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As Boston Legacy FC continues to build out their roster ahead of their inaugural NWSL season in 2026, the club has officially signed their first Massachusetts local, forward Sammy Smith to a two-year deal.Boston Legacy FC has officially signed their first Massachusetts local, forward Sammy Smith to a two-year deal.RÚV Íþróttir – Instagram“Playing for a sports team in Boston, that’s enough said right there,” said Smith. “That’s a dream come true, to be able to play in front of my friends and family after living abroad for a couple years. I’m just so excited to be a part of something…

According to On3’s Pete Nakos, former Boston College EDGE Edwin Kolenge has committed to Vanderbilt out of the NCAA transfer portal. Kolenge will head to Nashville with plenty of experience under his belt. Exactly what the Commodores are looking for, as they hope to continue program momentum into the 2026 season.Looking at previous years for the Golden Eagles, special teams was where Kolenge spent a lot of his time. If there was any on-field action, it came as a rotational piece. Head coach Bill O’Brien trusted Kolenge in a bigger role for the 2025 season, seeing the decision pay off.AdvertisementKolenge…

CHICAGO — Super agent Scott Boras was on hand at Wrigley Field on Thursday to help the Cubs introduce his client, Alex Bregman, who had bolted the Red Sox for a five-year, $175 million deal with Chicago. At some point soon, Boras will likely be in Boston for another major free agent press conference.Boras also represents starter Ranger Suárez, who agreed to a five-year, $130 million contract with the Red Sox on Wednesday. As Boras flew from his southern California base to Chicago for Thursday’s press conference, he was putting the finishing touches on the largest free agent deal Breslow…

Today’s live updates have ended. Read what you missed below and find more Supreme Court coverage at apnews.com.The U.S. Supreme Court seems likely to uphold state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams after arguments Tuesday on two cases pertaining to students at the K-12 and college level.Lower courts ruled for the transgender athletes who challenged the state bans in Idaho and West Virginia, two of more than 24 Republican-led states to pass such restrictions. Nonetheless, the conservative-dominated Supreme Court gave no indication after over three hours of arguments that it would follow suit.Instead, at…

LAUSANNE – The IOC took a big step toward reintegrating Russia and Belarus into world sports Thursday by advising governing bodies to let the countries’ teams and athletes compete in international youth events with their full identity of national flag and anthem.Athletes have “a fundamental right to access sport across the world, and to compete free from political interference or pressure from governmental organizations,” the International Olympic Committee said in a statement.That message in support of athletes will be welcomed in Russia and Israel, whose athletes have faced recent discrimination, and comes less than three years out from the 2028…

For Massachusetts businesses, it looks like another bumpy ride. As the calendar flipped to 2026, the state’s employers entered the new year with the same lack of confidence they had expressed for most of 2025. One concrete measure of that pessimistic sentiment, the Associated Industries of Massachusetts’ business confidence index, fell 1.7 points in December — the fourth lowest score of the year — marking the 10th consecutive month that the pulse of the economic climate has recorded a negative reading. The last time the index indicated neutrality or confidence occurred in February 2025 with a rating of 50.4. This…

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College women’s basketball welcomes Stanford on Thursday for a 6 p.m. contest in Conte Forum.Follow the Eagles | Twitter | Instagram | FacebookAbout the Eagles Last Time Out BC suffered a 78-56 loss to Virginia Tech on Sunday. ​Amirah Anderson turned in an efficient performance with a team-high 14 points on 3-of-6 shooting. All three of her field goals were from beyond the arc, and she went 5-of-5 from the line. The freshman and Kiera Edmonds led the team in rebounding with five boards.  Erin Houpt went a perfect 4-for-4 from the field, tallying 12…

New England Patriots “I feel like he makes plays with his legs. I feel like he’s comfortable using his legs.” Drake Maye can torch opposing defenses with his scrambling ability. (Winslow Townson/AP Images for Panini) By Conor Ryan January 15, 2026 | 6:18 AM 4 minutes to read FOXBOROUGH — Drake Maye and the Patriots offense will have their work cut out for them on Sunday afternoon. Despite the second-year quarterback’s rise as an elite playmaking threat in 2025, Maye’s ability to evade pressure and move the ball down the field with ruthless efficiency figures to be countered by an elite…

The upcoming Winter Olympics have been on sports fans’ minds for a long time now. Surely, it has had its fair share of controversies, but that doesn’t mean that the anticipation has completely died down. And due to this, the 2026 US Figure Skating Championships in St. Louis have seen a viewership surge, pointing things in the right direction.On X, Christine Brennan reported that the women’s long program and pairs averaged a robust 2.5 million viewers on NBC, a 6% increase from the last pre-Olympic nationals in 2022. This also became the most-watched US Figure Skating Championships since 2019.AdvertisementEven more…

FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during the FIFA World Cup 2026 official match schedule announcement in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 6, 2025. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Monday justified the controversially high ticket prices for the 2026 World Cup by announcing that the tournament had already received over 150 million ticket requests during the latest sales window, an unprecedented level of demand. Infantino also said that most of the proceeds from the tournament — which will be held across the U.S., Canada and Mexico next year…