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Looking for a sports camp for your child this summer?Here’s a list of camps being held by the coaching staffs at Bloomington area high schools North, South, Edgewood, Lighthouse Christian and Seven Oaks. Check back often for updates. Coaches, AD’s to include your camp email us the details at sports@heraldt.com.BASEBALLCougar Baseball CampDATES: June 15-18 (9-noon) for middle school (2025-26 school year) and June 22-25 (9-noon) for grades K-6. Camps will take place at the North High School field.DESCRIPTION: Improve your throwing, catching, fielding, and hitting fundamentals. Participants willplay in game competition. Emphasis will be placed on fundamentals and fun. North…

Only eight nations have ever won the men’s FIFA World Cup since the tournament began in 1930, which is what makes the “First Time Winner” betting market one of the more fascinating props on the board heading into this summer. Brazil leads all nations with five World Cup titles, while Germany and Italy each have four. Argentina has won three, France and Uruguay have two apiece, and England and Spain each have one title. Argentina is currently +900 to repeat as World Cup champions (Getty Images). However, Italy failed to qualify, meaning only seven previous champions are in this year’s field. That leaves…

BOSTON (WWLP) – The MSPCA-Angell is hosting an impromptu fee-waived adoption event for all dogs six months and older to free up kennel space in its shelters, as stray intake often surges after Memorial Day. Second Chance Animal Services launches summer foster program for shelter dogs Stray intake for both dogs and cats peaks the day after Memorial Day, according to data collected throughout 2025 by Shelter Animals Count. Adoption fees will be waived for all dogs aged six months and older during the event, which takes place from May 29 through May 31.Kiro’s adoption fee will be waived May 29-31 (credit MSPCA-Angell)Tinskey’s…

After disappointing 2025-26 seasons for Boston College’s basketball teams, head coaches Earl Grant and Joanna Bernabei-McNamee departed Chestnut Hill. It didn’t take the pair too long to find new positions, but neither secured a head coaching role at another school, instead opting to join as assistant coaches. Boston College men’s basketball had a rough season, finishing with an overall record of just 11-20 and posting a 4-14 tally in conference play. The decision to part ways with Grant took place on March 8th. Grant had three seasons remaining on his contract which was extended through the 2028-29 season. Grant served…

The Boston Red Sox are still waiting for their dramatic turnaround after firing manager Alex Cora and six of his coaches.”I certainly wouldn’t look back at our win-loss record over the last month and say it was this incredible success,” chief baseball officer Craig Breslow said, per Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic. “But I think we’re starting to more consistently put together good at-bats. Definitely going into the series with Minnesota, we had pitched consistently well and played good defense. We have to put all aspects of the game together to make sure we’re winning more games.”Boston was 10-17 to start…

Sign up for the daily newsletter, Jay’s Plays of the Day, to get sports betting recommendations for the top games of the night and the week ahead.College craziness — againAnd we’re off. Off to the races. Off the charts. Off the rails. Off their rockers?Look, the craziness that is college sports is impossible to accurately predict and almost as difficult to keep up with these days.NIL. Portal. Eligibility. Expansions. Those are hot-button issues that bring emotion and intrigue.But those are like major volcano eruptions in the total climate impact of college sports. Yes, there is damage and uncertainty, but they feel…

Raja Randhir Singh, one of India’s most influential sports personalities and administrators, passed away at the age of 79 in New Delhi on May 27, 2026. A five-time Olympian, Asian Games gold medallist, and former President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), he dedicated more than five decades to the growth of Indian and Asian sports. Born into the royal family of Patiala, Randhir  earned recognition not only for his achievements in trap shooting but also for his immense contribution to sports governance. From representing India at multiple Olympic Games to becoming the first Indian to head the OCA,…

(WJAR) — The Massachusetts State Police Department recently used its Air Wing unit to help troopers catch fleeing dirt bikes.Massachusetts State Police use Air 4 to track dirtbikes that would not stop for police in Brockton. (MSP)The department says the three dirtbikes fled from police in Brockton.Then, with the aid of the Air Wing unit, police on the ground were assisted in the capture of the runaway bikers.Massachusetts State Police use Air 4 to track dirtbikes that would not stop for police in Brockton. (MSP)Those bikes face numerous charges, including: unlicensed operation, failure to stop for police, negligent operation, and…

Those who have kept up with the Boston College football team lately are well aware of the mass exodus from the program that occurred in the weeks leading up the transfer portal officially opening on Friday morning.Since the end of the 2025 season, in which the Eagles mustered a 2-10 record after reaching the seven-win mark one season prior, 24 players from last year’s roster decided to enter the portal.The list of departures includes key young talent that third-year head coach Bill O’Brien could have built around for the 2026 campaign, such as quarterbacks Dylan Lonergan and Shaker Reisig, wide…

National News The woman’s firing violated her constitutional rights because she was “speaking as a private citizen on a matter of public concern,” said Stevie Pactor, an ACLU attorney in Indiana. FILE – A student enters Ball State University campus in Muncie, Ind., Sept. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File) AP By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press May 26, 2026 | 5:52 PM 2 minutes to read A woman fired by an Indiana university over her Facebook post criticizing conservative activist Charlie Kirk after he was killed will receive $225,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused her former employer of violating…