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August 2008 Archives
12:39 PM Sun, Aug 31, 2008 | Permalink |
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Phil Mickelson looks as if he is finished for this week at the Deutsche Bank Championship, one day ahead of schedule. And he just dropped a hint that he is not certain he will be playing later this week......
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1:46 PM Sat, Aug 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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Two of the PGA's best lefties, Mike Weir and Phil Mickelson, have made the big news early in the second round of the Deutsche Bank Championship, although for different reasons. It was all good news for Weir. The Canadian......
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5:15 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Read Steven Krasner's story here.......
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4:15 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Newport International Boat Show -- one of the five largest in-water boat shows in the country -- always has a diverse selection of vessels, from 16 feet to 85 feet. This year, however, the show will feature an entirely......
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2:03 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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NORTON, Mass. _ Vijay Singh is threatening to make a runaway of the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoffs. After winning the first of the four-tournament series last week in New Jersey, Singh has gotten off to a flying start......
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1:53 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Tomorrow is the day the Patriots must pare their roster to 53 players for the start of the regular season. And Shalise Manza Young has gone through the candidates and come up with her predictions for who is staying and......
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1:38 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) - Two New York Yankees pitchers and one Chicago Cubs pitcher from the Dominican Summer League were each suspended 50 games Friday for testing positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs under baseball's minor league program. Justo Arias and......
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12:40 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Site: Meade Stadium Records: Monmouth 0-0, 0-0 NEC; URI 0-0, 0-0 CAA Kickoff: 1 p.m. Radio/TV/Web: GoRhody.com URI issues in a new era under first-year coach Darren Rizzi. Rizzi has scrapped former coach Tim Stowers' run-heavy offense and has vowed......
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12:35 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Site: Arute Field, New Britain, Conn. Records: Bryant, 0-0; Central Connecticut, 0-0. Kickoff: 5 p.m. Radio: WOON (1240-AM) Bryant plays its first game as a Division I member tomorrow in New Britain. The Bulldogs will play six of their 10......
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12:31 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: the penchant of the Patriots' defense for looking really bad on first drives, the latest on the backup quarterback battle and the chances of......
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11:51 AM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean McAdam's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Josh Beckett's date with Dr. James Andrews, whether the Sox would consider another trade to pick up a veteran pitcher, Jon Lester's outstanding (and unrewarded)......
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10:26 AM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Marc Topkin St. Petersburg Times ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Rays are beyond doing things easy. Now it's just a matter of getting them done. Thursday, it was another tense, one-run win over the Blue Jays, 3-2. Another step......
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9:24 AM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) - A new era in University of Rhode Island football is about to start. The Rams open the 2008 season at home on Saturday against non-league foe Monmouth. Gone are former coach Tim Stowers and his......
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9:18 AM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Ronald Blum AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK - What started with the Bambino ended with the Giambino. Until Jason Giambi crushed a home run in the seventh inning Thursday, it appeared all that was left for Yankee Stadium was......
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9:11 AM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Ken Davidoff Newsday NEW YORK - Their 3-2 walk-off victory over the Red Sox allowed a little euphoria and relief into the Yankees' clubhouse for a day, but no one should kid himself. There will be no sprint to......
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8:59 AM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Omar Kelly South Florida Sun Sentinel DAVIE, Fla. - The talk is tough. The Northeast slang is thick. The attitude oozes machismo. If you spotted Tony Sparano III out about town, it would be quite understandable to mistake him......
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8:44 AM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Good morning. It was a disheartening end to a generally successful road trip for the Red Sox, with the Yankees picking up a stunning come-from-behind victory and the Sox announcing that Josh Beckett won't pitch tonight after all. Joe McDonald......
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8:42 AM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
New England Revolution forward Taylor Twellman and goalkeeper Matt Reis (both players seen in photo at right) will run a free soccer clinic from 1 to 2 p.m. today (time changed from 2 to 3 p.m.) at Patriot Place Plaza......
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6:44 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the link to read McAdam's story.......
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5:56 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
The Boston Celtics will host the Cleveland Cavaliers in a preseason game at the Dunkin' Donuts Center on Friday, Oct. 10 with tip-off at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale Friday, Sept. 5 at 10 a.m. at the Dunkin' Donuts......
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4:50 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY SEAN McADAM Journal Sports Writer NEW YORK -- Josh Beckett, who has not pitched since Aug. 17 because of numbness in his fingers that have sparked fears of an elbow problem, will not pitch Friday night. While the Red......
