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July 13, 2008 - July 19, 2008 Archives
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CLEVELAND -- Olympic gold medalist Shaun White won the skateboard vert event, and Paul Rodriguez won the skateboard park event Saturday at the Dew Tour's Right Guard Open. Jamie Bestwick won the BMX vert event. White took the lead in......
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10:19 PM Sat, Jul 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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ROOKIE CANDIDATES TASCA AND NEFF TO BATTLE FIRST ROUND KENT, Wash. (July 19, 2008) - Sunday's first round elimination meeting between Bob Tasca III and Mike Neff will be the first all-Ford, all-rookie matchup this year. "It's exciting," said Tasca......
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10:15 PM Sat, Jul 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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DISTRICT II Results Saturday MAJOR BASEBALL (10-11) -- Portsmouth 16, Barrington 2; Middletown 9, Rumford 1. Games Sunday MINOR BASEBALL (9-10) -- Bristol at Darlington, 5:45 p.m. MAJOR BASEBALL (9-10) -- Portsmouth at Rumford, 5:45 p.m. STATE TOURNAMENT Results Saturday......
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9:49 PM Sat, Jul 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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STATE TOURNAMENT Results yesterday MAJOR BASEBALL (11-12) -- Cranston Western 2, Cumberland 1; Warwick Continental 14, Barrington 4, 6 inn. Game Sunday MAJOR BASEBALL (11-12) -- Cranston Western vs. Warwick Continental at Cumberland, 4 p.m.......
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8:50 PM Sat, Jul 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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Place, First name, Last name, City, State, Boat Name, Type, Finish Positions, Total CLASSICS 1 - Non-Spinnaker 1. Trevor Fetter, New York, Newport, RI, Black Watch , S&S, 1-1, 2 2. Scott Frantz, New York, Riverside, CT, Ticonderoga, Herreshoff, 3-2,......
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8:03 PM Sat, Jul 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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DISTRICT I Results yesterday MAJOR BASEBALL (9-10) -- Johnston National 7, Cranston Western 3. Championship games tomorrow MAJOR BASEBALL (9-10) -- Johnston National at Johnston American, 5:30 p.m. MAJOR BASEBALL (10-11) -- Johnston American at Cranston Western (Sherman), 5:30......
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10:46 PM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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DISTRICT IV Results Friday MAJOR BASEBALL (10-11) -- Cumberland American 9, East Woonsocket 0. MAJOR/MINOR SOFTBALL (9-10) -- North Smithfield 17, Glocester 7; Lincoln 12, Cumberland 2.......
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7:35 PM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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STATE TOURNAMENT Results yesterday SENIOR SOFTBALL (15-16) -- Cranston National 2, Mount Pleasant 1; Cumberland 10, Warwick Westside 0. Game today SENIOR SOFTBALL (15-16) -- Mount Pleasant vs. Cumberland at Warwick Westside, 1 p.m.......
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7:26 PM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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DISTRICT I Results Friday MAJOR SOFTBALL (9-10) -- Mount Pleasant 13, Elmwood 3. Game Sunday MAJOR SOFTBALL (9-10) -- Mount Pleasant at Cranston National Budlong, 5:45 p.m. DISTRICT IV Results Friday SENIOR BASEBALL (15-16) -- Glocester 9, Smithfield 7.......
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3:37 PM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Armstrong AP Sports Writer TOKYO - Hideo Nomo was a trailblazer and an inspiration to Japanese players who dreamed of playing in the U.S. major leagues, former teammates and opponents said a day after the pitcher retired. Nomo......
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3:21 PM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By TOM MEADE Journal Sports Writer LAS VEGAS - A Mystic, Conn., company has won the top prize for best new lure at North America's largest fishing-tackle show. The company has created a lure that could change sport fishing if......
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12:44 PM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. He discusses this weekend's series between the American League's two best teams, the Angels' championship chances, Clay Buchholz making his second start since coming off the DL, and......
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12:14 PM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brandie Jefferson Journal Sports Writer First it was biking along the Blackstone, now the mayor is tipping off basketball games in Kennedy Plaza. Tonight is the first night of evening basketball, where teams from 10 high school basketball teams......
