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July 6, 2008 - July 12, 2008 Archives
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BY MIKE SZOSTAK Journal Sports Writer NEWPORT - He was only 17 when he won the French Open in 1989, still the youngest male to win a Grand Slam singles title. Just a kid, with his career yet to unfold,......
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2:16 PM Sat, Jul 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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I just finished an interview with North Kingstown's Elizabeth Beisel, who is in San Jose, Calif., with the rest of the U.S. Olympic swim team participating in their media day events. We'll be posting the full audio from Elizabeth's remarks......
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9:56 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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MAJORS (11-12) -- Warwick Continental 3, Wickford 0; Westerly National 16, South Kingstown National 8. SENIORS (15-16) -- Westerly National 5, Exeter/West Greenwich 1. MAJORS (10-11) -- Warwick American 10, South Kingstown National 0; Coventry 13, Westerly National 8; South......
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9:54 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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MAJORS (11-12) -- Darlington 3, Bristol 1. SOFTBALL (9-10) -- Middletown 7, Riverside 4; Barrington 17, Tiverton 16; Portsmouth 18, Rumford 1. JUNIORS (13-14) -- Barrington 7, Rumford 6.......
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9:32 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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MAJOR (11-12) - Lincoln 17, Glocester 7, 5 inn.; Cumberland American 8, East Woonsocket 1. MAJOR (10-11) - Lincoln 13, Smithfield 1, 4 inn.; Burrillville 14, East Woonsocket 4, 4 inn.......
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9:09 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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MAJORS (10-11) -- Cranston Western 17, Johnston American 7; Cranston National/Budlon 10, Elmwood 9. MAJORS (9-10) -- North Providence West 10, Cranston National Budlong 6; Cranston American 10, Edgewood/South Elmwood 2; Johnston National 12, North Providence East 2; Johnston......
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8:35 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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The New York Yankees signed left-hander Eric Milton to a minor league contract Friday, returning Milton to the organization that originally drafted him. New York took Milton with its first round pick, 20th overall, in the June 1996 draft. Milton......
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7:43 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Baltimore Orioles fired a high-ranking scout after Major League Baseball's newly formed investigative unit linked him to a gambling probe. MLB was asked for assistance in the gambling inquiry about six months ago by the New York Police Department,......
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5:26 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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Colin A. Sullivan, a senior associate athletics director at Marist College, has been named director of athletics, intramurals and recreation at Salve Regina University, where he will oversee 18 varsity teams, club sports, intramurals and recreation activities. Sullivan arrives at......
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5:14 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Boston Globe reports that the Celtics have signed 7-foot center Patrick O'Bryant.......
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4:00 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Yankees outfielder-designated hitter Hideki Matsui could resume taking onfield batting practice Saturday while he progresses in a rehab program for his sore left knee. "I think very soon," Matsui said Friday through a translator. Matsui, placed......
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3:14 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
EAST PROVIDENCE _ David McAndrew turned in a sensational performance today as he downed Brad Valois, 7 and 5, to win the R.I. Golf Association's 103rd Amateur Championship at Agawam Hunt. McAndrew, a 20-year-old from Rhode Island Country Club,......
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2:27 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Truth was a late-night guest last night (he brought the MVP trophy with him), and the link to the live video has just been posted on the show's Web site. You can find it here. The conversation topics included:......
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1:20 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Peter Phipps Email
What male and female Rhode Island high school scholar-athletes will receive this year's Providence Journal High School Honor Roll awards? Who will be named the 2008 Dick Reynolds Correspondent award winner? The three scholarship recipients will be revealed Sunday in......
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12:50 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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In case by some chance you have not seen this already, AP has just moved a video of Wichita Wingnuts manager Kash Beuchamp (we haven't made up either his name or the team's name -- just in case you haven't......
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12:48 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: what to watch for when Clay Buchholz returns to the mound tonight, Jacoby Ellsbury's importance to the Boston offense, Sean Casey's stellar job as backup first......
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12:30 PM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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David McAndrew birdied the 18th hole to take a 1-up lead over Brad Valois today in their 36-hole title match for the R.I. Amateur Golf Championship at Agawam Hunt. McAndrew, the tournament medalist, and Valois, the two-time defending champion,......
