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June 4, 2008 Archives
9:48 PM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa  Email
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — Elaine Fulps is thrilled about the prize she won at a minor league baseball game. But she’s hoping she doesn’t have to collect on it anytime soon. Fulps, 60, won a $10,000 paid funeral at Tuesday......
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4:44 PM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
Former Patriots linebacker Rosevelt Colvin visited the Houston Texans on Wednesday. The free agent, who was released by New England in February, was undergoing a physical and meeting with Texans officials. Colvin spent five years with the Patriots and was......
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4:21 PM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
Rounding out the field for the 10th annual CVS Caremark Charity Classic is the PGA Tour’s newest fan favorite Paul Goydos along with England’s Justin Rose. Both golfers are experiencing a career year including remarkable second place finishes in recent......
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3:01 PM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
EA SPORTS' NBA LIVE 09 has predicted the Lakers will capture their 15th NBA championship by defeating the Celtics in seven games. The series was played in simulation using the NBA LIVE 09 game. Kobe Bryant led the Lakers, averaging......
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2:57 PM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Journal files / Bob Breidenbach Kevin Robinson at Cranston's Fall Harvest Festival in 1998. X-Games star Kevin Robinson, formerly of East Providence, next week will attempt to break a world record by jumping his BMX bike 54 feet. On......
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2:30 PM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) - Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson figured he might be seeing Kevin Garnett in the NBA finals - in purple and gold. The Lakers pushed to acquire Garnett last summer when the Timberwolves put the perennial All-Star......
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2:03 PM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
Reebok will debut a series of ads tomorrow that feature past and present sports stars displaying what it means to be "Rondo'd." The shoe giant turned Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo's surname into a verb, and came up with......
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1:44 PM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
FOXBORO – The New England Revolution today announced that it has acquired first-year defender Pat Phelan from Toronto FC in exchange for the rights to one of New England’s eight international roster spots through the 2010 season. Phelan, 23, was......
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1:24 PM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Press the play button below to hear Bill Reynolds' break down the Celtics-Lakers matchups at all five positions. Here are some excerpts from Bill's comments: On matchup up with Kobe Bryant: "Nobody can play Kobe, that's the problem the Celtics......
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1:07 PM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - The NBA finals' television ratings for the last eight years fall into two unmistakable categories: series with the Los Angeles Lakers, and series without them. The four times that the Lakers - with their large market,......
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12:44 PM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Coco Crisp and Craig Hansen rising to the occasion, David Ortiz's rehabilitation plan, and why the Sox will never, ever sign Barry Bonds. Here are some......
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12:08 PM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Interscholastic League has postponed today's Division II baseball championship game between Prout and North Smithfield. The two teams, which split the first two games in their best-of-three series, meet tomorrow at 6 p.m. at McCoy Stadium. Meanwhile, the junior......
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11:35 AM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Carolyn Thornton Email
Rhode Island Interscholastic League Director of Softball Betty Marquis has announced the time and location for tomorrow's losers'-bracket finals. Barrington and Middletown will meet in the Division II game at 4 p.m. at Rhode Island College's Dayna A. Bazar Softball......
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11:01 AM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz says he will have season-ending shoulder surgery. Check STATS Inc.'s baseball page for more later today.......
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10:10 AM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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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 examines how to use Predicted OPS to......
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10:03 AM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Larry Bird and Magic Johnson got together in a teleconference to discuss the history of the Celtics-Lakers rivalry as they see it, and to talk about this year's Finals. Click here to read the full transcript, on the Orange County......
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8:46 AM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
A story in today's Boston Globe reports that New England right tackle Nick Kaczur was arrested in April for illegal possession of prescription painkillers (OxyContin) and then cooperated with federal Drug Enforcement Agency officials to apprehend his alleged dealer. Get......
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8:43 AM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Your Turn: Would you pay to see Jose Canseco in a boxing match? By Monte Poole The Oakland Tribune, Calif. OAKLAND, Calif. - From chasing blondes to buying fancy cars to dressing like celebrities he saw on TV and in......
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8:41 AM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Former NBA All-Star Kevin Johnson survived his first political test Tuesday, forcing a runoff election against the two-term incumbent in California's capital city. Neither candidate secured enough votes to win outright in a mayoral race that drew......
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8:31 AM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Bob Breidenbach shot these amusing photos of a fan at Fenway Park who ran out onto the field in the eighth inning and managed to elude security personnel long enough to jump back into the stands. You can't disappaear from......
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8:27 AM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By TOM MEADE Journal Sports Writer NEWPORT -- In the 41 years that college sailors have fought to win the three national championships held every spring under the umbrella of the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association, only the U.S. Naval Academy has......
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8:17 AM Wed, Jun 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
On today's sports cover, Sean McAdam writes that the Red Sox are taking a positive spin on David Ortiz's wrist injury, but also lays out what they might be willing to do if Ortiz can't come back this season. Steven......
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