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11:04 AM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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One thing that sports has over politics: While you can rarely prove that one political side or another is actually correct on an issue, you can always prove which sports team is better (at least on any given night) by......
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9:34 AM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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David Ortiz opens his Pawtucket stay with a bang, Steven Krasner looks at the issues facing the Sox in the second half, and Michael Parkhurst packs his bags for Beijing. Click here to download the file in pdf format.......
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8:37 AM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Hagan The Philadelphia Daily News PHILADELPHIA - Seventeen new ballparks have sprouted up since Baltimore's Oriole Park at Camden Yards opened in 1992. The Yankees and Mets will add to that number next year. The Twins' playpen is......
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8:24 AM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Frank Fitzpatrick The Philadelphia Inquirer EUGENE, Ore. - It's not likely the pressure of the Olympics will get to Lopez Lomong. He has, after all, visited his own grave. Seventeen years ago, when Lomong was 6, Sudanese rebels snatched......
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9:40 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- Quarterback Erik Ainge, the New York Jets' fifth-round draft pick, signed a contact with the team Thursday. The left-handed Ainge became a starter in his freshman year and started 35 games overall for Tennessee. He won two......
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9:32 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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MAJORS (10-11) -- South Kingstown American 12, Central Coventry 2; Wickford 11, Coventry 5. 9-10 SOFTBALL -- East Greenwich 18, Warwick Westside 11; South Kingstown American 12, Westerly National 11.......
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8:41 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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PHILADELPHIA -- Former major leaguer and baseball commentator John Marzano was intoxicated when he fell down the stairs and died in his home, the medical examiner's office said Thursday. The cause of Marzano's death was determined as "postural asphyxia contributed......
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8:38 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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MAJOR BASEBALL (10-11) -- Johnston American 5, Cranston National/Budlong 4. MAJOR BASEBALL (9-10) -- Cranston Western 13, North Providence East 3.......
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7:19 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Hideo Nomo, who pitched a pair of no-hitters and led a rush of Japanese players to the major leagues, is finished. Nomo announced his retirement Thursday, agent Don Nomura said. Once known for a deceptive delivery and a devastating forkball,......
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7:06 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click here to see video of David Ortiz' arrival Thursday at McCoy Stadium, his entrance into the clubhouse, a laugh-filled meeting on the field with manager Ron Johnson and his new teammates, and his first swings during batting practice. (2......
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6:20 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writer PAWTUCKET -- David Ortiz arrived at McCoy Stadium at approximately 3 p.m. this afternoon in a white Escalade. He was sleeping in the passenger's seat and when emerged from the SUV, he stretched like......
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6:16 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Former Hendricken standout Matt Sherry has signed a four-year deal with the Cincinnati Bengals according to the team's website. Sherry, who plays tight end, was drafted by the Bengals in the sixth round of this year's draft. Sherry is from......
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5:36 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Major League Soccer announced today that New England Revolution captain Steve Ralston has been named to the 2008 MLS All-Star Team, which is being coached by Revs head coach Steve Nicol. The MLS All-Stars, which already included Revolution goalkeeper Matt......
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5:34 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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CINCINNATI -- Pedro Martinez got a cortisone shot Thursday to heal his strained groin, forcing the New York Mets to push back his next start by at least a couple of days. The 36-year-old righty strained groin muscles while running......
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5:25 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Red Sox will announce at 6:30 p.m. tonight that they have signed their No. 1 draft choice, shortstop Casey Kelly of Sarasota, Fla., High School. Kelly had to make a choice between signing a professional baseball contract or playing......
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5:14 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots signed fourth-round draft choice Jonathan Wilhite on Thursday. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The Patriots selected the cornerback with the 129th overall selection of the 2008 NFL Draft out of Auburn University. Wilhite, 24,......
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2:53 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Check projo's SoxBlog tonight as Joe McDonald files regular reports from McCoy Stadium on the first of four games that David Ortiz is scheduled to play with the PawSox. He'll tell you how Papi is looking before, during and after......
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2:34 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Buster Olney is reporting that the New York Yankees have reached a tentative agreement with Richie Sexson, who was recently released by the Seattle Mariners. Olney reports that the Yankees would have to pay only the prorated minimum of $390,000......
