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American regional sports cable and satellite television network owned by a joint venture of Fenway Sports Group and Delaware North (which owns the remaining 20% interest in the network, and owns the TD Garden, home of the Boston Bruins, which it also owns, and the Boston Celtics.

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Boston Red Sox

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American professional baseball team based in Boston.

American professional baseball team based in Boston.

The Red Sox logo worn on uniforms in 1908, announcing the team's first official nickname
The 1901 Boston Americans team photograph
The Americans logo, 1901–07
Iconic photo of the Huntington Avenue Grounds before the first modern World Series game
A season pass for the 1906 season.
Babe Ruth in 1915
Ted Williams in 1954
The bullpen car used by the Red Sox
Carlton Fisk, best known for his "waving fair" home run in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series
Roger Clemens is the club's all-time strikeout (2,590), wins (192), and shutouts (38) leader
The Red Sox hosting a home game against the Atlanta Braves in July 2001
The Red Sox celebrate their clinching of the 2003 AL Wild Card with a victory over the Baltimore Orioles
David Ortiz was named 2004 ALCS MVP and 2013 World Series MVP. His #34 was retired by the club in 2017
2007 season final standing
Victorious Red Sox players being honored at the White House by President George W. Bush
The Massachusetts State House displaying a banner in honor of the Red Sox's 2013 World Series appearance. "B Strong" was a patch worn by the Red Sox in memory of Boston Marathon bombing victims
2018 ALCS MVP – Jackie Bradley Jr.
2018 World Series MVP – Steve Pearce
Left field grandstands during a 2014 game
Center field bleachers during a 2014 game
A spring training game at JetBlue Park
1907: Boston players leaving their hotel in Little Rock for a spring training game (photo courtesy of the Boston Public Library)
Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame at Fenway Park

All Red Sox telecasts not shown nationally on Fox or ESPN are seen on New England Sports Network (NESN), with Dave O'Brien calling play-by-play.

Eddie Shore as a member of the Boston Bruins. After the WHL collapsed in 1926, the Bruins purchased the rights to some of their players, including Shore.

Boston Bruins

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The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston.

The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston.

Eddie Shore as a member of the Boston Bruins. After the WHL collapsed in 1926, the Bruins purchased the rights to some of their players, including Shore.
Tiny Thompson was the goaltender for the Bruins from 1928 to 1938. He helped the team win its first Stanley Cup in 1929.
In 1951, Walter A. Brown purchased the Boston Bruins from Weston Adams.
Terry O'Reilly was drafted by the Bruins 14th overall in the 1971 draft. He played his entire career with the Bruins from 1971 to 1985.
Ray Bourque, shown in 1981 and before switching to his familiar No. 77, led the Bruins to two Stanley Cup Finals appearances in 1988 and 1990.
The Bruins acquired Zdeno Chara on July 1, 2006, naming him the new team captain.
David Krejci during the 2007–08 season. Younger players on the Bruins roster, including Krejci, broke out during that season.
The Bruins celebrate after winning the 2010 NHL Winter Classic. For the game, the Bruins hosted the Philadelphia Flyers at Fenway Park.
Milan Lucic with the Stanley Cup after the Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks in Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals.
Patrice Bergeron scored two of Boston's four goals in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals
The Bruins were the 2013 Eastern Conference champions, their second Conference title in three years.
Charlie McAvoy and other players warming up prior to a game in the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Bruins qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2014.
Former Bruins winger and current president Cam Neely, and owner Jeremy Jacobs.
Blades the Bruin serves as the official mascot for the Boston Bruins.
Banners of the Bruins' retired numbers hang at the Garden.
Recording 793 points as a Bruin, Wayne Cashman is the eighth-highest point leader in the franchise.
Phil Esposito holds the franchise record for most goals in a season (76) and most points in a season (152).

His company owns TD Garden and he is partners with John Henry, owner of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox, in the New England Sports Network (NESN).

NBC Sports Boston

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American regional sports network owned by the NBC Sports Group unit of NBCUniversal, and operates as an affiliate of NBC Sports Regional Networks.

