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May 2008 Archives
9:36 PM Sat, May 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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Manny Ramirez hit his 500th career home run in the seventh inning of tonight's game at Baltimore. The solo shot off former Red Sox reliever Chad Bradford put the Sox on top, 5-3. Ramirez is the 24th member of baseball's......
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7:02 PM Sat, May 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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Chloe Schmitz racked up five goals and an assist, while teammates Leah Saris and Jessica Rubine each scored a hat-trick, in leading Moses Brown to a 14-9 victory over Barrington in the RIIL Division I Girls Lacrosse Championship at RIC.......
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6:07 PM Sat, May 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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Because Game One of the NBA Finals will be tipping off shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday night, the Red Sox have changed the starting time of their home game that evening, against the Rays, from 7:05 to 6:05 p.m. Most......
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5:11 PM Sat, May 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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Sophomore Katherine Corsi scored four second-half goals, including one at 13:05 that put Scituate up for good, as the Spartans defeated Bay View, 8-6, in the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division II Girls Lacrosse Championship at Rhode Island College.......
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3:15 PM Sat, May 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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R.I. Chapter of U.S. Lacrosse Player of the Game Kayla Whiting netted five goals and Ariel Teixeira contributed three in leading Mt. Hope to an 11-7 victory over Cranston West in the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Division IA Girls Lacrosse......
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12:56 PM Sat, May 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Celtics announced Saturday that a limited amount of playoff tickets for the NBA Finals (Round 4, home games One and Two) vs. the Lakers will go on sale Monday at 2 p.m. There is a two-ticket limit per customer......
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10:03 AM Sat, May 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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Providence College is one of eight schools that will participate in the Anaheim Classic, a college basketball tournament played over Thanksgiving weekend at the Anaheim Convention Center adjacent to Disneyland. The games will be played on Nov. 27, 28 and......
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12:56 AM Sat, May 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By ROBERT LEE JOURNAL SPORTS WRITER DETROIT – Understandably, many of the Detroit Pistons were upset after their season ended with an 89-81 loss to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals. “It’s just disappointing,” said Detroit guard Chauncey......
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12:40 AM Sat, May 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY ROBERT LEE Journal Sports Writer DETROIT –Paul Pierce wasn’t about to let his first chance to play in the NBA finals slip away from him. And he wasn’t about to let Celtic Nation down in their hopes of......
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8:41 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Macayla Kirylo tossed her seventh no-hitter of the season, as Tolman posted a 5-2 victory over Scituate in Game One of the Division III finals of the Amica Insurance Rhode Island Interscholastic League Softball Championships, yesterday at the Dayna A.......
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4:40 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Some quick notes from STATS Inc., heading into Game Six: -- The Detroit Pistons are 11-2 in their last 13 Game Sixes. -- On the flip side, Boston big man Kevin Garnett has never won a clinching Game Six in......
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4:22 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writer BALTIMORE -- The Red Sox have placed Daisuke Matsuzaka on the 15-day disabled list with what they're describing as "a mild rotator cuff strain." Jeff Bailey, as was reported earlier today, has been recalled......
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4:00 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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STORRS, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun is being treated for a second bout of skin cancer but expects to be on the bench this fall for his 22nd season with the Huskies. "I want to coach basketball......
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3:55 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Yankees catcher Jorge Posada is scheduled to throw to the bases in a game Saturday for the first time since being sidelined by a sore shoulder on April 27. Posada, who has been in extended spring......
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1:08 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Michael Dwyer Richard Hamilton feels the pain after injuring his elbow late in Game Five at Boston. AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - Richard Hamilton says he will play for the Detroit Pistons against the Boston Celtics......
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12:41 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writer PawSox first baseman/outfielder Jeff Bailey has been called up to Boston. He's expected to join the team in Baltimore today. It's likely he'll remain with the Red Sox through this four-game series against the......
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12:39 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) - The NBA will begin fining players guilty of flopping beginning next season. Although the exact amount of fines has not been determined, the clubs have been informed that a new rule is on the way. "We......
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12:21 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Tom Meade's weekend outdoors notes column is live now. It contains a substantial item on Lawson M. Cary Jr., the local leader of Trout Unlimited and the Wood River Fly Fishing Club who died last weekend. Tom also writes about......
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11:38 AM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Boston Red Sox were bestowed with the award for 2008 Professional Sports Team of the Year in the inaugural Sports Business Awards. Other sports franchises nominated for the award include the Buffalo Sabres, Hendrick Motorsports, Phoenix Suns and Toronto......
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10:43 AM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click here to listen to Sean's daily audio report, which is audio only today (if we get someone freed up later today, we might be able to add pictures later). The topics: What impresses Sean about Justin Masterson, teams' inability......
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9:38 AM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Amid all the concerns surrounding NBA officiating, you've got to love this instructional video, that was first posted on the Washington Wizards blog Bullets Forever. It shows Red Auerbach -- with help from Paul Silas, Elvin Hayes, Wes Unseld, Mike......
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9:35 AM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) - Detroit's Rasheed Wallace was fined $25,000 Thursday by the NBA for using profanity and criticizing the officiating after a playoff game the night before. After the Pistons' 106-102 loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 5......
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8:28 AM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tim Cowlishaw The Dallas Morning News DALLAS - If Major League Baseball doesn't get serious about using replay to make proper home run calls, someone may die. It looked like it might happen earlier this week in our nation's......
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8:27 AM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Sam Donnellon Philadelphia Daily News The headline was compelling for several reasons. A mother and father from my hometown of Wayne, N.J., had filed suit against metal bat manufacturer Hillerich & Bradsby and Little League baseball after their son......
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4:44 PM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Brett Quigley shot a 5-under par 67 and trails leader Mathew Goggin by two strokes at The Memorial, the tournament hosted by Jack Nicklaus at the Muirfield Village Golf Course in Dublin, Ohio. Quigley is tied for fourth place with......
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3:49 PM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Giants will get their final reward for winning the Super Bowl when they are given their championship rings. The private ceremony will be held Thursday night at Tiffany and Co. It will bring......
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2:41 PM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Charles Krupa Craig Breslow pitches for the Sox in 2006. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Minnesota Twins claimed left-handed reliever Craig Breslow, formerly of the Red Sox, off waivers, a week after he was let......
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2:11 PM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Winslow Townson Bill Belichick at Wednesday's Celtics game with his girlfriend, Linda Holliday. We are wrapping up this week at camp and we will start back up on Monday with our full team. These three days......
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1:58 PM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl Jill Craybas, Newport Casino, July 2007 Rhode Island tennis pro Jill Craybas is featured in the current edition of ESPN the Magazine talking about the "7 things you should know about being a low-ranked......
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1:25 PM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Bear Point bass Tuesday Outdoors writer Tom Meade has filed tomorrow's Fishing Report early. You can read the report now: Just click this link to find out what's hot and where.......
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12:27 PM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - The Detroit Pistons don't know if Richard Hamilton will be healthy enough to play against the Boston Celtics on Friday. Detroit's leading scorer strained his right elbow in the final seconds of Boston's 106-102 win......
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12:20 PM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Press the play button below to hear Bill Reynolds' analysis of the Eastern Conference Finals Game Five. He discusses the Pistons' near comeback and what it says about the series, Ray Allen's breakout game, Kendrick Perkins' terrific first half and......
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12:10 PM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning in Seattle. The topics: Boston's offensive slump, Erik Bedard, Tim Wakefield, the potential return of Justin Masterson, and whether Kevin Youkilis can get the offense going again. Here......
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11:50 AM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Thanks to Dan Lamothe at Red Sox Monster for passing this one along: Julian Tavarez, according to The Capital Times of Madison, Wisc., accidentally left his World Series ring -- worth $20,000 -- in his locker at Fenway Park when......
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10:25 AM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - A longtime high school wrestling coach has lost his job amid concerns a former assistant coach tried to convert Muslim students to Christianity. The Detroit News reports 35-year coach Jerry Marszalek's contract with Fordson High School......
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8:47 AM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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May 29 (Bloomberg) -- National Basketball Association playoff broadcasts in China will resume as early as next week after the government blocked them for being too "entertaining" for a nation mourning the Sichuan earthquake. CCTV, China's state broadcaster, suspended transmissions......
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8:46 AM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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IRVINE, Calif. (AP) - A high school football player is dead after collapsing during practice in Southern California. Irvine police Lt. Rick Handfield says 15-year-old Dylan Bradshaw apparently had an asthma attack during junior varsity practice Wednesday at Northwood High......
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8:40 AM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Alexander Martinez, a 35-year-old Yankees fan from Hartford, says the team has reneged on a bargain he made after catching the ball that Hideki Matsui hit for his 100th career home run. According to the New York Post, Martinez said......
