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Gordon Hayward was in obvious pain as he lay on the court.
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Kyrie Irving did not like what he saw.
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Teammates consoled Hayward as he was carted off.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Gordon Hayward breaks his left ankle, and Celtics? season changes in an instant All of the plot lines of Tuesday?s season opener disappeared just 5:15 into the game.
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Chad Finn
Gordon Hayward?s gruesome injury, to borrow from Rick Pitino?s lexicon, stinks and sucks.
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Players on both teams and fans reacted to the injury in horror, with hands over open mouths and stunned looks on their faces.
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GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL
With Gordon Hayward sidelined, Stevens will have to devise a contingency plan just to compete.
Hayward?s injury overshadows an opening-night loss Kyrie Irving scored 22 points for the Celtics, while LeBron James led the Cavaliers with 29.
Players show support for Hayward after gruesome injury Across the NBA, players reacted on social media, including Paul George, who has suffered a gruesome leg injury.
Could driverless cars be the cure to Boston?s traffic problems? According to a study, carbon dioxide emissions could plummet, and the city wouldn?t need as many parking spaces.
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Roughly 20 months before it is scheduled to open, the Wynn Resorts casino in Everett looks like a busy city at rush hour.
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Aaron Hernandez led a ?horrendous existence,? lawyers in CTE lawsuit filed against the NFL say Aaron Hernandez wallowed in a ?horrendous existence? brought on by head trauma, attorneys for his estate said.
Bernie Sanders is coming to Somerville on Monday Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont will visit Somerville next Monday to endorse candidates running for local office.
ANALYSIS
Velcro is too sticky for its own good Velcro has a problem. It?s so famous and popular that its name has turned into an everyday word.
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Former employee claims racial discrimination in suit against Handel and Haydn Society A woman who was the acting director of marketing says she was fired after complaining about language used by the group?s CEO.
Evan Horowitz | Quick Study
If Trump?s corporate tax cuts won?t help the middle class, what would? There are many more direct ways to benefit individuals than cutting corporate taxes.
Where did #MeToo come from? Activist Tarana Burke, long before hashtags Years before actress Alyssa Milano?s tweet, a black women?s advocate was spreading that healing message to survivors of trauma.
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To the e-retailer?s chagrin, there?s likely to be at least 10 bids from Mass. by Thursday?s deadline ? and the state says it?ll support all of them.
Worcester to offer $500 million in incentives to lure Amazon The state?s second-largest city is digging deep to woo an Amazon headquarters facility.
Students in grades 3-8 performed worse on the redesigned MCAS ? often by eye-popping double-digit margins.
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The Bedford VA hospital admitted its care for Bill Nutter was not ?up to our standards,? but the reality was uglier. Now, the FBI is investigating.
Families of the fallen say a president?s words do matter The grieving parents of fallen soldiers do not forget the personal condolences of a commander in chief.
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Being forced to choose between a Harvard University education or seeing her family is no choice at all to 21-year-old Leen Al Kassab
Is Russia probe inching toward Trump?s inner circle? Robert Mueller?s team met Monday with Sean Spicer, the former White House press secretary.
Dan Koh urged to return donation from Jared Kushner?s brother Joshua Kushner, Koh?s college classmate, donated $2,700 to Koh?s campaign for Congress.
Chinese leader Xi sees his nation becoming a leading global power ?The Chinese nation will stand taller and firmer in the world,? Xi told Communist Party leaders.
Case of Everett man accused of supporting ISIS goes to jury David Wright, accused of plotting to kill Americans for the terror group, is on trial in federal court.
Senators have deal on health subsidies, and Trump supports it The president insisted, though, that he?d move forward to repeal Barack Obama?s signature health law.
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Spotlight follow-up
Children of priests step out of the shadows A growing number of people who say their fathers are priests are speaking out, drawing attention to an invisible legion of suffering.
The Season Ticket podcast Host Chris Gasper welcomes Chris Mannix to discuss all the major storylines heading into the NBA season.
EDITORIAL
The #MeToo campaign needs to continue beyond the social media firestorm This should be the beginning, not the end, of a deeper examination of sexual abuse in the workplace.
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Dear Jeff Bezos: Come and help us build a better Boston together An open letter to the owner of Amazon, proposing a true partnership that rewrites the relationship between a city and the big companies that call it home.
He lost his son to opioids. Now he?s changing how dentistry treats addiction Dr. Omar Abubaker is campaigning for dental schools to train future dentists in the responsible prescribing of opioid painkillers.
Here are the pros and cons on known candidates Brad Ausmus, Alex Cora, and Ron Gardenhire.
Police say Michael Ricci made an illegal U-turn on Interstate 95, then slammed into the path of Louis Remigio?s motorcycle.
We look at properties in South Boston, Medford, Framingham, and Brighton.
Kerrigan, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 2014, will kick off his campaign Wednesday.
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A new study inspired by Boston's early experiments with self-driving cars finds that the technology could ease congestion, but also lead to more cars on the road and further encourage urban sprawl
A federal judge said the ban, which was to take effect Wednesday, ignores an earlier ruling that the move exceeds President Trump?s authority.
The Boston transit company, shut down earlier this year, is headed down under.
The BSO music director is Musical America?s artist of the year.
It?s the most popular dish at D?Guru?s Somerville and Boston locations.
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The big Picture
Here?s what a Globe photographer saw while documenting the devastation in Puerto Rico.
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