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St. Raphael pitcher Nick Gaj pitched a complete game, one-hit, six strikeout gem, leading the Wyatt Detention team to a 10-1 semifinal win over New Hampshire in the Junior American Legion New England Regionals. Gaj's batterymate, Albert Bellows led a......
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6:20 PM Sat, Aug 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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Behind Jeff Roy's complete game performance (five innings, three hits, six strikeouts and 2-4 from the plate) Flood Auto Group completed the 2-0 sweep of Warwick with a 12-1 win in the State Connie Mack Championship yesterday at Warwick. Ross......
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8:32 AM Sat, Aug 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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Keno Davis and his staff have apparently made their first grab into what will be an important recruiting class of 2009. The Friars have received a verbal commitment from Antoine Allen, a 6-1 guard out of Baltimore. Allen attends......
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9:53 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
North Kingstown's Elizabeth Beisel finished fifth tonight in the finals of the 200-meter backstroke, ending her first Olympic appearance without a medal. Her final time was 2:08.23. Beisel finished fourth over the weekend in the 400-meter individual medley. Zimbabwe's Kirsty......
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8:37 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Tonight's Red Sox game has been postponed due to rain. It will be made up as a day/night doubleheader on Sept. 13. The first game will begin at 12:35 with the nightcap scheduled for 7:05. Tickets for tonight's game are......
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7:58 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Flood Auto Group came from behind once again this season with a 6-5 win over Warwick in the Connie Mack championships when Geoff Sabbagh hit a nubber back to the pitcher who then threw the ball away, allowing Trevor Patrick......
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7:26 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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St. Raphael's Ray Johnson hit two grand slams in the same inning; accounting for 11 RBIs in leading Wyatt Detention to a 21-0 rout of Maine in the Junior American Legion New England Regionals yesterday at McCarthy Field in West......
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6:42 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- It appears Ryan Westmoreland is on the verge of signing with the Boston Red Sox for $2 million. The Sox selected the Portstmouth native as their fifth round pick (172nd overall) in......
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6:38 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Shalane Flanagan of Marblehead, Mass., last year's winner of the CVS Caremark Downtown 5K, took the bronze medal in the Women's 10,000-meter race in Beijing Thursday, finishing in 30:22.22 behind Ethiopian Tirunesh Diababa (29:54.66) and Turkey's Elvan Abeylegesse (29:56.34).......
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6:30 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK -- Slumping center fielder Melky Cabrera was demoted to the minors Friday, the biggest move in a mini shakeup by the struggling New York Yankees as they tried to regroup for a playoff push. The Yankees also designated......
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6:00 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Defender Cory Gibbs, a former Brown University standout, agreed to a contract with Major League Soccer's Colorado Rapids and is expected to be available for Saturday's match at Kansas City. Gibbs was picked for the 2006 U.S. World Cup roster......
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3:53 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt will be at McCoy Stadium to throw out the first pitch on Thursday, when the PawSox host the Syracuse Chiefs. Schmidt, a member of baseball's 500-home-run club who spent his entire career with......
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3:30 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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One way or another, Elizabeth Beisel's remarkable journey to Beijing will culminate tonight, when she swims in the finals of the 200-meter backstroke. Beisel, who had the second-fastest time in last night in the semifinals, will jump off at 10:03......
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2:51 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Juliet Macur The New York Times BEIJING - More than seven hours after she had won the silver medal in the women's gymnastics all-around event, Shawn Johnson finally left the Olympic Green. She climbed onto the back of a......
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2:26 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Harvey Araton The New York Times News BEIJING - Becky Hammon isn't here to wave a flag, or pledge allegiance. She wants people to know she is celebrating sport, she came to play, though if you filled her with......
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2:06 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Linda Robertson The Miami Herald BEIJING - One day a couple months ago, before the Olympics, Dara Torres walked around with a urine sample in one hand and a cell phone in the other. Torres, 41, was at swimming......
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12:37 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Boston Globe is reporting that J.R. Giddens, the 30th and final pick in the first round of this year's NBA Draft, has agreed to a two-year, guaranteed contract with the Celtics. The contract gives the team options for another......
