Behind multiple last-second free throws from Kate Phillips, the No. 3 South Hadley girls' basketball team outlasted No. 2 Millis in the Division IV state semifinals at Worcester State University on Wednesday night.“I’m so proud of these girls,” South Hadley coach Paul Dubuc told MassLive’s...
Franklin, the top seed in this year’s Division 1 state tournament, enters the championship game after a dominant postseason run. The Panthers have won every tournament game by at least eight points.Meanwhile, No. 3 Newton North has had deep postseason runs in recent years, including...
Whoever coined the phrase “winning isn’t everything” must have been familiar with the results on “American Idol.” While the show has helped launch the megawatt careers of musicians like Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson, sometimes the show’s finalists who don’t win are the ones who...
Physician assistants will return to Beacon Hill this year to advocate for the removal of “archaic” requirements that, they say, will make a difference amid the commonwealth’s primary care bottleneck.The Massachusetts Association of PAs wants state legislators to make permanent COVID-era accommodations that eliminate the...
Don’t pack up your jackets and pull out your shorts just yet. Forecasters predict the warm weather streak will fade as pockets of cold fronts move into New England later this spring.Accuweather Senior Meteorologist Paul Pastelok says the March polar vortex disruption is one of...
BOSTON — The fans were mad. The Boston players were embarrassed and the Bruins moved further from a playoff spot and closer to the end of a rough season.In the pothole-marked road to this point in the season, there have been many candidates for the...
*An argument could be made that the five best teams in baseball this season all reside in the National League: The Dodgers, Phillies, Braves, Mets and Diamondbacks appear to be better than any roster the American League can currently offer.That wasn’t the case when spring...
The Celtics have broken plenty of NBA records already this season, often having to do with how many 3-pointers they put up. That was indeed the case in their win over the Nets on Saturday as Payton Pritchard was the latest guy to enter the...
WEST SPRINGFIELD — A decade after state officials closed a wooden bridge in the Bear Hole conservation area, town officials are asking for $500,000 to help reopen it.“It’s not a huge project. It’s only 100 feet to reopen the bridge. It’s huge in terms of...
The Patriots spent a good chunk of change in free agency to give star cornerback Christian Gonzalez a trusty sidekick.Signing Carlton Davis to a huge deal (3 years, $60 million) and pairing him with Gonzalez, gives Mike Vrabel one of the better cornerback tandems in...