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10:27 PM Sat, Mar 31, 2007 | Permalink |
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LOWELL, Mass. -- The Providence Bruins are dropping points at precisely the wrong time, to the very teams that can exploit them the most. Last night, before a rare, near capacity Tsongas Arena crowd of 5,512, the P-Bruins fell in......
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7:49 PM Sat, Mar 31, 2007 | Permalink |
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Cumberland's Rocco Basldelli, who is nursing a sore right hamstring, will start the season as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays' designated hitter until he’s ready to play in the field. Taking his place in center will be Elijah Dukes. Dukes......
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5:43 PM Sat, Mar 31, 2007 | Permalink |
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PHILADELPHIA — Jimmy Rollins is a believer in Dice-K and the mysterious gyroball. “It’s a funky pitch, it definitely is,” said Rollins, the Phillies’ All-Star shortstop. “It’s something new in America.” Well, get ready America. Here comes Matsuzaka mania. Daisuke......
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5:03 PM Sat, Mar 31, 2007 | Permalink |
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BOSTON — When the Atlanta Thrashers traded for Keith Tkachuk and Alexei Zhitnik last month, they were in the midst of a free fall. Now they’re on the brink of clinching their first playoff berth, and have both players to......
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10:14 PM Fri, Mar 30, 2007 | Permalink |
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A year ago, on this same weekend, from at this same ballpark, Julian Tavarez found himself in baseball purgatory. Thanks to a spring training fistfight with Tampa Bay outfielder Joey Gathright, Tavarez, in his first season with the Red Sox,......
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10:04 PM Fri, Mar 30, 2007 | Permalink |
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T.J. Trevelyan scored one goal and assisted on three as the Providence Bruins broke a three-game losing streak by defeating the Springfield Falcons, 5-2, in American Hockey League action Friday. Trevleyan, a rookie center, earned assists on three of Providences......
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9:33 PM Fri, Mar 30, 2007 | Permalink |
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Kyle Korver scored 26 points, helping the Philadelphia 76ers avoid a second-half collapse and beat the Boston Celtics 88-82 on Friday night. Korver made four 3-pointers, his final one snapping a 73-all tie with 5:06 left after the Celtics had......
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6:26 PM Fri, Mar 30, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Boston Herald is reporting that the tear in wide receiver Chad Jackson's knee was very slight compared to most cases.......
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6:20 PM Fri, Mar 30, 2007 | Permalink |
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Paul Pierce will not suit up for tonight's game against the Philadelphia Sixers and team officials list the Celtics star as day-to-day. He could return on Sunday against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Team spokesman Jeff Twiss said the Celtics captain was......
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5:35 PM Fri, Mar 30, 2007 | Permalink |
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Boston Red Sox icon Johnny Pesky will have to leave the dugout during games this season because of a major league rule that limits the number of coaches allowed in uniform. Red Sox manager Terry Francona said the team was......
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3:39 PM Fri, Mar 30, 2007 | Permalink |
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ESPN is reporting that the University of Kentucky is preparing to offer its head coaching job to former Friar Billy Donovan. The report comes as Donovan's Florida Gators prepare to take the court in Atlanta tomorrow in the Final Four......
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3:38 PM Fri, Mar 30, 2007 | Permalink |
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We're right at the cusp of, in my mind, the best time of year for sports fans, but tonight really doesn't stack up. There will probably be plenty of fans from New England in the streets of Philadelphia tonight, as......
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10:07 AM Fri, Mar 30, 2007 | Permalink |
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With the season opener a week away, the New England Revolution have been conducting a "Countdown to Kickoff" fan tour, which concludes tomorrow in West Warwick. The tour will be at West Warwick Convention Center from 10 a.m. to 1......
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7:59 AM Fri, Mar 30, 2007 | Permalink |
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Art Martone brings you baseball stories with local flavor on projo.com's Sox Blog.......
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9:38 PM Thu, Mar 29, 2007 | Permalink |
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Pittsburgh took over first place in the NHL's Atlantic Division last night as Sidney Crosby tallied three assists in a 4-2 win at the TDBanknorth Garden in Boston. The three points brought his league-leading point total to 116 on the......
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6:34 PM Thu, Mar 29, 2007 | Permalink |
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Scott White’s RBI double in the seventh inning helped the PawSox avoid a shutout as they dropped a 5-1 decision Thursday to Rochester in Fort Meyers. Devern Hansack gave up five runs in five innings of work, only two of......
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4:49 PM Thu, Mar 29, 2007 | Permalink |
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New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick told old friend Tom Curran of nbcsports.com that wide receiver Troy Brown will return to the Patriots for the upcoming season.......
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3:56 PM Thu, Mar 29, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Red Sox finished the Florida portion of their exhibition schedule this afternoon by playing to a 3-3 tie with the Devil Rays. Read more on projo.com's Sox Blog.......
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3:35 PM Thu, Mar 29, 2007 | Permalink |
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BY PAUL KENYON Journal Sports Writer The CVS Charity Classic is moving part of its operation this year. It hopes it does not have to move the whole thing. The golf tournament, which has raised more than $8 million for......
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3:29 PM Thu, Mar 29, 2007 | Permalink |
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The West Virginia Mountaineers, with Hendricken grad Joe Mazzulla coming off the bench, go for the championship of the National Invitation Tournament tonight in New York City. The opponent is Clemson. You can catch the game at 7 on ESPN.......
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7:58 AM Thu, Mar 29, 2007 | Permalink |
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10:56 PM Wed, Mar 28, 2007 | Permalink |
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BOSTON — Paul Pierce scored 32 points, Al Jefferson added 23 points and 13 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics held on for a 105-96 double-overtime win over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night. Delonte West scored 17, and Kendrick Perkins......
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10:36 PM Wed, Mar 28, 2007 | Permalink |
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BATON ROUGE, La. – Arsene Oka scored two goals and Adam Cristman had a goal and two assists as the New England Revolution defeated USL side New Orleans Shell Shockers, 4-0, at LSU Soccer Complex on Wednesday evening. Oka’s goals......
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10:07 PM Wed, Mar 28, 2007 | Permalink |
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FORT MYERS, Fla. — Boston’s Curt Schilling outpitched Minnesota ace Johan Santana in a spring training matchup of two of the best pitchers in the major leagues. Schilling allowed two hits in 4 2-3 shutout innings to help the Red......
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9:39 PM Wed, Mar 28, 2007 | Permalink |
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Veteran receiver Troy Brown acknowledged Wednesday in a speech that he had off-season knee surgery, after saying in an earlier interview that he intends to play next season and hopes to finish his career with the New England Patriots. “My......
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7:24 PM Wed, Mar 28, 2007 | Permalink |
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Ben Eaves, a 6-foot-8 forward who played for the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team this season, spent a day at the University of Rhode Island this week and is strongly considering transferring to URI. “There’s a good possibility,’’ said......
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6:22 PM Wed, Mar 28, 2007 | Permalink |
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Lefty Kason Gabbard pitched five shutout innings, allowing three hits, and Dusty Brown went 3-for-4 with a single, double and three-run homer as the Pawtucket Red sox defeated the Norfolk Tides, 6-2, yesterday at Sarasota, Fla. Brown’s home run came......
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5:21 PM Wed, Mar 28, 2007 | Permalink |
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UMass-Dartmouth football coach Bill Kavanaugh, who has skippered the Corsairs for all but two years of the program's existence, is stepping down to accept a positoin as the head coach at Bishop Stang High School. Kavanaugh compiled a 104-64 record......
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4:22 PM Wed, Mar 28, 2007 | Permalink |
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Roger Clemens was greeted by a group of autograph-seeking fans as he walked off the 18th green during a pro-am event at Redstone Golf Club on Wednesday. “Are you coming back?” someone asked. “I'll know in about a month,” Clemens......