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12:26 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Leicester AP Olympics Columnist BEIJING (AP) - For a few brief moments, it was as if a curtain had parted. We had one of China's young - perhaps too young - Olympic gymnasts alone. Your Turn: Are the......
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12:25 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andre Jacobs The New York Times BEIJING - Shortly after Liu Zige touched the edge of the pool at the Water Cube on Thursday and grabbed China's first gold medal for swimming in the Beijing Olympics, the questions began.......
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12:08 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Surprising no one, the New England Patriots today officially announced the signing of veteran defensive back John Lynch. The team also announced that placed offensive lineman Barry Stokes was going on the reserve/injured list because of a back injury. The......
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12:03 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Ben Shpigel The New York Times BEIJING - The baseball-adoring men who have governed these baseball-adoring nations, it is safe to say, will not be making congratulatory and consolatory phone calls to each other after another intense chapter in......
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12:00 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By David Barron Houston Chronicle BEIJING - NBC hit its first 2008 Olympics ratings hiccup Wednesday as the audience dropped from the night four years ago that featured Paul Hamm's controversial win in the men's gymnastics all-around. Wednesday night's program,......
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11:21 AM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Web site boxingscene.com has a detailed analysis of Demetrius Andrade's quarterfinal-round victory over Russia's Andrey Balanov Thursday in Beijing.......
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10:36 AM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEWPORT - John McEnroe defaulted in his opening round-robin match at the $150,000 Hall of Fame Champions Cup Thursday at the International Tennis Hall of Fame due to audible, unsportsmanlike conduct and abuse of official code violations in his match......
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10:25 AM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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BEIJING (AP) -- James Blake could shrug off the three match points he failed to convert, and even the misfire on an easy forehand that would have given him a berth in the Olympic final. What stuck in his craw......
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9:41 AM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Juliet Macur The New York Times BEIJING - On the eve of the Olympic all-around final in women's gymnastics, the teammates Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson sat together in their room at the athletes' village, looking at the calendars......
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9:37 AM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike Klis The Denver Post Denver - Former Denver Broncos safety John Lynch is now a New England Patriot. "I'm happy for John," said Broncos owner Pat Bowlen. "It's a good organization and if they can use them, that's......
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9:34 AM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tyler Kepner The New York Times NEW YORK - Bruised by a dispiriting 10-game road trip, the Yankees are facing odds they have never encountered before. At stake is their 14th consecutive playoff berth, which would tie a major......
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9:26 AM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The best-known dreadlocks in these parts got a little shorter Thursday. Heeding the request of his manager, Manny Ramirez got a haircut, but as teammate Jeff Kent said with a smile, holding his thumb and forefinger......
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8:50 AM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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Good morning. In Beijing, we report success for Michael Phelps, Demetrius Andrade and Elizabeth Beisel. In Boston, we report success for the Red Sox -- what else would you expect against the Rangers? Click here to download the file in......
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7:35 AM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jere Longman The New York Times BEIJING - Distance running has its rabbits, who are paid to set the pace and then bunny-hop off the track. Cycling has its domestiques, Spandex man-servants who sacrifice their own ambitions for the......
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9:37 PM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Jeff Roy hit a walk-off bases-loaded double with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Flood Auto Group a 3-2 victory over Tiverton in the third-and-deciding game of the Connie Mack semifinals. A leadoff triple by......
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8:34 PM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Elizabeth Beisel of Saunderstown finished first in her group and second overall with a time of 2:07.9 in the semfinals of the 200-meter backstroke tonight in Beijing. As she did just hours before in the preliminary heats, Beisel hung near......
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8:23 PM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Jack Nottage pitched a complete game, striking out eight and adding two hits and three RBIs to help his cause as Warwick defeated Slocum 14-7 on their way to a 2-1 semifinal series win in the Connie Mack playoffs. Matt......
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8:14 PM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Both semifinals matches in the Championship Division of the RIGA Junior Amateur Championship went down to the wire yesterday at West Warwick Country Club as John McCarthy, of Potowomut, defeated Crestwood's Jared Adams, 2 and 1; and Jeffrey Ray, of......
