College hoop notes: Upstart BC?women buy into process

Boston Herald (Sports) 12/2 6:00P By Stephen Hewitt

During one of her first meetings with her new team after being hired in the spring, Boston College women’s basketball coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee outlined her expectations. She explained what her practices would be like, among other things. At...

Div. 3 Super Bowl: Tewksbury fumbles chance as Springfield Central prevails

Boston Herald (Sports) 12/1 6:00P By Matt Feld

FOXBORO — In a postseason run filled with dramatic second half victories, Tewksbury looked poised last night for one more. Trailing 13-7 with just over a minute left, the Redmen defense held for a three and out to force a Springfield Central punt...

Zero settled between Boston College, Boston University

Boston Herald (Sports) 12/1 6:00P By John Connolly

Whenever Boston College and Boston University cross sticks in ice hockey, it’s guaranteed to provide a new chapter in the 100-year-old rivalry. Last night, in the 279th meeting — the fifth most-played college hockey rivalry — the clubs battled to...

Boston College will go bowling against Boise State

Boston Herald (Sports) 12/1 6:00P By Rich Thompson

Boston College will travel to Texas to play a team from Idaho. The Atlantic Coast Conference matched BC (7-5) against No. 23 Boise State (10-3) from the Mountain West Conference in the  First Responders Bowl on Dec. 26 at the Cotton Bowl in...

N.E. hockey: Holy Cross scores upset

Boston Herald (Sports) 12/1 6:00P By John Connolly

There is little doubt the stunner of the week was a 5-3 upset delivered by Hockey East women’s neophyte Holy Cross to fifth-ranked Northeastern , only three days after the Huskies toppled No. 4 Boston College , 5-4, in overtime behind a 46-save...

Boston College skates past Boston University in first meeting

Boston Herald (Sports) 11/30 6:00P By John Connolly

Boston College drew first blood in the opener of a two-game, home-and-home series with rival Boston University, taking a 4-1 victory in front of a sold-out Agganis Arena crowd of 6,150 last night thanks to a two-goal effort by sophomore right...

Div. 2 Super Bowl: North Andover's defense stymies King Philip

Boston Herald (Sports) 11/30 6:00P By Greg Dudek

FOXBORO – It was seemingly scripted the way King Philip wanted it all along. However, North Andover found a way to turn the ending of a low-scoring affair into its favor Friday night in the Division 2 Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium. Follow...

NBA notes: Kyrie Irving ad a family affair

Boston Herald (Sports) 11/30 6:00P By Steve Bulpett

With any luck, you’ve seen the TV commercial by now, because it’s pretty cool. The Nike spot shows Kyrie Irving and his father, Drederick , a former Boston University star, playing one-on-one in an otherwise empty TD Garden. The ad closes with a...

Bruins' Charlie McAvoy still learning

Boston Herald (Sports) 11/30 6:00P By Steve Conroy

When Charlie McAvoy left Boston University two years early to join the Bruins, the strapping defenseman figured he’d be getting a different kind of education. He did not think, however, it would be pre-med. In his rookie season last year, McAvoy...

Tewksbury fumbles chance to win Div. 3 Super Bowl

Boston Herald (Sports) 11/30 6:00P By Matt Feld

FOXBORO — In a postseason run filled with dramatic second half victories, Tewksbury looked poised last night for one more. Trailing 13-7 with just over a minute left, the Redmen defense held for a three and out to force a Springfield Central punt...

Soccer stadium site pitch irks Southie residents

Boston Herald (Sports) 11/29 6:00P By Jonathan Ng, Brooks Sutherlan

An 18-acre tract of city land eyed as a potential site for a New England Revolution soccer stadium has some worrying the deal could kick residents out of the neighborhood and add to traffic woes. The proposal is to transfer control of the city's...

High School Super Bowls to be televised

Boston Herald (Sports) 11/27 6:00P By Dan Ventura

Kraft Sports Productions will produce the television broadcast, which will air all of Saturday’s games on NBC Sports Boston, except for the 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. games, which will be broadcast on NECN. The games will also be simulcast on 98.5...

Boston College hoops takes down Minnesota

Boston Herald (Sports) 11/26 6:00P By Rich Thompson

The ACC/Big Ten Challenge hardly was a test for Boston College. The Eagles were confident at both ends of the court in the second half and coasted to a 68-56 victory against Minnesota on Monday night at Conte Forum. BC snapped a three-game losing...

Boston College women fall from ranks of unbeaten

Boston Herald (Sports) 11/26 6:00P By Rich Thompson

Boston College had no problems launching shots on Providence College on Tuesday night at Conte Forum. Getting them to fall was the issue. The Eagles hit 22-of-73 from the floor and 2-of-16 from behind the arc, unproductive numbers that added up to...

About a quarter completed, NBA season is tough to explain

Boston Herald (Sports) 11/25 6:00P By Associated Press

Under the former NBA schedule, the first month of the season would just be coming to a close this week. The earlier start that the league went to last year, with the regular season beginning two weeks sooner, means some teams are now already more...