American regional sports network owned by the NBC Sports Group unit of NBCUniversal, and operates as an affiliate of NBC Sports Regional Networks.

CSN New England logo, used from 2016 to October 1, 2017

The competing New England Sports Network had been an affiliate of FSN since it launched and still had two years left in its affiliation agreement, blocking Fox Sports New England from actually carrying any FSN programming.

Orsillo at Yankee Stadium in 2008

Don Orsillo

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Play-by-play announcer for the San Diego Padres on Bally Sports San Diego and for the MLB on TBS.

Play-by-play announcer for the San Diego Padres on Bally Sports San Diego and for the MLB on TBS.

Orsillo at Yankee Stadium in 2008

Orsillo was the television voice of the Boston Red Sox on NESN from 2001 to 2015.

O'Brien in May 2019

Dave O'Brien (sportscaster)

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O'Brien in May 2019

David O'Brien (born August 3, 1963) is an American sportscaster who is a lead play-by-play announcer on the New England Sports Network (NESN) for telecasts of the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB), and for college football and college basketball games aired on the ESPN Inc.-owned ACC Network.

Eckersley at the 2008 All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade

Dennis Eckersley

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Eckersley at the 2008 All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade
A young Eckersley with the Indians
Eckersley with the Red Sox at Tiger Stadium in 1998

Dennis Lee Eckersley (born October 3, 1954), nicknamed "Eck", is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current primary NESN color commentator.

Remy in 1978 with the Boston Red Sox

Jerry Remy

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American professional baseball player and sports broadcaster.

American professional baseball player and sports broadcaster.

Remy in 1978 with the Boston Red Sox
Remy at the White House in 2019
Remy in 1977
Remy at the White House in 2019
Red Sox fans with Jerry Remy masks at Fenway Park in 2008
Patch worn by the Red Sox in memory of Remy during the 2022 season

Remy began commentating with the cable channel New England Sports Network (NESN) in 1988, and later expanded to over-the-air television in 1995.

The April 18, 2011 front page
of The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe

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American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts.

American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts.

The April 18, 2011 front page
of The Boston Globe
An advertisement for The Boston Globe from 1896, boasting of the largest circulation of any newspaper in New England
1871 Boston Daily Globe Building
The old Globe headquarters in downtown Boston on Washington Street
The newspaper's Morrissey Boulevard headquarters in Dorchester in September 2009. In 2017, the newspaper moved its printing operations to Taunton and its headquarters to Downtown Boston.
John W. Henry
Final paragraph of a March 1891 Globe editorial discussing Thomas Brackett Reed, signed "Uncle Dudley"
Charles H. Taylor
Edwin M. Bacon
Martin Baron

In February 2013, The New York Times Company announced that it would sell its New England Media Group, which encompasses the Globe; bids were received by six parties, of them included John Gormally (then-owner of WGGB-TV in Springfield, Massachusetts), another group included members of former Globe publishers, the Taylor family, and Boston Red Sox principal owner John W. Henry, who bid for the paper through the New England Sports Network (majority owned by Fenway Sports Group alongside the Boston Bruins).

Fenway Sports Group

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Parent group company of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox, Premier League's football team Liverpool F.C., and the National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins.

Parent group company of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox, Premier League's football team Liverpool F.C., and the National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins.

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In addition to owning the Red Sox, Liverpool F.C., and the Penguins, the Boston-based limited liability company also owns the home stadiums for both the Red Sox (Fenway Park) and Liverpool F.C. (Anfield) and Fenway Sports Management (which in turn owns the Salem Red Sox a Low-A East minor league baseball franchise), plus 80% of the New England Sports Network (NESN) and 50% of RFK Racing, with cars entered (as of the 2022 season) in NASCAR Cup Series racing competition.

WSBK-TV

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Television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV.

Television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV.

Variations of this logo were used while WSBK-TV was an independent station from September 6, 2006, to September 18, 2011.
3D version of the "MyTV38" logo, used since August 31, 2015

Most games were carried by the New England Sports Network (NESN), which aired the Friday night games outside of the Boston television market, effectively blacking out WSBK in these areas (the Red Sox hold an 80% ownership interest in NESN).