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May 11, 2008 - May 17, 2008 Archives


Two GOP members of Judiciary Committee 'don't see a need' for Senate investigation of Spygate

9:28 AM Sat, May 17, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

The chance of a Senate investigation into Spygate -- which Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., hinted at in his news conference Wednesday -- appear to be remote after two members of Specter's own party on the Judiciary Committee said they don't......

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Celtics post-game notes and quotes

12:23 AM Sat, May 17, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA Doc Rivers was an unhappy, frustrated coach tonight. His Celtics played a gritty, tough defensive game, limiting the Cavaliers to 33 percent shooting. But the Cavs dug in on defense, too, and were ably assisted by......

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Belichick has his say

7:36 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

New England head coach Bill Belichick spoke exclusively with CBS reporter Armen Keteyian this afternoon, and the interview was just broadcast on the CBS Evening News. Belichick spoke on camera for the first time about Matt Walsh, the former video......

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Transcript of Belichick's CBS interview

6:27 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

CBS has provided a transcript of Arman Keteyian's interview with Bill Belichick that will air Friday night at 6:30 p.m. on the CBS Evening News Keteyian (narration): In the latest episode of the NFL's "Spygate," a defiant Bill Belichick decided......

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Fenway weather update

3:58 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Joe McDonald, at Fenway Park, says that the tarp was put on the field earlier this hour, but the team is expecting at the moment to get the game in on time, despite forecasted showers. It looks like the heavier......

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Francona taps Yankees' Girardi, Tigers' Leyland as All-Star coaches

3:35 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

NEW YORK (AP) - Managers Joe Girardi of the Yankees and Willie Randolph of the Mets have been asked to serve as coaches for the All-Star game in New York. Yankee Stadium will host the game July 15 in its......

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Terry Francona was once a pretty good high school baseball player

2:52 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

For proof, check out this from Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd vault. Francona's numbers in the big leagues, by the way -- over a 10-year career spent with the Expos, Cubs, Reds, Indians and Brewers -- can be found......

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Today's high school postponements

2:50 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Reschedule dates, where known, are in parentheses. Baseball Woonsocket at Ponaganset (canceled) Bishop Feehan at Tiverton (tomorrow, 4 p.m.) North Smithfield at Prout (Sunday, 2 p.m.) Softball Coventry at East Greenwich Prout at Middletown (tomorrow, 1 p.m.) Classical at Ponaganset......

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Belichick to address Spygate on CBS Evening News

1:53 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Bill Belichick will address charges made by Matt Walsh, his team’s former videotaper, that he knew the taping of opposing teams was wrong in an exclusive interview conducted by Armen Keteyian on the CBS Evening News Friday night. Belichick spoke......

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A-Rod says he's feeling fine, ready for assignment tomorrow

1:28 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez reported no problems with his strained right quadriceps Friday, one day after running the bases for the first since being sidelined last month. A-Rod is scheduled to play in the first......

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College Lacrosse: Bryant has a mountain to climb, but they've done it before

1:00 PM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By MIKE SZOSTAK Journal Sports Writer Beating Le Moyne tomorrow in the NCAA Division II lacrosse semifinals will be as difficult for Bryant as hitting a Tim Wakefield knuckleball, sinking a 65-foot putt or making a three-point shot over Kevin......

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Projo CeltsTalk with KMac: Game Six preview

11:15 AM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Kevin McNamara took some time on the layover of his flight to Cleveland to look back on Game Five and ahead to tonight's matchup. He says, among other things, that the key to victory in Game Five came at the......

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Live now: Tom Meade's outdoor notes

10:48 AM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Tom Meade has sent us his Sunday outdoor notes early, and we've put them online. He has three items this week: one on the lively conditions for bass in Narragansett Bay, one on a recreational fishing law that has anglers......

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Projo SoxTalk with McAdam: Interleague play begins

10:48 AM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. Today's topics: a chance for the Red Sox to make a move at home, the return of Gabe Kapler and Eric Gagne, Kapler's return to the big leagues,......

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Kaká is coming: Brazil sets its roster for Foxboro soccer match

10:35 AM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

NEW YORK – Brazil’s national team head coach Dunga announced today a star-studded, European-based 25-man roster for the two international soccer matches that will be played as part of the team’s 2008 U.S. Tour. The tour includes a game at......

