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By JIMMY GOLEN

BOSTON (AP) — Luis Tiant, the charismatic Cuban with a horseshoe mustache and mesmerizing windup who pitched the Red Sox to the brink of a World Series championship and himself to the doorstep of the Hall of Fame, has died. He was 83.Major League...

By AMALIA WOMPA

BOSTON — Two Greenfield residents will take to the Boston Marathon route on Sunday, Oct. 6, as part of a fundraiser for a cause that hits close to home for them and millions of other Americans.For 35 years, the Jimmy Fund Walk has raised money to...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — The heart of the high school football season is upon us.After each area team played its three independent games, league play kicks off this Friday. In the Intercounty North, Athol travels to Turners to take on Franklin Tech, Greenfield...

By JIM JOHNSON

For years, athletic directors and coaches have referred to their college athletes as scholar athletes or student athletes. The reference is that college athletes are students first and athletes second. Meanwhile, college athletes, especially...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — Smith College junior Nadira Talayee and Montague resident Francia Wisnewski both love to run. While Wisnewski was running a 2021 New York City marathon to raise money for the nonprofit Free to Run, that organization was providing a safe...

By JEFF LAJOIE

A quarter century of competition will be celebrated this weekend at the Country Club of Greenfield, as host CCG will tangle with Crumpin-Fox Club in the 25th annual Franklin Cup.The yearly event, which alternates between the two clubs, will hold two...

By AMALIA WOMPA

America’s fastest-growing sport has continued to find avid players in Franklin County, and now, two longtime residents are traveling to Washington D.C. to compete for the ultimate title.The intergenerational team, Todd “Happy” Boynton, 51, of...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Hitting the links at the famous Pebble Beach will easily cost you $675, and that’s before the cart and caddie fees. But visit 245 Tully Road and you can play on the same gorgeous seaside landscape for a fraction of that.Boiler Bar & Grille...

After an exciting season at Thomas Memorial Golf & Country Club in Turners Falls, the Knights of Columbus Golf League saw its season come to an end on Wednesday night with Steve Call capturing the league championship.Call’s plus-6 point quota led the...

The Mohawk Trail field hockey team gave host Northampton everything it could handle on Wednesday.The visiting Warriors tied the game on a goal from Kylah Perris-Howard, but the Blue Devils notched the game-winner with less than two minutes to go in...

By JEFF LAJOIE

Don Brown has never been a moral victory kind of guy.But the veteran coach was at least a bit encouraged by an improved performance from a UMass football team that badly needed it on Saturday.The Minutemen did some of the things needed to win a...

Historically, American sprinters have been one of the biggest stories at the Olympics, and this summer’s excellent Games in Paris hardly altered that pattern. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke the world record for the 400-meter hurdles for the sixth...

TURNERS FALLS — Not much separated Powertown field hockey rivals on Friday afternoon.Kenzie Sourdiffe-Phelps netted the game’s only goal in the second half, lifting visiting Franklin Tech to a 1-0 independent victory over Turners Falls High School.Abi...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

GREENFIELD — After 25 minutes on Thursday, it appeared the Greenfield and Pioneer boys soccer teams were headed for a high-scoring affair. The Green Wave popped in a goal 14 minutes into the contest and the Panthers were able to answer nine minutes...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Frontier and Greenfield field hockey teams played four times last fall. Both teams won two games, though the Redhawks took the big one in the Western Mass. championship tilt. There wasn’t much separation in any of those four...

It was a defensive battle between the Pioneer and Franklin Tech girls soccer teams on Wednesday in Northfield. Despite some scoring chances — the Panthers hit the post twice in the second half — neither team was able to produce a goal over the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS – The Athol golf team went through the expected struggles of having a group of brand new golfers when it brought its program back last fall, but the lessons learned along the way are paying dividends this season, evident in how the Bears...

By all accounts the Paris Olympics were a great success. We were treated to a magnificent sport spectacle, the world’s greatest athletes at their best. The display of sportsmanship was fulfilling, a tribute to the competitors. The Olympics are for the...

A weekend on Cape Cod saw the Frontier Regional girls volleyball team open its 2024 season with a pair of eastern Mass. opponents. The Redhawks went 1-1 on Sunday, sweeping Nauset 3-0 while dropping a 3-1 decision to Dennis-Yarmouth.“I think we...