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2:28 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Cranston's Michael Parkhurst, of the New England Revolution, has been named to the U.S. Olympic soccer team, according to a news release from the club. Our Robert Lee will have a profile of Parkhurst tomorrow. Here's the text of the......
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2:24 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By JOHN McFARLAND The Associated Press LaDainian Tomlinson campaigned in Times Square, shaking hands and handing out bumper stickers. He did the talk-show circuit, saturated the media with ads and sent volunteers into the streets of major cities to deliver......
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2:19 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By TOM MEADE Journal Sports Writer "The fluke fishing in the Bay is pretty good right now," says Jim White, author and skipper of the charter boat White Ghost. "Scott and Nancy Blackwell from Pennsylvania got 22 fluke Wednesday up......
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2:15 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) -- The Boston Celtics have brought newly signed free agent Patrick O'Bryant into the team, hoping he'll be able to help fill the void left by James Posey. O'Bryant worked out Thursday, then was introduced to the......
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1:15 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mason Levinson Bloomberg U.S. women's soccer team scoring leader Abby Wambach will miss the Olympics after breaking her leg during an exhibition match with Brazil. Wambach, a forward who has 13 goals and 10 assists to lead the U.S.......
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1:03 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: whether changes are needed to the All-Star Game format, J.D. Drew's big night, Jonathan Papelbon's unfortunate comments about Mo Rivera, and David Ortiz's four-day stand in......
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12:30 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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The NHL's tallest player climbs Africa's tallest mountain. And you can read all about it, as the Bruins are documenting Zdeno Chara's trip up to the 19,350-foot summit in Tanzania. Why is Chara doing this? Because he is an athlete......
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12:18 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Boston Bruins will start their regular season with four straight on the road: at Colorado on Thursday, Oct. 9, followed by visits to Minnesota, Montreal and Ottawa. They will become the last team in the NHL to have their......
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12:00 PM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Derek Jeter: Hit it right at him and you're toast, make him move and you're golden. That's pretty much the conventional wisdom of people who use complicated statistical research to evaluate players' value on defense. Nate DiMeo, in the online......
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11:56 AM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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New England Revolution midfielder Pat Phelan suffered a concussion on Wednesday night in a collision with a teammate late in the Revolution's SuperLiga match with Pachuca at Gillette Stadium. He was momentarily unconscious, but regained consciousness before being stretchered off......
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11:50 AM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Bryant University announced today that Karen Healy will be its new head coach for women's lacrosse. Healy, the former head coach at Wagner College, replaces Jessica Davos. Healy was previously head coach at Bryant from 2005 to 2007, compiling a......
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10:36 AM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- O.J. Mayo, the third overall pick by the Memphis Grizzlies in last month's draft, made the most spectacular shot of his career Monday night at the NBA Summer League. Mayo converted a desperation three-quarters court......
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9:53 AM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Thanks to Art Martone for this one: I bet you never realized Sterling's "YANKEES WIN! TH-UH-UH-UH-UH-UH-UH-UH-UH YANKEES! WIN!" is a full-body production:......
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9:10 AM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Danielle Sessa and Laura Marcinek Bloomberg The New York Yankees may score a hit with their fans even if they don't win the World Series. The team will sell pieces of Yankee Stadium before the 85- year-old ballpark is......
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9:07 AM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By JACK CURRY The New York Times NEW YORK - The managers were becoming antsy with each scoreless inning, the empty seats were multiplying with the outcome still in doubt and, most important, the pitchers left in the bullpens were......
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8:24 AM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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What do you think? Will the Yankees sign Barry Bonds? By Monte Poole The Oakland Tribune, Calif. While one of the greatest jocks of our times stalks the eyes of America, because he wants to come back and play, another......
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8:20 AM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By KAT O'BRIEN Newsday NEW YORK - Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Because how you view the state of the Yankees' union depends on that. Manager Joe Girardi is an optimist by nature. So although he isn't happy......
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8:04 AM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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FOXBORO (AP) - Bill Belichick sat on the sideline, watching the Celtics wrap up their championship - three years after his Patriots won their most recent title. The contrast couldn't have been more stark. While the Celtics were celebrated for......
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7:57 AM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Kevork Djansezian Boston Celtics players accept the best team award at the ESPY ceremony last night in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES (AP) - The NBA-champion Boston Celtics have won the team award at the 16th annual......