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3:24 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Providence Bruins announced today that the parent Boston Bruins have signed unrestricted free agent defensemen Ryan Stokes and Mike Egener. Stokes, 25, enters his fifth season of professional hockey after spending last year with the AHL's Rockford IceHogs. There......
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3:14 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - Joba Chamberlain thinks he could return to the New York Yankees next week, and he expects to be used out of the bullpen. On the disabled list with rotator cuff tendinitis, Chamberlain threw 45 pitches off......
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1:25 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Tom's report is online now. Click here to find it.......
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12:45 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Red Sox newcomer Mark Kotsay is in the lineup today playing right field. It was obvious after Wednesday's game he has quickly meshed well in his new surroundings. He was hanging with Mike Lowell - the two played together in......
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11:07 AM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean McAdam's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: a possible low-water mark in Yankee history, how the Red Sox' late season moves have succeeded where the Yankees' have not, Dustin Pedroia's remarkable season,......
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10:17 AM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tom Rock Newsday Seven months after meeting in the Super Bowl, the Giants and Patriots will face each other in what will essentially be the Stunt Double Bowl. On the heels of losing defensive end Osi Umenyiora for the......
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9:47 AM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Maybe the real problem is not so much headlines like this one, at right, in the New York Daily News, but the fact that the Post kept the Yankees off the back page entirely in favor of the crosstown rival......
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8:37 AM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Michael S. Schmidt The New York Times SARASOTA, Fla. - Officials trying to prop up the sagging economy here are convinced they have found a remedy: annexing a piece of Red Sox Nation. Boston's on-the-field success in recent years......
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8:29 AM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Phelps is going to risk looking like a fish out of water - pipe in the laughter any time - when he makes his acting debut next month on "Saturday Night Live." The humble record-breaking......
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8:21 AM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Good morning. The Red Sox continue to make Yankee fans feel sad, Sean McAdam sees a positive trend in the Mark Kotsay deal, Kevin McNamara examines PC's new seat-license fees, and Shalise Manza Young previews the Patriots' final preseason tilt.......
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4:10 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Diego Padres optioned rookie right-handed pitcher Josh Banks and right-handed pitcher Bryan Corey to Triple-A Portland on Wednesday. Corey, who started the season with the Red Sox, was activated from the 15-day disabled list......
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3:18 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer PROVIDENCE - Providence College basketball fans are about to learn that progress comes with a cost. With the Friars set to enjoy the now-completed, $80-million face-lift at the Dunkin' Donuts Center this season, they......
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2:01 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Red Sox have announced that they have completed a trade with the Atlanta Braves to obtain outfielder Mark Kotsay. The team will send Luis Sumoza, a 20-year-old outfielder who is hitting .301 at Single-A Lowell, to the Braves in......
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1:13 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Right-hander Craig Hansen, struggling with his control since being traded to Pittsburgh last month, was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis on Wednesday. The Pirates picked up the contract of right-hander Jesse Chavez from their top farm club. Hansen,......
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12:01 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean McAdam's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Last night's sloppy effort by A-Rod and the Yanks, Tim Wakefield coming off the DL and picking up a win, tonight's matchup with Sidney Ponson,......
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11:36 AM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The celebrity web site TMZ is reporting today that Tom Brady just closed on an $11-million deal to buy a plot of land in California (reportedly on Arnold Schwarzenegger's street). Brady grew up in California, and his parents, son and......
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10:29 AM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Former Red Sox catcher Rich Gedman, now manager of the independent league Worcester Tornadoes, unleashed a "profanity-laced tirade" directed at a newspaper beat reporter because Gedman was upset about the way the reporter covered a surprise visit by Roger Clemens......
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9:20 AM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Howard Ulman AP Sports Writer FOXBORO - The New England Patriots have a deep group of experienced running backs and just one more exhibition game before they decide which ones to keep. So improvement is more important than the......
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9:01 AM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pete Caldera The Record (Hackensack N.J.) NEW YORK - For merely fielding a grounder in the eighth inning, Alex Rodriguez heard nothing but boos from the fans at Yankee Stadium - many of them bound for the exits. With......
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8:54 AM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mason Levinson Bloomberg Hall-of-Fame Red Sox outfielder Carl Yastrzemski left a Boston hospital a week after undergoing triple-bypass heart surgery. The release of Yastrzemski, the last player to claim baseball's Triple Crown, was confirmed in an e-mail today from......
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8:40 AM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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Gordon Edes of Yahoo Sports is reporting that the Red Sox have acquired outfielder Mark Kotsay in a deal with the Atlanta Braves, pending a physical. Edes attributed the story to an anonymous baseball souce with knowledge of the deal.......
