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August 17, 2008 - August 23, 2008 Archives
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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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12:09 PM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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11:42 AM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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11:13 AM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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11:11 AM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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10:42 AM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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10:19 AM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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10:04 AM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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9:53 AM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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9:01 AM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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8:54 AM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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8:42 AM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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8:37 AM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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8:33 AM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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8:28 PM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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4:05 PM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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3:44 PM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click here to read Tom's weekly roundup of what's biting and where.......
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3:33 PM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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3:31 PM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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3:05 PM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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2:38 PM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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2:19 PM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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2:12 PM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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1:26 PM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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1:10 PM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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11:42 AM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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11:39 AM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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11:12 AM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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11:08 AM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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9:48 AM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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9:09 AM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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9:05 AM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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9:00 AM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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8:59 AM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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8:41 AM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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8:35 AM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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8:01 AM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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9:03 PM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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8:10 PM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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6:08 PM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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3:32 PM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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2:22 PM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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1:05 PM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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12:48 PM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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12:01 PM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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11:43 AM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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11:11 AM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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10:46 AM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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10:19 AM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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10:13 AM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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9:47 AM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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8:59 AM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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8:51 AM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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8:41 AM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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9:34 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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9:29 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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8:55 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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8:37 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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7:57 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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4:47 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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4:31 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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3:39 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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2:34 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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2:29 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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1:19 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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1:12 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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11:56 AM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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11:54 AM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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11:21 AM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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11:00 AM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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10:39 AM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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10:22 AM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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9:48 AM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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9:23 AM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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9:15 AM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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9:09 AM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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8:16 PM Mon, Aug 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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8:07 PM Mon, Aug 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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7:09 PM Mon, Aug 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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11:43 AM Mon, Aug 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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9:32 AM Mon, Aug 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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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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7:37 AM Mon, Aug 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Sam Mellinger The Kansas City Star It looks as if the Yankees will miss the playoffs, which would be the first time since the 1998 Orioles that baseball's biggest payroll didn't play in October. As much talk as there......
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7:34 AM Mon, Aug 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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ST. LOUIS (AP) - James Busch Orthwein, the former New England Patriots owner who played a role in the Rams move to St. Louis, has died. He was 84. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch said Orthwein died Friday at his home......
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6:39 AM Mon, Aug 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Israel Gutierrez The Miami Herald MUTIANYU, China - There's chaos atop the Great Wall of China, and it's all Dwyane Wade's fault. Well, maybe not ALL his fault. But the Miami Heat's international superstar is among the more impatient......
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3:08 PM Sun, Aug 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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Olympic gold was his dream. Olympic judges were his nightmare. The dream died Sunday for Providence's Demetrius Andrade, thanks to a nightmare he'll never forget. "You know what was going through my mind [in the time between the end of......
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9:17 AM Sun, Aug 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Providence's world welterweight champion, Demetrius Andrade, lost a close, furiously fought decision this morning to South Korean boxer Jungjoo Kim, ending Andrade's quest for a medal in his first Olympic Games. Kim now advances to the semifinal round. Kim scored......
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By Mike McDermott Email
Brown University's Alicia Sacramone finished up her disappointing 2008 Olympic Games by missing out on a medal in the women's individual vault this morning. Sacramone finished fourth out of the event, coming in behind bronze medal winner Cheng Fei, who......
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