took to the streets of Boston to ask locals the age-old question.

Shirley Leung

There are rich people, and then there are the ‘one-time millionaires’
Opponents of the November ballot initiative that would raise taxes for some Massachusetts residents are out to redefine what it means to be wealthy.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Pavement has reunited for a 30th anniversary tour that arrives at the Wang Theatre Sept. 28.

Slanted, enchanted, and a few years older, Pavement embarks on a reunion tour

Raymond Lee as Dr. Ben Song in NBC's reboot of "Quantum Leap."

With tiresome reboots, TV is stuck in a cycle of watch, rinse, repeat

Sidney Poitier, from “Sidney.”

To Sidney, with love — Poitier, that is

Eliot family summer house, c. 1896-1897.

Poet T.S. Eliot’s Gloucester connection

Special Projects

Back to Boston

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Irina cuts roses from her garden outside her destroyed dacha in Moshchun, Ukraine. She has cleaned the walkways and garden of war's debris.

IDEAS | ED QUINN

Russian bombing reduced their town to rubble. It could not crush their humanity.

Democratic DA candidate Kevin Hayden spoke after declaring his victory at his election party at the SoWa Power Station on Sept. 6.

DA Hayden must take juvenile justice reform seriously

"The Greatest Beer Run Ever" is based on the true story of John “Chickie” Donohue, who, disillusioned at home by political division and discord over Vietnam — the war at home at times as fierce as the war overseas — decided to show his support for his enlisted buddies from New York City’s Inwood neighborhood by tracking them down and giving them beers.

Friendships in times of political division

Chief Justice John Roberts is in a position to make his constitutional Catch-22 the law of the land.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

John Roberts’s constitutional color-blindness threatens civil rights

Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, executive director of Lawyers for Civil Rights, center, arrives at a press conference in March with colleagues Silvana Gómez and Eliza Davern to announce a lawsuit against East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, alleging discriminatory and substandard care provided to immigrants.

MARCELA GARCÍA

In praise of activist lawyers

Four girls at an athletic field in Roxbury, at a recreational sporting event sponsored by La Alianza Hispana.

IDEAS | OMAR VEGA

Rarely seen snapshots of Latino Boston

Metro

Former Mass MoCA director Joseph Thompson found not guilty in 2018 crash

Thompson, who led the North Adams museum for three decades, pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charge in the collision that killed 49-year-old motorcyclist Steven Fortier.

A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt

The Hispanic history I carry with me: Rixy

A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month and Latino joy, as told to Jeneé Osterheldt.

Cranston library suspends use of meeting space pending policy review

Hundreds protested the private Independent Women’s Network event on gender ideology, but the William Hall Library’s trustees allowed the anti-transgender event Monday, in the name of free speech.

Libraries face increased attempts to ban books

As right-wing organizations mobilize to restrict access to titles they consider offensive, librarians in Rhode Island and around the country are finding themselves on the front lines of First Amendment freedoms.

Sports

Nick Pivetta will try to keep Aaron Judge (and himself) out of the record books on Saturday.

RED SOX AT YANKEES | 1:05 P.M. (NESN)

Game 151: Red Sox at Yankees lineups and notes

Nick Pivetta looks to even up his record on the season — while avoiding becoming a trivia question — with his fifth and final start of the season against the Yankees Saturday afternoon.

Longmeadow’s Ryan Downes will be back to defend his individual title at Cape Cod National.

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF NOTEBOOK

High school golf invitational is back at Cape Cod National, where patience is recommended

The 13-team field is headlined by St. John’s Shrewsbury, the defending champion, along with all three MIAA divisional champions from 2021.

What has made Aaron Judge's production at the plate more impressive is his consistent play in the outfield.

Aaron Judge is having a special season, but how does it compare to past Yankee greats?

Aaron Judge is leading the AL in batting average, home runs, RBIs, and several other categories.

As David Price contemplates retirement, we should remember one of the best clutch performances in Boston sports history

Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes

How Zdeno Chara changed the culture surrounding the Bruins

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Future isn’t looking bright for many of MLB’s 2022 cellar-dwellers

Business

With home heating bills headed higher, New England lawmakers seek more federal energy assistance for low-income families

As energy costs soar and extra funding from pandemic relief packages disappears, lawmakers in Massachusetts and across New England are working to secure more federal funding for fuel assistance for low-income families.

Powell says economy may be entering ‘new normal’ after pandemic

Powell and his colleagues are moving rapidly to reduce the highest inflation in nearly 40 years after being slow to spot the threat of broadening price pressures.

Dow hits 2022 low as markets sell off on recession fears

Boston’s sea-level rise will require a ‘Big Dig level’ solution, city leaders say

magazine

Alisa Amador

My Boston History

I'm a multilingual singer-songwriter. Here's why I call Boston home.

The Acostas in Havana — parents Antonio and Rosa Acosta, 2-year-old Rosalin in her mother’s arms, and brother Anthony.

My Boston History

Talent and education aren’t always enough. So I work to ensure opportunities for all.

Sabrina Avilés

My Boston History

Documenting Chelsea’s indefatigable heart

My Boston History

How I found my superpower: Becoming Raúl The Third

metro

Public officials fell short in one of two bids to secure more than $1 billion in federal funding toward replacement of the Bourne and Sagamore (above) bridges

Public officials fall short on one of two bids to replace Cape bridges

Remembering Susan Menard, Woonsocket’s trailblazing, take-charge mayor

At 13, I didn’t make the cheerleading squad at Eastern Junior High. Was the ‘Pom Squad’ at a local senior center my second chance?

sports

Tom Brady and the Buccaneers are 2-0, but you wouldn't know it by looking at them.

