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The Boston Red Sox have a need in the middle of the order still and a handful of options have been mentioned as potential targets. This has been the case in reference to both free agents and trade targets. While this is the case, Boston should stick to free agency for its next big addition. The trade market has been kind to Boston so far with Sonny Gray, Willson Contreras, and Johan Oviedo all coming to town. Boston has already traded a handful of hurlers away to get these deals done. Boston traded two top five prospects in Jhostynxon Garcia…

Even among fellow sports superstars, Shohei Ohtani has reached legendary status.The Los Angeles Dodgers two-way phenomenon has shown off his baseball magnificence during this year’s MLB postseason, particularly on Oct. 17, when he had arguably the greatest performance in the game’s history, hitting three home runs at the plate while striking out 10 on the mound in an NL Championship Series-clinching win over the Milwaukee Brewers.AdvertisementHe made more history Monday, homering twice and tying a 119-year-old major league record with four extra-base hits in a wild, 18-inning victory over Toronto in Game 3 of the World Series. Ohtani also drew…

An Augsburg University cross-country star and aspiring Olympic marathon runner says he’s been banned from competing for accepting community donations to pay for tuition.Mohammed Bati, a senior nursing major at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, says the NCAA has informed him that he will be ineligible to compete in the indoor and outdoor competitions in the coming season for accepting around $6,000 in community donations.AdvertisementIn a post on the fitness app Strava, Bati said the NCAA told him that the donations, which would be used to help cover tuition, violated its rules.“It feels sad that instead of seeing support as community…

Flu: What you need to know about the contagious respiratory illnessThe flu is a contagious respiratory illness that infect the nose, throat, and sometimes the lung, here’s how the common virus can become deadly.USA TODAYFlu activity is increasing across Massachusetts, with local health officials reporting high levels of illness this season.The Boston Public Health Commission announced that flu cases are surging earlier this year than last year, and urged residents to get their annual flu vaccine.”This uptick in flu cases is occurring a month earlier than last season, when Boston did not hit these numbers until January,” the health commission…

Published on: Dec 29, 2025 03:17 am IST Hand made 8 of 19 shots with three 3-pointers for the Eagles , who improve to 6-2 at home. Payne made 8 of 17 shots, including 5 of 10 from 3-point range. Both players had seven rebounds. Shilo Jackson totaled 19 points and 15 rebounds to pace the Dolphins , who dropped to 2-6 on the road. Deng Garang had 14 points and seven boards. Trent Mosquera scored 13 and Tennessee Rainwater added 12 points off the bench. There were three lead changes and a tie over the final 10:20 of the…

Boston Celtics Mazzulla has the Celtics positioned as the No. 3 team in the Eastern Conference. Joe Mazzulla has the celtics positioned to host a first round playoff series if the season ended today. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) COMMENTARYBy all accounts, this should have been a down year for the Celtics.It’s not that there was any need for a rebuild; Boston still has an incredible foundation of young superstars that will keep its championship window open for years. But when Jayson Tatum suffered his achilles injury in the playoffs last season, it was clear things were going to be different. And…

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BUFFALO –– The Boston Bruins open a five-game road trip on Saturday with a 7 p.m. matchup against the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center. The B’s are looking to get back in the win column after dropping the last four games. Saturday marks the third of four regular-season meetings between the teams. The Bruins have beaten Buffalo twice this year: 3-1 on Oct. 11, and 4-3 in overtime on Oct. 30. “They’re very skilled. Lots of speed. Won seven in a row. I think that alone says it all. I think we always matched up pretty good. But again, they’ve…

With less than 24 hours to go before a 5 p.m. ET Friday deadline to rescind a rule that would otherwise allow college athletes to gamble on professional sports, the NCAA has a wide gap to close, a source tells CNN Sports. As of Thursday night, 188 Division I schools had submitted the paperwork to request the recission, the source said. The magic number to stop the rule switch is 241 – or two-thirds of the 361 Division I member institutions. If that threshold isn’t met, college athletes, coaches and staff will be permitted to gamble on professional sports by…

The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday loosened and walked back its policy restricting the participation of transgender and intersex athletes in Olympic sports, but said it won’t enforce sport-specific rules governing inclusion.After a two-plus-year consultation process, the IOC moved away from a 2015 guideline that required transgender women to lower their testosterone levels if they hoped to compete alongside other women. On Tuesday, IOC officials admitted that there is “no scientific consensus on how testosterone affects performance across all sports,” and that the “role of testosterone” in creating “unfair advantage” is “unclear.”AdvertisementThey made these admissions months after Laurel Hubbard, a…