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Not a Bad Dream
NWSL Boston’s Name Launch Fizzles By Abbi Holt; Edited by Laura Everett When the new NWSL Boston franchise’s name was dropped Monday October 14 by the intrepid Sandra Herrera the reaction was swift and uniform. No, thank you. We do not want to be citizens of the newly dubbed, “BOS Nation.” Many hoped that they…
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WNBA in Boston: Sun, Boston win
Boston basketball fans, and New England sports fans more generally, might wonder:Could we have a home team? Could this be our life? A hometown women’s basketball team? The Connecticut Suns are decidedly queer, unabashedly Black, and Native-owned.
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Defensive Much?: Boston wins in High Scoring PWHL Finals Game One
Written by Laura Everett and edited by Abbi Holt This was not the game that anyone expected. This was likely not the Finals that anyone in the PWHL leadership likely expected. None of the Canadian teams made it through in this deliberately binational league. And neither of the top two regular season teams in Toronto…
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Boston Sweeps Montreal in PWHL Playoffs: Draws Minnesota and home ice in PWHL Finals
Written by Laura Everett What are we playing for? This question is before the PWHL all season. Sometimes, the response feels forced, as players are fed pre-packaged answers about playing for the next generation. PWHL branding says, “ice-time, earned.” Men just get ice time. But the reality of sports has been that women have to…
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At Center Ice: Boston Beanpot Wins
By Laura Everett, edited by Abbi Holt Boston, Mass. – This is what we deserve. The 4k video screens at the center of TD Garden are 18 feet x 32.5 feet, nearly double the previous size before their 2021 rehabilitation. These screens are dubbed “Hub Vision,” self-proclaimed for both their centrality above center ice and…
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Op-Ed: For Herself Alone: Women’s Hockey and the Unjust Burden of Little Girls
op-ed by Laura Everett “Future PWHL player” the sign in the stand reads, and a ruddy-faced girl child in an oversized hockey jersey peeks above the sign. Catnip to nearly every cameraman and beat writer assigned to the inaugural matches of the Premier Women’s Hockey League. She was in every sell-out arena. Every home game.…
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Boston’s Newest Pro Hockey Team Falls to MN in First Game of New League
Thursday January 4, 2024 Written by Laura Everett and Edited by Abbi Holt LOWELL, MA: Boston’s inaugural game as a part of the new Professional Women’s Hockey League kicked off in Lowell on Wednesday January 3, 2024 with a massive crowd, over four thousand fans, filling Tsongas Arena, but not quite the win the team…
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NWSL Update: Boston Unity Soccer Partners Propose $30m White Stadium Overhaul
Community Meets on Thursday to Discuss Written by Laura Everett Edited by Abbi Holt Thursday July 13, 2023 Boston’s bid for a professional women’s soccer team moved a few steps closer to the goal this week with the announcement that the Boston Unity Soccer Partners were the sole bidders in the City of Boston’s Request…
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JoJo & John Boynton: The Boston Women’s Sports Interview
Johanna (JoJo) & John Boynton are former Governors of Premier Hockey Federation and former owners of the Boston Pride, Toronto Six, and Metropolitan Riveters. This interview was conducted on Friday June 30, 2023. It has been lightly edited for consistency, context, and clarity. Boston Women’s Sports: I imagine it has been a pretty busy day. John…
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Is this Good for Hockey?
By Laura Everett and Abbi Holt In a shockingly sudden announcement last night, players, staff, fans, and press simultaneously found out that the PHF (Premier Hockey Federation) and the PWHPA (Professional Women’s Hockey Player’s Association) were both bought out and will be reincorporated in some new form as one league. The yet-to-be-named new league will…
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