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6:09 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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Brandon Moss was standing in the outfield in McCoy Stadium this afternoon, nearly an hour after the Major League trading deadline, when he found out he had been dealt to the Pirates. Moss had been penciled in to hit......
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4:54 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) - In a swap of minor leaguers, the New York Yankees traded shortstop Alberto Gonzalez to the Washington Nationals for pitcher Jhonny Nunez on Thursday. A slick fielder, Gonzalez briefly filled in for the Yankees this season......
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4:51 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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According to multiple sources, including SI.com and The Boston Globe, Manny Ramirez has been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in a three-way deal that will send the Pittsburgh Pirates' Jason Bay to Boston. We'll have more on this story......
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4:19 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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The rumor mill churns, and now Ken Rosenthal reports that "unless a miracle happens," the Tampa Bay Rays actually failed in their attempts to land Jason Bay. Separately, a Tampa official denied recent MLB.com reports that a deal had been......
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3:55 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The votes are in, and projo.com readers narrowly selected the Boston Celtics' NBA championship as the top local sports story from the first half of 2008. The Celtics' run beat out the story of Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel by eight......
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3:42 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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MIAMI (AP) - Alex Rodriguez agrees with his wife that their marriage is over, but he says her allegations of extramarital affairs aren't relevant to the divorce. The New York Yankees' All-Star third baseman said Thursday in court papers......
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3:40 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
With Jason Bay apparently gone, SI.com and other media outlets report that the Red Sox are now in talks with the Los Angeles Dodgers about trading Manny Ramirez. Jon Heyman says the Red Sox are believed to be most interested......
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2:34 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
There are lots of reports out there that the Manny Ramirez-to-Florida trade will not happen. And that could be a good thing for one of the Red Sox' key division rivals, because Peter Gammons is reporting on ESPN that the......
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2:21 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Posted earlier today on the PatsBlog by Kevin McNamara: The Patriots have concluded their morning workout, Bill Belichick has spoken and the Gillette Stadium workers are setting up for a visit from Bruce Springsteen and his E Street Band. A......
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2:17 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Patriots fans hoping to see the Patriots practice Friday had best change their plans. The players will be off Friday. The Pats will practice once both Saturday and Sunday from 2:30 to 4:40. But Saturday's practice will be closed to......
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1:58 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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RACINE, Wis. (AP) -- He'll talk about the Iraq war, gas prices and terrorism. But don't look to Republican presidential candidate John McCain to weigh in on the Brett Favre saga. The first question at McCain's town hall meeting Thursday......
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1:49 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Jayson Stark on ESPN's trade deadline special just said that he is hearing "from all sides" that the Manny Ramirez is dead: "The Pirates are blaming the Marlins. The Marlins are blaming the Pirates. And the Red Sox aren't too......
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1:22 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
SI.com's Jon Heyman reports that Manny Ramirez has given his OK to a trade that would send him to the Marlins, but that a deal has not yet been reached. But the slugger told ESPNdeportes.com this morning that no one......
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12:24 PM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Manny Ramirez, Jason Bay and Josh Beckett. Here's what Sean had to say about what would happen if the Sox kept Manny: "I would say that......
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11:45 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) -- Manny Ramirez may have played his final game with the Boston Red Sox -- or he could lead the team he says doesn't deserve him to another World Series championship. Negotiations to send the Red Sox's disgruntled......
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11:35 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Our own Mike Foran asked the pressing question of the day to some folks on the street near our building in downtown Providence. Click here to see what people had to say.......
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11:16 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Newsday's Greg Logan reports today that Providence Bruins head coach Scott Gordon met yesterday with New York Islanders general manager Garth Snow about the Isles' vacant head coaching job, and that the interview was said to have gone "extremely well."......
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11:13 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Tired of hearing and reading about Manny Ramirez? You could always go fishing. Tom Meade has some things you might want to know about in his weekly fishing report. Click here to read it.......
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10:18 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
There are reports out there this hour that indicate Manny Ramirez should not be packing his bags just yet for Southern Florida. The Boston Herald's Michael Silverman quotes a source saying the chances of a deal are less than 50-50,......
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10:14 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Manny Ramirez sounds off again, maybe for the last time; the Red Sox lose to the Angels for the last time in this regular season (because they don't play them again, thank goodness); Rodney Harrison brings his intensity back to......
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8:12 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Ken Davidoff Newsday In one of his first moves as a bona fide, independent general manager, Brian Cashman signed Kyle Farnsworth to a three-year, $17-million deal, on December 2, 2005. Farnsworth's first two years in the Bronx were brutal,......
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8:09 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Larry Stone The Seattle Times SEATTLE - It's too bad there's not a parallel universe where we can find out how all those unconsummated Mariners trade-deadline deals during the years would have played out. You know, if Jamie Moyer......
