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August 3, 2008 - August 9, 2008 Archives
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Elizabeth Beisel of Saunderstown did not win a medal in the 400 individual medley finals, finishing fourth in her first Olympic race. Stephanie Rice of Australia won the gold with a world-record time of 4:29.45. The silver medalist, Kirsty Coventry......
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2:06 PM Sat, Aug 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Elizabeth Beisel said nerves weren't a problem during her preliminary race in the 400 individual medley (right), and it showed: The 15-year-old Saunderstown native posted the fastest time in the qualifying heats (4:34.55) as she advanced to the gold-medal race.......
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8:14 AM Sat, Aug 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
AP Photo Saunderstown's Elizabeth Beisel -- shown competing today -- had the fastest time in the five women's 400 individual medley qualifying heats, winning her race in a time of 4:34.55 (results.beijing2008.cn), and will compete for the 2008 Olympics......
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10:20 PM Fri, Aug 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
Chad Pennington, cut by the New York Jets after they signed Brett Favre, signed with the Miami Dolphins on Friday. The 32-year-old Pennington, expected to be the starting quarterback for Miami, agreed to the deal Friday worth $11.5 million over......
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8:19 PM Fri, Aug 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
Alpine's Amanda Sabitoni, coming off a 7-and-5 victory over medalist Rebecca Hunt on Thursday, continued her hot hand in defeating Warwick's Maureen Ford, 5 and 4 in the semifinals of the R.I. Women's Golf Association Amateur Championship Friday at Kirkbrae......
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6:39 PM Fri, Aug 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
Smithfield's Kevin Kurbec was named an assistant coach for Bryant University's men's basketball team under first-year head coach Tim O'Shea. A 2002 graduate of Providence College, Kurbec was PC's director of basketball operations since 2005. Bryant also appointed Pete Kahler......
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4:55 PM Fri, Aug 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
Cranston National Budlong was ousted by Greensburg, Pa., 9-0, in the championship game of the Eastern Regional Junior League Softball Tournament Thursday night at Syracuse, N.Y. Cranston finished with a 5-1 record in the tournament while Greensburg had four shutouts......
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1:37 PM Fri, Aug 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Saunderstown's Elizabeth Beisel will swim in her first Olympic event on Saturday morning local time when she competes in the third heat of the women's 400 individual medley. The event is scheduled to begin at 8:02 p.m. Saturday night Beijing......
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1:12 PM Fri, Aug 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
ESPN.com is reporting that Brian Giles "will block a waiver deal that would have sent him to the Boston Red Sox" from the San Diego Padres.......
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10:29 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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6:33 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Mike Capone is back competing on the golf course again after an eight-month layoff and is playing as well as ever. The former Rhode Island Open, Amateur and Junior champion recorded a 5-under 66 today at Crestwood to take......
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6:33 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Thom Cahir Email
The Providence Bruins, the 2007-08 regular season points champions of the American Hockey League, today announced their schedule for the 2008-09 season, the 17th in franchise history. The Black and Gold, led by Head Coach Scott Gordon and Assistant......
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5:51 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Ashleigh Rousseau hit a two-run, walkoff home run to left field with Claire Denault on base this afternoon, lifting the Cranston National Budlong Junior softball team to a victory over Connecticut in a rain-delayed game in the Northeast Regionals at......
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3:54 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Lefty reliever Scott Eyre, considered a possible target of the Boston Red Sox, was acquired by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Chicago Cubs on Thursday for a minor league pitcher. The Phillies sent right-hander Brian Schlitter to......
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3:35 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Miami Herald is reporting that the Miami Dolphins might indirectly get in on the Brett Favre deal; the Dolphins are interested in acquiring quarterback Chad Pennington, who is sure to be released by the Jets to make way for......
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3:33 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
SEATTLE (AP) - The first-place Tampa Bay Rays acquired reliever Chad Bradford from Baltimore on Thursday, bolstering their bullpen with a proven postseason pitcher. The Rays claimed the submarining right-hander on waivers, then got him from the Orioles in a......