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10:24 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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In this week's Fishing Report, Tom Meade told you about the world-record 68.4-pound striped bass shot off the south shore of Rhode Island last weekend by Dave Hochman of Connecticut. And now, we have a picture:......
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10:01 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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Speaking to a Pittsburgh TV station this week during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania, Sen. John McCain talked about his affection for the Steelers -- saying that when he was first interrogated as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam,......
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9:54 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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BEIJING (AP) - Canine cuisine is being sent to the doghouse during next month's Beijing Olympic Games. Dog meat has been struck from the menus of officially designated Olympic restaurants, and Beijing tourism officials are telling other outlets to discourage......
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8:24 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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8:18 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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July 10 (Bloomberg) -- David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox often steps out of the batter's box after a pitch, spitting in his hands and slapping them together before returning to face the next throw. Doing so next season......
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8:15 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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DURHAM, Conn. (AP)- A bank has taken over the Durham home of former Celtics player Vin Baker at a foreclosure auction. The house has six bedrooms and is a 9,300-square-foot Georgian brick colonial on a 12-acre parcel. The property also......
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8:06 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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Steve Krasner catches up with speedy rookie Jacoby Ellsbury, Jim Donaldson writes about readers' sandlot memories, and Carolyn Thornton profiles Kate Conklin, who has not let a painful disorder prevent her from achieving amazing things. Click here to download the......
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9:46 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
MAJORS (9-10) -- Warwick American 10, Exeter/West Greenwich 0; Warwick Continental 16, East Greenwich 5; Chariho 10, Narragansett 0; North Kingstown 4, Warwick Westside 3; Wickford 4, Westerly 2; South Kingstown American 7, Coventry 4. JUNIORS (13-14) -- Exeter/West Greenwich......
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9:21 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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MAJOR (9-10) -- Johnston National 17, Cranston Western 1. MAJOR (11-12) -- Cranston Western 14, Johnston American 7; Johnston National 13, Cranston American 3.......
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9:04 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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SENIOR (15-16) -- Glocester 9, Smithfield 8; Lincoln 10, Scituate/Foster 2. MAJOR SOFTBALL (11-12) -- Championship: Cumberland 1, Smithfield 0. MAJOR/MINOR (9-10) -- Lincoln 7, Bernon 3. MAJOR (11-12) -- Smithfield 3, Burrillville 0; Cumberland National 11, Scituate/Foster 0.......
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6:42 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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James Posey's agent Mark Bartelstien told the Boston Globe's Marc Spears that there was "nothing new" to report on his client's free agent situation. Click here to read the story.......
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6:37 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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It will be Brad Valois, the two-time defending champion, facing off against David McAndrew, the tournament medalist, for the 103rd R.I. Golf Association Amateur Championship. Those two lived up to their billing as perhaps the top two young players......
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4:12 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK - Fans who root, root, root for the home team are leaving ballparks a lot happier this year. Home teams have won nearly 57 percent of games, the highest figure in the......
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2:20 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Mariano Rivera usually closes games at Yankee Stadium. Next week, he may get to start one there for the American League All-Stars. Boston's Terry Francona, the AL manager for the All-Star Game, refused to rule out......
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2:19 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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A college guy will win the 103rd R.I. Golf Association Amateur Championship. That was assured today when collegians swept all four quarterfinal matches at Agawam Hunt. Brad Valois, the two-time defending champion, David McAndrew, the medalist, Metacomet's Garrett Medeiros......
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2:03 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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And here it is... All games are on Saturday afternoons: Sept. 20: Stony Brook, 12:30 p.m. Sept. 27: Harvard, 12:30 p.m. Oct. 4: at URI, 1 p.m. Oct. 11, at Holy Cross, 1 p.m. Oct. 18, at Princeton, 1 p.m.......
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1:19 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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Fabrice Santoro of France returned to the scene of his 2007 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships triumph today and displayed the same smooth strokes that carried him to victory 12 months ago. The No. 2 seed this year,......
