WBUR TODAY: Lessons from a nixed Mass. battery project
❤️ Donate Thursday, September 3, 2026 🌧️ Mostly cloudy, with showers this morning and a high near 80. Good Morning Boston, There's a promising Labor Day weekend forecast on the other side of today's rain. Danielle Noyes has the day-by-day outlook here for your barbecue planning purposes. But first, let's get to the news: Bettor beware: Massachusetts is moving to crack down on sports bettors who harass athletes. This week, the state's Gaming Commission announced it will work to ban people found harassing professional or college athletes from betting on sports in Massachusetts. The initiative is aimed at what's become a pressing issue due to social media and the explosive growth of sports betting. "We have tools at our disposal to actually make sure that if you are doing this behavior, we can actually pull you off of the apps," Jordan Maynard, the chair of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, told WBUR's John Bender. How it works: The Gaming Commis...