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8:32 AM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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On today's sports cover, Mike Szostak and Bill Reynolds write from TD Banknorth Garden, where the Celtics had a mighty hard time closing out the Pistons in Game Five, and Sean McAdam reports on the Red Sox' latest loss in......
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2:41 AM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY MIKE SZOSTAK Journal Sports Writer BOSTON – The Celtics are one victory from their first NBA Finals since 1987, but they could just as easily be one game from elimination. Leading by 17 points three times in the third......
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5:43 PM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writer PAWTUCKET -- Justin Masterson was originally scheduled to make his Triple-A debut on Saturday in Durham. But now the Red Sox pitching prospect will start for Pawtucket on Thursday at McCoy Stadium, perhaps as......
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2:38 PM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP photos / Stew Milne Bill Belichick talks with defensive lineman Santonio Thomas. Rookie quarterback Kevin O'Connell Owner Robert Kraft watches O'Connell work. Tight end David Thomas runs through drills. Rookie wide receiver Matthew Slater, foreground, and defensive back......
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2:31 PM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By SHALISE MANZA YOUNG Journal Sports Writer Hey all - Unlike last week's Patriots passing camp, which had nearly 100 percent attendance, the sessions the team is holding this week are more sparsely attended. In all, we counted 36 players......
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2:11 PM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Juliet Vongphoumy of La Salle drives a shot yesterday during the state team championship. By JOHN GILLOOLY Journal Sports Writer CRANSTON - Juliet Vongphoumy became the first girl to win the Rhode Island Interscholastic......
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2:07 PM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning from Seattle. the topics: Daisuke Matsuzaka's injury, the ejections of Terry Francona and Julio Lugo, and encouraging signs from Manny Ramirez. Here are some excerpts from Sean's comments:......
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1:13 PM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Deadspin has pictures of Boston Celtics: Eastern Conference Champions T-shirts on sale at the ESPN Store at Disneyworld in Orlando, Fla. Since the Celts and Pistons are tied, 2-2, in the conference finals -- with Game Five scheduled for tonight......
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1:08 PM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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One book I'm planning on checking out soon is Rob Neyer's "Big Book of Baseball Legends." ESPN.com this month posted an excerpt from the book, in which Neyer checks out a story about the bitter rivalry between Red Sox catcher......
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12:40 PM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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DENVER (AP) - Former punter Todd Sauerbrun, whose 13-year NFL career included a brief 2006 stint with the New England Patriots, pleaded guilty Wednesday to disturbing the peace in a confrontation with a taxi driver last December and was sentenced......
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12:35 PM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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BEIJING (AP) - NBA playoff games have mysteriously disappeared from Chinese television. Entertainment programs on Chinese television were suspended last week during a three-day period of mourning for victims of the deadly Sichuan earthquake, including NBA playoff games. When the......
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10:44 AM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Spokane Chiefs were in for a surprise as they celebrated their victory in Canada's Junior Hockey Championships: The replica of the championship trophy, the Memorial Cup, snapped in half as players were hoisting it for their fans to see.......
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10:36 AM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Columbus Crew MLS soccer team is investigating a racial slur made by a fan toward New England Revolution players that was captured on camera and posted on the video-sharing Web site YouTube. Forward Kheli Dube......
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9:22 AM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Bryan Horan, a former Providence College hockey player who suffered permanent eye damage last year, is suing Reebok International, claiming the company was responsible for manufacturing a defective face mask, according to The Patriot Ledger of Quincy, Mass. Horan, who......
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9:06 AM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Right now on our Fantasy Sports Blog, you can find updated position-by-position hitter rankings, complete rankings for starting and relief pitchers, plus Michael Salfino's weekly Baseball by the Numbers column. This week, he takes a look at the most reliable......
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8:34 AM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Thanks to the blog FanHouse for calling my attention to this: ESPN has removed Pittsburgh-based radio host Mark Madden from the air following his inflammatory comments about Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, who has been diagnosed with brain cancer. On his......
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8:15 AM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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On today's sports cover, Bob Breidenbach has great photos from yesterday's high school team golf championships, Mike Szostak catches up with the split-personality Celtics on their return to Boston, and Sean McAdam discusses why the Red Sox buck the trend......
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7:17 PM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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There could be a lot of red in the Yankee Stadium infield for the All-Star Game. In early fan voting for the July 15 midsummer classic, Red Sox players lead the way at first base (first-time-on-the-ballot Kevin Youkilis), second base......
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6:36 PM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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Edging Bishop Hendricken by one stroke on the first playoff hole, Barrington captured its sixth R.I. Interscholastic League Golf State Team Championship in seven years, its 20th overall, today at Cranston Country Club. Tied at 306 through 18 holes, all......
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5:30 PM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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Georgetown guard Jeremiah Rivers, the son of Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers, will transfer to Indiana. Doc Rivers confirmed his son's decision Tuesday. Jeremiah will have to sit out this coming season, but then will have two years of eligibility......
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5:27 PM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Milwaukee Brewers finalized a deal with Julian Tavarez, and he will be in uniform for Tuesday night's game against the Atlanta Braves. The 35-year-old right-hander, cut loose by Boston earlier this month after going 0-1 with a 6.39 ERA......
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5:17 PM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Bruins today acquired forward Matt Marquardt from the Columbus Blue Jackets for defenseman Jonathan Sigalet. Marquardt, who will turn 21 on July 19, scored 43 goals and 26 assists in 68 games during the 2007-08 season, which he split......
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4:49 PM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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Boston Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester and Detroit Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordoñez have been named the Bank of America Presents the American League Co-Players of the Week for the period ending Sunday, May 25, it was announced today. On May......
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1:47 PM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click here to listen to Sean's daily audio report, which is audio only today. The topics include the weekend debacle in Oakland, last night's win over the free-falling Mariners, Kevin Youkilis' mysterious hand injury, and the controversy over David Ortiz's......
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1:19 PM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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The meet, at Westerly High School, will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, according to the Interscholastic League's Web site.......
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12:37 PM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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It's official: Jose Canseco will do anything for money. The former Sox slugger, and steroids-user-turned-steroids-advocate-turned-steroids-whistleblower has signed on to a celebrity boxing match in Atlantic City. His opponent? Former NFL player Vai Sikahema, who is now the sports director at......
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12:19 PM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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Press the play button below to hear Kevin McNamara's analysis of the Eastern Conference Finals Games Three and Four, and to hear him set the scene for the return of the series to Boston. He has strong things to say......
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10:49 AM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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In many ways, fans' opinions on Spygate depend on the city where they happen to reside, or at least the team they happen to support. But at least two newspapers in Pennsylvania, the home state of Sen. Arlen Specter, are......
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9:58 AM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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Danny Brooks, an assistant hockey coach at Brown, has signed on as an assistant at Drummondville, a team in the Quebec major junior hockey league. Brooks has been at Brown since 2002. Click here to read the story, in French,......
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9:17 AM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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PARIS (AP) - Former French Open champion Yannick Noah doesn't think his son Joakim's arrest for possession of marijuana and having an open container of alcohol is a big deal. Chicago Bulls forward Joakim Noah was arrested Sunday in Gainesville,......
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8:43 AM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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Rebels junior Kyle Burke captured his second consecutive state singles tennis title Sunday with a 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 victory over Classical's Vidth Huot.......
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7:55 AM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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On today's sports cover, Kevin McNamara writes from Auburn Hills, Mich., where the Celtics fell back into their losing ways on the road, while Sean McAdam has the story of a rare road victory for the Red Sox. Bill Reynolds......
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7:17 PM Mon, May 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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Former New England Patriot wide receiver Bethel Johnson has signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.......
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4:42 PM Mon, May 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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CARACAS, Venezuela — Former major league pitcher Geremi Gonzalez, who won 11 games for the Chicago Cubs in 1997 and played for the Boston Red Sox in 2005, was killed by a lightning strike in his native Venezuela on Sunday.......
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7:57 PM Sun, May 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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South Kingstown junior Kyle Burke won his second straight boys tennis state title with a 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 victory over Classical's Vidith Huot at the Mike Kenny Courts in Slater Park. Also, the Barrington doubles team of Sam Jerome and......
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7:35 PM Sun, May 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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Clay Buchholz has just completed a solid, if not spectacular, rehab appearance with the Pawtucket Red Sox. Working for the first time since tearing the nail on his right middle finger while pitching for Boston on May 12th, Buchholz......
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1:15 AM Sun, May 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – If there’s been one consistent fault with the Celtics this season, it’s the lack of production from their bench on the road. That all changed Saturday night as the Big......
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12:40 AM Sun, May 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – For nearly a month now, the Boston Celtics have listened to faint praise during their run to the Eastern Conference finals. As the Celtics outlasted the Atlanta Hawks and Cleveland......