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8:07 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) - Red Sox players took a wait-and-see approach Wednesday night to reports that Manny Ramirez could get traded before Thursday's deadline. "Every year this is like this," catcher Jason Varitek said after Boston's 9-2 loss to the Los......
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8:04 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Bill Plunkett The Orange County Register BOSTON - Sweep Caroline - second verse. The Angels continued to confirm their new status as the team to beat in the American League at the expense of the team they used to......
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8:00 AM Thu, Jul 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
MIAMI (AP) - Manny Ramirez is still with the Boston Red Sox - for now. Hours after Marlins president David Samson said anything is possible, club owner Jeffrey Loria denied a deal was in place that would send Ramirez to......
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9:07 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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BRISTOL, Tenn. -- Jimmie Johnson, coming off his victory in last Sunday's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard, has added a pair of races to his 2008 schedule. In addition to his duties behind the wheel of the No. 48 Hendrick......
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8:59 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Manny Ramirez spoke with ESPNdeportes.com's Enrique Rojas before Wednesday night's game with the Angels and had some interested comments about the Red Sox. Here is what he had to say. "The Red Sox don't deserve a player like me," Ramirez......
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8:41 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
The New York Yankees traded reliever LaTroy Hawkins to the Houston Astros on Wednesday for minor league infielder Matt Cusick. Hawkins was 1-1 with a 5.71 ERA in 33 appearances this season for the Yankees, who designated him for assignment......
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7:58 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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ESPN's Jayson Stark just posted an item on the Website's trade blog listing the possible pieces of a Manny Ramirez to Florida trade.......
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7:49 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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MIAMI -- A deal that would send Manny Ramirez to Florida may be a long shot, but Marlins president David Samson didn't rule it out Wednesday, less than 24 hours before the trade deadline. On his weekly radio show, Samson......
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5:52 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steven Krasner Email
Jacoby Ellsbury has been struggling, dropped from the leadoff spot to ninth in the batting order. He is batting a mere .223 (33 for 148) over his last 35 games, including a 4-for-15 log on the homestand. So, with......
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5:48 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steven Krasner Email
Boston manager Terry Francona got mixed up on Tuesday when he was outlining the plans for injured pitcher Bartolo Colon. The corrected version of the right-hander's timetable is that Colon threw a side session this afternoon and will throw another......
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5:44 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By STEVEN KRASNER Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Today's trading deadline can cause various types of emotions in a team's clubhouse, from anxiety as players wonder if they'll be staying or going or the excited anticipation of a trade that......
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5:23 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
In the Journal's Patriots training camp schedule that has been published over the last couple of days, it says that the practice times for tomorrow are 8:45 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. However, the second session tomorrow will begin at 2:30......
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5:22 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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The owner of a pizza shop in Denver, who despises the Yankees and Red Sox, is offering free pizza to the world if the Tampa Bay Rays win the World Series. Click here to read the full story.......
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5:11 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
Classic Sports & Entertainment officially announced yesterday that Providence boxer Peter Manfredo Jr. (30-5, 15 KOs), star of The Contender I series, will take on Danny McCrary (24-7-2, 13 KOs) for the vacant North American Boxing Federation super middleweight title......
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5:09 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK -- The Detroit Tigers traded veteran catcher Ivan Rodriguez to the New York Yankees for hard-throwing reliever Kyle Farnsworth on Wednesday. Rodriguez, a 14-time All-Star in the option year of a $50 million deal he signed with the......
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3:30 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Pawtucket Red Sox got out to a 2-0 lead, then things got ugly today as the Rochester Red Wings won, 8-3, at McCoy Stadium. David Pauley took the loss to fall to 12-4. Click here to see the box......
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2:50 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Journal Sports Writer After Bill Belichick left the podium, Andre Tippett stepped in front of the microphone this morning to talk about his emotional morning with the Patriots players and staff and his emotions since learning......
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2:46 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Ken Rosenthal, writing on FoxSports.com, says that while it is unlikely, there are some who believe the Red Sox really want to dump Manny Ramirez, and that he could end up playing for the small-market but still-competitive Marlins. Rosenthal is......
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1:27 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The St. Petersburg Times reports that Rhode Island's own Rocco Baldelli, sidelined since spring training with a rare muscle fatigue disorder, could return to the Tampa Bay Rays very soon -- possibly this weekend. Baldelli's been playing well on a......
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1:25 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Here's how Bill Belichick started this morning's news conference at Gillette Stadium: "We just had our team meeting this morning, and the last thing we did when the team gathered together was kind of give Andre a little sendoff, and......
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12:25 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Children aren't at risk for lead exposure from synthetic athletic fields, according to a report Wednesday from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The commission evaluated synthetic athletic fields after lead was detected on some New......
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12:17 PM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
According to an article in Metro Halifax, the Boston Bruins are expected to announce today that they will hold part of their training camp in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Bruins are already scheduled to play exhibition games in Halifax......
