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College football player tackles teammate's rare bone cancer
11/26/2009- Ryan Lindsey has always had a passion for football. "It's just something I've always done. It's like second nature," he says.
But recently, the Boston College wide receiver discovered a new passion off the field - raising money to tackle a rare form of bone cancer known as Ewing's sarcoma... View full story.

Uplifting Athletes Raises Money for Ewing’s Sarcoma
It has been a common occurrence this season to see Mark Herzlich standing at midfield receiving a giant check from the schools of opposing teams.
SuperFans who have been to any of BC’s home football games should be able to recall seeing him, with the yellow towel around his neck, shaking hands with the presenter of the check and smiling for a picture at midfield in Alumni Stadium... View full story.

ACC Football Family Rallies Behind Mark Herzlich
The Atlantic Coast Conference football family is rallying to support Boston College linebacker Mark Herzlich and his fight against cancer.
Herzlich, the 2008 ACC Defensive Player of the Year, was diagnosed last spring with Ewing’s Sarcoma, a form of cancer most commonly found in the bone or soft tissue... View full story.

Read this before you count out the ACC
As a member here at TSN, I mostly comment on your blogs. I've written a handful of my own, but I really have to feel strongly about a topic before I do. This morning I read an article in the Raleigh News & Observer (North Carolina), that was written by a staff writer at the Charlotte Observer, Ken Tysiac, that made me realize something that we often forget during college football season, or any other sport, for that matter. So I felt moved enough to relate it to you... View full story.