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2:54 PM Sat, May 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Toll Gate boys tennis team successfully defended its state title this afternoon, sweeping the singles matches en route to a 4-3 win over Cumberland in the Division II Championships, played at the Mike Kenny Tennis Courts at Slater Park.......
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8:07 PM Fri, May 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY SEAN McADAM and JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writers Julian Tavarez, who only a few days ago elected to accept an assignment to Triple A Pawtucket, has had a change of heart and has instead elected free agency. Tavarez, who......
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7:58 PM Fri, May 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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McALLEN, Texas — During three years in the low minors, John Odom never really made a name for himself. That sure changed this week — he’s the guy who was traded for a bunch of bats. “I don’t really......
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6:58 PM Fri, May 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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South Kingstown won its 10th straight Division I boys tennis championship with a 5-2 victory over Barrington while Exeter/West Greenwich captured the Division IV crown with a 4-3 win over Woonsocket.......
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3:26 PM Fri, May 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click here to read this weekend's edition of Outdoors Notes. This week, Tom writes about the West Bay Anglers' fishing tournament to benefit fishing excursions for children, a coming workshop on changes in state regulations for hunters and freshwater anglers,......
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3:24 PM Fri, May 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Clark County prosecutor says Charles Barkley is off the legal hook and the case on his $400,000 gambling debt is closed. Chief Deputy District Attorney Bernie Zadrowski said on Friday that the retired NBA star......
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2:19 PM Fri, May 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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The NCAA men's lacrosse championships are this weekend at Gillette Stadium, beginning with the national semifinals tomorrow. Mike Szostak has an interview with Mike Pressler, the Bryant coach who was at the helm at Duke before that program was rocked......
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1:54 PM Fri, May 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Kaka had arthroscopic knee surgery Friday and will miss Brazil's upcoming exhibition tour to the United States. The surgery lasted 50 minutes and was performed by Dr. Jose Luiz Runco, the head physician of......
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1:35 PM Fri, May 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer They are almost always wet and cold. Sleep can be fleeting, meals are Spartan and, by all means, forget even the slightest comforts. They face every danger the world's oceans can throw at them,......
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1:11 PM Fri, May 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning as Sean was just getting his day started in California. The topics: the Red Sox' remarkable 7-0 homestand, the rarity of two grand slams in one game, Daisuke......
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12:35 PM Fri, May 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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IRVING, Texas (AP) - Fresh off his first sitcom role, Terrell Owens is ready to take on more television jobs. Just don't look for one of them to be on "Dancing With The Stars." "They asked me to do that......
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12:10 PM Fri, May 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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Pat Jordan, himself a former Braves farmhand, has a story today in the online magazine Slate about his (unsuccessful) quest to do a profile story for The New York Times about Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett, and what stories like......
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10:44 AM Fri, May 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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Before last night's White Sox-Indians game in Chicago, the White Sox held a ceremony to honor Carlton Fisk, the Hall of Fame catcher who split his career between Fenway and Comiskey parks. With former teammates Bo Jackson and Ron Kittle......
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10:22 AM Fri, May 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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Boys lacrosse coaches last night held their meeting for All-Division selections and All-American honors. We'll run the full All-Division list next month with our spring All-State presentation. Here are some other results, though, as faxed to us by USLacrosse area......
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9:43 AM Fri, May 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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Kevin McNamara filed this dispatch on the College Hoops blog yesterday. In case you missed it, here's what he had to say: We've been buried by coverage of the Boston Celtics' playoff run for a few weeks now (with no......
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9:26 AM Fri, May 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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Press the play button below to hear Kevin McNamara's analysis of the Eastern Conference Finals Game Two. He discusses the the Pistons' unflappable nature, the Celtics' repeated foul problems, Rajon Rondo's up-and-down play at the point and the challenge of......
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9:17 AM Fri, May 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)- A jury has acquitted a man if murder and manslaughter charges in the fatal shooting of a Hartford boxer. Juan Antonio Pena's lawyer says the jury has convicted his client of illegally carrying a firearm and criminal......
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8:29 AM Fri, May 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
On today's sports cover, Kevin McNamara and Bill Reynolds write from the Garden, where the Celtics lost their mojo at home, and Joe McDonald writes from Fenway Park, where the Red Sox remain unbeatable these days. Click here to download......
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3:32 PM Thu, May 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The Super Bowl champion New Jersey Giants? That name can’t be found in the NFL standings, and the Giants helmets are emblazoned with a bold “NY” logo. But it was nevertheless proclaimed Thursday by New Jersey......
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2:36 PM Thu, May 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
I always love linking to these: -Derek Lowe asks coach if he could dip out after fourth inning -Wally Szczerbiak loudly screams "Shucks" following Cavs' playoff elimination -"Hidden ball trick?" First thing out of Bronson Arroyo's mouth during every mound......
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12:54 PM Thu, May 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz will make a rehab start for the PawSox at McCoy Stadium on Sunday. The right-hander, who has been on the DL since May 15 with a torn fingernail on his throwing hand, will work four......
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12:35 PM Thu, May 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees pitcher LaTroy Hawkins was suspended for three games and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball on Thursday for intentionally throwing at Baltimore’s Luke Scott. Hawkins has appealed and the suspension is......
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12:33 PM Thu, May 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By The Associated Press A Texas gym owner said he was asked by FBI agents in late March if he gave performance-enhancing drugs to Roger Clemens. Kelly Blair, the owner of 1-on-1 Elite Personal Fitness outside Houston, told The New......
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11:03 AM Thu, May 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Bill "Eelman" Nolan Outdoors writer Tom Meade has filed tomorrow's Fishing Report early. And, as you'll read, it's very lively out there -- in terms of fish, if not in terms of anglers. You can read the report now:......
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10:22 AM Thu, May 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Bartolo Colon, maybe the deal of the year (we'll see); Jason Varitek's hot hitting; Brandon Moss returning to the PawSox after an emergency appendectomy; and your......
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9:01 AM Thu, May 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Brad Read, executive director of Sail Newport, is our newest blogger. He'll be posting to our new Sailing Blog, which will be featured all summer long on projoSports and on our Outdoors page. You can take a look at Read's......
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8:37 AM Thu, May 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Journal photo / Glenn Osmundson Brittany Allen of Lincoln tries to chase down a ball as a fan ducks for cover during yesterday's softball game between the Lions and La Salle. Click here to see the entire photo gallery.......
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8:32 AM Thu, May 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ATLANTA (AP) - A 25-year-old man died from injuries sustained after falling about 150 feet down a stairwell at Turner Field during Wednesday night's game between the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets. The senior investigator with the Fulton County......
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8:04 AM Thu, May 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
On today's sports cover, Joe McDonald covers Bartolo Colon's Fenway Park debut (at least as a member of the home team) while Steve Krasner breaks it down, and Mike Szostak gets the Celtics' take on what awaits them in Game......
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4:08 PM Wed, May 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
May 21 (Bloomberg) -- Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees will play tonight against the Baltimore Orioles, one day after being hit on the wrist with a pitch. Jeter is listed in the lineup playing shortstop and batting......
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3:09 PM Wed, May 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
PROVIDENCE -- Former Rhode Island senator John Celona not only sold out his public office ––he tried to sell out his New England sports allegiance, too. Celona, who is serving a 2½-year federal prison term after pleading guilty to selling......
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1:43 PM Wed, May 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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ATLANTA (AP) -- Pedro Martinez returned to the Dominican Republic to be with his sick father on Wednesday, delaying his plans to test his ailing hamstring. Martinez had planned to rejoin the New York Mets for a bullpen session Wednesday.......
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12:40 PM Wed, May 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By JIM DONALDSON Journal Sports Writer "I feel about lacrosse the way I would about a little restaurant with great food where you don't have to wait for a table. I feel about lacrosse the way I would about owning......
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10:37 AM Wed, May 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Press the play button below to hear Kevin McNamara's analysis of the Eastern Conference Finals Game One. He discusses the Celtics' fast start to the series, why Detroit won't be worried about this loss, Rajon Rondo's early edge on Chauncey......
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10:23 AM Wed, May 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Justin Masterson -- his performance last night and his possible future in the bullpen -- what to look for from Bartolo Colon tonight, and whether Manny......
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10:06 AM Wed, May 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Right now on our Fantasy Sports Blog, you can find updated position-by-position hitter rankings, complete rankings for starting and relief pitchers, plus Michael Salfino's weekly Baseball by the Numbers column. This week, he examines who might be getting lucky, and......
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9:42 AM Wed, May 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach......