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6:10 PM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By STEVEN KRASNER Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Jacoby Ellsbury has been forced to sit out another game, though just sitting around is an uncomfortable proposition for the rookie center fielder in more ways than one. Ellsbury was drilled on......
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3:32 PM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Federal investigators have charged a Philadelphia man with trying to blackmail New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin by sending him letters threatening to expose a fictitious sexual tryst with two women. Herbert Alex Simpson, 30, is accused......
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2:49 PM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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CNBC will be broadcasting tapes of today's boxing events, including Demetrius Andrade's victory over Andrey Balanov, beginning at 5 p.m. today. Elizabeth Beisel swims in the semifinals of the 200-meter backstroke, looking to secure a spot in the medal event......
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2:36 PM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) - Beth Walsh is swimming laps again at age 57. Stasi Turrell has returned to walking, 13 weeks after giving birth to her fourth child. And Geralin Thomas is lifting hand weights and skipping rope at 47.......
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2:23 PM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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The last time Demetrius Andrade fought Andrey Balanov of Russia, the situation was far different. It was 2005. Andrade, weeks away from his 17th birthday, was in Russia on his first international trip. Balanov was 28 and an experienced world......
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2:00 PM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Friday at midnight is the deadline for major-league teams to sign their picks from the spring's first-year player draft, and the Boston Red Sox remain without a deal to suit up Portsmouth High School graduate Ryan Westmoreland. According to a......
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1:20 PM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Danielle Sessa Bloomberg News Major League Baseball is moving closer toward implementing instant-replay review of umpires' home run calls, as Commissioner Bud Selig told reporters that his confidence is growing in the system. Baseball is wiring all 30 ballparks......
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12:49 PM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Boston Globe reports that Red Sox catcher and team captain Jason Varitek has filed for divorce from his wife, Karen. The Globe reports that the paperes were filed in Gwinnett County, Georgia, where the Variteks live in the offseason.......
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12:40 PM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Greg Bishop The New York Times BEIJING - The part of Olympic weightlifting they show on television usually consists of beefy athletes with broad shoulders lifting bar-bending amounts of weight. To the uninitiated, the sport appears to be equal......
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12:39 PM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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It's online here. Click to find out what's biting and where.......
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12:07 PM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Carolyn Thornton Journal Sports Writer Although the Patriots coach would not go into detail, Bill Belichick confirmed reports that the team had brought veteran safety John Lynch in for a visit this week. "I can tell you that I......
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11:55 AM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mason Levinson Bloomberg News Boomer Esiason once took the path Brett Favre just began: a big-time quarterback from a small- market team joins the New York Jets under the nation's largest media microscope. Esiason, a 14-year National Football League......
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11:51 AM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Alex Duff Bloomberg News An advertisement showing Spain's Olympic basketball team mimicking the eyes of their Chinese hosts was intended to be a friendly gesture, a team member said, as Olympic authorities described it as "inappropriate." Click here to......
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11:04 AM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Jonathan Papelbon, doing his weekly interview on Comcast Sports Net's "Mohegan Sun Sports Tonight," indicated that the atmosphere around the Red Sox has changed -- for the better -- since last month's trade of Manny Ramirez: "No question. Just the......
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11:04 AM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: the Red Sox' success post-Manny; the Red Sox' dominance against the Texas Rangers; options at third base; and tonight's starter, Daisuke Matsuzaka. Here's what Sean said......
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10:32 AM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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BEIJING (AP) -- Serena Williams has lost her quarterfinal match at the Olympics to Elena Dementieva of Russia. Dementieva, who won a Silver in Sydney in 2000, beat Williams 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in their singles match Thursday night. Williams now......
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10:23 AM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Providence welterweight Demetrius Andrade predicted a big victory today, and he just delivered, taking it to Russia's Andrey Balanov for a 14-3 decision. The 2007 world champion now advances to the quarterfinals, where he will face three-time Olympian Jungjoo Kim......
