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Boys soccer results -- Updated 9:55 p.m.

9:55 PM Tue, Sep 30, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

La Salle 4, Mount St. Charles 0 Hendricken 3, Woonsocket 0 St. Raphael 1, Rogers 1 West Warwick 0, Davies 0 Cumberland 1, Hope 1 Exeter/West Greenwich 6, Johnston 1 North Kingstown 2, East Providence 0 To view all of......

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Girls Soccer Results -- Updated 9:13 p.m.

9:13 PM Tue, Sep 30, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Prout 0, Bay View 0 Exeter/West Greenwich 5, East Providence 1 La Salle 2, Coventry 0 Westerly 2, Smithfield 1 Masters 2, Shea 1 Toll Gate 2, Mt. Hope 1 To view all of today's girls soccer results and summaries......

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Girls Tennis results -- Updated 7:58 p.m.

7:58 PM Tue, Sep 30, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Cumberland 6, Cranston West 1 Exeter/West Greenwich 5 Saint Raphael 2 Tiverton 4, North Smithfield 3 La Salle 4, Prout 3 Shea 4, Bishop Keough 3 To view all of today's girls tennis results and summaries click here......

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Field hockey results

6:23 PM Tue, Sep 30, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Burrillville 3, Smithfield 0 To view all of today's field hockey results and summaries click here......

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Dice-K: An underappreciated 18-3

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Amalie Benjamin The Boston Globe The baseball rolled across his fingertips, around his palm, and over his skin. He touched it, judging by weight and by feel, smooth hide and raised seams. Daisuke Matsuzaka knew the differences, had felt......

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Ricky Williams thought about smoking pot this weekend, but didn't do it

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By Mike McDermott    Email

MIAMI (AP) - Ricky Williams says he was briefly tempted to smoke marijuana during the Miami Dolphins' bye weekend, an act that could have ended his roller-coaster NFL career. Williams has been in the league's substance-abuse program since 2002 and......

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Tony Mandarich to admit steroid use, slam Jose Canseco

2:19 PM Tue, Sep 30, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Mike McDermott    Email

Tony Mandarich, the number-two overall pick in the 1989 NFL Draft who went on to become one of the biggest busts in NFL history, will talk about his steroid use and alcohol addiction on tomorrow's edition of Showtime's "Inside the......

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Celtics clear Kendrick Perkins for drills, but no contact

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By Mike McDermott    Email

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Boston Celtics center Kendrick Perkins will be kept out of scrimmages during training camp because of offseason surgery on his left shoulder. Celtics coach Doc Rivers said Tuesday that Perkins is allowed to run the floor......

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Projo SoxTalk with McNamara -- How Teixeira has made the Angels better

1:24 PM Tue, Sep 30, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Kevin McNamara's comments, recorded this morning from Anaheim. The topics: Mark Teixeira's impact on the Angels offense, the time Los Angeles has had to set up its pitching and get its players healthy......

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Joe Mazzulla pleads guilty to drinking charge

10:52 AM Tue, Sep 30, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia basketball players Joe Mazzulla and Cam Thoroughman have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a July scuffle with police at a Pittsburgh Pirates game. The two were charged with disorderly conduct and public drunkenness......

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49ers regroup for Patriots after frustrating loss

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Greg Beacham AP Sports Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Vernon Davis claims he left his frustrations in New Orleans. The rest of the San Francisco 49ers can only hope to emulate their mercurial tight end after a 31-17 loss......

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Lackey vulnerable to the long ball

lackey0930.jpg 9:40 AM Tue, Sep 30, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Bill Plunkett The Orange County Register ANAHEIM, Calif. - John Lackey's 2008 season was like a nice car - with an ugly scratch in it. Despite missing the first six weeks of the season because of a strained triceps......

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Writer is tired of the Sox' traveling caravan

nation0930.jpg 8:56 AM Tue, Sep 30, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Tim Dahlberg AP Sports Columnist OK, I'll give the Red Sox the whole nation thing. Hard not to after following Boston through the playoffs last year and watching the throngs of faithful who always seem to show up no......

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Bates College offers a course in 'Red Sox Nation'

bates0930.jpg 8:28 AM Tue, Sep 30, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Clarke Canfield Associated Press Writer LEWISTON, Maine -- Landing a seat in Margaret Creighton's "Red Sox Nation" course at Bates College is nearly as difficult as scoring a playoff ticket at Fenway Park. With only 15 openings, it took......