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7:40 AM Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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We get you ready for Big Papi's visit to Little Rhody, Mike Szostak interviews new Brown assistant coach TJ Sorrentine and Paul Kenyon introduces you to URI-bound Stefan Perunicic. Click here to download the file in pdf format.......
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10:11 PM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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MAJOR BASEBALL (11-12) -- Championship: Cumberland American 5, Smithfield 4. MAJOR BASEBALL (11) -- East Woonsocket 12, Cumberland National 0, 4 inn. MAJOR/MINOR BASEBALL (9-10) -- Glocester 6, Cumberland American 5; Cumberland National 11, Burrillville 2. SOFTBALL (9-10) -- Lincoln......
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10:02 PM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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MINOR BASEBALL (9-10) -- Rumford 13, Tiverton 2; Bristol 5, Portsmouth 1. MAJOR BASEBALL (9-10) -- Pineview 12, East Providence 2; Portsmouth 13, Barrington 0. JUNIOR BASEBALL (13-14) -- Championship: Barrington 2, Rumford 1. JUNIOR SOFTBALL (13-14) -- Riverside 4,......
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9:29 PM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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MAJOR BASEBALL (11-12) -- Championship: Warwick Continental 13, Westerly National 3.......
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8:54 PM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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Yankee Stadium's regular-season finale will be a night game. The Yankees' Sept. 21 game against the Baltimore Orioles has been scheduled for 8:05 p.m. and will be televised nationally by ESPN or ESPN2 as part of their Sunday night package.......
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8:20 PM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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MAJOR SOFTBALL (9-10) -- Cranston National/Budlong 15, Mount Pleasant 12.......
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6:50 PM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY PAUL KENYON Journal Sports Writer SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- The URI men's basketball team has gone to Europe in search of another shooter. The Rams have received a verbal commitment from Stefan Perunicic, a 6-foot-7, 200-pound wing player from Belgrade,......
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4:02 PM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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Associated Press NEW ORLEANS -- James Posey has won NBA championships with two teams. The New Orleans Hornets hope to be his third. Posey, a 6-foot-8 forward who last season helped the Boston Celtics win their first championship since 1986,......
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3:19 PM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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One final note on the All-Star pregame ceremonies at Yankee Stadium. It's been remarked upon elsewhere, I'm sure, but for all the current Red Sox featured in the game, it was amazing that not a single Red Sox hat could......
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2:46 PM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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There's a lot going on over at our Fantasy Sports Blog today, so go take a look if you don't make it a habit to do so. Michael Salfino identifies football players at each position whom he sees as overvalued......
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2:20 PM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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BERLIN (AP) - Nikolay Sazhin almost knocked out his opponent with a blow to the chin in the second round. But he had to take the queen to win the match. In front of 1,000 cheering fans one recent Saturday......
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1:55 PM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By ROBERT LEE Journal Sports Writer PAWTUCKET - Like every minor-league baseball player, it has been Jeff Bailey's dream to get promoted full-time to a major-league baseball team. But after 11 ½ seasons in the minors, Bailey has yet to......
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1:34 PM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Yankees left fielder Johnny Damon could hit off a tee on Friday and hopes to rejoin the team by late next week. Damon is on the 15-day disabled list with an injured left shoulder, which was......
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1:26 PM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By MIKE SZOSTAK Jourrnal Sports Writer Air conditioner blasting, windows open, music blaring. Less than a month on the job, TJ Sorrentine is learning survival skills for an assistant college basketball coach. "I drive more than I sleep," he said......
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12:40 PM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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Terry Francona, a guest on WEEI's Dale and Holley show (although Dale is off), said today that David Ortiz may play one additional game with the PawSox at McCoy Stadium. The plan for the Red Sox had been to play......
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12:20 PM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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Mike Philbrick has a first-person account of what it was like to be riding with Jonathan Papelbon in yesterday's Red Carpet Parde in New York City. Philbrick said that as the procession of fire trucks prepared to move, the New......
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10:40 AM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Associated Press is reporting that Bryant Gumbel will no longer be doing play by play on regular-season games produced by the NFL Network this season (including the Patriots' Week 11 meeting with the Jets). Gumbel, who was criticized by......