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1:07 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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TORONTO (AP) - Los Angeles Galaxy stars David Beckham and Landon Donovan headlined the MLS All-Star roster released Thursday. The league-leading New England Revolution claimed three of the 11 early roster spots for the game, which will be played on......
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1:04 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: the home-loving Red Sox' advantage on the schedule (unlike the Rays or the Yankees, they have more games remaining at home than on the road), Jason......
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12:40 PM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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While the Red Sox were taking Josh Beckett out and putting Javier Lopez in in the top of the sixth inning yesterday at Fenway Park, Manny Ramirez took a break inside the Green Monster. Globe photographer Jim Davis kept an......
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11:07 AM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Red Sox have designated Aug. 3 as Rhode Island Day at Fenway Park. The World Series champions will honor their fans from the Ocean State by making some tickets for that day's game against the......
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10:59 AM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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If you have some time on your hands, give this a read, by Ben Greenman in The New Yorker. Not quite sure what tune we're supposed to sing these lines to, however. MADONNA: You can drive it deep In my......
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10:28 AM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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Connecticut freediver Dave Hochman shot a 68.4-pound striped bass off Rhode Island's south shore last weekend. It is a new spear-fishing world record. "The Bay is definitely slowing way down, and more and more bluefish are moving in," says Bill......
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8:23 AM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By KEVIN PAUL DUPONT The Boston Globe Joe Colborne is big - so big, in fact, that even he is having trouble keeping up with the measuring tape that runs up his backside. Just some six weeks ago in Toronto,......
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8:14 AM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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It's a question that's been out there for a long time concerning the former slam-dunk champion and one-time Celtics prospect. Now the Mavericks are the team asking it. Eddie Sefko writes in the Dallas Morning News: Gerald Green has paid.......
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8:11 AM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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Well, try telling it to anyone who might happen to be a member of a minority group. But that's the premise of Tim Povtak's column in the Orlando Sentinel: It has been 60 years since he died, more than 70......
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8:03 AM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Red Sox use seven runs in the seventh to destroy the Twins at Fenway, Terry Francona avoids being carried off on a stretcher, and we ask you to pick the top local sports story from the first half of......
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7:21 PM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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James Posey's agent Mark Bartelstein told the Cleveland Plain Dealer that his client is "a day or two" away from signing a multi-year deal. In addition to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Posey's suitors are believed to include the Celtics, Lakers, New......
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6:04 PM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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Brad Valois, the two-time defending champion, and David McAndrew, the medalist, led the way as young players dominated the first day of match play in the 103rd R.I. Golf Association Amateur today at Agawam Hunt. Valois, a URI star,......
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5:10 PM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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Top-seeded Mardy Fish, ranked No. 41 in the world, lost to qualifier Rohan Bopanna of India, 7-6 (6), 7-5, today in the second round of the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, continuing the 32-year-old Curse of the Casino.......
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2:41 PM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By BAXTER HOLMES The Boston Globe J.R. Giddens used to get asked about things other than his dark past, like basketball. When this was true, it was in the small suburban town of Yukon, Okla., where he was first embraced......
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2:41 PM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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Match play in the Rhode Island Golf Association Amateur Championship began with a bang today as Charlie Blanchard and Paul Quigley, two of the state's dominant players, both were ousted in the first round at Agawam Hunt. Two college-aged......
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2:32 PM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) - Hal Steinbrenner emerged from a closed-door meeting in manager Joe Girardi's office Wednesday to say he was disappointed in the New York Yankees' performance this year yet reluctant to trade prospects for veterans in hopes of......
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1:25 PM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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Here's what they're "reporting" today... New York Post Now it's about their kids. Alex Rodriguez is negotiating to see his two young daughters - because his estranged wife has made it difficult for the Yankee superstar to spend time with......
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1:04 PM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Manny Ramirez's game-tying home run, great defense (including some by Dustin Pedroia), David Ortiz's rehab, and the possibility that the Red Sox do nothing at the......
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12:54 PM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY STEVEN KRASNER Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Bartolo Colon, on the disabled list because of a strained oblique muscle, has been told to back off his throwing. Manager Terry Francona said Colon has been experiencing discomfort in his throwing......