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10:14 AM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By David Barboza The New York Times BEIJING - A 26-year-old Chinese dancer was seriously injured during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games just 12 days before the show, and is now facing the prospect of......
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9:45 AM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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BEIJING (AP) -- The U.S. men's basketball team has defeated Greece 92-69, remaining unbeaten in its quest for Olympic gold. Kobe Bryant and Chris Bosh each scored 18 points Thursday night for the United States, which improved to 3-0 and......
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9:27 AM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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BEIJING (AP) - Roger Federer's bid for his first Olympic singles medal has ended with a loss to American James Blake. With the sort of lackluster performance that was once unthinkable for Federer, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals on......
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9:24 AM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP photo / David J. Phillip Elizabeth Beisel, right, and fellow American Margaret Hoelzer celebrate today after both swimmers ensured their places in the semifinals of the 200-meter backstroke. North Kingstown's Elizabeth Beisel has completed her preliminary heat of......
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9:00 AM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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BEIJING (AP) - Katie Hoff and Kate Ziegler ended their Olympics with a stunner - neither teenager advanced out of the 800-meter freestyle heats Thursday night, ensuring the United States a medals shutout in the grueling event for the first......
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8:57 AM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Leicester Associated Press Writer BEIJING - Just nine months before the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government's news agency, Xinhua, reported that gymnast He Kexin was 13, which would have made her ineligible to be on the team that......
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8:23 AM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mark McGuire Albany Times Union Remember back when the New York Yankees were struggling? OK, scratch that; not specific enough. Remember when the Yankees were struggling back in April? Just weeks into the Joe Girardi era, co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner......
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7:42 AM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Marcus Hayes Philadelphia Daily News BEIJING - Video killed the balance-beam star. It was technology, not gamesmanship, that undid Alicia Sacramone in the U.S. women's gymnastics team final, team officials suggested. U.S. national team coordinator Martha Karolyi said a......
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3:50 PM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Michael Phelps will not win a gold medal tonight. That's because he's not participating in any medal events. But he will swim, and he's expected to easily qualify for the finals of the 200-meter individual medley. Phelps has already won......
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3:44 PM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Mike Lowell has been placed on the 15-day disabled list due to an oblique injury, and the Red Sox are calling up starting pitcher David Pauley from Pawtucket. Steven Krasner will have more on these moves and on tonight's Sox......
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3:17 PM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) - It wasn't the way Jim Calhoun wanted to spend his summer. Thirty-three times over seven weeks, Connecticut's Hall of Fame basketball coach left his eastern Connecticut home by 5:30 a.m. to make a 45-minute trip to......
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3:13 PM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Ben Shpigel The New York Times BEIJING - The United States' game against South Korea on Wednesday night, its first in perhaps the final Olympic baseball competition, satisfied supporters and detractors alike. The ragged quality of play, executed by......
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2:34 PM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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BEIJING (AP) - Chinese officials defended their decision to pass off the voice of a 7-year-old songbird as that of another girl at the Olympic opening ceremony, calling it a simple casting choice. Critics said it was a step too......
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2:08 PM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Most Americans think staging the Olympics in China was a good decision despite its government's human rights abuses, Beijing's smog and threats of attacks by militants, according to a poll released Wednesday. The Associated Press-Ipsos survey also......
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1:42 PM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Boston Globe's Mike Reiss reports that John Lynch, a nine-time Pro Bowl safety, is visiting Gillette Stadium today at the invitation of the Patriots. New England recently lost veteran safety Tank Williams to a season-ending knee injury, making the......
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1:32 PM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Nancy Armour AP National Writer BEIJING - Alicia Sacramone's foot slipped off the 4-inch-wide tightrope that is the balance beam, her body wobbling and shaking as she fought to stay upright. Another slip, this time in the floor exercise,......
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1:31 PM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Lynn Zinser The New York Times BEIJING - Far from the warfare between Russia and Georgia, two women wearing Georgian uniforms stepped onto the sand at the Olympic beach volleyball venue to play a Russian team - and soon......
