The Boston College Eagles (7-5, 4-4 ACC) football team ended its regular season with a 34-23 win over the Pittsburgh Panthers (7-5, 3-5 ACC) on Saturday evening at Alumni Stadium.
After turning the ball over on downs due to failing to convert on a 4th-and-1 on their first drive of the day, the Eagles struck first on their following possession with a 36-yard touchdown run by running back Jordan McDonald.
The special teams woes continued as a bad snap on the extra point attempt forced the unit to try a two-point conversion and failed.
The botched extra point proved to not be impactful as the Eagles extended their lead at the midway point of the second quarter with a two-yard touchdown run by running back Kye Robichaux to make it a two-score game.
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Both teams exchanged scores on both sides of the ball down the stretch of the first half.
Pitt erased its goose egg late in the second with an 11-yard touchdown reception by tight end Gavin Bartholomew, his first of two scores on the day.
On their following drive, Panthers quarterback Nate Yarnell threw an interception that was picked off by Eagles defensive lineman Ty Clemons and returned for a 55-yard touchdown, the first pick six of his collegiate career.
Pitt refused to go down without a fight. The Panthers scored ten unanswered points on a 57-yard field goal by kicker Ben Sauls as time expired in the second quarter and a five-yard touchdown reception by Bartholomew in the third to cut into their deficit and get within three.
However, the Eagles scored a pair of touchdowns to seal the victory, a 28-yard catch by wide receiver Reed Harris in the third and a 15-yard reception by tight end Kamari Morales in the fourth.
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The Panthers added a final score to the board with a 15-yard catch by wide receiver Konata Mumpfield with less than four minutes in the contest and did not convert on the two-point attempt.
Boston College wins seven regular season games for the first time since 2018. Now, the Eagles will wait to find out where they are going bowling. The NCAA Selection Show will be on Sunday, Dec. 8 at noon ET.
BOSTON – In Boston’s North End, a woman has turned her love of entertaining into a booming dinner party business.
Inspired by Italian upbringing
Aperitivo The Shop can be found on Prince Street and is full of splashes of Maria Colalancia’s Italian upbringing.
“Every single Sunday, Sunday dinners, it was non-negotiable,” said Colalancia. “No matter how busy we all were, we were always sitting down or at a table at least once a week. And that was just such a special part of my upbringing.”
All the items in the shop are inspired by her love for good wine, good food and good company. Colalancia’s mission to meet new friends when she moved to Boston from upstate New York a couple of years ago led to the start of her dinner party series.
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“I put a TikTok together, put it out on my personal TikTok and it went viral,” said Colalancia. “I had 700 people sign up for this supper club and we hosted the first dinner party a few weeks later. And then fast forward a year and a half later, I came across this space.”
Aperitivo now helps customers planning their own dinner parties. Colalancia was just 27 years old when her journey of opening Aperitivo began and she continues to chronicle the ups and downs of building a small business on TikTok.
“There were certainly nerves but I think it was very much everything just felt like it was meant to be.”
Started as side hustle
Aperitivo also happens to be Colalancia’s side hustle. She works at Wayfair during the day and spends the rest of her time at the shop, greeting customers and sourcing new, unique items.
When asked for her advice for those who have a creative idea or passion project they want to get off the ground, Colalancia said, “I think something I’ve always had a hard time with is I want everything to be perfect and I want to have a plan and I want to think things through. And you do need to do all of those things but it also needs to be a healthy amount of just getting, like, pushed off the ledge and just do it.”
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Tiffany Chan
Tiffany Chan is a general assignment reporter for WBZ-TV.
Sacred Heart Pioneers (2-5) at Boston University Terriers (3-4)
Boston; Sunday, 4 p.m. EST
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BOTTOM LINE: Boston University takes on Sacred Heart after Azmar Abdullah scored 21 points in Boston University’s 69-62 victory over the Howard Bison.
The Terriers have gone 1-2 at home. Boston University is 0-1 in games decided by less than 4 points.
The Pioneers are 0-4 on the road. Sacred Heart averages 11.3 turnovers per game and is 2-2 when winning the turnover battle.
Boston University’s average of 8.7 made 3-pointers per game is 1.6 fewer made shots on average than the 10.3 per game Sacred Heart allows. Sacred Heart averages 70.6 points per game, 3.7 more than the 66.9 Boston University gives up to opponents.
TOP PERFORMERS: Kyrone Alexander is scoring 11.1 points per game and averaging 5.6 rebounds for the Terriers.
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Tanner Thomas is averaging 12.2 points for the Pioneers.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Expectations are high for the Boston Red Sox to add big-name talent in free agency this year, but it’s worth remembering that Boston has several free agents of their own.
There’s slugging outfielder Tyler O’Neill, who led the team in home runs this season. There are reliable veteran relievers Kenley Jansen and Chris Martin. Then, there’s the only free agent the Red Sox have already made a confirmed offer to this winter.
Starting pitcher Nick Pivetta received a qualifying offer from the Red Sox at the start of the month, then turned it down the week before Thanksgiving. This means Boston will get an extra draft pick if Pivetta departs, but there’s still a chance the Sox might want to bring him back, too.
If Pivetta does leave, however, perhaps he could reunite with the man who brought him to Boston in the first place.
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On Friday, Pivetta was predicted to sign with the St. Louis Cardinals by Andy McCullough of The Athletic. Earlier this month, the same publication projected a three-year, $48 million contract for Pivetta this winter.
“A new era is dawning in St. Louis, where John Mozeliak is a year away from handing over the keys of the franchise to former Rays and Red Sox executive Chaim Bloom. Bloom acquired Pivetta with Boston back in 2020,” McCullough said.
“Pivetta puts up tantalizing peripheral numbers and misses a lot of bats. If he could ever cut down on his home run rate, he might look like a No. 2 or No. 3 starter. Perhaps he could realize that fate in St. Louis.”
Pivetta, 31, had a 6-12 record and 4.14 ERA this past season. But he struck out 10.6 batters per nine innings, a season after putting up an 11.5 mark in the same category. He’s got a career home run rate of 1.5 per nine innings, but his stuff is nasty if he can ever figure out how to keep it away from barrels.
The Cardinals might not be bigger spenders than the Red Sox on the whole, but one could see them outmaneuvering Boston for Pivetta if the Sox’s front office prioritizes bigger names on the starting pitching market. The righty would then hope to make his old team rue the day they let him walk.
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