Sports

With the official opening of the National Football League’s training camps this past week, news of a scandal at the executive level of its players’ association has made headlines.

Two significant historical events occurred on the auspicious day of July 27, 2025.  Five players entered the hallowed halls of the Baseball Hall of Fame, and a Black man became the first African American driver to win the Indy 400 auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

On Tuesday, July 15, 2025, TD Garden was more than just the home of the Celtics and Bruins; it became the epicenter of women’s professional basketball. The Indiana Fever took down the Connecticut Sun, 85–77, in a sold-out game that electrified the city.

Frederick Richard, the 20-year-old gymnastics sensation from Stoughton, Massachusetts, is living out a life vision right before our eyes. The Olympic Bronze medalist from the 2024 Paris Games has taken on a project that speaks volumes to his growth as a man of vision in this world.

With hundreds of names on the 2024-25 Boston Globe All-Scholastic awards list, we highlight the following young men and women from that list. Our sincere apologies to any of the athletes who aren’t mentioned in this article.

With the upcoming WNBA All-Star Game scheduled at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, on July 19, it’s time to take an in-depth look at the league. 

A Major League Baseball season is a marathon event, not a sprint. The Boston Red Sox epitomize that expression as they head into this year’s All-Star game riding the wave of a 10-game winning streak — the longest for the franchise since 2018

Twenty-two-year-old Ben Shelton remains the lone Black American male heading into the final week of competition at the 2025 Wimbledon Tennis Championships.

This is the story of a young man from the streets of Dorchester named John “Doomsday” Howard, who rose from the hardscrabble streets of his community to gain an international name for himself in the field of mixed martial arts.

This quiet gentleman, who has gained my undying admiration for his community service and love for teaching young people how to play basketball the right way, teaching them to live by his motto, “Respect the Game”, is a true hero to many.

By the time the final buzzer had sounded on game seven of this year’s NBA Finals, crowning the Oklahoma City Thunder as the new kings of the National Basketball Association, the Celtics had already made major personnel changes from their 2023-24 title team.

The Oklahoma City Thunder concluded their run to their first National Basketball Association title in franchise history at home with a 103-91 triumph over the Indiana Pacers. This was the seventh and final game of this year’s league playoffs.