Author: BostonSportsNews

The Winter Olympic Games are just around the corner. Does watching triple axels make you dream of gliding across the ice? Do you think you might be a snowboarder-in-the-making? Wishing you could show your prowess as a curler? While there are many opportunities for kids, these local venues also offer adults the opportunity to try a few of these sports or watch the experts put on a show.Cross-Country Skiing Cross-country ski lessons at Weston Ski Track Credit: Weston Ski Track Great Brook Farm Ski Touring CenterNorthwest of Boston, Great Brook offers a 10-mile network of machine-groomed trails for cross-country skiers…

Happy Sunday! Our tricky coastal storm is tracking farther west, so that’s quickly increasing the snowfall forecast for most of Massachusetts. First, we’ve got chances for spotty, light snow this morning. Late this afternoon and evening is when the snow will become more widespread and really start picking up in pace. That’s also when we’ll start to see impacts on the roads. The snow will continue through late tonight. At times on the Cape and the islands, some mix and rain may move in. The snow clears overnight for central Massachusetts, but spotty light snow will linger along eastern Massachusetts…

Who: Syracuse Orange (12-5, 3-1 ACC) at Boston College Eagles (7-10, 0-4 ACC)Where: Conte Forum, Chestnut Hill, MAWhen: Saturday, January 16, 2025Tip-Off Time: 2:00 pm/etHow to Watch: ACCNBoston College will look to pick up its first ACC win of the season today in a rivalry matchup against Syracuse. Follow on X/Twitter @bcmbb and @bcinterruption for live coverage!

The Houston Texans and New England Patriots’ divisional round action is right around the corner, as each team will be eyeing their chance to advance to the AFC Championship in order to face the one-seeded Denver Broncos, and for Houston, could be their first time advancing as one of the final four teams in franchise history.The Texans roll into this one with some strong momentum, having won their past 10 games, most recently taking down the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Wild Card, 30-6, and now want to extend that league-best winning streak once more in New England and win their…

It has been a very dumb year in college sports. You may ask how that distinguishes 2025 from several of the previous years, and that would be a fair question. But in a few preciously nonsensical instances, the industry has doubled down on dumb in a manner rarely—if ever—seen before.The Year in Dumb Ideas countdown: 10. The governor of Louisiana becomes a meddling booster.Jeff Landry decided to insert himself into LSU’s crashing disappointment of a football season, first by ripping athletic director Scott Woodward for the outrageous $54 million buyout needed to part ways with fired football coach Brian Kelly, then…

“BREAKING NEWS,” Gianni Infantino crowed on Instagram, before the news release had even dropped. “UNBELIEVABLE.” He was trumpeting a number, 500 million — up from 350 million last week and 150 million late last month — the number of requests that FIFA claims it received for 2026 World Cup tickets.“Half a billion ticket requests in just over a month is more than demand — it’s a global statement,” Infantino, FIFA’s president, said.But what he didn’t say, and what FIFA won’t say, is the story.They have given us a big, round number. But it’s somewhat empty, or at least difficult to…

A local Massachusetts police department is applauding itself for playing a “significant role” in tracking down the vehicle that the accused Brown University mass shooter allegedly drove to New Hampshire as he tried to evade authorities. The Waltham Police Department says its detectives “identified critical information” that helped move the multistate investigation forward and “contributed to locating the suspect’s vehicle in Salem, New Hampshire.” Authorities found the suspect, Claudio Neves-Valente, 48, dead in a Salem storage facility the evening of Dec. 18, five days after he allegedly killed Brown University students Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov and Ella Cook. Neves-Valente is also…

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Boston College Swim and Dive returned to the pool this afternoon as they took on Ivy League opponents, Harvard and UPenn. The Eagles were swept by both the Crimson and Quakers in both the men’s and women’s competitions. Nick Fabian was the Eagles’ top finisher during the afternoon, coming in fourth in the 1000 freestyle with a time of 9:34.93. He also finished sixth in the 400 IM at 4:04.90. BC recorded four individual top-five finishes with Matt Lang, Max Conway, Luke Amerson, and Valerio Bonuglia coming in fifth in their respective events. The Eagles recorded four top-five finishes in…

The Boston Red Sox have a handful of outfielders and starting pitchers and a need for an infielder. Could they find a solution before Spring Training gets here?There is less than a month to go before teams start reporting to Spring Training. We started to see movement across the league this week, including from the Red Sox as they signed Ranger Suárez to a five-year deal. Now, arguably all they have to do over the next few weeks is find either a second baseman or a third baseman. That’s it. Then, Boston can really be considered a contender in the…

Supreme court appears likely to rule in favor of states that ban transgender athletes in school sportsAfter more than three hours of arguments, the supreme court’s conservative justices signalled sympathy toward the legality of Idaho and West Virginia state laws banning transgender athletes from participating on female sports teams.Here is a brief summary of some of key points from the proceedings, per Reuters. Conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh noted that the federal government, certain states, the NCAA governing body for college sports and the US Olympic Committee “think that allowing transgender women and girls to participate will undermine or reverse that…