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August 2008 Archives
12:39 PM Sun, Aug 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon  Email
Phil Mickelson looks as if he is finished for this week at the Deutsche Bank Championship, one day ahead of schedule. And he just dropped a hint that he is not certain he will be playing later this week......
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1:46 PM Sat, Aug 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Two of the PGA's best lefties, Mike Weir and Phil Mickelson, have made the big news early in the second round of the Deutsche Bank Championship, although for different reasons. It was all good news for Weir. The Canadian......
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5:15 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Read Steven Krasner's story here.......
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4:15 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Newport International Boat Show -- one of the five largest in-water boat shows in the country -- always has a diverse selection of vessels, from 16 feet to 85 feet. This year, however, the show will feature an entirely......
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2:03 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
NORTON, Mass. _ Vijay Singh is threatening to make a runaway of the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoffs. After winning the first of the four-tournament series last week in New Jersey, Singh has gotten off to a flying start......
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1:53 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Tomorrow is the day the Patriots must pare their roster to 53 players for the start of the regular season. And Shalise Manza Young has gone through the candidates and come up with her predictions for who is staying and......
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1:38 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - Two New York Yankees pitchers and one Chicago Cubs pitcher from the Dominican Summer League were each suspended 50 games Friday for testing positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs under baseball's minor league program. Justo Arias and......
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12:40 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Site: Meade Stadium Records: Monmouth 0-0, 0-0 NEC; URI 0-0, 0-0 CAA Kickoff: 1 p.m. Radio/TV/Web: GoRhody.com URI issues in a new era under first-year coach Darren Rizzi. Rizzi has scrapped former coach Tim Stowers' run-heavy offense and has vowed......
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12:35 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Site: Arute Field, New Britain, Conn. Records: Bryant, 0-0; Central Connecticut, 0-0. Kickoff: 5 p.m. Radio: WOON (1240-AM) Bryant plays its first game as a Division I member tomorrow in New Britain. The Bulldogs will play six of their 10......
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12:31 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: the penchant of the Patriots' defense for looking really bad on first drives, the latest on the backup quarterback battle and the chances of......
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11:51 AM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Sean McAdam's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Josh Beckett's date with Dr. James Andrews, whether the Sox would consider another trade to pick up a veteran pitcher, Jon Lester's outstanding (and unrewarded)......
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10:26 AM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Marc Topkin St. Petersburg Times ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Rays are beyond doing things easy. Now it's just a matter of getting them done. Thursday, it was another tense, one-run win over the Blue Jays, 3-2. Another step......
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9:24 AM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) - A new era in University of Rhode Island football is about to start. The Rams open the 2008 season at home on Saturday against non-league foe Monmouth. Gone are former coach Tim Stowers and his......
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9:18 AM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Ronald Blum AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK - What started with the Bambino ended with the Giambino. Until Jason Giambi crushed a home run in the seventh inning Thursday, it appeared all that was left for Yankee Stadium was......
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9:11 AM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Ken Davidoff Newsday NEW YORK - Their 3-2 walk-off victory over the Red Sox allowed a little euphoria and relief into the Yankees' clubhouse for a day, but no one should kid himself. There will be no sprint to......
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8:59 AM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Omar Kelly South Florida Sun Sentinel DAVIE, Fla. - The talk is tough. The Northeast slang is thick. The attitude oozes machismo. If you spotted Tony Sparano III out about town, it would be quite understandable to mistake him......
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8:44 AM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Good morning. It was a disheartening end to a generally successful road trip for the Red Sox, with the Yankees picking up a stunning come-from-behind victory and the Sox announcing that Josh Beckett won't pitch tonight after all. Joe McDonald......
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8:42 AM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
New England Revolution forward Taylor Twellman and goalkeeper Matt Reis (both players seen in photo at right) will run a free soccer clinic from 1 to 2 p.m. today (time changed from 2 to 3 p.m.) at Patriot Place Plaza......
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6:44 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Click the link to read McAdam's story.......
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5:56 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
The Boston Celtics will host the Cleveland Cavaliers in a preseason game at the Dunkin' Donuts Center on Friday, Oct. 10 with tip-off at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale Friday, Sept. 5 at 10 a.m. at the Dunkin' Donuts......
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4:50 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
BY SEAN McADAM Journal Sports Writer NEW YORK -- Josh Beckett, who has not pitched since Aug. 17 because of numbness in his fingers that have sparked fears of an elbow problem, will not pitch Friday night. While the Red......
