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The 2025-26 high school sports season officially came to an end Saturday as the final spring champions were crowned. Some programs, like Catholic Memorial baseball, AMSA softball, Sandwich girls lacrosse and Wayland boys volleyball ended long droughts or won the first titles in program history. Others, like Taunton softball, Concord-Carlisle girls lacrosse, Scituate boys lacrosse and Brookline boys volleyball, found themselves in the same position they were last year: state champions. Along with the team accolades were several individual performances that turned the heads of those watching these matchups. Here are some of the best of the best individual performances…

Getty STANFORD, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 07: Head coach Mike Vrabel of the New England Patriots talks with team owner Robert Kraft before taking a team photo prior to Super Bowl LX at Stanford Stadium on February 07, 2026 in Stanford, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) Mike Vrabel made it through the opening weekend of New England Patriots training camp without revisiting the off-field story that followed him through much of the offseason.Vrabel held media availabilities Friday, July 24, and Saturday, July 25.The questions covered football, from second-round pick Gabe Jacas’ status to the challenge of responding after a…

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden came within 0.01 of her lifetime best to produce the standout performance on the final day of the US Championships in New York on Sunday (26). The world champion powered away from the field in the women’s 200m final, winning in a season’s best of 21.69 (1.0m/s), just 0.01 shy of the time she ran to win the world title in Tokyo last year. Cambrea Sturgis finished a distant second at Icahn Stadium in 22.22. There was a surprise in the men’s 200m as Garrett Kaalund won the title in 20.04. Four-time world champion Noah Lyles, who had…

As everyone knows, the best way to let everyone know that you’re absolutely fine and that the haters and the losers definitely haven’t got under your skin is to post an 887-word statement, stretched over 15 slides on Instagram, saying you’re absolutely fine and the haters and the losers definitely haven’t got under your skin.So from that you can conclude that Gianni Infantino is perfectly content. Tip-top actually. Never been better. Why do you ask?Four years ago, Infantino delivered his landmark “Today, I feel…” speech before the World Cup in Qatar. This time, his pre-tournament press conference produced his deeply…

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Led by Boston College lacrosse head coach Acacia Walker-Weinstein, Team USA begins The Nissin Foods 2026 World Lacrosse Women’s Championship held in Tokyo.The Stars and Stripes will begin the road to a fifth straight title tomorrow at 8 p.m. ET against Ireland on World Lacrosse TV.Representing the Eagles along with coach Walker are associate head coach Jen Kent, Shea Baker ’26, Shea Dolce ’26, Emma LoPinto ’25, Sydney Scales ’24, Cassidy Weeks ’24, Charlotte North ’22, Sam Apuzzo ’19 and newly-hired assistant coach, Kenzie Kent ’19.Coach Walker was announced as the Senior National Team head coach…

In 2024, the Sox traded first baseman Niko Kavadas, outfielder Matthew Lugo, and righthander Ryan Zeferjahn to the Angels for reliever Luis Garcia.“That was about 40 minutes before a game,” Tracy said. “Stuff like that happens all the time. … Once they’re at Triple-A and they’ve been around for a while, you’re pretty well aware of how the game works.”Now as the major league manager, Tracy is dealing with a different dynamic. At the highest level, players often feel their success on the field should be rewarded by the front office with additions at the deadline. Those expectations can be…

Graduating seniors say goodbye to high school sportsAs their senior seasons come to an end, we caught up with some of the top athletes in the Class of 2026 about what advice they have for the next generation.Twenty years ago, high school athletes rarely had to choose where they would attend school. Today, the rise of academies has changed that.As schools such as IMG Academy, Montverde Academy and Link Academy continue to attract elite basketball prospects, today’s recruits face a choice that barely existed a generation ago: attend their local high school or move to a school that could enhance…

Getty The FIFA World Cup 2026 will have a lasting impact on the US, but only if one major outcome can follow the event. The FIFA World Cup 2026 will go down as the most extravagant tourney in history. Beyond the fact that everything is bigger in America, the commercial and financial outcome eclipsed initial estimates.If there was any doubt about the 2026 edition succeeding, the action on and off the pitch is a testament to its resounding triumph.As public relations expert for Casinos.com, Euan Jones noted, the latest World Cup was a smashing hit.“From a marketing perspective, FIFA will…

GARDNER, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jul 24, 2026–Upwards, a national child care benefits platform, has been selected by United Way of North Central Massachusetts as the technology and child care payment partner for a new shared-funding child care program serving employees of Heywood Healthcare. The program is funded through the Commonwealth’s Employer Child Care Innovation Fund (ECCIF), part of the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s nearly $2 million investment to expand employer-supported child care across Massachusetts, and is described by project leaders as the first of its kind in Massachusetts.Under the shared-funding model, often called a tri-share approach, the cost of licensed child care for children…

As opposed to last season, when Boston College football’s longest road trip was to Stanford for a game that started at 10 p.m. on the East Coast — which is admittedly nothing compared to what the Cardinal and California deal with on a far more regular basis — the longest trek of the Eagles’ 2026 campaign will be made in Week Five against SMU.That is roughly a 1,500-mile difference for those who don’t want to look it up, and the time change is only one hour instead of three, so hurrah to that (for my sake, too).One could argue that…