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8:34 AM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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Good morning. The Red Sox win the first game of their three-game series at Yankee Stadium, Sean McAdam describes how Boston turned the House that Ruth Built from a house of horrors to a house of redemption, the Patriots make......
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7:20 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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LITTLE FALLS, N.J. -- A New Jersey inventor says he has come up with a way to take that aluminum "ping" out of youth baseball and the broken bat out of the national pastime, while making the game a......
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7:08 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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SARASOTA, Fla. -- Sarasota County commissioners are approving the purchase of more than an acre of land for a spring training stadium to help lure the Red Sox away from Fort Myers. Commissioners voted 4-0 Tuesday to pay $4.8 million......
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7:04 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Seven-time New York Giants Pro Bowler Michael Strahan is staying retired. "This has been one of the toughest nights of my life," Strahan told FoxSports.com in a story released Tuesday afternoon. "But after long deliberation and......
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6:46 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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On a beautiful day in August, the talk in the URI athletic department today was about men's basketball. In late afternoon, the Atlantic 10 announced the conference schedule for this winter. We told everyone about that a couple hours......
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4:51 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Patriots included two veterans -- fullback Kyle Eckel and cornerback Jason Webster -- among their five cuts, which were announced moments ago. They also placed offensive lineman Stephen Neal on the reserve/physically unable to perform list because of a......
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4:30 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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The URI men's basketball team will not waste any time getting into the full swing of Atlantic 10 play this winter. The conference today released the dates and sites (but not the times) for all men's basketball conference games......
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4:29 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Pawtucket Red Sox - who have already clinched a playoff spot in the upcoming International League Governors' Cup Playoffs - received some more good news today with the announcement of the postseason IL All-Star team and year-end award winners.......
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4:01 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writer NEW YORK -- It appears the Red Sox have placed outfielder J.D. Drew on the disabled list and recalled Joe Thurston from Pawtucket. Drew has not played the last six games due to a......
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3:01 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com is reporting that the Red Sox and Phillies are talking to the Braves about outfielder Mark Kostay.......
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2:58 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tom Meade Journal Sports Writer NEWPORT - With his long-time friend Jerry Kirby on the bow, Newport skipper Ken Read sailed out of Narragansett Bay this morning, heading for Spain and the start of the Volvo Ocean Race around......
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2:49 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Ronald Blum AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK - Major League Baseball has reversed its long-standing opposition to instant replay and will allow umpires to check video on home run calls in series that start Thursday, a person familiar with......
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1:22 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Peyton Manning is finally healthy enough to start practicing with the Indianapolis Colts. Coach Tony Dungy says the team activated the two-time NFL MVP on Tuesday, clearing the way for him to begin working out with his......
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1:19 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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Patriots reporter Shalise Manza Young reports that Tom Brady was not on the practice field today as his teammates went through today's workout. Before practice, there were a set of crutches at Brady's locker, but it is not known if......
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12:54 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean McAdam's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Why the Yankees need to win this series, what has made the Red Sox better than the Yankees to this point in the season, Tim......
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12:40 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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Both Peter King and Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman have picked the Patriots to win the Super Bowl in Sports Illustrated's annual pro football preview issue. King has the Pats beating the Cowboys, 30-16, in the Super Bowl. Zimmerman -- who......
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11:52 AM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) - Retired New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan will have the amount of child support for his twin daughters recalculated by a lower court. The New Jersey state appeals court reversed the $18,000 a month awarded......
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11:18 AM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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Former Cowboys and Dolphins coach Jimmy Johnson, now a commentator on FOX' NFL broadcasts, thinks the Patriots "will still be at the top [of the AFC East] . . . [and will] still be one of the top teams in......
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10:33 AM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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On the off-chance that either of the games tonight or tomorrow at Yankee Stadium ends after, say, four hours or less, Red Sox and Yankee fans might want to check out ESPN's Baseball Tonight, which will announce its picks for......
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10:22 AM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Detroit Free Press reports today that the disappointing Tigers have placed left-hander Kenny Rogers on waivers, and that the team is hoping to move Rogers before Sunday, the deadline for teams to set their postseason rosters. Buster Olney of......
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10:15 AM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Celtics signed their first-round draft pick J.R. Giddens on Tuesday. The 6-foot-5 point guard, the 30th pick in the draft, averaged 16.3 points and 8.8 rebounds for New Mexico during his senior season. The 23-year-old......
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10:01 AM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Bob Molinaro The Virginian-Pilot If we go strictly by the numbers, even ignoring the riveting drama he's brought to the Beijing Games, Michael Phelps is the greatest Olympian of all time. In America, we tuned in each night to......
