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Division III boys basketball semifinals

Moses Brown 51, Juanita Sanchez 50, o.t.
Central Falls 75, Mount St. Charles 64

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McAndrew, Curran win college titles

Barrington’s David McAndrew and Jon Curran of Hopkinton, Mass., both have won their first collegiate championship.

McAndrew tied for individual honors in the Bethune-Cookman Invitational at Indigo Lakes Country Club in Daytona Beach, Fla. He had rounds of 67-72 to match Kyle Hammond of Florida Gulf Coast for the title. His Stetson team finished second to FGCU.

Curran, a junior at Vanderbilt, won the Seminole Invitational sponsored by Florida State. A former player-of-the-year for the Rhode Island-based U.S. Challenge Cup, Curran had rounds of 70-68-68 for a 10-under 206 total. He beat Auburn’s Jay Moseley by three shots as his team tied for fifth among the 12 teams. Florida State won.

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Papelbon agrees to $775,000 contract

BY SEAN McADAM
Journal Sports Writer

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Jonathan Papelbon today reached agreement on a $775,000 contract with the Red Sox, making him the highest-paid, non-arbitration-eligible closer in baseball history.

Seventy minutes before their self-imposed deadline for signing players with 0-3 years of service time, the Sox announced they had reached agreement with Papelbon, their lone unsigned player.

Papelbon had been asking for the same $900,000 that Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard made in 2007 when he was at a similar experience level.

More details soon . . .

Posted by Art Martone  at 3:59 PM | Permalink | Comments 0

What you're saying: Close votes in Division III boys semis

We've been asking HSGametime readers this week to pick the winners of tonight's Division III boys basketball semifinals. The polls remain open until the games begin tonight, but here's a snapshot of how things are going. They're remarkably close. A slight majority -- 69 votes to 60 -- is picking Mount St. Charles to beat Central Falls. In the other semifinal game, it's a virtual tie between Juanita Sanchez and Moses Brown -- as of 3:50 Sanchez led thhe voting 59-58.

Click here to vote on these games, and on the championship games in the other boys and girls divisions. And check HSGametime tomorrow for photo galleries from the two games.

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 3:54 PM to High School | Permalink | Comments 0

Multimedia: Kevin McNamara previews PC-UConn

Click the play button below to see and hear the show, as Kevin McNamara previews the Friars' rematch tonight against the Huskies.

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 1:18 PM to PC basketball | Permalink | Comments 0

Huskies thirsting for revenge against Friars

It seems UConn's players remember all too well that beating that Providence put on them back in Hartford in January. PC hit 14 threes in a 77-65 victory.

In stories throughout the Nutmeg state today, the Huskies are `talking trash' and promising to rip the Friars tonight in a rematch at The Dunk.

Guard AJ Price told the Hartford Courant, ``Real disrespectful. They don't know how to win, and it showed. They were laughing, mocking. I usually have a lot of respect for other teams, but they showed a lack of respect last game. They beat up on us and made a mockery of it."

"We'll be ready to go. ... We want to blow them out. That's what we're going there to play for."
And from the New Haven Register...."They were name-calling," said forward Jeff Adrien said. “It was something to remember. They beat us the last two times we played them, so it's payback. We're going out to end that team's season."

Sounds like Jim Calhoun is no Bill Belichick. Plenty of bulletin board material for the Friars.

KEVIN McNAMARA

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 1:13 PM to PC basketball | Permalink | Comments 0

UConn reaps tiny payment for trip to bowl game

STORRS, Conn. (AP) - The University of Connecticut's appearance in the Meineke Car Care Bowl may have boosted the school's profile, but it didn't do much for its coffers.

A report by The Hartford Courant finds that the school received $1.2 million from the Big East for the December bowl appearance and travel expenses, but ended up with a profit of just over $25,000.

Expenses included flying 25 spouses to the game, buying each player a DVD camcorder and giving 13 employees bonuses.

The school says the bowl was not seen as a profit opportunity, but rather a chance to raise the school's profile, recruit new players and sell more tickets to home football games.

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 1:11 PM | Permalink | Comments 0

UConn thirsting for revenge

It seems UConn's players remember all too well that beating that Providence put on them back in January at Hartford. PC hit 14 threes in a 77-65 victory.
In stories throughout the Nutmeg State today, the Huskies are `talking trash' and promising to rip the Friars tonight in a rematch at The Dunk.
Guard AJ Price told the Hartford Courant, ``Real disrespectful. They don't know how to win, and it showed. They were laughing, mocking. I usually have a lot of respect for other teams, but they showed a lack of respect last game. They beat up on us and made a mockery of it."
"We'll be ready to go. ... We want to blow them out. That's what we're going there to play for."
And from the New Haven Register...."They were name-calling,” said forward Jeff Adrien said. “It was something to remember. They beat us the last two times we played them, so it’s payback. We’re going out to end that team’s season.”

Sounds like Jim Calhoun is no Bill Belichick. Plenty of bulletin board material for the Friars. A limited number of tickets remain. Tip is at 7 p.m.

KEVIN McNAMARA

Posted by Kevin  at 12:13 PM to PC basketball | Permalink | Comments 0

Download today's sports cover

On today's sports cover, Sean McAdam profiles Rookie of the Year candidate Jacoby Ellsbury, Kevin McNamara catches up with the red-hot UConn Huskies, who are in Providence tonight, and Jim Donaldson discusses the Patriots' lingering weaknesses on defense.

Click here to download the file in pdf format.

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