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Follow WBC championship game live: Keep up with Team USA vs. Venezuela updates and highlightsThe 2026 World Baseball Classic champion will be decided on Tuesday night in Miami, with the United States and Venezuela facing off in the winner-take-all championship game.Team USA lost in the 2023 title game against Japan after winning its only championship in 2017. Featuring some of the biggest names in Major League Baseball, Venezuela is in the final for the first time in history led by MVP outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr.Young right-hander Nolan McLean takes the mound for Team USA having made only eight MLB starts…

Germany will face Austria home and away in the 2027 Women’s World Cup qualifiers in mid-April. Christian Wück named 23 players as the DFB-Frauen hope to maintain their perfect record.Wolfsburg attacker Cora Zicai will return to the setup after missing the opening two games due to illness, but Klara Bühl is still out due to a serious injury. There are ten players on the standby list, including seven from the U23 selection.AdvertisementOn April 14th, Germany will host Austria at the Max-Morlock-Stadion in Nürnberg before traveling to their neighbors for another meeting four days later. Wück’s side started the qualifiers with…

Above the surface of the water, the newly commissioned USS Massachusetts nuclear submarine doesn’t appear too impressive. It only emerges about 30 feet out of the water with a periscope, a non-descript black skin and not much else. Underneath, however, the $2.8 billion attack sub is a sight to behold. The brand new underwater war machine is docked in Boston Harbor this weekend inside the Conley Shipping Terminal in South Boston. Enjoying this coverage? Sign-up for the Reporter’s free weekly newsletter! “The thing that’s amazing to me is watching it from the end of construction and seeing it built in…

DeFilippo laid out the changes he wanted to see in the program.“I think there’s a lot of aspects,” DeFilippo said. “Recruiting is one, marketing and promotion is one, seats in the stadium is one. Do our players play hard, do they identify with the BC community? Those are all things that I took a look at when I was evaluating the program.”That was 16 years ago.Nearly two decades later, BC still has many of the same issues and the gap between the Eagles and their ACC peers is as large as it has ever been. In a conference that’s expanded…

The Dallas Stars have been bitten by the injury bug and are slogging through the final stretch of the regular season having lost five of their last six games.Can they turn it around on Tuesday? To do so, they’ll have to go through a stout Boston team on the road.Here’s what to know about Stars-Bruins.How to watchSports RoundupGet the latest D-FW sports news, analysis and opinion delivered straight to your inbox. Plus, Kevin Sherrington’s A La Carte.By signing up, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.When: Tuesday, 6 p.m.Where: TD Garden in BostonTV/Streaming: Victory+/FOX 4Radio: Sportsradio 96.7/1310 The TicketBoston creamedThe Stars…

The NFL announced today that it is partnering with TMRW Sports to develop and operate a professional flag football league for women and men. The new professional league will launch with support from a broad and influential investor pool, including NFL clubs, established institutional and strategic investors, and current and former NFL players. This initiative comes at a time of unprecedented global momentum for flag football, as the sport experiences rapid growth, expanding commercial interest, and increasing engagement from prospective investment, media, and sponsorship partners. This surge reflects the significant long‑term market opportunity surrounding flag football as it continues its…

Olympics Logo – Photo: fotofritz16 via iStockphoto The International Olympic Committee has barred transgender women from competing in women’s events and will require all athletes in female categories to undergo genetic sex testing, a sweeping policy shift that will take effect at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The decision marks the most high-profile move since Kirsty Coventry, a former Olympic champion swimmer from Zimbabwe, was elected IOC president in June 2025. “At the Olympic Games, even the smallest margins can be the difference between victory and defeat,” Coventry said in a statement announcing the new policy. “So, it…

Hundreds of Massachusetts jobs impacted by Takeda’s restructuring plan Updated: 1:33 PM EDT Mar 30, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Takeda, the Tokyo-based pharmaceutical company with a major hub in Cambridge, is making changes that will impact hundreds of jobs in Massachusetts and across the country. Last week, the company announced an organizational restructuring plan aimed at saving more than JPY 200 billion by the 2028 fiscal year, “through streamlining of corporate functions, bringing leadership and teams closer to patients and customers and process simplification made possible by advanced technologies.”On Monday, a company spokesperson confirmed Takeda had filed a Worker Adjustment…

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College Baseball checked in at No. 21 in the Baseball America and No. 22 in the D1 Baseball national polls this morning. The Eagles, who are coming off their second-ranked series this win season, took two of three from then ninth-ranked Virginia. Boston College won Friday and Saturday’s contests, 5-3 and 17-0. The Eagles now have five wins over ranked opponents and three top-10 victories. Before winning the series against the Cavaliers, Boston College had defeated then-No. 24 Miami twice and then-No. 10 N.C. State, both on the road. The Eagles also have five players ranked in D1Baseball’s…

The New England Patriots select wide receiver Puka Nacua over linebacker Marte Mapu with the No. 76 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.Mapu has collected one interception in each of the three seasons that he’s played in with the Patriots from 2023-25. However, the Sacramento State product has only started in 10 of the 44 games that he’s played in that span.While Mapu has found playing time in New England throughout his young career, the Patriots did not capitalize on adding the reigning First-Team All-Pro wide receiver Nacua, as well as a 1,000-yard rusher from last season, back in…