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3:30 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Curtis Eichelberger Bloomberg News D'Wayne Williams, a store manager at Modell's Sporting Goods near Grand Central Station in Manhattan, was among the first to feel the effect of the city's latest fashion fad: Brett Favre's New York Jets jersey.......
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1:27 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The San Diego Union Tribune is reporting that the Boston Red Sox have claimed veteran San Diego Padres right fielder Brian Giles off the waiver wire. The Red Sox are in the midst of a 48-hour period in which they......
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1:25 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Gil LeBreton Fort Worth Star-Telegram BEIJING -- The Great Wall of China, as it turns out, isn't all bricks and stone. It's the language. Invaded by the Mongols, occupied by the conquering British, and socialized by Chairman Mao, China......
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1:15 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Point Judith's Jeff Martin had a disappointing finish today as he shot 78 in the opening round of the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills. Martin went out with a 4-over 39 on the front side. He birdied 10 and......
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12:35 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
The top three seeds, Roberta Hunt, Kibbe Reilly and Lisa McGill, all won their first-round matches today in the rain-delayed R.I. Women's Golf Association Amateur Championship at Kirkbrae. Hunt, the medalist, held off former champion Deb Cyronak, 3 and......
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12:34 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Cranston's Michael Parkhurst played the entire 90 minutes of the United States Olympic team's 1-0 victory over Japan today in Beijing. Parkhurst was the starting center back for the U.S. team in the win, which was very important in terms......
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12:28 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The New York Jets have scheduled a news conference in Cleveland at 6 p.m. tonight to introduce their new quarterback, Brett Favre. The Jets are in Cleveland to open their preseason schedule with a game at 7:30 tonight against the......
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12:00 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Alan Schwarz The New York Times ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- With a bird's-nest beard over his increasingly haggard complexion, Rocco Baldelli looks like a castaway, cut off from the world he knew. This is no accident. Once a youthful......
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10:37 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike Szostak Email
Jill Craybas will play 13th-seeded Patty Schnyder of Switzerland in the first round of the Olympic tennis tournament. Craybas, 34, is ranked No. 75 in the world, Schnyder, 29, No. 16. Schnyder holds a 2-0 lead over Craybas in head-to-head......
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10:33 AM Thu, Aug 07, 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: encouraging signs from Jacoby Ellsbury, Kevin Youkilis' penchant for getting beaned, how Ken Griffey Jr. helps -- or doesn't help -- the Chicago White Sox; and......
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9:51 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The following was posted this morning by Art Martone in his Baseball Today column: Many thanks to old friend Sean Carroll for an e-mail tipoff to a spirited back-and-forth between Curt Schilling and some members of Sons of Sam Horn;......
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9:41 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Christopher L. Gasper The Boston Globe FOXBORO -- Adalius Thomas was stunned. Here the Patriots were, two days from playing their exhibition opener against his former team, the Baltimore Ravens, and he had only been asked a handful of......
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9:30 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Scott Soshnick Bloomberg News Here's a little secret a team president once told me about professional sports. Being a laughingstock isn't the worst thing that can happen to a franchise. Being irrelevant is. The New York Jets were, in......
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9:26 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By William C. Rhoden The New York Times The great Joe Louis used to warn his opponents who thought they could elude his thunderous left hook: You can run, but you can't hide. Now that the Jets have Brett Favre,......
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9:07 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Bob McGinn Milwaukee Journal Sentinel GREEN BAY, Wis. - A week ago, the Green Bay Packers explored for the first time the very real possibility that they would have to trade Brett Favre to the Minnesota Vikings. That Wednesday......
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9:02 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Nick Cafardo The Boston Globe KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Red Sox third base coach DeMarlo Hale remembers him as a right fielder in Single A, and as a pitcher in Double A and for the Texas Rangers. "When I......
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8:45 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Manny Ramirez went 2 for 4 and hit his 513th career home run, moving him past Ernie Banks and Eddie Mathews into sole possession of 20th place on the all-time home-run list, but it wasn't enough to save Derek Lowe......
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8:39 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Joe Smith St. Petersburg Times ST. PETERSBURG Of all the come-from-behind victories in Joe Maddon's three-year reign, Wednesday's wild walkoff was "probably the most exciting." And, to a certain extent, the most rewarding. It wasn't just that the Rays......
