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The Boston Red Sox are reportedly taking a flier on a four-year major league veteran who spent the 2025 season in the minor leagues.More news: Red Sox Make Trade, Send $24 Million Pitcher To White SoxAccording to Ari Alexander of 7News in Boston, the Red Sox are signing right-handed pitcher Vinny Nittoli to a minor league contract that includes an invitation to the team’s major league spring training camp.Nittoli, 35, is 0-1 with a 2.41 ERA in 15 major league games from 2021-24 with the New York Mets, Oakland A’s, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, and Seattle Mariners.Last year, Nittoli went…

International Rugby’s Greatest Annual Championship Begins this Thursday with Defending Champions France Hosting Ireland with First of Three Round 1 Matches Live at 3 p.m. ET Exclusively on PeacockAll 2026 Guinness Men’s Six Nations Matches Stream Live on PeacockStudio Hosts: Alex Corbisiero, Brian HightowerRugby Offerings Available to U.S. Commercial Establishments through Peacock Sports PassSTAMFORD, Conn. – February 2, 2026 – NBC Sports presents coverage of the 2026 Guinness Men’s Six Nations, beginning this Thursday, Feb. 5, with all three opening round matches of international rugby’s greatest annual championship streaming exclusively on Peacock this weekend. Throughout the tournament, NBC Sports’ coverage…

Photo courtesy of drobotdean on Feepik. Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Professional sports have become a global entertainment business. Deloitte’s 2024 Sports Industry Outlook forecasts that worldwide sports revenues will exceed US$200 billion by 2030, driven by broadcast rights, sponsorship, and digital engagement. The International Swimming League (ISL), founded in 2018, set out to unlock the commercial potential of professional swimming through international club teams, using a unique format and a season built for year-round broadcasting. The result was a product that broadcasters could package and sell, leading to a multi-year agreement with CBS Sports in 2020. The…

A Newton woman is accused of impersonating a doctor, as she allegedly assaulted a female patient and didn’t allow her to leave until the surgery was done. Dingrui Wang, 34, has been charged in connection with allegedly improperly performing a cosmetic surgery on a woman — resulting in permanent damage to the victim. Wang, while not holding a Massachusetts physician registration, back in January of 2020 allegedly represented herself as a licensed physician and performed double eyelid blepharoplasty surgery on a 22-year-old woman at an unlicensed clinic at 57A Brighton Ave., in Allston. During the surgery, Wang allegedly injected local…

Boston College women’s basketball continued its season struggles on Sunday afternoon as it suffered a 70-60 road loss to Georgia Tech. The Eagles opened the game missing their first 11 shot attempts. The team’s first basket came with 2:42 to go in the first quarter to make it a 10-3 Georgia Tech lead. In the first half, Boston College shot just 21.6 percent from the floor and 10 percent from three-point range. BC scored just 19 points in the half. The Eagles improved in the second half, but were not able to make a comeback. In the second half, Boston College shot 53.3…

Local News The state’s move to acquire and demolish 13 homes stirs memories of earlier projects that carved up the town. Joyce Michaud, photographed in her home with the Bourne Bridge in the background. Suzanne Kreiter / The Boston Globe, File Along Eleanor Avenue in Bourne, a small, tight-knit neighborhood with deep roots is about to disappear. The state is taking 13 homes to make way for the new Sagamore Bridge and its network of access roads. Some of the families have called the street home for decades and have established connections with their neighbors — eating at each other’s dinner…

Michigan expands NIL rights for high school athletesMichigan approves NIL for high school athletes allowing them to profit from their personal branding.The Michigan High School Athletic Association now allows student-athletes to profit from their name, image, and likeness, though there are guardrails.All potential deals must be disclosed to and approved by the MHSAA before being accepted.Michigan becomes the 46th state in the U.S. to approve NIL deals for high school athletes.Michigan high school student-athletes can now profit off their name, image and likeness (NIL), effective immediately as of Tuesday, Jan. 27.The Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) Representative Council approved…

Monumental Slate Features 340 Hours of Live First-Run Programming Across FOX Sports Platforms for This Summer’s Global Event  All-New Record 70 Matches on Network Television and Unprecedented 40 Matches in Primetime Every Match will Stream Live and On-Demand in 4K on FOX One   Every U.S. Men’s National Team Group Stage Match Airs on FOX with Expanded Coverage Featuring Special Three-Hour Pregame Show Before USMNT Opener vs. Paraguay on Friday, June 12 Tubi to Simulcast Two Matches – Opening Match in Mexico City and USMNT Opener in Los Angeles; Tubi Launches FIFA World Cup™ FOX Hub FOX Sports Celebrates America’s 250th Birthday on Saturday, July…

A group of union members in Massachusetts and a director of a local nonprofit filed a lawsuit Thursday with the state’s highest court to block a potential ballot question that would lower income tax from appearing before voters in the November election.The legal challenge alleges the summary of the ballot question prepared by Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s office fails to meet constitutional requirements because it does not tell voters that the measure cuts the state’s income tax rate on long-term capital gains.Jazmine Woodberry, a phlebotomist at Boston Medical Center and a member of 1199SEIU, said the question represents the “same…

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Boston College earned a 5–4 overtime win against Maine on Saturday afternoon at Conte Forum, capped by a power-play goal 2:21 into the extra session.The Eagles struck early, scoring three times in the opening period. Olivia Maffeo opened the scoring at 2:47, finishing a feed from Emma Conner. After Maine answered on the power play, BC regained control with back-to-back goals from Madelyn Murphy at 11:54 and Jade Arnone at 14:23 to take a 3–1 lead into the first intermission.Maine closed the gap with a power-play goal midway through the second period, but Maffeo answered again…