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It’s Saturday morning and you’ve just come down on the side of your ankle while playing in the neighborhood basketball game. The pain is immediate as you limp to the sideline. “Get some ice,” someone yells. You lie down, put your leg up on a chair and wait for the ice. Upon arrival you wrap the ice tightly around the ankle. You have just satisfied the age-old rule of RICE, the recommended treatment for acute injuries for 46 years. RICE stands for rest, ice, compression, and elevation, all factors designed to reduce blood flow as well as inflammation. RICE was first proposed by Harvard physician Gabe Mirkin in his 1978 text “The Sports Medicine Book.”

A dominant third quarter effort turned the tide for the UMass women’s basketball team on Sunday.

By GARRETT COTE

Back when Dick Garber was the head coach of the UMass men’s lacrosse team (spanning 36 years from the late 1950s to 1990), the Minutemen were slated to play Harvard out in Cambridge. One of the referees scheduled to officiate that game was Northampton resident Vin LoBello, who had a great relationship with Garber over the course of their respective careers.

SOUTH HADLEY – The South Hadley wrestling team fell short to Franklin County Tech, 36-34, in an entertaining match on Wednesday.

The fifth PVIAC alpine ski meet took place at Berkshire East Mountain Resort on Tuesday as area skiers competed in the slalom.

The Hampshire Regional boys basketball team erupted for a season-high 81 points en route to an 81-71 win over Turners Falls in Westhampton on Friday night.

It was always going to be a challenge for the Granby wrestling team against Athol on Wednesday. 

By ANNE DIETRICH

As we step into a new political era with Monday’s inauguration of Donald Trump, many wonder how his administration’s environmental policies will shape our future. With proposed rollbacks on climate agreements and renewable energy projects, those of us in the Pioneer Valley who cherish nature may feel uncertain and anxious. But beyond just affecting nature, the new president’s policies also impact leisure activities, recreation, and sport. As a sports lover, I am concerned about President Trump’s (lack of) environmental agenda. If you care about sports — from community games to professional leagues — there are things we all can do to protect this favorite pastime.

(Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a new monthly column that will run in print on the second Monday of each month)

After dropping two games in a row, the UMass women’s basketball team got back to their winning ways on Sunday.

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – The UMass hockey team continues to struggle with consistency after its 3-0 shutout loss to Northeastern on Saturday night at the Mullins Center.

The UMass men's basketball team dropped a 77-70 decision to George Mason in Atlantic 10 action on Saturday afternoon in Fairfax, Virginia.

Amalia Guerra and Saumya Kulp won two individual events apiece, helping the Northampton girls swimming and diving team to a 90-50 victory over Chicopee in dual meet action on Friday at JFK Middle School.

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — Although the Mahar wrestling team had already clinched a dual meet win over South Hadley, the 175-pound bout between the Senators’ Tristen Gaj and the Tigers’ Jasiel Ramos was the best of the night. The two went back-and-forth...

OTTAWA, Ontario — Teddy Stiga scored on a breakaway at 8:04 of 3-on-3 overtime to give the United States a 4-3 victory over Finland on Sunday night in the world junior hockey championship game.The Boston College winger — a healthy scratch at the start...

Last month I wrote about the benefits of unsupervised play, that children who play outdoors with other children learn not only physical skills but how to get along with other children, how to play fair, to be creative, to learn how to get up when...

Visiting Richmond shot the lights out in the opening quarter, and the Spiders’ hot start was more than enough to halt the red-hot UMass women’s basketball team on Sunday.The Spiders drilled seven 3-pointers and made 11-of-13 field goals in the opening...

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST — The Amherst swimming and diving teams both earned wins against Monson on Friday afternoon at the Amherst Middle School pool.The Hurricanes’ girls squad improved to 2-2 on the season with a 132-44 win while the boys picked up win No. 1 on the...

An eccentric teacher who was the inspiration for the Robin Williams character in the movie “Dead Poets’ Society,” Sam Pickering writes essays that are as edgy as Williams’ acting. Long before the era of NIL and transfer portals, Sam wrote that the...

By RYAN AMES

GRANBY – The Smith Vocational wrestling team narrowly beat host Granby, 31-30, Thursday night for its second dual-meet victory of the season.Just one of the six matches the Vikings claimed came via forfeit, including Robert Slysz pinning Granby’s...