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8:13 AM Wed, May 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
On today's sports cover, Kevin McNamara and Bill Reynolds have coverage of the Celtics' Game One victory over the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals, while Joe McDonald writes about Justin Masterson's first major-league win. Click here to download......
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10:01 PM Tue, May 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Kris Craig P.J. Brown takes down a rebound for the Celtics as the Pistons' Rasheed Wallace gets a hand on the ball in the first half. The Celtics had a one-point halftime lead in the opening......
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4:48 PM Tue, May 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY TOM MEADE Journal Sports Writer Solo sailor Vincent Riou of France, racing across the North Atlantic from Plymouth, England to Boston, was forced to abandon ship today when the keel on his boat failed. Riou was racing the 60-foot......
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4:03 PM Tue, May 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Boston Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli announced today that the club has signed defenseman Aaron Ward to a multiyear contract extension. Ward, a three-time Stanley Cup Champion, appeared in 65 regular season games for the Bruins last year and registered......
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3:49 PM Tue, May 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Per Red Sox release: The current weather forecast (provided by the Red Sox private weather service, Meteorlogix) in the vicinity of Fenway Park calls for the possibility of light rain showers during the late afternoon and evening hours.......
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3:41 PM Tue, May 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Journal photos / Mary Murphy Tom Brady Tom Brady and Sammy Morris Bill Belichick and Mike Vrabel New acquisition Victor Hobson New acquisition Fernando Bryant, talking to our own Shalise Manza Young The Patriots just finished up the second......
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3:22 PM Tue, May 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike Szostak Email
Four candidates for the vacant Brown basketball coaching position are visiting campus. Mike Goldberger, director of athletics, said two prospects will be in town this week and two the first week of June. He declined to identify or comment......
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2:19 PM Tue, May 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Charlie Zink gave up two unearned runs and one hit in six innings of work, while Jonathan Van Every and Chris Carter hit home runs today as the Pawtucket Red Sox beat the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, 3-2, to complete their four-game......
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2:00 PM Tue, May 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
News from the other camp: The Detroit Pistons are asking fans to wear white for Game Three, the first game at the Palace at Auburn Hills (that's Saturday night), and will be giving out free Pistons shirts to help make......
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10:53 AM Tue, May 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Here is a press release we received from the Celtics by e-mail last night: BOSTON -- The Boston Celtics announced today that the organization has received numerous reports of counterfeit Playoff tickets being sold to consumers in the Boston area.......
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10:49 AM Tue, May 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Ryan McGeeney photo, via AP PROVO, Utah (AP) — A newspaper photographer got a little too close to the action at the state high school track championships — and was speared through the leg by a javelin. Ryan McGeeney......
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10:43 AM Tue, May 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. Today's edition is all about Jon Lester's no-hitter, including a review of the many memorable starts in Lester's career so far, how the Sox might try to manage......
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10:33 AM Tue, May 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Larry DiTore Bloomberg Hall of Fame basketball player Charles Barkley vowed to stop gambling and said he's paid the $400,000 he owed Wynn Resorts Ltd. Barkley, a TNT studio analyst, made the comments last night in an interview on......
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10:02 AM Tue, May 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ATLANTA (AP) — NFL owners vote unanimously to opt out of labor contract, which will now expire in 2011. Check projoSports for more on this story as the day continues.......
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8:34 AM Tue, May 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Construction worker Gino Castignoli, who gained notoriety when he buried a David Ortiz jersey at the site of the new Yankee Stadium in an effort to "curse" the Bombers (he may have actually cursed Ortiz, who broke out of his......
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8:29 AM Tue, May 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
On today's sports cover, Paul Kenyon writes the game story on Jon Lester's no-hitter and Sean McAdam says that this could be a sign of special things to come, Kevin McNamara sets up the Celtics-Pistons series, and Mike Szostak talks......
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9:51 PM Mon, May 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Jon Lester deals in the first inning of his historic start tonight. Jon Lester has thrown a no-hitter tonight in the Red Sox' 7-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals. For more as the......
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3:27 PM Mon, May 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
MIAMI (AP) - The curve from Joakim Soria lacked its usual bite and stayed a little higher than he wanted, which is why it came to rest beyond the center-field wall. Jeremy Hermida's two-run homer cut the Kansas City Royals'......
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2:50 PM Mon, May 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Skippers junior All-Stater Samantha Morrell captured medalist honors with a two-over par 38, leading the co-ed North Kingstown golf team to its 55th consectuive regular-season victory with a 165-166 victory over Prout last week.......
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2:07 PM Mon, May 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Red Sox have installed solar water heaters at Fenway Park, as part of an effort to make the ballpark more environmentally friendly. The Red Sox formally unveiled the rooftop system Monday. They say the heaters......
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1:41 PM Mon, May 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Here it is: Division I (Double-Elimination) Region 1 Games Tuesday E. Providence at Cumberland, 3:45 Barrington at Cranston East, 3:45 Games Wednesday EP/Cumb winner at Portsmouth, 4 p.m. Barr/CE winner at La Salle, 3:45 Region 2 Games Tuesday Smithfield at......
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1:24 PM Mon, May 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Alex Rodriguez is set to rejoin the slumping New York Yankees on Tuesday night after finishing his rehabilitation of a strained right quadriceps. "I'm excited to get back into Yankee Stadium and playing baseball. It's where......
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1:17 PM Mon, May 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
You know the Celtics are going to win tonight in Game One of the Eastern Conference finals against the Pistons. Or do you? You know the Celtics are going to win this playoff series - and the next one, against......
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10:48 AM Mon, May 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Press the play button below to hear Kevin McNamara's take on the exciting conclusion to the Cleveland series, and the tough assignment awaiting the Celtics. He discusses LeBron vs. Pierce, and how Pierce's performance ranks among the great individual efforts......
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10:44 AM Mon, May 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. Today's topics: the Red Sox' interleague dominance, Josh Beckett's recent problems, Manny Delcarmen's increased responsibilities in the bullpen, and the coming starts by Justin Masterson and Bartolo Colon.......
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10:21 AM Mon, May 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Kevin Ding The Orange County Register If you have not been along for this wild ride from the start, here's how it went from the top: Lakers coach Phil Jackson publicly designated Derek Fisher as the team's one for-sure......
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8:51 AM Mon, May 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
If you enjoyed Bronson Arroyo's rock-star act when he was here in Boston (in case you forgot, he released a CD of cover songs), you will enjoy watching this commercial.......
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8:37 AM Mon, May 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
On today's sports cover, Kevin McNamara memorializes the Celtics' thrilling Game Seven victory over the Cavaliers, Bill Reynolds gives Paul Pierce his due, and Paul Kenyon writes from Fenway Park, where the Red Sox completed an interleague sweep of the......
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7:48 PM Sun, May 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
Here's the Eastern Conference finals schedule, courtesy the NBA. Boston vs. Detroit Game 1 - Tue May 20 Detroit at Boston 8:30PM ESPN Game 2 - Thu May 22 Detroit at Boston 8:30PM ESPN Game 3 - Sat May......
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6:33 PM Sun, May 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
BOSTON - The Celtics have survived. Bring on the Pistons. The Celtics have just eliminated LeBron James and the Cavaliers with a Game 7 win at the Garden, 97-92. James did almost everything he could to spring the upset......
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5:05 PM Sun, May 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
The Celtics are up by 10 at half and Paul Pierce is putting on a show. While LeBron James is doing his usual Superman act, the Celts' Pierce has out-done him in the opening 24 minutes. Pierce has poured......
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3:01 PM Sun, May 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer Usually the last thing an NBA player wants to endure in May is a taste of training camp but that’s just what the Detroit Pistons have experienced the last few days. While the......
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2:40 PM Sun, May 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
By KEVIN McNAMARA BOSTON - The Celtics and Cavaliers are getting ready to throw the ball up for Game 7 of their entertaining, hard-fought series this afternoon at the Garden. Here are a few pre-game notes & quotes: *The......
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9:28 AM Sat, May 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
The chance of a Senate investigation into Spygate -- which Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., hinted at in his news conference Wednesday -- appear to be remote after two members of Specter's own party on the Judiciary Committee said they don't......
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12:23 AM Sat, May 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
By KEVIN McNAMARA Doc Rivers was an unhappy, frustrated coach tonight. His Celtics played a gritty, tough defensive game, limiting the Cavaliers to 33 percent shooting. But the Cavs dug in on defense, too, and were ably assisted by......
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7:36 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
New England head coach Bill Belichick spoke exclusively with CBS reporter Armen Keteyian this afternoon, and the interview was just broadcast on the CBS Evening News. Belichick spoke on camera for the first time about Matt Walsh, the former video......
