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Dr. James Naismith (1861-1939) was a Canadian-born educator and coach who invented the game of basketball in 1891 while teaching physical education at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Mass. Naismith did not finish high school until the age of...

With his car packed up and a baseball workout at Army on the horizon, Connor Kurtz dressed for St. John's first football scrimmage this past fall against Eastern Mass. power Brockton -- a scrimmage that would severely impact the rest of his senior ye...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- After finishing the 2012 season with an 8-8 record, Belmont Hill senior midfielder and faceoff specialist Austin Frank knew that his team had to come together and unite if they wanted to contend for the league title in 2013. "T...

AMHERST, Mass. -- The way Jamie Carey describes it, it sounds almost too simple. "Guys seem to get on base ahead of me all the time when I'm hitting and I usually drive them in most of the time," said Carey, who upped his team-leading RBI total to...

Courtesty of Lincoln-Sudbury head coach Kirk Fredericks, here are the baseball all-stars for the Dual County League's Large division. League all-stars can be sent to either Brendan Hall (bhall@espnboston.com) or Scott Barboza (sbarboza@espnboston....

Here are the baseball all-stars for the Northeastern Conference, courtesy of Beverly High Athletic Director James Coffey. League all-stars can be sent to either Brendan Hall (bhall@espnboston.com) or Scott Barboza (sbarboza@espnboston.com). LAR...

With the regular-season drawn to close, the MIAA released the seedings for the upcoming boys' lacrosse tournaments. Here's how the divisions rounded out. Please note that Division 2 West seeds on Tuesday. Clink on the hyperlinks to access the MIAA...

North Andover High Athletic Director Jon Longley announced this afternoon the hiring of Stoneham's Paul Tanglis as its new head boys basketball coach, replacing the recently-retired Mike McVeigh. Tanglis has been the head coach at Stoneham High fo...

One top Texas high school prospect released his top 12 on Friday afternoon. Another Texas high school recruit wanted to wait until a little later in the day. Three-star offensive tackle Ty Barrett (Dallas/Skyline) waited until Friday evening but s...

The MIAA unveiled seedings yesterday for the girls lacrosse state tournament in the North, South and Central brackets. West seedings will take place on Tuesday. Below are the individual seedings. For all of the seedings, CLICK HERE. DIVISION 1 ...

BOSTON - A voice boomed over the Fenway Park public address system. Please welcome ... It continued, rattling off a laundry list of accomplishments Milford High softball senior pitcher Shannon Smith has accrued in her four-year career with the Sc...

BRIDGEWATER, Mass -- The Bridgewater-Raynham baseball team can breathe a sigh of relief. It won't have to face Hingham High School again this season. The No. 8 Trojans fell to the Harbormen 6-2 in a sloppy game that saw a litany of errors, pas...

HOPKINTON, Mass. -- On paper, it was a marquee match-up. It was a meeting of the champions of the Hockomock League's Kelley-Rex division and the Tri-Valley League, as well as two teams in the Top 25 in the state. But, on the field, the game was mo...

Governor's Academy girls' soccer head coach Michael Karin announces tonight that twins Jackie and Kendall Ham have committed to Bucknell University for the 2014 season. "The soccer playing twins have been major contributors to the success of The ...

ANDOVER, Mass. -- Over the course of the 2013 season, the success of the Phillips Andover baseball team has hinged on three arms, or, more specifically, two right-handers and a southpaw. Senior Rory Ziomek and sophomore Tim Salvadore, or simply 'S...

Everett High Class of 2014 defensive back Lubern Figaro picked up his seventh Division 1 FBS offer today, from Vanderbilt University, he announced on his Twitter account this morning. "Just picked up a offer to Vanderbilt #anchordown," he wrote in...