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May 16, 2008 Archives


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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Download today's sports cover

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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