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August 24, 2008 - August 30, 2008 Archives


Weir thrives, Mickelson survives at TPC Boston

1:46 PM Sat, Aug 30, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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Results of Beckett's elbow exam: 'Awesome'

5:15 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Read Steven Krasner's story here.......

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Outdoor Notes -- Newport Boat Show, finding wild food and more

4:15 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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Singh grabs early lead in Norton

2:03 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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Shalise predicts the Patriots' final cuts

1:53 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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2 Yankee prospects suspended for positive drug tests

1:38 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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Monmouth-URI football preview capsule

12:40 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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Central Connecticut-Bryant football preview capsule

12:35 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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Projo PatsTalk -- Shalise on the porous D and an intriguing possibility at QB

12:31 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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Projo SoxTalk -- McAdam on Beckett's blues

11:51 AM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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Rays clinch first non-losing season in history

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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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A new era about to dawn for URI football

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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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What started with the Bambino ends with the Giambino

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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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Cashman does not regret decision to pass on Johan Santana

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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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Sparano handpicked by Parcells to return Dolphins to glory

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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 | | Write a comment
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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Time change: Revs' stars Twellman, Reis to run free clinic today

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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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Sean McAdam: News on Beckett makes a bad day even worse

6:44 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Click the link to read McAdam's story.......

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Celts-Cavs to play at the Dunk

5:56 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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First update: Beckett scratched from Friday start, will see Dr. Andrews

4:50 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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P-Bruins sign pair of defensemen

3:24 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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Joba hopes to return to Yankees next week

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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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Get Tom Meade's fishing report, a day early

1:25 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Tom's report is online now. Click here to find it.......

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Kotsay to make his Red Sox debut today

12:45 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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Projo Sox Talk -- McAdam on the Yanks and Pedroia

11:07 AM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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Giants will be looking to fine-tune their game against Pats tonight

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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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Steinbrenner chews out his Yanks, but is he partly at fault?

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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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Red Sox at center of Sarasota's economic recovery plan

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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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Michael Phelps to host Saturday Night Live next month

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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 | | Write a comment
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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Padres send Bryan Corey to the minors

4:10 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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PC increasing seat license fees for renovated Dunk

3:18 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | | Comments (1)
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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Trade is official; Kotsay could join Sox tonight

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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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Pirates send Craig Hansen to Triple-A

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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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Projo SoxTalk -- McAdam on A-Rod and Kotsay

12:01 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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Tom Brady's absence explained?

11:36 AM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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Clemens visit to Worcester leads to blowup between reporter, Rich Gedman

10:29 AM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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Patriots will look for improvement from running game tomorrow

9:20 AM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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Fans at Yankee Stadium turn on A-Rod

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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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Yaz released from hospital

8:54 AM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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Report -- Red Sox do deal to get Kotsay

8:40 AM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Gordon Edes of Yahoo Sports is reporting that the Red Sox have acquired outfielder Mark Kotsay in a deal with the Atlanta Braves, pending a physical. Edes attributed the story to an anonymous baseball souce with knowledge of the deal.......