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While Boston College men’s basketball’s first-year head coach Luke Murray is primarily fixated on building a roster for next season around his brand-new coaching staff, he has also started to dabble in constructing the future of the program. On Monday, Murray sent an offer to class of 2027 four-star point guard Antonio “Tone” Pemberton, a former product of Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro, N.H.) who will start his final high school season at Masters Academy International (Burlington, Mass.) this fall. He is the first player in the class of 2027 that Murray and his staff have made an offer to. He also…

NEW BOSTON — A pair of first-year coaches made an impression on the Huron League.St. Mary Catholic Central boys coach Roman Smith and Milan girls coach Noah Genson led their teams to championships in the league meet on Tuesday, May 19.Both meets were extremely close.SMCC’s boys scored 114.5 points to hold off Jefferson’s second-place total of 98.More: Sports roundup for Monroe County Region events May 16-18New Boston Huron finished fourth with 90.5, Milan fifth with 69.5, Airport seventh with 50 and Flat Rock eighth with 38.The girls meet was even tighter.Olivia Kemp of Airport won the discus at the Huron…

Movie Reviews “The Mandalorian and Grogu” eschews the vast scale of the original “Star Wars” trilogy, but still goes beyond the small-scale storytelling of the Disney+ series. Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) and Grogu in “The Mandalorian and Grogu.” Nicola Goode/Lucasfilm By Kevin Slane May 20, 2026 | 4:50 PM 3 minutes to read It’s been nearly seven years since the last “Star Wars” movie released in theaters, 2019’s “The Rise of Skywalker,” tried and failed to recapture the magic of George Lucas’ original trilogy. One month prior to “Rise of Skywalker,” Disney drove millions of subscriptions to its newly launched streaming…

For Zach Sullivan, watching the television series “Heated Rivalry” brought up vivid memories of hiding.“Before I came out, I was probably one of the most homophobic people in the room and that was just a case of, ‘If I’m being homophobic, people won’t think I’m bisexual,’” he said.Sullivan, 31, plays professional hockey for the Manchester Storm of the Elite Ice Hockey League in Britain. In 2020, he came out as bisexual, making him one of the few openly queer male professional athletes in the world. Before that, Sullivan recalled, he would lie awake at night in fear that a teammate…

FOX Sports will have a number of United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) legends for its coverage of the 2026 World Cup.The quadrennial tournament is set to kick off on June 11, with Mexico taking on South Africa in the first match of the World Cup and the Korea Republic facing Czechia in the second. Overall, 48 countries will play 104 matches across 16 cities in three countries.Considering the enormity of the task ahead for FOX Sports, the network assembled an impressive group of analysts for World Cup coverage, including several former USMNT stars. The announcement comes after NASCAR star…

Former Democratic Congressman Barney Frank, who represented broad swaths of Boston’s suburbs in Congress for more than three decades and was best known as a pioneer for LGBTQ rights, died Tuesday night at the age of 86, his sister and a close family friend confirmed. Frank had been in hospice care at his home in Ogunquit, Maine, in recent months, being treated for congestive heart failure. He is survived by his husband, Jim Ready, and sisters, Ann Lewis and Doris Breay, along with brother David Frank. “He was, above all else, a wonderful brother. I was lucky to be his…

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College Sailing competed in the Women’s Fleet Race National Championships from May 15-18. The Eagles finished in 15th place with 276 points.Caroline Sibilly, Kennedy Laureigh, Aiesha Shekar, Paige Roby, Lanie Ferrarone, Gabrielle Trinter, and Kate Joslin represented the Eagles at the event.Boston College qualified for the Championships after finishing in seventh place in the Eastern Semis, where the A Division group of Caroline Sibilly and Kennedy Laureigh finished atop with 45 points, and the B Division’s Kate Joslin and Lanie Ferrarone finished 13th with 112 points. Their combined score of 157 points was enough to…

At 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, athletes from 25 Metro Boston sailing teams scattered the dock at Community Boating Incorporated and marveled as the clouds darkened and thunder and lightning wreaked havoc on their evening plans.Noah Stern, director of adult programs, took command and ushered the 200 or so Massachusetts Bay League participants inside. “We saw it just in time and were able to get in here reasonably quickly,” said Hingham coach Joe Griffin. “It’s nothing we haven’t seen before.”A thunderstorm rolled over the Charles River during the Massachusetts Bay League high school sailing championship.Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe StaffThey spread out around two floors…

If Don Sweeney wanted to do it, the Boston Bruins general manager could take his hands off the steering wheel until the start of 2026-27. Only Viktor Arvidsson and Andrew Peeke are on expiring contracts. Jordan Harris becomes a restricted free agent the same day Arvidsson and Peeke gain entrance to unrestricted free agency. Sweeney could roll a Game 1 lineup without making a single signing or trade.That would leave the Bruins, however, in a deficient position. As well as the turnaround unfolded this past season, multiple circumstances had to break just right for them to make the 2025-26 playoffs.…

Courtesy photo A diver is seen jumping through the air as part of the The Xtreme Sports World Series competition. ALPENA — The Xtreme Sports World Series has selected Northeast Michigan as its venue for Labor Day weekend, according to a Blackwater Office press release on Monday. This event will bring three days of competition, nationally touring entertainment, and global broadcast exposure to the region. Blackwater leadership stated that the region was selected based on Blackwater’s “proven experience in large-scale sporting events, broadcast production, event planning, and global, high-capacity live event operations.” According to the…