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Star running back A.J. Dillon is thinking big again, but the Eagles do have some question marks.

Westwood’s Kyle Darrow, a Northeastern long jumper, earned first team All-American honors at the NCAA Track and Field Championships June 7.

Ms. Donovan was a 6-foot-8 Olympic gold medalist who later coached both in college and the WNBA.

A hot stretch at the plate by Sudbury’s Scott Holzwasser helped Northeastern qualify for the Division 1 NCAA Tournament.

The former Xaverian Brothers athlete led the school’s baseball team at the plate.

Hanover’s Sarah Miller set a new Assumption College long jump record.

Hopkinton’s Tess Chandler, a women’s lacrosse attacker Boston College, had her finest season a year after suffering a devastating injury.

Woburn’s Courtney Davis batted .306 with 25 RBIs or the University of Southern Maine softball team

Reading’s Emma McDonagh, who helped lead the Middlebury College lacrosse team into the NCAA Division 3 Championship game, knows she plays best when she’s having fun.

Howard Bryant’s new book is “The Heritage: Black Athletes, A Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism.”

Nobody in rowing is surprised at the Bulldogs’ success. Gladstone has produced champions everywhere he’s had the megaphone.

The former BU captain and associate head coach was picked to replace David Quinn, who left to become head coach of the New York Rangers.

O’Connell was an assistant the past four seasons under David Quinn, who left to coach the New York Rangers.

Mr. Newton was 509-375 as a coach at Transylvania College, Alabama, and Vanderbilt, and worked on several NCAA Division 1 basketball committees.

Many believe TCU pitcher Durbin Feltman has a chance to contribute in a big league bullpen very soon.

Kingston’s Kelly Danahy batted .395 and helped lead the UMass Boston softball team to the Little East Conference title.

Wayland’s Nick Barber of the MassBay men’s golf team finished first in the NCAA Men’s Golf Regional Championship May 25.

Malden’s Annie Woolley finished third overall for Fitchburg State in the 100-meter hurdles May 26 at the NCAA Division 3 Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Junior from Babylon, N.Y., became first in BC women’s lacrosse history to win prestigious award.

Bowman declared for the draft after his sophomore season, but did not hire an agent, allowing him to return to the Eagles.

Linebacker/tight end Tyler Martin of BB&N caught the eye of Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh.

After being diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer in 2011, Droesch kept coaching basketball, the sport that had shaped and defined her life.

A college basketball coach on Twitter accused the airline of questioning whether her biracial son was her child.

The Bulldogs held off Duke at Gillette Stadium for their first NCAA title in the sport.

The championship, clinched at Gillette Stadium, is the first in program history.

For the second year in a row, BC fell one game short of winning the school’s first national title.

Bill Mallory, who led Colorado to the Orange Bowl and became the winningest football coach in Indiana history, has died from a brain injury suffered in a recent fall.

Neither team has ever won the Division 1 national title.

Senior attacker Ben Reeves led the way for Yale with five goals and four assists.

Sam Apuzzo led the scoring with four goals, including the tying and go-ahead goals.

A latecomer to competitive swimming, Nick Rainville closed out his senior season at Regis as the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Swimmer of the Year.

Arlington’s Mike Samko had a stellar year for Bentley’s baseball team.

Plymouth’s Tim Elrick was named the Commonwealth Coast Conference’s senior scholar athlete after batting .373 with 19 RBIs for Wentworth.

Methuen’s Ravenne Nasser posted a 1.60 ERA in a 21-4 season for MIT softball.

The Harvard senior rower has been invited to tryouts this summer in Oakland, Ca. for the US national team.

Mike Lynch fought back from injuries to have a strong final two seasons with Brandeis soccer.

Losing in last year’s championship game was huge motivation this season for a retooled team.

Eight teams will compete for the Division 1, 2, and 3 championships this weekend in Foxborough.

Quinn, who had been Jack Parker’s successor at BU, takes over a rebuilding program in New York.

It was Maryland that defeated the Eagles in last year’s national championship game.

Mr. Cannon led the Tigers to a national title in 1958 and won the Heisman in 1959, highlighted by his tackle-breaking 89-yard punt return that beat Ole Miss.

ESPN reported the sides have discussed a five-year, $12 million deal.

Boston College host the Minutemen on Sept. 1 at 1 p.m. at Alumni Stadium.

Shrewsbury’s Alexa Tonelli led Westfield State women’s lacrosse in a 17-12 win over Morrisville State May 12.

Bridgewater’s Gavin Reily went 5-0 with a 1.31 ERA and 51 strikeouts pitching for Wheaton College.

Reading’s Emma McDonough scored four times May 13 in Middlebury lacrosse’s win over Babson in the second round of the NCAA Division 3 tournament.

Under Mr. Slive’s leadership, the conference became the most powerful conference in college football.

The sophomore attack from Needham paced the BU women with 27 goals and 43 assists this season. Her mother, Katie, is in the BC Athletic Hall of Fame.

After two seasons at Penn State, Keith Leavitt, Jr., who grew up in Manchester-by-the-Sea, has hit his stride at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg.

Norwood’s Kenny Michael had a breakout week on the diamond for UMass Dartmouth.