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9:53 AM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Dave Anderson The New York Times "The Red Sox Are Coming," with apologies to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Paul Revere (if he had been a Yankee fan): "He said to his friend, `If the Red Sox march "For the......
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9:00 AM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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A little more than a week ago, Manny Ramirez was a big-time force as his Los Angeles Dodgers swept the Philadelphia Phillies in four games at Dodger Stadium. From Friday through Monday, Ramirez was a big-time disappointment as the Phillies......
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8:25 AM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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Good morning. Joe McDonald asks members of the 2008 Red Sox what it means to be playing the franchise's last games at the current Yankee Stadium, Robert Lee tells us what makes Ray Ventrone valuable to the Pats, and Jim......
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8:59 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Nine-year-old Jericho Scott is a good baseball player -- too good, it turns out. The right-hander has a fastball that tops out at about 40 mph. He throws so hard that the Youth Baseball League of......
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7:49 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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PHILADELPHIA -- Veteran NHL defenseman Bryan Berard will attempt to make an NHL club on a tryout contract, after being invited to training camp with the Philadelphia Flyers. "Bryan has been around a number of years now (and) he has......
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3:40 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Former Red Sox players Vern Stephens, Wes Ferrell, Carl Mays and Mickey Vernon are among 10 players whose careers began before 1943 who will be considered by the Hall of Fame's constituted Veterans Committee when it......
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3:29 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Peyton Manning might be activated by the Indianapolis Colts on Tuesday, although the two-time NFL Most Valuable Player is not expected to play in the team's final preseason game Thursday night. Manning underwent surgery July 14 to......
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3:16 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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Filed earlier today by Shalise Manza Young on the PatsBlog: The Patriots are holding their first on-field practice of the week on the lower practice field, and are wearing shells and shorts. The story today is about who was on......
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3:07 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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DAVIE, Fla. (AP) - It's official. Chad Pennington is the Miami Dolphins' starting quarterback. Dolphins coach Tony Sparano said Monday that Pennington will start the Sept. 7 season opener in Miami against his former team, the New York Jets. Pennington......
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3:00 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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Kudos to Coach K. To paraphrase that old sportswriter, Billy Shakespeare, I have come to praise Mike Krzyzewski, not to bury him. That's a bit different from the tack I took earlier this year, after his Duke University Blue Devils,......
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2:08 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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Two fundraisers have been planned to support the Jamie Coyle Fund, established through Citizens Bank to help raise money for 12-year-old Cumberland hockey player Jamie Coyle, who suffered a stroke while playing in a tournament on Aug. 9. The first......
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2:02 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tom Canavan AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The New York Giants moved Mathias Kiwanuka back to defensive end to replace the injured Osi Umenyiora on Monday, a decision that decreases the already slim chances of the Super......
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1:59 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: the special teams lapses that led to two Philadelphia touchdowns Friday night, Stephen Gostkowski's impressive exhibition performance, the chances of Tom Brady playing Thursday......
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1:41 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Matt Dunham Cuba's Angel Valodia Matos kicks match referee Chakir Chelbat in the face during a bronze medal match against Kazakhstan's Arman Chilmanov in the men's taekwondo +80 kilogram class. HAVANA (AP) - Fidel Castro on......
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12:45 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brian Mahoney AP Basketball Writer BEIJING (AP) - The 2008 Olympic celebrations were barely under way and Jerry Colangelo was already thinking about work. "They forgot this was a six-year commitment," USA Basketball's managing director said at the press......
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12:18 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean McAdam's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Yesterday's gritty win in Toronto, a very poor week for Boston starting pitchers, injuries hurting the depth of the starting lineup, and the implications of......
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11:46 AM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, a guest on WEEI's Dennis and Callahan Show this morning, did not have any prediction as to whether he will play in New England's preseason finale on Thursday night against the New York Giants.......
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10:33 AM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Bob Glauber Newsday By all accounts, the Colts, Patriots and Chargers are considered the favorites to win their respective divisions and possibly make a run for the Super Bowl. In a conference overflowing with quality teams, these three AFC......
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10:08 AM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Baumbach Newsday BALTIMORE - It's so tempting to declare the Yankees' playoff hopes a lost cause, because they've offered us no tangible reason to believe otherwise. Their injury-plagued pitching staff is too thin. Their lineup of former All-Stars......
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8:27 AM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tim Cowlishaw The Dallas Morning News For those of you who have followed the National Football League only for the past 20 years, start preparing yourself for a rude awakening. You don't remember the nine-game season followed by a......
