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August 3, 2008 - August 9, 2008 Archives
10:53 PM Sat, Aug 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone  Email
Elizabeth Beisel of Saunderstown did not win a medal in the 400 individual medley finals, finishing fourth in her first Olympic race. Stephanie Rice of Australia won the gold with a world-record time of 4:29.45. The silver medalist, Kirsty Coventry......
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2:06 PM Sat, Aug 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Elizabeth Beisel said nerves weren't a problem during her preliminary race in the 400 individual medley (right), and it showed: The 15-year-old Saunderstown native posted the fastest time in the qualifying heats (4:34.55) as she advanced to the gold-medal race.......
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8:14 AM Sat, Aug 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
AP Photo Saunderstown's Elizabeth Beisel -- shown competing today -- had the fastest time in the five women's 400 individual medley qualifying heats, winning her race in a time of 4:34.55 (results.beijing2008.cn), and will compete for the 2008 Olympics......
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10:20 PM Fri, Aug 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
Chad Pennington, cut by the New York Jets after they signed Brett Favre, signed with the Miami Dolphins on Friday. The 32-year-old Pennington, expected to be the starting quarterback for Miami, agreed to the deal Friday worth $11.5 million over......
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8:19 PM Fri, Aug 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
Alpine's Amanda Sabitoni, coming off a 7-and-5 victory over medalist Rebecca Hunt on Thursday, continued her hot hand in defeating Warwick's Maureen Ford, 5 and 4 in the semifinals of the R.I. Women's Golf Association Amateur Championship Friday at Kirkbrae......
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6:39 PM Fri, Aug 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
Smithfield's Kevin Kurbec was named an assistant coach for Bryant University's men's basketball team under first-year head coach Tim O'Shea. A 2002 graduate of Providence College, Kurbec was PC's director of basketball operations since 2005. Bryant also appointed Pete Kahler......
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4:55 PM Fri, Aug 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
Cranston National Budlong was ousted by Greensburg, Pa., 9-0, in the championship game of the Eastern Regional Junior League Softball Tournament Thursday night at Syracuse, N.Y. Cranston finished with a 5-1 record in the tournament while Greensburg had four shutouts......
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1:37 PM Fri, Aug 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Saunderstown's Elizabeth Beisel will swim in her first Olympic event on Saturday morning local time when she competes in the third heat of the women's 400 individual medley. The event is scheduled to begin at 8:02 p.m. Saturday night Beijing......
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1:12 PM Fri, Aug 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
ESPN.com is reporting that Brian Giles "will block a waiver deal that would have sent him to the Boston Red Sox" from the San Diego Padres.......
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10:29 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Thom Cahir Email
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6:33 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Mike Capone is back competing on the golf course again after an eight-month layoff and is playing as well as ever. The former Rhode Island Open, Amateur and Junior champion recorded a 5-under 66 today at Crestwood to take......
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6:33 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Thom Cahir Email
The Providence Bruins, the 2007-08 regular season points champions of the American Hockey League, today announced their schedule for the 2008-09 season, the 17th in franchise history. The Black and Gold, led by Head Coach Scott Gordon and Assistant......
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5:51 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Ashleigh Rousseau hit a two-run, walkoff home run to left field with Claire Denault on base this afternoon, lifting the Cranston National Budlong Junior softball team to a victory over Connecticut in a rain-delayed game in the Northeast Regionals at......
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3:54 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Lefty reliever Scott Eyre, considered a possible target of the Boston Red Sox, was acquired by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Chicago Cubs on Thursday for a minor league pitcher. The Phillies sent right-hander Brian Schlitter to......
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3:35 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Miami Herald is reporting that the Miami Dolphins might indirectly get in on the Brett Favre deal; the Dolphins are interested in acquiring quarterback Chad Pennington, who is sure to be released by the Jets to make way for......
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3:33 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
SEATTLE (AP) - The first-place Tampa Bay Rays acquired reliever Chad Bradford from Baltimore on Thursday, bolstering their bullpen with a proven postseason pitcher. The Rays claimed the submarining right-hander on waivers, then got him from the Orioles in a......
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3:30 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Curtis Eichelberger Bloomberg News D'Wayne Williams, a store manager at Modell's Sporting Goods near Grand Central Station in Manhattan, was among the first to feel the effect of the city's latest fashion fad: Brett Favre's New York Jets jersey.......
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1:27 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The San Diego Union Tribune is reporting that the Boston Red Sox have claimed veteran San Diego Padres right fielder Brian Giles off the waiver wire. The Red Sox are in the midst of a 48-hour period in which they......
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1:25 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Gil LeBreton Fort Worth Star-Telegram BEIJING -- The Great Wall of China, as it turns out, isn't all bricks and stone. It's the language. Invaded by the Mongols, occupied by the conquering British, and socialized by Chairman Mao, China......
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1:15 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Point Judith's Jeff Martin had a disappointing finish today as he shot 78 in the opening round of the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills. Martin went out with a 4-over 39 on the front side. He birdied 10 and......
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12:35 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
The top three seeds, Roberta Hunt, Kibbe Reilly and Lisa McGill, all won their first-round matches today in the rain-delayed R.I. Women's Golf Association Amateur Championship at Kirkbrae. Hunt, the medalist, held off former champion Deb Cyronak, 3 and......