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4:19 PM Wed, Mar 28, 2007 | Permalink |
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Former soccer star Mia Hamm, wife of Dodgers first baseman and ex-Red Sox Nomar Garciaparra, has delivered twin girls. “Both are healthy and over 5 pounds,” Dodgers spokesman Josh Rawitch said, adding the births took place late Tuesday in the......
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3:36 PM Wed, Mar 28, 2007 | Permalink |
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It would be a marquee pitching matchup, if it counted. But it should still be interesting tonight when the Boston Red Sox (with Curt Schilling on the mound) face the Minnesota Twins (who send Cy Young Award-winner Johan Santana) tonight......
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3:08 PM Wed, Mar 28, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Celtics announced moments ago that they are moving their game broadcasts in 2007-08 to WEEI Radio, which includes WEEI-FM in Rhode Island. WEEI-FM will now carry both the Red Sox and the Celtics. WSKO-AM and WSKO-FM remains the Rhode......
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11:37 AM Wed, Mar 28, 2007 | Permalink |
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- Former Red Sox reliever Ugueth Urbina was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the attempted murder of five workers on his family's ranch, the Attorney General's Office announced Wednesday. Urbina, a former pitcher with the Expos,......
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7:51 AM Wed, Mar 28, 2007 | Permalink |
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9:05 PM Tue, Mar 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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Smithfield 7, Ponaganset 4 (Smithfield wins series, 2-1)......
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6:05 PM Tue, Mar 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Rhode Island football team kicks off spring practice Wednesday, March 28 at 4:45 p.m. on the URI practice facility next to the Ryan Center. It’s the first of 15 spring practices allowed by the NCAA and will culminate in......
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5:53 PM Tue, Mar 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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First baseman Luis Jimenez led the way for Pawtucket today, going 4-4, including a two-run home run in the third inning, an RBI double in the first inning and two singles as the PawSox defeated Rochester 6-1 in Lee County,......
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5:46 PM Tue, Mar 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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Check projo.com's Red Sox blog for news of a minor Red Sox trade, made this afternoon.......
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5:31 PM Tue, Mar 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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Tim Wakefield is showing no signs of slowing down as he begins his 13th year with the Boston Red Sox. Not much has changed for the right-hander, either. His knuckleball still baffles hitters and he doesn't need much time to......
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2:58 PM Tue, Mar 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Boston Globe is reporting that free agent Troy Brown underwent offseason knee surgery, citing multiple sources. Brown, a 14-year veteran beloved by the Patriots organization and fans, has not yet said whether he will return for a 15th season.......
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2:43 PM Tue, Mar 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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Smithfield and Ponaganset meet tonight for the Division II title in the final boys ice hockey game of the Interscholastic League season. The Sentinels and the Chieftains split the first two games of the series, with Ponaganset winning Saturday and......
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1:29 PM Tue, Mar 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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Click here to hear the first edition of projo SportsTalk with Art Martone. This new weekly feature will usually appear on Mondays at noon. In this week's edition, sports editor Art Martone, baseball writer Joe McDonald and sports department assistant......
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11:13 AM Tue, Mar 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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Go to projo.com's Sox Blog to see Sean McAdam's report on three roster decisions made by the Red Sox today.......
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8:10 AM Tue, Mar 27, 2007 | Permalink |
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10:00 PM Mon, Mar 26, 2007 | Permalink |
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Paul Pierce scored 23 points and Al Jefferson added 22 points and nine rebounds to help the Boston Celtics snap a three-game losing streak with a 95-87 win over the Toronto Raptors on Monday. Delonte West scored 18 points and......
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9:42 PM Mon, Mar 26, 2007 | Permalink |
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Stephen Buco scored the game's only goal at 5:57 of the third period and goalie Scott Hefferman stopped 21 shots as Hendricken won its second straight Division I boys hockey championship with a 1-0 victory over Mount St. Charles in......
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7:48 PM Mon, Mar 26, 2007 | Permalink |
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Former Boston Bruins coach Mike Sullivan will coach the United States in the world hockey championships in Russia. USA Hockey also said Monday that Phoenix Coyotes associate head coach Barry Smith will serve as associate head coach, and that Boston......
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6:58 PM Mon, Mar 26, 2007 | Permalink |
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Jon Lester was shaky in his three innings of work but Pawtucket’s offense pounded out 14 hits as the PawSox outslugged the Rochester Red Wings, 9-6, yesterday in Fort Myers, Fla. Lester pitched the first three innings, allowed three hits......
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3:30 PM Mon, Mar 26, 2007 | Permalink |
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A record crowd brimming with Red Sox fans saw Daisuke Matsuzaka throw a lot of pitches without giving up a hit during his last spring training appearance in Florida. The Cincinnati Reds? They weren't quite sure what they saw. Matsuzaka......
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3:23 PM Mon, Mar 26, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Division I boys hockey championship will be decided tonight, when Hendricken and Mount St. Charles face off at 7:30 at Schneider Arena. The underdog Mounties lost a 3-0 lead on Saturday night, as Hendricken -- which had gone through......
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8:17 AM Mon, Mar 26, 2007 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Mia Malafronte Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell welcomes the Division II women's champions on Sunday as they return to New Haven after Saturday's championship game in Kearney, Neb. La Salle graduate Katie Lynch scored 14 points and......
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8:16 AM Mon, Mar 26, 2007 | Permalink |
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8:05 AM Mon, Mar 26, 2007 | Permalink |
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Doctors found significant damage to the shoulder of Patriots running back Laurence Maroney while performing offseason surgery, The Boston Herald reports today, quoting an unnamed league source. The nature and long-term impact of Maroney's injury are unclear, according to the......
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8:55 PM Sun, Mar 25, 2007 | Permalink |
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NEW ORLEANS – Rookie forward Adam Cristman continued his torrid preseason form, scoring two goals and adding one assist as the New England Revolution defeated CD Olimpia, 3-1, on Sunday evening at Tad Gormley Stadium. Cristman’s goals – his third......
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7:52 PM Sun, Mar 25, 2007 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE — They had tasted the agony of defeat, which may be why Sean Donlon, Zach Rotundo and Alex Miller savored the thrill of victory so much last night. Two years ago the trio, the tri-captains of this season’s East......
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7:22 PM Sun, Mar 25, 2007 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE — Al Montoya made 36 saves for his fifth shutout of the season and Alex Bouret scored his 13th goal to lift the Hartford Wolf Pack to a 1-0 victory over the Providence Bruins in American Hockey League action......
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6:29 PM Sun, Mar 25, 2007 | Permalink |
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FORT MYERS, Fla. — Hanley Ramirez quickly showed the Red Sox what they lost when they shipped him to the Marlins. Then Josh Beckett showed the deal was hardly one-sided. Ramirez, traded for Beckett after the 2005 season, lined the......
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6:02 PM Sun, Mar 25, 2007 | Permalink |
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Sunday morning, the Boston Red Sox made two roster moves, leaving them with 36 players still in camp. The Sox returned pitcher Mike Burns to minor-league camp while optioning Devern Hansack to Pawtucket. The latter move, though hardly a surprise......
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5:23 PM Sun, Mar 25, 2007 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Most teams would buckle trailing by a game in the best-of-three Division II state championship series if they fell behind by two goals in Game Two. But not Smithfield. The Sentinels were in that exact same position last......
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5:03 PM Sun, Mar 25, 2007 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- At the start of the season late last fall, the North Kingstown boys hockey team came up with a team motto: ``Destination Schneider.’’ The Skippers then spent the next several months making it happen, capturing the III-Central title,......
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4:54 PM Sun, Mar 25, 2007 | Permalink |
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PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins have been playing so well at home lately that they might just earn the right to play here more often in the playoffs. Sidney Crosby had two goals and an assist to extend his league......
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9:35 PM Sat, Mar 24, 2007 | Permalink |
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WORCESTER, Mass. — Thomas Greiss stopped 25 of 26 shots to push the Worcester Sharks to a 3-1 victory over the Providence Bruins in American Hockey League action Saturday. The win moves Worcester into fourth place in the Atlantic Division.......
