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One will not find an athlete that was more consistent than Mia Cromwell during the 2019-20 school athletic year.
Allow me to take you back 40 years to recall the most passionate golf-centric love affair I ever witnessed hereabouts.
Eagle-Tribune sports editor Bill Burt asks for shooting tips from Central Catholic legend and current NBA G League guard Tyler Nelson and his dad, NBA scout Jeff Nelson
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Gloucester Times sports editor Nick Curcuru chats with Salem News Executive Sports Editor Phil Stacey, assistant sports editor Matt Williams and Nick Giannino along with MSO WebRadio's Bill Newell about the latest sports happenings.
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The Gloucester Daily Times has been awarding an Athlete of the Year from each of the three Cape Ann Schools since 2009. In the previous 11 seasons, only a junior or senior has won the award from each school. That is until now, as Rockport sophomore Kylie Schrock turned in a special 2019-20 c…
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BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said Tuesday that the city is talking with Boston Marathon organizers about what to do if the coronavirus pandemic hasn’t eased by the race’s proposed new date of Sept. 14.
Now 69 days since the concept of a playoff beard was replaced by a quarantine mullet ...
In today’s “Our Favorites,” we pick the favorite sports-related gifts we've ever been given.
When the MIAA approved the switch to statewide postseason tournaments starting in the fall of 2021, its plan called for a maximum of five divisions based on the number of programs in a given sport. The expectation was that adjustments may be needed for certain sports, and this week the MIAA’…
On This Date will be looking back at some big high school sports moments on that particular date over the years. The series will run on the web on Tuesday and Saturday.
Bill Burt talks basketball with Utah Jazz forward Georges Niang of Methuen.
Now 63 days since we started trying to power through the pandemic by shouting 'Serenity Now!' with thanks and admiration to the late, great Jerry Stiller ...
The news that the 2020 St. Peter's Fiesta would be cancelled for late June was a big hit to the local sports scene.
The cold weather this weekend did not stop golfers from hitting the links.
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BRAINTREE, Mass. (AP) — Mary Pratt, who played for the Rockford Peaches and Kenosha Comets in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, has died. She was 101.
If you're an avid golfer, or even a hacker who simply enjoys the fresh air and challenges of the game, chances are you've probably already booked a tee time by the time you read this.
Since the Cape Ann League was established in 1974, Masconomet has consistently ranked as one of the league's top schools athletically. The Chieftains have won a total of 291 CAL titles — plus 29 more in other leagues for girls hockey and skiing — and have enjoyed decades-long runs of dominan…
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Eagle-Tribune sports editor Bill Burt talks to Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray of North Andover about running and proper stretching.
Governor Baker's announcement on Thursday morning to officially end the ban on Massachusetts golf course closures has people across the state scrambling to get a tee time.
Thanks to Governor Baker’s Declaration of Golf Independence announced Thursday morning, golf on the North Shore and throughout Massachusetts is back in business; golf courses private, public and municipal.
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On Wednesday the Gloucester Daily Times recognized the top moments of the 2019-20 high school sports season. Now it's time to recognize the top teams.
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I was hoping to write this column in late June after another highly successful spring campaign for our Cape Ann High School sports teams. Unfortunately the Covid-19 pandemic put an end to the 2019-20 high school sports season after just a winter and fall season.
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It's official: There will be no St. Peter's Fiesta this June.
Mel George laid out the case beautifully and factually to the Major League Baseball Era's Committee. Gloucester native John P. "Stuffy" McInnis should be in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame.
Rob Oppenheim had not been home for two days after the PGA Tour suspended its season because of the Covid-19 pandemic before he got the itch.
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In today's "Our Favorites," we pick our favorite places to cover high school football games.
On Thursday, the Little League World Series and Regional Tournaments were cancelled for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
For their prowess both in the classroom and on their respective athletic teams, St. John’s Prep hockey standout Jack Gilligan and Salem Academy basketball star Lindsey Russell have been honored as the Moynihan Lumber Student Athletes of the Month for March.
Golf has been very good to Paul Kelley, Sr.
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The annual Agganis All-Star Games in Lynn, an early summer showcase that features the best high school seniors in a number of sports playing in an all-star format, has been cancelled this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
‘Our Favorites’ is a series that the sports staff at the Gloucester Daily Times and Salem News will be producing each Monday, taking a look at some of the things we enjoy most about sports. Today’s topic: our favorite pro athletes who weren't popular or beloved, but held a special place in o…
The MIAA has officially cancelled the spring high school sports season, with the governing body's Board of Directors unanimously voting to end the season during its Friday conference call.
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Sedona Gillard and Maddie Machado have been standout athletes on multiple Gloucester High School athletic teams over their respective high schools careers. And now both have committed to take their talents to the next level.
The news was swift on Tuesday afternoon, and it was devastating to local high school athletes.
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‘Our Favorites’ is a series that the sports staff at The Salem News and Gloucester Times will be producing each Monday, taking a look at some of the things we enjoy most about sports. Today’s topic: our favorite North Shore high school teams that came to oh-so-close to winning a state champ…
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The Gloucester boys lacrosse program has seen dozens of standout players come through the program in the last decade.
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The Gloucester girls lacrosse program really came into its own this decade.
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The Manchester Essex boys lacrosse program had its share of ups and downs over the past 10 years. While there were a few rebuilding teams, which is ordinary for a school that is one of the smallest in its league, the Hornets still made the state tournament five times and even turned in the d…
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The Manchester Essex girls lacrosse program entered the decade as one of the consistently strongest programs in the Cape Ann League, and it finished off the decade in the same spot.
The higher-ups at the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association continue to make plans in the event school sports are allowed to resume this spring.
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The Gloucester softball program reached new heights this decade. What was once a struggling program is now a bona fide powerhouse in the Northeastern Conference, winning the last two championships while turning in the best girls sports season in Gloucester High School history a year ago with…
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‘Our Favorites’ is a series that the sports staff at the Gloucester Daily Times and Salem News will be producing each Monday, taking a look at some of the things we enjoy most about sports. Today’s topic: our favorite Thanksgiving Day football games that we’ve covered live.
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It was a memorable decade for the Gloucester baseball program, it fact it was quite possibly the best decade of baseball in program history.
The Manchester Essex softball program has come a long way in the last decade.
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The last decade was a decade of emergence for the Manchester Essex baseball program.
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Editor's Note: The Gloucester Daily Times's All Decade Team series has returned for baseball softball and lacrosse, which will run over the next two weeks and recognize each program's best players from 2011-2020.
There may still be a high school spring athletics season, and if there is then there may still be a postseason to strive for. Even if the games do go ahead, however, there will not be any state champions crowned when all is said and done if new recommendations presented by the MIAA are made …
Pick any description. They all apply in saluting one of the North Shore’s true golfing gems dating back to 1894. But now the Herbert Leeds-designed masterpiece has gained further stature after Golf Magazine, in its first issue of 2020, in announcing its biennial “Top 100 Golf Courses in the…
MIAMI (AP) — The biggest free agent deal for the Miami Dolphins this offseason has been one they didn't make.
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