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6:27 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
CBS has provided a transcript of Arman Keteyian's interview with Bill Belichick that will air Friday night at 6:30 p.m. on the CBS Evening News Keteyian (narration): In the latest episode of the NFL's "Spygate," a defiant Bill Belichick decided......
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3:58 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Joe McDonald, at Fenway Park, says that the tarp was put on the field earlier this hour, but the team is expecting at the moment to get the game in on time, despite forecasted showers. It looks like the heavier......
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3:35 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - Managers Joe Girardi of the Yankees and Willie Randolph of the Mets have been asked to serve as coaches for the All-Star game in New York. Yankee Stadium will host the game July 15 in its......
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2:52 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
For proof, check out this from Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd vault. Francona's numbers in the big leagues, by the way -- over a 10-year career spent with the Expos, Cubs, Reds, Indians and Brewers -- can be found......
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2:50 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Reschedule dates, where known, are in parentheses. Baseball Woonsocket at Ponaganset (canceled) Bishop Feehan at Tiverton (tomorrow, 4 p.m.) North Smithfield at Prout (Sunday, 2 p.m.) Softball Coventry at East Greenwich Prout at Middletown (tomorrow, 1 p.m.) Classical at Ponaganset......
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1:53 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Bill Belichick will address charges made by Matt Walsh, his team’s former videotaper, that he knew the taping of opposing teams was wrong in an exclusive interview conducted by Armen Keteyian on the CBS Evening News Friday night. Belichick spoke......
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1:28 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez reported no problems with his strained right quadriceps Friday, one day after running the bases for the first since being sidelined last month. A-Rod is scheduled to play in the first......
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1:00 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By MIKE SZOSTAK Journal Sports Writer Beating Le Moyne tomorrow in the NCAA Division II lacrosse semifinals will be as difficult for Bryant as hitting a Tim Wakefield knuckleball, sinking a 65-foot putt or making a three-point shot over Kevin......
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11:15 AM Fri, May 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Kevin McNamara took some time on the layover of his flight to Cleveland to look back on Game Five and ahead to tonight's matchup. He says, among other things, that the key to victory in Game Five came at the......
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10:48 AM Fri, May 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Tom Meade has sent us his Sunday outdoor notes early, and we've put them online. He has three items this week: one on the lively conditions for bass in Narragansett Bay, one on a recreational fishing law that has anglers......
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10:48 AM Fri, May 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. Today's topics: a chance for the Red Sox to make a move at home, the return of Gabe Kapler and Eric Gagne, Kapler's return to the big leagues,......
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10:35 AM Fri, May 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK – Brazil’s national team head coach Dunga announced today a star-studded, European-based 25-man roster for the two international soccer matches that will be played as part of the team’s 2008 U.S. Tour. The tour includes a game at......
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9:16 AM Fri, May 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius won his appeal to be eligible to compete in the Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled. Pistorius, a South African, had been barred from Olympic eligibility by the International Association......
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8:25 AM Fri, May 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dennis Rodman was charged with domestic violence for allegedly hitting his girlfriend at a hotel last month. Los Angeles City Attorney spokesman Nick Velasquez said Rodman was charged Wednesday with spousal battery, brandishing a deadly weapon,......
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8:12 AM Fri, May 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Herald sports writer who reported the New England Patriots taped a pre-Super Bowl walkthrough by the St. Louis Rams in 2002 said he will regret the erroneous story for the rest of his life. “First......
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7:57 AM Fri, May 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
On today's sports cover, Steven Krasner takes stock of the Red Sox on an off-day, looking at the biggest potential issues that could impede their run to the postseason. Mike Szostak gets Doc Rivers' take on the eve of Celtics-Cavaliers......
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4:03 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez is scheduled to play in the first of three extended spring training games on Saturday. A-Rod hasn't seen game action since April 28 because of a strained right quadriceps. He......
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3:09 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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See what they have to say here.......
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2:42 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Bartolo Colon, in his second Triple-A start since a stint on the disabled list, threw six innings of one-hit, shutout ball as the Pawtucket Red Sox beat the Buffalo Bisons, 2-0, today in Buffalo. The game was only seven innings......
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2:39 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) - Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson will miss Game 6 of Cleveland's playoff against the Boston Celtics after separating his left shoulder during the second half Wednesday night. Gibson, one of the Cavs' best perimeter shooters, left early......
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1:39 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
We've remarked upon it ourselves, and the point is pretty obvious: Going to a Celtics game is not quite the experience that it used to be, back in the days of Bird, McHale and Parish. Of course, the same applies......
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1:29 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - All-Star point guard Chauncey Billups has practiced with the Detroit Pistons and is expected to be ready to play in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. Detroit coach Flip Saunders says Billups looked good......
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12:56 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The following came to us last night from PUMA Ocean Racing's senior communications manager, Rob Penner: Two days after PUMA Ocean Racing christened its ferocious black boat il mostro - Italian for The Monster - in Boston Harbor, Ken Read......
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12:44 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The New York Times has posted the entire transcript of an interview Wednesday in which Matt Walsh discussed his Patriots career with reporter Greg Bishop. It was Walsh's first interview with the news media, the Times says. The text casts......
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12:36 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A prosecutor says retired NBA star Charles Barkley will face felony charges if he fails to repay a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino. Clark County District Attorney David Roger says Barkley will......
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11:11 AM Thu, May 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Seven-year-old Abigail Mottur caught this keeper near the Prudence Island ferry dock on a Storm Shad. Outdoors writer Tom Meade has filed tomorrow's Fishing Report early. You can read it now: Just click this link to find out what's......
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10:19 AM Thu, May 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester is tossing free ice coffees today to customers of the Dunkin' Donuts on 1678 Post Road, Warwick. A company spokeswoman said Lester is there now and probably will leave by noon. Lester is pitching in......
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10:11 AM Thu, May 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Boston Red Sox have basically completed one-quarter of the season. They had yesterday off as an opportunity to lick their wounds and assess their M*A*S*H issues after a disappointing 4-6 trip through Detroit, Minnesota and Baltimore that finished with......
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10:05 AM Thu, May 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. Today's topics: Hideki Okajima's ineffectiveness with runners on base, and what the Red Sox have to do about it, the team's hot-and-cold nature in the early part of......
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8:45 AM Thu, May 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
A day after its front-page apology to the Patriots made national news, the Boston Herald today is running an editor's note defending John Tomase, the reporter whose story about the Rams Super Bowl walkthrough eventually led to the apology, and......
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8:18 AM Thu, May 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
On today's sports cover, Kevin McNamara and Bill Reynolds write from the Garden, where the Celtics won for the seventh time in seven playoff tries; Steven Krasner has the story of a bullpen meltdown by the Red Sox in Baltimore;......
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10:50 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Get all the details on the ProJo PatsBlog.........
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4:31 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike Szostak Email
Brown lacrosse goalie Jordan Burke is the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Division I player of the year, freshman attackman Andrew Feinberg the rookie of the year and Lars Tiffany the coach of the year. In addition, sophomore attackman......
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3:40 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
FOXBORO, Mass. – The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced today that the New England Revolution will compete as one of four U.S. entries in the inaugural CONCACAF Champions League tournament, which begins in August......
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3:29 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Sporting News has named Danny Ainge the 2007-2008 NBA Executive of the Year. The Sporting News polled general managers and other executives from all 30 teams, and Ainge received 18 of the 47 votes cast. He beat out Los......
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2:37 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Following is the text of the statement that Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., put into the record of today's Senate floor proceedings shortly before his midday news conference at the Capitol.......
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2:00 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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FOXBORO, Mass. (AP) - New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft complimented the Boston Herald on Wednesday for apologizing for a story that said his team videotaped a St. Louis Rams walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl. He's "very disappointed," though,......
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1:54 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click here to read the story. Big sports implications here. If you're an Eagles or a Giants fan, you might say this is the worst thing that has happened this offseason.......
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1:50 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Hank Steinbrenner expects his struggling New York Yankees to focus and turn around their season. "They've got to play smarter and harder," he said Wednesday. "The injuries - when you're missing Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada,......
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1:23 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click here to listen to Kevin McNamara discuss the Celtics on the morning of Game Five. The topics: the sorry end to Game Four, whether LeBron made a real statement with his fourth-quarter dunk, the Detroit Pistons finishing off the......
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1:15 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click here to listen to today's edition of projo SoxTalk (audio only today). Sean discusses the Red Sox' harrowing day yesterday, Josh Beckett's surprising inability to retire the Orioles' usually inept lineup, the Terry Francona-Brad Mills relationship, and the Red......
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1:10 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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We recorded this interview with Shalise Manza Young this morning. She discusses covering the Spygate news conference yesterday in New York, whether the story will live on in the hearts of non-Patriots fans around the country, and whether the disclosures......
