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A-Rod set for extended spring training game

4:03 PM Thu, May 15, 2008 | Permalink | 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 | Permalink | 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 | Permalink | 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 | Permalink | 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 | Permalink | 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 | Permalink | 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 | Permalink | 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 | Permalink | 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 | Permalink | 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 | Permalink | 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 | Permalink | 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 | Permalink | 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 | Permalink | 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 | Permalink | 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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Download today's sports cover

8:18 AM Thu, May 15, 2008 | Permalink | 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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