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10:33 AM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's beleaguered professional baseball league unveiled its latest plan for survival on Wednesday, saying it would scale back its upcoming season to a brief exhibition series next month before launching a winter league and returning to full......
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9:17 AM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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The New York Daily News, citing "sources with close knowledge of the investigation," is reporting this morning that confessed drug supplier Kirk Radomski has provided "documentary evidence" to the government that he shipped drugs to Roger Clemens' Texas home in......
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9:00 AM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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They called it the greatest collection of players ever assembled in one spot. But, Jim Caple writes today on ESPN.com, the pregame ceremony "may not have even been the greatest in the history of Yankee Stadium." And, Caple goes......
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7:58 AM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) - Jason Varitek has heard it all before and was prepared for anything - even some choice words during a parade. The Red Sox captain and the rest of Boston's contingent at the All-Star game were showered......
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7:54 AM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) - J.D. Drew and the Boston Red Sox had a rewarding All-Star week at Yankee Stadium. Drew hit a tying, two-run homer in the seventh inning Tuesday night and took home MVP honors after a wild Midsummer......
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7:50 AM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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By TYLER KEPNER and JACK CURRY The New York Times NEW YORK - As a first baseman, Kevin Youkilis of the Red Sox is the greeter on the bases, even during games against the Yankees. His fans may not like......
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7:40 AM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) - All Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona needed was a green traffic light in the American League dugout. The AL ran wild on the basepaths Tuesday night, stealing a record six bases in the All-Star game......
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7:34 AM Wed, Jul 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK -- The 24-hour-old subject was still whether Red Sox reliever Jonathan Papelbon did or didn't disrespect Yankees star Mariano Rivera on Monday by saying he should get the call to close out last night's All-Star Game ahead of......
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10:24 PM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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MAJORS (10-11) -- Portsmouth 6, Middletown 3; Barrington 10, Rumford 2. MAJORS (11-12) -- Championship final: Barrington 5, Middletown 1. SENIORS (15-16) -- Championship final: Barrington 15, Pine View 8. 9-10 SOFTBALL -- Barrington 11, Middletown 1; Tiverton 14, Riverside......
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9:06 PM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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MAJOR BASEBALL (11-12) -- Semifinals Smithfield 9, Lincoln 4; Cumberland American 5, North Smithfield 4. MAJOR/MINOR (9-10) -- East Woonsocket 9, Scituate/Foster 8; Lincoln 19, North Smithfield 4.......
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8:48 PM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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GIRLS MAJOR SOFTBALL (11-12) -- Warwick Westside 9, Tiverton 3.......
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8:39 PM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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MAJORS ((9-10) --Cranston Western 18, Elmwood 6; North Providence East 7, Cranston American 5; Johnston American 7, Johnston National 6.......
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4:52 PM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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On a perfect day for baseball, the Red Sox' Brandon Moss, Jed Lowrie and the Paw Sox' Chad Spann wanted nothing to do with the grand old game. Instead, they spent the day at Addieville East Farm in Mapleville, R.I.,......
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3:37 PM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Prosecutors have dropped their case against Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Al Reyes, who was shocked with a Taser and charged after a bar fight in April. Reyes' attorney, Robert Heyman, said Tuesday that his client was......
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We thank the aquarium for providing these photos:......
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Injured Yankees outfielders Hideki Matsui and Johnny Damon could be sidelined longer than first expected. Matsui did not hit Tuesday after experiencing additional discomfort in his sore left knee. The Yankees had hoped he might be......
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2:34 PM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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The NFL Network has unveiled its TV schedule for the NFL preseason, and if you love exhibition football, man, will they have a lot of it for you. Here's a look at the full schedule, which includes 54 games over......
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2:04 PM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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PAWTUCKET -- The Pawtucket Red Sox announced Tuesday afternoon that all box seats and general-admission tickets for Thursday's, Friday's and Saturday's games have been sold, probably in anticipation of David Ortiz' rehab appearances with the PawSox on those nights. A......
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1:00 PM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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MIAMI (AP) - Alex Rodriguez's wife wants to know if he hired private detectives or had wiretaps installed to spy on her. Cynthia Rodriguez's lawyers demanded any surveillance information as part of a records request in the Miami divorce case.......
