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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College Fencing will compete in two meets this weekend. The Eagles travel to ACC foes Duke and North Carolina for the Beguinet Classic and Miller Invitational.​The Beguinet Classic will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 7. BC will wrap up the weekend with the Miller Invitational at 8:00 a.m. on Feb. 8. Last Season’s Miller Invitational and Beguinet Classic The Women’s Fencing team took part in five of the seven rounds, compiling a 2-3 record. Boston College earned team victories over Penn State and Johns Hopkins, and fell to NYU, Notre Dame, and UNC. Women’s Foil…

Red Sox trade proposal sends Connelly Early as headliner for Nationals’ 25-year-old All-Star originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The Boston Red Sox have a big need in the infield thanks to Alex Bregman leaving to sign with the Chicago Cubs. With a huge need in the infield and few free agent options, the trade market is their best option.AdvertisementFortunately, targets are abundant. Isaac Paredes, Brett Baty, Matt Shaw, and many others would fit the Red Sox’s needs. But, there is one option that hasn’t been explored much that would…

Congress and the courts have all but destroyed the thing that made college sports so special, the idea of amateur student athletes competing for their schools in exchange for a free education and the opportunity to display their skills on a stage that could lead them to the professional sports leagues. Now, with the NCAA increasingly losing control of collegiate athletics, there’s far less distinction between the pro leagues and college teams. Many of the top college players attract multi-million dollar deals and have agents representing them. Nearly gone are the days when coaches recruited athletes in their living rooms,…

Ukrainian MP and Olympic champion Zhan Beleniuk believes that 2026 will see a mass return of Russian athletes to international competitions, including under their own national symbols.Source: Beleniuk on TelegramAdvertisementQuote: “Unfortunately, 2026 will be the year of Russia’s mass return to international sport – including under its own symbols. This can already be stated as a fact. Is this fair? No, it is not fair. But this is politics.And we have long understood that sport is an integral part of politics, and a part that is far from always fair. Should Ukrainian sport stop? No. While the war continues, the…

Massachusetts’ business confidence dropped slightly in January as business owners maintained worries about tariffs, federal immigration enforcement, and the cost of running their companies. The state’s Business Confidence Index ticked downward from a score of 46.8 in December to 46.6 in January, according to a Thursday press release from the trade group Associated Industries of Massachusetts, which compiles the index. The AIM index pulls from a survey of more than 140 Massachusetts employers and is scored on a 100-point scale; a score of above 50 represents an optimistic outlook, and a score below 50 represents a pessimistic outlook. “Companies that…

Duke basketball is now 15-0 all time when hosting the Boston College Eagles in Durham. And the No. 4-ranked Blue Devils (21-1, 10-0 ACC) recorded the latest home victory in the series with notable ferocity on Tuesday night, ultimately sending the unranked Eagles (9-13, 2-7 ACC) on their way with a 67-49 defeat in tow.ALSO READ: Blue Devil Pro Harry Giles Has Career-High Night OverseasAdvertisementFreshman power forward and Naismith Award contender Cameron Boozer made his formidable presence felt early, scoring the game’s first two baskets to give the Blue Devils a 5-0 advantage just over a minute into the contest.…

Before Super Bowl LX, now is the time to see how much you know about the New England Patriots’ Super Bowl history.

The next major event on the baseball calendar before MLB Opening Day is the World Baseball Classic.Airing on FOX and its affiliate networks in March 2026, the sixth iteration of this tournament will feature 20 countries and territories whose best players will compete to prove that their country is the crème de la crème of professional baseball.With that in mind, let’s dive into the early odds at DraftKings Sportsbook as of Feb. 5.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about Sports…

Russia warns over US weapons deployment in GreenlandRussia is preparing to react if the U.S. follows through on deploying its Golden Dome missile defense program in Greenland as the New START treaty expires.Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and Denmark’s Ambassador to the U.S. Jesper Møller Sørensen signed an “economic partnership agreement” on Feb. 3.The agreement comes as the relationship between the two officials’ countries are strained due to Trump’s push to acquire Greenland.Greenland is a self-governing territory of Denmark.Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and Denmark’s Ambassador to the U.S. Jesper Møller Sørensen signed an “economic partnership agreement” on Feb. 3 as tensions between the United States and the Denmark territory of Greenland…

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College Football’s complete 2026 schedule was announced by the ACC live on the ACC Network and ESPN2 on Monday night.Boston College kicks off the 2026 campaign on the road at Cincinnati (Sept. 5) for the first time since 1996 after the programs last met at a neutral site in 2019. The Eagles also have one open date on the schedule, with a bye during week six of the season. Boston College will follow up its road season opener with three straight home games: vs. Rutgers (Sept. 11), vs. Maine (Sept. 19), and vs. Virginia Tech (Sept.…