Tom Brady and the Buccaneers are winning, but look miserable and dysfunctional in the process

Yankees’ one-run victory over Red Sox follows familiar script

Xavier Polanco (2 TDs), Latin Academy put the rush on Boston Latin

business

Bread items were displayed in the windows of the family bakery of Engelbert Schlechtrimen in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. For 90 years, the family of Engelbert Schlechtrimen has been baking wheat rolls, rye bread, apple, cheese and chocolate cakes in Cologne, but next month they'll turn off the ovens for good because they can no longer afford the rising energy prices resulting from Russia's war in Ukraine.

After 90 years, German bakery to close as energy costs soar

Oil prices tumble to their lowest level since January

MIT professor shares in $3 million Breakthrough Prize for quantum computing discoveries

politics

This Jan. 7, 2021, image taken from Coffee County, Ga., security video, appears to show Cathy Latham (center, long turquoise top), introducing members of a computer forensic team to local election officials.

Georgia voting equipment breach at center of tangled tale

With home heating bills headed higher, New England lawmakers seek more federal energy assistance for low-income families

Meet the 32-year-old state representative thrust into the national spotlight when migrants landed on Martha’s Vineyard

Nation

The headquarters of the Department of Justice in Washington.

Trump lawyers argue to limit White House aides’ testimony to Jan. 6 grand jury

California governor travels to Texas amid feud with GOP

Ex-Nevada deputy attorney general indicted on murder charge

World

A fresh vegetable vendor prepared kimchi at her stall in Seoul in August.

Bitter cabbage harvest brings South Korea’s kimchi crisis to a head

Russians strike Ukraine as Kremlin-staged votes continue

Heavy rains, lightning kill at least 36 in northern India

opinion

Sawyer Free Library’s children’s librarian Justine Vitale reading "The Leaf Thief” by Alice Hemming to first-grade students from Veterans Memorial Elementary School in Gloucester in November 2021.

Literacy screenings mandated, but don’t get your hopes up

Where she lives, curbside recycling is, um, curbed

Russian bombing reduced their town to rubble. It could not crush their humanity.

lifestyle

Nia Long visits Build Series at Build Studio on Feb. 24, 2020 in New York City.

Nia Long issues statement following Ime Udoka suspension, asks for privacy ‘to process recent events’

Battling insecurity while dating

Boston chefs dish on their top kid-meal hacks

food & dining

Some dishes at Barcelona wine bar in Cambridge. Shown are the patatas bravas, scallop crudo, albondigas, and pork belly.

Near Harvard Square, a Spanish tapas bar that feels distinctly Cambridge

New Hampshire gets a Haitian destination; Hot Chix beefs up Inman Square’s food scene

This Cambridge restaurant was recently recognized by Bon Appetit magazine and The New York Times

travel

Frederik Mayet leans on a cross before heading to the stage for his impending crucifixion scene. Under his loincloth he wears a climbing belt, which will be used to attach him to the cross. Mayet is the first Jesus in his family, and it’s a big deal.

‘We must do this’: German village fulfills promise to God by staging Passion Play every 10 years

Robots, runs, and King Tut

Can I get a refund for these airline credits on Expedia?

Arts

The beautiful resistance of multidisciplinary artist and muralist, Roxbury's own Rixy.

The Hispanic history I carry with me: Rixy

Subversive strips at Boston College’s McMullen Museum of Art

Jordan Seaberry’s nod to the WPA is a labor of love

Books

Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family and education programs at the Utah Pride Center, poses with books that have been the subject of complaints from parents in recent weeks on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021.

Libraries face increased attempts to ban books

Joshua Bennett on reading ‘to pursue astonishment’

Two books on pandemic parenting

Movies

Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in "Blonde."

‘Blonde’ is a rare movie with a NC-17 rating. What set it over the edge?

Forty years ago, Hollywood ushered in a new age of LGBTQ+ films. It didn’t last long.

‘The Collaboration’ and HBO’s ‘Julia’ filming around Boston this month

Television

Rhea Seehorn in a scene from "Better Call Saul."

‘Breaking Bad’ creator teams up with Rhea Seehorn for a new series

As title sequences go, ‘Bad Sisters’ is in good company

With tiresome reboots, TV is stuck in a cycle of watch, rinse, repeat

music

Pianist Awadagin Pratt, in his BSO debut on Thursday night, performed works by Bach and Jessie Montgomery under the direction of Andris Nelsons.

BSO opens new season to a full house

Jake Blount’s ‘The New Faith’ takes on the past and imagines the future under climate change

Slanted, enchanted, and a few years older, Pavement embarks on a reunion tour

Theater/Dance

Andrew Montgomery Coleman and Kim Sava in "Little Shop of Horrors" at North Shore Music Theatre.

For ‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ a not-so-little shot of hurrahs

‘Tina’ reaches for a star but falls short

At Moonbox, a journey of reconciliation in ‘The Good Deli,’ a venture into the unknown with ‘Jonathan’

globe local

From left: Marlene Yesley, Sheila Pallay, and Judith Weinberg with the Torah cover they created.

Torah Sisters bond to piece together Jewish history

The Argument: Should accessory dwelling units be allowed statewide in Massachusetts?

Needham Town Meeting will decide on $2.5 million land purchase along Charles River next month

Obituaries

Artist Newton Harrison.

Newton Harrison, a founder of the eco-art movement, dies at 89

Maarten Schmidt, first astronomer to identify a quasar, dies at 92

Darrell Mudra, successful coach at all levels, dies at 93