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NBC and Peacock to Present Expanded Live Coverage of 2026 Navy All-American Bowl on Saturday, January 10, 2026, at 1 p.m. ET from the Alamodome in San Antonio, TexasSTAMFORD, Conn. – October 27, 2025 – NBC Sports and Morgan Stanley Global Sports & Entertainment (GSE) today announced a collaboration with the Navy All-American Bowl. Morgan Stanley GSE will serve as the Official Financial Literacy Partner of the Navy All-American Bowl. As the Official Financial Literacy Partner, their staff will host curated financial education sessions, tailored for the exclusive group of football prospects and families partaking in the week’s program and…

Video shows ICE arrest in FitchburgA man appeared to suffer a seizure as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents attempted to take his wife into custody in Fitchburg.The bill would prohibit police from questioning people on their immigration status.The bill would also prohibit 287(g) agreements, which deputize local police to act as immigration agents.MA lawmakers say the bill would make communities safer.When Sen. Liz Miranda, D-Boston, was a student at Wellesley College, her father and brother were deported.“It took me 18 years before I saw them again,” said the Cape Verdean American state senator. “I know firsthand the devastation that occurs when immigration…

CHESNUT HILL, Massachusetts — The LSU Tigers play their first game of the season on opponent’s home court when they travel to the Conte Forum to take on Boston College Wednesday night at 6:15 p.m. CT. The game will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network with the Voice of the Tigers Chris Blair and former LSU head coach John Brady on the call (Guaranty Media flagship Eagle 98.1 FM). The telecast of the game is on the ACC Network with Brian Custer and Jon Crispin on the call. The Tigers are 7-0 on the season after defeating Drake…

This year, most of New England will be dry with partly cloudy skies. However, a pair of passing storms to the north will bring a pesky breeze across each New England state, giving already cold temperatures an extra bite. So, you’ll certainly want to bundle up Thursday morning.There may be a couple of spot flurries across Northern New England, but they should be isolated, brief, and light. Some morning snow showers are possible across Northern New England while the rest of the region sees partly cloudy skies.Boston GlobeI’ll break down Thursday morning’s forecast by two regions — Southern New England…

BOSTON — Mark Kastelic is the Boston Bruins’ best faceoff man, winning 58.3 percent of his draws. This has turned Kastelic into a singular type of faceoff specialist: drop man to start overtime.Kastelic, the No. 3 right wing, is tied for 11th in team scoring (4-4—8). Coaches do not usually deploy such forwards during three-on-three overtime. They ride their best offensive players, the ones with the quickest feet and softest hands.But for the Bruins’ last three overtime games, Marco Sturm has told Kastelic to take the opening faceoff. If he gains possession, he changes for a more offensive teammate. He…

For the third year in a row, ESPN’s “College GameDay” is heading to the SEC championship game.Host Rece Davis, legendary Alabama football coach Nick Saban, and fellow analysts Pat McAfee, Desmond Howard and Kirk Herbstreit will be at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta for the rematch between the Crimson Tide and Georgia Bulldogs.AdvertisementIt’s the second time this year “GameDay” has visited an Alabama game. It traveled to Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa on Oct. 4, when the Crimson Tide defeated Vanderbilt, 30-14, in a top 25 matchup in Week 6. For Georgia, it’s the third time this season the Bulldogs will appear…

Dec 2 – Fencing may be one of the Olympics’ oldest events, but three-time Olympian Miles Chamley-Watson says it urgently needs a reboot, hoping his new World Fencing League will drag the sport into the modern entertainment age. The British-born American will unveil the league in Los Angeles in April 2026, complete with cinematic broadcasts and cutting-edge blade-tracking technology that turns lightning-fast sword work into real-time visuals. “Why is fencing not on TV? It’s simple, people do not understand what is going on,” Chamley-Watson told Reuters. “Even my mother doesn’t know what’s going on because it’s just two lights. This…

The state is losing more workers than it’s attracting, with more than 27,000 people leaving in 2024 alone, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation’s latest Competitiveness Index shows. And the state ranks last in the nation in private employer growth. Businesses cite high costs of living, employer-paid healthcare costs and energy prices that run well above the national average.This fall, Gov. Maura Healey established an advisory council on competitiveness, a panel tasked with figuring out how to make the state a more appealing place to live and do business. Doug Howgate, head of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, joined GBH’s All Things Considered…

Getty Images Boston College athletic director Blake James wrote a letter to fans confirming coach Bill O’Brien will be back for a third season in Chestnut Hill despite the Eagles’ 2-10 record in 2025. James wrote that he still believes O’Brien is the “right man” for the job, and most importantly, provided an update on how Boston College will increase its  financial commitment to the football program to allow O’Brien to build the kind of roster that can compete in the ACC. The letter laid out three ways the school will do that. Revenue sharing: Boston College will increase its revenue sharing…

The Massachusetts high school football campaign has entered the state championship stage as the MIAA state title games are set to take place at Gillette Stadium this week.There’s a change at the top once again as Tabor Academy lept over St. John’s Preparatory School, which falls to No. 2 after losing to No. 4 Xaverian Brothers on Thanksgiving morning, in this week’s set of rankings. Which other teams join the aforementioned teams in the latest Massachusetts high school football Top 25 rankings?AdvertisementThe Massey Ratings, officially used during the BCS era, is a model that ranks sports teams by analyzing game outcomes, strength of…