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For the third year in a row, ESPN’s “College GameDay” is heading to the SEC championship game.Host Rece Davis, legendary Alabama football coach Nick Saban, and fellow analysts Pat McAfee, Desmond Howard and Kirk Herbstreit will be at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta for the rematch between the Crimson Tide and Georgia Bulldogs.AdvertisementIt’s the second time this year “GameDay” has visited an Alabama game. It traveled to Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa on Oct. 4, when the Crimson Tide defeated Vanderbilt, 30-14, in a top 25 matchup in Week 6. For Georgia, it’s the third time this season the Bulldogs will appear…

Dec 2 – Fencing may be one of the Olympics’ oldest events, but three-time Olympian Miles Chamley-Watson says it urgently needs a reboot, hoping his new World Fencing League will drag the sport into the modern entertainment age. The British-born American will unveil the league in Los Angeles in April 2026, complete with cinematic broadcasts and cutting-edge blade-tracking technology that turns lightning-fast sword work into real-time visuals. “Why is fencing not on TV? It’s simple, people do not understand what is going on,” Chamley-Watson told Reuters. “Even my mother doesn’t know what’s going on because it’s just two lights. This…

The state is losing more workers than it’s attracting, with more than 27,000 people leaving in 2024 alone, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation’s latest Competitiveness Index shows. And the state ranks last in the nation in private employer growth. Businesses cite high costs of living, employer-paid healthcare costs and energy prices that run well above the national average.This fall, Gov. Maura Healey established an advisory council on competitiveness, a panel tasked with figuring out how to make the state a more appealing place to live and do business. Doug Howgate, head of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, joined GBH’s All Things Considered…

Getty Images Boston College athletic director Blake James wrote a letter to fans confirming coach Bill O’Brien will be back for a third season in Chestnut Hill despite the Eagles’ 2-10 record in 2025. James wrote that he still believes O’Brien is the “right man” for the job, and most importantly, provided an update on how Boston College will increase its  financial commitment to the football program to allow O’Brien to build the kind of roster that can compete in the ACC. The letter laid out three ways the school will do that. Revenue sharing: Boston College will increase its revenue sharing…

The Massachusetts high school football campaign has entered the state championship stage as the MIAA state title games are set to take place at Gillette Stadium this week.There’s a change at the top once again as Tabor Academy lept over St. John’s Preparatory School, which falls to No. 2 after losing to No. 4 Xaverian Brothers on Thanksgiving morning, in this week’s set of rankings. Which other teams join the aforementioned teams in the latest Massachusetts high school football Top 25 rankings?AdvertisementThe Massey Ratings, officially used during the BCS era, is a model that ranks sports teams by analyzing game outcomes, strength of…

FOXBOROUGH — What a night at Gillette Stadium.For the first time since 2022, Monday Night Football came to Foxborough, with the New England Patriots hosting the New York Giants.Considering the number of injuries the Patriots were dealing with, New England came out and lived up to the next man up mentality, with every player taking advantage of their opportunities. And it was certainly an action-packed game.So, let’s get into the takeaways from the Patriots’ 33-15 win over the Giants:1. Marcus Jones does it againAfter the punt by the Giants on the opening drive, Marcus Jones picked up right where he…

Calvin Johnson chats with Shelia Ford Hamp before Lions gameDetroit Lions legend Calvin Johnson chats with owner Shelia Ford Hamp on the sidelines before the Thanksgiving Day game vs. Green Bay Packers at Ford Field on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025.It’s official: Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs is a top-5 player in the NFL – if you consider early Pro Bowl fan votes as a determining factor.Gibbs, a two-time Pro Bowler, is one of 11 Lions listed in the top 10 among their respective positions in early Pro Bowl voting as of Monday, Dec. 1, with nearly 25,000 votes so…

Indian sports can get quite action-packed and it’s quite easy to miss out on important news and results. That’s where we come in — ESPN’s daily Indian sports blog has all the updates from the world of Indian sports as well as the news, scores, schedule, results and commentary that comes with it.December is here and brings with a whole new set of sports events. You can see details of other events in our 2025 sporting calendar.Here are all the updates from Indian sports on December 2, 2025.What’s on today? Table Tennis: India take on Australia in the ITTF Mixed-Team…

Patriot Growth Insurance Services, has announced a strategic partnership with Massachusetts-based Morse Insurance Agency Inc., marking the latest addition to Patriot’s rapidly expanding national …

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Linebacker Bryce Steele was named a recipient of the 2025 Brian Piccolo Award, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced Monday. Throughout his career, Steele has overcome several bouts with cancer to return to playing football at Boston College. The redshirt senior was initially diagnosed with cancer as a junior in high school in 2019. Despite missing his junior season, Boston College remained committed to pursuing Steele. After playing in 11 games with one start as a true freshman in 2021, doctors removed a small amount of cancerous cells that had appeared on routine scans during the offseason. Steele returned…