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8:08 AM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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Good morning. Team USA finds redemption on the basketball court, Jed Lowrie continues to be Mr. Clutch at shortstop, and Patriots fans continue to wonder when they'll see Tom Brady playing football again. Click here to download the file in......
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11:50 AM Sat, Aug 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer TORONTO - Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett has been pushed back for a second time and is now scheduled to pitch on Friday against the White Sox at Fenway Park. The right-hander, who has......
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6:37 PM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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Patrick Sheehan and Brett Quigley both got themselves off the PGA Tour bubble today and earned spots in the second round of the FedEx Cup playoffs, the Deustche Bank Championship to be held next week at the TPC of......
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6:15 PM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Boston Celtics announced today that they have signed 2008 second-round draft pick Bill Walker. "Bill's hard work and skill development this summer has given us the belief that he can be in our short-term plans as well as our......
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3:31 PM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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Mike Szostak has prepared season previews for the Bryant College and University of Rhode Island football seasons. Click here to read the URI preview, and click here to see a video of URI training camp. Click here to read the......
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3:30 PM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer TORONTO -- Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett just began playing catch with pitching coach John Farrell. Trainer Mike Reinold is watching. The right-hander has been feeling numbness and tingling in his fingers on his......
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2:21 PM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Chang McClatchy Newspapers BEIJING - Faced with growing doubts about the ages of medal-winning Chinese women gymnasts, the International Olympic Committee has asked the leading international gymnastics body to look into whether the Chinese athletes were in fact......
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12:53 PM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Boston Celtics announced today that they have signed free-agent forward Darius Miles to a deal with undisclosed terms. Miles was drafted in 2000 out of East St. Louis High School by the Los Angeles Clippers and has not played......
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12:50 PM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike Downey Chicago Tribune BEIJING - Oh, how Howard Cosell would mock this. Having followed the halcyon days of Cassius and Smokin' Joe and Big George and the young Sugar Ray, how it would have pained the perspicacious Howard......
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The United States is one game away from reclaiming the gold medal in men's basketball. The Redeem Team raced out to a 21-point first-quarter lead, faltered in the second quarter but never let it get too close in the second......
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By Jack Chang McClatchy Newspapers BEIJING - With just two days left before the end of the Olympic Games, some U.S. sports officials were fretting Friday about a likely U.S. second-place finish in the gold-medal count, far behind China, and......
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Well, maybe it will be a game after all. Playing without their biggest star, Manu Ginobili, the Argentine team roared back from a huge deficit in the second quarter and goes in the locker room trailing the United States by......
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Click the play button below to hear Joe McDonald's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: why the Red Sox struggle so much in Toronto, Paul Byrd's importance to the pitching staff, Byrd's third consecutive start against the Blue Jays, and......
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In Beijing, they've just concluded the first quarter of the semifinal men's basketball game between the United States and Argentina, and it is not much of a game at all. The United States has completely frustrated Argentina on the offensive......
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By Erik Matuszewski Bloomberg Lloy Ball shared hugs with his teammates and coaches, then ran to the stands after the U.S. men's volleyball team earned a spot in the Olympic gold medal game with a semifinal win over Russia. Just......
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BEIJING (AP) - Pau Gasol scored 19 points as Spain beat Lithuania 91-86 to advance to the Olympic gold medal game for the first time since 1984. Rudy Fernandez added 18 Friday night for the Spaniards, who will face either......
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By Keith Bradsher The New York Times HONG KONG - Four horses and their riders were suspended from Olympic show jumping on Thursday after preliminary tests suggested that the skin of the horses might have been treated with a banned......
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BEIJING (AP) - The Cuban baseball team will go for gold again, having beaten the United States 10-2 to reach the Olympic championship game. Alexei Bell hit a three-run homer in the eighth to put the punctuation mark on the......
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NEW YORK (AP) - Olympic superstar Michael Phelps will write a book telling the story behind his historic eight gold medal swims just in time for the holiday season, Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced Friday. In......
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By Amalie Benjamin The Boston Globe TORONTO - Ten million dollars. It's less than the Red Sox are paying David Ortiz or J.D. Drew or Mike Lowell. But it was a barrier that, according to Baseball America, no club had......
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By Paul Hagen Philadelphia Daily News Only a cynic would suggest that baseball hasn't made great strides in implementing a drug-testing policy during the last decade. And yet, a glance at the list of players who have been suspended reveals......
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Good morning. Joe McDonald examines the unsettled state of the Red Sox' starting rotation, Shalise Manza Young waits with the rest of us to see if Tom Brady will play tonight for the Patriots, and the Americans reach Olympic glory......
