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July 6, 2008 - July 12, 2008 Archives
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BY MIKE SZOSTAK Journal Sports Writer NEWPORT - He was only 17 when he won the French Open in 1989, still the youngest male to win a Grand Slam singles title. Just a kid, with his career yet to unfold,......
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2:16 PM Sat, Jul 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
I just finished an interview with North Kingstown's Elizabeth Beisel, who is in San Jose, Calif., with the rest of the U.S. Olympic swim team participating in their media day events. We'll be posting the full audio from Elizabeth's remarks......
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9:56 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
MAJORS (11-12) -- Warwick Continental 3, Wickford 0; Westerly National 16, South Kingstown National 8. SENIORS (15-16) -- Westerly National 5, Exeter/West Greenwich 1. MAJORS (10-11) -- Warwick American 10, South Kingstown National 0; Coventry 13, Westerly National 8; South......
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9:54 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
MAJORS (11-12) -- Darlington 3, Bristol 1. SOFTBALL (9-10) -- Middletown 7, Riverside 4; Barrington 17, Tiverton 16; Portsmouth 18, Rumford 1. JUNIORS (13-14) -- Barrington 7, Rumford 6.......
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9:32 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
MAJOR (11-12) - Lincoln 17, Glocester 7, 5 inn.; Cumberland American 8, East Woonsocket 1. MAJOR (10-11) - Lincoln 13, Smithfield 1, 4 inn.; Burrillville 14, East Woonsocket 4, 4 inn.......
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9:09 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
MAJORS (10-11) -- Cranston Western 17, Johnston American 7; Cranston National/Budlon 10, Elmwood 9. MAJORS (9-10) -- North Providence West 10, Cranston National Budlong 6; Cranston American 10, Edgewood/South Elmwood 2; Johnston National 12, North Providence East 2; Johnston......
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8:35 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
The New York Yankees signed left-hander Eric Milton to a minor league contract Friday, returning Milton to the organization that originally drafted him. New York took Milton with its first round pick, 20th overall, in the June 1996 draft. Milton......
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7:43 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
The Baltimore Orioles fired a high-ranking scout after Major League Baseball's newly formed investigative unit linked him to a gambling probe. MLB was asked for assistance in the gambling inquiry about six months ago by the New York Police Department,......
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5:26 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
Colin A. Sullivan, a senior associate athletics director at Marist College, has been named director of athletics, intramurals and recreation at Salve Regina University, where he will oversee 18 varsity teams, club sports, intramurals and recreation activities. Sullivan arrives at......
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5:14 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Boston Globe reports that the Celtics have signed 7-foot center Patrick O'Bryant.......
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4:00 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Yankees outfielder-designated hitter Hideki Matsui could resume taking onfield batting practice Saturday while he progresses in a rehab program for his sore left knee. "I think very soon," Matsui said Friday through a translator. Matsui, placed......
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3:14 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
EAST PROVIDENCE _ David McAndrew turned in a sensational performance today as he downed Brad Valois, 7 and 5, to win the R.I. Golf Association's 103rd Amateur Championship at Agawam Hunt. McAndrew, a 20-year-old from Rhode Island Country Club,......
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2:27 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Truth was a late-night guest last night (he brought the MVP trophy with him), and the link to the live video has just been posted on the show's Web site. You can find it here. The conversation topics included:......
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1:20 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Peter Phipps Email
What male and female Rhode Island high school scholar-athletes will receive this year's Providence Journal High School Honor Roll awards? Who will be named the 2008 Dick Reynolds Correspondent award winner? The three scholarship recipients will be revealed Sunday in......
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12:50 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
In case by some chance you have not seen this already, AP has just moved a video of Wichita Wingnuts manager Kash Beuchamp (we haven't made up either his name or the team's name -- just in case you haven't......
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12:48 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: what to watch for when Clay Buchholz returns to the mound tonight, Jacoby Ellsbury's importance to the Boston offense, Sean Casey's stellar job as backup first......
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12:30 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
David McAndrew birdied the 18th hole to take a 1-up lead over Brad Valois today in their 36-hole title match for the R.I. Amateur Golf Championship at Agawam Hunt. McAndrew, the tournament medalist, and Valois, the two-time defending champion,......
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10:24 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
In this week's Fishing Report, Tom Meade told you about the world-record 68.4-pound striped bass shot off the south shore of Rhode Island last weekend by Dave Hochman of Connecticut. And now, we have a picture:......
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10:01 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Speaking to a Pittsburgh TV station this week during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania, Sen. John McCain talked about his affection for the Steelers -- saying that when he was first interrogated as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam,......
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9:54 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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BEIJING (AP) - Canine cuisine is being sent to the doghouse during next month's Beijing Olympic Games. Dog meat has been struck from the menus of officially designated Olympic restaurants, and Beijing tourism officials are telling other outlets to discourage......
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8:24 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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8:18 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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July 10 (Bloomberg) -- David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox often steps out of the batter's box after a pitch, spitting in his hands and slapping them together before returning to face the next throw. Doing so next season......