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9:17 PM Sat, Mar 24, 2007 | Permalink |
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Division I Hendricken 4, Mount St. Charles 3 (Series tied, 1-1) Division I-A East Greenwich 6, Barrington 0 (East Greenwich leads best-of-three series, 1-0) Division II Ponaganset 5, Smithfield 2 (Ponaganset leads best-of-three series, 1-0) Division III North Kingstown 5,......
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8:08 PM Sat, Mar 24, 2007 | Permalink |
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Cumberland's Brad Adamonis shot an even-par 71 Saturday in the Nationwide Tour's Louisiana Open and slipped out of contention after being three stokes behind the leader after Friday's second round. Adamonis, who is 7-under for the tournament, is tied for......
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7:57 PM Sat, Mar 24, 2007 | Permalink |
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BOSTON — The New York Rangers needed a win more than the Boston Bruins, and they played like it. Coming alive in front of a friendly road crowd when Thomas Pock tied the game with 100 seconds in regulation, the......
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7:50 PM Sat, Mar 24, 2007 | Permalink |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Center fielder Coco Crisp was glad he was back after a two-week absence, and so were the Red Sox. Crisp went 1-for-2, drew a walk, stole a base and scored the only Boston run in a......
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10:20 PM Fri, Mar 23, 2007 | Permalink |
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Jason LaBarbera made 29 saves and the Manchester Monarchs avenged a recent loss to Providence, topping the Bruins 2-1 Friday night in an American Hockey League game. Providence routed Manchester, 5-0, in the teams' last meeting on March 18. In......
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10:01 PM Fri, Mar 23, 2007 | Permalink |
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Jason Terry scored 29 points, Josh Howard added 19 points and 11 rebounds, and the Dallas Mavericks extended their winning streak to five with a 109-95 win over the Boston Celtics on Friday night. Dirk Nowitzki scored 20 and Devin......
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9:03 PM Fri, Mar 23, 2007 | Permalink |
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John Guay and Peter DeAngelo scored within 30 seconds of one another 3 minutes into the third period and James Fuoroli tallied a shorthanded goal with 39 seconds left to play as the Mounties took game one of the Boys......
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6:55 PM Fri, Mar 23, 2007 | Permalink |
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Cumberland's Brad Adamonis stayed in contention on the Nationwide Tour's Louisiana Open today, shooting a 2-under par 69. Adamonis is 7-under for the tournament. Adamonis, who shot a 5-under 66 on Thursday, is three strokes off the leader Skip Kendall.......
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5:19 PM Fri, Mar 23, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Community College of Rhode Island’s men’s basketball season came to an end last night with a 71-69 overtime loss to Des Moines Area Community College in the losers’ bracket of the NJCAA Division II tournament in Danville, Ill. The......
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5:03 PM Fri, Mar 23, 2007 | Permalink |
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Erik Bedard's first outing since he was chosen to start on opening day for the Baltimore Orioles showed he was an excellent choice. The left-hander held Boston hitless for 4 2-3 innings before Jason Varitek broke out of a slump......
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4:34 PM Fri, Mar 23, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Boston Bruins on Friday recalled right winger Petr Klaus and defenseman Mark Stuart from Providence and sent center Ben Walter to the AHL team. Klaus, 19, was Boston's second pick in the 2005 NHL draft and has never appeared......
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3:50 PM Fri, Mar 23, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Rhode Island Interscholastic League hockey finals get started tonight with the first game of the best-of-three series between Hendricken and Mount St. Charles in Division I. The game begins at 7:30 at Schneider Arena. Projo.com's High School Game Day......
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12:37 PM Fri, Mar 23, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Red Sox today optioned outfielder David Murphy to Triple-A Pawtucket of the International League, and assigned infielder Jeff Bailey, a non-roster invitee, to the minor-league camp. With today’s moves, Boston has 38 players remaining in the major league camp.......
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7:20 AM Fri, Mar 23, 2007 | Permalink |
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10:09 PM Thu, Mar 22, 2007 | Permalink |
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Tomas Plekanec and Chris Higgins each had a goal and two assists to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a 6-3 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night. Montreal scored five unanswered goals in the last 22 minutes of the......
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7:08 PM Thu, Mar 22, 2007 | Permalink |
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SARASOTA, Fla. - The Yankees dropped an 8-7 decision to the Cincinnati Reds Thursday and that left the team from the Bronx slightly bugged. In the bottom of the fifth inning a swarm of bees crossed the infield, sending Yankees......
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6:31 PM Thu, Mar 22, 2007 | Permalink |
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David Patten was cut by the Washington Redskins on Thursday after catching just 23 passes over two seasons. The Redskins released Patten with three years remaining on the five-year, $13 million contract he signed as a free agent from New......
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5:36 PM Thu, Mar 22, 2007 | Permalink |
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The next time New England Patriots tight end Benjamin Watson hears his teammates compare a football game to a war, he's going to straighten them out. “We play a game, we win a game, we lose a game. But it's......
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5:10 PM Thu, Mar 22, 2007 | Permalink |
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The gas grill offered for sale by Manny Ramirez was removed from the eBay Web site because he could not be verified as its owner and the listing violated company policy, an eBay spokeswoman said Thursday. The seller's contact information......
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4:39 PM Thu, Mar 22, 2007 | Permalink |
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Read Sean McAdam's report on what Terry Francona and Jonathan Papelbon said about the decision to move Papelbon back to the bullpen on projo.com's Sox Blog.......
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4:13 PM Thu, Mar 22, 2007 | Permalink |
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Almost as soon as the news broke about Jonathan Papelbon's move to the bullpen, Curt Schilling had published his take on his blog. Schilling, whose 38 Pitches blog has become very popular this offseason, defends the organization's move and says......
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4:07 PM Thu, Mar 22, 2007 | Permalink |
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The NCAA Tournament resumes tonight with four regional semifinal games. Beginning in the 7 o'clock hour will be Kansas vs. Southern Illinois and Texas A&M vs. Memphis. The late games, starting sometime after 9:30, will be Pitt vs. UCLA and......
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2:03 PM Thu, Mar 22, 2007 | Permalink |
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BY SEAN McADAM Journal Sports Writer CLEARWATER, Fla. -- After spending the first five weeks of spring training insisting they had no plans to move Jonathan Papelbon back to the bullpen, the Red Sox today did just that. The Sox......
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11:27 AM Thu, Mar 22, 2007 | Permalink |
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Only 300 tickets remain for Providence College’s celebration of the 20th anniversary of the 1987 men’s basketball team’s trip to the Final Four. The event will be held at the Rhode Island Convention Center on Saturday, May 12, beginning at......
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8:21 AM Thu, Mar 22, 2007 | Permalink |
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Check out Art Martone's morning links to stories of local interest from around the Web world on projo.com's Sox Blog.......
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11:34 PM Wed, Mar 21, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Community College of Rhode Island’s run at the NJCAA Division II championship came to an end last night as the Knights dropped a 74-61 loss to Lewis & Clark Community College in Danville, Ill. The Trailblazers jumped out and......
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9:52 PM Wed, Mar 21, 2007 | Permalink |
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BOSTON — Raymond Felton had 19 points, five assists and three steals on Wednesday night, and the Charlotte Bobcats used a 19-0 run to overcome a double-digit deficit for the second consecutive night and beat the Boston Celtics 92-84. One......
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9:31 PM Wed, Mar 21, 2007 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — David Krejci scored two goals and assisted on a third as the Providence Bruins defeated the Portland Pirates, 5-3, in American Hockey League action Wednesday. Krejci, a rookie center, now has 27-38-65 totals and has recorded 16......
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7:49 PM Wed, Mar 21, 2007 | Permalink |
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots re-signed safety Rashad Baker, linemen Gene Mruczkowski and Mike Wright and linebacker Corey Mays on Wednesday. Baker and Mruczkowski were restricted free agents, and Mays and Wright were exclusive-rights free agents. The 25-year-old......
