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By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Rahsool Diggins didn’t leave the bench the first time he returned home to Philadelphia as a college athlete.UConn didn’t include him among the nine Huskies that took the floor Feb. 5, 2022, at Villanova. Diggins only appeared in nine games his...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST — The lights in Derek Kellogg’s Amherst house flickered on when he flipped the switch after five years. The family kept the home in Western Massachusetts even after UMass fired him in 2017 and he took over Long Island University.It was like...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Ryan Leonard wanted to start his own legacy, not follow his family’s.The Amherst native and former Pope Francis forward announced his commitment to play hockey for Boston College on Sunday in an Instagram post.“It’s nothing against other schools, but...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Tony Bergeron will no longer be a member of the UMass basketball coaching staff moving forward, the school confirmed Saturday.He’s the latest member of the program to exit after Tre Mitchell and Carl Pierre entered the transfer portal last week.The...

By MATT VAUTOUR

For the UMass tennis team to continue its magical run in the NCAA Tournament, the Minutewomen are going to have to pull a monumental upset. UMass’ reward for winning the Atlantic 10 championship in Orlando, Florida, Sunday, was a trip back to the...

By MATT VAUTOUR

AMHERST – For the better part of a quarter century, the UMass softball program was either at or near the top of the Atlantic 10 standings.But for the past four seasons, as the Minutewomen coped, first with legendary coach Elaine Sortino’s cancer and...

By MATT VAUTOUR

UMass got a potential starting guard, and Jaylen Brantley got a homecoming.Brantley, a graduate transfer from Maryland, told both ESPN and CBS that he plans to complete his career at UMass.The 5-foot-11 point guard from Springfield will have his...

By MATT VAUTOUR

AMHERST — In the 52 previous victories in UMass’ record conference winning streak, there haven’t been many where the Minutewomen fell as far behind as they did Sunday against George Mason.But, in what could be a preview of the Atlantic 10 championship...

By MATT VAUTOUR

New UMass coach Matt McCall said he knew when he was hired that there was a good possibility players would transfer, so he said he wasn’t fazed by the five players who have already departed.“Anytime there’s change and there’s turnover. 99.9 percent of...

Staff reports

Northampton’s Leila Kouakou scored four goals with an assist for the Mount Holyoke lacrosse team in a 11-6 win over Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday in New London, Conn.Kaitlin Braz and Mary Lavigne each added two goals for the Lyons (2-10).Mia...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Amherst Regional product Devonte’ McCall approached his postgraduate season with one goal in mind: a college scholarship.After a year at the Westminster School in Simsbury, Connecticut, the Belchertown native achieved it. McCall announced Monday on...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST — A chorus of “Go Mammoths” will soon erupt from the stands of LeFrak Gymnasium, Lehrman Stadium and around the Amherst College campus.The school announced its first official mascot Monday — the Mammoths.It won a vote of alumni, students,...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The divide between varsity athletes and the rest of the student body is a primary concern detailed in a report Amherst College released last week.Amherst President Carolyn “Biddy” Martin commissioned the report, titled “The Place of Athletics at...

Verified Twittter user David Jablonski joins Matt Vautour on the show this week to discuss the beginning of Atlantic 10 basketball play.