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8:37 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Geoff Baker The Seattle Times SEATTLE - For a while, it looked like all of Mariners starter Jarrod Washburn's remaining trade value might have been drained on a poorly-executed two-strike pitch. But a three-run triple Washburn yielded to Denard......
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8:34 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - New York Yankees catcher Ivan Rodriguez left Wednesday night's game against Texas after bruising his right knee on a collision at home plate to end the second inning. Rodriguez winced and writhed on the field for......
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8:32 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - His rocking chair sat empty and motionless with his old New York Yankees jersey draped over it, but the spirit of beloved broadcaster Bobby Murcer lived on Wednesday with his family, friends and colleagues. Hundreds filled......
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8:29 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Kat O'Brien Newsday ARLINGTON, Texas - It could have been worse. The Yankees placed Joba Chamberlain on the 15-day disabled list on Wednesday with rotator cuff tendinitis, but depending on how serious the ailment turns out to be, that......
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8:24 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Good morning. Bill Reynolds tells the U.S. Olympic basketball team that now would be a good time to get a gold medal; the Red Sox pick up their second straight 8-2 win in Kansas City; and Patriots roster hopefuls like......
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8:11 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Thom Cahir Email
Rain has forced a change in the schedule of the R.I. Women's Amateur Golf Championship at Kirkbrae. First-round matches that began Wednesday were suspended at 11 a.m. because of the weather. They will be completed Thursday beginning at 8 o'clock,......
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8:07 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Thom Cahir Email
Mike Capone, whose season has been slowed by injury problems, recorded a 4-under-par 68 yesterday to stand in second place after the first round of the Golfers' Warehouse Tour Nike Championship at Crestwood Country Club. The former Rhode Island Amateur......
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8:02 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Thom Cahir Email
The Cranston National Budlong Junior Softball team continued to roll yesterday, finishing pool play 4-0 with a 7-6 win over Maine at the regionals in Syracuse, N.Y. Meghan Lavey and Claire Denault both drove in two runs in the second......
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3:21 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Coaches and seasons can change. Tension whenever the Tennessee Titans and St. Louis Rams get together doesn't. These teams had some feisty joint practices back in 2000, months after St. Louis beat the Titans in the......
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3:08 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BEIJING (AP) -- Mario Ancic withdrew from the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday, and Canadian players Frank Dancevic and Frederic Niemeyer were added to the men's draw. Niemeyer replaced the 25th-ranked Ancic, while Dancevic replaced Denis Gremelmayr of Germany. Rainer Schuettler......
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2:15 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
In case you missed it from Art Martone's Baseball Today column, there is one person on the Los Angeles Dodgers who is already unhappy with the acquistion of Manny Ramirez -- and it's not Joe Torre. The Los Angeles Times......
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2:07 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
The Patriots sent out a release today asking fans attending Thursday night's exhibition game against the Ravens to anticipate heavy traffic in the area surrounding Gillette Stadium. The team says it has experienced additional traffic delays on weeknights when event......
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1:57 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Tampa Bay center fielder B.J. Upton was benched Wednesday against Cleveland for failing to run out a grounder the previous night. Rays manager Joe Maddon took the one-game action, saying the topic of running hard......
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12:57 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The dream is over for the Cranston Western Little Leaguers. Playing their third game in three days, they were beaten, 7-4, by Manchester North. Cranston Western finished pool play in the New England regionals with a 1-3 record, which means......
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12:56 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) -- Tom Brady found some lessons in a book that may have helped him deal with the New England Patriots' loss in the Super Bowl that ruined their chances for a 19-0 season. The quarterback tells Esquire magazine......
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12:55 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Boston Celtics begin defense of their NBA title on opening night against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, and will face the Los Angeles Lakers in a finals rematch on Christmas Day. Click here to view the full Celtics......
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12:54 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
The Celtics, who've already announced they'll be holding training camp in Newport, strengthened their Rhode Island ties this morning when they released their 2008-09 exhibition schedule. One of the eight games will be at the newly renovated Dunkin' Donuts Center......