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10:52 AM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: John Lackey, Mark Teixeira and the decreasing likelihood of a big trade involving the Red Sox. Here's what Sean had to say about the Angels with......
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10:15 AM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By William C. Rhoden The New York Times HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- Shortly after Tuesday's morning practice, Chad Pennington was asked if he thought he gave the Jets their best chance of winning. Better than Kellen Clemens, whom he's battling for......
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9:55 AM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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John Lackey nearly no-hits the Sox, Sean McAdam discusses the Mark Teixeira trade, and Tank Williams practices with the linebackers. Click here to download the file in pdf format.......
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8:07 AM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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FOXBORO (AP) - It was much tougher for Andre Tippett to get into the Pro Football Hall of Fame than into an opponent's backfield. Tippett had to wait until his 10th year of eligibility to be voted in. The linebacker......
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8:05 AM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - As a rookie in the NFL, Terrence Wheatley is in the same position as veteran Fernando Bryant - learning the Patriots' defensive system and trying to stop Randy Moss in practice. Then there's the added burden......
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8:01 AM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) - Johnny Damon was back in the New York Yankees' outfield Tuesday night, starting against the Baltimore Orioles even though he still feels some pain in his left shoulder when he throws. Damon hurt his shoulder when......
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7:58 AM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mark Whicker The Orange County Register Only one aspect of the Mark Teixiera deal is beyond debate. Thank goodness (and Tony Reagins) that we don't have to hear that nonstop canned yammering about how the Angels freeze up at......
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7:53 AM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Randy Youngman The Orange County Register The team with the best record in baseball and the biggest division lead acquired the biggest name on the market less than two days before the trading deadline. Does that mean the Angels......
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6:30 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Two left-handed golfers from the University of Rhode Island are going to this year's U.S. Amateur Golf Championship. Brad Valois, a junior for the Rams, and Ben Spitz, who graduated two years ago, both recorded 36-hole scores of 4-under......
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3:50 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - New York Yankees left-hander Eric Milton took another step in his comeback from elbow surgery by throwing 35 pitches Tuesday in his first simulated game. Milton, who had surgery in June 2007, went 0-4 with a......
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3:03 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Boston Magazine assembled a panel of armchair psychologists to determine "just what goes on inside the head of the Patriots' enigmatic coach." It's an odd group indeed, consisting of: -Psychiastrist Dr. Keith Ablow, author of Living the Truth: Transforming Your......
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2:22 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Two West Virginia University basketball players, including Hendricken graduate Joe Mazzulla, were charged with scuffling with police and underage drinking after a fight at a Pittsburgh Pirates game. Mazzulla and Cameron Thoroughman were arrested Monday at PNC......
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12:45 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: the Red Sox' poor recent showing against winning teams (6-11 over the last month), concerns about Jacoby Ellsbury's confidence, K-Rod's pursuit of the single-season saves record,......
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12:31 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Don Graziano of the Newark Star-Ledger reports today that the New York Mets, "contrary to the denials that made the rounds Monday," have contacted the Red Sox about Manny Ramirez and are interested in pursuing a deal for him. Graziano......
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12:12 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- A federal judge in Brooklyn has sentenced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy to 15 months in prison for taking payoffs from a professional gambler for inside tips on games. Donaghy's sentencing closes a chapter in a......
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11:58 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEWPORT - The Big East has just wrapped up its annual football media day festivities at the Viking Hotel. Here is the predicted order of finish: 1, West Virginia; 2, South Florida; 3, Pittsburgh; 4, Rutgers; 5, Cincinnati; 6,......
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10:46 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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The New England Phoenix will hold tryouts Aug. 12, 14, 22, 25, 29, and 31. Players should call Mike Tingley, (401) 640-4788, or Patrick Holt, 419-4543, or e-mail nephoenix@cox.net. The New England Phoenix play in college showcase tournaments. The organization......
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9:59 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Louisville Courier-Journal reports today that the University of Louisville, the University of Kentucky and Purdue University have sent recruiting letters to a 14-year-old named Sydney Moss. The 5-foot-10 Ryle High School (Union, Ky.) freshman is the daughter of Patriots......
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8:36 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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They went to Boston. They went to New York City. They went to Chapel Hill and Ann Arbor. And somehow, when the votes were counted, ESPN's completed what seemed at one point to be an endless search for Title Town......
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8:33 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Angels blow away Dice-K and the Red Sox; Sean McAdam takes a look at trade scenarios for the Red Sox, Rays and Yankees; Jim Donaldson says he's sick of Manny; and Jabar Gaffney forms a bond with Tom Brady.......
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8:27 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Wallace Matthews Newsday NEW YORK - "It's coming around," the man in the white Yankees polo shirt says. "It's hard not to be happy right now with the way things have been the last month." The tag hanging around......
