Founded | July 12, 2017 |
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League | Overwatch League |
Region | Atlantic (2018–2020) West (2021–2023) |
Team history | Boston Uprising (2017–present) |
Based in | Boston, Massachusetts, US |
Colors | |
Owner | Robert Kraft |
General manager | Aaron "PRE" Heckman |
Affiliation(s) | Uprising Academy |
Website | Official website |
Uniforms | |
Boston Uprising were an American professional Overwatch esports team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The team competed in the Overwatch League (OWL) as a member of the league's West region. Founded in 2017, Boston was one of the League's twelve founding teams. The team was owned by Robert Kraft of the Kraft Group, who also owns the National Football League's New England Patriots and Uprising Academy, an academy team for the Uprising that compete in Overwatch Contenders.
Boston became the first team in Overwatch League history to go undefeated during a regular season stage, finishing 10–0 in Stage 3 of the 2018 season. After reaching the playoffs and finishing fifth in the final season standings in 2018, the organization returned to the playoffs only one other time, in 2023, the final season of the League.