Friends, family and community members remembered Police Captain William L. Spalding after he unexpectedly died Wednesday. He started his career on April 13, 1998 and spent more than 25 years at the Newton Police Department. He lived with his family in Framingham. “Captain Spalding was...
Editor’s note: This article was written by Ben Fischer and first appeared in Sports Business Journal, the industry’s leading source of sports business news, events and data.Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris greeting fans before the start of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals,...
BOSTON — Much of the story about the Red Sox’ search for their next chief baseball officer was about who said no rather than who said yes. About a dozen prospective candidates, including a few perceived favorites, declined even to interview for the gig. The...
FOXBOROUGH – The foundation of the Patriots dynasty was built through the NFL Draft.From 2000 to 2013, Bill Belichick’s personnel department drafted several players who became foundational pieces for the Patriots six Super Bowl championships. From the greatest quarterback of all-time to current and future...
The Patriots have a lot of questions to answer this offseason — particularly identifying who the players are that they want to build around. New England has some obvious choices like rookie Christian Gonzalez, whose season was cut short due to injury. But who else...
There was bound to be no shortage of hot takes following Craig Breslow’s introductory press conference Thursday morning. And sure enough, everywhere you looked, there they were: online, on the air and anywhere else opinions get expressed these days.The reactions, too, were varied. For some,...
A Springfield woman recently made a shocking discovery within her own home — a fake smoke detector contained a miniature spy camera pointed toward her bedroom.Shannon Archambault, 31, a resident of the city’s Indian Orchard neighborhood, pulled down the device two weeks ago and found...
A group called The Sphere, which has been working to connect and uplift women and nonbinary entrepreneurs in Western Massachusetts and beyond, will soon be opening a co-working space in Florence with the help of a $100,000 grant.The space — which has been vacant since...
SPRINGFIELD — Shocked and unnerved.That’s how City Council Vice President Melvin A. Edwards feels about allegations of voter fraud that surfaced Wednesday suggesting that mayoral candidate and City Councilor Justin Hurst’s campaign paid voters $10 to cast ballots for him.“It’s a bit uncomfortable to even...
We’re running a mailbag on Fridays during the season. If you have questions on the Patriots, NFL, or want gripe about past answers, email cmason@masslive.com or tweet @bychrismason. Now let’s get to this week’s questions!Will Josh McDaniels be back? - David C.This year? I highly...
