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August 31, 2008 - September 6, 2008 Archives


Bryant football evens record at 1-1 with 39-36 win

6:42 PM Sat, Sep 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Thom Cahir    Email

Junior running back Jerell Smith helped the Bryant University football team avenged last year's NCAA playoff loss to Southern Connecticut with a 39-36 victory Saturday at Smithfield in front of 2,417 fans. Smith's 221 yards on 34 carries and two......

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Rams football postponed at Fordham

6:10 PM Sat, Sep 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Thom Cahir    Email

Saturday's football game between the University of Rhode Island and Fordham was postponed until Sunday at noon because of the inclement weather.......

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Girls volleyball results - updated 10:19 p.m.

10:19 PM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

West Warwick 3, Exeter/West Greenwich 0 La Salle 3, Chariho 0 Cranston East 3, Burrillville 0 Coventry 3, Ponaganset 0 Pilgrim 3, Woonsocket 0 Classical 3, South Kingstown 1 North Kingstown 3, Lincoln 2 To view all of today's field......

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Injury Fund football results -- Updated 10:12 p.m.

10:12 PM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

North Kingstown 26, South Kingstown 15 Lincoln 2, Woonsocket 0 Ponaganset 33, North Smithfield 6 Smithfield 16, Burrillville 6 Johnston 23, North Providence 0 To view all of tonight's Injury Fund football results and summaries click here......

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Boys soccer results -- Updated 9:46 p.m.

9:46 PM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

East Greenwich 2, Cranston East 1 Narragansett 3, Warwick 3 South Kingstown 3, Coventry 1 Moses Brown 4, Cranston West 1 Westerly 0, Pilgrim 0 Classical 2, Scituate 0 Smithfield 6, North Providence 0 Chariho 2, North Kingstown 0 To......

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Girls soccer results - Updated 9:14 p.m.

9:14 PM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

North Providence 2, Johnston 1 Narragansett 4, Cranston East 2 Hope 2, Central 1 Central Falls 2, Bishop Keough 1 Woonsocket 7, Shea 0 Mount Pleasant 6, Fatima 0 Burrillville 5, West Warwick 2 Tiverton 7, St. Raphael 2 To......

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Girls tennis scores

7:55 PM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Toll Gate 6, Westerly 1 To view all of today's girls tennis results and summaries click here......

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Field hockey scores - Updated 7:30 p.m.

7:30 PM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Pilgrim 2, Cranston East 1 Chariho 0, Warwick 0 Wheeler 3, Burrillville 1 Woonsocket 2, Classical 1 To view all of today's field hockey results and summaries click here......

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Dunk Open for Business

3:53 PM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

PROVIDENCE - An array of Rhode Island political leaders have just christened the newly renovated Dunkin' Donuts Center. The building's first event will be an All-access Open House on Saturday from 10 a.m.-3p.m. The building will be open, free......

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The Yankees are winners under Democrats, losers under Republicans

2:33 PM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

I wouldn't call the Steinbrenner family a bunch of liberals, but thanks to the reporting of the Tom Fornelli on the FanHouse blog, I realize that perhaps they should be. Fornelli notes that it has been 50 years since the......

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Arlen Specter still not done with Spygate?

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By Mike McDermott    Email

Well, we know his crusade isn't going anywhere, but that won't stop Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Arlen Specter from continuing to rant against the NFL for its conduct in the Spygate story involving the taping of signals by the New England......

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CBS sues NFL players over fantasy football

2:24 PM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - CBS Interactive has filed a federal lawsuit in Minneapolis to clarify who can use the statistics that underlie fantasy football leagues. The lawsuit filed earlier this week claims the NFL Players Association has threatened to sue the......

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Track and field federation asks 'drunk' jumper for an explanation

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By Mike McDermott    Email

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Track and field's ruling body wants Ivan Ukhov to explain his conduct at the Athletissima meet in which rival high jumpers said the Russian had been drinking vodka and Red Bull during the competition. Ukhov failed......