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12:31 PM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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While Celtics fans sweat out whether their favorite sixth man will stay in green -- as he indicated last night that he would most like to do -- or go somewhere else, a voice in Cleveland is now saying that......
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12:06 PM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Sports Writer From the days of ancient Greece, through the days of Jesse Owens, Bruce Jenner and Carl Lewis, track and field held pride of place at the Olympics - and produced many of the biggest......
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10:46 AM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Carolyn Thornton is looking for your opinions on this past week's Amica Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island. What did you like about the event and how would you suggest race organizers could make the next one better? Place your comments at......
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9:49 AM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By ART MARTONE Journal Sports Editor Jonathan Papelbon spent most of his media session yesterday praising Mariano Rivera but also saying that, naturally, he'd like to close out the All-Star Game. (Boston Herald) ("Of course I want to close the......
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9:36 AM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Packers quarterback who now wants to be quarterback somewhere else went on the full-out offensive last night, telling the Wisconsin native Van Susteren that the team is trying to block his return to the NFL. Click here to see......
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8:19 AM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Only on All-Star week will you see shots like this, as the Pawtucket-bound Papi poses with the captain and Massachusetts-born actress/journalist Maria Menounos at the Captain Morgan All-Star pose-off party on Sunday (AP photo / Marion Curtis / StarPix).......
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8:07 AM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) -- The "Beat L.A!" chants echoed through the Boston Garden again Monday night as the Celtics celebrated their latest NBA title with the premiere of their championship DVD. Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and a handful of other Celtics......
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8:05 AM Tue, Jul 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
At the All-Star break, Steven Krasner goes over what worked, what didn't work, the biggest surprises, biggest disappointments, high point, low point and singular achievement of the first half. Meanwhile, Jim Donaldson wonders about all these All-Star bonuses the Sox......
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11:09 PM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning had a medical procedure Monday to remove an infected bursa sac from his left knee. Colts president Bill Polian announced the procedure, described as routine, on Monday night. Polian said the team's medical staff expects......
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10:12 PM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
MAJOR BASEBALL (9-10) -- Pineview 7, Tiverton 2; Barrington 14, Fifth Ward 2; Rumford 6, East Providence 2; Middletown 8, Portsmouth 5. MINOR (9-10) -- Darlington 4, Tiverton 3; Barrington 8, Bristol 7; Portsmouth 9, Warren 4; Rumford 8, East......
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9:12 PM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
MAJOR BASEBALL (11) -- Lincoln 4, Cumberland American 2; East Woonsocket 6, Smithfield 5. MAJOR/MINOR BASEBALL (9-10) -- Cumberland National 10, Smithfield 0, 4 inn. MAJOR/MINOR SOFTBALL (9-10) -- Smithfield 9, Cumberland 2; Lincoln 12, North Smithfield 3.......
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7:25 PM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Thom Cahir Email
DISTRICT I Results yesterday MAJOR BASEBALL (11-12) -- Championship: Cranston Western 12, Johnston American 6. MAJOR SOFTBALL (9-10) -- Mount Pleasant 10, Elmwood 0. JUNIOR SOFTBALL (13-14) -- Cranston National Budlong 11, Elmwood 1. Game tomorrow MAJOR SOFTBALL (9-10) --......
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5:33 PM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
Don't expect to see Barry Bonds showing up in a pennant race. Bonds has not received a single offer, agent Jeff Borris said Monday. He dismissed recent reports of interest from Arizona, the New York Mets and Boston. "I'm an......
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4:25 PM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Yankees left fielder Johnny Damon had his first hitting off a tee session pushed back at least a couple days because of soreness in his injured left shoulder. Damon sprained the shoulder when he ran into......
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4:10 PM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Challenging was the operative word for Providence College athletics in 2007-2008, and, as is usually the case, men's basketball was the center of attention. The Friars, minus injured point guard Sharaud Curry for most the season, struggled to a losing......
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3:51 PM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Washington Nationals outfielder and former Boston Red Sox Wily Mo Pena will have surgery on his left shoulder. Pena has a small tear in his left rotator cuff and fraying of the labrum in his left shoulder.......
