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They have been playing without him for so long now, the instinct is to say the loss doesn't hurt as much. Then again, before Tuesday's news that Montel Harris has been dismissed from the Boston College football team for repeated violations of team ru...

Dave Teggart is among the longest of long shots: a place-kicker hoping to hear his name called in the NFL draft. "Unless you're Sebastian Janikowski, taken in the first round, you've gotta go in there and beat somebody in camp no matter what," Teg...

The tears just wouldn't stop. He had never cried in front of his young children before, and he knew it was confusing for them. Sitting in the car, crying, for no apparent reason. His wife noticed, too. At first, he tried to play it off. "Som...

BC's Donnie Fletcher awaits the draft knowing he's defied worse odds

NEWTON, Mass. -- Practice makes perfect. And with three national championships in the past five years, the Boston College men's hockey team is getting pretty good at celebrating. More than an hour before the team was due to parade around the Chest...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- People notice success, especially when it occurs in places that don't traditionally experience it. So when Tommy Amaker led Harvard to the first outright Ivy League championship in the school's more than 100-year basketball his...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- As his Harvard team was making its run to the first outright Ivy League title and the second NCAA tournament berth in the program's history, Crimson coach Tommy Amaker often cited good health as a great help. His players, by an...

After leading Boston University in scoring with 19.6 points per game, which ranked 21st in the country, Darryl Partin was named an honorable mention for the AP All-America team, the organization announced on Monday. The 6-foot-6, 190-pounder was ...

BOSTON -- A quick take on No. 2 seed Ohio State's 77-70 victory over No. 1 seed Syracuse in Elite Eight action in the East Regional at TD Garden on Saturday night: Overview: Unfortunately, the officiating was more of a story in this one than anyon...

BOSTON -- A quick look at No. 2 seed Ohio State's 81-66 win over No. 6 seed Cincinnati in Sweet 16 action in the East Regional at TD Garden on Thursday night: Overview: Both teams were looking to take advantage of mismatches. Cincinnati hoped its ...

BOSTON -- A quick look at No. 1 seed Syracuse's 64-63 victory over No. 4 seed Wisconsin in Sweet 16 action in the East Regional at TD Garden on Thursday night: Overview: After all the talk about how Wisconsin would solve the vaunted 2-3 zone of Sy...

BOSTON -- Though the end point is the same, the paths each took to get here couldn't be more different. One went to two high schools and a prep school, then joined the team as a preferred walk-on. One went to two high schools, became a top recruit...

BOSTON -- There's something different about TD Garden this week. The court is ringed by black, the logo at center court is a blue circle with white lettering. The free throw arc is blue, and the paint isn't painted -- just plain hardwood. And i...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Jamie Karraker has a full plate. MIT's senior sharpshooter is a double major in computer science/electrical engineering (believe it or not, that's one degree at MIT) and physics. This past summer, he interned at Facebook. He wo...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- It's rare that a team's glue guy is also its best player. Often, the glue guy is the less-talented but harder-working sixth man. The guy who can rally the other, more talented guys to play to their potential, thereby maximizing...

In many ways, Thursday's game was business as usual. There was another high scorer (Laurent Rivard). There was tough, selfless defense (Oliver McNally took two charges, against much larger opponents). And there was a never-say-die attitude (the Cr...