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Download today's sports cover

7:50 AM Tue, Sep 30, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Good morning. The Red Sox hope that Josh Beckett can come back from an oblique injury much faster than some other players have this year; Bill Reynolds tells Sox fans to be thankful their injury-depleted team has made it this......

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Boys Soccer results -- Updated 9:53 p.m.

9:53 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Moses Brown 1, Warwick 1 Lincoln 4, Mount Pleasant 2 Westerly 8, Cranston East 0 North Smithfield 5, Fatima 0 To view all of today's boys soccer results and summaries click here......

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H.S. Football results -- Updated 9:50 p.m.

9:50 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Classical 20, PCD 0 Tolman 21, Chariho 14 Coventry 22, Cumberland 20 Tiverton 27, Johnston 22 Westerly 34, Warwick 19 Barrington 33, North Kingstown 23 To view all of today's football results and summaries click here......

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Girls Volleyball results -- Updated 9:46 p.m.

9:46 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

East Providence 3, Lincoln 1 Mount St. Charles 3, Mount Pleasant 0 West Warwick 3, North Smithfield 0 Coventry 3, Cranston East 0 Chariho 3, East Greenwich 0 North Kingstown 3, South Kingstown 0 Classical 3, Cumberland 0 Cranston West......

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Girls soccer results -- Updated 9:20 p.m.

9:20 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

St. Raphael 1, West Warwick 1 Hope 2, Davies 0 East Greenwich 1, Portsmouth 0 Tolman 3, Rogers 1 Woonsocket 3, Central 1 Barrington 3, Toll Gate 1 Classical 1, North Providence 0 Johnston 4, Middletown 1 To view all......

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Field Hockey results -- Updated 9:07 p.m.

9:07 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Warwick 2, Rocky Hill 1 Moses Brown 4, Woonsocket 0 Barrington 3, Lincoln School 1 To view all of today's field hockey results and summaries click here......

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Boys cross country results -- Updated 8:11 p.m.

8:11 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

HENDRICKEN 25, EAST GREENWICH 35 HENDRICKEN 15, TOLL GATE 47 EAST GREENWICH 23, TOLL GATE 34 EAST GREENWICH 21, CRANSTON WEST 40 TOLL GATE 25, CRANSTON WEST 36 CUMBERLAND 22, SMITHFIELD 33 CUMBERLAND 15, DAVIES 50 CUMBERLAND 16, CENTRAL FALLS......

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Girls cross country results -- Updated 6:54 p.m.

6:54 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

BARRINGTON 18, EAST PROVIDENCE 37 BARRINGTON 15, ST. RAPHAEL 50 EAST PROVIDENCE 15, ST. RAPHAEL 50 COVENTRY 15, WARWICK 50 COVENTRY 15, CRANSTON EAST 49 COVENTRY 16, PILGRIM 47 PILGRIM 15, WARWICK 50 PILGRIM 22, CRANSTON EAST 34 CRANSTON EAST......

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Girls tennis results

5:24 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

PCD 7, Central 0 Classical 5, Toll Gate 2 Moses Brown 7, Narragansett 0 Middletown 7, Mt. Hope 0 To view all of today's girls tennis results and summaries click here......

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Mariano Rivera to have shoulder surgery

3:13 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

NEW YORK (AP) - Yankees closer Mariano Rivera will have offseason surgery on his sore right shoulder but should be ready to throw by spring training. Manager Joe Girardi said Monday that the procedure will shave down calcification of the......

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PC picked eighth in Hockey East coaches poll

3:10 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Providence College hockey team has been picked to finish eighth in the Hockey East conference in this year's preseason coaches poll. The poll was released Monday at the Hockey East media day at TD Banknorth Garden in Boston. Boston......

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Kelly Shoppach needs knee surgery

2:34 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

CLEVELAND (AP) - Former Red Sox prospect Kelly Shoppach, one of the bright spots in a disappointing season for the Cleveland Indians, had surgery on his right knee Monday. The arthroscopic procedure by Dr. Mark Schickendantz was termed minor by......

