Amherst and Williams colleges are marking the 150th anniversary of the first intercollegiate baseball game with a rematch. The archrivals will play Sunday in Pittsfield, Mass., the town where the schools first played in 1859. The game was played in Pittsfield because neither team was willing to travel to ...

The question of whether to choose an official book for the state of Massachusetts made for a whale of a debate. The state House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill naming "Moby-Dick" the state's official "epic novel." That was a compromise after some lawmakers questioned Rep ...