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Double-amputee sprinter can run in Olympics

9:16 AM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius won his appeal to be eligible to compete in the Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled. Pistorius, a South African, had been barred from Olympic eligibility by the International Association......

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Dennis Rodman charged with domestic violence

8:25 AM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dennis Rodman was charged with domestic violence for allegedly hitting his girlfriend at a hotel last month. Los Angeles City Attorney spokesman Nick Velasquez said Rodman was charged Wednesday with spousal battery, brandishing a deadly weapon,......

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Herald's Tomase on 'how it went wrong'

8:12 AM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Herald sports writer who reported the New England Patriots taped a pre-Super Bowl walkthrough by the St. Louis Rams in 2002 said he will regret the erroneous story for the rest of his life. “First......

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7:57 AM Fri, May 16, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

On today's sports cover, Steven Krasner takes stock of the Red Sox on an off-day, looking at the biggest potential issues that could impede their run to the postseason. Mike Szostak gets Doc Rivers' take on the eve of Celtics-Cavaliers......

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A-Rod set for extended spring training game

4:03 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez is scheduled to play in the first of three extended spring training games on Saturday. A-Rod hasn't seen game action since April 28 because of a strained right quadriceps. He......

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The Onion weighs in on Spygate

3:09 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

See what they have to say here.......

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Update: Colon pitches a gem in Buffalo

2:42 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Bartolo Colon, in his second Triple-A start since a stint on the disabled list, threw six innings of one-hit, shutout ball as the Pawtucket Red Sox beat the Buffalo Bisons, 2-0, today in Buffalo. The game was only seven innings......

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Cavaliers' Gibson will miss Game Six

2:39 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) - Cavaliers guard Daniel Gibson will miss Game 6 of Cleveland's playoff against the Boston Celtics after separating his left shoulder during the second half Wednesday night. Gibson, one of the Cavs' best perimeter shooters, left early......

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Slate says: TD Banknorth Garden is cheesy and generic. Why do Celtics keep winning there?

1:39 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

We've remarked upon it ourselves, and the point is pretty obvious: Going to a Celtics game is not quite the experience that it used to be, back in the days of Bird, McHale and Parish. Of course, the same applies......

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If Celtics make conference finals, Chauncey Billups will be ready

1:29 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - All-Star point guard Chauncey Billups has practiced with the Detroit Pistons and is expected to be ready to play in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. Detroit coach Flip Saunders says Billups looked good......

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Ken Read's crew off on Ocean Race qualifier (with photos)

12:56 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The following came to us last night from PUMA Ocean Racing's senior communications manager, Rob Penner: Two days after PUMA Ocean Racing christened its ferocious black boat il mostro - Italian for The Monster - in Boston Harbor, Ken Read......

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Matt Walsh describes his duties in depth in N.Y. Times interview

12:44 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The New York Times has posted the entire transcript of an interview Wednesday in which Matt Walsh discussed his Patriots career with reporter Greg Bishop. It was Walsh's first interview with the news media, the Times says. The text casts......

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Charles Barkley in big trouble over gambling debt

12:36 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A prosecutor says retired NBA star Charles Barkley will face felony charges if he fails to repay a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino. Clark County District Attorney David Roger says Barkley will......

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Get this week's fishing report early

11:11 AM Thu, May 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Seven-year-old Abigail Mottur caught this keeper near the Prudence Island ferry dock on a Storm Shad. Outdoors writer Tom Meade has filed tomorrow's Fishing Report early. You can read it now: Just click this link to find out what's......

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Red Sox' Lester pitching free ice coffees in Warwick

10:19 AM Thu, May 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester is tossing free ice coffees today to customers of the Dunkin' Donuts on 1678 Post Road, Warwick. A company spokeswoman said Lester is there now and probably will leave by noon. Lester is pitching in......

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Steve Krasner reviews Sox' problems at quarter-point of season

10:11 AM Thu, May 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Boston Red Sox have basically completed one-quarter of the season. They had yesterday off as an opportunity to lick their wounds and assess their M*A*S*H issues after a disappointing 4-6 trip through Detroit, Minnesota and Baltimore that finished with......

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Projo SoxTalk with McAdam: No relief in sight

10:05 AM Thu, May 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. Today's topics: Hideki Okajima's ineffectiveness with runners on base, and what the Red Sox have to do about it, the team's hot-and-cold nature in the early part of......