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Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt, appearing tonight at McCoy Stadium, said that Manny Ramirez's behavior in his final days in Boston was "from a player's standpoint, one of the worst things I've ever witnessed in the history of......
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By D. Orlando Ledbetter Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA -- Falcons defensive line coach Ray "Sugar Bear" Hamilton has options. Defensive end John Abraham and defensive tackle Grady Jackson are givens. The 22-year coaching veteran could use Chauncey Davis at end or......
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PROVIDENCE -- Rob Murray, an assistant coach with the Providence Bruins for the last five years, has been named P-Bruins' head coach. He replaces Scott Gordon, who last week was named head coach of the New York Islanders. "Rob's passion......
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - The home of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats ranks first in a list of vegetarian-friendly minor league ballparks. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals released the rankings. Norfolk, Va.-based PETA says MerchantsAuto.com Stadium has the......
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TORONTO (AP) - Carl Pavano, written off by New York Yankees' fans, will return and start for the team on Saturday at Baltimore. The 32-year-old right-hander signed a $39.95 million, four-year contract with the Yankees before the 2005 season but......
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By Scott Fowler Charlotte Observer BEIJING - Hope Solo has a surname that suits her. The U.S. women's soccer goalie flies solo. Her position is solitary by nature. Her blunt comments less than a year ago got her ostracized by......
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By Paul Kenyon Journal Sports Writer There might not be a pro golfer anywhere with an attitude quite like Tom Johnson's. For that matter, there are not many athletes in any sport who have gone through as much as Johnson......
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By Michelle Kaufman The Miami Herald BEIJING -- Track and field and baseball aren't the only sports with performance-enhancing issues. Try heading over to Olympic table tennis. Yes, table tennis. Just outside the Peking University Gymnasium is a white tent......
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By Luciana Chavez The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) BEIJING - USA men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski and his staff did not appoint a team captain for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. LeBron James fancies himself the man for the job.......
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The Boston Red Sox have signed 31-year-old catcher David Ross to a minor-league contract in an attempt to add catching depth for the stretch drive, according to a report by Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, who was quoting unnamed league......
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By Dan Baynes Bloomberg News The U.S. beat Brazil 1-0 in the Olympic women's soccer final in Beijing to win its third gold medal in four attempts. Carli Lloyd got the only goal six minutes into the first period of......
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Click the play button below to hear Joe McDonald's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Clay Buchholz, Josh Beckett and Tim Wakefield, and Julio Lugo -- will he play again this season? Here's some of what Joe said about what......
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By Luciana Chavez The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) BEIJING - They dropped the stick. In the process, the men's and women's 400-meter relay teams for the United States watched a long, dominant history of American sprint relay teams slip......
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Erik Murphy, the South Kingstown native who is regarded as one of the top high school basketball players in the country, will taste a bit of the big time in the Big Apple. Murphy, a 6-foot-9 senior-to-be at St. Mark's......
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BEIJING (AP) - Diana Taurasi had 21 points and the U.S. women's basketball team beat Russia 67-52 Thursday to advance to their fourth straight Olympic gold medal game. The Americans will face either Australia or China on Saturday as they......
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NEW YORK (AP) - The NFL Players Association says executive director Gene Upshaw has died. The Hall of Fame guard was 63. As union head, Upshaw helped NFL players obtain free agency and the riches that came with it. His......
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By Howard Ulman AP Sports Writer FOXBORO - The New England Patriots played poorly on offense in their first exhibition game. The offense and defense were shaky in the second game. It's only the preseason, so there are no signs......
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AP photo / David J. Phillip BEIJING (AP) - The U.S. has failed to advance out of the first round of both the men's and women's 400-meter relays at the Olympics, dropping the baton in each race. First, men's......
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BEIJING (AP) - The U.S. Olympic softball team was denied a fourth straight gold medal, losing 3-1 on Thursday to Japan in the sport's final appearance in the games for at least eight years. The Americans' 22-game Olympic winning streak......
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By Nick Cafardo The Boston Globe BALTIMORE - Whether Julio Lugo should be the Red Sox' starting shortstop upon his return from injury might be moot at this point. It all depends on how he feels Thursday. Lugo, who has......
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BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) - Major League Baseball and ESPN have a signed a new digital rights agreement that will allow the cable giant to put Major League content on multiple platforms including video game consoles and portable players such as......
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Good morning. With Matt Light injured, the Patriots might have to seek an alternative at left tackle; Clay Buchholz is on his way to Portland after blowing up last night; Jim Donaldson reflects on what Carl Yastrzemski did for baseball......