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1:27 PM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Larry Siddons Bloomberg Tiger Woods won a major golf tournament on a broken leg. Now comes Michael Phelps, setting the record for Olympic gold medals in a swimming race where he couldn't see. Phelps won his fourth gold of......
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1:19 PM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter was not in Wednesday's starting lineup after fouling a ball off his foot the previous night. Jeter remained in the game for three more at-bats -- he had a hit each time --......
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1:00 PM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Brown University head basketball coach Jesse Agel has named Lamar Barrett and Kyle Cieplicki to his coaching staff, according to a university news release. Barrett is director of Hoop Group Elite, the nation's largest high-school exposure basketbal camp, according to......
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12:48 PM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Zack Greer, the NCAA's all-time goals-scored leader, will play lacrosse at Bryant University next season, according to an ESPN report that cites anonymous sources. If the reports are correct, Greer would join his former coach at Duke University, Mike Pressler,......
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11:07 AM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pete Thamel The New York Times BEIJING - A picture in a newspaper advertisement that a spokeswoman for the IOC called "clearly inappropriate" has left the Spanish basketball team apologizing for its contents. Click here to see the photo.......
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10:39 AM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Juliet Macur The New York Times BEIJING - After the Chinese women's gymnastics team won its first ever Olympic gold medal on Wednesday, its diminutive gymnasts celebrated on the arena floor, hopping and hugging and mugging for the cameras.......
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10:26 AM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Michael David Smith of the FanHouse blog reports: Anthony Smith, the Pittsburgh defensive back who last year brashly predicted the Steelers would upset undefeated New England at Gillette Stadium, is once again in the spotlight over off-the-field comments. This time,......
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10:21 AM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Frank Litsky The New York Times With every triumphant performance in Beijing this week, Michael Phelps plants footprints on the pool deck ever closer to those left years ago by Mark Spitz. Phelps' dominating performance so far - five......
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10:20 AM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Last night's wild win, Kevin Youkilis' remarkable season, Mike Lowell's oblique injury and the addition of Paul Byrd. Here's what Sean said about Lowell's injury: "Typically......
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9:49 AM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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BEIJING (AP) - Look out, Michael Phelps. Your good friend and teammate is coming after you again. Having gotten by the rest of the world in winning five Olympic gold medals so far, Phelps next faces a serious challenge from......
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9:24 AM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mark Herrmann Newsday Scott Gordon, hired Tuesday night to coach the Islanders, definitely has the resume to win a Stanley Cup. We know this because it is the same as Peter Laviolette's, and we saw what happened to him.......
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9:04 AM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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FOXBORO (AP) -- Now that he is on the other side of the most heated rivalry in the AFC East, New England Patriots linebacker Victor Hobson notices the increased intensity in the division. Hobson played with the New York Jets......
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8:38 AM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Philadelphia Phillies were very careful last night with the red-hot Manny Ramirez, who reached base in three of his four plate appearances and knocked in a run with an RBI single. But on a night when former Red Sox......
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8:34 AM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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BEIJING (AP) - Players on Spain's Olympic basketball team defended a photo in an ad showing the players using their fingers to apparently make their eyes look more Chinese. The photo, which has been running as a newspaper spread in......
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8:32 AM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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BEIJING (AP) - Michael Phelps has qualified sixth-fastest in the 200-meter individual medley at the Beijing Olympics. The American ended a golden day at the pool by winning his preliminary heat in 1 minute, 58.65 seconds Wednesday night, good enough......
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8:11 AM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Brad Townsend The Dallas Morning News BEIJING - Alicia Sacramone could not hide, no matter how much she may have wanted to. As her morning disintegrated, first on the balance beam, then on floor, TV cameras honed in for......
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7:08 AM Wed, Aug 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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BEIJING (AP) - Chellsie Memmel's ankle injury was worse than anyone realized. Memmel said after the U.S. women won the silver medal in team gymnastics Wednesday that she'd been competing with a broken bone in her right ankle. The 2005......
