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As it Happened: The 2025 NBA Draft

By Jordan Pagkalinawan, Sports Editor & Website Editor / June 25, 2025

The 2025 NBA Draft wrapped up Thursday evening, a two-night spectacle that included three Celtics selections and two New England natives landing in the...

Entrance to Fenway Park on Jersey St. (Daniel O'Toole/ Beacon Staff)

Red Sox trade All-Star Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants in stunning move

By Daniel O’Toole, Dept. Sports Editor / June 17, 2025

The Boston Red Sox have traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants in a blockbuster deal on June 15th, according to MLB insider Robert Murray on...

The Boston Bruins logo. Illustration by Rachel Choi.

Marco Sturm named new head coach of the Boston Bruins

By Rylie Burns, Operations Managing Editor, Layout Editor & Newsletter Editor / June 15, 2025

Marco Sturm has been named the 30th head coach in Boston Bruins history, Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney announced June 5.  “Throughout this process,...

Senior pitcher Jessica Gomez (#18) on the mound against Wheaton College on May 3, 2025 (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff/ File).

Softball falls to Coast Guard Academy in NEWMAC Tournament play-in game

By Jordan Pagkalinawan, Sports Editor & Website Editor / May 14, 2025

After a six-year drought, the Emerson softball team stormed back into the playoffs as a No. 6 seed, battling the No. 7 Coast Guard Academy Bears in a play-in...

The Emerson softball class of 2025 (Riey Goldman/ Beacon Staff).

Emerson softball celebrates senior day with playoff-clinching victory

By Riley Goldman, Staff Photographer / May 14, 2025

While most Emerson seniors were prepping for senior week and graduation, the Emerson softball team celebrated with a split against Wheaton College on May...

The Emerson softball team in a huddle during a doubleheader vs. MIT on April 25 (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff).

Emerson softball drops a pair to conference-leading MIT

By Riley Goldman, Staff Photographer / May 1, 2025

Emerson softball fell to 0-20 all-time against conference-leading MIT, dropping both games in their doubleheader on April 25.  MIT came out hot in...

The Emerson baseball team following their doubleheader losses against Salve Regina on April 27, 2025 (Jordan Pagkalinawan/ Beacon Staff).

Baseball swept by nationally ranked Salve Regina

By Jordan Pagkalinawan, Sports Editor & Website Editor / April 29, 2025

The Emerson baseball team battled the No. 13 nationally ranked and NEWMAC-leading Salve Regina University Seahawks in a Sunday doubleheader in Rhode Island....

In an ode to Yoda and “Star Wars,” a sign read “‘Finish, you will.’ May the course be with you.” (DJ Mara/Beacon Staff)

‘Slay the Day.’ The best signs from the 2025 Boston Marathon.

The 129th running of the Boston Marathon came and went on Monday, with nearly 300,000 spectators flocking to cheer on the more than 32,000 racers.  Posters...

The finish line of the 129th Boston Marathon (DJ Mara/Beacon Staff)

Thousands, including Emersonians, conquer 2025 Boston Marathon

By Anna Knepley and DJ Mara / April 23, 2025

More than 300,000 spectators flocked to the barricades along Boylston Street to cheer on nearly 32,000 runners and wheelchair cyclists during the 129th...

Runners at the 129th Boston Marathon pass under a bridge adorned with the slogan 'Boston Strong.'

Twelve years later, still running Boston Strong

By Hannah Woods, Senior Kasteel Well Reporter / April 23, 2025

A sea of “Boston Strong” logos representing resilience and community still flood the streets of Boston 12 years after the Boston Marathon bombing in...

Michael Keebler talking to Beacon news editor Sam Shipman (Nick Peace/ Beacon Staff).

Pro runner Michael Keebler’s ‘out of body’ experience running the Boston Marathon

By Sam Shipman, Living Arts Editor / April 23, 2025

For five years, Michael Keebler has worked to run a marathon in under two hours and thirty minutes.  The Montague resident completed his third Boston...

OPINION: I don’t want to work in a sports industry that hates sports.

OPINION: I don’t want to work in a sports industry that hates sports.

By Everest Leach / April 23, 2025

“I like the way [Cade Cunningham] is playing and I like what Chauncey [Billups] is doing.” That’s a quote from NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal on...

Seniors Grace Danehy, Ava Selby, and Callie Krosin smile for a photo with women's lacrosse coaches Hannah Pelletier (left) and Jessie Koffman (right) during senior night festivities.

Women’s lacrosse drops senior night thriller to Mass Maritime

By Anna Knepley, Sports Editor / April 22, 2025

While most Boston-area festivities this weekend were focused on the 129th Marathon, at Rotch Field, the Emerson women’s lacrosse team were celebrating...

The Emerson men's lacrosse class of 2025 in a pregame senior day ceremony (Riley Goldman/ Beacon Staff).

‘I’m unbelievably grateful’: Men’s lacrosse celebrates class of 2025 in senior day game vs. Coast Guard Academy

By Jordan Pagkalinawan, Sports Editor & Website Editor / April 22, 2025

Blanketed by sunny, 75-degree weather, the Emerson men’s lacrosse team honored six seniors ahead of their Senior Day game against Coast Guard Academy:...

The 2025 Boston Marathon Pro Field during their media availability at the Fairmont Copley Plaza on April 18, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

‘I know how much I have to appreciate’: Competitors reflect on 50th Boston Marathon wheelchair race

By Jordan Pagkalinawan, Sports Editor & Website Editor / April 19, 2025

As thousands of runners descend on Massachusetts this weekend for the 129th Boston Marathon, 50 of them will compete in the historic 50th wheelchair division...

Crooke's Cage: WrestleMania 41 as it Happened

Crooke’s Cage: WrestleMania 41 as it Happened

By Aidan Crooke, Staff Writer, Sports / April 19, 2025

"The Grandest Stage of Them All" is back! WrestleMania 41 is coming to you live from Las Vegas on Peacock, and we have two nights packed with matches that...

Runners passing the Citigo sign on Monday, April, 21, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)

As it happened: The 129th Boston Marathon

Thousands of runners will descend on Massachusetts for the 129th Boston Marathon, which begins in Hopkinton and ends at the Boston Public Library.
Gearing up for glory: The road to WrestleMania 41

Gearing up for glory: The road to WrestleMania 41

By Dante Greco / April 16, 2025

Night 1  Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins Four years ago, if you asked fans of WWE if CM Punk would return, most fans would have said “yes”...

‘She’s earned it’: Emerson College welcomes first female baseball player, Laney Fukuoka

‘She’s earned it’: Emerson College welcomes first female baseball player, Laney Fukuoka

By Anna Knepley, Sports Editor / April 16, 2025

That headline? Yep, you read it right. Laney Fukuoka, a relief pitcher for the Cougars of John F. Kennedy High School in Sacramento, California, will...

Skating towards the Stanley Cup: 16 teams earn their spots in the playoffs

Skating towards the Stanley Cup: 16 teams earn their spots in the playoffs

By Rylie Burns, Operations Managing Editor, Layout Editor & Newsletter Editor / April 16, 2025

As the regular season comes to a close, playoff hockey begins.  As of April 16, all 16 spots in the Stanley Cup playoffs have been filled, with the...