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Kirylo no-hitter paces Tolman to Game One victory over Scituate in D3 softball finals

8:41 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

Macayla Kirylo tossed her seventh no-hitter of the season, as Tolman posted a 5-2 victory over Scituate in Game One of the Division III finals of the Amica Insurance Rhode Island Interscholastic League Softball Championships, yesterday at the Dayna A.......

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STATS Blast: Celtics-Pistons Game Six tidbits

4:40 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Some quick notes from STATS Inc., heading into Game Six: -- The Detroit Pistons are 11-2 in their last 13 Game Sixes. -- On the flip side, Boston big man Kevin Garnett has never won a clinching Game Six in......

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Matsuzaka placed on 15-day DL with 'mild rotator-cuff strain'

4:22 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

BY JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writer BALTIMORE -- The Red Sox have placed Daisuke Matsuzaka on the 15-day disabled list with what they're describing as "a mild rotator cuff strain." Jeff Bailey, as was reported earlier today, has been recalled......

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Jim Calhoun treated for skin cancer, will remain at UConn

4:00 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

STORRS, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun is being treated for a second bout of skin cancer but expects to be on the bench this fall for his 22nd season with the Huskies. "I want to coach basketball......

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Posada draws a step closer to returning

3:55 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Yankees catcher Jorge Posada is scheduled to throw to the bases in a game Saturday for the first time since being sidelined by a sore shoulder on April 27. Posada, who has been in extended spring......

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Hamilton will play in Game Six

1:08 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

AP photo / Michael Dwyer Richard Hamilton feels the pain after injuring his elbow late in Game Five at Boston. AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - Richard Hamilton says he will play for the Detroit Pistons against the Boston Celtics......

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PawSox' Jeff Bailey called up to Boston

12:41 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writer PawSox first baseman/outfielder Jeff Bailey has been called up to Boston. He's expected to join the team in Baltimore today. It's likely he'll remain with the Red Sox through this four-game series against the......

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Rasheed and Red rejoice: NBA says it will fine floppers next season

12:39 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) - The NBA will begin fining players guilty of flopping beginning next season. Although the exact amount of fines has not been determined, the clubs have been informed that a new rule is on the way. "We......

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Outdoors Notes: Lawson Cary Jr. remembered as a force for conservation

12:21 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Tom Meade's weekend outdoors notes column is live now. It contains a substantial item on Lawson M. Cary Jr., the local leader of Trout Unlimited and the Wood River Fly Fishing Club who died last weekend. Tom also writes about......

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Red Sox named 2008 Professional Sports Team of the Year

11:38 AM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

The Boston Red Sox were bestowed with the award for 2008 Professional Sports Team of the Year in the inaugural Sports Business Awards. Other sports franchises nominated for the award include the Buffalo Sabres, Hendrick Motorsports, Phoenix Suns and Toronto......

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Projo SoxTalk with McAdam: What impresses us about Masterson

10:43 AM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click here to listen to Sean's daily audio report, which is audio only today (if we get someone freed up later today, we might be able to add pictures later). The topics: What impresses Sean about Justin Masterson, teams' inability......

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Video: Red Auerbach crusades against basketball "flopping" -- like 30 years ago

9:38 AM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Amid all the concerns surrounding NBA officiating, you've got to love this instructional video, that was first posted on the Washington Wizards blog Bullets Forever. It shows Red Auerbach -- with help from Paul Silas, Elvin Hayes, Wes Unseld, Mike......

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Rasheed Wallace fined for tirade against refs

9:35 AM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

NEW YORK (AP) - Detroit's Rasheed Wallace was fined $25,000 Thursday by the NBA for using profanity and criticizing the officiating after a playoff game the night before. After the Pistons' 106-102 loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 5......

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Home runs merit the benefit of replay

8:28 AM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Tim Cowlishaw The Dallas Morning News DALLAS - If Major League Baseball doesn't get serious about using replay to make proper home run calls, someone may die. It looked like it might happen earlier this week in our nation's......

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Banning metal baseball bats wood be a good idea

8:27 AM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Sam Donnellon Philadelphia Daily News The headline was compelling for several reasons. A mother and father from my hometown of Wayne, N.J., had filed suit against metal bat manufacturer Hillerich & Bradsby and Little League baseball after their son......

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