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Whalers finally are No. 1

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:55:47 -0500

NORTHBORO - For the first time since 2002 the Division 1 volleyball title will not reside in Barnstable. It only was fitting that the team to end the Red Raiders' run...

Warriors complete repeat

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:55:01 -0500

NORTHBORO - All season long, Jessica McLeod has set up fellow co-captain Morganne Gagne, putting the ball on her palm for spikes off the wing while leading Medfield to an...

Case made for another crown

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:53:39 -0500

NORTHBORO - It was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Case girls volleyball team, but that plan was tossed right out the window. Sophomore Shannon Orton had seven...

Colonials reach goal

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:53:01 -0500

WORCESTER - Though Acton-Boxboro seniors Leddy Gallagher and Alexa Sikalis claimed state title medals in 2007 as sophomore role players, they have been waiting to hoist a...

Mohawks complete run

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:52:00 -0500

WORCESTER - In a state final between a Millis squad that had scored 12 goals in five games and a Gateway unit that had allowed just one in four contests, something had to...

Doggett effort enough for Raiders

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:51:56 -0500

WORCESTER - Thanks to a gutsy defensive performance and a first-half goal by junior Jessica Doggett, undefeated Watertown topped Oakmont, 1-0, yesterday at Worcester State....

Silva deals Cards a title

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:50:35 -0500

WORCESTER - With the state title on the line, Cardinal Spellman would have played all night if it had to. Luckily, the Cardinals were able to close out a 2-1 victory...

Finishing kick for Pingree

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:49:47 -0500

BEVERLY - Pingree spent the first 47 minutes knocking on the doorstep. In the final minute, the Highlanders kicked in the door. Brendan Oliver's 9-yard TD pass...

Perfect ending for Orloff, LA

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:49:13 -0500

Before the season, the Lawrence Academy players set a goal of an unbeaten season. A lofty ambition for sure, but one the Spartans believed they could achieve with hard work...

Talent pool shallow

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:48:11 -0500

NEW YORK - It's the time of year in baseball for courting and bluffing - sometimes simultaneously. Free agent signing season began Friday with teams competing for...

Mike Holmgren interested in Browns job

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:48:09 -0500

Former Seattle and Green Bay coach Mike Holmgren says he would be interested in working for the Cleveland Browns. Holmgren said on his weekly radio show on Seattle's...

Clemson locks up Atlantic

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:46:32 -0500

C.J. Spiller scored a touchdown in his final game at Death Valley and No. 18 Clemson beat Virginia, 34-21, yesterday to wrap up the Tigers' first trip to the Atlantic...

Clock runs out on LSU comeback bid

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:45:18 -0500

Dexter McCluster ran for 148 yards and passed for a touchdown, and Mississippi survived a last-ditch drive by 10th-ranked LSU for a 25-23 victory yesterday in Oxford, Miss. ...

VCU takes down No. 17 Sooners

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:44:40 -0500

Jay Gavin scored 20 points, Larry Sanders 17 and Virginia Commonwealth never trailed in an 82-69 upset of No. 17 Oklahoma last night in Richmond, Va. The VCU victory...

JJ now hurtling toward history

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:43:50 -0500

HOMESTEAD, Fla. - Mark Martin has lost to Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart - some of NASCAR's greatest drivers - in his frustrating bid for an elusive championship. ...

Eagles' turnovers hand it to Heels

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:56:32 -0500

The chances were there for Boston College to score a spirited comeback win over North Carolina yesterday at Alumni Stadium. The requisite offensive execution by the Eagles,...

Crimson go 4th to win

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:51:49 -0500

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Harvard coach Tim Murphy and several of his players sported Hawaiian leis around their necks, courtesy of linebacker and Honolulu native Jon Takamura, in...

Huskies drop Irish

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:40:47 -0500

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The UConn Huskies finally won one for their slain teammate, handing Notre Dame and coach Charlie Weis a second straight bitter defeat,, this time on Senior...

Jets-Patriots could make heads spin

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:37:43 -0500

One coach has been ridiculed by the media all week for bawling in a team meeting. The other has been ripped for refusing to punt the ball on fourth down at his own 28-yard...

Sebastian Vollmer making a big impression

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:36:09 -0500

FOXBORO - If you spend more than a few minutes with Sebastian Vollmer -- that is, if you really get him going, get him animated, get him talking -- you'll hear the traces...

The five top determining factors today

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:33:21 -0500

This time, there has been no trash-talking. No verbal salvos lobbed in an intense border war that has seen so many of them. The Jets taunted the Patriots before their...

Cops earn salute for seeking truth, justice

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:30:37 -0500

Like most official statements, the pair issued this week by the Boston Police Department and the U.S. Attorney's Office are bland by design. On the surface, they...

Logan's TSA agents gear up for busy Thanksgiving week

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:24:15 -0500

As you trudge, shoeless, through the security line at Logan International Airport this week, spare a moment to give thanks to Transportation Security Administration agents. ...

Boston Police Department takes new look at bomb case

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:22:33 -0500

The Boston Police Department has quietly reviewed the investigation into an 18-year-old Roslindale bombing that left a heroic bomb squad cop dead and maimed another, the Herald...

Kevin Knox

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:18:48 -0500

Kevin Knox of Nahant, formerly of Stoneham and Tyngsboro, a headlining comedian, died Monday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, 18 years after being diagnosed...