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4:59 PM Wed, Mar 21, 2007 | Permalink |
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FORT MYERS, Fla. — John Lester was touched up for two runs in the first and two more in the as the Pawtucket Red Sox dropped a 13-3 decision to the Rochester Red Wings yesterday. Lester gave up four......
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4:44 PM Wed, Mar 21, 2007 | Permalink |
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BARRINGTON - Joe Accoui, a senior shooting guard at the St. Andrews School, has verbally committed to play at the University of Vermont next year. Accoui is a dangerous deep shooter who helped lead the Saints to two straight Class......
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4:17 PM Wed, Mar 21, 2007 | Permalink |
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BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer PROVIDENCE -- Bob Driscoll has heard the rumblings, and worse, from upset Providence College basketball fans. He’s seen some views expressed in the press that he’s both agreed and disagreed with. In interviews with......
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3:22 PM Wed, Mar 21, 2007 | Permalink |
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Two of the NBA's worst teams tangle tonight at TD Banknorth Garden when the Boston Celtics (20-47) host the Charlotte Bobcats (25-43) in a game that has more to do with draft order than with any kind of playoff race.......
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11:35 AM Wed, Mar 21, 2007 | Permalink |
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Daisuke Matsuzaka is pitching as advertised at Bradenton agaist the Pirates. Check out just how well on our live blog of the Red Sox-Pirates game on projo.com's Red Sox blog.......
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11:08 AM Wed, Mar 21, 2007 | Permalink |
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Today's baseball news, with a Rhode Island tinge . . . Rhode Island's Rocco Baldelli may be injured again. The St. Petersburg Times reports that Baldelli, who recently was inserted into the No. 3 spot in the Devil Rays' batting......
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9:59 PM Tue, Mar 20, 2007 | Permalink |
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For 4 2/3 innings last night, Josh Beckett was nearly perfect, retiring 14 of the first 15 hitters he faced while piling up seven strikeouts. But after getting the first two outs in the fifth, Beckett was hit around by......
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9:34 PM Tue, Mar 20, 2007 | Permalink |
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Guillaume Latendresse scored late in the second period and Jaroslav Halak made 30 saves for his first NHL shutout, leading the Montreal Canadiens to a 1-0 win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night. Montreal won its second in a......
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9:25 PM Tue, Mar 20, 2007 | Permalink |
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Division I-A East Greenwich 3, Lincoln 1 (East Greenwich wins series, 2-1) Division II Ponaganset 2, Tolman 1 (Ponaganset wins series, 2-1) Division III St. Raphael 6 Narragansett 4 (St. Raphael wins series, 2-1)......
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8:59 PM Tue, Mar 20, 2007 | Permalink |
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How much would you pay to cook up a few steaks on a fancy grill? If you buy it from Manny Ramirez, prepare to shell out more than $20,000 — but it comes with an autographed baseball. The Red Sox......
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7:34 PM Tue, Mar 20, 2007 | Permalink |
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St. Andrew’s will be well represented at the Adidas Derby Classic April 14 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Ky. as Rakim Sanders has been selected to play and Coach Mike Hart will be directing the East team. The 6’6” Sanders......
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4:42 PM Tue, Mar 20, 2007 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots added depth to their receiving corps by re-signing restricted free agent Bam Childress on Tuesday. Childress, 24, has spent most of the past two seasons on the Patriots practice squad. He has played in three games......
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2:59 PM Tue, Mar 20, 2007 | Permalink |
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Three high school hockey playoff series will be decided tonight. At 7, St. Raphael will host Narragansett at the Lynch Arena in Pawtucket for a spot in the Division III finals against North Kingstown. At 7:30, East Greenwich will host......
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1:33 PM Tue, Mar 20, 2007 | Permalink |
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WOONSOCKET – A 17-year-old Cumberland student faces a juvenile hearing on a disorderly conduct charge for his involvement in fights that broke out last night at the Mount St. Charles hockey arena during the boys hockey playoffs. Tensions between Cumberland......
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10:19 PM Mon, Mar 19, 2007 | Permalink |
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Tyson Chandler scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and the New Orleans Hornets bounced back after Boston's quick start to overwhelm the Celtics 106-88 on Monday night. The Celtics couldn't miss at the start, but then had only nine......
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8:49 PM Mon, Mar 19, 2007 | Permalink |
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Division I Hendricken 5, Toll Gate 0 (Hendricken wins series, 2-0) Mount St. Charles 5, La Salle 4 (Mount St. Charles wins series, 2-0) Division I-A Barrington 3, Cranston West 2, o.t. (Barrington wins series, 2-0) East Greenwich 2, Lincoln......
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5:01 PM Mon, Mar 19, 2007 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots signed free agent cornerback Eddie Jackson today. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Jackson, 26, started two of the 14 games he appeared in for the Miami Dolphins last season. The 6-foot, 200-pound cornerback originally......
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4:36 PM Mon, Mar 19, 2007 | Permalink |
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Barrington's Julie Ruggieri signed a National Letter of Intent to play field hockey at Providence College next season. Ruggieri, a midfielder, led Barrington to two straight Division I state championships in 2005 and 2006. Ruggieri is a three-time First-Team All-State......
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Cranston's John Mollicone, a senior catcher at Fordham University, was named Atlantic 10 Baseball Player of the Week today. Mollicone, a Bishop Hendricken graduate, hit .476 (10-for-21) while driving in nine runs over five games last week. He had......
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The Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher who made more headlines for his rocks than his lobs during training camp this spring was reassigned to the team's minor league camp Monday. Matt White, a 29-year-old left-hander, discovered a valuable rock quarry behind......
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4:26 PM Mon, Mar 19, 2007 | Permalink |
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Pawtucket made the most of its four hits today, getting key RBI's from Brandon Moss and Luis Jimenez in a 3-2 victory over the Indianapolis Indians in Fort Myers, Fla. Moss had two of the four hits, including a two-run......
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4:23 PM Mon, Mar 19, 2007 | Permalink |
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San Diego pitcher and former Red Sox starter David Wells has Type 2, which the Padres say is controllable. “It's something he'll have to manage and something we'll have to help him manage,” Padres chief executive officer Sandy Alderson said......
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2:08 PM Mon, Mar 19, 2007 | Permalink |
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Eight high school hockey teams will be fighting for their playoff lives when the Rhode Island Interscholastic League semifinals continue tonight in all four divisions. Click here for a full schedule of games. Projo.com's High School Game Day page will......
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7:26 PM Sun, Mar 18, 2007 | Permalink |
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Hannu Toivonen had his first shutout of the season and Nathan Dempsey scored his 100th career goal to help the Providence Bruins crush the Atlantic Division-leading Manchester Monarchs 5-0 in American Hockey League action Sunday. Toivonen stopped 25 shots, including......
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6:11 PM Sun, Mar 18, 2007 | Permalink |
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Daniel Cabrera can be a dominant pitcher — when he throws strikes. Cabrera walked five batters in five innings Sunday and Baltimore lost 2-1 to the Boston Red Sox. Cabrera, a 6-foot-7 right-hander, allowed only one run in five innings......
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6:01 PM Sun, Mar 18, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Boston Celtics confirmed Sunday that the team had been fined $30,000 by the NBA for excessive contact with the family of Texas star freshman and likely lottery draft pick Kevin Durant. General manager Danny Ainge sat next to Durant's......
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5:02 PM Sun, Mar 18, 2007 | Permalink |
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Curt Schilling pitched six effective innings and Jason Varitek had a two-run double leading the Pawtucket Red Sox to a 5-2 victory over the Louisville Bats today in Fort Myers, Fla. The veteran right-hander mixed in all of his pitches......
