By: Dave Cheng,YawkeyTalkies Staff Writer
There’s not much 2008 ACC Defensive Player of the Year, Mark Herzlich, could do for an encore.  No, he didn’t win a national championship and it’s not like he can’t win the defensive player of the year award again.  This is something completely different.  It’s something much more than a championship, or any kind of individual award.  It’s something that nearly every person will tell you is one of the most important things to have.
He’s got his health back.  Two weeks ago, Boston College linebacker Mark Herzlich officially returned to the gridiron two weeks ago after being diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma last year.
Anybody that has followed this story must have felt like they were stuck in an episode of House.  Ewing’s sarcoma is a rare type of bone cancer.  Herzlich underwent chemotherapy treatment to get rid of the cancer.  Then after it was gone, he needed surgery to insert a titanium rod in his left femur.  After eighty-seven weeks, or 612 days of waiting, Herzlich finally returned to the field with his team against Weber State in the college football’s first weekend.
Herzlich played 31 downs that day and tallied five tackles (three solo).  Quarterback Dave Shinskie [...]

By: Dave Cheng, YawkeyTalkies Staff Writer
If any BC basketball fans went into the opening week of conference play with an optimistic attitude, chances are their hopes died as quickly as each of the games ended.  Early this season, BC managed to squeeze out a 61-60 win against ACC foe Miami.  Since then, BC has lost their last three conference games by a combined score of 52 points, and the Eagles never managed to break the 60 point barrier in any of the losses.  BC is now the lowest team on the totem pole and is tied for last in the ACC with Miami and North Carolina State.
In case any of the readers out there missed any of the games, here’s a quick recap.  Trevor Booker led Clemson with 19 points and BC forward Joe Trapani did his best trying to keep up leading the Eagles with 13 but it was all for naught as the Tigers handed the Eagles their first conference loss of the season.  The Duke Blue Devils crushed (sorry, there really is no other word that fits appropriately here) the Eagles by 20 points in a 79-59 loss.  On a positive note, BC’s Reggie Jackson scored [...]