Eagles apply some more polish
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Far from being a finished product after its first preseason scrimmage last Monday, Boston College's football team continued to polish its game in its second scrimmage last night at Alumni Stadium, despite a 45-minute delay because of lightning and torrential rain.
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By John Bazemore, AP. The sucking noise you hear is the air being taken out of the Philadelphia Eagles&#39; passing game in the wake of the right ankle injury that will sideline big-play
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By Sophia Maines, Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan.  Dec. 12--Grab your binoculars.   The majestic bald eagles are in town, and more are on the way to this favorite winter-feeding destination.
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By Anne Danahy, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Jun. 19--PATTON TOWNSHIP -- Spend a few hours on Karl H. Striedieck's picturesque property on the Bald Eagle Ridge and you start to lose track of the number of unusual birds you hear.
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Hosting Duke and North Carolina in the same week was an opportunity for Boston College to show it belonged among the Atlantic Coast Conference elite. Instead, losses to the Tobacco Road rivals dropped the Eagles from the top spot in the conference and proved that while they can play with the ACC's uberprograms, they are not one of them yet.
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LANDOVER, Md. - Eagles offensive coordinator Brad Childress continually preaches the importance of &quot;having respect&#39;&#39; for the football, and his players have done an impressive job of practicing what Childress preaches.
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MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- For starters, it was what it was: a victory. While Boston College did not score many style points in Thursday night's 31-24 triumph over Central Michigan before a Kelly/Shorts Stadium crowd of 25,418, the Eagles, to a man, were relieved to have escaped another season-opening road game against an upset-minded host from the Mid-American Conference. Two ...
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Winning breeds respect. That's the message the Boston College women's basketball team received yesterday, when the Eagles, coming off their first Big East Conference championship, were selected to finish third this season in a preseason poll of the league's coaches.
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Any doubters now? For three weeks, coach Jeff Jagodzinski had as many questions about his football team as those who asked whether the Eagles should be considered contenders for an Atlantic Coast Conference championship.
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The Philadelphia Eagles offense should be more efficient because they aren&#39;t facing a top-notch Vikings defense. I&#39;m convinced the Eagles offense will be able to move the football after watching
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PHILADELPHIA _ The consensus is that the Philadelphia Eagles' defense is ready to return to its previous form.
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The matchup of leading N.F.C. contenders turned into a showcase not for offensive fireworks but for a blistering Eagles defense.
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Terrell Owens invigorated the Philadelphia Eagles with his attitude, enthusiasm and MVP-type performance. Donovan McNabb and Brian Westbrook will do their best to prove this wasn&#39;ta one-man offense.
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Boston College's 36-17 victory over West Virginia yesterday put the Eagles in control of their destiny in terms of the Big East championship and the Bowl Championship Series berth that comes with it.
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MINNEAPOLIS - Saturday night, the Boston College hockey team overwhelmed Air Force on the way to a lopsided (8-2) victory at Mariucci Arena. Last night, in the championship game of the Dodge Holiday Classic, the Eagles' offense continued its impressive production and BC got a terrific performance from freshman goaltender John Muse (24 saves) in a 6-0 triumph over dogged ...
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They have been criticized roundly, at home and here in Europe, sometimes by their own coach. What the team lacks is to some observers more obvious than its attributes.
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It's not how a team starts, but how it finishes that matters. And after his team went down, 14-0, at halftime, BC High coach Ron St. George gave his players advice concerning beyond formations to will the Eagles to a 22-14 victory over host Bridgewater-Raynham yesterday.