Sports

The House overwhelmingly approved a bill to legalize sports betting in Massachusetts on Thursday evening, but even before the vote, the question of whether to allow wagers on college sports emerged as a major sticking point between the House and Senate. The House voted 156-3 to pass its sports betting …

If you’re looking for some fun activities to get your kids involved in, NB Parks, Recreation & Beaches has all sorts of things happening this summer. And its not just for the kids, there are great things to do for adults as well. Some programs do have deadlines that are …

“Keith Middle School’s new athletic field is officially completed, thanks to the work of school district and City staff, and students are already getting use out of it this school year. After the addition of this new field, Keith Middle School now has a sizeable athletic field for its students.”

By Brendan Kurie New Bedford Guide Contributor New Bedford’s Bonzie Colson II has been named MVP of Europe’s Basketball Champions League. Colson, who is playing professionally for SIG Strasbourg in France, led the BCL in scoring at 18.2 points per game and was one of two players, along with Raymar …

By Brendan Kurie Contributing Writer It says something that the GNB Voc-Tech football team did just about everything possible to sabotage itself — turning the ball over five times, failing to score on four trips inside the 12 and committing eight penalties — but still had the ball with 11 …

By Brendan Kurie Contributing Writer Watch out, the GNB Voc-Tech passing attack is starting to come together. After a rough debut against a dominant Apponequet defense, the Bears’ new-look offense started to take shape on Friday afternoon during a 17-14 loss to Old Rochester at Jeffrey E. Riley Stadium. Junior …

By Brendan Kurie Contributing Writer That certainly wasn’t how the GNB Voc-Tech football team imagined its season starting. Riding the optimism of a 2019 playoff appearance, there were high hopes that the Bears would prove they belong in the upper echelon of the South Coast Conference when they hosted Apponequet …

By Brendan Kurie Contributor For about six minutes, the New Bedford High offense looked nearly unstoppable. Unfortunately, for the next 38 minutes, it was Bridgewater-Raynham’s running game that couldn’t be slowed. The Whalers gained 122 yards on their first nine plays, but finished with just 210 yards of offense in …

By Brendan Kurie Contributor There’s something brewing at GNB Voc-Tech, and it’s not in the culinary arts program. It’s out on the turf at Jeffrey E. Riley Stadium, where third-year coach Justin Cruz has generated enough excitement to get more than 100 prospective players out for a wonky Fall 2 …

By Brendan Kurie Contributor The red zone wasn’t kind to the New Bedford High football team on Friday night. Three times the Whalers drove inside the 20 only to be turned away without points by Dartmouth’s defense in a 20-14 loss at Memorial Stadium that kicked off the 2020-21 high …