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HINGHAM — Throughout the week, as the Hingham football team prepared for nemesis Duxbury, the captains encouraged their teammates to live in the present and forget the rivalry’s history.They were well aware that the Harbormen hadn’t defeated the Dragons since 2007, and they convinced themselves that they would be the team to do it. Of course, planning on knocking off Duxbury and actually doing so are entirely different tasks.Initially, it looked like yet another Duxbury win Saturday, as the Dragons built a 14-point lead early in the fourth quarter. But Hingham responded with a vengeance, erupting for 20 unanswered points…

The kids’ bedtime had gone past 11 o’clock, almost to the bottom of the hour, before Adam Tanalski had a chance to check on the game. There was little time left, barely more than two minutes in a 20-20 tie between the Patriots and Bills.Tanalski’s night had begun there at Highmark Stadium, sitting with his 7-year-old son, also named Adam, and seven of the boy’s best friends in seats reserved for them by New England kicker Andy Borregales and long snapper Julian Ashby.Hours earlier, between pregame warmups, the rookie specialists had swung by their section to say hello. Big Adam…

Over the course of about three months earlier this year, a derivatives trading company made more money off of sports wagers than the top two licensed sports betting platforms in Massachusetts did, the attorney general said in a lawsuit that alleges the company is illegally offering de facto sports betting.Kalshi, among the largest prediction markets in the country with a value of approximately $2 billion, “is offering sports wagering under the guise of ‘event contracts’ to Massachusetts residents without the required licensure from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission … [exposing] residents of the Commonwealth to a plethora of harms” including “disastrous”…

PHOENIX — A’ja Wilson never did get around to watching footage from the Houston Comets dynasty. Life after winning back-to-back championships in 2022 and 2023 was, in her words, “a doozy.”The film she watched instead was of her and the Las Vegas Aces’ own games. The footage on her mind throughout the season was video compilations that Hammon instructed the staff to create for players. Before Game 1 of the 2025 WNBA Finals, the videos highlighted players winning through high school and college and still wanting to win now.AdvertisementThat they did, tearing through the Phoenix Mercury in a clean four…

SEGG Media Corporation Anticipated to Reach Millions of Viewers Worldwide including in the US Market kSL launch A Media Snippet accompanying this announcement is available by clicking on this link. KOZHIKODE, India, Oct. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SEGG Media Corporation (NASDAQ: SEGG, LTRYW) (the “Company” or “SEGG Media”) the global sports, entertainment, and gaming conglomerate today announced the successful launch of its first-ever live streaming event on Sports.com with the highly anticipated SuperLeague Kerala (“SLK”). The partnership allows SLK to reach millions of football fans across India and worldwide, underscoring Sports.com’s rapid global expansion. Majed Al-Sorour, President of Sports.com…

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey addressed the sudden rise of wild, illegal car meetups and racing known as “street takeovers” Wednesday, pledging to “end this trend” in the state.”I’m committed to doing everything I can to get after this issue,” Healey said. “That’s my message today: No more.”Three days ago, a crowd of more than 100 people attacked a Boston Police cruiser in the South End, setting it on fire. Two young men from Rhode Island were arrested and charged in connection with the incident.Fall River police said they arrested five people, ages 19 to 22, after a group blocked roads…

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass.  – Ava Thomas led the Eagles with three points in a 4-2 victory over the Holy Cross Crusaders, marking the start of Hockey East play.  Kate Ham opened the scoring just three minutes into the first period, giving the Eagles an early lead. Madelyn Murphy recorded her first goal as an Eagle nine minutes later, doubling the Eagles’ advantage. However, Holy Cross managed to cut the Eagles’ lead to one before the first intermission.Ava Thomas scored her third goal of the season three minutes into the second period, extending the Eagles’ lead to two goals.In the final frame,…

EB junior quarterback John King had a hand in seven touchdowns, running for four and throwing three to improve to 5-1. That was the wildest score from a Friday night that saw big performances and a few surprising upsets.Find all of Friday’s scores here, along with recaps from more than 50 games. Check out our football Top 20 here, and peruse the league standings.For the first time since Nov. 10, 2022, Uxbridge walked off the field without a win.That’s because Auburn came to town and stunned the two-time defending Division 7 champions, 39-33, in overtime on Bradyn Belanger’s 8-yard touchdown…

Mike Greenwell played his entire Major League baseball career with the Boston Red Sox. As a member of the Red Sox team from 1982 to 1996, he was an MLB fixture and an All-Star. He went on to hold elected office as Lee County commissioner in Florida.Greenwell has died at the age of 62, according to officials with Lee County. He leaves behind his wife, Tracy, and two sons.Advertisement”Closer to home in Cape Coral, Florida, Greenwell opened Mike Greenwell’s Bat-A-Ball and Family Fun Park since 1992. Cape Coral residents, he and his wife, Tracy, had two sons, Bo and Garrett.…

A Massachusetts highland games competition is bringing the spirit of ancient Celtic strongman contests to the modern day, kilts and all.At the No Fame Games in Milford, barbells and plates are replaced with stones logs and kilts are the standard dress code.Ancient Celtic competition”It’s a great talking point, I say that the highland games elevator speech is that it’s track and field meets strongman in kilts,” said founder Joshua MacKintosh.MacKintosh started the No Fame Games as a backyard grassroots movement back in 2021 with the hopes of fostering a highland games community in the Boston area.”I felt like, wow, this…