From: NECN on Tue, Dec 01 2009 2:02 PM

(NECN: Chris Collins, Westford, Mass.) - Playoff berths and bragging rights were on the line across New England today as high school rivals clashed on the gridiron. Westford needed double overtime to put away Acton-Boxborough. Chris Collins has more.

From: NECN on Tue, Dec 01 2009 2:02 PM

(NECN) - Southbridge beat Bartlett 22-16 Thursday night. NECN has highlights.

From: NECN on Mon, Nov 30 2009 10:34 PM

(NECN) - It’s a big night for the New England Patriots. They face a tough task on Monday Night Football, taking on the undefeated New Orleans Saints at the Superdome. Tom E. Curran, Comcast SportsNet New England's Patriots insider, is at the Superdome...

From: NECN on Mon, Nov 30 2009 10:34 PM

(NECN: Jim Braude) - Tiger Woods will not play in the golf tournament that he was set to host later this week, citing a car crash that left him with cuts and bruises when his SUV hit a fire hydrant and a tree. The world’s top-ranked golfer says in a...

From: NECN on Sat, Nov 28 2009 10:24 PM

(NECN/ESPN: College Park, Md.) - Boston College wrapped up its regular season with a 19-17 win over the Maryland Terrapins on Saturday, handing the latter its first-ever 10-loss season. Montel Harris led the Eagles' offensive attack with 142 yards...

From: NECN on Mon, Nov 23 2009 6:44 PM

(NECN: Jessica Moran, Boston) - The end of the college football season always brings mixed emotions. But this an extra sad time for players at Northeastern University. The school in Boston has abruptly done away with the football team, effective...

From: NECN on Tue, Nov 17 2009 4:54 PM

(NECN: Boston, Mass.) - Members of the Boston Celtics hosted a school assembly today in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood to honor high-achieving students. Marquis Daniels, Kendrick Perkins, Lester Hudson and Glen Davis met with students at the Timilty...

From: NECN on Mon, Nov 16 2009 10:46 PM

(NECN: Amy Sinclair, Portland, Maine) - It’s conventional wisdom in the world of professional sports not to expect too much from an expansion team, but the NBA developmental league's Red Claws are already setting the bar high. They've got the...

From: NECN on Sat, Nov 14 2009 6:37 AM

(NECN/ABC) - It’s a sport you literally have to see to believe. For three minutes a group of boxers go head to head in the ring, and once the next round begins they break out a chess table. Organizers, who want this to become an Olympic sport,...

From: NECN on Tue, Nov 10 2009 10:15 PM

(NECN: Jess Moran, Duxbury, Mass.) - As part of the NFL’s summer program to get kids to exercise at least 60-minutes a day, they could enter a sweepstakes to bring a pro athlete to their school. Twelve-year old Tyler Hutchinson won the contest, and was...

From: NECN on Mon, Nov 09 2009 6:41 AM

(NECN/WPRI) - It was a wild scene in Providence, Rhode Island where a fight broke out at a girls high school soccer game. The teams from Woonsocket and Tolman High School were playing for the Division Four state title. Late in the game,...

From: NECN on Sat, Nov 07 2009 11:22 PM

(NECN/FSC: Chicago, Ill.) - Despite holding a 2-1 aggregate lead coming into the second leg of its conference semi finals series against the Chicago Fire, the New England Revolution were bounced from the MLS Playoffs on Saturday night. John Thorrington...

From: NECN on Thu, Nov 05 2009 7:51 AM

(NECN/ESPN: Bronx, N.Y.) - The New York Yankees regained their place at the top of the baseball world Wednesday night, defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 in Game 6 of the World Series, claiming the organization’s 27th title. It was a return to...

From: NECN on Tue, Nov 03 2009 10:34 PM

(NECN: Dorchester, Mass.) - City Councilor Michael Flaherty was defeated in Boston’s mayoral race, falling to incumbent Mayor Thomas Menino, who claimed an unprecedented fifth term as the city's mayor. Flaherty said he called Mayor Menino earlier...

From: NECN on Mon, Nov 02 2009 11:25 PM

(NECN: Foxborough, Mass.) - Former New England Patriots offensive lineman Joe Andruzzi held his second annual New England Celebrities Tackle Cancer event in Foxborough on Monday night. The goal of his foundation is to provide assistance to cancer...

From: NECN on Sat, Oct 31 2009 10:27 PM

(NECN/ESPNU: Chestnut Hill, Mass.) - Boston College snapped Central Michigan’s seven-game winning streak on Saturday, remaining perfect at home with a 31-10 win. The Eagles pulled away in the second half in a game which had historic implications. ...

From: NECN on Sat, Oct 31 2009 6:27 PM

(NECN/ESPNU: East Hartford, Conn.) - Handing the University of Connecticut Huskies the team’s second straight loss since the death of cornerback Jasper Howard, Rutgers pulled off a 28-24 in the game's final seconds to walk off with its first conference...

From: NECN on Thu, Oct 29 2009 3:17 PM

(NECN/ABC NEWS) - Long before Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947, there was Jack Johnson, the first black man to become heavyweight champion of the world. Only, the toughest decision this prize fighter was ever dealt...

From: NECN on Wed, Oct 28 2009 5:36 PM

(NECN: Brian Burnell, Hartford, Conn.) - Two men arrested in the stabbing death of a University of Connecticut football player faced a judge today. Prosecutors say the fight that led to the stabbing started small and escalated. The prosecutor’s story...

From: NECN on Wed, Oct 28 2009 8:35 AM

(NECN/ESPN: Cleveland, Ohio) - On a night in which the Los Angeles Lakers received their NBA Championship rings, the Boston Celtics were recipients of their own prize — the return of Kevin Garnett. In his first non-exhibition action since going down...