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12:52 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., called today for a "transparent and independent" investigation into allegations that the New England Patriots tried to spy on opposing teams, asserting that the practice went on more frequently than has previously been known.......
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12:22 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Right now on our Fantasy Sports Blog, you can find updated position-by-position hitter rankings, complete rankings for starting and relief pitchers, plus Michael Salfino's weekly Baseball by the Numbers column. This week, he looks at the surprising drop-off in productivity......
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11:53 AM Wed, May 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY STEVEN KRASNER Journal Sports Writer BALTIMORE -- The Red Sox just placed Clay Buchholz on the disabled list because of a torn nail on the middle finger of his right hand and recalled outfielder Jonathan Van Every from Pawtucket.......
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10:07 AM Wed, May 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Following is a partial transcript of Patriots owner Robert Kraft's interview this morning with Scott Wapner of CNBC. Kraft spoke about Spygate and the Boston Herald's apology. WAPNER: ROBERT KRAFT IS THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS......
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9:07 AM Wed, May 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
James Mirtle, the Toronto Globe and Mail's hockey blogger, recently gave a tour around the vacant coaching jobs in the NHL. His column lists Scott Gordon, the AHL's coach of the year with the Providence Bruins, as a strong candidate......
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8:09 AM Wed, May 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Boston Herald has issued an apology for its publication of a Feb. 2 story that stated a member of the New England Patriots video staff had videotaped the St. Louis Rams' walkthrough before Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002.......
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8:06 AM Wed, May 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
On today's sports cover, Jim Donaldson has a fairly withering column on Sen. Arlen Specter's involvement with Spygate, while Steven Krasner follows the road-weary Red Sox and Mike Szostak greets the Celtics back to Boston. They're happy to be there,......
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4:18 PM Tue, May 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Colleague John Mulligan calls in to report that the Matt Walsh-Arlen Specter press conference has been postponed until sometime tomorrow. The meeting between Walsh, attorney Michael Levy and the Pennsylvania Senator is still going on presently, and the decision was......
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2:56 PM Tue, May 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Tom Brady spoke in depth about the 2007 season, and the loss to the Giants in the Super Bowl, in a wide-ranging interview on WEEI Radio this afternoon: On whether pressure built during last season as the team remain undefeated......
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2:31 PM Tue, May 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
AP video will be offering live coverage of Sen. Arlen Specter's news conference in Washington, which will follow his meeting with former Patriots assistant Matt Walsh. The event is now expected to be at about 4. To view the video,......
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2:22 PM Tue, May 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
The Red Sox announced moments ago that manager Terry Francona will miss the two-game series on Tuesday and Wednesday in Baltimore. Mary Ann Lang, the mother of his wife, Jacque, passed away on Monday night in Tucson, Arizona. Francona and......
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2:15 PM Tue, May 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Larry Bird has filed a lawsuit alleging a couple who bought his former home in southern Indiana are improperly using his name to promote a bed-and-breakfast. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Evansville, claims......
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1:12 PM Tue, May 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. Today's topics: Clay Buchholz's troubles on the road, and how it makes the club's decision about Bartolo Colon easier, looking to deal Julian Tavarez and giving Craig Hansen......
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12:58 PM Tue, May 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Injured Alex Rodriguez is hoping to rejoin the New York Yankees early next week. "We're aiming for (next) Tuesday at home," Rodriguez, who is on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right quadriceps, said Tuesday......
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12:35 PM Tue, May 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, speaking at the moment to the media, said Matt Walsh brought no new information on the Spygate scandal to their meeting today and that Walsh didn't tell him anything that the Patriots hadn't already been punished......
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12:25 PM Tue, May 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike Szostak Email
An early commencement ceremony is becoming a tradition at Bryant University. Fifteen seniors, eight from the lacrosse team and seven from the baseball team, will receive their degrees today because they will be playing in NCAA Tournaments Saturday, Commencement......
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8:56 AM Tue, May 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click here to see the video, from the AP, of the Spygate figure checking in to meet NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell this morning. And check back here for much more throughout the day.......
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8:42 AM Tue, May 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Here's an interesting story about a Boston-area Starbucks barista who posted a note on the door asking customers not to talk about the game, so that he/she could watch it later without knowing the outcome.......
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7:58 AM Tue, May 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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On today's sports cover, Kevin McNamara writes about the Celtics' Game Four loss, and Bill Reynolds provides some perspective on why it's so hard for NBA teams to win away from home -- and it's not all within the teams'......
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9:34 PM Mon, May 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By KEVIN McNAMARA CLEVELAND – A former Bishop Hendricken guard is a key player in the Cavaliers’ quest to topple the Celtics in these NBA playoffs. Mike Malone, the son of former URI head coach Brendan Malone and a......
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3:30 PM Mon, May 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Sox' Kevin Youkilis was named the American League's Player of the Week for the period May 5-11. Over that stretch, Youkilis batted .375 (12 for 32) with three doubles, five homers and 10 homers for a slugging percentage of......
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3:26 PM Mon, May 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Right-hander Julian Tavarez has been designated for assignment to make room for Sean Casey on the roster. The Sox now have 10 days to trade Tavarez, release him or outright assign him to the minors, an assignment Tavarez can veto......
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3:22 PM Mon, May 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Lincoln High School senior Paul Tangerhlini limited Portsmouth to four hits and two runs as Lincoln handed the Patriots their first loss of the season, 6-2, last Monday.......
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2:56 PM Mon, May 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett and Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant topped the voting for the National Basketball Association's All-Defensive team. Denver's Marcus Camby and San Antonio's Bruce Bowen and Tim Duncan completed the first......
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2:17 PM Mon, May 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ESPN has the New England Patriots listed as still the team to beat in the National Football League on the network's NFL power rankings for May. Just behind the Patriots are the Colts, the Chargers, the Cowboys and the Jaguars.......
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2:12 PM Mon, May 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Just two of them so far. Reschedule dates are in parentheses. Girls lacrosse Lincoln at Narragansett (Wednesday, 4 p.m.) Boys tennis Narragansett at St. Raphael (Wednesday, 4 p.m.)......
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11:01 AM Mon, May 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Kevin McNamara talk about the Celtics' distressing Game Three win and preview tonight's Game Four. Should we be worried about the team's psyche as it continues to seek that elusive first road win?......
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10:16 AM Mon, May 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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IRVING, Texas (AP) - Get your popcorn ready: Terrell Owens is coming to prime time Wednesday night. As an actor. T.O. will make his sitcom acting debut on the MyNetworkTV show "Under One Roof" as the long-lost brother of the......
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10:01 AM Mon, May 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
As Art Martone mentioned this morning in his Baseball Today column, Manny Ramirez had some very interesting comments reported by Rob Bradford in today's Boston Herald. Ramirez, who had most of last night off before making the last out as......
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10:00 AM Mon, May 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. Today's topics: the relentless Red Sox offense, Kevin Cash the .375 hitter, doing it with speed and power, tonight's date with Livan Hernandez, and the still-hot Tampa Bay......
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9:09 AM Mon, May 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
In case you haven't seen it, here's a video of Tony Romo's embarrassing rendition of "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" at Wrigley Field.......
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8:58 AM Mon, May 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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BARRE, Vt. (AP) -- After two American Basketball Association titles, the Vermont Frost Heaves are switching leagues. The pro-basketball team is giving up ABA's red, white and blue ball and embracing the more traditional orange ball of the Premier Basketball......
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7:56 AM Mon, May 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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On today's sports cover, Kevin McNamara talks to the Celtics players about why they have been so bad on the road in these playoffs. Steve Krasner writes from Minneapolis, where the Red Sox nearly pulled out another improbable win last......
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12:31 AM Sun, May 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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CELTICS JOURNAL By KEVIN McNAMARA CLEVELAND – LeBron James still isn’t shooting the ball like he’d wish but he doesn’t appear fazed. James was 5-16 from the floor in Game Three but he still filled the stat sheet with......
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11:06 PM Sat, May 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer CLEVELAND – Sam Cassell insists that of all the big shots he’s swished in his 15-year pro career, not one sticks in his mind. Of all the wins in his 124 career playoff......
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11:03 PM Sat, May 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
The Celtics were ambushed by LeBron James and his much-improved teammates tonight as the Cleveland Cavaliers rolled to a 108-84 victory at The Q. James and Delonte West both scored 21 points for the Cavs who now trail in......
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7:50 PM Sat, May 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara CLEVELAND - We're here at Quicken Loans Arena, or The Q as the locals call it. We'll see if the Celtics show up. The Celts actually played pretty well in their three road losses to Atlanta......
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3:41 PM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Pawtucket Red Sox game against the Norfolk Tides scheduled for tonight at McCoy Stadium has been rained out, and will be played as part of a double header tomorrow at 6 p.m.......