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12:52 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Brian Franco led off the top of the sixth with his second home run of the game, an opposite-field shot off Carmen Giampetruzzi. It's now 7-4 Manchester North in the top of the sixth and final inning.......
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12:46 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Manchester North has gotten back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the fifth inning by Sam Kasten and Tres Beeson, extending its lead over Cranston Western to 7-3. Lou Umberto, who looked very sharp through the first three innings, was......
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12:20 PM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Cranston Western had two runners erased at home plate in the top of the fourth inning, both on quesionable calls. With runners on second and third and no one out, pitcher Carmen Giampetruzzi of Manchester North threw a pitch to......
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12:15 PM Wed, Aug 06, 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 -- Josh Beckett getting back on the winning track, Mike Lowell feeling better, Jason Bay's strange double, and Bartolo Colon's disappointing rehab start. Here's what Sean......
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11:48 AM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Second baseman Chris Vicario made another fine defensive play in the bottom of the second, saving a run by going into the hole on a ground ball to make a back-handed play. Lou Umberto struck out two Manchester North batters......
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11:33 AM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Second baseman Chris Vicario just made a tremendous catch on a pop fly in the bottom of the first inning, sprinting toward the outfield and leaping into the air to make the catch with his back to the plate. It......
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11:26 AM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Cranston Western Little League team scored three runs in the top of the first of today's game against Manchester North (N.H.) in Bristol, Conn. Ed Markowski led off with a line double; he advanced to third by tagging up......
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10:59 AM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Eddie Pells AP National Writer DALIAN, China -- Eight years ago, Lopez Lomong didn't even have a country. Now he'll be carrying the flag for his adopted nation, leading the U.S. Olympic team at opening ceremonies Friday night. Lomong,......
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10:55 AM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By John Leicester AP Olympics Columnist BEIJING -- Some athletes have been through far more adversity than others to reach the Beijing Olympics. Iraqi sprinter Dana Hussein is one of them. A sniper took a potshot at her while she......
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9:02 AM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Manny Ramirez went 2 for 3 with a pair of singles and a pair of walks last night in his fourth game with the Los Angeles Dodgers, raising his average since last week's trade to .625 with a .667 OBP.......
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8:53 AM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Mason Levinson Bloomberg News Pitcher Joba Chamberlain will be in Birmingham, Alabama, today while his New York Yankees teammates try to plot a way to avoid a third straight loss in Texas. Chamberlain will be 650 miles (1,045 kilometers)......
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8:45 AM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Cranston Western Little Leaguers face Manchester North of New Hampshire at 11 this morning, in a game that can be seen on NESN. Cranston Western, which last night routed Camden of Maine, must win to have a shot at......
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8:38 AM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The 2008-09 NBA schedule is expected to be released today, and The Boston Globe reports that the Boston Celtics will open their title defense on Tuesday, Oct. 28, with a home game against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. We'll......
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8:34 AM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Good morning. Josh Beckett gets back on the winning track, Mike Vrabel gets back on the practice field, and China uses the Olympics as a reason to get back to harassing folks who don't toe the line. Click here to......
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10:53 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Thom Cahir Email
NEWPORT, R.I. - Kyle Conley drilled three two-run home runs as Newport continued its po stseason offensive attack en route to a 13-]] victory over Pittsfield in Game 1 of the best-of-three New England Collegiate Baseball League Southern Divisional Championship......
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7:55 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
The Barrington Senior Little League baseball all-stars were eliminated yesterday after suffering a 10-4 loss to Wappinger, N.Y. in the Eastern Regionals yesterday at West Deptford, N.J. Wappinger broke a 4-4 tie with six runs in the top of the......
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7:44 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Thom Cahir Email
Narragansett Town Beach last Friday morning was the setting for the Narragansett Surf League's skills test in 2-3 foot conditions. Wakefield's Zack Gauvin found two outstanding left walls, and beat out the fast folding sections, to charge past Narragansett's......
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7:09 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
Cranston Western erupted for 13 runs on 14 hits and captured its first win in the New England Regional Little League Baseball Tournament with a 13-1 victory over Camden, Maine, yesterday at Bristol, Conn. Dan Miller and Louis Umberto lead......
