THE SIDELINES : Boggs’ Attorney Denies Accord

The lawyer for Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs today denied a published report that the all-star player had reached an undisclosed settlement with his former mistress, Margo Adams.

“I think that’s wishful thinking on someone’s part,” said Jennifer King, Boggs’ attorney. “At our hearing last Friday, we reached an impasse. Believe me, we’d love to see it over with, but it’ll continue for a while longer.”

Lawyers for Boggs and Adams, who sold her story of their relationship to Penthouse Magazine, met last Friday at a mandatory settlement hearing before an Orange County Superior Court judge. The Boston Globe said Tuesday that they had reached agreement on an undisclosed monetary sum, ending an 18-month legal tussle. But King told the Globe today that the matter is unsettled. She indicated that an agreement could be in the works.