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The New England Patriots had a need for speed. Acquiring AJ Brown and Romeo Doubs in the offseason should address it.Brown and Doubs, who came from the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers, respectively, will figure heavily in the Patriots’ strategy. Brown, in particular, will look to bounce back after a subpar stint in 2025, which saw his numbers drop to career-lows, although he registered his fourth straight season with 1,000 receiving yards.For ESPN’s Mina Kimes, having Brown and Doubs as dependable targets for Drake Maye will also greatly impact the team’s running game, as defenses will have to…

Seth Davis on NCAA offering big contracts to European playersHoops HQ’s Seth Davis shares his view on the NCAA landing European players with major contracts.A new bipartisan bill aims to regulate college sports by protecting athlete income rights and increasing enforcement.The proposed legislation would require schools to cover sports-related medical bills for five years after an athlete’s final competition.It would also grant the NCAA limited antitrust protection to enforce rules on transfers and third-party deals.Can a bipartisan U.S. Senate bill finally bridge the traditional structure of college sports and its new, athlete-empowered era? Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced Wednesday they plan to introduce…

In 2025, FIFA president Gianni Infantino promised $1 million to each of the cities hosting the FIFA Club World Cup that year. Ahead of the 2026 World Cup, the U.S. cities scheduled to host games reportedly asked whether they would also receive $1 million for hosting games and were allegedly told that would be the case.Those payments, however, never came, leading to those U.S. cities chasing down FIFA for the $1 million they believe they are owed, per The Athletic.AdvertisementFour executives on U.S. host city committees all told The Athletic that FIFA management continually assured those $1 million contributions would…

Massachusetts residents are looking down the barrel of $300 million in federal penalties, equivalent to an additional $90 per taxpayer annually, if the payment error rate in the state’s SNAP program fails to improve significantly from current levels, a new study released by the Fiscal Alliance Foundation says. The study, entitled SNAP in Massachusetts: How the food stamp program is failing Bay State taxpayers, found that several policies at the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA), paired with decisions made by the Healey administration, have exacerbated the problem. “Massachusetts taxpayers are about to be penalized because of Massachusetts state government’s failure…

FSU coach Mike Norvell is not only coach who is on the hot seat. So is Boston College’s Bill O’Brien. Will the two see each other in November?

As of Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, Polymarket promo code MASS has been extended from the MLB trade deadline for tonight’s opening game of a three-game series between the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox at Fenway Park. Eligible new users can enter MASS during registration, deposit at least $10 and receive $20 in promotional trading funds for a $30 starting balance. The bonus may be used on available moneylines, run lines, totals and other MLB prediction markets.Boston enters the series after an aggressive trade deadline highlighted by the additions of three-time All-Star catcher Adley Rutschman and infielder Curtis Mead.…

Martine Medesse of Benin Republic’s Amazons clears the ball as Nigeria’s Super Falcons qualify for the Women Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) 2026 after playing a 1-1 draw (3-1 aggregate) with Benin Republic’s Amazons in the second leg of the WAFCON 2026 qualifying match at MKO Abiola Sports Arena in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on October 28, 2025. (Photo by Adekunle Ajayi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe 2026 FIFA World Cup wrapped last month, and with it went 39 days of the kind of moments that make a tournament unforgettable: a teenage phenom stealing highlight reels with his flair, a…

“A lot of our stuff was designed decades, if not even a century, ago. We need to replace it, repair it in a manner that is appropriate, taking into account climate change resiliency,” Danielle Spicer, incoming Region 1 director of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section’s umbrella organization. The report is not the first group to raise alarm bells over state infrastructure’s ability to withstand climate change. Governor Maura Healey’s team has put a spotlight on the problem in the state’s annual Climate Report Card. Similarly, The Boston Foundation has also written about…

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Boston College Athletics announced Monday that men’s soccer head coach Bob Thompson is stepping down from his position, effective immediately.Associate head coach Francesco D’Agostino has been named interim head coach and will lead the program during the transition.”After a lot of prayer and conversations with my family, I’ve made the difficult decision to step away from Boston College,” said Bob Thompson. “My time here as a coach has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life, but right now I need to be there for my family. I have complete confidence in the culture…

Local News At the council meeting, more than a dozen residents and advocates spoke against restoring ShotSpotter, while only a handful argued the system should be reinstalled.  Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui of Cambridge speaks at an event in 2023. Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe The Cambridge City Council voted Monday to temporarily restore the city’s ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology in areas where it was previously used, following renewed debate over the system after the fatal July 4 shooting of a city employee. The 6-3 vote reinstates the controversial gunshot detection system while the city creates a resident assembly — a randomly selected group…