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By JEFF LAJOIE

Two was nice, but three is better.In a surprise twist, Florence’s Gabby Thomas did not close out her Olympic Games with a gold in the 4x100 meter relay.That’s because Thomas still had one more event left in the tank on Saturday – the 4x400...

The marathon was not part of the ancient Olympics but was introduced as a special event in the 1896 games. Seventeen participants from five nations started the race but only nine finished. One American entered but did not finish. The original race was...

Gymnastics is finally over and the U.S. men’s and women’s teams were fantastic. Gymnastics is not for the faint of heart, taking endless hours of training, putting a great toll on the body. Many gymnasts train as much as six hours a day. Imagine the...

It took 11 innings, but the Valley Blue Sox saw their 2024 season come to an end on Saturday afternoon.The second-seeded Newport Gulls scored four times in the top of the 11th inning, and held No. 7 Valley off the board in the home half to capture a...

Running in the kind of hot weather we’re having these days can be fun. It can also be uncomfortable, exhausting, depleting. In extreme cases it’s even dangerous. Seriously, how do you exercise in the heat?Part of the answer is obvious. Dress lightly....

The Southampton 10U softball team stormed out to a 6-0 first-inning lead in its third game (and second of the day) at the 10U Little League Northeast Regional tournament on Thursday afternoon, but it couldn’t generate enough offense to keep pace with...

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — Heading into the final round of the 43rd Massachusetts Amateur Public Links Golf Championship at Ledges Golf Club on Wednesday afternoon, Dedham’s Joseph Lenane held a three-shot lead thanks to a low round of 8-under 64 on Tuesday.On...

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — There’s nothing quite like competing at home, regardless of the sport.And Cody Miller couldn’t have felt more comfortable during the first round of the 43rd Massachusetts Amateur Public Links Golf Championship at Ledges Golf Club on...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

NORTHAMPTON — While Olympic rowers race at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium outside Paris, Hampshire County rowers are doing their best impression on the Connecticut River.Northampton Community Rowing, a non-profit rowing club with a boathouse...

By JEFF LAJOIE

Some of the best amateur golfers in the Commonwealth will test their skills at South Hadley’s Ledges Golf Club this week.The 43rd Massachusetts Amateur Public Links Championship will be played there Tuesday and Wednesday, as the 36-hole stroke play...

Many athletes in the Olympics have to recover multiple times in order to race again. This is particularly true in swimming as athletes can participate in different strokes. For athletes to compete in the finals in most swimming and track events, they...

By JOHN LEICESTER and MEGAN JANETSKY

PARIS — Celebrating its reputation as a cradle of revolution, Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century on Friday with a rain-soaked, rule-breaking opening ceremony studded with stars and fantasy along the Seine River. On-and-off showers...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

BELCHERTOWN – Thatcher Rudnik visualized the last out all day. He knew he was going to close the game out and he knew how he wanted to end it.Turns out real life played out just like his daydreams.Rudnik struck out two in the seventh inning, including...

The Amherst Hurricanes were the best team all season long in the Pioneer Valley Youth Baseball League Sandy Koufax Division, and they proved it in a dominant run through the league’s playoffs over the weekend.During the title game at Deerfield Academy...

Add another medal to the local list for the 2024 Bay State Games.After an 0-2 start to the girls basketball tournament, Team West won their next two games to clinch a spot in the gold medal game at Babson College over the weekend.In Sunday’s final,...

(Note: Fit To Play columnist Jim Johnson will lend his voice on the 2024 Summer Olympics throughout the next month with special features pertaining to specific events and what goes into them for the athletes competing in Paris.)If you are paddling...

By GARRETT COTE

The Gillen family woke up on July 14 — the first of three days of the MLB Draft in Fort Worth, Texas — and contemplated whether or not they should host a draft party for Theo Gillen, who was expected to be taken at some point during the event. They...

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTHAMPTON — It had never been done before in Southampton Little League softball history, but that all changed last weekend at Borgatti Park in Agawam.Facing the fastest pitcher it had seen throughout the season, the Southampton 10U softball team...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Jarrod Neumann is a five-time All-Star in the Premier Lacrosse League. He’s a Defensive Player of the Year winner and a PLL champion. He owns the fastest shot in lacrosse history, at 121 miles per hour.And he was introduced to the sport as a high...

With the Summer Olympics in Paris upon us, expect the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to start complaining about ambush marketing. Ambush what, you ask? Ambush marketing – it’s a term unique to the business world of sport. History has it that...