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Tampa, Fla. – The Boston College Softball team opened the Fonseca Memorial Tournament with a 4-2 victory over Kansas at USF Softball Stadium on Thursday afternoon. The Jayhawks opened the first inning with two quick runs. The Eagles responded in the third with a solo shot from Nicole Riddell. The freshman’s first home run went over the right field fence with ease to cut the deficit 2-1. BC blew the game open in the sixth inning scoring three in the bottom. With Sammy Horn on, Espinoza reached on a throwing error by the catcher on a sacrifice bunt before coming…

Not every sporting event can be great — as shown by the Patriots’ loss to the Seahawks on Sunday. But one thing that has been super week after week has been the effort put in by the high school students contributing to the Globe’s unique sports photography program. See, for example, the more than three dozen pictures in this week’s photo gallery down below.The program is free to join, open to any Massachusetts high school student. The first step: Fill out the interest form here. Take it from the dozens of student photojournalists all over the state who have contributed…

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Tennessee alum Garrett Crochet and Vanderbilt legend Sonny Gray are willing to put their collegiate rivalry aside in an effort to bring out the best of each other in the Red Sox rotation this season.“It’s tough,” Gray said, laughing. “I just try not to think about it.”The two starters, nearly a decade apart in age, might have gone to rival schools but now share a common goal as part of a three-headed monster that also includes Ranger Suárez at the top of Boston’s rotation. In fact, Crochet and Gray didn’t waste much time getting to know…

Four local athletic directors are pushing back against Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s call to dismantle the organization that governs and regulates high school sports and activities across the state.In his final State of the State address last week, Stitt said the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association should be eliminated, arguing the association creates barriers for student-athletes who transfer schools under Oklahoma’s open transfer law.Advertisement“A student can transfer to a new school, but if they want to excel in sports, their opportunity may be blocked by an unelected and unaccountable high school athletic association: the OSSAA,” Stitt said.The Ada News reached…

The T20 World Cup 2026 match between Australia and Zimbabwe will be played at the R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.

Police and fire crews in Massachusetts turn a family’s worst nightmare into a happy ending after a quick response to a distress call. On Tuesday, first responders were dispatched to Mill Pond after a resident reported that their dog, Rufus, had fallen through a hole in the ice, according to the Maynard Police Department. Drone footage from the police department shows first responders quickly making their way to the large hole in the pond and immediately sliding into the freezing water. Time was of the essence as the dog was at risk of hypothermia after being submerged in the winter water for an extended period of time.…

BOSTON (AP) — Ebuka Okorie scored 22 points and Benny Gealer added 21 to lead Stanford to a 70-64 victory over Boston College on Wednesday night. Jayden Hastings scored four points in a 6-0 surge to pull Boston College to 65-62 with 1:53 remaining. Gealer answered with a 3-pointer and then Jeremy Dent-Smith made two free throws with 22 seconds left to seal it. Okorie shot 8 of 14 from the floor with two 3-pointers, and made 4 of 5 free-throw attempts to go with five assists. He has 515 points this season, one shy of Todd Lichti’s (1985-86) program…

A. Oh, my friend, you are just like the rest of us. Or many of us, at the very least. Something joyful happens and we think, “How can I keep this? What if I can’t? Is there something I can do to prepare myself for loss and pain?”  Perhaps an evolutionary biologist would tell us it’s human nature to prepare for possible grief (I have no idea if that’s true). All I can say is that often, when I panic, it’s because I’m experiencing something great. It’s as if everything everything good … is too good to be true. My…

College athletic departments are now spending big on their communication departments. NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with Ellyn Briggs, a contributor to Front Office Sports, about why. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: I’m going to play a little bit of a commercial for you.(SOUNDBITE OF AD)SHAQUILLE O’NEAL: What if I told you there’s a place, a place so special, so unique, that three letters tell a thousand words?DETROW: That is former NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal doing something he is quite familiar with – selling something. But he is not promoting Gold Bond or Icy Hot or JC Penney. Shaq is selling a university.(SOUNDBITE…

MOSCOW, November 4. /TASS/. The world’s governing body of swimming sports, World Aquatics, has permitted Russian water polo players to compete at international tournaments from January 1, 2026. According to World Aquatics, Russian athletes will be allowed to take part in competitions in a neutral status and will be banned from associating themselves with Russia in any way. The same criteria will be applied to water polo players from Belarus. World Aquatics is the first organization to clear Russian athletes to compete as neutral in team sports. “These Guidelines are in respect of athletes: (i) having a sport nationality from…