Tara Sullivan
Sports Columnist at The Boston Globe
Sports columnist for The Boston Globe, covering any and all sports. Rutgers grad. Irish dance teacher. Springsteen devotee.
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1 week ago |
bostonglobe.com | Tara Sullivan
By size alone, Ireland is comparatively small, yet the island nation has made its mark on the world stage. Regarded internationally for its influence on the arts, the country of my heritage is less frequently mentioned in sports. But across these past few weeks, a little-known national game called camogie changed that dynamic, thrusting itself into the middle of a debate about tradition, sexism, and an archaic rule, attracting headlines from Australia to Boston, with Ireland in between.
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1 week ago |
bostonglobe.com | Tara Sullivan
The headline read like a warning. Here’s hoping the right people heed its words. Parents and coaches on the sporting sidelines: Are you listening? This recent Globe story by colleague Trevor Hass ran under the banner, “Angry coaches and parents are driving away girls’ lacrosse officials. That’s a problem as the sport continues to grow.” And wow, did it resonate. That’s how it goes when you hit a nerve.
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2 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Tara Sullivan
Caitlin Clark should have known better. No, not the flagrant foul heard ‘round the league. That was fine in my book, no matter how much a forearm wrapped around fellow WNBA combatant Angel Reese landed the two players in yet another frustrating narrative about a rivalry that goes back to their college days. It was a comment Clark made during a media call heading into last weekend’s season-opening games that even she, in retrospect, would have to laugh at.
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3 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Tara Sullivan
NEW YORK — The Knicks weren’t ready for their prime time moment in Game 5 at TD Garden, unable to end a two-decade drought of reaching the Eastern Conference Finals despite facing a Celtics team without injured star Jayson Tatum. But the beauty of building a 3-1 series lead was the guarantee of a second chance to close out this second-round playoff series, and even better, to do it at home, backed by the full-throated roars of a championship-starved city.
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3 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Tara Sullivan
In the immediate aftermath of Jayson Tatum’s devastating injury Monday night, Jaylen Brown spoke for an entire Celtics locker room when he said, “I’ve got no words right now.”Who would blame him? With Tatum out, with the team on the brink of elimination, these Celtics are in a collective state of shock and disbelief, suddenly looking nothing like the group that opened these playoffs, when hope was high and all eyes were on a second consecutive championship.
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The Patriots have entered contract negotiations with their lead head coaching candidate Mike Vrabel, according to a league source. https://t.co/OZTQiAuVAZ
There's a great Netflix doc out on the Red Sox comeback in the 2004 ALCS and @BGlobeSports colleagues have written great stories about the 20th ann'y. I covered that series too ... from the Yankees side. Five memories that stand out. https://t.co/xIEmD9LEyT via @BostonGlobe
Straight from The Harrow School :)
Drake Maye is vying for his first win. Columnist @Globe_Tara is in London for Sunday’s game against the Jaguars. She breaks down what the rookie QB needs to improve on to bring home a win. https://t.co/RfCbIpGAX9
