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Dara Torres Named Swimming & Diving Coach at Boston College

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Dara Torres is diving into a new opportunity…

Boston College has hired the 57-year-old Cuban-American five-time Olympian as its swimming and diving coach to help the school rebuild the program after a hazing scandal.

Dara Torres

Torres, a 12-time Olympic medalist and former world record-holder in three events, will coach both the men and women.

“From the moment we met with Dara, it was evident that she was exactly the fit we were looking for to begin a fresh, new chapter of Boston College swimming and diving,” BC athletic director Blake James said in a statement. “Her record as a world-class competitor is historic and her ability to clearly articulate her vision as a coach and leader will allow our student-athletes to develop and excel in and out of the pool.”

BC suspended the swimming and diving programs last fall after allegations that freshmen were coerced into binge drinking and told to wear plastic bags around their necks to catch the vomit. Head coach Joe Brinkman, diving coach Jack Lewis and two assistants were fired after the school found “a team culture that has failed to meet the expectations Boston College holds for its student-athletes.”

Torres was a 28-time All-American at Florida and was named the 1988 Southeastern Conference Female Athlete of the Year.

She held six world records and 10 American records in a career that spanned Olympics from 1984-2008, where she won four gold medals, four silver and four bronze.

Joe Martinez Joins Major League Baseball’s Senior Leadership Team

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Joe Martinez is heading to the big league’s offices…

The 37-year-old Latino former baseball pitcher has been hired Monday by Major League Baseball.

Joe Martinez

Martinez will step into the role of senior director of on-field strategy.

Martinez will report to vice president of baseball economics Reed MacPhail.

Martinez, who turns 38 on February 26, will coordinate the management of experimental rule and equipment changes, support the competition committee and be a liaison to on-field personnel.

He pitched at Boston College and was 4-3 with a 5.82 ERA in four seasons with San Francisco Giants (2009-10), Pittsburgh Pirates (2010), Arizona Diamondbacks (2012) and Cleveland Indians (2013). He spent five years in mergers and acquisitions group at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Aguayo Kicks Field Goal with Seconds Left to Lift Florida State to Victory Over Boston College

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Roberto Aguayo has earned hero status in Tallahassee, Florida…

The Latino placekicker made a 26-yard field goal with three seconds left in the game to give the Florida State Seminoles a 20-17 victory over Boston College on Saturday and help his team remain undefeated.

Roberto Aguayo

It was the Noles’ sixth win this season in a game in which they trailed or were tied in the second half.

The Seminoles, who have now won a school-record 27 consecutive games, have already locked up a berth in the ACC championship game but there are bigger goals remaining.

Florida State hosts the Florida Gators in the regular-season finale with a second consecutive undefeated season on the line. The ‘Noles have sat at No. 3 in the College Football Playoff rankings despite being the last undefeated team from a Power 5 conference.

Florida State (11-0, 8-0 ACC) had been plagued by slow starts throughout the season and the Seminoles went into the fourth quarter tied 17-17 with the Eagles. But with less than five minutes left, quarterback Winston helped engineer another game-winning drive.

“What I’m proud of is how they finished,” said the team’s coach Jimbo Fisher. “That’s what this team does. What people think of us is none of my business. That’s not our concern. We just play.”

Florida State took over on its own 26-yard line after Boston College missed a 43-yard field goal with 4:37 left and the Seminoles drove to the Eagles’ 8. Rashad Greene, who had two big drops in the first half, caught back-to-back passes for 11 and 15 yards to move the Seminoles within field goal range. The drive took 4:34 off the clock.

Aguayo, who missed a 40-yarder in the third quarter, said it was the first game-winner of his life.

“Yeah, it was to win the game but you can’t think of it like that because that’s when things will start going through your head, like, ‘Oh, this is a game winner I have to make it,'” Aguayo said.