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The third installment of “Some Good News” on YouTube found host John Krasinski paying special tribute Sunday to health-care heroes around the US by getting them free cellphone service — and, for some Boston hospital workers, Red Sox tickets for life. Krasinski brought on Red Sox slugger David “Big Papi” Ortiz to greet five COVID …

Mookie Betts might end up never playing a game for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The deal between Major League Baseball and its players association, broken down here by The Post’s Joel Sherman, includes a provision that players will receive a full year of service time even if the entire 2020 season is canceled due to …

On the eve of what was supposed to be Opening Day, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said he will reveal his findings into the Red Sox cheating probe once baseball returns. If an optimistic Manfred has his way, America’s pastime will be back some time in May. “We’ll have to make a determination depending on what …

Paul Pierce says he toted a gun at all times for two years following his 2000 stabbing at a Boston nightclub and that he was prepared to “kill somebody.” The former Boston Celtics star — and for one season, a Brooklyn Net – made that revelation Thursday on the “All the Smoke” podcast hosted by …