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June 8, 2008 - June 14, 2008 Archives
7:48 AM Fri, Jun 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Peter Phipps  Email
The Celtics’ bench has enjoyed big games throughout the playoffs and last night was no different. Eddie House and James Posey were the killers in this one. Both came into the game when Doc Rivers chose to employ his......
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1:58 AM Fri, Jun 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
The Celtics can certainly use the two days off before Game Five on Sunday. Rajon Rondo will be able to rest the ankle that he tweaked in Game Three. he was clearly not himself last night as he finished......
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1:57 AM Fri, Jun 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
Big plays always get plenty of cheers but when someone makes a play that leaves a defender grasping at air, fans remember. That’s the type of reaction that Ray Allen’s game-clinching, driving layup past Sasha Vujacic elicited from the......
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1:34 AM Fri, Jun 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer LOS ANGELES – You have Cousy dribbling out the clock, Havlicek’s steal, Russell beating Chamberlain and Bird shooting down Magic and the Lakers. Now Boston Celtics’ fans have memories of The Comeback to......
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10:23 PM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer LOS ANGELES --For a team that relied on its defense to roll to an NBA-best 66 wins, last night’s awful play came as a shock to the Celtics. As the Lakers went off for......
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9:56 PM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer LOS ANGELES -- Doc Rivers wanted to get Kevin Garnett going right out of the box last night but the Lakers’ stunning 35-14 first quarter haymaker scrapped those plans. Garnett had picked up two......
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9:46 PM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer LOS ANGELES -- The Lakers are playing without their starting center, Andrew Bynum. His knee injury has forced Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom to play opposing centers on defense and try to hit the......
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9:42 PM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer LOS ANGELES -- Magic Johnson just met the press and says he’s confident that the Lakers can come together and take control of this series in the next two games. Johnson, who is a......
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9:31 PM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer LOS ANGELES – The Celtics entered tonight’s game with little concern about Rajon Rondo’s ankle, but that didn’t last too long. Rondo turned the ankle in the third quarter of Game Three but a......
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9:23 PM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
LOS ANGELES — David Stern came to the defense of his beleaguered referees Thursday, saying they don’t manipulate games or engage in other criminal activity. Speaking to the media for the third time at an NBA finals that has been......
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8:40 PM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports that ex-URI star Lamar Odom was 15 minutes for Game Four tonight, arriving at the Staples Center at 4:45 p.m. Pacific time when he expected to be there at 4:30. The Press-Enterprise said Odom has been......
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8:22 PM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
LOS ANGELES -- Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo warmed up as usual before Game Four of the NBA finals against the Los Angeles Lakers and said he was ready to go. Coach Doc Rivers said the ankle injury will be......
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6:35 PM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Brad Faxon and Billy Andrade have decided to split up again for this CVS Caremark Charity Classic. As they have number a number of times in the previous nine years of the event, the two tournament co-hosts will partner......
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5:40 PM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- Rhode Island catcher Zach Zaneski has signed with Major League Baseball’s Texas Rangers as a free agent and will report to the Rangers’ Single-A affiliate Spokane Indians on Friday, June 13. “I am very excited about this......
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3:59 PM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click here to watch the video of Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Bartolo Colon's 150th career win and the ball that struck him in the arm last night, the Red Sox' pitching depth and how it will help......
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3:30 PM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
During his weekly appearance on Mohegan Sun Sports Tonight, Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon praised the Tampa Bay Rays . . . but also warned that he and his teammates haven't forgotten the bad blood between the teams. Papelbon on......
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2:06 PM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Le Anne Schreiber's piece can be found here. It's interesting reading that takes some network personalities to task for their performances on the day that Matt Walsh met Roger Goodell.......
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11:34 AM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - University of Connecticut women's basketball recruit Elena Delle Donne says she left summer school in Storrs because of personal issues and will be taking a long break. The national high school player of the year......