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12:34 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Cranston's Michael Parkhurst played the entire 90 minutes of the United States Olympic team's 1-0 victory over Japan today in Beijing. Parkhurst was the starting center back for the U.S. team in the win, which was very important in terms......
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12:28 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The New York Jets have scheduled a news conference in Cleveland at 6 p.m. tonight to introduce their new quarterback, Brett Favre. The Jets are in Cleveland to open their preseason schedule with a game at 7:30 tonight against the......
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12:00 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Alan Schwarz The New York Times ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- With a bird's-nest beard over his increasingly haggard complexion, Rocco Baldelli looks like a castaway, cut off from the world he knew. This is no accident. Once a youthful......
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10:37 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike Szostak Email
Jill Craybas will play 13th-seeded Patty Schnyder of Switzerland in the first round of the Olympic tennis tournament. Craybas, 34, is ranked No. 75 in the world, Schnyder, 29, No. 16. Schnyder holds a 2-0 lead over Craybas in head-to-head......
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10:33 AM Thu, Aug 07, 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: encouraging signs from Jacoby Ellsbury, Kevin Youkilis' penchant for getting beaned, how Ken Griffey Jr. helps -- or doesn't help -- the Chicago White Sox; and......
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9:51 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The following was posted this morning by Art Martone in his Baseball Today column: Many thanks to old friend Sean Carroll for an e-mail tipoff to a spirited back-and-forth between Curt Schilling and some members of Sons of Sam Horn;......
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9:41 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Christopher L. Gasper The Boston Globe FOXBORO -- Adalius Thomas was stunned. Here the Patriots were, two days from playing their exhibition opener against his former team, the Baltimore Ravens, and he had only been asked a handful of......
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9:30 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Scott Soshnick Bloomberg News Here's a little secret a team president once told me about professional sports. Being a laughingstock isn't the worst thing that can happen to a franchise. Being irrelevant is. The New York Jets were, in......
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9:26 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By William C. Rhoden The New York Times The great Joe Louis used to warn his opponents who thought they could elude his thunderous left hook: You can run, but you can't hide. Now that the Jets have Brett Favre,......
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9:07 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Bob McGinn Milwaukee Journal Sentinel GREEN BAY, Wis. - A week ago, the Green Bay Packers explored for the first time the very real possibility that they would have to trade Brett Favre to the Minnesota Vikings. That Wednesday......
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9:02 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Nick Cafardo The Boston Globe KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Red Sox third base coach DeMarlo Hale remembers him as a right fielder in Single A, and as a pitcher in Double A and for the Texas Rangers. "When I......
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8:45 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Manny Ramirez went 2 for 4 and hit his 513th career home run, moving him past Ernie Banks and Eddie Mathews into sole possession of 20th place on the all-time home-run list, but it wasn't enough to save Derek Lowe......
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8:39 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Joe Smith St. Petersburg Times ST. PETERSBURG Of all the come-from-behind victories in Joe Maddon's three-year reign, Wednesday's wild walkoff was "probably the most exciting." And, to a certain extent, the most rewarding. It wasn't just that the Rays......
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8:37 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Geoff Baker The Seattle Times SEATTLE - For a while, it looked like all of Mariners starter Jarrod Washburn's remaining trade value might have been drained on a poorly-executed two-strike pitch. But a three-run triple Washburn yielded to Denard......
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8:34 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - New York Yankees catcher Ivan Rodriguez left Wednesday night's game against Texas after bruising his right knee on a collision at home plate to end the second inning. Rodriguez winced and writhed on the field for......
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8:32 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - His rocking chair sat empty and motionless with his old New York Yankees jersey draped over it, but the spirit of beloved broadcaster Bobby Murcer lived on Wednesday with his family, friends and colleagues. Hundreds filled......
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8:29 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Kat O'Brien Newsday ARLINGTON, Texas - It could have been worse. The Yankees placed Joba Chamberlain on the 15-day disabled list on Wednesday with rotator cuff tendinitis, but depending on how serious the ailment turns out to be, that......
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8:24 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Good morning. Bill Reynolds tells the U.S. Olympic basketball team that now would be a good time to get a gold medal; the Red Sox pick up their second straight 8-2 win in Kansas City; and Patriots roster hopefuls like......
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8:11 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Thom Cahir Email
Rain has forced a change in the schedule of the R.I. Women's Amateur Golf Championship at Kirkbrae. First-round matches that began Wednesday were suspended at 11 a.m. because of the weather. They will be completed Thursday beginning at 8 o'clock,......
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8:07 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Thom Cahir Email
Mike Capone, whose season has been slowed by injury problems, recorded a 4-under-par 68 yesterday to stand in second place after the first round of the Golfers' Warehouse Tour Nike Championship at Crestwood Country Club. The former Rhode Island Amateur......
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8:02 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Thom Cahir Email
The Cranston National Budlong Junior Softball team continued to roll yesterday, finishing pool play 4-0 with a 7-6 win over Maine at the regionals in Syracuse, N.Y. Meghan Lavey and Claire Denault both drove in two runs in the second......
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