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8:26 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Anthony Rieber Newsday NEW YORK - Brian Cashman's game of chicken with the Mariners over Jarrod Washburn continued yesterday, with the Yankees' general manager saying the trade market is "frigid" right now with Thursday's non-waivers trade deadline approaching. "All......
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8:24 AM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Curry The New York Times The Red Sox have a difficult chore in trying to trade an unhappy Manny Ramirez, and they will not find a home for him in Philadelphia. While the Phillies were mentioned as a......
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10:54 PM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Bruins have signed restricted free agent forwards Martin St. Pierre and Nate Thompson. Boston acquired St. Pierre's rights from the Chicago Blackhawks in a trade for Pascal Pelletier last week. The 24-year-old St. Pierre played in five NHL games......
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9:28 PM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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MAJOR BASEBALL (9-10) -- Cumberland National 11, Middletown 7; Warwick American 13, Johnston American 3.......
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7:35 PM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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HARLINGEN, Texas -- A minor league baseball team that plays in an area damaged by Hurricane Dolly is providing a different sort of relief: Free tickets for the rest of the season. The Harlingen WhiteWings of the independent United League......
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7:30 PM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK -- Jorge Posada will have season-ending surgery on his right shoulder, ending his attempt to return to the New York Yankees' lineup for the team's playoff push. The All-Star catcher has struggled with shoulder pain most of the......
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7:27 PM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Timberwolves and restricted free agent forward Ryan Gomes have agreed in principle on a five-year contract. Gomes was one of five players acquired by the Wolves last summer in the big trade with Boston for Kevin......
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5:32 PM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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At Albany, N.Y. MAJOR SOFTBALL (11-12) -- Cumberland, R.I. 5, New Hampshire 0.......
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4:05 PM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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U.S. superstar swimmer Michael Phelps has announced his choice for the must-see event of the 2008 Summer Olympics: It's the women's 400-meter individual medley. According to a story in The Australian newspaper (Sydney), Phelps is keyed in to the rivalry......
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4:01 PM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The New York Giants are playing defense, which is what they did very well to shock the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl nearly six months ago. Only this defense is designed to motivate them......
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3:46 PM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Brown produced 10 winning teams and four Ivy League championships last year, and men's basketball, women's rowing and academics were the highlights. Basketball coach Craig Robinson and his Bears created a buzz on two fronts. The team won......
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12:12 PM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: the spectre of last season, Lamont Jordan, Richard Seymour and what Brett Favre would do for the Jets. Here's what Shalise had to say......
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11:54 AM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Jon Lester; the Manny Ramirez situation; Xavier Nady, Damaso Marte and Jarrod Washburn; and the coming series against the Angels. Here's what Sean had to say......
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11:01 AM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) -- Eric Mangini had no problem talking about Brett at Jets camp. "He's got size, he's got a strong arm, he's a smart guy," New York's coach gushed Sunday. "Brett, that quarterback room sets a pretty high......
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10:36 AM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Why do I have the feeling that if Manny were the one at the table, some people would be outraged? According to The New York Post, David Ortiz helped Alex Rodriguez celebrate his 33rd birthday when he joined A-Rod for......
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9:40 AM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Today is expected to be interview day for former Providence and Boston Bruins head coach Mike Sullivan, one of seven candidates for the New York Islanders' coaching job. Then, on Wednesday, it will be P-Bruins coach Scott Gordon's turn. Newsday......
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7:59 AM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Red Sox salvage the final game of their three-game series against the Yankees, and they also seem determined to at least try shopping Manny Ramirez, and Lamont Jordan hopes to make an impression in New England. Click here to......
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7:54 AM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike Reiss The Boston Globe FOXBORO -- The Patriots have had seven practices since training camp opened last Thursday, and defensive end Richard Seymour has missed four of them. Tight end Benjamin Watson has been absent for two. The......
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7:52 AM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - The New England Patriots have signed first-year offensive lineman Pete McMahon. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The Patriots signed the 26-year-old McMahon on Sunday, two days after the Jacksonville Jaguars released him. The 6-foot-8-inch,......
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7:50 AM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kat O'Brien Newsday BOSTON - As of Sunday night, the Yankees and Mariners had not agreed to terms on a trade that would send lefthanded starter Jarrod Washburn to the Bronx. But that does not mean a deal will......
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7:46 AM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Fluto Shinzawa The Boston Globe One of the sturdiest challenges 24-year-old Jed Lowrie has stared down in his rookie year has been the requirement of daily preparation, regardless of the level of physical and mental fatigue he might be......
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6:51 PM Sun, Jul 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer BOSTON _ Red Sox manager Terry Francona spent the majority of Saturday afternoon trying to explain to the masses that, as far as he's concerned, the situation with Manny Ramirez asking out of the......
