Sports

My history with the Boston Marathon dates to my freshman year at Boston University. I remember the newspaper and television reports leading up to the event. Out of pure curiosity, I got a firsthand look at the proceedings.

As the final seconds ticked down on the NCAA Division One Women’s Basketball Championship game, my overwhelming thought for the teams was, “Relief!” When the final buzzer sounded with South Carolina 87 and Iowa 75, I felt delighted for coach Dawn Staley and her Gamecocks team.

On Sunday night, the University of South Carolina Gamecocks women’s team completed a  dream season by defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes 87-75 to win the NCAA championship. The team avenged last year’s loss to Iowa in the Final Four semifinal game.

The start of the Major League Baseball season is always a good time to reflect on the beauty of the “Grand Old Game.”

When people hear “martial arts,” they mostly think of Bruce Lee, the legendary martial artist who became an international star of the silver screen.

Every year, millions of people decide to part ways with their sanity by picking teams in the 64-team field that is the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament.

Three Boston high school teams made impressive runs to state titles in tournament play over the weekend — the girls’ team from Cathedral High and the boys’ squads from Charlestown High and New Mission High.

While Black golf enthusiasts ponder the coming of the next Tiger Woods, let’s take a moment to discuss the present state of the game of golf.

What started out as a high-profile women’s college basketball game ended in an embarrassing situation for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks and the Louisiana State University Lady Tigers.

The official opening of the National Football League free agency period is now upon us with several players getting rich.

Following a successful regular season, the young women of New Mission High School made it to the MIAA Playoffs, winning one game before they were eliminated.

The young women of Boston Latin Academy and the young men of Charlestown High School are the new city champions of high school basketball following impressive victories over New Mission and Jeremiah Burke in their respective finals.