Jay Burnham News Today

Our first stop on the 2023 Ballpark Digest Awards season tour: The 2023 Ballpark Digest Broadcaster of the Year is Alex Cohen, Voice of the Iowa Cubs.

Game Day Info: New Mexico at UMass

Blinking during Thursday night's Triple-A Worcester game in the fourth inning might have been a big mistake. Because in just over 11 seconds, Ceddanne Rafaela zipped around the basepaths. Basically, it probably took less time for the No. 79 overall prospect, per MLB Pipeline, to dash from first base to

Good morning!Call it a glitch, a screw-up, or whatever, but something’s wrong at UMass information technology services, and it’s depriving UMass hockey followers of coach Greg Carvel’s weekly newsletter. “I was told it would be rectified by...

Good morning! The NCAA’s decision to replace Mark Emmert with Charlie Baker is a belated attempt to close the Pandora’s box it opened when it allowed players to benefit from their name, image and likeness (NIL). “The major goal for 2023 is to get help...

Good morning!The Atlantic 10 portion of the UMass men’s basketball season starts a week from today at St. Bonaventure. In November, oddsmakers installed the Minutemen as 18-1 longshots to win the conference, but those odds improved after a 9-3 record...

Our next 2022 Ballpark Digest Award announcement: The 2022 Ballpark Digest Broadcaster of the Year is Adam Marco, Voice of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.

Good morning!UMass sports booster John Kennedy teed off in Mississippi last month, leaving him one state to fill his card. “Montana is the last one which I will do in the spring,” wrote Kennedy, whose other mission is to play every course listed in...

Good morning!When Frank Martin was an assistant coach under Ron Everhart at Northeastern, he asked the financial aid officer for a date. Anya Forrest hailed from Brooklyn and had been a track star at UMass. She told Martin she wasn’t interested. He...

Good morning! Deposed Union College hockey coach Rick Bennett is not a participation trophy kind of guy.He grew up in Springfield, played for Gary Dineen’s Springfield Olympics and scored 50 goals at Providence College. His father Don was a roofer who...