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6:16 PM Sun, Jul 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
There was a featured attraction on television in the visitors clubhouse at Fenway yesterday, one that drew the attention of many of the Yankees. The Goose was the star. That's Goose Goosage. Now, Hall of Famer Goose Gossage. New......
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10:46 PM Sat, Jul 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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JUNIORS (13-14) -- Championship final: Johnston 15, Barrington5. MAJORS (9-10) -- Cumberland National 10, Johnston American 0; Middletown 7, Warwick American 3. MAJORS (10-11) -- Lincoln 5, Cranston Western 4; Portsmouth 12, Warwick Continental 1, 4 inn. JUNIOR SOFTBALL......
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8:11 PM Sat, Jul 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Thom Cahir Email
Sunday, July 27th #16 Ocean State Financial-Post 10 at #1 Gershkoff Auto/Auburn Post 20, 5pm, Cranston Stadium (first game, best-of-three) #2 Shields Post 43 at #15 Providence Panthers, 1:00, Davis Park, Providence (Shields leads series, 1-0) #3 Cra-Mar Meadows at......
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3:11 PM Sat, Jul 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Journal Sports Writer The Patriots have just announced the signing of RB Lamont Jordan. The NFL Network is reporting it as a one-year deal. To make room for him, WR Robert Ortiz was released. Jordan, 29,......
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3:06 PM Sat, Jul 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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As the Yankees are on the field taking batting practice at Fenway, the guy scheduled to play left field today and hit seventh in the New York lineup is on his way to the park. Xavier Nady, obtained in......
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1:49 PM Sat, Jul 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer BOSTON - Take a deep breath Red Sox fans, because Manny is back in the lineup. He's playing left field and batting fourth. "Don't even worry guys,I" he said to a group of reporters......
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1:00 PM Sat, Jul 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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What shapes up as a wild day for the Red Sox has gotten off to an interesting start, most notably on the Manny Ramirez front. For one of the rare times all season, the Boston lineup was not posted......
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2:03 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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ESPN's Chris Mortensen is reporting this hour that the New York Jets, a team that already has a quarterback competition involving Chad Pennington and Kellen Clemens, have received permission to talk to Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre. Favre, who......
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BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) - A Cape Cod man accused of beating a man with a baseball bat because he thought he was a Yankees fan was released from jail Friday by a judge who said the media had made too......
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12:38 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - A minor league pitcher accused of throwing a ball that hit a fan during a bench-clearing brawl was charged with felonious assault. (Click here to see a video) Peoria Chiefs pitcher Julio Castillo was arrested Thursday......
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12:17 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots Alumni Club is now selling tickets to its Game with the Greats, a chance for fans to watch the broadcast of the Oct. 5 Patriots-49ers game in San Francisco with some of the team's all-time great......
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12:12 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Journal Sports Writer Bill Belichick just held his daily press conference; and here are some key points from the chat: Getting Jerod Mayo signed: "It's good to have every player in camp. But we worked with......
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12:09 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: the Yankees' surprising pitching success, Joba Chamberlain's first start at Fenway Park, and which of these two teams is better positioned to win the division. Here's......
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11:24 AM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - Indianapolis receiver Marvin Harrison walked onto the field to cheers Friday, while the Colts opened their first training camp practice since 1998 without quarterback Peyton Manning. Harrison missed most of last season because of a......
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10:26 AM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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Earlier this week we mentioned that Providence Bruins coach Scott Gordon and former Providence and Boston Bruins coach Mike Sullivan were among seven candidates for head coach of the New York Islanders. Today Newsday reports that both Sullivan and Gordon......
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10:22 AM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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Chaka Daley, head coach of the Providence Colege men's soccer team, has signed a contract extension to remain with the Friars through 2013, the college announced today. Daley, who took over the program in the summer of 2000, led the......
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9:52 AM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Marc Topkin St. Petersburg Times KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- As executive vice president Andrew Friedman looks to acquire a right-handed-hitting outfielder, the Rays might yet have another intriguing option. Rocco Baldelli played rightfield for Double-A Montgomery on Wednesday his......
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9:36 AM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Danielle Sessa Bloomberg It took nine years for Rich "Goose" Gossage to get enough support to be voted into the baseball Hall of Fame and be recognized as one of the greatest closers in history. He says the wait......
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8:09 AM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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MADRID, Spain (AP) - Now that the Boston Celtics are once again NBA champions, American basketball's next great championship hope falls to the men's Olympic team. "They need it worse than the Celtics needed a championship this year," Paul Pierce......
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8:03 AM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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HOUSTON (AP) -- Nancy Lieberman savored every moment of her brief return to professional basketball, even throwing in a no-look pass. The 50-year-old Hall of Famer had two assists and two turnovers in the Detroit Shock's 79-61 loss to the......
