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Actually Boston Fleet: Return to winning on the Green Line
Written by Laura Everett Edited by Abbi Holt Sunday December 7, 2025 Boston Fleet return to Agganis Arena amidst the announcement that they will play their first ever game at the Boston Garden on Saturday, April 11, 2026. The Fleet return to Boston proper for their first of four games in Agganis. The stands of…
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Boston Fleet 2025-2026 Season Preview: Change, Change, Change (may do you good)
Sunday November 23, 2025 Written by Laura Everett Edited by Abbi Holt Welcome to the Boston Women’s Sports 2025-2026 preview of the Boston Fleet as they kick off their season with a home opener Sunday, November 23, at 1pm in Lowell against the Montreal Victoire. (complete with free sailors hats for the first 3500 fleet…
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One “BOS Nation” Under Scrutiny: Why NWSL Boston Needs to Change Their Name Now
Thursday November 21, 2024 Op-ed by Laura Everett “BOS Nation” has got to go. The NWSL Boston team name needed to go before the presidential election, and it definitely needs to go after. The longer the ownership group waits, the worse the situation gets, squandering any goodwill from its expectant local fan base. For thoroughly…
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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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From Escape to Empowerment: Afghan Women Soccer Players Find Refuge in Boston.
By Parastou Ashori; Edited by Abbi Holt Photo: Laura Everett; Refugee soccer tournament Foladi and Zafari attended hosted by Soccer Without Borders a charity they have been involved with since arriving whose mission it is to help refugees settle and build community through soccer. In the midst of turmoil, two young Afghan women, Fatima Foladi…
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The Case for White Stadium
By Abbi Holt Edited by Margaret Dalton In all the discourse around the renovation of White Stadium and the pro soccer team that would share the field with the Boston public schools, the perspective I have yet to see is my own, one of a neighbor who is excited about the project. When I first…
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Boston Finds a Winning Combination
Written by Abbi Holt; Edited by Laura Everett Photo by Andrea Cardin/Freestyle Photography; shared with permission of the PWHL Boston’s last home game was a 4-1 mess against PWHL NY. Everyone was in agreement. In post-game interviews (link to prev. story) players clearly were already reliving and rethinking their actions on the ice, and were…