Boston Sports Morning Report — Tuesday, Sept. 29

 

Not for nuthin'…. But….. October just showed up on Causeway and in the Bronx on the same night.

Short version: Sox open the Wild Card in Yankee Stadium at 8; Bruins drop the puck on Opening Night at the Garden at 8; Pats lick wounds and look at Buffalo; Celtics still on the preseason clock.

New England Patriots

• Yesterday: No game
• Today: No game
• Next: Sun, Oct. 4 — 1:00 PM ET — @ Buffalo Bills (CBS)
• Standings: 1-2 · 3rd in AFC East (Jets also 1-2 sit 2nd on tiebreak); Buffalo 3-0 leads by two

Quiet after that Jacksonville beatdown. The next test is Orchard Park next Sunday at 1 on CBS — 3-0 Bills waiting.

Boston Red Sox

• Yesterday: No game — regular season finished 87-75
• Today: Tue, Sept. 29 — 8:00 PM ET — @ New York Yankees, AL Wild Card Game 1 (NBC / Peacock)
• Next: Wed, Sept. 30 — 8:00 PM ET — WC Game 2 at Yankee Stadium (NBC / Peacock); Game 3 Thu Oct. 1 if necessary
• Standings: 87-75 · 3rd in AL East · AL Wild Card #5

Playoff baseball is back, and it’s the Yankees again — best-of-three, all in the Bronx. Payton Tolle gets the ball in Game 1. Stay loud.

Boston Celtics

• Yesterday / Today: No games
• Next (preseason): Thu, Oct. 8 — 7:00 PM ET — @ Cleveland Cavaliers
• Regular-season opener: Tue, Oct. 20 — 3:00 PM ET — @ Detroit Pistons
• Status: Preseason / 2026-27 not started. Last season: 56-26, 2nd in the East.

Still quiet on the parquet. Preseason tip is a little over a week out.

Boston Bruins

• Yesterday: No game
• Today (regular-season opener): Tue, Sept. 29 — 8:00 PM ET — vs New York Rangers (ESPN)
• Next: Fri, Oct. 2 — 8:00 PM ET — @ Winnipeg Jets
• Status: Opening Night. Last season: 45-27-10.

Real hockey is here. Rangers at TD Garden, 8 on ESPN. Don’t miss Opening Night.

That’s the Tuesday board, folks. Sox and B’s both under the lights at 8. Stay loud.

MOAM Out.