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Penn State Pommel Horse Sensation Stephen Nedoroscik Wins Bronze — AGAIN Penn State Pommel Horse Sensation Stephen Nedoroscik Wins Bronze — AGAIN
Penn State Pommel Horse Sensation Stephen Nedoroscik Wins Bronze — Again Stephen Nedoroscik has done it again. The Penn State alum who hails from Worcester, Massachusetts, nailed another pommel horse routine at Paris 2024, winning his second bronze medal. Nedoroscik, 25, shot to fame as the USA men's gymnastic team's official "pommel horse specialist," earning the team its first medal in 16 years. On Saturday, Aug. 3, Nedoroscik racked up 15.300 points on the pommel horse behind two-time world champ Rhys McClenaghan, of Ireland, who won the gold.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Massachusetts Family Hospitalized While On Irish Vacation, Flooded With Support Massachusetts Family Hospitalized While On Irish Vacation, Flooded With Support
Massachusetts Family Hospitalized While On Irish Vacation, Flooded With Support A time of joy and celebration for a young couple's engagement turned into a "horrible accident" for the pair and their family members.  Connor Colbert, of Somerville, proposed to his girlfriend Bridget Kelley shortly after arriving in Ireland for a vacation with Colbert's mother, step-brother, and step-father, Ken Mitchell. The joy the family felt soon turned into pain when the group was involved in a car crash on Wednesday, April 26 while still overseas, according to a GoFundMe campaign created to help the family recover.  Kelley received life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to Gal…

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by Morgan Gonzales
Police & Fire
Pro Football Player Beat Boston Man So Badly He May Lose Kidney: Police Pro Football Player Beat Boston Man So Badly He May Lose Kidney: Police
Pro Football Player Beat Boston Man So Badly He May Lose Kidney: Police A professional Gaelic football player and star from Ireland beat a Boston man so badly that the man may lose one of his kidneys, authorities said this week.  Ciaran McFaul, 28, was charged on Wednesday, Aug. 3, with assault and battery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said.  The attack happened around 2 a.m. on June 20 when employees of Lincoln Tavern and Restaurant in South Boston tossed out a drunk McFaul for trying to start fights, the prosecutor said. While outside the bar on West Broadway, McFa…

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by Josh Lanier
Sports
Tiger Woods Skipping US Open In Massachusetts Tiger Woods Skipping US Open In Massachusetts
Tiger Woods Skipping US Open In Massachusetts Tiger Woods announced that he is officially out of the 2022 US Open, which will be held in Brookline, MA next week.  Woods said he will not be competing because his "body needs more time to get stronger for major championship golf," the athlete said on his Twitter on Tuesday, June 7.  I previously informed the USGA that I will not be competing in the @usopengolf as my body needs more time to get stronger for major championship golf. I do hope and plan to be ready to play in Ireland at @JPProAm and at @TheOpen next month. I’m excited to get back out there soon! — Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods…

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by David Cifarelli