The New Orleans Pelicans take on the Boston Celtics in a non-conference matchup. Saturday's meeting will be the second of the season between the two teams. New Orleans is 21-14 at home, and Boston is 25-13 on the road.
Tyler O’Neill homered in his fifth straight opening day game to set a major league record, this time against the organization that drafted him, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 6-4. Rafael Devers homered and doubled off Seattle ace Luis Castillo, but it was O’Neill’s homer on the first pitch from Cody Bolton in the eighth inning that gave the Red Sox a 6-4 lead and made history. O’Neill homered the previous four opening days with St. Louis tying him with Todd Hundley, Gary Carter and Yogi Berra. Mitch Haniger and Dylan Moore both hit two-run homers for Seattle.
Political dignitaries, friends and family were expected to gather to honor the late, former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut. A funeral service is planned Friday morning in Stamford, the hometown of the four-term senator who grew as the son of a liquor store owner to come within hundreds of votes of becoming the first Jewish vice president in 2000. Lieberman's family says he died Wednesday in New York City from complications from a fall. He was 82. Services will be held at Congregation Agudath Sholom. For Lieberman, a self-described “observant jew," the congregation played a key role early on in his life.