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7:56 AM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- Fifteen players and both managers were ejected -- and a fan was sent to the hospital -- following a 10-minute, benches-clearing brawl in a Class-A minor league game between affiliates of the Cincinnati Reds and......
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9:34 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Boston Red Sox today announced several new amenities for fans visiting Fenway Park to usher in the second half of the 2008 season. These amenities include improvements to existing facilities and introduction of brand new items in the ballpark......
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8:54 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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Outfielder Brandon Moss today was optioned to Pawtucket. While the Red Sox have not added anyone to their roster yet, it is assumed that David Ortiz will rejoin the team for the start of the weekend's series against the New......
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8:43 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Barry Bonds in pinstripes? If nothing else, the New York Yankees talked about it. High-ranking Yankees officials gathered for meetings at their spring training complex Thursday, a day off for the team before it begins an important......
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5:47 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- America East Commissioner Patrick Nero announced today that Burrillville native Kerri Fagan, former Associate Director of Championships at the NCAA, has been hired as Senior Associate Commissioner effective September 2. "We are extremely excited to have Kerri......
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5:32 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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After a three and a half-hour rain delay, the third and final round of the Fidelity Investments Junior Golf Classic at The Bay Club in Mattapoisett, Mass., was canceled. None of the 74 golfers stepped foot on the course yesterday,......
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5:32 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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Jerod Mayo is on the field for the Patriots' second training-camp session of the day. The team announced earlier this afternoon it had reached a conrtract agreement with the first-round draft pick. --SHALISE MANZA YOUNG......
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4:24 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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Matt Broome finally broke through and won a golf championship yesterday, and he did it in one of his biggest events of the year. The Rhode Island Country Club star and Barrington High grad won the New England Amateur......
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4:01 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Pawtucket Red Sox won an afternoon game, 11-6, today in Columbus to earn a split of their four-game series with the Clippers. Charlie Zink (12-3) pitched six innings for the win, while the PawSox got home runs from Gil......
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3:16 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Journal Sports Writer The Patriots have announced the signing of first-round pick Jerod Mayo. The 10th overall pick, out of Tennessee, Mayo can now get down to the business of learning the inside linebacker position. Terms......
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2:51 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Barry Bonds in pinstripes? If nothing else, the New York Yankees plan to talk about it. Yankees officials gathered for high-level meetings at their spring training complex Thursday, a day off for the team before it......
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1:36 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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Cumberland's Rocco Baldelli, sidelined since May 2007 because of lingering hamstring problems and what doctors have told him and the Rays is a mitochondrial disorder that causes extreme fatigue, played outfield for the first time during his rehab work for......
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1:18 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - The Detroit Shock came up with a way to distract some attention away from their skirmish earlier this week. The Shock signed 50-year-old Nancy Lieberman (shown at right playing for Old Dominion in 1979), a......
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1:04 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Patriots inadvertently left S Rodney Harrison off the physically unable to perform list that we posted earlier. Harrison is the 12th man on the list.......
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12:57 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Bruins have traded center Pascal Pelletier to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for center Martin St. Pierre, according to the Blackhawks' Web site. Pelletier, 25, played his first six NHL games with the Bruins last season. He was a......
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12:39 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Journal Sports Writer For one day a week, sports talk is back on the radio in Rhode Island. If the guy running the show seems familiar, well, that's only because he is. Scott Cordischi, who spent 14......
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12:13 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Winslow Townson Pedro Martinez and his father, Pablo, watch Ramon Martinez pitch a minor-league rehab game in Lowell, Mass., in this 1999 photo. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- New York Mets right-hander Pedro Martinez was......
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12:11 PM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photos / Gretchen Ertl Tom Brady and Vince Wilfork stretch during the morning camp session, while fans hope to catch glances of players entering practice in Foxboro.......
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11:36 AM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Bob Bensch Bloomberg New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter spoke to Bloomberg Radio's "On the Ball" program. The interview will air this weekend. On whether he could see himself playing for another team: "Hopefully not. It's a business and......
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11:23 AM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Justin Masterson, Jed Lowrie and the possibility of obtaining Juan Uribe, Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz. Here's what Sean had to say about the Sox possibly......
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10:56 AM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Fans who wanted a glimpse of Red Sox slugger David Ortiz had to deal with rain delays and an unwanted visitor in right field. After Ortiz left the game, a skunk scampered into right field in......
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10:50 AM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By TOM MEADE Journal Sports Writer The big news this week is the 75-pound striper that East Greenwich angler Peter Vican caught about a mile off Block Island's New Harbor (photo at right). The full story about the catch will......
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10:13 AM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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The New England Revolution announced today that tickets for the team's Aug. 30 game against the Los Angeles Galaxy will go on sale at 10 a.m. tomorrow. The Galaxy feature celebrity midfielder David Beckham, as well as the MLS' two......
