New England Patriots
Members of the Jets and Patriots won't be the only ones taking center stage this Sunday at Gillette Stadium. Easton grandmother June Chapman has a chance to walk away from the Foxborough stadium as a millionaire.
John Carchedi

Each year, the top youth football teams in the nation raise money so they can travel to the Pop Warner national championships at Walt Disney World. While several New England teams prepare for this year’s trip, one Disney regular is spending more time on court cases than candy sales, speaking more legalese than X’s and O’s, and doing more negotiating than celebrating.
NESN Newswire
JOHANNESBURG -- South African runner
Caster Semenya will keep her 800-meter gold medal from the world championships, and the results of her gender tests will be kept confidential, the South African sports ministry said Thursday.
Soccer

If you aren't aware, the World Cup is a big deal pretty much everywhere but the United States. So for a soccer-crazed nation like Ireland (remember, a survey last year found that 70 percent of fans in one European country said they
preferred soccer to sex) not to qualify, it would resemble a national disaster of sorts -- like canceling Christmas.
Boston College

He may have lost a season of collegiate football, but Boston College linebacker
Mark Herzlich didn't miss a beat off the field. He has been rewarded with the Disney Spirit Award, given annually by Disney Sports to college football’s most inspirational figure.
Boxing
I originally wrote this post back in May when
Floyd Mayweather Jr. came out of retirement, but I thought with a little updating it was perfect to re-post.
Boston College
According to the NCAA, 21 Boston College sports teams received a perfect Graduation Success Rate score out of 100, as announced on Wednesday. The figure gives BC the most teams with a perfect score out of any intercollegiate Division I athletics program in the country.
BC football received a score of 91 and represents one of only six FBS programs in the country to receive a score of 90 or better.