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September 9, 2007 - September 15, 2007 Archives


Sox get back at Yanks

7:40 PM Sat, Sep 15, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees, 10-1, today at Fenway Park. For postgame notes and reaction, go to the SoxBlog.......

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URI loses big in Delaware

7:24 PM Sat, Sep 15, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Delaware Blue Hens, the 10th-ranked team in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA), dominated the Rhode Island Rams football team, 38-9, this afternoon in Delaware. Click here to see the box score from projo Stats.......

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Photo: So far, so good for Beckett

6:21 PM Sat, Sep 15, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Journal photo/Bob Breidenbach Josh Beckett pitches in the first inning today at Fenway Park. Through six innings, he has allowed just one run, and the Red Sox lead, 5-1. For much more live coverage, head over to the SoxBlog.......

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Photo: Brown football off to good start

3:46 PM Sat, Sep 15, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl Running back Jonathan Edwards carries the ball for Brown during the first quarter of today's season opener in Providence. The Bears beat Duquesne, 28-17.......

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Photo: Pilgrim vs. Lincoln today

3:40 PM Sat, Sep 15, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Journal photo / Ruben W. Perez Pilgrim's Dan Bowen is upended by Lincoln's Gary Tingley as Kyle Reetz looks on during first-half action today in Lincoln. HSGameTime will have a gallery of game photos tomorrow.......

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Red Sox blow five-run lead, fall to Yankees

11:57 PM Fri, Sep 14, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

BOSTON -- Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon have been the kingpins in the bullpen for the Boston Red Sox this season. Anytime that door swung open in the late innings of a game it was a given the pair......

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Photo: Red Sox score first at Fenway

9:20 PM Fri, Sep 14, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Jacoby Ellsbury gets the Red Sox on the board with an RBI single off Andy Pettitte in the second inning tonight at Fenway.......

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Projo SoxTalk with McAdam: Sox-Yanks (the final chapter?)

1:09 PM Fri, Sep 14, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Head over to the SoxBlog to listen to today's edition of projo SoxTalk with Sean McAdam. The topics: the importance to the Red Sox psyche of showing they can beat New York; the possibility of Manny Ramirez returning this weekend;......

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What they're saying across the country about Belichick and the Patriots

12:32 PM Fri, Sep 14, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

SHADY BRADY AND BILL BELICHEAT This You Tube piece by Ryan Parker about sums up the Patriots' new legacy. At least until people forget. While Parker's opinion is a little over the top -- it's catchy, though -- it's not......

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Projo PatsTalk with Shalise Manza Young: Moving forward after a difficult week

11:53 AM Fri, Sep 14, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Head over to the PatsBlog to listen to today's edition of projo PatsTalk with Shalise Manza Young. The topics: the league's punishment and whether it's appropriate; how much losing a draft pick will hurt; the fans' mixed reaction; the next......

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Spying charges also hit soccer, Formula One racing

8:39 AM Fri, Sep 14, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

There must be something in the water. While the Patriots are rocked by a videotaping scandal, there are very similar scandals going on in the Women's Soccer World Cup (involving illicit videotaping of team meetings the night before a match......

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Baseball Today: Friday, September 14

8:22 AM Fri, Sep 14, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Get all the news from the world of baseball on projo.com's Sox Blog.......

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U.S. women win in World Cup soccer

7:14 AM Fri, Sep 14, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

AP photo / Julie Jacobson United States forward Abby Wambach kicks the ball past Sweden goal keeper Hedvig Lindahl on a penalty kick to score in the first half. CHENGDU, China (AP) - The United States defeated Sweden 2-0......

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Photo: Yankees lose on walk-off hit in Toronto

9:50 PM Thu, Sep 13, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

AP photo / J.P. Moczulski Rookie starter Ian Kennedy throws to first during tonight's game in Toronto. Kennedy pitched seven innings of one-hit ball, but got a no decision. The New York Yankees fell tonight to the Toronto Blue......

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Belichick, Patriots fined $750,000 and forced to forfeit two draft choices

8:36 PM Thu, Sep 13, 2007 | | Comments (1)
By Art Martone    Email

The Associated Press reported Thursday night that the National Football League has fined coach Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots a total of $750,000 and will force the team to forfeit ''multiple draft choices'' as a result of their......