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4:44 PM Sun, Mar 18, 2007 | Permalink |
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If Roger Clemens decides to pitch this season, he won't announce his decision before May. In an exclusive interview with MLB.com, Clemens also said that if he does pitch, it will only be for the Astros, Yankees or Red Sox.......
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11:12 PM Sat, Mar 17, 2007 | Permalink |
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Paul Pierce led Boston with 30 points as the Celtics beat the Spurs 91-85 Saturday for their first victory in San Antonio in more than 17 years. Delonte West had 23 points, Al Jefferson added 20......
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10:10 PM Sat, Mar 17, 2007 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan Callahan scored his first two NHL goals, and Matt Cullen added two and an assist during New York’s six-goal second period that carried the Rangers to a 7-0 victory over the Boston Bruins on Saturday......
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8:56 PM Sat, Mar 17, 2007 | Permalink |
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DIVISION I Hendricken 5, Toll Gate 0 Mount St. Charles 3, La Salle 1 DIVISION I-A Lincoln 3, East Greenwich 2, o.t. Barrington 2, Cranston West 0 DIVISION II Tolman 7, Ponaganset 4 Smithfield 7, Cumberland 3 DIVISION III Narragansett......
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FORT MYERS, Fla. — Kyle Lohse, who faced only six batters before leaving with a hamstring injury 15 days ago in his first spring outing, allowed three hits and no walks in five shutout innings in the Reds’ 2-1 win......
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4:36 PM Sat, Mar 17, 2007 | Permalink |
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Mike Timlin, who had been scheduled to resume throwing yesterday, got a jump start and played catch for 10 minutes Friday and reported no stiffness. Timlin, who has battled an oblique strain since last month, was set to throw......
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11:11 PM Fri, Mar 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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Dirk Nowitzki scored 30 points, 19 in the final quarter, and Josh Howard matched a career high with 30 points to help the Dallas Mavericks bounce back from consecutive defeats, rallying from a 10-point halftime deficit to beat the Boston......
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10:36 PM Fri, Mar 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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Nigel Dawes' goal early in the third period broke a tie and gave the Hartford Wolf Pack a 3-2 victory over the Providence Bruins in American Hockey League action Friday. Dawes deflected a shot by Marvin Deegan past Hannu Toivonen......
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9:31 PM Fri, Mar 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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Chad Spann hit a three-run homer and Jon Lester pitched two scoreless innings as the Pawtucket Red Sox won their spring-training opener, 4-0, over the Rochester Red Wings in a game called after 5½ innings because of rain. Lester allowed......
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8:44 PM Fri, Mar 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce have lined up Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer Jim Rice as featured speaker at the chamber’s annual Pawtucket Red Sox “Welcome Home” luncheon at noon April 4......
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5:29 PM Fri, Mar 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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PHOENIX — CCRI women’s basketball coach Marcus Reilly described yesterday’s NJCAA Division II Tournament contest for fifth place as a “game of runs.” With neither team leading by more that seven points after the first 10 minutes, the remainder of......
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2:30 PM Fri, Mar 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Dallas Mavericks will be missing bench players Greg Buckner (sprained left knee) and Devean George (right knee injury) for tonight's game with the Boston Celtics, according to the Dallas Morning News. George is averaging 6.2 points per game, and......
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2:13 PM Fri, Mar 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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Check out all the details from our live blogging on projo.com's Red Sox blog.......
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1:46 PM Fri, Mar 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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You won't find many Rhode Islanders on the courts for this year's NCAA Tournament, but there are plenty of high-profile Ocean State alumns in the coaching ranks. Former URI coach Al Skinner has his Boston College Eagles in the second......
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1:24 PM Fri, Mar 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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There is a whole lot for the sports buff tonight, starting of course with the NCAA Tournament. CBS will feature Virginia Tech vs. Illinois at 7, and Southern Illinois vs. Holy Cross at 9:30. The games can be seen on......
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1:10 PM Fri, Mar 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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We'll be doing live blogging on the Red Sox-Dodgers game from Vero Beach today on projo.com's Red Sox blog. Click here to follow the action.......
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1:01 PM Fri, Mar 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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If you have Adobe Acrobat 6.0 or higher, click here for a version of today's Red Sox media notes.......
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12:37 PM Fri, Mar 16, 2007 | Permalink |
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All eight of tonight's scheduled high school ice hockey playoff games have been postponed because of the weather. We'll have more information later today. The first games in each series will now be played tomorrow night. Second games will be......
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10:03 PM Thu, Mar 15, 2007 | Permalink |
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Patrice Bergeron scored to tie the game in the third period, then beat Olaf Kolzig again in the shootout as the Boston Bruins rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Thursday night. Chris Clark scored......
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9:41 PM Thu, Mar 15, 2007 | Permalink |
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Suddenly, the Red Sox bats have cooled. The Sox were beaten by the New York Mets 4-1 tonight with Boston collecting just five hits. In the last three games, the Sox have scored a total of three runs and had......
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7:31 PM Thu, Mar 15, 2007 | Permalink |
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Former Brown University football star Sean Morey signed a three-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals today. Terms were not disclosed. Morey (5-foot-11, 200 pounds) appeared in all 16 games last season for the Pittsburgh Steelers as a reserve wide receiver......
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7:24 PM Thu, Mar 15, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Community College of Rhode Island women’s basketball team’s run through the NJCAA Division II national championship came to an end last night in Phoenix as the Knights ran into top-ranked Kirkwood (Iowa) Community College (32-1) and lost 92-40 in......
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5:05 PM Thu, Mar 15, 2007 | Permalink |
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A source close to the New England Patriots' Troy Brown told the Boston Herald's Michael Felger that the receiver "definitely" wants to play this season. With New England beefing up its wide receiving corps this offseason, it is unknown if......
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2:40 PM Thu, Mar 15, 2007 | Permalink |
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If you have Adobe Acrobat 6.0 or higher, click here for a version of today's Red Sox media notes.......
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9:26 AM Thu, Mar 15, 2007 | Permalink |
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Alex Rodriguez says has no plans to opt out of his contract at the conclusion of this season. But earlier in the week, on radio station WFAN, he said that this was a "do-or-die" season for him. "Either New York......
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11:08 PM Wed, Mar 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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Sunday night at 9:30 p.m. NESN’s Rubber Biscuit debuts the "Providence Show” with host Rob Simpson taking a look at the past, present and future of minor league hockey in Providence. The Biscuit covers a P-Bruins game night, profiles......
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10:24 PM Wed, Mar 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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If the post-season is supposed to deliver plenty of thrills along with much-needed experience, the Providence Friars saw large handfuls of both at Carver Arena. Despite fighting tooth-and-nail the entire game, the Friars wilted in overtime and lost at Bradley,......
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10:02 PM Wed, Mar 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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Al Jefferson had 23 points to lift the Boston Celtics to a 109-88 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night. Boston won for the fifth time in the past seven home games despite a 9-23 overall mark. It was......
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9:49 PM Wed, Mar 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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Ben Walter and Dennis Packard scored for Providence as the Bruins edged the Worcester Sharks, 2-1, in an American Hockey League game Wednesday. Walter and Packard scored in the second period to give Providence (37-25-1-3) a 2-0 lead. Mathieu Darche......
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7:32 PM Wed, Mar 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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Mike Timlin was set to resume his throwing program today, but an examination by team physician Thomas Gill showed that Timlin’s oblique strain is still tender. The medical staff prescribed two more days of rest. Timlin will be re-evaluated again......
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5:30 PM Wed, Mar 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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Denise Scott had a game-high 31 points and the CCRI women's basketball team defeated Edison CC (Ohio) 68-65 today in the first round of the NJCAA Division II Tournament in Phoenix, Ariz. CCRI, the No. 8 seed, will play top-seed......
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5:23 PM Wed, Mar 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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Red Sox prospect Kason Gabbard pitched three shutout innings in his third start of spring training. “I thought it's the best arm speed he displayed yet,” manager Terry Francona said after the Boston Red Sox lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates......
