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Massachusetts Pizzeria Scores Highest Ever Rating from Barstool Sports’ Dave Portnoy
Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports, has traveled around the country reviewing pizza slices for his popular "One Bite Everybody Knows the Rules" YouTube series. Known for his brutally honest and often humorous reviews, Portnoy has visited over 20 locations in Massachusetts alone, each time with a goal to find the best pizza the state has to offer.
Cape Verde's Olympic athletes will take the field in outfits designed in Quincy
Friday evening, millions of spectators will witness the lighting of the Olympic torch. And as athletes from each country fill the arena, a Massachusetts clothing brand will make its debut as the clothing designer for the Cape Verde team. ISLNDZ is a clothing brand based in Quincy, founded in 2018...
The Olympics in Boston? It almost happened — here's what it would have been like
An Olympic stadium roaring, albeit temporarily, in South Boston. An athletes village at Columbia Point. Franklin Park's White Stadium reimagined to host equestrian events. The Emerald Necklace finally finished, connecting green space all the way across Boston. All of that was part of the vision for what an Olympic Games...
Oh, hey, the Olympics start in a couple days
Boston 2024 Olympics Video: We're Ready For It. Remember the glory days back in 2015, after all (well most) of the snow from That Winter had melted and suddenly we were the designated US city for the 2024 Olympics?. When rich organizers of the Boston 2024 were busy having plans...
With an assist from Marcus Jones, Covered By Music is on a mission to nurture future Boston music stars
This local nonprofit, which operates a music camp taught by award-winning professionals, got a boost from Jones. Even at music camp, Patriots cornerback Marcus Jones couldn’t resist breaking down a huddle at the end of a long day. Football fans know Jones as an All-Pro punt returner and the...
Granite Chin Promotions signs 2024 N.E. Golden Glove Champion “Showtime” Shea Willcox
To make Pro debut on Sept. 13 in Bridgewater, Mass. Granite Chin Promotions (GCP) has announced the signing of Everett junior welterweight “Showtime” Shea Willcox, a 2024 New England Golden Gloves Champion, to an exclusive promotional contract. He is scheduled to make his pro debut on September 13 in a GCP show in Bridgewater, Mass. The 22-year-old Willcox, who was a member of two of Everett High’s Super Bowl, Division One, football championship teams, was also selected as the “Most Outstanding Boxer” at this past February’s New England Golden Gloves Championships. He also was a 2018 Rocky Marciano Tournament Champion.
The Boston Globe Being Upset We're Not About to Host the Olympics is the Stupidest Take in the History of Takes
As hard as it is to believe, this was once an actual thing. A video put together nine years ago by some of Boston's "community and business leaders" to secure the city as the site of the Olympics that are about to start in Paris. The case they were making...
Baseball’s Fang Selected as Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University baseball rising junior right-handed pitcher Callan Fang has earned selection to the 2024 Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Game, the CCBL has announced. Pitching for the Orleans Firebirds, Fang leads the CCBL in strikeouts (33) over 24.1 innings on the season. He has tallied...
Wu Announces Expansion of Swim Safe Program Through Grant Opportunity
Mayor Michelle Wu, the City of Boston’s Human Services Cabinet, and Boston Centers for Youth & Families announced applications are now open for Swim Safe Boston grants to support non-profit organizations in Boston that provide free swim lessons for youth. The $250,000 in grant funding continues the City’s commitment to ensuring families have access to affordable, beginner-level swim lessons. Swim Safe was first announced in July of 2023, and since then has funded free swim lessons for over 1,500 youth. This number is in addition to the 2000+ youth that BCYF provided swim lessons to over the same time period.
Ally’s Boxing Hub Nurtures Body and Mind with Boxing, Yoga, Mediation and Kids Classes
Allyson Hubbard opened Ally’s Boxing Club on the same West Roxbury street she was grew up on. She opened the business in 2005 and recently moved the business to Jamaica Plain on Green Street, and also changed the name to Ally’s Boxing Hub. Hubbard answered questions about what...
