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Over the past two years Jhostynxon Garcia has risen through the ranks to become one of the Red Sox top prospects, but he always faced difficult odds of breaking through in Boston given the club’s crowded outfield picture. Now he’ll get his big league opportunity elsewhere. Thursday night the Red Sox announced they’ve traded Garcia to the Pittsburgh Pirates alongside minor league right-hander Jesus Travieso in exchange for right-hander Johan Oviedo, left-hander Tyler Samaniego and minor league catcher Adonys Guzman. Samaniego has not yet made his MLB debut but was recently added to Pittsburgh’s 40-man roster ahead of the Rule…

We’re heading into conference championships weekend, and everyone is thinking about who will make the College Football Playoff. So, what better time for FOX Sports lead college football analyst Joel Klatt to drop his latest top-15 than now?  CFP bubble teams were a huge part of Klatt’s focus this week. In fact, Klatt said that teams ranked between No. 8-15 are the ones he thinks are firmly on the bubble to make the playoff. Who has a good chance of making the CFP, and who has work to do?Here’s a full look at Klatt’s top 15 teams in the nation…

WEST PALM BEACH, FL / ACCESS Newswire / November 20, 2025 / USPA Global today announced that U.S. Polo Assn., the official sports brand of the United States Polo Association (USPA), has been recognized for several prestigious international awards recognizing the brand’s excellence across sports, fashion, retail, media, and digital categories. The globally celebrated, sport-inspired brand was named a double finalist at the 2025 Drapers Awards, one of the United Kingdom’s most respected fashion industry honors. U.S. Polo Assn. received the ‘International Excellence’ Award and was named a finalist in the ‘Menswear Brand of the Year’ category, acknowledging its remarkable…

“The total amount that Congress allocated last year was spent, every single dollar of it,” he said after a morning event at the University of Massachusetts Club on Beacon Hill. “And next year, the proposal is to spend the same amount or 1 percent more.”But Bhattacharya, who spent much of his career as a researcher at Stanford University in California, acknowledged that changes in NIH funding, which give money to fewer research projects, has caused anxiety.“There’s still obviously uncertainty over … the funding for the NIH next year,” he said, adding he’s heard from Congress and the Trump administration “a…

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College Fencing will compete in its final meet of 2025, when it travels to Brandeis for the Carla Mae Richards Invitational, which begins at 9:00 a.m. Last Season’s Carla Mae Richards Invitational The Eagles went a combined 8-4 last year, with both teams posting 4-2 records. On the Men’s side, the Eagles earned victories over Drew University, Lawrence University, St. John’s University, and Cornell, while falling to Penn State University and Yale University. Men’s Sabre led the way for BC, finishing with a perfect 6-0 record. Men’s Foil finished 5-1, while Men’s Epee compiled a 3-3 record.…

The Massachusetts high school football playoffs head into the MIAA Super Bowl state championships this week at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough for classes Division I through Division VIII.With plenty of storylines galore throughout the week, we are now going around the country for state championship matchups, game times and predictions as the high school football season winds down in its final weeks.AdvertisementWho will comes away with the win in this week’s Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) state championship games?The MIAA released all of the Massachusetts high school football state championship matchups and we go class-by-class on who’s playing who this…

Boston Bruins “Call-ups are fighting tooth and nail, and I feel like I’ve been fighting tooth and nail for four years to be here.” Alex Steeves posted two first-period points on Thursday. Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe Alex Steeves’ belief in himself never wavered, even if that confidence wasn’t reflected on the scoresheet.“I’ve always, as a player, told myself that if you are getting the chances, it’s going to come,” Steeves said on Long Island last week. The 25-year-old forward — a Minnesota-born product who spent part of his childhood in New Hampshire  — had accomplished plenty both in the collegiate ranks…

Marko Mitrovic’s initial Revolution coaching staff will be a blend of old and new, the incoming head coach adding Sean Hughes and Michael Morris from his time leading the United States U-20 national team.“They are both experienced coaches with strong knowledge of the game and tremendous abilities to lead processes,” Mitrovic said Thursday in a release. “I’m excited they made the decision to join our staff here in New England, where they will complement the many talented people already with the club.”Mitrovic said at his introduction last month he planned to retain some of Caleb Porter’s staff to “have continuity…

By EDDIE PELLS COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The next Olympic doping scandal could be delivered right to your doorstep. A trove of so-called research chemicals known as peptides, many of them banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency and some not approved for human use in the United States, are available with the simple click of a button through online retailers. One seller is Amazon. Another is Alibaba, a sponsor of the International Olympic Committee. The easy availability of the drugs combined with their hard-to-detect nature is precisely the toxic combination doping regulators and Olympic officials are trying to avoid.…

Parts of New England Tuesday evening remained under the grip of their first potent snowstorm of the season, a potent system that has caused slick road conditions and accidents, and prompted a number of school closures across Massachusetts and New Hampshire. About 2 to 6 inches of snow had fallen in Central and Western Mass. by Tuesday evening, with higher totals expected in northern ski country. Boston only saw rain. Winter storm warnings remain in effect into the overnight for those regions seeing the heaviest snow, from the Worcester Hills to the Berkshires.Read our state-by-state forecasts here for how this…