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Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Boston ranked as 2nd-best city for basketball fans
NBA Playoff season is in full swing, and Celtics fans are like no other fans in the world. Boston recently ranked as the 2nd best city for basketball fans according to personal finance website WalletHub. Advertisement The company compared more than 290 of the largest cities based on 21 key metrics, ranging from the performance level of each city's NBA and NCAA Division 1 basketball teams to ticket prices to stadium accessibility. Boston came in second with a total score of 57.23. Basketball Fandom in Boston (1=Best, 148=Avg.): 1st: Performance Level of NBA Team(s) 23rd: Avg. Ticket Price for NBA Gam 100th: Minimum Season-Ticket Price for NCAA Div. 1 Basketball Game 13th: NBA Stadium Capacity 1st : Number of NBA Championship Wins 36th : Number of NCAA Div. 1 Basketball Championship Wins 18th : NBA Attendance 1st: NBA Fan Engagement Boston is home to the Celtics, who have won 18 NBA championships, breaking their tie with the Los Angeles Lakers after winning the 2024 NBA Finals. Los Angeles took the top spot for basketball fans. The Celtics also have one of the most engaged fan bases of any NBA team, based on Facebook and X (Twitter) followers. Advertisement Boston also has three Division 1 NCAA teams, the Northeastern Huskies, Boston College Eagles, and Boston University Terriers. To view the full study, visit the link here. This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available. Download the FREE Boston 25 News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Boston 25 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch Boston 25 News NOW
USA Today
06-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
UConn's blowout over South Carolina completed one of the most dominant title runs ever
UConn's blowout over South Carolina completed one of the most dominant title runs ever UConn snapped its eight-year championship drought Sunday, defeating South Carolina in a blowout win that was reminiscent of old Huskies teams that seemed to win the title every year. On the way to pushing Geno Auriemma's record number of national championships to 12, UConn beat the Gamecocks by 23 points, tying the third-biggest title game deficit in NCAA Div. I women's basketball history. The two teams to win by more? The 2013 UConn team that beat Louisville by 33, and the 2016 UConn team that beat Syracuse by 31. The 2025 Huskies joined those teams on a short list of champions to win their title games by at least 20 points, becoming just the seventh overall and fifth for UConn. But even competing against its own deep program history, this year's team set itself apart as one of the most dominant ever. Even more so than the 1987 Tennessee team they matched with the 23-point win. Biggest blowouts in the NCAA women's national championship 2013: UConn 93, Louisville 60 (33 points) 2016: UConn 82, Syracuse 51 (31 points) 1987: Tennessee 67, Louisiana Tech 44 (23 points) 2025: UConn 82, South Carolina 59 (23 points) 2005: Baylor 84, Michigan State 62 (22 points) 2009: UConn 76, Louisville 54 (22 points) 2014: UConn 79, Notre Dame 58 (21 points) UConn won its six tournament games by an average of 32.8 points this year, besting Tennessee's average margin of 19.4 points by more than 13. Considering how the Huskies started and finished, it's fair to say their tournament run clears the Vols as maybe the third-best ever behind only the two UConn teams with bigger title-game blowouts (those teams also had bigger average margins of victory; 39.8 points in 2016 and 38 points in 2013). After that, it's hard to say there's been a team more dominant tournament run than the one the 2025 Huskies just completed. And they did it all as a 2-seed, which might be the most remarkable part. Though UConn entered the tournament nearly neck-and-neck with South Carolina for top title odds at BetMGM, the selection committee seeded four teams higher than the Huskies, making their path just a touch more difficult. UConn had to go through three of those No. 1 seeds -- USC, UCLA and South Carolina -- on its way to a championship. And go through them is exactly what the team did, winning those three games by an average of 23 points and setting the record for the biggest win over a 1-seed with its 34-point victory over UCLA in the Final Four. That's what dominance looks like. UConn displayed a level of it rarely seen before.
Boston Globe
05-02-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
Israeli cybersecurity expert plans his comeback in Boston
Div, 47, said his new firm's mission is to protect corporate computer networks from hackers relying heavily on the latest artificial intelligence technology. After all, crooks and U.S. adversaries are already harnessing the tech to empower their hacking efforts, he said. 'The acceleration from generative AI will move us to a new realm of attack,' Div said, noting that hackers can use the tech to greatly increase the number and sophistication of their attacks. Using a program like ChatGPT, a hacker can write more enticing emails filled with malware and send them to more potential victims than ever before, he said. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 'I call it the move from the low and slow to the fast and furious, because they're going to start pounding us again and again and more and more.' Advertisement The idea at 7AI is to use the same technology to make monitoring and securing corporate networks much more efficient, too. Using gen AI, the company is programming software agents that can do multiple tasks, monitoring and investigating many more potential security threats at one time than a human. The AI system can also be trained on a company's typical patterns to help uncover new threats. 7AI already employs about 35 people and raised $36 million last year, helping pay for the new office. 'We believe that in Boston there is unbelievable talent,' said Div, who first trained in cybersecurity as part of the Israeli army's famed unit 8200. New hiring is planned 'very quickly,' Div said. 'Boston is deserving an anchor company to take this talent and push us forward,' he said. 'We're going to do it with the Silicon Valley kind of swag, because we've been there, done that, we know what's needed to be built. We're just going to do it here in Boston.' Advertisement Aaron Pressman can be reached at
