The Greater Boston region is the only city/surrounding area in American professional sports in which all facilities are privately owned and operated.[citation needed] The Kraft Sports Group, which holds ownership of both the Patriots and New England Revolution (a Major League Soccer team), owns Gillette Stadium located in Foxborough, Massachusetts.[15][16] Fenway Sports Group, led by principal owner John W. Henry, owns both Fenway Park and the Boston Red Sox.[17][18]TD Garden is owned by Delaware North,[19] and its chairman, Jeremy M. Jacobs, along with his family, owns the Bruins.[20][21] The Celtics rent TD Garden from Delaware North.[22]
Sports Illustrated's 50 Greatest Sports Figures from Massachusetts
In 1999, Sports Illustrated published the fifty (50) greatest 19th and 20th century sports figures from each U.S. state. The criteria used was "not necessarily to where [the athletes] were born, but to where they first showed flashes of the greatness to come." The ten highest ranked Massachusetts athletes were as follows:[36]
↑ Leaving Division I men's ice hockey in July 2025, aligning that team with the rest of its athletic program in the Division II Northeast-10 Conference.
1 2 The Eastern Collegiate Football Conference disbanded at the end of the 2024 football season. Anna Maria and Dean will play football in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference starting in 2025.
↑ Eastern Nazarene will close at the end of the 2024–25 academic year.
The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) is an organization that sponsors activities in thirty-three sports, with 383 public and private member high schools in Massachusetts as of November 2023.[38] The MIAA is a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS),[39] which writes the rules for most U.S. high school sports and activities.[40] Established in 1978, the MIAA succeeded the Massachusetts Secondary School Principals' Association (MSSPA), which operated from 1942 to 1978, and the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Council (MIAC), active from 1950 to 1978.[41]
In 2016, the MIAA recognized rugby as the 35th sport following a vote in 2015 that passed by a wide majority.[42] As of 2022, there are 19 MIAA boys’ teams and 7 MIAA girls’ teams across the state.[43] By 2025, four boys' teams were competing in Division I and seven in Division II, while four girls' teams competed in Division I.[44]
↑ Cavanaugh, Tom (July 10, 2025). "Spartans' McKay Thriving in Top Collegiate Summer League". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on July 10, 2025. Retrieved July 15, 2025. Michigan State second baseman Ryan McKay is currently participating in the No. 1 college baseball summer league in the country, the Cape Cod Baseball League in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
↑ Gaffin, Greta; McGonigle, Bryan (April 16, 2025). "On Your Mark, Get Set: Newton's local guide to the Boston Marathon". Newton Beacon. Archived from the original on April 17, 2025. Retrieved July 15, 2025. First held in 1897, the Boston Marathon is the longest-running marathon in the world. And the longest stretch of it is in Newton.
↑ "MIAA Member School List"(PDF). Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. November 15, 2023. Archived from the original(PDF) on January 6, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
↑ "NFHS 2021-2022 Handbook"(PDF). National Federation of State High School Associations. 2021. p.98. Archived from the original(PDF) on August 23, 2025. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
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