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4:20 PM Wed, Mar 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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Brown University men's basketball coach Craig Robinson, who led Brown to wins in four of its last six games, has been named the Ivy League Coach of the Year by Basketball U. In his first-year at Brown, Robinson guided the......
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3:27 PM Wed, Mar 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) - Newly signed New England Patriots wide receiver Donte' Stallworth received a glowing recommendation to join the team from an unlikely source: Deion Branch. Branch left New England last year after a messy holdout that forced the Patriots......
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10:49 AM Wed, Mar 14, 2007 | Permalink |
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Quoted in The Boston Globe, NFL Players Association spokesman Carl Francis says the union has asked for details of the Patriots' trade with the Miami Dolphins for wide receiver Wes Welker, but is not concerned that the deal violates the......
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11:01 PM Tue, Mar 13, 2007 | Permalink |
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CHICAGO — Rookie Tyrus Thomas scored a career-high 23 points, Ben Wallace added 19 points, 16 rebounds and three blocked shots, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Boston Celtics 95-87 on Tuesday night. Luol Deng scored 19 points and Kirk......
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10:21 PM Tue, Mar 13, 2007 | Permalink |
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Bulldog pitchers Brent Almeida and Eric Polvani combined for a six-hitter in a pitcher’s duel that lasted only a little over two hours but the Trojans’ Casey Hodges recorded 11 strikeouts and took a perfect game into the fifth inning......
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8:45 PM Tue, Mar 13, 2007 | Permalink |
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WALTHAM, Mass. — The Bryant University men’s basketball team shot just 35 (21-for-60) percent from the field, which wasn’t enough to overcome a 13-point halftime deficit, as the third-seeded Bulldogs season came to an end last night with a 63-54......
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Providence - Sophomore attackman Kyle Hollingsworth circled around Bellarmine goalie JC Hutchens and scored an unassisted goal with 3:08 remaining in regulation to break an 8-8 tie and lift the Bears to their third straight win. Brown's senior attackman David......
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5:13 PM Tue, Mar 13, 2007 | Permalink |
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DUNEDIN, Fla. — A.J. Burnett’s experiments were a success against the Boston Red Sox. Mixing up his pitches, Burnett allowed one hit over four innings Tuesday in a 1-0 victory for the Toronto Blue Jays. “I threw a lot of......
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4:24 PM Tue, Mar 13, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Patriots officially announced the signing of receivers Donte Stallworth and Kelley Washington this afternoon, and Washington spoke to the media via conference call. The 27-year old Virginia native said he and his agent, Chad Speck, made a list of......
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1:38 PM Tue, Mar 13, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
It's a pretty light sports schedule tonight, with no high school playoff games and the Red Sox back to their normal afternoon exhbition routine. The Boston Celtics face the same Chicago Bulls team that beat them by 16 points just......
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12:21 PM Tue, Mar 13, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported today that the National Football League Players Association is concerned that the Patriots and Dolphins violated the Collective Bargaining Agreement while putting together the recent trade of receiver Wes Welker and has asked the NFL......
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If you have Adobe Acrobat 6.0 or higher, click here for the media notes for Wednesday's PC-Bradley game.......
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11:56 AM Tue, Mar 13, 2007 | Permalink |
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10:05 PM Mon, Mar 12, 2007 | Permalink |
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Narragansett 4, Woonsocket 1 (Narragansett wins third game of best-of-three Division III quarterfinal series)......
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9:57 PM Mon, Mar 12, 2007 | Permalink |
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In their first - and only - meeting of the exhibition season with the New York Yankees , the Red Sox edged the Yanks, 7-5. The Yanks used four hits in the first to score three runs off starter Tim......
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9:49 PM Mon, Mar 12, 2007 | Permalink |
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Kyle McLaughlin scored two goals and Matthew Jones had the game-winner as sixth-seed Cumberland defeated three-seed Coventry, 3-1, in the decisive game of the best-of-three Division II quarterfinal series. Patrick Norton had 36 saves for Cumberland. Derrick Bonin scored for......
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9:18 PM Mon, Mar 12, 2007 | Permalink |
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Corey Lescault stopped 52 shots and Ben Morrissette scored the game-winning goal with 2:49 to play as Mt. Hope defeated North Providence, 2-1, in the deciding game of the Division III Quarterfinal best-of-three series.......
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8:48 PM Mon, Mar 12, 2007 | Permalink |
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Julian Malakom and Tom Shavley each had a goal, Jordan Messier had 2 assists and Jake Rinn made 46 saves as Toll Gate shutout Moses Brown, 2-0, in the deciding game the Division I quarterfinal best-of-three series.......
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Fresh off an outstanding performance at the NFL Combine, Brown linebacker Zak DeOssie will participate in the Boston College Pro Day on March 21 in Chestnut Hill, Mass. After the combine, several schools hold a Pro-Day workout for draft eligible......
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4:59 PM Mon, Mar 12, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Red Sox today made five roster moves to reduce their major league spring training roster to 47 players. The Red Sox returned righthanded pitcher Nick Debarr to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Debarr was selected by Boston from Tampa......
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4:31 PM Mon, Mar 12, 2007 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots continue to rebuild at the wide receiver posititon, signing free agent Kelley Washington, who played his first four seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals. According to ESPN.com, the deal is for as many as five years and......
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It's been six long months since we've seen the Red Sox take on the Yankees, and tonight ends the drought, even if the game doesn't count. Carl Pavano, the much-maligned and little-seen Yankee pitcher, takes the mound for the Bombers......
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12:30 PM Mon, Mar 12, 2007 | Permalink |
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Cox Sports Television (Cox3) will televise Wednesday night's PC-at-Bradley game in the National Invitation Tournament, beginning at 8 p.m.......
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10:20 AM Mon, Mar 12, 2007 | Permalink |
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Joe Sprague Jr., executive director of the Rhode Island Golf Association for the last seven years, is leaving the RIGA for a similar position with the Massachusetts Golf Association. Sprague, who has worked for the RIGA for 15 years, will......
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9:10 PM Sun, Mar 11, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Providence College men's basketball team earned a berth in the 32-team NIT field tonight. The Friars (18-12) are the No. 5 seed in the North Region and will play at No. 4 seed Bradley (21-12) on Wednesday night at......
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8:51 PM Sun, Mar 11, 2007 | Permalink |
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Kirk Hinrich scored 26 points and Ben Gordon had 21 to lead the surging Chicago Bulls to a 94-78 victory over the Boston Celtics on Sunday. Luol Deng added 17 points and Ben Wallace had 10 points and 14 rebounds......
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8:31 PM Sun, Mar 11, 2007 | Permalink |
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Sophomore Torey Jones sank a basket with 5 seconds to play giving La Salle a 61-60 victory over Bay View in tonight's Division I girls basketball championship game.......
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7:13 PM Sun, Mar 11, 2007 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The Providence Bruins were beaten by Lowell, 5-2, Sunday afternoon at the Dunkin' Donuts Center. -- JOE McDONALD......
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7:04 PM Sun, Mar 11, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Bryant men's basketball team defeated Saint Rose, 65-62, in the semifinals of the NCAA Division II Northeast Regionals at Bentley College in Waltham, Mass. With the win, the third-seeded Bulldogs advance to the regional final for the third time......
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Jillian Lewis, Barrington's Player of the Game and the Tournament MVP, helped the Eagles overcome a sluggish first half with her 16 points and 13 rebounds, as Barrington secured the Girls' Division II title of the 2007 Credit Union Basketball......
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5:22 PM Sun, Mar 11, 2007 | Permalink |
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Classical’s Victoria Flowers won the national championship in the girls 20-pound weight throw yesterday at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships held at the Armory Track and Field Center in Manhattan, N.Y. Flowers won the event with a throw of 58-1......