Boston 2024 – The Olympics Games that Never Were
Right now, in the neighborhood, it would be like St. Patrick’s Day weekend on steroids if the 2024 Olympic Games happened in Boston! International guests, dignitaries, and spectators would flock to the streets of our fair city, looking to take in sports like handball, gymnastics, track and field, and breakdancing, not to mention the security measures that would be implemented.
'26 OL Dean Ruksnaitis commits to Boston College
Boston College is holding their annual recruiting BBQ, and have already landed their first commitment from the event. On Thursday afternoon, Williston Northampton (Mass.) '26 offensive lineman Dean Ruksnaitis announced his commitment to the Eagles. The 6-3 270 pound lineman, also had offers from Akron, UMass, Old Dominion, and URI. A local recruit, he was also on campus this spring, where he met the staff and got a feel for the program under Bill O'Brien.
Confidence the Key To Success
Much like many a young kids, Holliston’s Kaylee MacDonald started her softball career in the town program playing tee-ball alongside many of her friends. In addition to softball, the Holliston native also competed on the soccer field as well as the basketball court. But it wasn’t until her freshman year in high school that she realized that softball had a special meaning in her life.
Boston 2024 Olympic bid committee reunites as Games kick off in Paris
As the 2024 Olympic Games officially kicked off Friday in Paris, members of the former committee that pushed for Boston to host this year's Games reunited at a local tavern to reminisce and catch up. The Boston 2024 committee gathered at the Ford Tavern in Medford Friday afternoon for an...
Red Sox-Yankees will bring a playoff feel to Fenway Park
BOSTON -- After an impressive first half of the season, the Red Sox have stumbled out of the All-Star break. A series against the rival New York Yankees could be just what they need to get back on track.With the Yankees currently atop the Wild Card standings and the Red Sox hoping to get there at some point, this series feels pretty important. Even though the fans in the stands will be in shorts and t-shirts this weekend, the series It should bring a bit of a playoff feel to Fenway Park with both teams desperate for a series win.Red...
Crimson Tide football begins practice for the 2023 campaign on Aug. 16
Second-year coach Justin Flores schedules three non-league powerhouses to improve chances for the postseason. Summer vacation is almost over for head coach Justin Flores and his Everett High School football team. Flores, the Crimson Tide’s second year coach, will be welcoming his players back to the field for the first official day of practice on Aug. 16.
Murray: 2024 Boston Olympics would’ve been a disaster
On Friday’s Felger & Mazz program, “Big Jim” Murray explains why Boston hosting the 2024 Olympics would’ve been disastrous. Parts of conversation abbreviated for clarity. Jim Murray: I just experienced a blood-boiling, expletive-filled, chest-tightening drive to the studio today. That commute also reminded me of the...
The BNBL celebrates its Emerald Year
Banner Sports Sponsored by the Patriots Foundation. Summertime in Boston celebrates another year of the Boston Neighborhood Basketball League, better known as the BNBL. Young men and women across the city form teams and play for the bragging rights of youth basketball. The league is the oldest of its kind in the United States. Former Celtic Satch Sanders, Deputy Mayor of Boston Clarence Jeep Jones and Mayor Raymond Flynn were among the founders.
Boston College Football 2024: Freshman on Defense Preview
Quality over quantity. That’s the mantra of this recruiting class. With all the turmoil of BC’s late stage coaching transition and the college football transfer portal writ large, we have ourselves a class primarily composed of kids that the current coach didn’t initially recruit. All of them, however, have stuck by and bought into what Bill O’Brien had to say to them. There is an opportunity here. It’s a big jump from high school to college, so as always there may not be much playing time this year (although there have been a number of exceptions for the Eagles these past few seasons), but glass half full the incoming freshmen may have more attention given and room to grow.
'He never missed anything': The late, great Mike Loftus was all about family and hockey
Over the course of four decades, Mike Loftus told countless stories, all of them compelling, to readers of The Patriot Ledger and the Enterprise. Since his death on July 21 at age 65, following a battle with lung cancer that cut short a well-earned retirement, people have been telling endless stories about him. ...
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