U.S. women’s World Cup win sparks Title IX debate

U.S. women’s World Cup win sparks Title IX debate

BOSTON – The U.S. women's soccer team World Cup triumph on Sunday has reignited an old conversation about the limits of Title IX, the federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs including athletics.

The day after Team USA's 5-2 victory over Japan, CommonWealth Magazine reported that the U.S. women's soccer team took home $2 million for winning it all, while the winner of the 2014 men's cup, Germany, netted $35 million.

U2 unites a sold-out TD Garden
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U2 unites a sold-out TD Garden

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BOSTON – Give U2 credit for making a show at a sold-out 18,000-seat arena feel like an intimate experience.

The ageless Irish rockers roared into the Hub last Friday for the first of a four-night set. The band's iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE tour held its third show Tuesday night at the TD Garden, complete with a breathtaking stage design grand enough to leave even the patrons in the last rows enthralled.

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