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4:24 PM Sun, Mar 11, 2007 | Permalink |
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Welcome to the big leagues, Dice-K. Boston's $103 million pitcher with the winning smile allowed homers to two non-roster players, struggled with his control and even threw away a potential double-play grounder against Baltimore on Sunday. Daisuke Matsuzaka left after......
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4:21 PM Sun, Mar 11, 2007 | Permalink |
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Marco Sturm had two goals and an assist to lift the Boston Bruins to a 6-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday. Chuck Kobasew added a goal and an assist for Boston, which snapped a three-game losing streak,......
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3:54 PM Sun, Mar 11, 2007 | Permalink |
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- Ebony Briggs scored 18 points and Andrea Deschamps added 14 as Mount Pleasant defeated Central Falls, 61-40, today at URI's Ryan Center and won the girls Division III basketball championship. The Kilties held a seven-point lead at......
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12:52 PM Sun, Mar 11, 2007 | Permalink |
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ESPN is reporting this morning that the Patriots have added yet another player to the fold, this time getting former Eagles and Saints receiver Donte Stallworth. Stallworth, who had been pursued by Tennessee, Philly and Miami in addition to New......
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11:13 PM Sat, Mar 10, 2007 | Permalink |
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Division I-A quarterfinals Lincoln 5, Burrillville 2 (Lincoln wins series, 2-0) Division II quarterfinals Tolman 5, Portsmouth 4 (Tolman wins series, 2-0). Division III quarterfinals St. Raphael 7, South Kingstown 0 (SRA wins series, 2-0). Mt. Hope 5, North Providence......
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Freshman John Sullvian scored the game-winning power-play goal at 6:15 of the third period as three-time defending national champion Middlebury defeated UMass-Dartmouth, 3-2, last night at Kenyon Arena in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III men’s hockey tournament. With......
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The Providence Bruins fell to the Springfield Falcons 3-2 Saturday evening at the MassMutual Center. The P-Bruins got goals from David Krejci, and Bill LeClerc. Providence remains in second place in the Atlantic Division with 76 points and a 36-24-1-3......
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By Corey Bourassa Email
Amherst ended the Rhode Island College men's basketball team's storybook season as the Lord Jeffs defeated the Anchormen 81-69 in the NCAA Division III Elite Eight.......
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8:33 PM Sat, Mar 10, 2007 | Permalink |
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AP photo Rhode Island's Joe Mbang (1), top, goes for the rebound over Rhode Island's Kahiem Seawright (33) and George Washington's Regis Koundjia (23), right, during the first half of the Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship Finals in Atlantic......
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The Hendricken boys basketball team captured its fourth consecutive Division I state title with a 75-48 win over Hope.......
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6:48 PM Sat, Mar 10, 2007 | Permalink |
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Adalberto Bueno and Jerell Gomes each had 16 points leading five Feinstein players in double figures as the Falcons cruised to an 82-53 victory over Rogers in the Division II final of the 2007 Credit Union Basketball Championships at the......
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6:13 PM Sat, Mar 10, 2007 | Permalink |
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South Kingstown’s Ryan Garr and Westerly’s Katie Mangano stole the show yesterday at the New England Interscholastic Swimming Championships at Roger Williams University. Garr broke a 30-year old record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 53.50. The old......
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The CCRI men's basketball team defeated Harkim CC (Pa.), 77-68, in the NJCAA Division II-Northeast District final at Warwick and qualified for the national championship, which will be held March 21-24 in Danville, Ill. Five players scored in double figures......
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5:36 PM Sat, Mar 10, 2007 | Permalink |
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It may have only been a spring training game, but that didn’t prevent tempers from getting inflamed yesterday between the Detroit Tigers and Red Sox. Trouble started in the first when Sox starter Josh Beckett nicked Gary Sheffield either on......
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4:30 PM Sat, Mar 10, 2007 | Permalink |
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Mike Richards took advantage of a Boston turnover to score the tie-breaking goal early in the third period and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Bruins 4-1 on Saturday. Richards put in his own rebound for his seventh goal 1:16 into......
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4:20 PM Sat, Mar 10, 2007 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
LAKELAND, Fla. -- Most baseball exhibition games are a combination of good news and bad news, and that was the case for the Red Sox today in their 7-6 win over the Tigers. The good news: The Sox touched Tigers......
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3:55 PM Sat, Mar 10, 2007 | Permalink |
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Atlantic 10 basketball championship day began well today for the University of Rhode Island. Will Daniels, URI's co-captain and leading scorer, reported that he feels fine -- perhaps even better than expected -- and is expected......
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3:42 PM Sat, Mar 10, 2007 | Permalink |
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- In the first game of the boys basketball championship tripleheader at the Ryan Center, Juanita Sanchez won the Division III title with a 62-55 victory over Prout. The championship is the first boys basketball crown in school......
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3:09 PM Sat, Mar 10, 2007 | Permalink |
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Orlando Baeza scored 25 points, Jon Ezeokoli added 23 and Chris Burns 20 as Bryant overcame a three-point halftime deficit by outscoring Adelphi 44-19 in the second half and romped to a 77-55 win in the quarterfinals of the NCAA......
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10:50 AM Sat, Mar 10, 2007 | Permalink |
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There are places on the Web where you can keep track of some of the local basketball teams competing in tournament action today. URI, of course, will be on television tonight at 6 o'clock (ESPN) when it plays George Washington......
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10:09 PM Fri, Mar 09, 2007 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Daylight savings arrives early this year, but for a few hours last night at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center the clock turned back to 1999. The excitement began late last week when it was announced that fan favorite Aaron......
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10:08 PM Fri, Mar 09, 2007 | Permalink |
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Al Jefferson had 31 points and 16 rebounds, Paul Pierce added 21 points, and the Boston Celtics rallied for a 118-103 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics on Friday night. Rajon Rondo, starting in place of the injured Delonte West, scored......
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Wildcat goalie Kevin Regan turned back 42 Friar shots for the second night in a row and top-seeded New Hampshire blanked Providence 6-0 to take their Hockey East quarterfinal last night in Durham, N.H. New Hampshire scored twice on power......
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Jimmy Baron and Kahiem Seawright scored 17 points apiece to help Rhode Island defeat Xavier 79-71 Friday night in the Atlantic 10 tournament semifinals and snap a 12-game losing streak against the Musketeers. It was the......
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CLEARWATER, Fla. — David Ortiz hit a long home run and the Boston Red Sox roughed up Cole Hamels in an 11-10 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday. Hamels gave up four runs in the first and lasted only......
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Division I Toll Gate 5, Moses Brown 2 Division II Cumberland 4, Coventry 1 Tolman 7, Portsmouth 1 Division III North Providence 4, Mt. Hope 0 St. Raphael 8, South Kingstown 2......
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7:59 PM Fri, Mar 09, 2007 | Permalink |
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Boston guard Delonte West sat out the Celtics' game against the Seattle SuperSonics because of a concussion. West sustained a mild concussion in the third quarter of the Celtics' 111-80 loss to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday. He spent the......
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The Rhode Island College men's basketball team advanced to the NCAA Division III Elite Eight with a 75-73 victory over Keene State tonight in Amherst, Mass.......
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2:59 PM Fri, Mar 09, 2007 | Permalink |
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Division I: Bay View vs. La SalleBAY VIEW Bay View Record: League Overall 15-3 Top Scorers Player Class Position Ht. PPG RPG Brittany Wilson Jr. F 5-9 16.0 11.0 Kashaia Cannon Jr. G. 5-7 12.0 5.0 Eileen Marran Sr. F......
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The Rhode Island Rams are two wins away from an NCAA Tournament bid, and tonight's win figures to be the toughest one to get. The opponent is the Xavier Musketeers, the class of the Atlantic 10 during the regular season......
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The Red Sox today cut their roster to 52 by reassigning six players. Right-handed pitchers Edgar Martinez and David Pauley were optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket of the International League. Three non-roster invitees -- infielders Luis Jimenez......
