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The Trailblazers of Women’s Baseball

More than a century before Kelsie Whitmore became the first overall draft pick in the WPBL, women were already making history and paving the way for a new generation of female baseball players to make their mark.

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The Unsung Heroes

Behind every athlete is a collection of people who have invested their time, energy, money, and love to show their support to the women who continue to push their respective sports forward.

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The Photographer’s Angle: More Than Points

The scoreboard tells us who won. The box score tells us who scored. As a sports photographer with hundreds of games under his belt, I’ve learned the moments that matter most have nothing to do with the stats. Here’s the moments I’ve loved photographing from the sidelines.

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Hayley Kelleher is Reimagining Hockey Safety with Slice Guard

What began as a classroom assignment has become one of the most ambitious safety innovations in hockey. Union College forward Hayley Kelleher shares the story behind Slice Guard, from entrepreneurship competitions and prototype development to building a company with one goal: making the game safer for players at every level.

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The Long Game

Avery Vale-Cruz came to URI chasing a childhood promise. Now, she’s balancing Division I softball, a demanding academic career, and a future she’s determined to build.

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Homecoming for Reale

Sunday, July 5, marked the debut of Boston Legacy's newest player, Lilly Reale. While she is new to the Legacy, she is certainly not new to the Boston area.

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Finally a League of Their Own

While the Women's Professional Baseball League is making history by becoming the first professional women's baseball league in the United States since 1954, its impact reaches far beyond the inaugural season. For many players, the league represents something generations of women have never had—a place to continue playing the sport they love at the professional level.

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From Uncertainty to Opportunity: The Rise of RI Rogues FC

When the RI Reds FC folded, soccer player Shannen Pelletier found herself facing a difficult question: what would happen to women's semi-professional soccer in Rhode Island?

She waited for someone else to step forward. Eventually, she realized no one was coming. "I had only two choices," Pelletier said. "Step up and build it myself, or accept that semi-professional women's soccer in Rhode Island was over."

She could not accept that.

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