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2 out of 3 people worldwide tuned into Olympics

1:24 PM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

NEW YORK (AP) - More than two out of three people worldwide tuned in for the Beijing Olympics. Nielsen Media Research says 4.7 billion viewers globally saw at least some of the 17 days of TV coverage last month. This......

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Projo PatsTalk -- Shalise on the new-look Patriots backfield

12:29 PM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: upgrades in the New England backfield, the return of Tom Brady, and the tough challenge facing Brodie Croyle. Here's what Shalise said about the......

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Tomorrow is open house at the renovated Dunk

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By Mike McDermott    Email

The view from the restaurant at the newly renovated Dunkin Donuts Center. Providence Journal photo / Mary Murphy PROVIDENCE -- You can check out the renovated Dunkin' Donuts Center, which reopens this weekend. The free-admission open house at the Dunk......

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Projo SoxTalk -- McAdam on the future of Jason Varitek

12:10 PM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Sean McAdam's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Josh Beckett's return to the mound tonight in Texas (we think), reinforcements arriving in the infield, and whether the Red Sox will or will not......

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Ocho Cinco prays at the altar of himself

10:41 AM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By David Whitley The Orlando Sentinel In the grand tradition of the Apostle Paul, Muhammad Ali and Prince, Chad Johnson has changed his name. Cincinnati's All-Pro receiver is now Chad Javon Ocho Cinco. Ay, caramba! Ocho Cinco is Johnson's number.......

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Red Sox -- from pity party to glee party

sox0905.jpg 10:15 AM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Anthony Andro Fort Worth Star-Telegram Remember when people used to take pity on the Boston Red Sox and their fans? They felt bad when a beanball cut short Tony Conigliaro's career. Then there was Carlton Fisk's dramatic homer in......

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It will be baptism by fire for Chiefs rookies

9:45 AM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Doug Tucker AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. - First, Branden Albert is moved from the guard position where he's comfortable to left tackle - where he's not. Then, with a vital new position to learn, he hurts his......

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Steinbrenner not faulting Girardi for disappointing Yankee season

girardi0905.jpg 9:23 AM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Paul Hagen Philadelphia Daily News Hank Steinbrenner says the entire Yankees organization is at fault for the fact that the team is poised to sit out October for the first time since 1993. General manager Brian Cashman, certainly. The......

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Download today's sports cover

8:56 AM Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

A belated good morning. Joe McDonald brings you inside the hard-charging world of second baseman Dustin Pedroia, Shalise Manza Young hears some encouraging words from the Patriots defense, and Rob Lee reports that Tom Brady is ready for action --......

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High school football results

10:31 PM Thu, Sep 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Thom Cahir    Email

Warwick 14, Hendricken 13 Toll Gate 27, Pilgrim 0......

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Girls soccer results -- Updated 9:49 p.m.

9:49 PM Thu, Sep 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Coventry 0, Warwick 0 Scituate 4, Mt. Hope 3 Cranston West 0, Prout 0 Central 2, Masters 0 Bay View 1, Smithfield 1 La Salle 2, Cumberland 0 East Greenwich 3, Toll Gate 1 Mount St. Charles 1, Lincoln 0......

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Boys soccer scores -- Updated 9:42 p.m.

9:42 PM Thu, Sep 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Thom Cahir    Email

Mt. St. Charles 2, Central Falls 1 Davies 2, Burrillville 1 La Salle 7, Toll Gate 3 Barrington 4, Mt. Hope 1 Cumberland 5, Woonsocket 0 Tiverton 2, West Warwick 1 For complete results and game summaries, click here......

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PC's 2008-09 regular season men's hoops schedule

9:25 PM Thu, Sep 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Sat, Nov. 1: Ottawa (exhibition), 7 p.m. Sat, Nov. 8, Slippery Rock (exhibition), 7 p.m. Sat, Nov. 15, Northeastern, 7 p.m. Tue, Nov. 18, Dartmouth, 7 p.m. Thu, Nov. 20, Sacred Heart, 7 p.m. Sat, Nov. 22, Maine, 2 p.m.......