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The Red Sox' muddled bullpen situation got a little more clouded today when it was announced that veteran reliever Mike Timlin, who was on track to start the season as the team's closer, will be shut......
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11:53 AM Fri, Mar 09, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Bruins today recalled left wing Jeff Hoggan and sent center David Krejci back to the Providence. Hoggan, 29, has split the season between Boston and Providence. In 31 games for Boston, he has two assists. In 19 games for......
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11:47 AM Fri, Mar 09, 2007 | Permalink |
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DIVISION I: Hendricken vs. Hope Hendricken Record: League -15-3; Overall 21-5 Leading Scorers Player Class Position Ht PPG RPG David Rufful Sr. F. 6-4 19.0 12.0 Brendan Degnan Jr. G 6-0 16.0 2.0 Brendan O'Brien Sr. C 6-5 9.0 7.0......
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8:18 AM Fri, Mar 09, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Metrowest Daily News is reporting today that the New England Patriots are interested in adding 28-year-old Edgerton Hartwell to their revamped linebacking corps. The report cites an unnamed league source. Hartwell was a rising star with the Baltimore Ravens......
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8:00 AM Fri, Mar 09, 2007 | Permalink |
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BOSTON — Most would think last night’s loss for the Boston Bruins would be deflating for a number of different reasons. That’s not how the Bruins were feeling, however, after their 2-1 defeat to the Minnesota Wild at the Garden.......
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9:34 PM Thu, Mar 08, 2007 | Permalink |
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DURHAM, N.H. — Kevin Regan stopped all 42 shots he faced as top-seeded New Hampshire blanked eighth-seeded Providence College, 4-0, in the first game of a best-of-three Hockey East quarterfinal series at the Whittemore Center. New Hampshire, ranked fifth in......
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Ben Watson is well protected by U.S. Marines Pfc David Mayotte, Cpl Joshua Guzon, Pfc Robert Havard and Spc Michael Rogers.......
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7:46 PM Thu, Mar 08, 2007 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball announced its $700 million, seven-year agreement with DirecTV on Thursday and said the deal contains a provision that allows its "Extra Innings" package of out-of-market games to remain on cable television if the other......
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7:45 PM Thu, Mar 08, 2007 | Permalink |
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Can you hear it? It’s that time of year and the nearly inaudible sound of bubbles popping is in the air. Among the top teams to have to worry about not making the Big Dance is Clemson. Early in the......
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5:51 PM Thu, Mar 08, 2007 | Permalink |
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Jeff Bailey's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth gave the Boston Red Sox a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays this afternoon. Kerry Robinson led off the ninth with a double, Brandon Moss then walked and Bailey......
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5:46 PM Thu, Mar 08, 2007 | Permalink |
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Curt Schilling became the first Red Sox starter to throw more than three innings this spring in a 1-0 loss to Minnesota this afternoon. Schilling was sharp once again, allowing two hits, one run, a walk and striking out two.......
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5:27 PM Thu, Mar 08, 2007 | Permalink |
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Bruins forward P.J. Axelsson is out of the lineup tonight due to a broken wrist. Apparently, he suffered the injury during the team's recent six-game road trip and has been playing with it ever since. As a result, David Krejci......
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4:37 PM Thu, Mar 08, 2007 | Permalink |
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Jimmy Baron drove into the lane and banked the go-ahead basket with 11.1 seconds left, as the Rhode Island Rams defeated Fordham, 73-69, in today's Atlantic 10 quarterfinal from Atlantic City, N.J. The game was sealed on Fordham's next possession,......
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3:50 PM Thu, Mar 08, 2007 | Permalink |
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We're not sure which team will show up when the up-and-down Boston Bruins return to the ice tonight to host the Minnesota Wild at TD Banknorth Garden. The Wild (36-24-7) are led by Pawtucket native and Mount St. Charles graduate......
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3:22 PM Thu, Mar 08, 2007 | Permalink |
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Forward David Krejci has been recalled from Providence for tonight's game. P.J. Axelsson is out of the lineup for undisclosed reasons. This will be Krejci's third trip to Boston this season. The talented rookie has 21 goals and 35 assists......
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The Celtics today recalled rookie guard Allan Ray from the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League. In his two games played for Austin, Ray averaged 14.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists. He led the Toros in scoring in......
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2:33 PM Thu, Mar 08, 2007 | Permalink |
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Boston Celtics forward Wally Szczerbiak underwent season-ending surgery on his left ankle Thursday. The operation was performed by Dr. Brian McKeon, the team’s physician, the team said Thursday. Szczerbiak missed significant time during four of the last five seasons because......
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10:09 AM Thu, Mar 08, 2007 | Permalink |
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The Red Sox' pitching rotation for the next several days (listed are the pitchers who will definitely appear in the game) . . . TODAY VS. BLUE JAYS AT FORT MYERS: Kyle Snyder, Julian Tavarez, Joel Pineiro TODAY VS. TWINS......
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7:34 AM Thu, Mar 08, 2007 | Permalink |
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FORDHAM Ht. PPG RPG Kevin Anderson 6-3 3.9 2.8 Marcus Stout 6-4 15.1 3.3 Bryant Dunston 6-8 14.4 7.3 Sebastian Greene 6-8 9.8 5.6 Michael Binns 6-7 5.0 3.5 Key reserves: Brenton Butler 6-2 9.2 2.7 Herb Tanner 6-4 1.8......
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Running back Corey Dillon appears to be reconsidering his thoughts on retirement. According to ESPN's John Clayton, Dillon has received interest from the Buffalo Bills and could be visiting with the team on Thursday. Clayton reported the news on his......
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10:37 PM Wed, Mar 07, 2007 | Permalink |
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MIAA-DIVISION II STATE SEMIFINALS Franklin 33, North Attleboro 29......
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10:29 PM Wed, Mar 07, 2007 | Permalink |
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The two teams that tied for the regular season title at 15-3, Prout and Juanita Sanchez, will fittinginly be playing for the title Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Ryan Center. The teams split their regular season meetings, each winning......
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10:09 PM Wed, Mar 07, 2007 | Permalink |
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BOSTON — Tracy McGrady had 25 points and nine assists, and the Houston Rockets beat Boston 111-80 Wednesday night to snap the Celtics’ four-game winning streak. Six players scored in double figures for the Rockets, who ended a two-game skid......
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10:07 PM Wed, Mar 07, 2007 | Permalink |
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On how it feels to be in Miami: “It feels good. It is a bit of climate change, but it is well worth it.” Replying to critics who said his play slipped last year: “They have to have something to......
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9:21 PM Wed, Mar 07, 2007 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK — West Virginia made a Big East tournament record 17 3-pointers and the seventh-seeded Mountaineers beat Providence 92-79 in the opening round Wednesday night. The win kept alive West Virginia’s chances of an at-large bid to the NCAA......
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9:20 PM Wed, Mar 07, 2007 | Permalink |
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It'll be a return trip to the Division II championship game for the Barrington girls this year as Lindsay Legro led the Eagles with 17 points from the perimeter and Jillian Lewis worked the inside for all 9 of her......
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8:53 PM Wed, Mar 07, 2007 | Permalink |
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ProFootballTalk.com reports that receiver Donte' Stallworth could have a new team by Saturday. The Web site says a league source claims a decision is likely, barring an unforeseen development. Stallworth, who played last season with the Philadelphia Eagles, has met......
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6:30 PM Wed, Mar 07, 2007 | Permalink |
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Brown University junior guard Mark McAndrew, of Barrington, has been named first team All-Ivy by the conference's basketball coaches. McAndrew, who was Player of the Week four times this season, was the Ivy League's leading scorer with 18.6 points......
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The Red Sox's non-roster infielder Ed Rogers made the most of his plate time after relieving Julio Lugo at shortstop, breaking open a 5-5 tie with the Mets and ending the game with a walkoff grand slam off Ambiorix Burgos......
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