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12:52 PM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY STEVEN KRASNER Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- J.D. Drew is not in the starting lineup today because of a sore back. This is not an injury that is expected to keep the All-Star right fielder out of the lineup......
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12:26 PM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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Tim Army has signed a contract to remain as head coach of the Providence College men's hockey team through 2013. Army has taken the Friars to the Hockey East Tournament in each of his first three seasons. "Coach Army has......
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10:59 AM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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Pete Prisco, football writer on CBS Sportsline, is convinced. After taking plenty of flak from New Englanders last season about ranking Peyton Manning as the best player in the NFL, Prisco is changing course and putting Tom Brady at the......
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9:08 AM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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Olympic swimmers will be doing their work very early in the morning in Beijing, and that is good news at least for viewers in the United States. All 32 gold-medal swimming events will be televised live, in prime time, on......
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9:03 AM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER The Boston Globe Patriots running back Kevin Faulk, who was cited for marijuana possession in February while attending a concert in his home state of Louisiana, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of simple marijuana......
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8:59 AM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By MARC J. SPEARS The Boston Globe Celtics swingman James Posey now can sign a new contract at any time. Unfortunately for the NBA champion Celtics, they aren't the only title contender apparently interested in him. After a moratorium period......
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8:52 AM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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Your Turn: Would you pay to see Jose Canseco in a boxing match? By Bernard Fernandez Philadelphia Daily News PHILADELPHIA - This is a story about America . . . about what this country is and the golden beacon of......
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8:48 AM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By RAY SASSER The Dallas Morning News DALLAS - Brad Harris of Southlake won an 8 1/2-hour tug-of-war with a monster blue marlin in the Bahamas on June 3. The fish weighed 904 pounds, the fourth-largest marlin documented in the......
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8:44 AM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mark Herrmann Newsday Those small, cute, harmless looking golf carts can be dangerous, according to two studies released recently. One of them said nearly 50,000 people were hurt in golf cart accidents in a four-year span. It's enough to......
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8:32 AM Wed, Jul 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Red Sox storm back to beat the Twins at Fenway, Sean McAdam introduces you to some young Sox prospects who could be going, Paul Pierce stays hungry and Jim Donaldson says he's sorry. Click here to download the file......
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10:02 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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ESPN's Marc Stein is reporting that free agent Corey Maggette has decided to sign with the Golden St. Warriors.. The Los Angeles Times is also reporting the deal.......
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7:37 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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David McAndrew today earned medalist honors for the second year in a row in the R.I. Golf Association Amateur Championship. The Rhode Island Country Club product, who was the leading player for Stetson University this year, had five birdies......
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5:20 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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In New York City, there's now a Red Sox-themed Statue of Liberty at the Sports Museum of America on Broadway in lower Manhattan:......
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5:02 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By STEVEN KRASNER Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- The day after David Ortiz tested his injured left wrist with his first normal, on-the-field round of batting practice (shown at left, Journal photo by Bob Breidenbach), he said he felt fine......
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4:16 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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Sidelined for more than two years by back problems, former Hall of Fame tennis champion Taylor Dent returned to the ATP tour today and almost won. The 2002 titlist was two points from victory when his serve deserted him,......
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4:15 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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Charles T. (Ted) Schmidt, Jr., a resident of Saunderstown, has been named Governor of Red Sox Nation for the state of Rhode Island. More than 800 fans submitted an application for a New England gubernatorial position. Each applicant responded to......
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4:14 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Bob Hohler The Boston Globe A seemingly nondescript letter arrived at a Manhattan postal facility in 1982, bound for Indiana University basketball coach Bobby Knight. The letter, however, contained the ravings of a racist extortionist, including a death threat......
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4:07 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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In this video, fellow members of the Bluefish Swim Club react to Elizabeth Beisel's first successful Olympic qualifier, in the 400-meter individual medley.......
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3:27 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP Photo Manny Ramirez received 1,000,000 yen for being named MVP of this year's season opener in Tokyo (above); now he's collecting $10,000 of his own from the state of Massachusetts BOSTON -- You can take Manny Ramirez's name off......
