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Robinhood has sued the Massachusetts attorney general and gaming commission aiming to block the state from applying its gambling laws to sports prediction markets. Trading platform Robinhood is looking to block Massachusetts from applying its gambling laws on the prediction markets it offers. This week, Robinhood filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Attorney General and Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) in the US District Court in Boston. Robinhood’s move is a response to the Massachusetts attorney general filing a suit in Suffolk Superior Court against prediction market platform Kalshi last week. Robinhood began offering Kalshi’s football prediction markets this season. Robinhood…

BOSTON — Competition is approaching. On Saturday, Group A will scrimmage Group B at Boston Bruins training camp. The next day, the team opens the preseason against the Washington Capitals. NHL paychecks are up for grabs.“They have to come in and take that job,” general manager Don Sweeney said of his players. “We’re not in the business of keeping players who can help us in the NHL out of it and not give them the opportunity to have success.”Our first preseason roster projection identified who is in the best position to break through at camp. All of them have teammates who…

NEWBURYPORT — For the 12th straight year, the Institution for Savings is teaming up with Anna Jaques Hospital to raise awareness and funds for local breast care services.SHINE: A Sparkling Fundraiser for AJH Breast Care Services takes place Thursday, Oct. 16, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Blue Ocean Event Center at Salisbury Beach. All proceeds from the event will go toward AJH’S fundraising campaign to raise $2 million for a state-of-the-art comprehensive breast care center planned for the Anna Jaques Hospital campus. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read…

By now, three full weeks into the 2025 college football season, you’ve probably seen the ad.During a break in the game — and wedged between commercials for beer, sportsbooks and erectile dysfunction medications — a fit, goateed man in his 40s appears on screen, holding a football in his right hand as he walks on the field inside an empty stadium.AdvertisementThe smile on his face quickly disappears as he delivers an ominous message. College sports are “at risk,” he says, with a rapidly evolving landscape forcing cuts across the country and putting women’s and non-revenue sports in jeopardy at athletic…

By GRAHAM DUNBAR, Associated Press Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — A major cycling race in Spain was disrupted by protests against an Israeli team. A basketball game in Poland was preceded by fans booing the Israeli national anthem. And several European countries are threatening to boycott a signature entertainment event if Israel takes part. The global backlash against Israel over the humanitarian toll of the war in Gaza has spread into the arenas of sports and culture. Israel’s critics say it should be sidelined from international events just like Russia has been since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.…

A Malden, Massachusetts woman is speaking out after her husband was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement while he was driving to work.Leslie Perera Gonzalez broke down as she described the moment she learned her husband, Herman Escobar, was taken into custody on Wednesday. “Everyone in this country has a reason to be angry,” Gonzalez said. “But I would like everyone to put the anger aside … and have compassion for me and my husband.”  Woman’s husband detained by ICEICE officials said agents used minimum force, claiming that Escobar was resisting arrest.Gonzalez said she was on the phone with her…

So this is it, we’ve reached the final home series of the 2025 MLB regular season. The next time the Rays play a home game after Sunday, it’ll be at Tropicana Field on April 6th, 2026 aganist the Chicago Cubs. George Steinbrenner Field will be a distant memory and baseball will be back to normal under the domed canopy and catwalks of the beloved Trop.But, before that, there is more baseball to be played.AdvertisementThe Rays managed to split a series with the Toronto Blue Jays, the team with the best record in the American League, and now they’ll pivot to…

New England Revolution celebrates inclusion, elevates Special Olympics in fundraising event SPARE. AS OUR SHAUN CHAIYABHAT FOUND OUT. FROM STRIKES TO AUTOGRAPHS, EVERYONE BEING OUT HERE FOR A GOOD CAUSE. THE NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION CELEBRATING INCLUSION AND ELEVATING THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS. LET’S HEAR IT FOR YOUR REVOLUTION. PLAYERS AND YOUR UNIFIED TEAM. EVERYBODY. WE HAVE 19,000 INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN MASSACHUSETTS IN 23 DIFFERENT SPORTS. THE YOUNGEST IS TWO AND THE OLDEST IS 87. SO WE ALL HAVE HOPES WE CAN START SPORTS AT SOME AGE. SPECIAL OLYMPICS LET ATHLETES PLAY FOR FREE, MAKING FUNDRAISERS LIKE THIS BOWL OF GOLD EVENT.…

Day 7 of the World Athletics Championships 2025 concluded on September 19, with the United States’ Melissa Jefferson-Wooden taking home the gold medal in the 200m, having previously won the 100m gold on September 14. Alongside her, Noah Lyles in the men’s 200m, Femke Bol and Rai Benjamin in the women’s and men’s 400m hurdles and Pedro Pichardo in the men’s triple jump were also gold medalists on Day 7 of the competition. On Day 8 of the World Athletics Championships, numerous medal events are scheduled, including the women’s and men’s 20km race walk finals, women’s shot put, javelin throw,…

More than a week after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, many Republican college students in Boston say they’re still in shock — and scared about the future.Kirk, the conservative political activist who was gunned down last week at Utah Valley University, was deeply controversial. He was critical of gay and transgender rights; he called the Civil Rights Act “a mistake;” dismissed concerns about climate change and was accused more than once of antisemitism.But he also provided comfort to conservative college students who say they often feel dismissed and unheard — even threatened.This week, Jake Wiepert, president of the Republican student group…