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Just rename the team again, ffs. Take the Boston out of it. Bait and switch for season ticket members
Bringing the Legacy to the Ocean State 🌊
Boston Legacy FC announced today that it will play its 2026 home matches across two venues: Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts and soccer-specific Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Boston Legacy FC announced today that it will play its 2026 home matches across two venues: Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts and soccer-specific Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
December 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Just rename the team again, ffs. Take the Boston out of it. Bait and switch for season ticket members
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December 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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ESPN Brasil held its annual Bola de Prata awards today, recognizing players in Brazil's top league
Among the winners...
Amanda Gutierres was named to the Best XI and won the award for top scorer (18 goals/23 games)
Among the winners...
Amanda Gutierres was named to the Best XI and won the award for top scorer (18 goals/23 games)
December 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
ESPN Brasil held its annual Bola de Prata awards today, recognizing players in Brazil's top league
Among the winners...
Amanda Gutierres was named to the Best XI and won the award for top scorer (18 goals/23 games)
Among the winners...
Amanda Gutierres was named to the Best XI and won the award for top scorer (18 goals/23 games)
Boston has a player that meets this criteria. Not sure how much she's making, so who knows how this will affect them. Just raise the cap, ffs
SOURCES: The #NWSL board has voted to approve a new star player fund—internally called "High Impact Player"—to allow teams to spend up to $1M over the cap with a much smaller cap hit for players who meet criteria.
Crucially: A change affecting the cap requires NWSLPA consultation. On @espn.com:
Crucially: A change affecting the cap requires NWSLPA consultation. On @espn.com:
Sources: NWSL 'star' salaries tied to player profile
The NWSL's Board of Governors has approved a new roster mechanism to pay select star players above and beyond the current salary cap, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN.
www.espn.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Boston has a player that meets this criteria. Not sure how much she's making, so who knows how this will affect them. Just raise the cap, ffs
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
Free school breakfast and lunch. Free community college. More money for scholarships and literacy programs. Road and bridge repairs. Better public transportation. Tax the rich.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Free school breakfast and lunch. Free community college. More money for scholarships and literacy programs. Road and bridge repairs. Better public transportation. Tax the rich.
Never said a bad word about Katie Stengel...
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Never said a bad word about Katie Stengel...
Fuck Cornell. Fuck Columbia. Fuck UVA. Fuck Brown. History will not look kindly on you.
Cornell University to pay $60M in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy Leagu...
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Fuck Cornell. Fuck Columbia. Fuck UVA. Fuck Brown. History will not look kindly on you.
Wait, Stephen Miller AND Russell Vought are both in their 40s? Man, evil makes you age quickly
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Wait, Stephen Miller AND Russell Vought are both in their 40s? Man, evil makes you age quickly
I love this baseball player who I just heard of today
Will Klein in a "Rapinoe/Kaepernick 2020" shirt
October 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I love this baseball player who I just heard of today
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And I would like to challenge this person to get a real job
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
And I would like to challenge this person to get a real job
Outskirts of Boston No Kings protest
October 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Outskirts of Boston No Kings protest
There were a ton of us under the trees also! Had a great time with a Honk-like activist street band (and the obligatory drummers). Joyous!
October 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
There were a ton of us under the trees also! Had a great time with a Honk-like activist street band (and the obligatory drummers). Joyous!
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If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
When they come to Boston, we gotta do this
One thing I haven’t seen reported about the ICE building protest: they have 10-20 costumes on a rack that anyone is free to use. Put it on, inflate it and protest!
October 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
When they come to Boston, we gotta do this
Have a Murph, now we need a Sully
#NWSL NEWS: Multiple sources confirm to @espn.com that 2026 expansion side Boston Legacy has signed goalkeeper Casey Murphy, the #USWNT's No. 2 at the 2023 World Cup + 2024 Olympics. Murphy is an impending free agent with her contract ending in North Carolina.
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
Sources: USWNT's Murphy to join NWSL's Boston
USWNT goalkeeper Casey Murphy has signed a deal with 2026 NWSL expansion team Boston Legacy FC, multiple sources told ESPN.
www.espn.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Have a Murph, now we need a Sully
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Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully
in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
September 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully
in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
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I would like to speak to the manager of the past ten years because honestly I am pretty dissatisfied.
September 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I would like to speak to the manager of the past ten years because honestly I am pretty dissatisfied.
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Republicans will say liberals are fighting a "war on Christmas," but Allston Christmas is one of the most popular holidays in Boston
August 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Republicans will say liberals are fighting a "war on Christmas," but Allston Christmas is one of the most popular holidays in Boston
I met Sammy Bananas tonight and she was wonderful! Ban knees.
August 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I met Sammy Bananas tonight and she was wonderful! Ban knees.
One good thing happened today
James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family and one of the most influential voices in the conservative evangelical movement, has died at age 89
August 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
One good thing happened today
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I think "why are people mad at Dems" is pretty straightforward at this point
they will crawl over broken glass to vote these people out and would like Dems to match that energy
they will crawl over broken glass to vote these people out and would like Dems to match that energy
August 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I think "why are people mad at Dems" is pretty straightforward at this point
they will crawl over broken glass to vote these people out and would like Dems to match that energy
they will crawl over broken glass to vote these people out and would like Dems to match that energy
So many reasons to love the Vineyard. Add pierogi vendors to the list
Alan Dersowitz was denied another pierogi.
August 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
So many reasons to love the Vineyard. Add pierogi vendors to the list
This league is so unserious. So they'll move a New England team despite great offers to buy and we'll wait 8 years for it to come back.
The W, with help from the NBA, continues to outstupid itself. Good look at the mess that is the Connecticut Sun sale by Cydney Henderson
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
WNBA says cities that applied for expansion get first dibs on Connecticut Sun over Boston
The WNBA does not distinguish between teams relocating and expansion. The league's Board of Governors selects the cities the WNBA will operate in.
www.usatoday.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This league is so unserious. So they'll move a New England team despite great offers to buy and we'll wait 8 years for it to come back.
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idk i think giraldez to lyon looks to be a polite demotion/admission that it wasn’t really working atp bc look how good washington look now #nwsl
August 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
idk i think giraldez to lyon looks to be a polite demotion/admission that it wasn’t really working atp bc look how good washington look now #nwsl