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Veteran wide receiver Romeo Doubs sported his New England Patriots jersey in public for the first time in Wednesday’s “Community Day” event.The event was a gathering of over 200 fourth and fifth-graders going through drills with Patriots players and coaches.Doubs was a key free agent acquisition for the Patriots in March. He signed a four-year, $60 million deal to join an offense that released its leading receiver, Stefon Diggs, at the start of the new league year. The former Green Bay Packers standout offensive weapon is an ascending talent at the wide receiver position, and the Patriots are hoping he…

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The players won’t be the only ones looking to score when the World Cup kicks off on June 11 across 16 cities in three countries. Held this year in Canada, Mexico and the U.S., the quadrennial soccer tournament is expected to become one of the biggest gambling events of all time. Bookies.com predicts Americans will wager $3.1 billion on World Cup games through online sports betting, which is legal in dozens of states. Prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket are projected to handle another $2.4 billion in bets, according to the forecast from the online sports betting site. “Prediction markets that…

Earlier this spring an Essex County resident notified MassWildlife of a snapping turtle acting oddly in their yard and asked for help.What MassWildlife staff found was a female alligator snapping turtle. She weighed only 60 pounds and was fighting against the cold climate in Massachusetts, an agency spokesperson said. The alligator snapping turtle is not native to Massachusetts and was sent to the New England Wildlife Center, where she is still being treated for severe pneumonia.On May 18, MassWildlife posted a video about the rescued alligator snapping turtle on social media.What we know about the alligator snapping turtle rescued by…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The ACC announced this afternoon that the first two games of tomorrow’s ACC quarterfinals have been moved up to 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. due to the impending weather i …

The time is now for women’s sports.Rachel Duranwood, who played soccer for the Boston Breakers, echoed that message to an audience of female high school athletes, coaches, and administrators as the MIAA celebrated Girls and Women in Sports Day Tuesday morning at Faneuil Hall. “It’s incredible the work that is taking place, and you all are just at the beginning of it,” said Duranwood, current soccer engagement lead for Boston Legacy FC. Duranwood won a pair of NCAA Division 1 soccer titles at North Carolina before playing professionally in Iceland and then in the NWSL. As the keynote speaker, she…

It was a coming-out party offensively for Jarren Duran over the final two games of the series in Kansas City.With one swing Tuesday night, Duran broke the game open and helped power the Red Sox to victory. He followed it up in even bigger fashion Wednesday.Duran launched a go-ahead two-run homer to left field in the seventh inning, lifting Boston to a 4-3 victory over the Royals and completing the club’s first series sweep of the season.For a Red Sox lineup that has spent much of the year searching for offense, Duran has suddenly started looking like the catalyst the…

April 6, 2003, was the last professional sports contest that I watched in its entirety – Michael Jordan’s last game. While my sports season – the football season – came to an official close with the Super Bowl, I was still watching Olympic curling (seriously) this past week. Over the years, I have been asked many times why I don’t watch the Super Bowl or any other professional sports. Not that it makes one speck of difference to anyone, but I’d like to share the answer. Make no mistake, I’ve always loved sports. I love the competition and the athleticism…

 The International Olympic Committee has announced the selection of UAE national show jumping rider Omar Al Marzooqi among a new group of Athlete Role Models for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, which will be held in Senegal as the first Olympic sports event to take place on African soil.Marzooqi became the first Emirati athlete to win a medal at the Youth Olympic Games when he claimed silver in individual show jumping at the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2018, with the participation of around 4,000 athletes from 206 countries.The full list now comprises…

(WJAR) — Massachusetts’ housing market is becoming so competitive, even homes destroyed by fire are attracting strong interest from buyers.In Dorchester, a burned and condemned multi-family property recently sold in days.Damaged homes in Massachusetts still have a competitive market. (NECN)That Dorchester home, which had significant fire damage, sold for $776,000.The home has been boarded up and empty for over a year and a half.The listing agent says groups of people were quote “waiting in the wings” to see what would happen with it.In a tight housing market like Boston’s, these types of properties offer rare opportunities for investors that are…