05 Sports Feature

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Rory McIlroy of Team Europe celebrates with fans after Team Europe’s 15-13 win over Team America during the trophy presentation ceremony during the Sunday singles matches of the 2025 Ryder Cup at Black Course at Bethpage State Park Golf Course on September 28, 2025 in Farmingdale, New York.

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A fan covers his ears as the SMU band plays directly behind him during SMU’s game against Boston College at Alumni Stadium on November 8, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts.

3rd. Erin Clark / The Boston Globe

Cheerleaders for the Muddas Football Club rinse off after a halftime performance at the 2025 Mud Bowl at Hog Coliseum in North Conway, N.H., on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. Between performances and games, participants rely on hoses and troughs set up around the field to wash away layers of mud.

HM 1. Charles Krupa / The Associated Press

Boston Red Sox’s Trevor Story is doused with ice water after his game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Miami Marlins at Fenway Park.

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Chris Delaney #10 of the UMass Lowell River Hawks stretches in the hallway before a game against Stonehill during NCAA men’s ice hockey at the Tsongas Center on January 18, 2025 in Lowell, Massachusetts.