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6:22 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
Cranston National Budlong scored three runs in the first inning and pitcher Meghan Lavey pitched a complete-game two-hit shutout, leading Cranston to a 3-0 win over Massachusetts in the Eastern Regional Junior League Softball Tournament yesterday at Syracuse, N.Y. Lavey......
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3:24 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - The NFL implemented a new code of fan conduct Tuesday, warning that spectators who misbehave will be ejected from stadiums and barred from coming back. The policy, first recommended by commissioner Roger Goodell at league meetings......
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2:35 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Shalise Manza Young is on the practice field at Gillette Stadium and reports that linebacker Mike Vrabel is, too, meaning he has been taken off the physically unable to perform list. More from practice later this afternoon.......
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2:19 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Danielle Sessa Bloomberg News The New York Mets and New York City will offer the actual seats from Shea Stadium for $869 a pair in an online sale beginning later this month. Fans can pick from a pair of......
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1:15 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Boston Red Sox fan has sued the New York Yankees and two of its fans, saying he was attacked at Yankee Stadium last summer. Charles Hillios says he was harassed by two Yankees fans who......
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1:13 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein, a guest on WEEI radio's Dale and Holley show, said today that he feels the Red Sox made a good trade last week, when they unloaded Manny Ramirez and two other players for Jason......
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12:05 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Here's a story on the Manny Ramirez Saga that appears to have slipped through the cracks, at least locally. On CBSSportsline.com, Scott Miller reported that the Marlins' interest in Manny Ramirez may have been fueled, at least originally, by a......
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10:48 AM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics -- the Red Sox' batters failure to take advantage of a wild Gil Meche, Clay Buchholz's losing streak, David Ortiz's slump and associated wrist concerns, and......
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10:12 AM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Undefeated, but no longer unchallenged. The U.S. Olympic basketball team wrapped up its exhibition schedule with its toughest test, pulling away to beat Australia 87-76 Tuesday night in its final game before heading to Beijing. The......
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9:08 AM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Providence College men's basketball team will take on Baylor in the first round of the Anaheim Classic on Thanksgiving night. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN-2. The Friars and the Bears are matched opposite Arizona State and......
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8:59 AM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT The New York Times Several New York Yankees employees who scouted in the Dominican Republic have been placed on leave by the organization pending an investigation by Major League Baseball into the signing of prospects, according......
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8:56 AM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tyler Kepner The New York Times ARLINGTON, Texas -- Since they first recognized Joba Chamberlain's extraordinary talent, the Yankees have made him a case study in protecting young pitchers. They have shifted his role from starter to reliever and......
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8:44 AM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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Red Sox slugger David Ortiz told the Boston Herald's Tony Massarotti after last night's game that he tweaked the left wrist that he injured in late May, forcing him to miss nearly two months of action. Ortiz told Massarotti that......
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8:40 AM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By John Leicester AP Olympics Columnist BEIJING - For their high-security Beijing Olympics, Chinese police have their bomb detectors and metal detectors. They could do with an absurdity detector, too. Take the example of blacklisted author Yu Jie. Because the......
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8:35 AM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shannon J. Owens The Orlando Sentinel ORLANDO, Fla. - The men at Tony's Downtown Barber Shop squabble about two main things before every basketball game comes on: who is going to win the game and who has the best......
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8:32 AM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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Clay Buchholz falters again (not that his teammates did much to help him out); Bill Reynolds writes about Manny Ramirez, the anti-role model; and Shalise Manza Young tracks the travels of Patriots defensive lineman Le Kevin Smith. Click here to......
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10:57 PM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
Jack Tyler drove in five runs and Chet Godfrey struck out 16 to set a regional record as North Cumberland, N.J. defeated Barrington,10-3, in a winners' bracket game in the Senior Little League Baseball Eastern Regionals last night at West......
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10:17 PM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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Shelton, Connecticut's Bobby Moretti pitched five innings and gave up just one hit while striking out eight to lead the Conn. all-stars over Cranston Western, 4-0, in the New England Regional Little League Baseball Tournament last night at Bristol Conn.......
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6:57 PM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
Offensive lineman John Welbourn, who started every game at right guard last season for Kansas City, has signed with the New England Patriots. The team released rookie defensive lineman Chris Norwell Monday to make room on the roster for Welbourn,......
