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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The No. 15/15 Boston College men’s hockey team plays host to Notre Dame at Kelley Rink this Friday for the first time since the 2022-23 season. Friday’s game is slated for a 1:00 p.m. puck drop on NESN and ESPN+ along with a radio broadcast on WEEI 850 AM.   SETTING THE SCENE • The Eagles moved to 7-5-1 overall and 5-3-0 in Hockey East after a weekend split against No. 10/11 Maine • The Fighting Irish are 4-8-1 overall and 0-6-0 in B1G • BC stayed put at No. 15 in both the USCHO.com and USA…

Get prepared with Nate Weitzer’s preview and picks. Worried about the weather? Cool but dry writes Globe lead meteorologist Ken Mahan. Curious where your school’s rivalry stands? Check out our historic database.Get Starting PointA guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.Find all of Wednesday’s scores here. Sign up for our new high school newsletter, Varsity News, here. And here’s the night’s reading list:▪ With a 12-6 victory over Keefe Tech, Minuteman finished 6-5, the program’s first winning record in 12 years. The win came thanks to a dominant secondary that finished with 11 pass…

Here’s everything you need to know when the New York Giants play the New England Patriots Week 13 of the 2025 NFL season.

David Mahbub, Chief Growth Officer at MACH9. Global strategist merging cultural insight with transformative business growth.Every October, the United States enters its own version of a business cycle. The World Series crowns a champion, the New York City Marathon prepares to fill its streets, the NBA tips off and the NFL hits midseason stride. Together, they form one of the world’s most valuable and enduring storytelling ecosystems, an annual reminder that momentum, when harnessed with intention, becomes its own economy.Sports have always been about performance. Today, they are equally about perception and how teams, athletes and fans convert emotion into…

Data Skrive Oddsmakers expect a competitive contest when the Florida International Panthers (5-5) host the Jacksonville State Gamecocks (7-3) on Saturday, November 22, 2025 in a matchup between CUSA foes at Pitbull Stadium. Florida International is favored by 1.5 points. The total for this game has been set at 56.5 points.The Panthers beat the Liberty Flames, 34-27, in their most recent contest. The Gamecocks’ last contest was against the Kennesaw State Owls, and they won by a score of 35-26.Keep up with college football all season on FOX Sports.Florida International vs. Jacksonville State Game Information & OddsWhen: Saturday, November 22,…

Liquor stores, retail stores, and many grocery stores will be closed on Thanksgiving in Massachusetts, due to a series of “blue laws” that originated 400 years ago during Colonial times.“Blue laws go way, way back,” Jon Hurst, the president of the Massachusetts Retailers Association, said Wednesday. “Blue laws have been chipped away at for decades, but … Thanksgiving, Christmas never went any further.”Blue laws were originally meant to insure that people went to church on Sunday and observed the Sabbath. And many remain on the books because lawmakers and stores aren’t in a hurry to change them. “There’s not a…

The Massachusetts women’s basketball team remained undefeated as it took down Boston College for the first time since 2007, 61-52. The Minutewomen (5-0) played their usual game, aggressively trapping and moving the ball, but the spirited play of senior Megan Olbrys was the spark that rallied UMass to victory. The forward gave the Eagles (3-4) problems all over the court, scoring a career-high 24 points and grabbing 12 rebounds, just one shy of her career high on the boards. Olbrys’ effort against Boston College resulted in her first 20-point performance and first double-double of the season. “I credit everything to…

For the dozens of high school students participating in the Globe’s unique sports photojournalism program, this week brings the biggest event of the fall season: Thanksgiving football. But while they wait for the photo feast, they found this to be a good time to serve up tasty leftovers from the fall season. As such, below are more than 40 high school sports pictures of the fall season — from this past weekend’s state championship games all the way back to games played on Labor Day. If any high school student in Massachusetts would like to take part in this free…

Sonny Gray is a good pitcher, and Boston Red Sox fans don’t seem to realize it.Yes, ERA still matters in Major League Baseball. But Gray’s 4.28 ERA for the St. Louis Cardinals last season is offset by his 3.39 FIP, 5.29 strikeout-to-walk ratio, and a bunch of other metrics that show he’s likely still somewhere between an average No. 2 starter and a high-end No. 3.However, there are lots of doomers in Red Sox land in the wake of Tuesday’s blockbuster trade, ranging from seasoned beat writers to angry fans. Some are already assuming bigger additions aren’t coming to help…

One of the fastest-growing sports in America took center stage on Sunday as San Diego hosted the USA Pickleball National Championships. The event took place over the course of eight days, with several of the final matches being played over the weekend. Sofia Sewing took home gold in the Pro Women’s Singles draw. The former professional tennis player turned pro in pickleball earlier this year, and she’s already thriving early on in her career. Katerina Stewart earned silver after coming up short against Sewing in the title match. On the men’s singles side, Patrick Kawka beat Ronan Camron 6-11, 11-0,…