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College sports have changed in the years since athletes gained greater freedom to profit from their name, image, and likeness. The transfer portal has also made it easier for athletes to change schools, while conferences and universities have been dealing with rising costs, new revenue-sharing demands, and growing pressure to keep up with the biggest programs. That has left the NCAA facing a college sports system that looks very different from the one it had just a few years ago. Now, another major change could be on the way.Watch What’s Trending Now!The U.S. Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act…

The Massachusetts attorney general found 900 “documented” cases of alleged sexual abuse in three Catholic dioceses in the state over 70 years that had never been revealed before but said the full magnitude of the abuse “cannot be determined,” according to a nearly 200-page report released Wednesday.Catholic leaders at the three dioceses — Worcester, Springfield and Fall River — knew about the abuse, “yet did not take effective action to prevent it or to examine the institutional failures of leadership that led to scores of children being victimized at the hands of abusive priests,” the report alleges.The investigation found accusations against 275 members…

SMU head coach Rhett Lashlee looked into the future when his Mustangs visited Massachusetts for their final game as an American Athletic Conference program. Quarterback Preston Stone was out of the lineup after suffering a broken leg in the regular season finale against Navy, but his replacement, Kevin Jennings, was more than a redshirt freshman with minimal experience beyond the AAC championship win over Tulane. He was loaded with potential, and his play in the soggy Fenway Bowl’s 23-14 loss to Boston College offered a window into the program’s breakout when it joined the ACC.Three years later, the potential within…

Politics DePeña’s announcement follows growing chatter about a potential effort to remove him from office. Lawrence Mayor Brian DePeña waves as he leaves federal court in Boston last month. Michael Casey/AP Photo By Abby Patkin September 30, 2026 | 6:08 PM 2 minutes to read Despite battling both state and federal charges, Lawrence Mayor Brian DePeña said Wednesday he has no plans to step down from his post.“After careful consideration, I want to make clear that I will not be resigning from my position as Mayor of the City of Lawrence,” DePeña wrote in a letter posted to the…

A Risky Bet Irony is officially dead. The five largest US professional sports leagues are asking the government to crack down on sports bettors who harass players, team personnel and their families, ESPN reports. The NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS and the unions representing their players sent a letter to regulators in 35 states and Washington, DC, on Tuesday requesting that any individual who engages in such harassment receive a lifetime ban from legal sportsbooks. Cue a torrent of “We’re all trying to find the guy who did this” memes shared by beleaguered sports fans, inundated in recent years with…

DALLAS (SMU) – SMU Olympic Sports Performance has been named a 2026-29 NSCA Collegiate Program of Distinction by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), becoming one of the first five collegiate programs in the nation to earn the recognition. The NSCA Collegiate Program of Distinction recognizes collegiate strength and conditioning programs that meet the organization’s highest standards for program administration, athlete safety, professional development and community engagement. The designation is awarded for a three-year period. SMU earned the distinction following a comprehensive evaluation of its Olympic Sports Performance program, including program supervision, coaching mentorship, administration, facility management and adherence to…

When Massachusetts car dealer Charles Fotopoulos paid $899,000 for a Nantucket cottage in 2021, he didn’t present the purchase as risk-free.From the beginning, he treated it as a bet on how long the property could hold out.Now, in 2026, the Atlantic Ocean still has not claimed 93 Baxter Road. But the distance from the rear of the cottage to a 40-foot drop has shrunk to only a few feet.Here’s what to knowAccording to the New York Post, the 1951 cottage on Nantucket’s Sconset Bluff was already widely understood to be a risky buy when Fotopoulos and his wife, Miglena, purchased…

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Boston College men’s basketball head coach Luke Murray, along with Jacob Furphy and Money Williams, will represent the Eagles at the 2026 ACC Tipoff on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at the Hilton Charlotte Uptown in Charlotte, North Carolina.ACC Network will provide live coverage from Charlotte featuring interviews with coaches and student-athletes from across the conference. TV times or coach and player live appearances will be provided at a later date.Murray, entering his first season at BC, brings more than a decade of coaching experience at the highest levels of collegiate basketball, including playing a key role in…

Freya waves to her dad as he pulls out of the driveway and heads to work. “I will miss you! Bye bye! I love you!” Pastrnak yells out as he turns onto the street. Pastrnak has yet to tell Freya about his captaincy; he doesn’t think she would understand quite yet. But Pastrnak credits his family as one of the main reasons he is in this position. “We don’t talk hockey much at home,” he said. “But I will definitely explain it to her one day what it means. I hope she will be proud of me one day. We…

WASHINGTON -The Senate passed a sweeping bipartisan bill on Monday that would regulate college sports, an attempt to end “chaos” in an industry that has been upended by skyrocketing athlete payments and near-unrestricted transfers between schools.The overwhelming 77-22 vote to pass the legislation is the strongest effort yet by Congress to set national regulations governing payments to college athletes for their name, image and likeness and how often they can transfer. It would give the NCAA new authority over those rules and limited antitrust protections to enforce them.The bill is the product of years of Senate negotiations that intensified after…