that was the first indication to us that sheard did not fly out with the team. sheard has no sacks and only two tackles in the last two games but this decision still comes as a surprise. maybe bill belichick is trying to create a new identity for his defense. maybe not. >> the identity i would like to have is a team that wins a lot of games. being known as this kind of timor that kind of team. we are a smart, tough football game that wins teams. that is what we want to be. bob: al horford and jae crowder have both returned to the starting lineup as the celtics play at detroit tonight. meanwhile, david pastrnak is not playing as the bruins host winnipeg tonight. harvard and yale playing for the 133rd time. crimson alum mike lynch has been grandpa lynchie. in cambridge with the beautiful ryan. charlie booker bounces off the wall of players and gets to the outside. that is a 27-yard touchdown run. harvard looking for it straight over the bulldogs but they would not get it. alan lamar ties it up with a short touchdown run. later, yale's kurt rawlings tosses the td p

sheard, a healthy scratch, left behind in new england. he went to the celtics game on friday and could have gone to the bruins-jets game last nightly. not much of a hockey fan, i guess. well, he missed the bruins scoring three unanswered goals in the second period. brad marchand and patrice bergeron breaking out of their mini-slumps. the bruins go on to beat winnipeg 4-1. celtics in detroit. final minute. tobias harris knocks down a three to tie the game at 92. the celtics didn't call timeout. they just head down the floor, and crowder gets a good look. he misses. and horford puts it up and in. celtics take the lead. pistons have one last chance, but here comes horford. he makes the block, preserving the 94-92 win. the celtics play again in minnesota tomorrow. that's sports. have a great day. antoinette: from sneakers to electronics to contain energy to absorb impact. doug: researchers at m.i.t. changi mike wankum has this morning's cutting edge. mike: this is not your average classroom experiment. researchers testing material that is ess

to square off without rob gronkowski, nursing a chest injury suffered in last also without jabaal sheard due to a coach's decision, whatever that means. 6:48 is your time. as tom brady prepares for today's game, he took a little stroll down memory lane. antoinette: he's back in the bay area close to his childhood home and posting some childhood pictures. look at those. on facebook yesterday, he said san francisco seems nice, but i can't imagine growing up anywhere but boston. and then he photoshopped the pictures to put himself as a child at various boston landmarks. he even made it into theov "goodwill hunting," guys. but, you know, i don't remember him in that scene. doug: well -- antoinette: or was he? doug: joe montana. his favorite growing up. antoinette: we'll see today. for five weeks every fall, little work gets done on martha's vineyard because residents and 3,000 others from around the world are busy competing in the striped bass doug: "chronicle's" shayna seymour tells us this annual event is more than 70 years old. reporter: this island resident has won multiple derby awards.

sheard was a healthy scratch. we do know that matthew slater and cyrus jones have already been ruled out for the game. dan roach, wbz sports. >> be careful what you post on social media. coming up new software making it easier for boston police to scan your messages and why some to the day but some of our weather watchers reporting finally clear communications making way for sunshine later this afternoon and we love it getting the clouds out of here and completely different weather story for us. 35 degrees under a partly cloudy sky right now. few clouds lingering there. john in hanover has 35 degrees feeling like 30. the wind will be a factor all day long making us have a wind we'll see a bit of a warm up. when we'll see 50s in your seven day. get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. this black friday at the volkswagen >>> it privacy advocates are criticizing the boston police departments plan to use advanced software to scan social media. the de

pats also without defensive end jabaal sheard due to a coach's decision. kickoff is at 4:25 today. whatever the coach says, whatever they say. tom brady prepared for today's game, he took a walk down memory lane. his childhood home and posting childhood pictures. on facebook yesterday, brady said. "san francisco seems nice, but i can't imagine growing up anywhere but boston." and then he photoshopped the pictures to put himself as a child at various boston landmarks. even made it into the movie, "goodwill hunting." although we don't quite remember him in that scene. doug: it is the extended remix. the alternate ending. that is the one. antoinette: donald trump is up and posting his thoughts on twitter this morning. doug: the issue he's targeting right now. and a reaction from mike pence. a deadly construction site accident under investigation. the worker killed at a site in duxbury. the fatal injuries the man doug: 44 degrees out there right now. state police searching for two people in the car that crashed into a home in northborough this morning. it happened around 1:00 a.m. on h

he'll be without rob gronkowski and chris hogan who are out of this game and surprisingly jabaal sheard will not play in this game either. i'm butch stearns with the patriots. >> heather: looks nice in san francisco. but parts of our area waking up to a messy mix this morning. down -- is tracking and breaking down which areas will be seeing the most of it. plus a restaurant rallying around two of its lilly. she pretty much lives in her favorite princess dress. but once a week i let her play sheriff so i can wash it. and downy to get it fresh and soft. you are free to go. tide and downy together. olay regenerist renews from within. plumping surface cells for a dramatic transformation... ...without the need for fillers. with olay, you age less. so you can be ageless. >> jason brewer: right now continuing to monitor a few left over flakes in worcester county. don't be surprised barre, west side of worcester, might see a few flakes this morning as cold air thes to move in. an update on how much wind we'll be feeling in the next few days straight ahead. >> jason: breaking into our newsroom t