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A major league scout tells you what to expect from the Angels

2:26 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Joe McDonald has notes on all of the players the Red Sox will be seeing when they take on the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the American League Divisional Series. Click here to read the story.......

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John Daly's wife steals his cell phone

2:21 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - An attorney for John Daly's estranged wife, Sherrie Daly, says she did not steal the pro golfer's cell phone. Randy Fishman said Monday that "this is a divorce case and people accuse each other of stuff......

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Bruins hold 'team-building' exercise in Vermont

1:48 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

WATERBURY, Vt. (AP) - Skating in ski country, the Boston Bruins are in Vermont for some preseason practice and team building. The Bruins, who resume their exhibition season Wednesday in Montreal, held the first of three practices in Waterbury, Vermont,......

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Kevin Galvin of Portsmouth named HSGameTime Athlete of the Week

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By Mike McDermott    Email

Journal photo / Ruben W. Perez Kevin Galvin, a junior forward, scored the game's only goal as Portsmouth posted a 1-0 triumph over North Kingstown in a meeting of two of the state's top Division I boys soccer teams......

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R.I. Olympians to receive honors today at State House

12:30 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Three Olympians from Rhode Island will be honored at a State House ceremony at 4 o'clock today. Governor Carcieri and other state leaders will present citations to Elizabeth Beisel, a 15-year-old swimmer from North Kingstown, Mike......

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Projo SoxTalk with McDonald -- Could scratching Beckett be a good thing?

12:25 PM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Joe McDonald's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: the implications of scratching Josh Beckett from his Game 1 start, Jon Lester's strength under pressure, and the roster questions surrounding Mike Lowell and J.D.......

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Red Sox' chances are as good as anyone's in the postseason

sox0929.jpg 10:11 AM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Bob Ryan The Boston Globe Sit down, put your feet up, pour yourself a nice glass of wine. Just relax. This year the Red Sox are playing with house money. The pressure's on the Orange County American League Baseball......

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For Ortiz and other 'clutch' hitters, opportunity matters as much as skill

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Sam Mellinger The Kansas City Star Somebody's about to be anointed a hero, and that'll happen even if it's just luck. It'll happen whether it's deserved or not,and whether the evidence says there is such thing as a clutch......

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Ramirez says Sox' traveling secretary 'disrespected' him

8:24 AM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Manny Ramirez, speaking to the Los Angeles Times, gave his version of the events this summer that led to his shoving Red Sox traveling secretary Jack McCormick in Houston. Here's the Times' T.J. Simers wrote in a broad-ranging column about......

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Late nights await Red Sox fans, as playoff schedule is released

8:22 AM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

Get the coffee and No Doze ready Red Sox fans. Major league baseball has just announced game times for this week's playoffs and it is not good for Sox fans. Boston will play the LA Angels on Wednesday at......

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Download today's sports cover

8:11 AM Mon, Sep 29, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Good morning. The Red Sox honored Johnny Pesky by retiring his number, then completed their regular season by splitting a doubleheader with the Yankees. Meanwhile, Jim Donaldson thinks he sees a sweep ahead in the playoffs, the only question is......

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Strained oblique will keep Beckett off the mound until Sunday

11:56 PM Sun, Sep 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Sox manager Terry Manager announced after tonight's second game that Josh Beckett will not get the start for the Red Sox in Game 1 of the American League Division Series against the Angels after the right-hander strained an oblique muscle......

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Rhode Island runners take top three spots at New Balance Ocean State Invitational

10:32 AM Sun, Sep 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Results from yesterday's meet, courtesy of Bob Leddy: Rhode Island runners comprised the top three finishes at the New Balance/Ocean State Cross Country Invitational Boys' Championship race, held in rainy conditions Saturday at Goddard Park, Warwick. Westerly senior Andrew Springer......

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H.S. Football results

9:47 PM Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Exeter/West Greenwich 29, North Smithfield 6......

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Girls Volleyball results

6:34 PM Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Narragansett 3, Barrington 0 Bay View 3, Rogers 0 Mt. Hope 3, Westerly 2 To view all of today's girls soccer results and summaries click here......

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High school sports postponements -- 4 o'clock update

3:53 PM Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Here are the games for this weekend that we know will not happen as scheduled, with the reschedule times in parentheses where known: Girls Tennis State t