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Baseball umpires and management signed an agreement Wednesday that will allow the sport to start using instant replay to help determine calls on the field. The deal was signed by lawyers for the commissioner's office and the World Umpires Association......
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Charlie Blanchard, from Wannamoisett, added to his already impressive list of state titles Wednesday when he pulled away to a four-stroke victory in the 25th R.I. Golf Association Stoke Play Championship at Potowomut. The four-time player of the year......
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The Detroit Red Wings signed former Providence Bruins star Aaron Downey to a one-year contract on Wednesday.Downey, a tough-guy right winger, signed with Detroit last season and played in 56 games. He has spent parts of eight seasons with the......
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By Jennifer Floyd Engel Fort Worth Star-Telegram BEIJING -- Kobe Bryant has a sense of humor, about himself. Who knew? He actually flashed this trait while answering a question Wednesday about why he had been playing as an individual and......
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Journal file photo / Ruben W. Perez LINCOLN -- World super middleweight title challenger Peter Manfredo, Jr. (above, white trunks), star of The Contender Season One, will fight Donny McCrary, who appeared in The Contender Season Three, in the......
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By Luciana Chavez The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) BEIJING - At some point in this men's basketball competition at the Beijing Olympics, nearly every player on the U.S. team has seized a moment for his own. If you're Argentina,......
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The Patriots have taken the practice field at Gillette Stadium, and quarterback Tom Brady, who was held out of yesterday's session, was among them, in full pads. Shalise Manza Young will have more on the PatsBlog as the day moves......
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By Chrissie Thompson Associated Press Writer BALTIMORE - Michael Phelps' coach says he and his record-breaking athlete are extending their partnership from training into business, though the details are fuzzy. The two will go into business together upon returning to......
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By George Vecsey The New York Times BEIJING - Early Wednesday evening, Michael Johnson contemplated the phenomenon of Usain Bolt. The new man could not take it all, right here, in one Summer Games, could he? "I don't think he'll......
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Click the play button below to hear Joe McDonald's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Why Daisuke Matsuzaka is so good with the bases loaded, and so mediocre the rest of the time; Kevin Youkilis as the 2008 Red Sox......
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In Los Angeles, the Manny Ramirez love-fest continues. In the main concourse at Dodger Stadium, there's a sign that says: "The Dodgers Love Manny Being Manny." At the gift store, the first shipment of Dodgers embroidered skullcaps with Manny dreadlocks......
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By Ronald Blum AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Umpires want baseball to take another look at instant replay. Umps said their governing board voted Tuesday to boycott a conference call with management intended discuss implementing replay, angry that......
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While NBC last week enjoyed its most-watched week, in terms of total viewers, outside the traditional broadcast season since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the other TV networks are offering nothing that can be described as competition for the Olympics. According......
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Kobe Bryant scored 25 points and LeBron James (16 points, nine rebounds) just missed a double-double as the United States advanced to the medal round with a 116-85 basketball victory over Australia today in Beijing. Australia played the Redeemed Team......
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TOKYO (AP) - Former New York Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu was arrested Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a bartender after drinking 20 mugs of beer, a police official said. Irabu, 39, became angered after his credit card was rejected. He then......
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By Jere Longman The New York Times BEIJING - After a week of arriving at the finish earlier than anyone else, Michael Phelps arrived fashionably late for a public appearance at the Omega Pavilion on Wednesday, grabbed a chocolate chip......
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Good morning. In Beijing, track and field looks to get its reputation back. In Baltimore, the Red Sox beat the Orioles again as Kevin Youkilis and Dustin Pedroia continue to be extremely valuable. In Foxboro, Matt Cassel answers his critics......
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Brad Valois has gotten himself involved in one of the wildest playoffs in the 108-year history of the U.S. Amateur Golf Championship. The URI star who plays out of Alpine shot a 74 yesterday to finish 36-hole qualifying at......
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George Pirie took a giant step yesterday toward winning one of the few titles he has yet to capture in R.I. Golf Association competition. The periodontist from East Greenwich, who already is a member of the RIGA Hall of Fame,......
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Carl Yastrzemski arrived at Massachusetts General Hospital on Monday after experiencing chest discomfort. After numerous tests and evaluation, it was determined that he needed triple bypass surgery which was performed this afternoon. The surgery was a complete success and......
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Bryant University football fans will be able follow the Bulldogs as they begin their first season of Division I will now be able to do so throughout northern Rhode Island and Southern Massachusetts. The department of athletics is pleased to......
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Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, the last player to hit for the Triple Crown, underwent heart bypass surgery Tuesday after experiencing chest pains. The 68-year-old Yastrzemski was in surgery Tuesday evening after being admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital, said his......