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3:19 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- The FBI will investigate whether Boston police used excessive force while arresting a man who later stopped breathing during Celtics championship celebrations. David Woodman stopped breathing while in custody and died 11 days after police say they......
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3:17 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Steven Senne Patrice Bergeron addresses reporters in November. WILMINGTON, Mass. (AP) -- Patrice Bergeron and Manny Fernandez were back on the ice like rookies on Tuesday morning, hoping to get a head start on the NHL......
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2:59 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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It's been an eventful first sixth months in local sports, and it got us thinking: What has been the biggest local sports story of 2008? We've come up with eight nominees, ranging from pro sports to local high school......
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2:32 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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A little extra practice made for an even better second day in the R.I. Amateur for Juliet Vongphoumy. Vongphoumy, the 14-year-old who became the first female to take part in the 103-year-old event, just completed an 8-over 78 at......
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2:09 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima leading the way to a victory, Dustin Pedroia's hot streak, Justin Masterson's challenge of becoming a reliever, and Jon Lester's return......
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NEW YORK (AP) - The NFL hired Pennsylvania's police chief to make sure there are no more signal-stealing scandals like the one involving the New England Patriots last season. Col. Jeffrey Miller was appointed to the new post of director......
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12:46 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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Kevin Bettencourt with a new personal best, a 45-pound bass landed this past weekend in Newport Damon Hamilton at Block Island yesterday with a 49-inch bass Tom Meade has the stories of some pretty impressive fish caught in local......
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12:22 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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Kirthmon F. Dozier / Detroit Free Press / MCT New Orleans Hornets general manager Jeff Bower has been in contact with Mark Bartelstein, the agent for free agent James Posey, about bringing last year's Celtics super-sub to the Big......
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12:12 PM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Mori Chen By Wing-Gar Cheng and Li Yanping Bloomberg Funding shortfalls and rising fuel costs are hampering efforts to prevent a locust invasion at the Beijing Olympics, according to officials from the plague- stricken area closest......
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11:45 AM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Kathy Willens Once again, the biggest sports story on the non-sports pages is Alex Rodriguez and his, er, off-the-field issues. Here's what they're writing about today: New York Post: Sexy singing siren Madonna stole A-Rod's heart,......
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9:57 AM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - U.S. national team stars will find out in mid-September which clubs they'll play for in the new Women's Professional Soccer league. League and team officials will meet the week of Sept. 15 to allocate members of......
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9:06 AM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Ben Margot This, to me, is enough reason to vote for Evan Longoria to make the All-Star Team: According to the New York Yankees Web site, Jason Giambi has picked up the endorsement of the American......
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8:55 AM Tue, Jul 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Paul Pierce at Fenway Park to throw out the first pitch before a Red Sox-Cardinals game last month. By FRANK DELL'APA The Boston Globe The Celtics played 108 playoff and regular-season games on the......
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6:53 PM Mon, Jul 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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The South New England District of the Eastern Surfing Association designated the annual Professional Longboard Association Championships as a non-rated contest last weekend. This meant that no valuable rating points were given to participating competitors, so it was not......
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6:23 PM Mon, Jul 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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Congratulations. When did you get word today, and what was your reaction? Thank you very much. I got word at about 11:30 this morning. I talked to Mr. Kraft; he called me on my cell phone and told me that......
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6:02 PM Mon, Jul 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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Juliet Vongphoumy admitted the television cameras and the gallery that followed her around the Agawam Hunt club made her a bit nervous. But it did not show in her golf game. The 14-year-old R.I. Interscholastic League champion from La......
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5:40 PM Mon, Jul 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP Photo BY JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Red Sox manager Terry Francona just announced the club -- in the first step toward attempting to bolster its bullpen for the second half of the season -- has......
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5:32 PM Mon, Jul 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By STEVEN KRASNER and JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writers BOSTON -- David Ortiz batted on the field for the first time today in his rehabilitation from a torn tendon sheath in his left wrist. "I feel good," Ortiz (right,......
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3:40 PM Mon, Jul 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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STORRS, Conn. (AP) - Former University of Connecticut standout Shea Ralph is returning to Storrs to become assistant women's basketball coach. Ralph was the captain of the Huskies when they won the 2000 national championship. She finished her college career......