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6:28 PM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Johnston Junior League Baseball team was eliminated in the Eastern Regionals yesterday at Freehold, N.J. with an 8-6 loss to Delaware. Johnston went 1-2 in the double-elimination tournament.......
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6:10 PM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
Boston Red Sox southpaw Jon Lester has been named the American League Pitcher of the Month for July, marking the first monthly honor of his career. The 24-year-old Lester went 3-0 with a 2.05 ERA and 28 strikeouts in July.......
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6:07 PM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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Cranston National Budlong Junior League softball all-stars defeated Delaware, 5-1, yesterday in its second game of pool play in the Eastern Regionals at Syracuse, N.Y. Aria DiMeo hit a two-run homer in the top of the sixth inning to put......
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3:28 PM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Andre Tippett's role in the organization and his enshrinement over the weekend; which current Patriots are Canton-bound; and the state of the offensive line,......
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2:05 PM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
As Mike Reiss noted in Sunday's Boston Globe football notes column, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick has developed an admiration for Rhode Island boxer Demetrius Andrade, who is bound for the Olympics in Beijing. Belichick was introduced to the 20-year-old......
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1:24 PM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Rheal Cormier, the left-handed relief pitcher who had two stints with the Red Sox, has not pitched in the big leagues since May 2007, when the Cincinnati Reds released him. But Cormier isn't quite done with baseball -- he is......
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12:53 PM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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10:57 AM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Jason Bay's triumphant first weekend at Fenway Park, Mike Lowell's aching hip, the coming Midwest road trip, and Manny Ramirez takes L.A. Here's what Sean said......
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10:35 AM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Journal Sports Writer Two Rhode Islanders who've put themselves into position to earn Division I college basketball scholarships have struck pay dirt. Exeter's Ben Crenca and West Warwick's Sam Martin have shined at Worcester Academy for the......
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9:57 AM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Rocco Baldelli returned to the Tampa Bay Rays clubhouse yesterday to watch the final game of the team's sweep of the Detroit Tigers, and the St. Petersburg Times reports that the club could decide today whether to add Baldelli to......
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9:36 AM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Green Bay Packers, who today will usher in the start of the Brett Favre versus Aaron Rodgers quarterback contest, have hired a man who knows a little bit about dealing with controversy: former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer.......
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9:19 AM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Manny Ramirez had one heck of a weekend out in Los Angeles, going 8 for 13 with two home runs. Yeah, I think the Dodgers will be happy with that kind of production at virtually no price for the rest......
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9:11 AM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) - Former New England Patriots safety Tebucky S. Jones is facing criminal charges following a fight in a hotel lobby at the Mohegan Sun casino involving a woman, her boyfriend and another man. State police said around......
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9:01 AM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Police in Las Vegas handcuffed Celtics captain Paul Pierce after stopping Pierce around 3 in the morning Sunday for driving erratically on the Strip, according to a story today in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Bill Cassell, public information officer for......
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8:56 AM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Sam Mellinger Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Up comes Jose Guillen to the plate Saturday, which means out come the boos at Kauffman Stadium. A guy in the Crown Seats already has asked Guillen for his money......
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8:47 AM Mon, Aug 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
With harmony returned to the clubhouse, the Red Sox finish a sweep of Oakland; Kevin Faulk prepares for another season as the Patriots' change-of-pace back; and 1952 Olympic gold medalist Janet Moreau Stone gets ready to return go the Games.......
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10:53 PM Sun, Aug 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
The Cranston National Budlong Junior League softball team defeated Caroline County, Md., 5-4, in its first game of pool play in the Eastern Regional Tournament yesterday at Syracuse, N.Y. Cranston will play Harrington, Delaware at 1:30 p.m. today. Teams play......
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6:47 PM Sun, Aug 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
The Johnston Junior League All-Stars edged Bangor, Maine, 9-8, in a losers' bracket game of the Eastern Regionals yesterday at Freehold, N.J. The victory keeps Johnston's baseball team alive in the double-elimination tournament as it plays Maryland/Delaware at 10 a.m.......
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