BURLINGTON – The Westfield Starfires found themselves in a familiar spot: trailing big late in a game at Centennial Field against the Vermont Lake Monsters.They left Lake Monsters fans with a familiar feeling: stunned after a significant rally put the Starfires on top at the...
HOLYOKE – The return of Blue Sox third baseman Kollin Ritchie to Valley on Saturday for his first game of the season was a significant moment for the team and its fans.Ritchie led the way for Valley with a two-run, 418-foot home run and an...
SEATTLE (AP) — Albert Rusnák scored a goal and an assist, Jordan Morris scored a goal, and the Seattle Sounders beat the New England Revolution 2-0 Saturday night.Stefan Frei had four saves for the Sounders and recorded his fifth shutout of the season.On the counter-attack,...
NEW YORK — At this time last year, Justin Slaten was pitching for the Frisco RoughRiders, the Texas Rangers’ Double-A affiliate. Now he’s statistically one of the top relievers in the majors.The Red Sox’ Rule 5 rookie is tied for sixth among qualified major league...
The Formula 1 British Grand Prix will be on Sunday, July 7 at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, UK.The Birtish Grand Prix is scheduled to start at 9:55 a.m. ET and will be broadcast on ESPN 2 and ESPN+. Fans looking to watch can do...
Conversation flits around the waiting room of Dr. Gisela Velez’s eye care practice, equal parts English and Spanish.It’s a sweltering Tuesday morning outside her Marlborough office, where patients waited to see the bilingual ophthalmologist who’s gained a reputation as someone native Spanish speakers can trust,...
Springfield Police Capt. Brian Keenan, head of the city’s Firearms Investigation Unit, says his team makes plenty of arrests. That’s not the problem.“We seize a lot of guns. However, no one is in jail,” he said. “You would cut our homicide rate in half if...
An amendment to a bill before lawmakers will order judges to keep repeat firearms laws offenders behind bars, addressing concerns from police, politicians and the public.State Sen. John Velis, D-Westfield, a member of the Criminal Justice Committee, recently filed an amendment to a gun bill...
SPRINGFIELD — The year 2023 set records in Springfield for the most homicides, the most guns seized and the most shell casings recovered. It seemed violence had peaked.That was until June 5, when seven people armed with seven gunsused an AR-15 to spray two undercover...
* The rivalry between the Red Sox and Yankees hit its peak in 2003 and 2004. It seems we’ve spent the last 20 years hoping that it would somehow return.The 2018 Division Series was a spark, and so too was the 2021 wildcard game. But...