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7:45 PM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
NEW YORK -- The New York Islanders hired Scott Gordon, the AHL coach of the year with the Providence Bruins, on Tuesday night to replace dismissed head coach Ted Nolan. The hiring was first reported by Newsday on the newspaper's......
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6:08 PM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
There will also be a boxing card at Twin River this month, sponsored by Jimmy Burchfield's Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES), in association with Twin River, The Tournament of Contenders, and CN8, The Comcast Network. The card -- which......
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5:09 PM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Providence's Matt Godfrey (16-1-0, 9 KOs) will defend his North American Boxing Federation title against Emmanuel Nwodo (22-4-0, 18KOs) in an ESPN2 main event at the Mohegan Sun Arena on Aug. 29. Godfrey won the title on April 6, 2007......
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4:34 PM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Former Rhode Island College guard Kinsey Durgin has signed on to play professionally with Lemvig Basket of the First Division in Denmark. Durgin starred at RIC from 2003-07, playing in a school record 115 games, starting 98 of them. He......
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3:48 PM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Red Sox today acquired right-handed pitcher Paul Byrd from the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later or cash considerations. The Sox -- in need of starting pitching because of Tim Wakefield's injury and Clay Buchholz' ineffectiveness......
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3:28 PM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Tonight's Olympics schedule is highlighted by Michael Phelps' quest for the all-time gold medal lead and by the women's gymnastics team finals -- predicted to be a showdown between the United States and China. The team finals will be live......
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3:16 PM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Bobby Kielty, who hit the home run that provided what proved to be the game-winning run in Game Four of the 2007 World Series, has signed a minor-league deal with the Minnesota Twins and will report to their Triple-A team......
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2:31 PM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Since boxing was added as an Olykmpic sport 104 years ago, the United States has never failed to win a medal in an Olympics in which it competed. But that streak now is in jeopardy, particularly following today's controversial opening-round......
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2:19 PM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Journal Sports Writer New England owner Robert Kraft, who was making an appearance as part of the Foreclosure Prevention Workshop here at Gillette Stadium this afternoon, took a few minutes to talk about Brett Favre's move......
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2:16 PM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Matt Cassel losing his grip on the backup quarterback job; young linebackers raising eyebrows; and the anticipated return of Junior Seau. Here's what Shalise......
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By Jay Reeves Associated Press Writer BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - One inning at a time, Brady Kemp is getting closer to his dream of playing for the Atlanta Braves. He has endured numbing road trips to no-name ballparks and crashed in......
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By Karen Crouse The New York Times BEIJING - The day after Jason Lezak upstaged Michael Phelps, Americans stole the show at the Olympic swimming competition. The United States collected seven medals, including three golds, in four events. A coincidence?......
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Fans heading to the Meadowlands Sports Complex can expect fewer hours for tailgating under new rules regarding alcohol and fan behavior. Parking lots for Giants Stadium, the Izod Arena and the Meadowlands Racetrack will open five......
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By Israel Gutierrez The Miami Herald BEIJING - Oh, it's so on now. Those U.S. basketball games against China and Angola were just appetizers for a rematch two years in the making. The Greeks that made the U.S. team look......
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1:46 PM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Harvey Araton The New York Times BEIJING - The simmering issue over possible underage Chinese gymnasts did not seem to boil over before the women's (wink, wink) team final was to be settled Wednesday and with the host country......
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BEIJING - Christian underground activist Hua Huiqi dearly wanted to attend the same church service as President Bush last Sunday so he got up in the middle of the night to pedal his bicycle there. After all, the Kuanjie Protestant......
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12:01 PM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP Photo The undermanned American men's gymnastics team, which won an unexpected bronze medal last night local time, has a local connection . . . sort of. Justin Spring (above) -- who actually gave the U.S. the momentary lead......
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11:53 AM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Yardley The New York Times BEIJING - Pigtailed and smiling, Lin Miaoke, age 9, stood in a red dress and white shoes during last Friday's Olympic opening ceremonies and performed "Ode to the Motherland" in what would become......
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11:31 AM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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BEIJING (AP) - After the first few days of the Beijing Games, some cracks have appeared in China's perfect party - empty seats at the venues, disappointing crowds at the Olympic grounds, ticket scalping, a lack of buzz around the......
