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The Oilers will face the Bruins for the first time this season before they wrap up their series in less than two weeks at Rogers Place on New Year’s Eve. Last year, the Oilers swept the season series by winning 3-2 in overtime in Edmonton on Dec. 19 before blanking the Bruins 4-0 at the Garden on Jan. 7, having earned at least a point in nine of their last 11 meetings (7-2-2) and winning on their previous five visits to Boston. The Bruins are 20-14-0 this season – the only team without an overtime or shootout defeat – and…

The PWHL Seattle Torrent’s inaugural season is underway, making Seattle the only city where three major professional women’s leagues play. It is also the first to have two professional women’s sports teams share a venue, as the Storm and Torrent do at Climate Pledge Arena.Although all three leagues — PWHL, WNBA and NWSL — are also represented in New York, the teams belong to the general metropolitan area, as opposed to one particular city like Seattle.Seattle could welcome a fourth league next year, as the Athletes Unlimited Softball League is set to announce home cities for its teams in January.The city…

This year’s edition of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue releases in just a short few days, and the lineup of athletes is star-studded. Multiple Stanford Cardinal alum are set to feature in the magazine and one of those stars is Olympic freestyle skier, Eileen Gu. One of the world’s most successful Winter Olympians, Gu continues to inspire women everywhere.Only 21 years old, Gu has already accomplished more in her life than most people dream of. In her first Winter Olympics at just 18 years old back in 2022, the San Francisco native opted to compete for China instead of her…

Former New England Patriots pass rusher Matthew Judon was released by the Miami Dolphins on Wednesday, according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo.Miami was Judon’s second destination after being traded by the Patriots to the Atlanta Falcons last year. He played in 13 games for the Dolphins this season and recorded 19 tackles, one pass deflection and no sacks.AdvertisementThese statistics are a far cry from his time in New England, where he was viewed as a top-tier pass rusher. All told, he recorded 32 sacks over the course of 38 games with the Patriots. He was traded to the Falcons in…

The bright, intrusive Chicago high school sports spotlight focused on Jonas Williams when he was just 14 years old.That happens occasionally in basketball, but until Williams came along, it was unheard of in high school football.There were rumors in the fall of 2022 that Bolingbrook, one of the best football programs in the area, was actually going to start a 14-year-old kid at quarterback. And the Raiders were not desperate. John Ivlow, the Bolingbrook coach at the time, had a capable senior ready to play the position.“[Williams] was overloaded the first week of the summer with us, but as it…

The FIFA Council has approved a record prize fund of $655million to be given out at the men’s World Cup in 2026 — a 50 per cent increase from the 2022 tournament in Qatar.The winners of the competition will receive $50m, up from $42m last time around and the runners-up will receive $33m. Third place will take $29m, fourth place will receive $27m, while beaten quarter-finalists will each receive $19m. Those who exit at the round of 16 will receive $15m and those who depart at the round of 32 will be gifted $11m.Nations who fail to progress from the…

While Massachusetts’ business confidence ticked slightly upward in November, it marked the commonwealth’s ninth consecutive month in pessimistic territory. The Massachusetts Business Confidence Index rose 2.0 points to a score of 48.5 last month, reversing the downward trend the state was experiencing since September, according to a Monday press release from the trade group Associated Industries of Massachusetts, which compiles the index. The AIM index pulls from a survey of more than 140 Massachusetts employers and is scored on a 100-point scale; a score of above 50 represents an optimistic outlook and a score below 50 represents a pessimistic outlook.…

In a memo sent to the NCAA last week, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey urged the association to rescind its decision to permit college athletes to wager on professional sports, describing the move as a “major step in the wrong direction.”After a discussion about the issue during their in-person meetings on Oct. 13, the SEC presidents and chancellors are “clear and united” that the NCAA’s move should be reversed, Sankey writes in the two-page letter, which was obtained by Yahoo Sports.AdvertisementAny concerns over the previous policy to prohibit athletes to bet on all sports should be addressed not “through a wholesale…

Former US women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe mocked the US men’s national soccer team World Cup campaign in a recent podcast episode last week. The US team unveiled “Never Chase Reality” as its campaign heading into the 2026 World Cup. The 90-second film featured narration by Marcello Hernandez. The squad said in a release that “’Never Chase Reality’ reflects the journey to 26 for the Men’s National Team.” Rapinoe touched on it during the latest episode of “A Touch More” with her partner Sue Bird and sportscaster Katie Nolan. “The team’s slogan going into the World Cup, this was like their drop, and their slogan…

A highly respected Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor was fatally shot in his home Monday night, authorities announced Tuesday. Nuno F. Loureiro, who taught nuclear science and engineering, was transported to an area hospital after police responded to a report of a man shot at his residence on Gibbs Street in Brookline. Loureiro was pronounced dead Tuesday morning, according to the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office. Authorities gave no indication of a suspect or motive, calling their homicide investigation “active and ongoing.” The 47-year-old scholar was the director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center. According to his bio on the…