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Herald stands by reporter John Tomase

8:45 AM Thu, May 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

A day after its front-page apology to the Patriots made national news, the Boston Herald today is running an editor's note defending John Tomase, the reporter whose story about the Rams Super Bowl walkthrough eventually led to the apology, and......

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8:18 AM Thu, May 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

On today's sports cover, Kevin McNamara and Bill Reynolds write from the Garden, where the Celtics won for the seventh time in seven playoff tries; Steven Krasner has the story of a bullpen meltdown by the Red Sox in Baltimore;......

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Former Pats assistant Walsh talks to HBO

10:50 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Shalise Manza Young    Email

Get all the details on the ProJo PatsBlog.........

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Brown lax dominates All-New England

4:31 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike Szostak    Email

Brown lacrosse goalie Jordan Burke is the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Division I player of the year, freshman attackman Andrew Feinberg the rookie of the year and Lars Tiffany the coach of the year. In addition, sophomore attackman......

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Revolution qualify for American Champions League tournament

3:40 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

FOXBORO, Mass. – The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced today that the New England Revolution will compete as one of four U.S. entries in the inaugural CONCACAF Champions League tournament, which begins in August......

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Sporting News picks Ainge as NBA Executive of the Year

3:29 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Sporting News has named Danny Ainge the 2007-2008 NBA Executive of the Year. The Sporting News polled general managers and other executives from all 30 teams, and Ainge received 18 of the 47 votes cast. He beat out Los......

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Complete text of Arlen Specter's Senate statement

2:37 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Following is the text of the statement that Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., put into the record of today's Senate floor proceedings shortly before his midday news conference at the Capitol.......

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Kraft pleased with Herald's apology

2:00 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

FOXBORO, Mass. (AP) - New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft complimented the Boston Herald on Wednesday for apologizing for a story that said his team videotaped a St. Louis Rams walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl. He's "very disappointed," though,......

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Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson split up, according to Dallas Morning News

1:54 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click here to read the story. Big sports implications here. If you're an Eagles or a Giants fan, you might say this is the worst thing that has happened this offseason.......

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Hank Steinbrenner says Yankees must play harder and smarter

1:50 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Hank Steinbrenner expects his struggling New York Yankees to focus and turn around their season. "They've got to play smarter and harder," he said Wednesday. "The injuries - when you're missing Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada,......

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Projo CeltsTalk with KMac: Back home, and happy about it

1:23 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click here to listen to Kevin McNamara discuss the Celtics on the morning of Game Five. The topics: the sorry end to Game Four, whether LeBron made a real statement with his fourth-quarter dunk, the Detroit Pistons finishing off the......

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Projo SoxTalk with McAdam: A very bad day in Baltimore

1:15 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click here to listen to today's edition of projo SoxTalk (audio only today). Sean discusses the Red Sox' harrowing day yesterday, Josh Beckett's surprising inability to retire the Orioles' usually inept lineup, the Terry Francona-Brad Mills relationship, and the Red......

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Projo PatsTalk with Shalise: Dissecting Spygate

1:10 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

We recorded this interview with Shalise Manza Young this morning. She discusses covering the Spygate news conference yesterday in New York, whether the story will live on in the hearts of non-Patriots fans around the country, and whether the disclosures......

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Update: Specter slams NFL's handling of Spygate, calls for independent investigation

12:52 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., called today for a "transparent and independent" investigation into allegations that the New England Patriots tried to spy on opposing teams, asserting that the practice went on more frequently than has previously been known.......

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Help for fantasy baseball owners

12:22 PM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Right now on our Fantasy Sports Blog, you can find updated position-by-position hitter rankings, complete rankings for starting and relief pitchers, plus Michael Salfino's weekly Baseball by the Numbers column. This week, he looks at the surprising drop-off in productivity......

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Sox place Buccholz on DL, recall Van Every

11:53 AM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

BY STEVEN KRASNER Journal Sports Writer BALTIMORE -- The Red Sox just placed Clay Buchholz on the disabled list because of a torn nail on the middle finger of his right hand and recalled outfielder Jonathan Van Every from Pawtucket.......