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Girls volleyball results -- Updated 9:20 p.m.

9:20 PM Thu, Sep 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

North Smithfield 3, Mount Pleasant 0 Mt. Hope 3, Narragansett 2 Tiverton 3, Rogers 0 Warwick 3, Tolman 0 Central Falls 3, Fatima 0 To view all of today's results and summaries click here......

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Girls tennis results - Updated 9:09 p.m.

9:09 PM Thu, Sep 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Middletown 7, Hope 0 North Providence 6, East Providence 1 Tolman 6, St. Raphael 1 Prout 5, S. Kingstown 2 Mt. Hope 7, Shea 0 Narragansett 7, Scituate 0 Portsmouth 6, Rogers 1 North Kingstown 5, E. Greenwich 2 Exeter/West......

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Girls field hockey results -- Updated 7:53 p.m.

7:53 PM Thu, Sep 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Thom Cahir    Email

Tiverton 1, S. Kingstown 0 Barrington 6, Lincoln School 0 For more results and game summaries, click here......

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The Friday fishing report: Will storms stir up some action?

1:34 PM Thu, Sep 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Most of Tom Meade's sources are reporting slow action right now, but that could change with the arrival of rough weather. Click here to read this week's full report.......

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Don't hear this every day -- MLB team to reduce ticket prices

11:03 AM Thu, Sep 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Danielle Sessa Bloomberg The Washington Nationals, who have the second-worst record in Major League Baseball, cut prices on season tickets for almost 18 percent of the seats in the team's new ballpark. The Nationals won't increase prices for season-ticket......

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Projo SoxTalk -- McAdam on how the fans help the Sox win

10:57 AM Thu, Sep 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Sean McAdam's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: yesterday's miracle victory over Baltimore, good contributions from the bottom of the order, gaining ground on Tampa Bay in the A.L. East, and the Red......

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Giambi loses bout with bathroom door

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By Mike McDermott    Email

But at least the Yankees won the game. Jason Giambi reported for duty at Tropicana Field yesterday with a gash on the corner of his swollen and discolored right eyelid that. Here's his explanation, according to the New York Post:......

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PC soccer match moved from Saturday to Friday

10:31 AM Thu, Sep 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Providence College has rescheduled Saturday's men's soccer game against Holy Cross due to Saturday's stormy forecast. The game will now be played at 7 p.m. Friday night. Click here to see the latest weather forecast for Providence.......

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Inexperienced Chiefs secondary to face potent Patriots offense

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Adam Teicher Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Chiefs rookie cornerback Brandon Flowers has a good idea of what his day will involve on Sunday. He imagines spending much time running down the field along with Randy Moss......

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With Brady, the Patriots are still football's best team

brady0904.jpg 9:10 AM Thu, Sep 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Rick Gosselin The Dallas Morning News The New England Patriots failed in their quest to become the greatest team in NFL history in 2007. But coronation as the greatest dynasty in league history is still within their grasp. New......

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Download today's sports cover

7:41 AM Thu, Sep 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Good morning. The Orioles hand the Red Sox an improbable win at Fenway Park (and it wasn't even Mothers Day), Jim Donaldson is tired of hearing Bill Belichick's non-answers, and Robert Lee introduces you to new Patriot Deltha O'Neal. Click......

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Girls soccer results -- Updated 9:51 p.m.

9:51 PM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Shea 2, Davies 1 Rogers 2, Mount Pleasant 0 North Smithfield 5, West Warwick 0 Burrillville 5, North Providence 1 Woonsocket 9, Bishop Keough 0 St. Raphael 6, Middletown 4 Johnston 1, Moses Brown 0 Tiverton 10, Cranston East 5......

