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There were very few changes heading into Week 4 of the MIAA boys' soccer Top 20 poll. Most of the teams, especially those at the top either won or lost close games to higher ranked opponents. Top team Ludlow struggled and dropped a point against W...

It was a relatively quiet week in our latest MIAA boys' soccer Top 20 poll this week. While there was some internal jockeying for position, no teams dropped out or moved into this week's poll. However, there are plenty of big games coming up wi...

Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester, who has been cancer-free for five years, discusses his new "Never Quit" campaign to fight children's cancer. Alongside Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation board member Rob Quish on Thursday, Lester launched NVRQT, "a r...

Mel Parnell, the winningest left-hander in Red Sox history, died Tuesday after battling cancer, according to reports from his hometown of New Orleans. Parnell spent his entire 10-year career with Boston, pitching for the Sox from 1947 to 1956. His...

ESPNNY.com Ian O'Connor writes a heart-tugging story on Giants linebacker Mark Herzlich, who beat cancer while at Boston College and now finds himself in the Super Bowl. It's worth 15 minutes of your time to read this feel-good tale. Here's an excerp...

INDIANAPOLIS -- A handful of comments from Giants rookie linebacker Mark Herzlich, who played collegiality at Boston College and waged a successful battle against cancer to get to this point: * On the irony of playing the Patriots in his first Sup...

Correspondent James Walsh sends along highlights from tonight's "Coaches vs. Cancer" boys and girls basketball doubleheader at Newton North High, where the Tigers battled Needham's boys and girls squads respectively. All video is courtesy of The Need...

American Cancer Society Regional Communications Director Tom Flanagan forwards along information for this week's Mustang Classic, at Marian High: FRAMINGHAM - Marian High School's annual Mustang Classic basketball tournament has teamed up with...

On Friday, October 14th, the Needham High School Girls Volleyball program will run the 2nd annual Team Molly Ovarian Cancer Awareness Event at their home Bay State Conference match against Milton High School. "Team Molly" is an education effort,...

The fifth annual Lois Wells Memorial "Kicks for Cancer" event commences this Saturday afternoon, at Concord-Carlisle High School. This year sees the largest field yet, with 12 teams set to face off on two fields. Kicks for Cancer is held in memory...

Dennis-Yarmouth head football coach Paul Funk passes along information about a beer tasting and barbecue, to be held this Friday at Ardeo's on Kingsway, in Yarmouthport. Typically, the proceeds go to funds for D-Y's football team. But this year, t...

Ovations for the Cure of Ovarian Cancer, a national organization dedicated to research, patient support programs and raising awareness of ovarian cancer, has rejoined forces for a third year with Lexington High School for "Volley for Molly," a high s...

Appearing on ESPN's "Jim Rome Is Burning" on Wednesday, former BC All-America linebacker and cancer survivor Mark Herzlich provided some chilling details of his original diagnosis, his mindset during his recovery and his eagerness to prove he can pla...

Award-winning ESPN columnist Rick Reilly's latest piece is on offensive lineman Marcus Cannon, who was drafted by the Patriots in the fifth round of April's draft just weeks after being diagnosed with cancer at the NFL combine. The column takes r...

Boston College LB Mark Herzlich appeared on the Scott Van Pelt Show on Tuesday and discussed returning to the football field after his battle with cancer ("It took six or seven games to get that game speed back"), where he thinks he would fit best in...

The Lexington High School boys' and girls' basketball programs will be sponsoring a fundraiser Tuesday night to benefit cancer research at Children's Hospital in Boston. During the girls' (5:30 tip) and boys' (7:00 tip) varsity basketball games ag...