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Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia won’t be around for Game 1 of the World Series. With the Fall Classic set to start Friday, Los Angeles announced on Thursday that Vesia, 29, will be “away from the team.” “It’s with a heavy heart that we share that Alex Vesia is away from the team as he and his wife Kayla navigate a deeply personal family matter,” the Dodgers said in a statement posted to X. “The entire Dodgers organization is sending our thoughts to the Vesia family, and we will provide an update at a later date.” It remains unclear what exactly the…

Top Democrats in the Massachusetts Senate offered a full-throated denial Thursday that county sheriffs gave them a heads-up on multi-million-dollar budget overruns.The pushback comes as the Legislature presses forward with a multi-billion-dollar spending bill that requires the Inspector General’s Office to investigate sheriff’s departments’ spending and sets up an oversight council to monitor their finances.Senate President Karen Spilka said sheriff’s departments “suddenly notified” the House, Senate, and Gov. Maura Healey’s office they had overspent their fiscal 2025 budget appropriations. Sheriffs overran their budgets by $121 million, Healey administration data shows.“Just think, if all other agencies did the same, the state…

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – No. 9 Boston College returns to Kelley Rink for one game this weekend, hosting No. 7 Denver on Friday evening. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. and the game will be streamed live on ESPN+. A radio broadcast on WEEI 850 AM begins 15 minutes prior to puck drop.   SETTING THE SCENE • The Eagles improved to 2-1-1 after defeating RPI in its lone game of the week • Denver sits at 2-1-1 overall • Boston College remained at No. 9 in both the USCHO.com and USA Hockey national polls • Denver is No. 7…

It’s Week 8 in Rochester area high school football. Here are our choices to win four of the top games this week, including sectional playoff matchups …

After getting off to a hot start, the Boston Bruins have struggled over the last handful of games. They started the season 3-0-0 and have since lost five games straight, which has raised some eyebrows as to just how well the team will do this season. At the start of the season, there was thought from around the league that the Bruins could be a sleeper team. However, in their recent five game slide, it doesn’t look like they are going to be a sleeper team. Instead, it looks like they could turn out to be a lottery team again…

Basha is ranked No. 18 nationally by MaxPreps, and Hamilton is No. 53. The season has proven a three-team race to the Open Division championship between Basha, Hamilton and two-time defending state …

ndonesia vowed Thursday to play an “active role” in global sports after the IOC urged federations not to stage events there following the country’s ban on Israeli gymnasts.The International Olympic Committee’s executive board said Wednesday it would “recommend to all international federations not to host any international sports events or meetings in Indonesia” until it provided guarantees over access for all participants in competitions. The board said it also ended dialogue with the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation on hosting any future Olympic events. It came after Indonesia denied visas for Israelis to compete at the on-going world artistic gymnastics…

In Massachusetts, election season is in full swing. Fifty-five cities and towns in Massachusetts are holding their biennial municipal elections November 4th of this year. See if yours is one of them.But successful political campaigns understand that progress does not begin (or end) on election night. Cambridge Bike Safety, a volunteer group of residents who advocate for safer street design and infrastructure to build a safe bike network for people of all ages and abilities, has emerged as a strong force in Cambridge’s elections. But the group has earned that influence with years of organizing between elections, delivering testimony at public…

Louisville’s Jeff Brohm talks win over Miami, previews Boston CollegeLouisville head football coach Jeff Brohm talks about the win over Miami and what his team needs to do to gain a victory over Boston College.The night before Louisville football’s ACC game against then-No. 2 Miami, the Cardinals watched clips of Muhammad Ali’s Thrilla in Manila fight. It was a foreshadowing for the kind of fight the team would display against the Hurricanes.Louisville weathered the storm of UM’s comeback attempt and left South Florida with its second win over Miami in three years. The No. 22 Cardinals’ next fight will come…

Find all of Wednesday’s scores and recaps here. ▪ With 29 assists in a 3-1 win over Shrewsbury, Andover junior Tina Zheng reached the 1,000-assist mark for her career. In the same game, senior Jessie Wang recorded her 200th career ace, among seven in the match. ▪ Dartmouth senior Chloe McKinnon, who on Monday became the school’s all-time kills leader, reached 700 career kills with 23 in a 3-2 win over Dennis-Yarmouth on Wednesday. ▪ Braintree senior Norah Downey became the second player in Wamps history to surpass 400 kills, which she did with 18 in a 3-2 win over…