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Boys soccer results -- Updated 9:29 p.m.

9:29 PM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

East Greenwich 4, Middletown 1 Westerly 6, Warwick 2 Smithfield 3, Tolman 0 Pilgrim 2, Moses Brown 1 North Kingstown 2, South Kingstown 1 Shea 4, Scituate 1 Central 1, Classical 0 To view all boys soccer results and summaries......

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Girls volleyball scores -- Updated 9:28 p.m.

9:28 PM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Middletown 3, Hope 1 La Salle 3, Cranston East 0 Coventry 3, Cumberland 0 Lincoln 3, Toll Gate 0 Classical 3, Chariho 0 East Greenwich 3, Woonsocket 0 East Providence 3, North Kingstown 0 Burrillville 3, Pilgrim 0 To view......

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Girls field hockey scores - Updated 9 p.m.

9:00 PM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Thom Cahir    Email

Cranston East 1, Rocky Hill 1, o.t. Warwick 1, Pilgrim 0 Wheeler 3, Classical 0 Moses Brown 4, Woonsocket 0 For complete results and game summaries click here......

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Girls tennis scores -- Updated 8:54 p.m.

8:54 PM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Ponaganset 5, St. Raphael 2 West Warwick 5, Tiverton 2 To view all girls tennis results and summaries click here......

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Bruins sign Stephane Yelle

4:19 PM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

The Bruins today signed free-agent center Stephane Yelle to a contract. A 12-year veteran of 844 regular season games and 154 postseason contests, Yelle comes to the Bruins having won two Stanley Cups with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996 and......

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Red Sox shut down draft pick Ryan Westmoreland

4:01 PM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Red Sox draft pick and Rhode Island native Ryan Westmoreland has been shut down temporarily due to strength issues and for precautionary measures. It's not a serious issue for Boston's fifth-round selection......

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High school football chat with John Gillooly tonight

3:50 PM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

The high school football season begins soon, and John Gillooly is ready to answer your questions about what to expect in the coming months. Join John for a live web chat from 7 to 8 tonight. You can send in......

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Revs Cristman to have season-ending surgery

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By Mike McDermott    Email

New England Revolution forward Adam Cristman will miss the rest of the 2008 season after receiving surgery on his right big toe tomorrow at Massachusetts General Hospital. Cristman has played the entire season with the injury, which he sustained late......

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Test your Patriots opening day knowledge

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By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the image above to try the first of our regular interactive Patriots quizzes. This one focuses on Patriots opening day history, as we get set to start the 49th season of Patriots football.......

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New Lion Rudi Johnson says departing Tatum Bell stole his stuff

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By Mike McDermott    Email

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) -- Detroit Lions running back Rudi Johnson says his luggage was taken from the team's practice facility by Tatum Bell (right). Johnson was waived by Cincinnati, met with Lions president Matt Millen on Monday and signed......

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NESN signs Kathryn Tappen to contract extension

2:19 PM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

NESN, which in the last two years has seen familiar faces Tina Cervasio and Hazel Mae leave, today announced that it has signed Kathryn Tappen to a multiyear contract extension, and that Tappen will take on a larger role with......

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URI's Joe Casey plans to play in '09

1:33 PM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike Szostak    Email

By MIKE SZOSTAK Journal Sports Writer Hours after suffering a compund fracture of his left leg and having surgery to insert a metal rod and screws, University of Rhode Island running back Joe Casey was lying in his bed at......

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Reporters calling for football coach get phone sex hotline instead

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By Mike McDermott    Email

Strange story of the week comes from the world of college football, and the exceptionally strange world of Central Florida head coach George O'Leary. This is the guy, you'll remember, who was knocked out of the running for the Notre......

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Projo SoxTalk -- McAdam on the suddenly hot Varitek

12:10 PM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Sean McAdam's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: the Orioles' awful pitching, and what to expect today from Baltimore starter Lance Cormier (more of the same): Jason Varitek's turnaround with the bat (hitting......

