Sports

Pro lacrosse takes over Harvard Stadium for the Cannons’ second annual Homecoming Weekend, with four games across two days. Boston faces the Maryland Whipsnakes on Friday night and the California Redwoods on Saturday evening, alongside Chaos-Archers and Outlaws-Atlas matchups plus a Boston Guard women’s league showcase. It’s the only Boston stop on the PLL calendar.

Community Boating marks its 80th year of public-access sailing with the Ed Long UnRegatta, a lighthearted Friday-evening take on racing in the lower Charles River basin. Expect a playful twist on traditional regatta competition at the country’s oldest public sailing program. Watch the sails from the Esplanade docks as details are announced.

A fun, friendly, chip-timed evening 5K along the flat Charles River paths, part of RACE Cancer Foundation’s summer series where 100% of proceeds go to charity. Every race wraps with a post-race party at the Marsh Post featuring beer from Mighty Squirrel. Perfect for a PR attempt or a social Thursday-night run.

Known as the granddaddy of American open-water swims, this legendary 8-mile marathon sends wetsuit-optional swimmers from Boston Light on Little Brewster Island across the harbor to L Street Beach in South Boston. First swum in 1907, the race is timed to the incoming tide. Watch the finishers come ashore along the Curley Community Center beachfront.

The Red Sox open a weekend set against AL East rival Toronto with a Friday night showdown at Fenway Park. Division matchups in late July carry real playoff-race weight, and the old ballpark is at its best on a summer weekend. The series continues Saturday afternoon and Sunday.

MLS soccer is back after the FIFA World Cup break, and the Revolution host Toronto FC in their first home match in nearly two months. A midweek night under the Gillette Stadium lights kicks off a stretch of two straight home games for New England. Expect a charged atmosphere as the playoff push resumes.

Boston’s only college football bowl game kicks off the day after Christmas: an ACC vs. American Conference matchup on ESPN, with Fenway Park decked out for the holidays. It’s the fifth edition of the ballpark’s winter football tradition — dress for the wind off Lansdowne Street.

College football’s oldest great rivalry — first played in 1875 — takes over America’s oldest ballpark for its 142nd edition, the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Fenway last hosted The Game in 2018; bundle up, and get in early to see the ballpark-turned-gridiron up close.