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Larry Lucchino had suffered from cancer. The Triple-A Worcester Red Sox, his last project in a career that also included three major league baseball franchises and one in the NFL, confirmed his death on Tuesday.
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The Smith College basketball team will play in its second consecutive Women's Division Three Final Four on Thursday afternoon — with a trip to the national championship game on the line.
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Most athletic teams at UMass Amherst will join the Mid-American Conference as a full member, starting in 2025. UMass football is currently an independent. In most other sports, UMass competes in the Atlantic 10, excluding men's hockey, which is part of and will remain in Hockey East.
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The Smith College Pioneers topped Messiah University on Saturday night in Northampton. Smith advances to the Sweet 16, playing next on Friday night.
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The Mid-American Conference is inviting UMass to join the conference as a full member, starting in 2025, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. The Minutemen are currently an independent in football and compete in the the Atlantic 10 in most other sports.
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We meet the director of Volunteers in Medicine and chat about their mission to provide care to those ineligible for insurance, hang out at a practice for one of the few high school girls ice hockey teams in western Mass with the Longmeadow Lancers, and Mr. Universe gets into another theory about the origins of black holes.
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We imbibe a few mocktails with Sean Billson for "Dry January," invite the Muswell Hillbillies to the studio for Live Music Friday, and chat with Boston Red Sox's organist, Josh Kantor, while he performs live requests.
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The owner of the Pittsfield Suns said this week the baseball franchise won't form a team this year because of the seating. For the past two summers, fans at Wahconah Park sat in temporary bleachers because the grandstand is deemed unsafe.
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The Fab 413 hears about Springfield's celebration of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., chats with Rep. Jim McGovern about the Jan. 6 insurrection, and discusses Bill Belichick's departure from the Patriots.
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The Massachusetts Gaming Commission discussed whether the Super Bowl is different from other NFL games in allowing prop wagers, these are bets focusing on things besides the final outcome of the game.