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SMITHFIELD -- A former Duke lacrosse player granted an extra year of eligibility after his team's season was cut short by now-debunked rape allegations against three of his teammates will soon be reunited with his former coach. Zack Greer will......
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BY JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writer BALTIMORE -- Josh Beckett, complaining of "tingling" in his right arm because he said he slept on it wrong, will have his next scheduled start pushed back to next Tuesday. "We want to be......
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By David King San Antonio Express-News BEIJING - No matter who wins the Olympic gold medal in baseball later this week, the sport has not done itself any good at these Games. First, there were the assorted ugly scenes from......
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The Patriots announced this morning that veteran TE Marcus Pollard has been released. Asked about Pollard's release relative to the performance of New England's other tight ends, Bill Belichick said the team felt things wouldn't work out with the 14-year......
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Tom Brady's foot problem, the backup quarterback competition continues, and the secondary continuing to look bad. Here's what Shalise had to say about the......
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BOSTON (AP) - Baseball Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski was hospitalized for tests Tuesday after experiencing what his spokesman called chest pains. The spokesman, Dick Gordon, said Yastrzemski went to Massachusetts General Hospital in the morning. "He had experienced some......
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By Luciana Chavez The News & Observer BEIJING - USA guard Chris Paul looked like a kid desperately trying to get a ball away from a much taller brother playing keep-away as he leaped, once, twice, three times before forcing......
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ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) - The wife of an American killed in Beijing is starting to talk and walk short distances while recovering at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. A statement posted on the Web on Monday by Barbara Bachman's......
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Click the play button below to hear Joe McDonald's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Jon Lester proving once again that he is the team's most reliable starter in 2008, Josh Beckett's miserable outing in Boston, and Jason Bay feeling......
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By Luciana Chavez The News & Observer BEIJING - Usain Bolt did a sneak attack on Wallace Spearmon in the bowels of the Bird's Nest at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday night. After both ran their way into the men's......
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NEW YORK (AP) - Chris Russo has signed a five-year contract with Sirius XM Radio to headline a new sports talk channel, less than a week after leaving WFAN's "Mike and the Mad Dog" show. Russo will host the "The......
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BEIJING (AP) - A light heavyweight boxer from Tajikistan was disqualified for biting his opponent on the shoulder during their Olympic quarterfinal bout Tuesday night. Dzhakhon Kurbanov's bout with Kazakhstan's Yerkebulan Shynaliyev was stopped with 17 seconds left in the......
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By Christopher Clarey The New York Times BEIJING - More than 24 hours had passed since Usain Bolt's redefining of the 100 meters, and Ato Boldon, the voluble Trinidadian who used to run the 100 for a good living, was......
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By K.C. Johnson Chicago Tribune BEIJING - The Brazilian duo's serve whistled through the air and landed on the small patch of sand between Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh. The defending gold-medal winners looked at the patch of sand, looked......
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - B.J. Upton, benched three times in the past two weeks for failing to hustle, was caught jogging on the bases again Monday night and thrown out at second on what should have been a routine......
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By Wallace Matthews Newsday NEW YORK - Last October, the Yankees made Joe Torre an offer he couldn't accept, the chance to be a lame duck in the shooting gallery known as Yankee Stadium. They came with 6 million bucks......
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By Mark Herrmann Newsday NEW YORK - Many questions will come into play for the Yankees once Hideki Matsui comes back, such as "Who's going to sit?" The Yankees probably will prefer to see those questions as options for a......
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Curt Schilling says he's leaning "very heavily" toward retirement and is waiting until spring training approaches to see if he wants to try to pitch again. The Boston Red Sox right-hander, who underwent season-ending shoulder surgery on June 23, said......
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Brad Valois has put himseslf in strong position to qualify for match play in the U.S. Amateur Championship. The two-time Rhode Island Amateur champion recorded a 1-over 71 today on the famed No. 2 course at Pinehusrt, N.C. That......
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Belittled by New York tabloids that call him "American Idle," disparaged by some teammates for his lack of durability, Carl Pavano could return to the Yankees this weekend. New York needs a fifth starter on Saturday at Baltimore, and with......
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Tom Brady, appearing this morning on WEEI Radio's Dennis and Callahan Show, says the leg injury that kept him out of Sunday night's exhibition game in Tampa is not related to the ankle injury he suffered in last year's playoffs......
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Manny Ramirez was 2 for 4 with a home run, a single and three RBI yesterday during the Dodgers' 7-5 home win over the Milwaukee Brewers. The first-inning home run off Brewers starter Jeff Suppan was Manny's sixth since arriving......
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