SPORTS

Christopher Price's new book demonstrates that even though the Whalers left Hartford in 1997, their legacy and memories live on.

We chat with the staff behind the Smith College basketball team, plus Mr. Universe tells us who space really belongs to, and we begin our search for the best pizza in western Mass.

The implementation of legal mobile sports betting in Massachusetts is this week. Mobile platforms will join in-person betting operations at MGM Springfield, Plainridge Park Casino, and Encore Boston Harbor.

UMass comes into the tourney as the No. 1 seed for the first time in the team's history, after closing out the regular season with a conference-best record of 14-2, and 24-5 overall. It's the best record during coach Tory Verdi.

The president of the Greater Springfield NAACP, Talbert Swan II, was surprised to receive a letter this month from lawyers representing former NFL quarterback Brett Favre. Favre has been at the center of a multi-million dollar welfare fraud case in Mississippi.

University of Connecticut President Radenka Maric is reacting to Gov. Lamont’s budget plan, which proposes cutting some of UConn’s state funding.

While many were approved the Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted against allowing sports betting for chess, cornhole and others sports and games.

The Players' Association, a collective that includes representatives from the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and Major League Soccer players associations, has asked that the Massachusetts Gaming Commission include language in its regulations to outline safety measures for players.

The MGM Springfield casino was awarded a license to take sports bets in person. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission signed off on the license in a unanimous vote on Monday.

The outgoing Massachusetts governor starts the new role in March.