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Channel 5: Belichick to be fined $500,000, Patriots to lose two high draft choices

7:43 PM Thu, Sep 13, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Mike Lynch of Channel 5 in Boston -- who also hosts Patriots All Access -- is reporting that Bill Belichick will be fined $500,000, which he must pay personally, and the Patriots will be forced to forfeit two high draft......

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SI.com: Belichick may be facing two- or three-game suspension

6:30 PM Thu, Sep 13, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

SI.com's Peter King and Don Banks are reporting that the NFL is mulling suspending Bill Belichick for two or three games, and taking away a "first-day" draft choice -- possibly a first-rounder -- as penalty for the illegal videotaping last......

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Baseball Today: Thursday, September 13

8:48 AM Thu, Sep 13, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Get all the news from the world of baseball on projo.com's Sox Blog.......

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Brazil-Mexico photo gallery

8:31 AM Thu, Sep 13, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click here to see a gallery of photos from last night's soccer match between Brazil and Mexico in Foxboro.......

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Brazil beats Mexico in front of 61,000 in Foxboro

7:57 AM Thu, Sep 13, 2007 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

AP photo / Charles Krupa Brazil midfielder Kaka celebrates after scoring his team's second goal against Mexico in the second half in Foxboro. By KEN MAGUIRE Associated Press Writer FOXBORO, Mass. - Kaka was pleased to score the winning......

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Photo: Brazil and Mexico get under way in Foxboro

8:56 PM Wed, Sep 12, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

AP photo/Charles Krupa Brazil midfielder Ronaldinho controls the ball as he runs past Mexico midfielder Jaime Correa in the first half during their friendly soccer match at Gillette Stadium.......

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Photo: Red Sox, red sky

8:55 PM Wed, Sep 12, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Red Sox relief pitchers high-five Wally the Green Monster on their way out to the bullpen before the start of tonight's game.......

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Updates on the videotape scandal on the PatsBlog

1:38 PM Wed, Sep 12, 2007 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

Read the text of Bill Belichick's statement, and see what Patriots players had to say today about the controversy surrounding Sunday's Jets game, on the PatsBlog.......

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Baseball Today: Wednesday, September 12

8:38 AM Wed, Sep 12, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Get all the news from the world of baseball on projo.com's Sox Blog.......

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College football notes: URI searches for more offense

9:23 PM Tue, Sep 11, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

BY MIKE SZOSTAK Journal Sports Writer This is going to be a really long football season for the University of Rhode Island unless the offense gets untracked and starts scoring, preferably touchdowns. Defense has been the problem with this program,......

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Bruins trade Ben Walter to Islanders for Petteri Nokelainen

2:16 PM Tue, Sep 11, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

The Boston Bruins today acquired center/right wing Petteri Nokelainen from the New York Islanders for center Ben Walter and a conditional second-round pick in 2009. The 16th overall pick in the 2004 draft, Nokelainen appeared in 15 games for the......

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Baseball Today: Tuesday, September 11

8:25 AM Tue, Sep 11, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Get all the news from the world of baseball on projo.com's Sox Blog.......

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Projo Sports Talk: Patriots, Red Sox audio

11:47 AM Mon, Sep 10, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

There's two editions today for fans of the Journal Sports staff's audio blogs. For the first time, we're offering projo PatsTalk, which today features Shalise Manza Young's look at the Pats opening day win. And, you can also click here......

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Baseball Today: Monday, September 10

8:28 AM Mon, Sep 10, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Get all the news from the world of baseball on projo.com's Sox Blog.......

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FINAL: Red Sox 3, Orioles 2

4:59 PM Sun, Sep 09, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

BALTIMORE -- Coco Crisp's two-out single in the top of the eighth inning drove in J.D. Drew from second base and lifted the Red Sox to a 3-2 win over the Orioles on Sunday afternoon at Camden Yards. Josh Beckett......

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FINAL: Patriots 38, Jets 14

4:07 PM Sun, Sep 09, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The Patriots did nothing Sunday afternoon to curb the enthusiasm of those who think they're Super Bowl-bound this season. Opening the season on the road against their biggest division rival, the Patriots employed every one of......

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Patriots-Jets updates

2:51 PM Sun, Sep 09, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Shalise Manza Young and Jim Donaldson provide running commentary on the Patriots-Jets game on projo.com's Pats Blog.......

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