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June 11, 2008 Archives


Rocco Baldelli ready to return?

4:47 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Rocco Baldelli could be ready for the next step in his attempt to play in the majors again. The Tampa Bay Rays center fielder, sidelined since May 2007 because of lingering hamstring problems and what doctors......

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Revolution vs. Joe Public

3:52 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

FOXBORO – The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football today unveiled the preliminary round match-ups for the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League, and the New England Revolution has been drawn with Joe Public FC of Trinidad & Tobago.......

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David Ortiz sworn in as U.S. citizen

2:58 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

BOSTON (AP) - A Red Sox Nation slugger has found a new nation to call home. David Ortiz and 220 other immigrants became U.S. citizens Wednesday at a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. The 32-year-old slugger......

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Giants' Burress won't practice without new contract

2:48 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress is refusing to practice because the Super Bowl champions haven't renegotiated his contract. Burress reported to Giants Stadium for a mandatory minicamp Wednesday, but said he told the......

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Projo CeltsTalk with Reynolds: It won't be a sweep

2:41 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click here to watch the video of Bill's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: The good news about last night's bad result, the burden on Kobe Bryant to carry his team, and Tim Donaghy's damaging allegations. Here are some excerpts......

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Projo SoxTalk with McAdam: Not everything's okey dokey

2:26 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click here to watch the video of Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Last night's loss, the struggling Hideki Okajima and his accountability issues, the improved state of the bullpen in general, and Kevin Millar's inability to cut the......

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Big East to form new men's lacrosse league

1:59 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Big East conference is forming a new men's lacrosse league. The league will start competition in the spring of 2010 and will include Syracuse, Providence, Rutgers, St. John's, Villanona, Notre Dame and Georgetown. Each school......

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Mass. equity firm takes control of Richard Petty's NASCAR franchise

12:59 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Gene Laverty Bloomberg Boston Ventures, a private equity firm in Massachusetts that owns stakes in Six Flags amusement parks and Motown Records, has added a controlling interest in NASCAR Petty Enterprises to its media and entertainment holdings. David Zucker,......

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Help for fantasy baseball owners

10:54 AM Wed, Jun 11, 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 writes about the importance of sleep schedules......

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Rodney Harrison writes foreward to book by David Tyree

10:15 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

AP photo / Gene Puskar Rodney Harrison, the defender who was closest to the play when David Tyree made his unbelievable catch late in Super bowl XLII, has written the introduction to Tyree's book, "More Than Just a Catch,"......

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$2-million jewelry heist includes Super Bowl rings

10:10 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

ATTLEBORO, Mass. — Police say New York Giants Super Bowl rings were among the $2 million worth of items stolen from an Attleboro jewelry company sometime over the weekend. Police say thieves disabled the alarm system at E.A. Dion’s building,......

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Celtics' Pollard, a member of 2002 Kings, reacts to Donaghy

8:44 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Celtics center Scot Pollard, who has been inactive since late February because of a torn tendon in his ankle, was a key member of the 2002 Sacramento Kings team that lost in the Western Conference Finals to the Los Angeles......

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Download today's sports cover

8:35 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

On today's sports cover, Kevin McNamara reports from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where the Lakers climbed back into the NBA Finals with an ugly win last night. Bill Reynolds writes that Kobe Bryant rose to the occasion with......

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Post-Game Notes & Quotes

1:37 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA LOS ANGELES - Lamar Odom still hasn’t played well in the NBA Finals but he insists he’s not getting frustrated. Odom fell into foul trouble for the third straight game. He had three fouls in a......

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Post-Game story

1:36 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer LOS ANGELES – Kobe Bryant calls him a machine. Phil Jackson labels him a rock head. The Boston Celtics can call Sasha Vujacic a killer. The Celtics let Vujacic slip through their clutches......

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