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8:15 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
DURHAM, Conn. (AP)- A bank has taken over the Durham home of former Celtics player Vin Baker at a foreclosure auction. The house has six bedrooms and is a 9,300-square-foot Georgian brick colonial on a 12-acre parcel. The property also......
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8:06 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Steve Krasner catches up with speedy rookie Jacoby Ellsbury, Jim Donaldson writes about readers' sandlot memories, and Carolyn Thornton profiles Kate Conklin, who has not let a painful disorder prevent her from achieving amazing things. Click here to download the......
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9:46 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
MAJORS (9-10) -- Warwick American 10, Exeter/West Greenwich 0; Warwick Continental 16, East Greenwich 5; Chariho 10, Narragansett 0; North Kingstown 4, Warwick Westside 3; Wickford 4, Westerly 2; South Kingstown American 7, Coventry 4. JUNIORS (13-14) -- Exeter/West Greenwich......
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9:21 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
MAJOR (9-10) -- Johnston National 17, Cranston Western 1. MAJOR (11-12) -- Cranston Western 14, Johnston American 7; Johnston National 13, Cranston American 3.......
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9:04 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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SENIOR (15-16) -- Glocester 9, Smithfield 8; Lincoln 10, Scituate/Foster 2. MAJOR SOFTBALL (11-12) -- Championship: Cumberland 1, Smithfield 0. MAJOR/MINOR (9-10) -- Lincoln 7, Bernon 3. MAJOR (11-12) -- Smithfield 3, Burrillville 0; Cumberland National 11, Scituate/Foster 0.......
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6:42 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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James Posey's agent Mark Bartelstien told the Boston Globe's Marc Spears that there was "nothing new" to report on his client's free agent situation. Click here to read the story.......
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6:37 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
It will be Brad Valois, the two-time defending champion, facing off against David McAndrew, the tournament medalist, for the 103rd R.I. Golf Association Amateur Championship. Those two lived up to their billing as perhaps the top two young players......
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4:12 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK - Fans who root, root, root for the home team are leaving ballparks a lot happier this year. Home teams have won nearly 57 percent of games, the highest figure in the......
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2:20 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Mariano Rivera usually closes games at Yankee Stadium. Next week, he may get to start one there for the American League All-Stars. Boston's Terry Francona, the AL manager for the All-Star Game, refused to rule out......
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2:19 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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A college guy will win the 103rd R.I. Golf Association Amateur Championship. That was assured today when collegians swept all four quarterfinal matches at Agawam Hunt. Brad Valois, the two-time defending champion, David McAndrew, the medalist, Metacomet's Garrett Medeiros......
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2:03 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
And here it is... All games are on Saturday afternoons: Sept. 20: Stony Brook, 12:30 p.m. Sept. 27: Harvard, 12:30 p.m. Oct. 4: at URI, 1 p.m. Oct. 11, at Holy Cross, 1 p.m. Oct. 18, at Princeton, 1 p.m.......
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1:19 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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Fabrice Santoro of France returned to the scene of his 2007 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships triumph today and displayed the same smooth strokes that carried him to victory 12 months ago. The No. 2 seed this year,......
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1:07 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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TORONTO (AP) - Los Angeles Galaxy stars David Beckham and Landon Donovan headlined the MLS All-Star roster released Thursday. The league-leading New England Revolution claimed three of the 11 early roster spots for the game, which will be played on......
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1:04 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: the home-loving Red Sox' advantage on the schedule (unlike the Rays or the Yankees, they have more games remaining at home than on the road), Jason......
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12:40 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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While the Red Sox were taking Josh Beckett out and putting Javier Lopez in in the top of the sixth inning yesterday at Fenway Park, Manny Ramirez took a break inside the Green Monster. Globe photographer Jim Davis kept an......
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11:07 AM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Red Sox have designated Aug. 3 as Rhode Island Day at Fenway Park. The World Series champions will honor their fans from the Ocean State by making some tickets for that day's game against the......
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10:59 AM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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If you have some time on your hands, give this a read, by Ben Greenman in The New Yorker. Not quite sure what tune we're supposed to sing these lines to, however. MADONNA: You can drive it deep In my......
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10:28 AM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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Connecticut freediver Dave Hochman shot a 68.4-pound striped bass off Rhode Island's south shore last weekend. It is a new spear-fishing world record. "The Bay is definitely slowing way down, and more and more bluefish are moving in," says Bill......
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8:23 AM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By KEVIN PAUL DUPONT The Boston Globe Joe Colborne is big - so big, in fact, that even he is having trouble keeping up with the measuring tape that runs up his backside. Just some six weeks ago in Toronto,......
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8:14 AM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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It's a question that's been out there for a long time concerning the former slam-dunk champion and one-time Celtics prospect. Now the Mavericks are the team asking it. Eddie Sefko writes in the Dallas Morning News: Gerald Green has paid.......
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8:11 AM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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Well, try telling it to anyone who might happen to be a member of a minority group. But that's the premise of Tim Povtak's column in the Orlando Sentinel: It has been 60 years since he died, more than 70......
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