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1:43 PM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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Here's the list so far. Reschedule dates, where known, are in parentheses. Baseball Central at Prout North Smithfield at Burrillville (tomorrow, noon) PCD at Fatima (Monday, 4 p.m.) Mount Pleasant at Hope (Wednesday, 4 p.m.) Mt. Hope at Central Falls......
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1:33 PM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Alex Rodriguez took 57 swings in batting practice and fielded 31 grounders at third base during his first injury rehabilitation workout Friday at the New York Yankees' minor league complex. Rodriguez is on the 15-day disabled......
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1:32 PM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle Farnsworth’s suspension was cut from three games to one Friday by Major League Baseball following an appeal by the New York Yankees reliever. Bob Watson, baseball’s vice president in charge of discipline, announced the original......
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11:29 AM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. Today's topics: Kevin Youkilis' hot start -- can he make it last? -- Josh Beckett's steady improvement, Manny Ramirez's quest for 500 home runs -- and is 600......
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10:55 AM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By PAUL KENYON Journal Sports Writer Will Daniels is in Las Vegas. No, it is not to celebrate his graduation from URI, but rather to prepare for life after college. Daniels' agent, Andy Miller, has a number of his clients......
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10:16 AM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Everyone loves top 10 lists, and Dave Golokhov hits on fertile ground today on foxsports.com, ranking the top 10 worst franchises in pro sports. Number one is the Pittsburgh Pirates, the once-proud team that is in danger of tying the......
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9:20 AM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Here are two columns worth reading about Spygate. The Chicago Tribune's Dan Pompei says that the scandal is over, and it's time to remember just how good a coach Bill Belichick is. Meanwhile, Harvey Araton of The New York Times......
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8:26 AM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ESPN's Mike Fish reports this morning that the tapes turned over by Matt Walsh to the NFL include evidence that the Patriots tried to steal offensive signals, not just defensive signals, as has been widely reported until now. Fish says......
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8:20 AM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Former Red Sox pitcher Kason Gabbard, who you may remember was traded last year to Texas along with David Murphy for relief pitcher Eric Gagne, was in the center of a nasty incident last night in Seattle. It started when......
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7:45 AM Fri, May 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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On today's sports cover, Kevin McNamara and Jim Donaldson have coverage of the Celtics' emphatic Game Two victory in the Eastern Conference semifinals, while Steve Krasner chronicles Kevin Youkilis' unbelievable success in Detroit. Click here to download the file in......
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9:02 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
BOSTON - The Celtics' defense is strangling the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Celtics are now up big in the third quarter, 56-38, and really bothering the Cavs with their defense. Boston trailed 24-17 after the first quarter but dominated the......
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3:45 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians, 6-3, today at Yankee Stadium to avoid a three-game sweep at the hands of the Tribe. The Bombers got home runs from Johnny Damon (positively Damonic), Jason Giambi (the Giambino), Robinson Cano......
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3:31 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
FOXBORO -- Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Friday, May 9, for the highly-anticpated June 6 doubleheader featuring world soccer power Brazil against Venezuela following a Major League Soccer clash between the New England Revolution and FC Dallas. That doubleheader will......
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3:16 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - Kobe Bryant added another honor Thursday to go with his MVP award, becoming the only unanimous selection to the All-NBA team. The Lakers star was voted to the first team for the third straight season and......
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2:46 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Pawtucket Red Sox earned an even split of their four-game home series with the Durham Bulls by winning 3-2, today at McCoy Stadium. Rehabbing Sean Casey was 2 for 4 with a pair of singles and a run scored,......
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2:33 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
According to the story broken last night by The New York Times, former Patriots assistant Matt Walsh today will deliver his video collection to the NFL. The story goes on to identify the teams whose coaches will be featured giving......
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12:57 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Outdoors writer Tom Meade has filed tomorrow's Fishing Report early. You can read it now: Just click this link to find out what's hot and where.......
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12:30 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Red Sox first baseman Sean Casey (hip sprain) and infielder Alex Cora (elbow strain) are playing for the PawSox this afternoon as both continue their rehab assignments. Cora, who went 2-for-4 in his first appearance on Wednesday, is batting second......
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12:27 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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ATLANTA (AP) - By the time Bill Hargrove was recognized last year as the nation's oldest league bowler, his eyesight had deteriorated so much he could hardly see the pins. But he kept at it, armed with a mental image......
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12:10 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Kevin McNamara preview tonight's Celtics-Cavaliers Game Two. The topics: Cleveland should feel better about Game One than Boston, the NBA must have been cringing on Tuesday, getting Ray Allen back on the scoreboard......
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12:09 PM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. Today's topics: a tough, tough way to lose a game, Julio Lugo's channeling of Edgar Renteria, whether there's a market for Julian Tavarez, and the struggles of tonight's......
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10:23 AM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports today that David Sanborn, a Red Sox fan from Oceanside, Calif., has been ordered to pay about $25,000 for his role in a bar fight in 2006 with Mario Melendez, a Yankee fan. Melendez sued......
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9:03 AM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins, who meet Friday night to begin their best-of-seven Eastern Conference Finals series, don't like each other very much. That much we know. Once upon a time, Pittsburgh and Philly fans weren't too chummy......
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7:50 AM Thu, May 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
On today's sports cover, Steve Krasner writes about last night's strange Red Sox loss at Detroit, Robert Lee reports that the Celtics defense in Game One set a tough standard to follow, and Tom Meade spends some time with Ken......
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6:36 PM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Anyone who follows golf in New England knows the names Parajeckas, Dantas and Kirby. All have been frequent contenders in regional events and they were again yesterday. There was one difference this time. While the names are familiar, not......
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3:27 PM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Pedro Martinez is scheduled to throw a side session on Friday in Florida, another step in the pitcher's rehabilitation from a strained left hamstring. Martinez threw a side session on Tuesday, and the Mets are waiting......
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2:09 PM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) - LeBron James says the rest of the series between his Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics won't look anything like the first game. James says he won't miss 16 of 18 shots or commit 10 turnovers. And......
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12:05 PM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. Today's topics: the combined shutout by 41-year-old Tim Wakefield and 42-year-old Mike Timlin; the first throwing session of the year for 41-year-old Curt Schilling; Manny Ramirez and David......
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10:47 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Right now on our Fantasy Sports Blog, you can find updated position-by-position hitter rankings, complete rankings for starting and relief pitchers, plus Michael Salfino's weekly Baseball by the Numbers column. This week, he looks at guys who like to run,......
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10:13 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Taking a page from the Boston Celtics' playoff playbook, the Providence Bruins have lost three straight road games to the Portland Pirates, and now will have to win two straight at the Dunkin' Donuts Center if they hope to continue......
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10:02 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta Hawks general manager Billy Knight is stepping down. The announcement comes after the Hawks ended a nine-year playoff drought and forced the Boston Celtics to a Game 7 in a first round playoff series that ended......
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8:38 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The blog FanHouse today linked to this video of Delonte West from his Celtics days: "Delonte West, Uncut." It goes on for about six minutes, some of which is pretty hilarious. Here's an excerpt: "Twenty years from now, you're going......
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8:01 AM Wed, May 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
On today's sports cover, Kevin McNamara and Robert Lee, and photographer Glenn Osmundson, have coverage of the Celtics' Game One Eastern Conference semifinal victory over LeBron James and the Cavs, while Paul Kenyon is in Detroit with the story of......
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5:15 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Charlie Blanchard began his day today with a lost ball and ended it with a new trophy for winning still another golf championship. Blanchard, the reigning Rhode Island Golf Association player of the year, took the RIGA’s season-opening event,......
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3:28 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - Alex Rodriguez passed out during the birth of his first daughter. "The one nurse had a cold cloth on his head. The other nurse had the blood pressure on his arm. And my mother was like......
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3:26 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY MIKE SZOSTAK Journal Sports Writer Brown lacrosse coach Lars Tiffany is disappointed that his Bears, the Ivy League co-champions with Cornell, were not selected for the NCAA Division I lacrosse tournament. But he is more disappointed that Georgetown did......
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2:29 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Curt Schilling made 25 tosses from a distance of 60 feet from 1:43 to 1:49 this afternoon at Comerica Park, the first time he has thrown a baseball this spring as he continues to rehabilitate his right shoulder. The session......
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2:27 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. Today's topics: Daisuke Matsuzaka's inability to control his pitches, Craig Hansen's inability so far to seize the opportunity handed to him, Mike Lowell's first RBIs of the season,......
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2:06 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Kevin McNamara discuss the Celtics' Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Cleveland Cavaliers. How would Kevin draw up a plan to slow LeBron James? Did the Cavaliers make themselves better with their big......