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Transcript of Robert Kraft interview on CNBC

10:07 AM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Following is a partial transcript of Patriots owner Robert Kraft's interview this morning with Scott Wapner of CNBC. Kraft spoke about Spygate and the Boston Herald's apology. WAPNER: ROBERT KRAFT IS THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS......

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P-Bruins' Gordon cited as candidate for Atlanta coaching job

9:07 AM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

James Mirtle, the Toronto Globe and Mail's hockey blogger, recently gave a tour around the vacant coaching jobs in the NHL. His column lists Scott Gordon, the AHL's coach of the year with the Providence Bruins, as a strong candidate......

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Herald issues apology for coverage of Spygate

8:09 AM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Boston Herald has issued an apology for its publication of a Feb. 2 story that stated a member of the New England Patriots video staff had videotaped the St. Louis Rams' walkthrough before Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002.......

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Download today's sports cover

8:06 AM Wed, May 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

On today's sports cover, Jim Donaldson has a fairly withering column on Sen. Arlen Specter's involvement with Spygate, while Steven Krasner follows the road-weary Red Sox and Mike Szostak greets the Celtics back to Boston. They're happy to be there,......

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Walsh/Specter postponed

4:18 PM Tue, May 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Colleague John Mulligan calls in to report that the Matt Walsh-Arlen Specter press conference has been postponed until sometime tomorrow. The meeting between Walsh, attorney Michael Levy and the Pennsylvania Senator is still going on presently, and the decision was......

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Brady during 'EEI interview: Super Bowl loss was 'numbing'

2:56 PM Tue, May 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Tom Brady spoke in depth about the 2007 season, and the loss to the Giants in the Super Bowl, in a wide-ranging interview on WEEI Radio this afternoon: On whether pressure built during last season as the team remain undefeated......

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Update: Specter news conference live video around 4

2:31 PM Tue, May 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

AP video will be offering live coverage of Sen. Arlen Specter's news conference in Washington, which will follow his meeting with former Patriots assistant Matt Walsh. The event is now expected to be at about 4. To view the video,......

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Francona to miss Baltimore series because of a death in his family

2:22 PM Tue, May 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

The Red Sox announced moments ago that manager Terry Francona will miss the two-game series on Tuesday and Wednesday in Baltimore. Mary Ann Lang, the mother of his wife, Jacque, passed away on Monday night in Tucson, Arizona. Francona and......

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Larry Bird sues owners of former home for using name

2:15 PM Tue, May 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Larry Bird has filed a lawsuit alleging a couple who bought his former home in southern Indiana are improperly using his name to promote a bed-and-breakfast. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Evansville, claims......

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Projo SoxTalk with McAdam: Buchholz falls down

1:12 PM Tue, May 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. Today's topics: Clay Buchholz's troubles on the road, and how it makes the club's decision about Bartolo Colon easier, looking to deal Julian Tavarez and giving Craig Hansen......

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A-Rod hopes to rejoin Yankees next week

12:58 PM Tue, May 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Injured Alex Rodriguez is hoping to rejoin the New York Yankees early next week. "We're aiming for (next) Tuesday at home," Rodriguez, who is on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right quadriceps, said Tuesday......

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News break: Walsh has no new information on Spygate

12:35 PM Tue, May 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, speaking at the moment to the media, said Matt Walsh brought no new information on the Spygate scandal to their meeting today and that Walsh didn't tell him anything that the Patriots hadn't already been punished......

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Special commencement for Bryant lax, baseball teams

12:25 PM Tue, May 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike Szostak    Email

An early commencement ceremony is becoming a tradition at Bryant University. Fifteen seniors, eight from the lacrosse team and seven from the baseball team, will receive their degrees today because they will be playing in NCAA Tournaments Saturday, Commencement......

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Raw video: Matt Walsh arrives at NFL offices

8:56 AM Tue, May 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click here to see the video, from the AP, of the Spygate figure checking in to meet NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell this morning. And check back here for much more throughout the day.......

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Don't talk about that Celtics game!

8:42 AM Tue, May 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Here's an interesting story about a Boston-area Starbucks barista who posted a note on the door asking customers not to talk about the game, so that he/she could watch it later without knowing the outcome.......

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7:58 AM Tue, May 13, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

On today's sports cover, Kevin McNamara writes about the Celtics' Game Four loss, and Bill Reynolds provides some perspective on why it's so hard for NBA teams to win away from home -- and it's not all within the teams'......

