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While the Rose Bowl will host the men’s and women’s gold medal soccer matches for the 2028 Olympic Games, the iconic venue, site of the 1984 Olympic, 1994 World Cup and 1999 Women’s World Cup finals, will be limited to holding five matches during the Games because of field condition and security concerns. Under a tournament schedule released Monday by LA 28, just five of the 58 matches, less than nine percent, for the Olympic women’s and men’s tournaments will be played in the Los Angeles-Orange County market, the fewest number of matches held in a Games host city area…

BROOKLINE, Mass. — Local politicians in Massachusetts are speaking out after the violent attack at a Michigan synagogue, calling it another disturbing reminder of rising antisemitism across the country.Representative Jake Auchincloss says the tragic events in Michigan highlight ongoing security concerns for Jewish communities nationwide. He noted that some synagogues and Jewish daycare centers already rely on armed security because of previous attacks and mounting threats.Auchincloss described attackers like the one in Michigan as “lone wolves,” but emphasized that both nationally and globally, antisemitic incidents have been on the rise in recent years. He pointed to federal efforts such as…

BOSTON (AP) — Boston College has fired basketball coach Earl Grant after five seasons in which the Eagles never made the NCAA tournament and finished above .500 just once.Grant was 72-92 overall and 30-67 in the Atlantic Coast Conference since coming to Chestnut Hill to replace Jim Christian in 2021. BC has not reached the tournament since Al Skinner’s teams earned seven bids in nine years from 2001-09 — a period that spans four coaches, five athletic directors and two conferences. It is the longest NCAA slump in program history.Grant, 49, had five straight winning seasons at the College of…

After two years of just about overhauling their coaching staff, the New England Patriots have much more continuity going through this offseason. However the team did make a couple of changes over the past month, including promoting Zak Kuhr to defensive coordinator after he stepped in for Terrell Williams last season. On Monday, the team announced the coaching staff for 206 including Williams’ new role. He’ll be the ‘assistant head coach,’ a title he previously held under Mike Vrabel during their final year together with the Tennessee Titans in 2023.Williams, 51, was hired as the defensive coordinator by the Patriots…

Somehow, a line buried in a statement from Oklahoma coach Porter Moser about accepting an invitation to the College Basketball Crown — the joke of a tournament in Las Vegas that’s decided to compete with the NIT for no particular reason, because what everybody was of course demanding was a lame version of the NIT — managed to speak volumes about the current state of college sports and college basketball specifically:“The Crown had a very successful first year in 2025 and is comprised of all high-major teams.” There it is. The idea that the Crown had a very successful first…

Jessie Diggins’ last cross-country skiing races before retirement air live from Friday through Sunday on NBC Sports, Peacock and outsideonline.com.Diggins, the best U.S. cross-country skier in history with four Olympic medals, headlines the Stifel World Cup Finals in Lake Placid, New York.Diggins announced before this season that it would be her last. In her fourth and final Olympics last month, she won her fourth Olympic medal, bronze in the 10km freestyle with bruised ribs.2026 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Finals Schedule DayTime (ET)EventPlatformFriday1 p.m.Women’s 10kmOutsideonline.com3 p.m.Men’s 10kmOutsideonline.comSaturday10:30 a.m.Sprint QualifyingOutsideonline.com1-2 p.m.Sprint FinalsNBC, Peacock1-3 p.m.*10km HighlightsCNBC, PeacockSunday12:30 p.m.Men’s 20kmOutsideonline.com2:30 p.m.Women’s 20kmOutsideonline.com*Delayed broadcastNow, Diggins…

Have a question about government records? By Massachusetts law, these are supposed to be open and accessible. All you have to do is file a request. (This is often called a FOIA request, short for the Freedom of Information Act.)⁠ But in practice, it’s not as easy as it sounds. “Massachusetts,” one expert told us, “is one of the more secretive states.”⁠ So we wrote a song about it.⁠ (Video by Maria Pemberton for the Boston Globe)

“We’ve got to take care of the ball better,” said BC head coach Bill O’Brien. “We did a better job on defense, obviously, of getting the ball back, but the defense was brutal.”The Eagles (1-7, 0-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) showed tenacity at times — a rarity in recent weeks — but ultimately unraveled against a superior opponent. The No. 19 Cardinals (6-1, 3-1), fresh off a thrilling triumph over No. 2 Miami, shook off a sluggish start and took care of business.Get Starting PointA guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.Louisville racked up 504…

Red Sox star Garrett Crochet scratched from start, but don’t panic appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The Boston Red Sox are currently counting down the days until the 2026 MLB season gets underway in under two weeks. The Red Sox figure to have one of the deepest starting pitcher rotations in the entire MLB landscape heading into this season, headlined by star Garrett Crochet, who nearly won the Cy Young award for his efforts during the 2025 season.AdvertisementOn Sunday, the Red Sox got an interesting update on Crochet’s status as the spring training…

A ‘Shot For Life’ charity basketball game featuring Beverly High School students vs. teachers will be held this Wednesday, March 4, at the Henry Cabot Lodge Fieldhouse with a tipoff … http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=69b823ac26474275accb471b8c6c5c28&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.salemnews.com%2Fsports%2Fshot-for-life-charity-game-featuring-bhs-teachers-vs-students-this-wednesday%2Farticle_e476e919-9211-4714-82ed-a3fbfc14b1d6.html&c=9338377046776274291&mkt=en-us