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9:35 AM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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CBS Sportsline's Danny Knobler, quoting unnamed sources, reports today that the Boston Red Sox are "deep in conversations" with the Chicago White Sox about a trade for infielder Juan Uribe. Uribe, who can play several infield positins, including shortstop, is......
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9:21 AM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Journal Sports Writer The Patriots announced their camp-opening physically unable to perform list, and it includes 11 players: DL Jarvis Green RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis DB Ellis Hobbs T Nick Kaczur G Stephen Neal T Oliver Ross......
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8:47 AM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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Steve Bartman, the Cubs fan who is widely blamed for ruining his team's 2003 World Series dreams when he reached out for a possibly playable foul ball during the eighth inning of the 2003 NLCS, may be about to cash......
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8:37 AM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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Four-time Rhode Island girls javelin champion Leigh Petranoff has signed a national letter of intent to join the track team at Illinois State University, according to a university news release. Petranoff, the daughter of former world champion Tom Petranoff, holds......
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8:10 AM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Dan Shaughnessy The Boston Globe SEATTLE - Yankees Friday. At Fenway. The return of David Ortiz. Maybe the return of Manny Rammrez. Joba Chamberlain and Josh Beckett throwing darts. Get there early. This could be the beginning of the......
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7:57 AM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Patriots have just announced that due to the weather and field conditions, today's training camp sessions have been moved indoors and thus are not open to the public. Today is the first day of camp for the defending AFC......
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7:53 AM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Boston Globe reported just after 6 a.m. that the Patriots and first-round pick Jerod Mayo had come to terms on a contract. Mayo is expected on the field this evening for the team's second training camp session.......
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By Sam Mellinger The Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A clubby came up to George Brett. This was spring training, before a Yankees-Royals game, maybe a decade or so ago - and you should know that George Brett......
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7:50 AM Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By J.P. Pelzman The Record Say it isn't so. Has Eric Mangini gone soft? The Jets' coach said recently that he plans on having shorter practices during training camp, which begins Thursday with two sessions at Hofstra University in Hempstead,......
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10:34 PM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Patriots have just sent out an advisory which says that due to the rain forecast throughout the day tomorrow, the team's opening training camp sessions may be forced inside the Dana-Farber Fieldhouse. If that happens, the public will not......
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9:53 PM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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MAJOR/MINOR BASEBALL (9-10) -- Lincoln 8, Glocester 1, 5 inn.; Cumberland National 5, Bernon 0, 4 inn. MAJOR/MINOR SOFTBALL (9-10) -- Smithfield 8, Glocester 7, 5 inn.......
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9:31 PM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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The second round of the New England Amateur Championship at the Charles River Country Club in Newton, Mass., was suspended yesterday with a pair of Barrington golfers atop the leaderboard. David McAndrew, this year's Rhode Island Amateur champion, was 1-under......
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6:40 PM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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SENIOR BASEBALL (15-16) -- Barrington 10, Johnston 1. MAJOR SOFTBALL (11-12) -- Championship: Cumberland 9, Cranston National/Budlong 5.......
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6:21 PM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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Barrington High senior Eddie Hjerpe fired a 1-under par 70 and sits alone in third place after the second round of the Fidelity Investments Junior Classic at the Brad Faxon designed Bay Club in Mattapoisett, Mass. Hjerpe, who is at......
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3:40 PM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Red Sox start play in Seattle in about an hour, and both the New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays have already won today. The Yanks completed a three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins with a 5-1 victory......
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3:27 PM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike Reiss The Boston Globe CHARLESTON, W.Va. - His tenure with the Patriots began with questions swirling about his work ethic and loss of speed, but those innuendos aren't hovering over Randy Moss anymore. They've been left behind with......
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3:23 PM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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SEATTLE (AP) - Manny Ramirez was out of Boston's lineup Wednesday against the Seattle Mariners with what his manager said was a sore knee. "Just showed up this morning. He just came in and said, 'My right knee hurts,'" manager......
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2:56 PM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Boston Globe is reporting that the Bruins have placed Glen Murray on unconditional waivers, the first step of the buyout process. If Murray goes unclaimed and the Bruins complete the buyout, they will reduce their 2008-09 salary cap figure......
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Yankees catcher Jorge Posada wants to put off surgery on his right shoulder even if it means sacrificing the start of next season. If he does play the rest of this year, it won't be behind......
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1:30 PM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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Details of the upcoming Bayside Family YMCA Triathlon, from Bayside Y program specialist Edna Kurtzman: The Bayside Family YMCA annual Triathlon will take place on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 8 am starting from the Barrington Town Beach. Registration on......
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11:57 AM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. He discusses the Red Sox' streak of four straight quality starts, Jonathan Papelbon's unprecedented (in club history) third 30-save season, Clay Buchholz's search for consistency, and Manny Ramirez's......
