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By ANNE DIETRICH

As we step into a new political era with Monday’s inauguration of Donald Trump, many wonder how his administration’s environmental policies will shape our future. With proposed rollbacks on climate agreements and renewable energy projects, those of us in the Pioneer Valley who cherish nature may feel uncertain and anxious. But beyond just affecting nature, the new president’s policies also impact leisure activities, recreation, and sport. As a sports lover, I am concerned about President Trump’s (lack of) environmental agenda. If you care about sports — from community games to professional leagues — there are things we all can do to protect this favorite pastime.

(Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a new monthly column that will run in print on the second Monday of each month)

After dropping two games in a row, the UMass women’s basketball team got back to their winning ways on Sunday.

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – The UMass hockey team continues to struggle with consistency after its 3-0 shutout loss to Northeastern on Saturday night at the Mullins Center.

The UMass men's basketball team dropped a 77-70 decision to George Mason in Atlantic 10 action on Saturday afternoon in Fairfax, Virginia.

Amalia Guerra and Saumya Kulp won two individual events apiece, helping the Northampton girls swimming and diving team to a 90-50 victory over Chicopee in dual meet action on Friday at JFK Middle School.

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH HADLEY — Although the Mahar wrestling team had already clinched a dual meet win over South Hadley, the 175-pound bout between the Senators’ Tristen Gaj and the Tigers’ Jasiel Ramos was the best of the night. The two went back-and-forth...

OTTAWA, Ontario — Teddy Stiga scored on a breakaway at 8:04 of 3-on-3 overtime to give the United States a 4-3 victory over Finland on Sunday night in the world junior hockey championship game.The Boston College winger — a healthy scratch at the start...

Last month I wrote about the benefits of unsupervised play, that children who play outdoors with other children learn not only physical skills but how to get along with other children, how to play fair, to be creative, to learn how to get up when...

Visiting Richmond shot the lights out in the opening quarter, and the Spiders’ hot start was more than enough to halt the red-hot UMass women’s basketball team on Sunday.The Spiders drilled seven 3-pointers and made 11-of-13 field goals in the opening...

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST — The Amherst swimming and diving teams both earned wins against Monson on Friday afternoon at the Amherst Middle School pool.The Hurricanes’ girls squad improved to 2-2 on the season with a 132-44 win while the boys picked up win No. 1 on the...

An eccentric teacher who was the inspiration for the Robin Williams character in the movie “Dead Poets’ Society,” Sam Pickering writes essays that are as edgy as Williams’ acting. Long before the era of NIL and transfer portals, Sam wrote that the...

By RYAN AMES

GRANBY – The Smith Vocational wrestling team narrowly beat host Granby, 31-30, Thursday night for its second dual-meet victory of the season.Just one of the six matches the Vikings claimed came via forfeit, including Robert Slysz pinning Granby’s...

Mike Babul, the 1996 Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year who starred for the UMass men’s basketball team in the late 1990s as a lockdown defender, died on Monday at the age of 47 after suffering a heart attack, according to The Sun...

Four players secured double-digit point totals for the Frontier girls basketball team in its 82-28 win against Franklin Tech on Friday.Skyler Steele (18 points), Jazzy Hayes (13 points), Olivia Machon (11 points) and Whitney Campbell (10 points) led...

By GARRETT COTE

SPRINGFIELD — Sometimes when a team loses, self-inflicted wounds or a poor performance stand as the reasons why. Other times, however, the opposing team is simply better.Both were the case on Saturday evening at the MassMutual Center in Springfield,...

Sport fandom is all about building community in the professional sport industry, but most sport takes place within our communities. From a financial perspective, participatory sports accounted for 63.5% of the global sport market in 2023 and in the...

By RYAN AMES

SOUTH HADLEY — The Northampton girls basketball team powered past South Hadley, 60-47, in an independent tilt on Wednesday night.Bri Heafey had 19 points to pace the visitors, including a team-high three 3-pointers, while Liv Joensen (15 points) and...

By RYAN AMES

AMHERST – Four points from Matt Garvin pushed the Greenfield boys hockey team past Amherst Regional, 7-1, in an independent contest Tuesday night at Orr Rink.Garvin recorded a hat trick and added an assist as the Green Wave cruised to their second win...

By GARRETT COTE

Maximilian Kissel scored a thrilling goal in sudden-death overtime to lift the Vermont men’s soccer team over Marshall, 2-1, in the NCAA Division 1 national championship in Cary, N.C. on Monday night.It was the ninth championship game decided by...

Joshua Cole and Domineq Sanchez each had 16 points in the Smith Vocational boys basketball team’s 58-34 road victory over St. Mary’s on Monday in Westfield.Smith Voc scored 35 points in the first half, including a game-high 19 in the second quarter,...