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Boston is following the state’s lead. Per a spokesperson for Acting Mayor Kim Janey, Fenway Park and TD Garden will reopen with no capacity restrictions starting May 29.

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Clutch Points: The Boston Red Sox have put up a tribute in Fenway for Terrence Clarke tonight 🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/HfYUaWYfec

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On Wednesday, RedBird Capital Partners invested $750 million into Fenway Sports Group, the controlling company of not just the Sox, but another iconic franchise, Liverpool F.C. Coinciding with that transaction, LeBron and his longtime friend and business partner, Maverick Carter, traded in their 2 percent ownership of the English football club to join the Fenway ownership group at large. Three hours after the deal was finalized, the chairman of both storied organizations, Tom Werner, spoke with The Athletic to discuss what it would mean to have LeBron, 36, and Carter, 41, onboard like this. At one point, Werner was asked, specifically, how Liverpool had already benefited from being associated with an NBA legend like LeBron? Unprompted, this is what Werner said:

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Governor Charlie Baker announced Thursday that the state will reopen large venues on March 22, including the arenas where Boston’s pro sports teams play: Fenway Park, Gillette Stadium, and TD Garden.

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Chris Grenham: Former Auburn standout Bryce Brown is at Fenway Park today with the Celtics. Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl said earlier this month that Brown was “signing with the Celtics and their G League team.”

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Chris Forsberg: Gordon Hayward's tour of Boston sounds like it has begun. Celtics brass and Isaiah Thomas spotted at Fenway Park.

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Scott Souza: #Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo said he spoke w/ Kevin Love for "39 seconds" at Fenway yesterday, told him to enjoy weekend in a Boston.

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Baxter Holmes: Hearing that Kevin Love is watching today's Red Sox game from the EMC Club at Fenway Park. #boston

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Baxter Holmes: Have also heard that Kevin Love's agent is with him at Fenway.

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Jason Collins, the first active athlete to come out as being gay in one of the four U.S. major professional sports leagues, threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Fenway Park on Thursday night before the Red Sox played the Texas Rangers. Collins came out in a first-person article in Sports Illustrated in late April. He's played for six NBA teams in 12 seasons. He was dealt in a midseason trade from the Boston Celtics to the Washington Wizards and becomes a free agent July 1. He's said he'd like to continue his career.

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When the teams met last month in an exhibition at Fenway Park (Roma beat Liverpool, 2-1) it was revealed Garnett had been excluded from financial involvement with Roma. The NBA blocked the move because AS Roma’s principal investor is Celtics part-owner James Pallotta. “If you enter into a business agreement with the owner of a team that doesn’t involve playing service, there are potential problems,” a league source said. “Maybe not in this case. But there is a chance of, say, making a contract a lot larger.”

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And Fenway president Sam Kennedy explained to the BBC how investment guru Warren Buffett played an unlikely role in precipitating the deal. "LeBron James and his business partner Maverick Carter have had a personal connection with Tom Werner and John Henry since they met at a Berkshire Hathaway Conference investment conference," he says. "Last autumn, we heard that they were looking for business development opportunities. "They consulted Tom and John and came to us to discuss those endeavours, and that has resulted in this deal."

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