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June 11, 2008 Archives
4:47 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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3:52 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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2:58 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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2:48 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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2:41 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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2:26 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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1:59 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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12:59 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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10:54 AM Wed, Jun 11, 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 writes about the importance of sleep schedules......
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10:15 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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10:10 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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8:44 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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8:35 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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1:37 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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1:36 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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