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11:00 AM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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The buzz surrounding Darren Rizzi's hiring as football coach at the University of Rhode Island failed to pursuade his counterparts in the Colonial Athletic Association and selected media that the Rams will be much of a threat this season.......
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9:10 AM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Rhode Island Table Tennis Association plans an open tournament on Sunday, Aug. 3, at 30 Railroad St. in Manville. The association says that the event is sanctioned by United States of America Table Tennis. Players of all abilities are......
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9:06 AM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Patriots get the chance to put 2007 behind them, Dice-K and the Red Sox move within one game of a Seattle sweep, and Providence College basketball is getting a whole new look. Click here to download the file in......
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8:19 AM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Marc Topkin St. Petersburg Times ST. PETERSBURG -- If the Rays are going to be all right, they're going to have to do better against left-handers. Tuesday, Oakland's Dallas Braden was the latest lefty to beat them, as they......
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8:13 AM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Sara White, the widow of Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end Reggie White, spoke of her own illness at a luncheon held by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Wisconsin Chapter. Diagnosed with the disease......
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8:06 AM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Ken Davidoff Newsday NEW YORK - The Yankees approached last winter with the idea that they wanted to rest their veterans regularly in 2008. They pursued utility players such as Nick Green and Chris Woodward, promising them that, if......
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8:00 AM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Roderick Boone Newsday NEW YORK - Johnny Damon could be more than a designated hitter this weekend in Boston. Damon, who started at DH against the Twins on Tuesday night for the second straight game, is increasing the distance......
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7:54 AM Wed, Jul 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - LeBron James limped from the trainer's table to a nearby folding chair, careful not to put any pressure on his sprained right ankle. A few feet away, Dwyane Wade conducted interviews with ice packs on both......
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10:11 PM Tue, Jul 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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MAJORS (10-11) -- Championship: Cranston Western 10, Johnston American 3.......
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10:09 PM Tue, Jul 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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MINORS (9-10) -- Darlington 10, Barrington 8. MAJORS (9-10) -- Middletown 4, Portsmouth 2. MAJOR SOFTBALL (9-10) -- Championship final: Tiverton 2, Barrington 0.......
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6:19 PM Tue, Jul 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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North Scituate's Joe Augustine, who enters his 20th season as head coach of the University of Rhode Island men's hockey team, has been named head coach of the 2009 U.S. University Select Team. The team will compete at the Winter......
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4:02 PM Tue, Jul 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Journal Sports Writer The Patriots open training camp Thursday. Thank goodness. The 2008 season is upon us, which means the 2007 season is behind us. Finally. What should have been the most memorable, unforgettable season, not just......
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WHITESTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - New England Patriots offensive lineman Nick Kaczur pleaded guilty Tuesday to speeding in a deal with prosecutors that will put a misdemeanor drug possession charge on hold. The 28-year-old Kaczur was ordered to pay $355 in......
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3:30 PM Tue, Jul 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mark McGuire Albany Times Union The baseball season is a little more than half over, but it's not too soon to start looking back at the best moments in the most hallowed of American sports venues: Yankee Stadium. Most......
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3:29 PM Tue, Jul 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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FOXBORO (AP) - The New England Patriots have signed offensive lineman Lavdrim Bauta, a rookie free agent from Villanova. Bauta spent his final collegiate season with Villanova in 2006 after playing the previous three seasons at Duke. He started 21......
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2:21 PM Tue, Jul 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Washington Nationals say outfielder Wily Mo Pena has had surgery on his left shoulder and will miss the remainder of the season. The team says the surgery was performed Tuesday in Cincinnati to repair a partial......
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Sebastian Telfair will return for a second season with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Telfair's agent said Monday the point guard has agreed to terms with the Wolves. The move fills a big void for the Wolves, who have......
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R.I. Reds Heritage Society president Buster Clegg reports that the Reds eighth annual reunion, Aug. 3 at Goddard State Park, is completely sold out. No tickets will be sold at the gate. The event will include 30 former Reds, more......
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11:59 AM Tue, Jul 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. He discusses Jon Lester's success at getting the ball to Jonathan Papelbon last night, Terry Francona's loyalty to both Jason Varitek and Jacoby Ellsbury, and the strangely high......
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11:59 AM Tue, Jul 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Seattle Times reports yet another Manny Being Manny moment, at a time when we seem to be getting even more of them than usual. Seems that Boston slugger Manny Ramirez was leaving the ballpark, with headphones on trying to......
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The New York Post is reporting this morning that as the heat soared well into the 90s this weekend in The Bronx, security guards were confiscating sunblock from fans entering Yankee Stadium. The move was intended to protect the stadium......
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WHITESTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - New England Patriots offensive lineman Nick Kaczur is due in an upstate New York courtroom for arraignment on a misdemeanor drug possession charge. The Canadian-born Kaczur was arrested by police who said he was carrying a......
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