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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Now that North Carolina State is aware of Boston Colleges long losing streak in the ACC, the Wolfpack want no part of being the team to end it.The Eagles havent won an Atlantic Coast Conference game in nearly two full years, and bring a 12-game league losing streak into Saturdays game at N.C. State.Were frustrated with where we are right now, we also are encouraged by where the potential is, and weve got to keep developing, blossoming, and were not that far off, coach Steve Addazio said.Not a lot has gone right recently for the Eagles (3-4, 0-4), who have fallen back into last place in the Atlantic Division after two straight league losses . They rank last in the league in both points (21) and total yards (316.6) per game, and havent won a conference game since November 2014.The Wolfpack players insisted they were unaware of BCs run of in-league futility.Winning a football game is hard right now -- its a play here or a play there, N.C. State coach Dave Doeren said. I look at the film and see BC as a very physical, formidable opponent. ... Youve got to do things right to beat them.Doeren and the Wolfpack (4-3, 1-2) know all about the difficulties of winning lately. N.C. State seemingly had No. 3 Clemson beat two weeks ago , but missed a chip-shot field goal at the end of regulation and lost in overtime, then followed that up at No. 5 Louisville by falling behind by 44 points at halftime of a 54-13 loss.One week, youre heartbroken and in shock, and the next weekend we didnt play good, Doeren said, calling it an embarrassing feeling.Youre on top of the world, and all of a sudden, it was taken from you, he added. Youve got to deal with them differently. Weve got to flush them both and move on.---Some things to know about the Boston College-N.C. State game:TOWLES ON: Addazio hopes QB Patrick Towles will be healthy enough to play after he injured a hamstring in last weeks loss to Syracuse. He was just 4 of 15 for 45 yards in that game with an interception and a fumble, and gained 75 of his career-best 104 yards rushing on one play, a touchdown run on which he injured his hamstring.FINLEYS FINE: N.C. State QB Ryan Finley has thrown four interceptions in his last two games after not throwing any during the first five. He also completed barely over half his passes in those two losses after hitting on nearly 70 percent in the first five games. Center Joe Scelfo isnt worried about him, saying Finley will be fine.ANOTHER TOUGH D: The Wolfpack are playing a top-11 defense for the third consecutive week. The Eagles are seventh in total defense, giving up 292 total yards per game. N.C. State previously faced Clemsons ninth-ranked defense and a Louisville unit that was 11th in that stat category.PACKS TURNOVERS: N.C. State has forced an ACC-best eight fumbles, ranking eighth in the Bowl Subdivision in that stat. That could mean trouble for a BC offense that has lost seven fumbles in seven games.---Follow Joedy McCreary at http://twitter.com/joedyap. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/joedy-mccreary---AP college football site: http://collegefootball.ap.orgAir Force 1 Scontate . Defencemen Drew Doughty, Shea Weber and forward Ryan Getzlaf also scored for the Canadians, who started their gold-medal defence 2-0. Goalie Roberto Luongo, getting the call in place of Game 1 starter Carey Price, was solid when needed in making 23 saves for the shutout. Air Force 1 Scontate Uomo . -- The St. Johns IceCaps weathered a wild first period with the help of goaltender Jussi Olkinuora, before finding offensive inroads in the second. http://www.nikeairforce1scontate.it/ . -- Cam Newton pranced into the end zone, placed his hands over his chest and did his familiar Superman pose. Nike Sf Air Force 1 Saldi . -- Matt Kuchar and Harris English ran away with the Franklin Templeton Shootout, shooting a 14-under 58 on Sunday in the final-round scramble to break the tournament course record. Air Force 1 Uomo Saldi . A lawyer for MLB, Matthew Menchel, confirmed Wednesday the league dropped its case against Biogenesis of America, its owner Anthony Bosch and several other individuals. The lawsuit had accused Biogenesis and Bosch of conspiring with players to violate their contracts by providing them with banned performance-enhancing substances. DALLAS -- Lindy Ruff had one stipulation when he agreed to meet with the Dallas Stars about their coaching vacancy. "We cant meet in the crease," Ruff said about his joking conversation with new Stars general manager Jim Nill. Ruff was hired Friday the new coach of the Stars, 14 years after Dallas clinched its only Stanley Cup championship on a goal he has always questioned -- Brett Hulls shot with his skate in the crease late in the third overtime of Game 6 that beat the Ruff-coached Buffalo Sabres. "Its a long time ago," Ruff said after his introduction. "Ive had some great memories. Ive gotten past that. Im a coach, I want to coach, and this is an unbelievable opportunity. ... It all worked out great for Dallas. "It didnt work out so good for us back then. I can tell you one thing, that same emotion and same passion will be here in Dallas if the same type of thing happens or anything similar, because thats the fire I have." The Stars, who have missed the playoffs the past five seasons, gave the 53-year-old Ruff a four-year contract. He is the 22nd coach in franchise history and seventh since the team moved to North Texas in 1993. Before being fired by Buffalo in February, Ruff had been the Sabres coach for 15 seasons and was the NHLs longest active-serving coach with one team. The Sabres only Stanley Cup appearance under Ruff came in that 1999 final known for the "No Goal!" chant that Ruff joined thousands of Buffalo fans in after the series was over. They thought Hulls skate was in the goalies crease before he had control of the puck and the goal shouldnt have been allowed. "The league said it was a goal. I just argued that it wasnt," Ruff said. "My first thing was asking whether this was being reviewed and couldnt get an answer. ... Its all behind me." Ruff is the first significant hire for Nill, the longtime Detroit Red Wings assistant general manager who signed a five-year deal in April to replace the fired Joe Nieuwendyk. Nill had worked in Detroits front office since 1994, his last 15 seasons as the general manager of the franchise that has made the playoffs the past 22 seasons. The Stars are in their longest post-season drought in the history of the franchise that started as the Minnesota North Stars from 1967-93.dddddddddddd They were 22-22-4 last season, at the bottom of the Pacific Division. Before his time in the front office, Nill finished his playing career in the Red Wings organization. Ruff was drafted by the Sabres in 1979 and became the captain during his 10 years as a player before getting traded to the New York Rangers, then later returning to Buffalo as coach. Now the two men who spent extended periods of time within separate organizations are starting fresh together in Dallas. "Thats the intriguing part of it. ... The first time I met Lindy, he said why did you leave (Detroit)," Nill said. "So we walked through it. I talked about the ownership, talked about the foundation being built, talked about opportunity, talked about a fresh start." Two weeks after Nill was hired, he decided not to renew the third-year option for coach Glen Gulutzan. Nill spoke to several candidates for the job, but quickly realized that Ruff had all the attributes he desired in a coach. "It was experience, credibility, stability, great knowledge of the game, person thats been in different situations, the highs and lows and a good family person on and off the ice," Nill said. "We sat down and all these attributes were checked off. ... Were looking excitedly to a very long tenure here." Since Ruff still had two seasons left on his contract with Buffalo, the Stars had to get permission from the Sabres to talk to the coach. Ruff was the Sabres winningest coach (571-432-162), but was fired after a 6-10-1 in this years lockout-shortened season. There had been 170 NHL coaching changes between his hiring in July 1997 and the time he was fired. Under Ruff, the Sabres made the playoffs in each of his first four seasons and eight times overall. They made the Eastern Conference finals in 2006 and 2007. "When you coach for that number of years and in the same place, the exciting part for me is in talking to a lot of other coaches, from former coaches here to coaches that have gone from organization to organization, how it revitalized them, energized them," Ruff said. "Im excited about working with Jim and all his experiences that he had in Detroit. It was just a real good fit." ' ' '