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2:44 PM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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The traditional break between the first half and the second half of the regular season is here for the Boston Red Sox and the rest of the teams in the majors, even if it happens to be well beyond the......
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1:18 PM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - Basketball great Bill Russell is working on a memoir about his friendship with the late Red Auerbach, the Boston Celtics coach for whom Russell starred on a long run of championship teams. "Red and Me" will......
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1:05 PM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button above to hear my interview on Saturday with Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel from North Kingstown, and to see pictures of Beisel in action. You can also read the full transcript of the interview below. Q:......
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1:00 PM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Baseball fans wanting to see Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz during his rehabilitation assignment with the Portland Sea Dogs have snatched up all available tickets. Team officials say it took 20 minutes Monday for the......
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11:32 AM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
National League Hanley Ramirez, ss, Florida Chase Utley, 2b, Philadelphia Lance Berkman, 1b, Houston Albert Pujols, dh, St. Louis Chipper Jones, 3b, Atlanta Matt Holliday, rf, Colorado Ryan Braun, lf, Milwaukee Kosuke Fukudome, cf, Chicago Geovanny Soto, c, Chicago Ben......
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10:39 AM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Interesting news from a club news release: FOXBORO - The New England Revolution has announced that defender Chase Hilgenbrinck has decided to leave the club and retire from soccer to enter a Catholic seminary in Maryland to prepare for a......
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10:36 AM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: the Red Sox' sudden surge back to first place, Daisuke Matsuzaka's inexplicable success, and Jed Lowrie's big chance. Here are some excerpts from Sean's comments: On......
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9:10 AM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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9:04 AM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By JOSH ROBBINS The Orlando Sentinel Big Mac and Slammin' Sammy. Ten years ago, they captivated a nation with an unprecedented combination of brute force, grace under pressure and sheer joy. For one glorious summer, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa......
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8:27 AM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - Che-Hsuan Lin was still sitting at his locker long after the Futures Game ended, having a bite to eat and grinning with teammates from all over the globe. He and many of the awe-struck minor leaguers......
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8:25 AM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By SAM MELLINGER The Kansas City Star As the baseball world converges here for the All-Star Game, folks are tripping over themselves to eulogize the old Yankee Stadium in its last year before progress takes the Yankees-and a Hard Rock......
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8:18 AM Mon, Jul 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Red Sox return to first place in the American League East, Sean McAdam wonders why Dice-K doesn't just throw strikes, Paul Kenyon details Brad Adamonis' big day, and Robert Lee tells the story of Charlie Hien, who is back......
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10:08 PM Sun, Jul 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
MAJORS (10-11) -- Middletown 7, Bristol 5; Rumford 5, Riverside 5. MAJORS (11-12) -- Middletown 10, Darlington 1. SENIORS (15-16) -- Barrington 16, Pineview 2; Barrington 7, Riverside 2. 9-10 SOFTBALL -- Tiverton 23, East Providence 9; Riverside 11, Portsmouth......
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9:08 PM Sun, Jul 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Thom Cahir Email
DISTRICT III Results Sunday JUNIOR BASEBALL (13-14) -- Chariho 7, Exeter/W. Greenwich 6. SENIOR BASEBALL (15-16) -- Westerly National 7, Chariho 5. MAJOR SOFTBALL (9-10) -- South Kingstown National 2, Warwick Westside 1; East Greenwich 8, Westerly National 3. JUNIOR......
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8:47 PM Sun, Jul 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Results Sunday MAJOR BASEBALL (10-11) -- Johnston American 10, Elmwood 0; Cranston Western 9, Cranston National Budlong 1. MAJOR BASEBALL (9-10) -- Cranston Western 16, North Providence West 0; Cranston American 9, Mount Pleasnt 8. Games Tuesday MAJOR BASEBALL......
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8:47 PM Sun, Jul 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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GIRLS MAJOR SOFTBALL (11-12) -- Cranston National Budlong 2, Warwick Westside 0; Cumberland 7, Tiverton 0.......
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3:33 PM Sun, Jul 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike Szostak Email
Fabrice Santoro of France defended his singles title in the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships today with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over unheralded Prakash Amritraj of India. Santoro, 35, is the oldest champion in the 32-year history of......
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