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3:35 PM Mon, Jul 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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College stars are taking the lead in the R.I. Golf Association Amateur Championship, but it is a 14-year-old girl who is drawing most of the attention. Juliet Vongphoumy, who just finished her freshman year at La Salle, is handling......
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By Mike McDermott Email
AP photo / M. Spencer Green MILWAUKEE (AP) - Write an e-mail and cc it all around baseball: New Milwaukee Brewers pitcher CC Sabathia no longer wants periods after the initials he uses for his first name. From here......
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By Mike McDermott Email
Well, at least Julio Lugo is having a better season than his predecessor ... CINCINNATI (AP) - Reds shortstop Alex Gonzalez had surgery on his left knee Monday, ending his season before he got to play a single game. Team......
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By Mike McDermott Email
AP photo / Michael Dwyer Curt Schilling, today in Randolph RANDOLPH, Mass. (AP) -- Two weeks after season-ending surgery on his right shoulder, Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling said Monday he hasn't decided whether he will try to......
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Lefty Andy Calcione had four birdies on the way to a 1-over-par 71 to earn the early lead in the 103rd R.I. Golf Association Amateur at the Agawam Hunt club. ``I got away with a few shots,'' Calcione said.......
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: last night's disappointing conclusion to the Red Sox' road trip; hard-luck Jonathan Papelbon; Youkilis vs. Chamberlain; and the red-hot Minnesota Twins, who come to Fenway tonight........
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By Art Martone Email
The Bruins announced today the schedule for the team's Development Camp, which will take place tomorrow through Saturday at Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington, Mass. All on-ice camp practices, which begin Wednesday, are open to the public. The schedule: WEDNESDAY: 9-11......
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By Mike McDermott Email
FALMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - A Cape Cod man was ordered held without bail Monday after he allegedly beat another man with a baseball bat because he thought the man was a New York Yankees fan. Robert Correia, 20, pleaded not......
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By Mike McDermott Email
Journal files / Bob Breidenbach Ben Coates in December 1998. From a team news release: FOXBORO - The New England Patriots announced today that tight end Ben Coates, who played for the team for nine seasons from 1991-99, was......
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By Mike Szostak Email
Warm and humid weather greeted the field today for the first round of the 2008 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships at the Newport Casino. The sky was blue when play started at 11 a.m., but haze developed by......
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By Mike McDermott Email
MIAMI (AP) - Alex Rodriguez's wife filed for divorce Monday, calling her husband an adulterer who "emotionally abandoned his wife and children." "The marriage of the parties is irretrievably broken because of the husband's extramarital affairs and other marital misconduct,"......
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By Mike McDermott Email
By CRAIG SMITH The Seattle Times SEATTLE - Tom Farrey, investigative reporter and father of three, spent years examining kids' sports in America and has a two-word description: "Runaway train." "It's less and less accessible to the late bloomer,......
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By Mike McDermott Email
Michael David Smith of AOL's FanHouse blog found this report from the Winnipeg Free Press: A former NFL football star from Los Angeles assisted with the rescue of a woman who rolled her mini-SUV several times Saturday afternoon near Falcon......
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By Mike McDermott Email
FALMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - A Cape Cod man faces charges for allegedly beating another man with a baseball bat because he thought he was a New York Yankees fan. Authorities say 20-year-old Robert Correia is scheduled to be arraigned Monday......
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Red Sox fall to the Yankees in the Bronx, Terry Francona will have plenty of friendly faces in the home team's dugout for next week's All-Star Game, and Rafael Nadal beats Roger Federer in a classic Wimbledon final. Click......
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By Art Martone Email
The pitching staff and reserves for the American League All-Star team were just announced, and the A.L. players voted three more members of the Red Sox -- closer Jonathan Papelbon, outfielder J.D. Drew and catcher Jason Varitek -- to the......
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By Art Martone Email
By JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writer NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball just announced the rosters for the upcoming All-Star game at Yankee Stadium and the Red Sox' Manny Ramirez, Kevin Youkilis and Dustin Pedroia will be in the......
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