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The National Hockey League announced its national television broadcast schedule and the Boston Bruins will be featured on one of the three national carriers (ABC/ESPN/TNT) 20 times in the 2026-27 season. Of note, ESPN will have exclusive rights to the home/season opener against the New York Rangers on Sept. 29, while the Dec. 1 game against the Colorado Avalanche, before which Patrice Bergeron’s No. 37 will be retired, will be broadcast locally on NESN and nationally on TNT. To accommodate national broadcasts, six time changes have also been announced. TV schedule Tuesday, Sept. 29: New York Rangers at Boston Bruins,…

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In all, 22 matches attracted more than 100 million cumulative viewers on beIN SPORTS, despite many of them kicking off at 01:00, 04:00 and 06:00 MECCA, proving, night after night, that distance and time zones are no barrier to the region’s passion. From Portugal’s last-16 meeting with eventual champions Spain (152.1 million) to Brazil’s clash with Norway (138.3 million), the biggest World Cup ever staged produced the biggest audiences beIN has ever recorded.

Massachusetts’s primary election, with several important races up and down the ballot, is less than a week away.The Sept. 1 primary ballot will see contested battles for U.S. Senate and House, governor, state senators and representatives, and district attorneys, along with others, depending on your party and district.Here’s what voters need to know.US Senate battle between Markey and MoultonRep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., is challenging incumbent Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., in the 2026 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.In the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, six-term Rep. Seth Moulton, who represents the northeast part of the state, is taking on incumbent Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass, who…

The unofficial start to college football’s 2026 season arrives on Saturday when nearly two-dozen programs square off in the now-famous Week Zero soft-opening. From noon through the midnight hour, eight games spanning two coasts and an international audience in Ireland are expected to grab headlines away from the waning professional preseason, and nearly every other sporting event in the United States will find itself relegated to background noise once the first kickoffs start the road to late January’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game in Las Vegas. In Chestnut Hill, a Week One flight to Cincinnati still sits on the horizon…

There has been no progress on a contract extension for New England Patriots cornerback Christian Gonzalez and that has left the 2025 Pro Bowler frustrated and disappointed.One month after owner Robert Kraft told reporters the team made an offer that would see the 24-year-old become the “highest-paid player ever to play that position in the NFL,” things remain at a standstill.”It’s frustrating, but I’m focused on the season. I’m focused on here now,” Gonzalez said on Tuesday via ESPN’s Mike Reiss.When asked if he was optimistic a deal would get done before the Patriots face the Seattle Seahawks in a…

Key Takeaways: Player unions for the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and MLS jointly asked the CFTC to ban “negative outcome” and “mention” event contracts. The NHL has data partnerships with both Polymarket and Kalshi, and Polymarket is MLB’s exclusive prediction-market partner. The CFTC received over 1,500 public comments before its rulemaking input window closed on April 30. Player Associations Across Five Major US Sports Leagues File Joint Comment The joint comment, filed on April 30 (the final day of the window) by player associations representing the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and MLS through the lobbying firm Elevate Government Affairs, urged…

They are joined by Argentina’s Claudio López, former Liverpool and Spain forward Luis García, France international Bacary Sagna, legendary Dutchman Ruud Gullit, and France FIFA World Cup™ winner Marcel Desailly. The international line-up also features former Switzerland defender Philippe Senderos, Republic of Ireland legend Jason McAteer, and former United States international Christopher Sullivan, all of whom bring FIFA World Cup™ experience to the team. They are joined by former Paris Saint-Germain defender Didier Domi and ex-Manchester City and England international Nicky Summerbee. Trailblazing figures from the women’s game include Nadia Nadim, who earned more than 100 international caps for Denmark,…

Year-over-year sales are up at the Massachusetts Lottery and the launch of its long-awaited iLottery brought in thousands of new accounts. The agency does not yet have a full month of online sales numbers to report for the program that launched July 27, but Executive Director Mark William Bracken said at a Lottery Commission meeting Tuesday that over $110 million has been wagered online since the platform launched. “We surpassed $100 million in the first 26 days, which makes us faster than any other state when they launched iLottery,” he said. “We’ve had over 160,000 players who already had accounts…

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The 2026 Boston College Football program held their second consecutive day of practice on Tuesday morning, their seventeenth training camp session this summer. After practice, Gregory P. Barber ’69 and Family Head Coach Bill O’Brien met with the media, as well as tight end Brady Clough and cornerback Ashton Cunningham. During Tuesday’s opening one-on-one period, the defense got the better of the offense to start. Cornerback Max Tucker and safety Carter Davis each had an interception, and fellow Maryland native Kameron Howard added a pass breakup of his own. Grayson Wilson put a point on the board for…