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3:24 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
The Providence Bruins announced today that the parent Boston Bruins have signed unrestricted free agent defensemen Ryan Stokes and Mike Egener. Stokes, 25, enters his fifth season of professional hockey after spending last year with the AHL's Rockford IceHogs. There......
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3:14 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - Joba Chamberlain thinks he could return to the New York Yankees next week, and he expects to be used out of the bullpen. On the disabled list with rotator cuff tendinitis, Chamberlain threw 45 pitches off......
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1:25 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Tom's report is online now. Click here to find it.......
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12:45 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Red Sox newcomer Mark Kotsay is in the lineup today playing right field. It was obvious after Wednesday's game he has quickly meshed well in his new surroundings. He was hanging with Mike Lowell - the two played together in......
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11:07 AM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Sean McAdam's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: a possible low-water mark in Yankee history, how the Red Sox' late season moves have succeeded where the Yankees' have not, Dustin Pedroia's remarkable season,......
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10:17 AM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Tom Rock Newsday Seven months after meeting in the Super Bowl, the Giants and Patriots will face each other in what will essentially be the Stunt Double Bowl. On the heels of losing defensive end Osi Umenyiora for the......
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9:47 AM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Maybe the real problem is not so much headlines like this one, at right, in the New York Daily News, but the fact that the Post kept the Yankees off the back page entirely in favor of the crosstown rival......
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8:37 AM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Michael S. Schmidt The New York Times SARASOTA, Fla. - Officials trying to prop up the sagging economy here are convinced they have found a remedy: annexing a piece of Red Sox Nation. Boston's on-the-field success in recent years......
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8:29 AM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Phelps is going to risk looking like a fish out of water - pipe in the laughter any time - when he makes his acting debut next month on "Saturday Night Live." The humble record-breaking......
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8:21 AM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Good morning. The Red Sox continue to make Yankee fans feel sad, Sean McAdam sees a positive trend in the Mark Kotsay deal, Kevin McNamara examines PC's new seat-license fees, and Shalise Manza Young previews the Patriots' final preseason tilt.......
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4:10 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Diego Padres optioned rookie right-handed pitcher Josh Banks and right-handed pitcher Bryan Corey to Triple-A Portland on Wednesday. Corey, who started the season with the Red Sox, was activated from the 15-day disabled list......
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3:18 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer PROVIDENCE - Providence College basketball fans are about to learn that progress comes with a cost. With the Friars set to enjoy the now-completed, $80-million face-lift at the Dunkin' Donuts Center this season, they......
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2:01 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Red Sox have announced that they have completed a trade with the Atlanta Braves to obtain outfielder Mark Kotsay. The team will send Luis Sumoza, a 20-year-old outfielder who is hitting .301 at Single-A Lowell, to the Braves in......
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1:13 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Right-hander Craig Hansen, struggling with his control since being traded to Pittsburgh last month, was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis on Wednesday. The Pirates picked up the contract of right-hander Jesse Chavez from their top farm club. Hansen,......
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12:01 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Sean McAdam's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Last night's sloppy effort by A-Rod and the Yanks, Tim Wakefield coming off the DL and picking up a win, tonight's matchup with Sidney Ponson,......
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11:36 AM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The celebrity web site TMZ is reporting today that Tom Brady just closed on an $11-million deal to buy a plot of land in California (reportedly on Arnold Schwarzenegger's street). Brady grew up in California, and his parents, son and......
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10:29 AM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Former Red Sox catcher Rich Gedman, now manager of the independent league Worcester Tornadoes, unleashed a "profanity-laced tirade" directed at a newspaper beat reporter because Gedman was upset about the way the reporter covered a surprise visit by Roger Clemens......
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9:20 AM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Howard Ulman AP Sports Writer FOXBORO - The New England Patriots have a deep group of experienced running backs and just one more exhibition game before they decide which ones to keep. So improvement is more important than the......
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9:01 AM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Pete Caldera The Record (Hackensack N.J.) NEW YORK - For merely fielding a grounder in the eighth inning, Alex Rodriguez heard nothing but boos from the fans at Yankee Stadium - many of them bound for the exits. With......
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8:54 AM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Mason Levinson Bloomberg Hall-of-Fame Red Sox outfielder Carl Yastrzemski left a Boston hospital a week after undergoing triple-bypass heart surgery. The release of Yastrzemski, the last player to claim baseball's Triple Crown, was confirmed in an e-mail today from......
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