Sports
The 16-team Safe Summer Streets Basketball League concluded play in late August with the championship games for all three divisions of play. In the 4-team Girls division the Lady Thunder defeated the Lady Cavs in the first of two semi-final games, 59-52.... Read more
After being closed for more than one year, the Mattahunt Community Center pool is now open to the public again. The re-opening follows an effort by Wheelock College to help kickstart the center’s programming back into gear as the school year approaches.... Read more
Toast of the town: Kostas Klokelis, from Framingham, Mass., toasts from a window overlooking the duck boats carrying the Boston Bruins and their families as they roll through downtown during a rally in celebration of their NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff... Read more
Soggy sluggers
The rain of the last week interrupted play for many of the scheduled games in the Cedar Grove Baseball league. Above, members of the Red Sox waited out a passing shower on Saturday at McMorrow Playground as they played for control of first... Read more
Matt Sweeney, who has served as president of the Dorchester Youth Hockey program for the last three years, and his wife Jill accepted a grant from the Mike Cheever Grow Hockey Development program on March 10 at TD Garden. Also on hand to present the... Read more
The ultimate goal of youth sports is for kids to have fun, compete, and learn, not just about the game, but also about an important values in life like teamwork, responsibility, and commitment. With that in mind, Cedar Grove Baseball and Savin Hill... Read more
Southside Promotions “Turf War” boxing card lived up to the expectations of the sold-out crowd at the National Guard Armory in Dorchester on Saturday night.
Billy Traft and Donnie Palmer, two amateur boxers from Dorchester, both fought their hearts out.... Read more
In the epic ‘Black Sox’ scandal that broke late in the season of 1920, there would be a sensational trial a year later in Chicago that lit up the headlines all over the land.
The unhappy “eight men out” -- that infamous nucleus of the White Sox accused of... Read more
Donnie Palmer: On the 'Turf War' card this weekend. File photo/Pete Stidman
It’s billed as the “Turf War” — and is fully loaded with six amateur and five professional fights. Boxing returns to the National Guard Armory on Dorchester’s Victory Rd. this... Read more
Jimmy Hayes: Celebrated his 2011 Beanpot-winning goal for BC. AP photoDorchester’s Jimmy Hayes has decided to forgo his senior hockey season at Boston College and head to the American Hockey League. The 20 year-old St. Ann’s alum is now playing for the... Read more
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