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Conlan went from a legendary basketball coach at Holy Name to a championship golfer
Former athletes, coaches and pioneers are among the people highlighted in Buddy's Best Spotlight series. → Read More
David P. David devoted himself to youth sports in Greater New Bedford
Former athletes, coaches and pioneers are among the people highlighted in Buddy's Best Spotlight series. → Read More
A three-sport star at New Bedford, Gurl went on to play two sports at Brown University
Former athletes, coaches and pioneers are among the people highlighted in Buddy's Best Spotlight series. → Read More
Charlie Oliver turned Dartmouth High School into a legitimate football power in the 1930s
Former athletes, coaches and pioneers are among the people highlighted in Buddy's Best Spotlight series. → Read More
Coaching one season at Westport High a stepping stone to Jim Calhoun's Hall of Fame career
Even though Jim Calhoun managed just one win in his only season at Westport, it shaped his coaching mentality. → Read More
New Bedford's Suggs traded punches with some of the best known fighters of his era
Suggs won New England championship in the featherweight and bantamweight divisions during his boxing career. → Read More
Fairhaven Hall of Famer Dufour directed girls tennis to championship season in 1981
Donald Dufour was a big supporter of Fairhaven student athletes over his 40 year career. → Read More
John 'Chick' Langlois had a knack for pulling off upsets in his storied athletic career
Hitting game-winning shots on the basketball court and golf course was signature part of Langlois' athletic career. → Read More
How Marion's Debby Michaud went from beauty queen to a two-time World horseshoe champion
Debby Macy Michaud, a former beauty queen, was the first woman to be elected into the New England Horseshoe Pitchers Association Hall of Fame. → Read More
Terry Dougall was a student-athlete, teacher, coach, principal and president at Stang
Bishop Stang graduate Terry Dougall returned to her alma mater and had an impact in the classroom and athletic fields. → Read More
How Dartmouth's Fred Purrington went from standout athlete to prisoner of war
Purrington, a former baseball player and golfer, received many awards over his distinguished military career. → Read More
New Bedford's Bobby Dyson was on both sides of knockout punches during his boxing career
New Bedford's Bobby Dyson won the hearts of fight fans for his willingness to face any opponent regardless of size or reputation. → Read More
A three-sport athlete at New Bedford Vocational, Henry Cowan Jr. payed the ultimate sacrifice
Sergeant Henry Coran Jr. and five other airmen were presumed killed when their bomber was shot down in action over Engerholl, Germany. → Read More
An all-star baseball player, Dartmouth's Ken Vincent became police officer and town selectman
Vincent maintained his interest in local sports following his retirement from public service by working the canteen at the DYAA tournaments. → Read More
New Bedford's Patrick J. “Patsy” Downey was 'the greatest boxing personality of his era'
Downey never lost a fight and managed to remain focused despite the glare of the spotlight that followed him into every ring. → Read More
Rosalie Otley became a coaching legend in the annals of New Bedford's CYO girls basketball
With Otley calling the shots from both benches, St. Theresa ruled CYO basketball in the early-to-mid 1960s by recording 151 combined wins in 160 games. → Read More
Ferdinand Sowa set the standard high as he helped New Bedford capture its first MIT title
Sowa helped lead the Crimson to an Eastern Massachusetts championship and first MIT title in school history in 1940. → Read More
Ray "Dizzy" Dean helped 1944-45 team become first from Fairhaven to win a postseason game
Ray "Dizzy" Dean played what may have been the best all-around game of his high school basketball career as Fairhaven won its playoff opener 34-18. → Read More
Boys Basketball Notebook: What the future holds for every local team
Here are some regular-season highlights from each of the area’s nine schools in what will be the final High School Boys’ Basketball Notebook column for 2019-20 APPONEQUET (8-12) Most team followers went into the season feeling this young roster was a year away from absorbing a good portion of the area’s basketball spotlight. Except for some occasional flickers over the course of the 20-game… → Read More
Buddy’s Bracket Busters Boys Basketball Tournament: The Championship
Buddy’s Best is back with a fun exercise built around the college game’s March Madness format. The Bracket Busters Series unfolds now, with former, recently graduated and, in one case, current high school players matched up in elimination-style competition that will culminate with the Final Four and championship matchups. Unlike the current college team format, Bracket Busters featured 32 former… → Read More