Sports

This week on The Sports Rapport, we sit down with new UVM women's basketball head coach Maureen Magarity, Best Day Ever filmmaker Berne Broudy, adaptive athlete Allie Bianchi and Vermont Public's Howard Weiss-Tisman.

Colchester High School senior baseball pitcher Jackson Pecor joins the show fresh off of a no-hitter he threw versus BFA St. Albans last week. Plus, Vermont Ultimate's Mariz Mangundayao and members of the Middlebury College ultimate team join to talk about the disc sport's status here in Vermont.

After opening in October, the Waterbury Skatepark gives a new space for skaters to ride, connect and build a community.

Discussing the just finished undefeated regular season for the division three Middlebury women's lacrosse team with the squad's head coach and star attacker. Plus, the latest on changes to the Boston Red Sox coaching staff with NBC5 sports reporter Jack Main.

This week on The Sports Rapport, we speak with veteran Vermont journalist Mike Donoghue about the twelve new entries enshrined into the Vermont Sports Hall of Fame in a wide variety of sports, including baseball, tennis and wrestling. Plus, we'll hear from one of the inductees, Cornwall native and head coach for the UVM women's lacrosse team Sarah Dalton Graddock. She's being honored for her outstanding playing and coaching career in the sport. Also with us is Chris George, general manager of the new Vermont Clover FC soccer team, which ushered in its inaugural season with a roster made up entirely of athletes from Vermont and the North Country. Demunga Alfani will be with us, too. He's a Clover forward who also plays for the St. Michael's men's soccer team.

With more than two decades in the Montreal Canadiens communications department, Jean Robillard is with us to preview the Montreal playoff push, along with Montreal super-fan and Vermont Public News Director Mark Davis.

This week on The Sports Rapport, Mitch Wertlieb is joined by Elliot Groenewold, a Springfield native and sophomore hockey defenseman at Quinnipiac University, to discuss his decision to return to school for another year after being drafted by the NHL's Boston Bruins in 2024.

Vermont Green FC's U.S. Open Cup run came to an end with a second round loss to professional team Westchester SC after a penalty kick shootout. It marked the Green’s first loss in nearly two years.

This week on The Sports Rapport, Mitch Wertlieb debriefs Hazen Union School's basketball championships with coaches Aaron and Travis Hill. Plus, Boston.com's Conor Ryan and Vermont Public News Director Mark Davis preview the 2026 MLB season and play baseball trivia.

This week on The Sports Rapport, Nathaniel Wilson and the crew are joined in-studio by Vermont Green FC sporting director Adam Pfeifer to break down the club's upset victory in the first round of the U.S. Open Cup. Plus, environmentalist and author Bill McKibben and Josh Crane, senior producer and managing editor for Brave Little State, break down the 2026 Cross-Country World Cup Finals.