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June 18, 2008 Archives
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By Corey Bourassa  Email
NEW YORK — Game 6 drew the highest NBA finals television ratings in eight years. The Boston Celtics’ deciding victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night earned a 10.7 rating on ABC, the network said Wednesday. It’s the......
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1:32 PM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Press the play button below to hear Bill Reynolds and Kevin McNamara summarize the Celtics championship victory. The topics: the Celtics' greatness and the Lakers' lameness, MVP Paul Pierce, how the team became great, what we can look forward to......
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1:31 PM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) - Boston police said 22 people were arrested during the Celtics' championship celebration, the vast majority for disorderly conduct. Several storefront windows were damaged near the TD Banknorth Garden after the Celtics' 131-92 win over the Los Angeles......
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1:30 PM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) - Boston's streets will be crowded again Thursday with screaming fans celebrating a championship - but this time they'll be wearing green. Mayor Tom Menino announced plans Wednesday for a "rolling rally" at 11 a.m. Thursday to celebrate......
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1:11 PM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
What looked to be bad news for the CVS Caremark Charity Classic has turned out to be not so bad, after all. The $1.5 million tournament, which will be held June 22-24 at Rhode Island Country Club in Barrington,......
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1:10 PM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Rocco Mediate, who took Tiger Woods to a dramatic sudden-death finish in the U.S. Open this past weekend, has been added to the field at the CVS Caremark Charity Classic, June 22 to 24 in Barrington. Mediate will replace Boo......
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12:52 PM Wed, Jun 18, 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: Jon Lester's outstanding showing in Philly, Terry Francona's mild reprimand of Jacoby Ellsbury, Curt Schilling's setback, and the dismissal of Willie Randolph (which Sean saw coming......
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12:33 PM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
State boys tennis champion Kyle Burke discussed his game in an interview earlier this month with Mike McDermott of HSGameTime. Click the play button below to hear what Kyle had to say, and see some photos from his spectular junior......
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11:43 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By STEVEN KRASNER Journal Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA -- Red Sox manager Terry Francona watched with a smile on his face as the Celtics destroyed the Lakers in winning the NBA Championship Tuesday night. Francona has forged a friendly relationship with......
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11:41 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By STEVEN KRASNER Journal Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA -- Opting to err on the side of caution, manager Terry Francona elected not to put Manny Ramirez and Kevin Youkilis in the starting lineup for Wednesday's game. Factoring into his decision was......
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11:39 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
PAWTUCKET -- Hall of Fame baseball player Cal Ripken Jr. is visiting Rhode Island, where he'll be honored for participating in the longest game in professional baseball history more than 25 years ago. Ripken will be at McCoy Stadium in......
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11:04 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) - Mike Dukes, who played linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers and two AFL teams from 1959 to 1965, was killed in a traffic accident earlier this week. He was 72. The longtime Beaumont resident was killed......
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11:02 AM Wed, Jun 18, 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 takes a look at the rule of......
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10:23 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
The biggest week of the area golf season has gotten even bigger. Anna Grzebien and Patrick Horgan are the latest to join the fun. Those two have earned spots in this week’s tour events in qualifiers. Point Judith’s Grzebien......
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8:40 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Rick Hummel St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS - The only three teams in the major leagues that had winning records on the road before last weekend all would be in the playoffs if they started today. The Los Angeles......
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8:33 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
There's just one word you need to know about today's sports cover: Champs. Click here to download the file in pdf format.......
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8:32 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Journal photo/ Bill Murphy Claudia Guevare, of Pawtucket, helps print the Boston Celtic championship shirts at Mirror Image in Pawtucket this morning. The Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers, 131-92, last night to win their 17th NBA championship.......
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8:15 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) - The Celtics' 39-point margin in Tuesday night's championship clinching win is the largest in a decisive NBA finals game. In fact, Boston now has four of the six biggest margins in games that clinched titles. The Lakers......
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8:12 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Kevin Ding The Orange County Register BOSTON - The Los Angeles Lakers drag their battered bodies and frazzled minds away after Game 103 of this surprising season certain of one thing: Losing in the NBA Finals is way better......
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8:11 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Mark Kiszla The Denver Post Boston — Victory cigars smell better in Boston. In the long, green line of Celtics tradition, add Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. The Big Three did what is thought impossible in this......
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8:08 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
AP photo / Bill Sikes GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (AP) - General Mills says it will issue a special-edition commemorative package honoring the NBA champion Boston Celtics. The Golden Valley-based cereal maker says the 15.6-ounce Celtics Wheaties box will be......
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8:06 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Dan Shaughnessy The Boston Globe They are not your old man's Celtics. No black canvas high-tops. No cigar smoke wafting toward the Garden rafters from the Boston bench. No behind-the-back passes from Cooz, and no Larry Legend smashing his......
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8:04 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Bob Ford The Philadelphia Inquirer BOSTON - The chant was the same as it has ever been, or so it seemed, as it echoed back across all those years. "Beat L.A. Beat L.A." But that wasn't the game on......
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8:02 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Celtics did more than win their first NBA championship in 22 years Tuesday night. They made sure Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson would not pass Celtics patriarch Red Auerbach's nine titles as a coach......
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7:53 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BREWSTER, Mass. (AP) - The commissioner of the Cape Cod Baseball League says players involved in an incident that left one hospitalized with severe injuries and another facing drunken driving charges could face further sanctions. Ryan Woolley of Montclair, Va.,......
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1:32 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer BOSTON – When the moment they had all dreamed of finally arrived, the emotion poured out of their bodies. Cradling a model of the NBA’s championship trophy, Kevin Garnett sighed and said “other......
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1:25 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
By ROBERT LEE JOURNAL SPORTS WRITER BOSTON -- Quick. Name the Celtic who took the most shots last night. Paul Pierce? Wrong. Ray Allen? Try again. Well then surely it must be Kevin Garnett. Strike three. If you said Rajon......
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1:14 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
. Doc Rivers has pushed the concept of mental toughness all year, He talked about it in timeouts. He talked about it in practice. He talked about it before last night's game. ``We talked about adversity all year,'' he......
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1:03 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
By ROBERT LEE JOURNAL SPORTS WRITER BOSTON – Ray Allen was playing with a heavy heart last night. He was playing for his teammates, the Boston fans, and to cement his Hall of Fame career by winning his first NBA......
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1:00 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
``This is the reason we came here,'' said Kevin Garnett. ``This is it, right here.'' He was in the interview room last night about an hour after the game, and he was talking about his first meeting with Paul......
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1:00 AM Wed, Jun 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
By ROBERT LEE JOURNAL SPORTS WRITER BOSTON -- Los Angeles coach Phil Jackson said that Boston took away the Lakers fire midway through the second quarter when the Celtics used a 26-6 run to break open a 32-29 game and......
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