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Cavs Coach with Rhody Roots

9:34 PM Mon, May 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA CLEVELAND – A former Bishop Hendricken guard is a key player in the Cavaliers’ quest to topple the Celtics in these NBA playoffs. Mike Malone, the son of former URI head coach Brendan Malone and a......

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Youkilis named American League Player of the Week

3:30 PM Mon, May 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Sox' Kevin Youkilis was named the American League's Player of the Week for the period May 5-11. Over that stretch, Youkilis batted .375 (12 for 32) with three doubles, five homers and 10 homers for a slugging percentage of......

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Red Sox designate Tavarez for assignment

3:26 PM Mon, May 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Right-hander Julian Tavarez has been designated for assignment to make room for Sean Casey on the roster. The Sox now have 10 days to trade Tavarez, release him or outright assign him to the minors, an assignment Tavarez can veto......

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Lincoln's Tangerhlini named HSGameTime player of the week

3:22 PM Mon, May 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Lincoln High School senior Paul Tangerhlini limited Portsmouth to four hits and two runs as Lincoln handed the Patriots their first loss of the season, 6-2, last Monday.......

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Garnett named to NBA's All-Defensive Team

2:56 PM Mon, May 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett and Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant topped the voting for the National Basketball Association's All-Defensive team. Denver's Marcus Camby and San Antonio's Bruce Bowen and Tim Duncan completed the first......

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Patriots top ESPN's power rankings

2:17 PM Mon, May 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

ESPN has the New England Patriots listed as still the team to beat in the National Football League on the network's NFL power rankings for May. Just behind the Patriots are the Colts, the Chargers, the Cowboys and the Jaguars.......

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Today's high school postponements

2:12 PM Mon, May 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Just two of them so far. Reschedule dates are in parentheses. Girls lacrosse Lincoln at Narragansett (Wednesday, 4 p.m.) Boys tennis Narragansett at St. Raphael (Wednesday, 4 p.m.)......

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Projo CeltsTalk with KMac: Road worryers

11:01 AM Mon, May 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Kevin McNamara talk about the Celtics' distressing Game Three win and preview tonight's Game Four. Should we be worried about the team's psyche as it continues to seek that elusive first road win?......

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Cowboys' T.O. makes his T.V. debut on Wednesday night

10:16 AM Mon, May 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

IRVING, Texas (AP) - Get your popcorn ready: Terrell Owens is coming to prime time Wednesday night. As an actor. T.O. will make his sitcom acting debut on the MyNetworkTV show "Under One Roof" as the long-lost brother of the......

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Manny says he's the best defensive left-fielder in Red Sox history

10:01 AM Mon, May 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

As Art Martone mentioned this morning in his Baseball Today column, Manny Ramirez had some very interesting comments reported by Rob Bradford in today's Boston Herald. Ramirez, who had most of last night off before making the last out as......

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Projo SoxTalk with McAdam: The hits keep on coming

10:00 AM Mon, May 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. Today's topics: the relentless Red Sox offense, Kevin Cash the .375 hitter, doing it with speed and power, tonight's date with Livan Hernandez, and the still-hot Tampa Bay......

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Tony Romo can't sing

9:09 AM Mon, May 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

In case you haven't seen it, here's a video of Tony Romo's embarrassing rendition of "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" at Wrigley Field.......

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Vermont's Frost Heaves are switching leagues

8:58 AM Mon, May 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

BARRE, Vt. (AP) -- After two American Basketball Association titles, the Vermont Frost Heaves are switching leagues. The pro-basketball team is giving up ABA's red, white and blue ball and embracing the more traditional orange ball of the Premier Basketball......

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7:56 AM Mon, May 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

On today's sports cover, Kevin McNamara talks to the Celtics players about why they have been so bad on the road in these playoffs. Steve Krasner writes from Minneapolis, where the Red Sox nearly pulled out another improbable win last......

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Celtics Post-Game Ramblings

12:31 AM Sun, May 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

CELTICS JOURNAL By KEVIN McNAMARA CLEVELAND – LeBron James still isn’t shooting the ball like he’d wish but he doesn’t appear fazed. James was 5-16 from the floor in Game Three but he still filled the stat sheet with......

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