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8:24 AM Tue, May 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Rich Lee Email
LeBron James leads the Cleveland Cavaliers into Boston for tonight's Game One of their Eastern Conference semifinal. Also, the Red Sox turn on the power in helping Dice-K run his record to 5-0 last night at Detroit. Download file......
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2:26 PM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) -- A woman accused of running down a man in her car after a Red Sox-Yankees argument in a bar never hit her brakes as she accelerated toward the small group he was in, a prosecutor said......
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1:19 PM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By SHALISE MANZA YOUNG Journal Sports Writer The Patriots have announced the signing of three of the players in for a tryout during the rookie mini-camp held over the weekend, as well as the release of two players who had......
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11:04 AM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Roger Clemens apologized Monday for unspecified mistakes in his personal life but denied having an affair with a 15-year-old. The Daily News reported last week Clemens had a decade-long relationship......
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11:01 AM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Kevin McNamara discuss the Celtics, who finally disposed of the Atlanta Hawks and now face a series with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Do we feel better about this team because of......
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10:41 AM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Moses Brown senior Chloe Schmitz scored five goals, including four in the second half, as the Quakers handed North Kingstown girls lacrosse team its first Interscholastic League loss of the season with a 12-9 victory over the Skippers on Friday......
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10:03 AM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Carolyn Thornton did excellent work covering yesterday's Cox Providence Rhode Races. You can find all of her work -- including photos, feature stories and links to content on other sites -- on her Running Blog. Here are a few things......
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7:49 AM Mon, May 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
On today's sports cover, Kevin McNamara and Bill Reynolds describe the Celtics' easy Game Seven victory over the Atlanta Hawks, Paul Kenyon writes about Jon Lester's work in beating the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway, and Jim Donaldson tells you......
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3:24 PM Sun, May 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
BOSTON - The Celtics just finished a stirring 99-65 beat down of the Atlanta Hawks to win Game Seven of their first round playoff series. Boston will host LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the next round Tuesday......
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2:12 PM Sun, May 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
By KEVIN McNAMARA It's halftime at the Garden and the Celtics are smoking the Atlanta Hawks, 44-26. It's hard to see the visitors having enough in the tank to mount a comeback in this Game Seven. The Hawks have......
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8:11 AM Sat, May 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Get the details of Friday night's rain-delayed Sox game on projo.com's Sox page.......
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12:21 AM Sat, May 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer ATLANTA – The Hawks may be younger and more athletic than the Celtics at some positions, but nothing can explain the massive disparity at the free-throw line in the Hawks’ favor in this series.......
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2:26 PM Fri, May 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP)- A Southington psychologist was sentenced Friday to 33 years in prison for conspiring to murder a fellow psychologist, the stepfather of NBA star Ray Allen. Ernest Garlington, 39, was convicted last year in a murder-for-hire plot against......
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1:49 PM Fri, May 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike Szostak Email
PROVIDENCE – Brown University hopes to name a new basketball coach by the end of May. The search committee has winnowed the initial list of 80 applicants to about 10 and will meet next week to decide which candidates......
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1:46 PM Fri, May 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By SHALISE MANZA YOUNG Journal Sports Writer Rain forced the Patriots to move the first session of their rookie mini-camp indoors, to the Dana-Farber Fieldhouse, and the 27 players on hand worked for more than an hour on the basics......
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1:43 PM Fri, May 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Here's the list for now. Where known, the reschedule dates are in parentheses. Baseball Cumberland at St. Raphael (Monday, 3:30 p.m.) Cranston East at Hendricken (May 10, 2 p.m.) Central at Mount St. Charles (May 16, 4:30 p.m.) Softball Barrington......
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1:00 PM Fri, May 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
AP photo / Blake Wolf By JIM LIITKE AP Sports Columnist It's hard to praise sportsmanship without sounding like a chump. We celebrate cunning, guile and trash-talking in our games every day, but sportsmanship exactly once a year, which......
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12:05 PM Fri, May 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Here is the full list of drafted and undrafted rookies taking part in New England's rookie mini-camp this weekend: 5 QB Kevin O'Connell - San Diego St 18 WR Matthew Slater - UCLA 22 CB Terrence Wheatley - Colorado 24......
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11:54 AM Fri, May 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - University of Washington center Jessica McCormack says she's transfering to the University of Connecticut. The 6-foot-5 freshman, who is currently playing for the New Zealand national team, tells the Hartford Courant that she has accepted a......
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10:50 AM Fri, May 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. Today's topics: the bizarre balk call that prolonged last night's game (I had already turned the thing off...); the Red Sox' abysmal offensive showing this week; a showdown......
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9:55 AM Fri, May 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Kevin McNamara preview tonight's Game Six showdown in Atlanta. Did Boston turn a corner in Game Five? Do the Hawks have any concept of how to win on the road? Have the Celtics......
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9:51 AM Fri, May 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Tiny Trinity College is streaking again, this time in baseball. The Division III school, whose football team won 31 in a row before losing a game in 2006, and whose men's squash team hasn't dropped a......
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9:06 AM Fri, May 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
In case you missed this story yesterday, baseball's preeminent self-proclaimed whistleblower has now become "one of the first celebrities to publicly admit being a statistic in the U.S. housing crisis."......
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8:59 AM Fri, May 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
As The Portland Press-Herald reports today, the Portland Pirates will have a very hard task on their hands as they try to climb out of a 2-0 hole in their playoff series with the Providence Bruins. The series resumes tonight......
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8:47 AM Fri, May 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
We were waiting for this one, but here's The Onion's first foray into the allegetions that Roger Clemens had an affair: "sports fans" weigh in. Another baseball item from America's Finest News Source: Nomar Garciaparra tells wife to meet him......
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8:43 AM Fri, May 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ATLANTA (AP) - Dwyane Wade has finally spoken up about his alleged romance with Star Jones: "Star is an unbelievable woman. We have a great, great relationship. As friends." "We're friends, just like a lot of celebrities. We are friends,"......
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8:05 AM Fri, May 02, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
On today's sports cover, Sean McAdam writes from Fenway Park, where the Red Sox' bats continue to be silent; Kevin McNamara checks in on the Celtics before he flies to watch the team play tonight's game in Atlanta; Kevin also......
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3:49 PM Thu, May 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Tom Brady's girlfriend Gisele Bundchen is once again the world's top-earning model, according to Forbes magazine, and it ain't even close. The Forbes list, which you can read about right here, estimates total earnings over the past 12 months.......
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3:09 PM Thu, May 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Rebounders on free-throw attempts will be positioned along the foul lane three feet farther from the basket during high school basketball games next season. The National Federation of State High School Associations, the umbrella organization for more......
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2:39 PM Thu, May 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
AP photo / Stephan Savoia First-round draft choice Jerod Mayo poses with Robert and Jonathan Kraft today at Gillette Stadium. By SHALISE MANZA YOUNG Journal Sports Writer Jerod Mayo arrived at Gillette Stadium today, and after meeting with team......
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2:25 PM Thu, May 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Brown University wide receiver Paul Raymond (Miami, FL) has signed a free agent contract with the New York Jets of the National Football League. Raymond will attend the Jets' Rookie Mini-Camp that begins on Friday, May 2. In addition, senior......
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1:30 PM Thu, May 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
For the month of April, plus the two games played against Oakland in Japan, the Red Sox have won eight games in which they scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning or later. That compares to just three such......
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1:15 PM Thu, May 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. Today's topics: A fourth consecutive fine pitching performance offsetting the general offensive futility, Toronto's penchant for beating itself, the latest injury news and the advantages of a potential......
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1:09 PM Thu, May 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By SHALISE MANZA YOUNG Journal Sports Writer The Patriots have announced the three men selected as finalists for this year's inductee into the franchise's Hall of Fame. Tight end Ben Coates, center Jon Morris and running back Jim Nance were......
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1:07 PM Thu, May 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio State paid former men's basketball coach Jim O'Brien $2.74 million for improperly firing him for violating NCAA rules. O'Brien's attorney, Joseph Murray, on Thursday confirmed the payment of $2.74 million. That amount represents the award,......
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1:06 PM Thu, May 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has been arrested for allegedly hitting a woman at a Century City hotel. Los Angeles police say the 46-year-old Rodman was arrested Wednesday night after officers answered a report of a......
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10:36 AM Thu, May 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Outdoors writer Tom Meade has filed tomorrow's Fishing Report early. You can read it now: Just click this link to find out what's hot and where.......
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8:04 AM Thu, May 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
On today's sports cover, Kevin McNamara and Bill Reynolds report from TD Banknorth Garden, where the Celtics continued the trend of home teams winning in their playoff series with the Hawks. And Sean McAdam has the news on the latest......
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