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URI's Feinstein wins conference honor

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By Mike McDermott    Email

Rhode Island freshman kicker Louis Feinstein was selected Colonial Athletic Association Football Rookie of the Week on Monday after he connected on a pair of field goals to help the Rams to 27-24 victory over Monmouth to open the 2008......

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Pedroia: 'Jerry Remy stunk'

11:29 AM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Art Martone    Email

Via YouTube . . . Thanks to Dan Lamothe at Red Sox Monster.......

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Hank Steinbrenner gives good quotes, but running the Yanks is harder

hank0903.jpg 10:15 AM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Jim Litke AP Sports Columnist The son is about to find out what's in a name. As much fun as he's had sitting in the old man's office and answering the phone when the tabloids called, Hank Steinbrenner's vacation......

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La Salle girls and boys top first cross-country coaches poll

10:07 AM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Rhode Island Track Coaches Association has just announced the results of its first cross-country boys and girls team polls. They are: Girls teams, Total pts. (First-place votes) 1. La Salle, 92 (4) 2. Coventry, 92 (3) 3. North Kingstown,......

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Chiefs center puts off plans to be a doctor to play in NFL

9:02 AM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Kent Babb The Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The big man clinks the fork against his plate and chews through a piece of fried alligator. Rudy Niswanger is sitting on the outdoor patio of a Cajun restaurant......

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Colts sign Jamie Silva to practice squad

8:54 AM Wed, Sep 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

One day after releasing him from the 53-man roster, the Indianapolis Colts yesterday signed rookie S Jamie Silva to its practice squad. Silva, a former All-Stater at East Providence, is one of six players on the Indy squad.......

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SI story links 2 Jamaican track team members to steroid ring

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By Mike McDermott    Email

Two members of the 2008 Jamaican Olympic track team received shipments of performance-enhancing drugs through the Internet, Sports Illustrated is reporting today, although the evidence points to receipt and not to actual use of the drugs. Neither of the athletes......

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Boys soccer scores--Updated 10:36 p.m.

10:36 PM Tue, Sep 02, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Hope 3, Toll Gate 2 Mt. St. Charles 1, Woonsocket 1 Cumberland 4, Central Falls 3 La Salle 1, Hendricken 0 Cranston East 3, Cranston West 2 Portsmouth 1, Mt. Hope 0 Barrington 7, East Providence 0......

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Field hockey scores -- updated 9:49 p.m.

9:49 PM Tue, Sep 02, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Lincoln 5, South Kingstown 0 East Greenwich 2, Cumberland 1, o.t. North Kingstown 3, Barrington 1, o.t. Bay View 9, Tiverton 0......

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Girls soccer scores - Updated 9:25 p.m.

9:25 PM Tue, Sep 02, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Cumberland 3, Scituate 2 East Greenwich 2, Coventry 0 Cranston West 3, Westerly 2 South Kingstown 1, Warwick 0 Bay View 2, East Providence 1 Mount St. Charles 2, Smithfield 0 Classical 6, Narragansett 2 North Kingstown 1, Toll Gate......

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Girls volleyball scores -- Updated 9:20 p.m.

9:20 PM Tue, Sep 02, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

West Warwick 3, North Smithfield 1 Exeter/West Greenwich 3, Mt. Hope 2 Cranston West 3, Tolman 0......

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Girls tennis -- Updated 7:19 p.m.

7:19 PM Tue, Sep 02, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

South Kingstown 6, North Kingstown 1 Cranston West 6, Narragansett 1 Toll Gate 5, Scituate 2 Coventry 5, Woonsocket 2 Middletown 5, Mt. Hope 2 Bay View 4, Prout 3 North Providence 6, Tolman 1 MOUNT ST. CHARLES 7, WHEELER......

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Michael Phelps wants to be the Michael Jordan of swimming

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Larry DiTore Bloomberg Michael Phelps set a lofty goal for himself in Beijing and delivered with an Olympic-record eight gold medals. Now back in the U.S., Phelps has a new target: to increase swimming's popularity in his home country......

