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BU study: Young amateur athletes are getting CTE
Health High school and college athletes can develop the brain disease most commonly associated with professional contact sports, the study shows. Director Ann McKee and neuropathologist Victor Alvarez at Boston University’s CTE Center in 2017. Boston University School of Medicine. Researchers at Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center studied 152 young athletes’ brains and found […]
Morey Hershgordon knew his calling from a young age, when he was announcing games for his blind grandfather
Local News Hershgordon, a 28-year-old Quinnipiac graduate and Channel 7’s new lead sports anchor, found his way to sports broadcasting the most heartwarming of ways. Morey Hershgordon is the new sports anchor at Channel 7. By Chad Finn, The Boston Globe August 26, 2023 | 2:15 PM Morey Hershgordon grew up 15 minutes outside of […]
Weymouth native Mike Hazen and Chris Young face off as GMs in World Series 25 years after meeting at Princeton
MLB Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen talks with reporters before Game 2 of the World Series. Julio Cortez/AP Photo By RONALD BLUM, Associated Press October 29, 2023 | 11:40 AM ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Twenty-five years after they first met at Princeton, Chris Young and Mike Hazen are facing off in the World Series […]
Young lobsters show decline off New England, and fishermen will see new rules as a result
Local News The American lobster fishery was worth more than $510 million at the docks last year. Nearly $390 million of that total was from Maine. A lobster rears its claws after being caught off Spruce Head, Maine, Aug. 31, 2021. AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File By PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated Press October 19, 2023 | […]
Report: Young driver fatality rates have fallen sharply in the US, helped by education, technology
National News “Young drivers are the riskiest age group on the road, and the reasons are straightforward — immaturity and inexperience,” said Pam Shadel Fischer, author of the GHSA report. Heavy traffic heads south on Interstate 93 over the Zakim Bridge, Sept. 1, 2023, in Boston. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File By Associated Press October 18, […]
New Bedford woman, 23, who died in crash leaves behind three young children
Local News Kayla Bertoncini died after a car crash on South Boston Bypass Road Saturday night. A 23-year-old New Bedford woman left behind three children when she was killed in a South Boston crash Saturday. Massachusetts State Police identified the woman as Kayla Bertoncini. Now, her fiancé is left to care for Bertoncini’s three young […]
‘A young life cut short’: Authorities investigating fatal shooting of 23-year-old in Chelsea
Local News “We are doing everything possible to identify and arrest those responsible for this tragedy.” A homicide investigation is underway in Chelsea after a 23-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday night in the city. Chelsea police responded to multiple 911 calls and a shot spotter activation in the area of Congress Avenue and […]
N.H. 17-year-old indicted on murder charges in deaths of sister-in-law and two young nephews
Crime Kassandra Sweeney, 25, and sons Benjamin, 4, and Mason, 23 months, were found shot to death in their New Hampshire home last year. Kassandra Sweeney, 25, and her two sons, four-year-old Benjamin and one-year-old Mason, were found shot to death in their Northfield, N.H., home in August 2022, according to New Hampshire Attorney General’s […]
Dorchester man held on $1M bail in connection with shooting that injured young brother and sister
Crime Boston police said they are still searching for another suspect in the Sept. 17 shooting, which wounded five. The scene of a Sept. 17 shooting on Ames Street in Dorchester. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Boston Globe Staff, File A Dorchester man is being held on $1 million bail after he was charged in connection with […]
Group of young men reportedly attack, attempt to steal victim’s backpack on BU campus
Local News The victim was able to run away and call campus police, Boston University officials said. Marsh Plaza on Boston University’s campus. Blake Nissen for The Boston Globe, File Boston University police are investigating following an attempted robbery on campus Saturday night. The victim told authorites that they were walking home around 11 p.m. […]