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11:14 AM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Former Rhode Island Amateur and Open champion Mike Capone is coming back nicely from his injury problems. Fellow Rhode Islander Brett Quigley is not as fortunate. Capone, who missed eight months because of a herniated disc, has qualified for......
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Los Angeles Times columnist T.J. Simers reports that Manny Ramirez has agreed to please his new boss, Joe Torre, by getting his hair cut later this week and that a Dodgers charity will benefit. That might mean that the dreadlock......
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10:39 AM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Larry Siddons Bloomberg News Aug. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Phelps spends his days at the Olympics wolfing down pizza and pasta, dodging text messages from friends and climbing to the top of the all-time winners' list. Phelps won swimming's......
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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) - The 17-year-old son of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees manager Dave Miley was killed in a single-car accident in Tampa, Fla., according to authorities. Cody Allen Miley's 2004 Mustang apparently left the road and struck a tree, the Tampa......
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BEIJING (AP) - Even by the lofty standards of the Williams sisters, three victories at the Olympics is a good day's work. They won in singles and doubles Tuesday, and the toughest match was the one they played together. Venus......
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SHENYANG, China (AP) - Heather O'Reilly scored less than a minute into the match to lead the Unites States to a 4-0 win over New Zealand and a spot in the quarterfinals of the women's Olympic soccer tournament. O'Reilly put......
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9:53 AM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Luciana Chavez The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) BEIJING - Someone forgot to flip the switch. The U.S. beat Angola 97-76 at the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium on Tuesday in a game that could only be described as a......
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Click the play button below to hear Sean's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Josh Beckett rounding into form, Jed Lowrie's solid contributions from shortstop, the Red Sox' plan to make up for the absence of Tim Wakefield, and the......
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9:29 AM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Marc J. Spears The Boston Globe BEIJING - Reggie Smith is very proud about his role, as part of the 1967 Impossible Dream team, in helping build the strong foundation that Red Sox Nation sits on today. But the......
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Manny Ramirez went 2 for 3, knocking in a pair of runs with a bases-loaded double in the third inning and scoring a run himself, as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 8-6, last night at Dodger Stadium.......
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Good morning. Josh Beckett won a pitchers' duel in Chicago last night, Pierre Woods is turning heads at Pats camp, Mike Szostak catches up with local Olympians, and Bill Reynolds writes about the entertainment side of sports. Click here to......
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7:51 PM Mon, Aug 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Sean McAdam and Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writers After some internal debate, the Red Sox have decided to replace on knuckleballer with another. Charlie Zink will make his major league debut Tuesday at Fenway, filling in for Tim Wakefield,......
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5:45 PM Mon, Aug 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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According to Newsday's Greg Logan, Providence Bruins head coach Scott Gordon is one of three finalists for the vacant head coaching job with the New York Islanders. Islanders GM Garth Snow interviewed eight candidates and has narrowed it down to......
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5:16 PM Mon, Aug 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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BY SEAN McADAM and JOE McDONALD After some internal debate, the Red Sox have decided to replace on knuckleballer with another. Charlie Zink (right, Journal photo by Glenn Osmundson) will make his major league debut Tuesday at Fenway, filling in......
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9:32 AM Mon, Aug 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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Patty Schnyder of Switzerland defeated East Greenwich native Jill Craybas, 6-3, 6-2, in their first round match at the Summer Olympics in Beijing. Schnyder, ranked No. 16 in the world, is seeded 13th in the tournament. Craybas, ranked No. 75,......
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Rhode Island native Jill Craybas lost to Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, 6-3, 6-2, this morning (local time) in her first-round tennis match at the 2008 Olympics. In other local Olympic news . . . -- Providence's Demitrius Andrade (left) said......
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Providence's Demetrius Andrade took his first step toward an Olympic welterweight boxing medal, winning a four-round decision from Kakhaber Jvania of Georgia in his opening bout Sunday night in Beijing. Because of the 12-hour time difference, the match was completed......
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