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11:32 AM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Shane Bettencourt with the 22-pound, 4-ounce bass he caught to win the youth division of the Striper Marina 15th annual spring tournament. Tom Meade has filed his fishing report a day early. He says that it's a real jungle......
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11:06 AM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs and his wife have given $10 million to the University of Buffalo in the name of Jeremy Jacobs' brother, Dr. Lawrence Jacobs, who was chairman of the Department of Neurology in the university's School of......
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9:09 AM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Fenway Park food stands on opening day failed city health inspections on more than a dozen health and safety measurements, according to a report in today's Boston Globe. The violations were significant enough to cause potential food poisoning, and followed......
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8:44 AM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Doc Rivers first wanted to hear more about Marquette University's student work-study program in South Africa, because he was thinking about taking his family there to visit. Then, Rivers wanted to find out more about the teachings......
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4:47 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Rocco Baldelli could be ready for the next step in his attempt to play in the majors again. The Tampa Bay Rays center fielder, sidelined since May 2007 because of lingering hamstring problems and what doctors......
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3:52 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
FOXBORO – The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football today unveiled the preliminary round match-ups for the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League, and the New England Revolution has been drawn with Joe Public FC of Trinidad & Tobago.......
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2:58 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) - A Red Sox Nation slugger has found a new nation to call home. David Ortiz and 220 other immigrants became U.S. citizens Wednesday at a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. The 32-year-old slugger......
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2:48 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress is refusing to practice because the Super Bowl champions haven't renegotiated his contract. Burress reported to Giants Stadium for a mandatory minicamp Wednesday, but said he told the......
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2:41 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click here to watch the video of Bill's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: The good news about last night's bad result, the burden on Kobe Bryant to carry his team, and Tim Donaghy's damaging allegations. Here are some excerpts......
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2:26 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click here to watch the video of Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Last night's loss, the struggling Hideki Okajima and his accountability issues, the improved state of the bullpen in general, and Kevin Millar's inability to cut the......
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1:59 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Big East conference is forming a new men's lacrosse league. The league will start competition in the spring of 2010 and will include Syracuse, Providence, Rutgers, St. John's, Villanona, Notre Dame and Georgetown. Each school......
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12:59 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Gene Laverty Bloomberg Boston Ventures, a private equity firm in Massachusetts that owns stakes in Six Flags amusement parks and Motown Records, has added a controlling interest in NASCAR Petty Enterprises to its media and entertainment holdings. David Zucker,......
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10:54 AM Wed, Jun 11, 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 writes about the importance of sleep schedules......
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10:15 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
AP photo / Gene Puskar Rodney Harrison, the defender who was closest to the play when David Tyree made his unbelievable catch late in Super bowl XLII, has written the introduction to Tyree's book, "More Than Just a Catch,"......
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10:10 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ATTLEBORO, Mass. — Police say New York Giants Super Bowl rings were among the $2 million worth of items stolen from an Attleboro jewelry company sometime over the weekend. Police say thieves disabled the alarm system at E.A. Dion’s building,......
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8:44 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Celtics center Scot Pollard, who has been inactive since late February because of a torn tendon in his ankle, was a key member of the 2002 Sacramento Kings team that lost in the Western Conference Finals to the Los Angeles......
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8:35 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
On today's sports cover, Kevin McNamara reports from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where the Lakers climbed back into the NBA Finals with an ugly win last night. Bill Reynolds writes that Kobe Bryant rose to the occasion with......
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1:37 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
By KEVIN McNAMARA LOS ANGELES - Lamar Odom still hasn’t played well in the NBA Finals but he insists he’s not getting frustrated. Odom fell into foul trouble for the third straight game. He had three fouls in a......
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1:36 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer LOS ANGELES – Kobe Bryant calls him a machine. Phil Jackson labels him a rock head. The Boston Celtics can call Sasha Vujacic a killer. The Celtics let Vujacic slip through their clutches......
