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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 (Don't You Know) and Wilson Betemit. And if you're wondering what a John Sterling call of a Wilson Betemit home run sounds like, I have reports that it went something like this: "Who's Betemit than him." Right. Click here for the box score.
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 kick off at 6:30 p.m. with the Revs-Dallas tilt, followed by the international match at 8:30 p.m.
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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 fifth time in his career. He led Los Angeles to the best record in the Western Conference and was presented with the MVP trophy Wednesday before helping the Lakers to a 120-110 victory over Utah in Game 2 of the conference semifinals. Joining Bryant on the first team were New Orleans guard Chris Paul, who was three votes shy of being a unanimous pick, along with Boston's Kevin Garnett, Cleveland's LeBron James and Orlando center Dwight Howard. Garnett was a first-team pick for the fourth time and James made his second appearance. Paul and Howard were first-timers. Voting was done by a panel of 127 sports writers and broadcasters, with points being awarded on a 5-3-1 basis. Amare Stoudemire and Steve Nash of Phoenix were voted to the second team along with San Antonio's Tim Duncan, Utah guard Deron Williams and Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki. The third team consisted of Houston's Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, plus Utah's Carlos Boozer, Boston's Paul Pierce and the Spurs' Manu Ginobili, the league's top sixth man.
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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, while Alex Cora, also on a rehab assignment, was 1 for 4 with a single and a run scored. David Pauley (3-2) pitched six innings for the win, striking out five and walking one while surrendering both Durham runs in the sixth. Bryan Corey picked up the save by striking out two batters in a perfect ninth inning.
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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 signals on the tapes, and notes that Walsh does not in fact have a tape of the St. Louis Rams' 2002 Super Bowl walkthrough. The team that probably has the biggest potential beef here is the Pittsburgh Steelers, who were upset by the Patriots in the 2002 AFC Championship Game. According to The Times, the tape Walsh has has been edited to show Steelers coaches signalling plays during the game, followed by two different camera angles of the actual plays that were called. So far, Pittsburgh seems to be the city where this story is being taken most seriously. It was the lead item on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Web site all day today, and according to the results of an online Post-Gazette poll, a majority of Post-Gazette readers want to see Bill Belichick suspended (of course, the choices in the poll didn't really represent a balanced set of viewpoints). Ninety-three percent of people responding to a poll in the Post-Gazette say the Patriots deserve additional penalties for their conduct. By contrast, most people responding to our poll on projo.com say the Walsh tapes are just more of the same. So I guess it just depends on what side of the fence you happen to stand. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is not really playing up the story, but some Rams fans posting on this discussion thread are sure that conspiracies are being covered up by the NFL. On the Web site of the San Diego Union-Tribune the story also received scant attention, but football writer Jerry Magee does have a column that calls the Patriots the team to beat in 2008 in the AFC, with the Chargers second.
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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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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 and will play second base again today against the Durham Bulls. He will play shortstop on Friday and will rejoin the Red Sox this weekend. He said this morning that he's 100 percent. He grounded out in his first at-bat. Casey is serving as the PawSox' DH today and will play first base on Friday. He singled in his first at-bat. -Joe McDonald
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 of them. He was still bowling last week, just before he was hospitalized and died Monday of congestive heart failure - four days shy of turning 107. Hargrove died at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, a spokeswoman said Thursday. He lived nearby in Clermont. He earned national attention in May 2007, after turning 106, when the United States Bowling Congress dubbed him "the oldest league bowler ever." Hargrove began bowling in 1924. For decades, he played a version known as duckpin bowling. As duckpins faded, Hargrove took up the more popular form of bowling, played with a larger ball. He said it helped him cope with the 1973 death of his wife, Johnnie Ruth Carter Hargrove, and gave him something to look forward to after he retired. "I love it," Hargrove said when the league honored his longevity. "It puts you on trial as far as your ability. And your ability comes and goes. I'm fighting it all the time." "Bowling kept him fit, and I'm sure having something like that, something that you really love, keeps you going," said Sandra Hargrove Carnet, 59, Hargrove's only child. "But he never became retired from the world. He stayed out there, interacted with people and the world. He just really enjoyed being part of the community, and that's what ultimately contributed to his longevity."
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 might be easier than getting Pierce there, and Sam Cassell's Game One contribution.
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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 Tigers starter, Justin Verlander.
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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 for damages because he injured his hand when he punched Sanborn (Melendez said the punch was in self-defense). No criminal charges were filed in the incident, but a Superior Court jury on Tuesday awarded Melendez $15,297 for medical costs, lost wages, and pain and suffering; and $10,000 in additional punitive damages. Sanborn, a Massachusetts native, claimed that Melendez challenged him to a fight and then sucker-punched him.
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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 either, but that was when the Pirates and the Phillies played in the same division and were both good. Now there's not too much of a rivalry between the cities, but maybe that's all about to change. As the Philadelphia Inquirer reports today, Philly is abuzz over rumors of a pending attack by Penguins fans on the Rocky statue in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Pens fans are supposedly interested in adorning the fictional boxer with a Pittsburgh jersey. Angelo Cataldi, former Journal staffer and current Philadelphia talk show host, has suggested posting a big, scary-looking guy with "menacing facial hair" in front of the statue to protect it. But he discourages violence, saying "you gotta look so scary that they wouldn't try [anything]." Crazy? Maybe, but it wouldn't be the first time this playoffs that a visiting fan has defaced Rocky.
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 Read, who is preparing to lead his yachting crew on a race around the world. Click here to download the file in pdf format.
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