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Beckett throws side session at Fenway

3:16 PM Tue, Sep 02, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writer Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett just completed a 60-pitch side session in the bullpen here at Fenway Park. From the press box it appeared he was throwing hard and is now sitting with pitching......

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NFL plans to honor Upshaw at all season openers

3:05 PM Tue, Sep 02, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

NEW YORK (AP) - The NFL will honor the late Gene Upshaw with his initials and his uniform number stenciled on the field for all 16 games this opening weekend. The league had announced that all NFL players would wear......

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Fall high school sports -- how the fans rank the teams

1:03 PM Tue, Sep 02, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

During recent weeks, we've been asking visitors to HSGameTime.com to tell us which teams they think will be the best in Division I football, boys soccer, girls soccer and girls volleyball. We also asked about Division II football. Following are......

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Projo SoxTalk -- McAdam on Pedroia's MVP chances

11:36 AM Tue, Sep 02, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Sean McAdam's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Dustin Pedroia's unbelievable weekend and where his MVP hopes stand now, the possible return of Josh Beckett and Mike Lowell on Friday night, and how......

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URI's Casey has surgery for compound fracture

11:28 AM Tue, Sep 02, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike Szostak    Email

University of Rhode Island running back Joe Casey is recovering from surgery for a compound fracture of his lower left leg. Casey, a senior from Syracuse, N.Y., was injured with 6:07 remaining in the first quarter in the Rams' season-opening......

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Catching up with God Shammgod

11:13 AM Tue, Sep 02, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Kevin McNamara sent me this great video link, which features the former PC and Washington Wizards point guard showing off his still-impressive ball-handling skills at the PAL in Harlem. Since leaving the NBA, Shammgod has made a good career for......

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Yankees are Rays' first test in a month full of them

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Marc Topkin St. Petersburg Times The games are going to be more intense. Emotions higher. Media coverage magnified. Scrutiny increased. Distractions greater. Crowds louder and larger. Scoreboards more tempting. Stakes raised. And the key for the Rays is not......

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Joba back to bullpen for Yankees

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Kat O'Brien Newsday DETROIT -- Joba Chamberlain will be back on the Yankees' active roster Tuesday, and back in their bullpen. Chamberlain has not pitched for them since leaving an Aug. 4 start with right rotator cuff tendinitis. Yankees......

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Red Sox to raise money at Fenway for hurricane victims

8:54 AM Tue, Sep 02, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Red Sox will hold a two-day fundraising drive to benefit victims of this year's hurricane season. The club said in a statement released Monday that volunteers will be collecting donations for the American Red Cross......

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Colts release Jamie Silva

silva0902.jpg 8:21 AM Tue, Sep 02, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Indianapolis Colts yesterday cut Jamie Silva of East Providence, and claimed linebacker Buster Davis and defensive tackle Daniel Muir off waivers. Also cut with Silva was second-year linebacker Ramon Guzman. Silva went undrafted but survived last Saturday's cutdown to......

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Download today's sports cover

7:54 AM Tue, Sep 02, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Good morning. Dustin Pedroia completes a Labor Day weekend like none other that I can remember, Vijay Singh wins the Deutsche Bank Championship, and the Patriots take a chance on Deltha O'Neal. Click here to download the file in pdf......

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Labor Day Lineups

4:29 PM Mon, Sep 01, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Sean McAdam    Email

RED SOX Ellsbury RF Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Youkilis 3B Bay LF Lowrie SS Varitek C Bailey 1B Crisp CF......

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Mickelson in danger of elimination

12:39 PM Sun, Aug 31, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Paul Kenyon    Email

Phil Mickelson looks as if he is finished for this week at the Deutsche Bank Championship, one day ahead of schedule. And he just dropped a hint that he is not certain he will be playing later this week......

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