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10:31 PM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer LOS ANGELES -- In light of the Tom Donaghy news, you have to wonder how much coaches think that their whining about officials’ calls can affect a game. Phil Jackson says it does. Doc......
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10:29 PM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer LOS ANGELES -- The Bulls and Pistons both filled their vacant coaching positions, with Vinnie DelNegro and Michael Curry respectively. Neither owns extensive coaching background, or at least not as much as valued Celtics’......
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9:55 PM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer LOS ANGELES -- Celtics coach Doc Rivers said he would not be altering his rotation even with the outstanding effort from reserve forward Leon Powe in Game Two. Sure enough, the first big man......
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9:18 PM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer LOS ANGELES -- Bill Belichick, Tedy Bruschi, Jay-Z, Beyonce and Curt Schilling have all sat in the best seats in the house at TD Banknorth Garden. They are the four seats that ajoin the......
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9:15 PM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer LOS ANGELES -- Lawyers for former NBA referee Tom Donaghy have released some of the information he’s given the FBI. In a letter sent to the sentencing court on behalf of Donaghy, he alleges......
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9:12 PM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer LOS ANGELES – Phil Jackson certainly has lofty expectations for Lamar Odom. Odom has dipped into his coach’s doghouse in this series. He didn’t play in the fourth quarter of Game Two, choosing instead......
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8:56 PM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
LOS ANGELES -- We're at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. American Idol winner David Cook just sang the national anthem and the place is jumping. Tough to oogle the stars who must be littered around courtside because our......
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5:08 PM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
The Rhode Island area will be well represented in both U.S. Open championships this month. The men’s Open will begin Thursday at Torrey Pines with three area players in the field. And now Point Judith's Anna Grzebien has given......
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4:27 PM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
The Gatorade Company, in partnership with RISE Magazine, announced Steph Morse of Warwick Veterans High School as its 2007-08 Gatorade Rhode Island Softball Player of the Year. Morse, the state’s returning Gatorade Softball Player of the Year, is the first......
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3:54 PM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Jacoby Ellsbury, who suffered a sprained right wrist last Thursday and missed the three-game series against Seattle, is penciled in to start tonight's series opener against the Orioles. Manager Terry Francona said he spoke to Ellsbury this morning and was......
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3:52 PM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Curt Schilling threw 40 pitches off the mound today, and while there didn't seem to be any physical problems, the veteran right-hander was not happy with his command, said manager Terry Francona. "The good news is he's ramping it up,"......
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3:09 PM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Pete Dougherty Albany Times Union ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Three simple words, never intended to be heard by the masses, could have derailed a broadcaster's career. Instead, they seemed to enhance a reputation. Dottie Pepper, a Wilton, N.Y., native in......
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3:08 PM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
TORONTO (AP) — Former East Providence High School and Providence College hockey player Ron Wilson was introduced Tuesday as the new coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, less than a month after he was fired by the San Jose Sharks.......
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12:58 PM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
KRT photo / Giulio Marcocchi Bonnie-Jill Laflin What, exactly, are the qualifications of an NBA scout? That's the question that Canada's National Post's Barbara Matson asks when relating the story of Bonnie-Jill Laflin, a 32-year-old Lakers scout whose previous......
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11:56 AM Tue, Jun 10, 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: Clay Buchholz's mission in Pawtucket, the Red Sox' ability so far to overcome injuries, Josh Beckett's streak of good outings, and Ken Griffey Jr.'s 600th home......
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11:07 AM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tom Meade Email
The Monster on a 2,000-mile qualifier for the Volvo Ocean Race Il Mostro – The Monster – will use the 635-mile Newport-Bermuda Race as a short training run for the Volvo Ocean Race around the world, scheduled to start......
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10:36 AM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
AP Video is presenting live coverage of the funeral for sportscaster Jim McKay. Click here to see it.......
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9:58 AM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach That's what King Kaufman of salon.com thinks, saying that Coco might have helped save the Rays' season when he ducked away from James Shields' big punch after charging the mound on Thursday night. Shields......
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