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September 21, 2008 - September 27, 2008 Archives


H.S. Football results

9:47 PM Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Exeter/West Greenwich 29, North Smithfield 6......

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Girls Volleyball results

6:34 PM Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Narragansett 3, Barrington 0 Bay View 3, Rogers 0 Mt. Hope 3, Westerly 2 To view all of today's girls soccer results and summaries click here......

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High school sports postponements -- 4 o'clock update

3:53 PM Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Here are the games for this weekend that we know will not happen as scheduled, with the reschedule times in parentheses where known: Girls Tennis State tournament qualifying has been postponed until next weekend. Football Games Scheduled Tonight Mount Pleasant......

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Five NFL players who did stupid things this week

2:51 PM Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

There's never a shortage of unintelligent acts in any given week of the football season, and in this new Friday feature, we will try to provide a roundup of the dumbest behavior that we have seen or read about --......

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Red Sox postpone Johnny Pesky tribute

2:50 PM Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Red Sox were planning on retiring Johnny Pesky's No. 6 in a pregame ceremony Friday night at Fenway Park. Due to the inclement weather, the organization has decided to move the ceremony to Sunday at 1:15. The Red Sox......

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One writer's votes for MVP -- Pedroia and Pujols

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Mike Fitzpatrick AP Baseball Writer Try to remember an MVP race that was this wide open going into the final weekend. Two or three leading contenders? Sure, happens all the time. But take a look around the American League......

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Projo SoxTalk -- McAdam gives his early read on the Angels-Red Sox series

11:16 AM Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Sean McAdam's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: why the Sox should stick with Lester as their number-two playoff starter and Dice-K as number three, despite Lester's superior record at Fenway; the pros......

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A Mets collapse would help soothe the Yankees' pain

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Harvey Araton The New York Times Only the Mets, it appears, can spare Hank Steinbrenner an October emotional meltdown by failing to save themselves from another September nervous breakdown. Misery would love the Mets' company in the shuttering of......

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Reports -- Seattle teammate threatened to 'knock out' Ichiro

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By Mike McDermott    Email

SEATTLE (AP) - Things got so bad in the Seattle Mariners clubhouse during this discouraging season that one player reportedly threatened to "knock out" outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, the team's highest profile player. A "clubhouse insider" quoted in Thursday's edition of......

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Rays wonder which Kazmir will show up for postseason

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By John Romano The New York Times DETROIT -- Two starts. Two chances to clinch. Two completely different sides of Scott Kazmir. It is, in essence, the story of his season. And could, potentially, be the story of the postseason.......

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New Haven goalie critically injured in college soccer game

8:35 AM Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

WEST HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A University of New Haven soccer goalie is in critical condition at a hospital in Boston with a head injury he suffered during a game against Merrimack College. James Hilaire is being treated in the......

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Jill Craybas posts upset win to advance to semifinals of Korea Open

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By Mike McDermott    Email

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Top-seeded Maria Kirilenko advanced to the Korea Open semifinals Friday with a 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 5 Pauline Parmentier of France. Kirilenko saved all six break points she faced and hit a forehand winner......

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7:46 AM Fri, Sep 26, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Good morning. Troy Brown walks into the sunlight and into the TV lights; Joe McDonald asks if the Sox' MVP is Dustin Pedroia or Kevin Youkilis; and Mike Szostak reminisces about the history of the Brown-Harvard rivalry, which will be......

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Girls soccer results -- Updated 9:38 p.m.

9:38 PM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

East Greenwich 2, Scituate 1 Davies 1, Mount Pleasant 0 Ponaganset 4, Westerly 0 Warwick 1, Cumberland 0 Portsmouth 4, North Kingstown 0 To view all of today's girls soccer results and summaries click here......

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Boys soccer results -- Updated 9:19 p.m.

9:19 PM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Middletown 5, Cranston West 1 Central 2, Tolman 2 Smithfield 2, Scituate 1 Lincoln 7, North Providence 0 To view all of today's boys soccer results and summaries click here......

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

9:09 PM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Central Falls 3, Central 0 Ponaganset 3, Burrillville 0 To view all of today's girls volleyball results and summaries click here......

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Field hockey results -- Updated 8:16 p.m.

8:16 PM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Toll Gate 9, Chariho 1 Pilgrim 1, Warwick 0, o.t. Bay View 4, Tiverton 0 East Greenwich 1, Cumberland 0 Rocky Hill 2, Classical 0 To view all of today's field hockey results and summaries click here......

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Girls tennis results -- Updated 6:42 p.m.

6:42 PM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

East Providence 4, Exeter/West Greenwich 3 CLASSICAL 7, SCITUATE 0 TOLMAN 6, WEST WARWICK 1 MOSES BROWN 5, CRANSTON WEST 2 Portsmouth 7, North Smithfield 0 CHARIHO 7, ST. RAPHAEL 0 TOLL GATE 4, CUMBERLAND 3 NORTH KINGSTOWN 4, BARRINGTON......

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PC to hold "Late Night Madness" on Oct. 17

4:12 PM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Providence College will kick off the 2008-09 baskeball season on Friday, Oct. 17, with "Late Night Madness," the first practice of the season. Doors to Alumni Hall will open at 9:30 p.m. There will be games and entertainment until 11,......

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Three high school football games postponed

3:56 PM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

With the weather forecast looking ominous this weekend, we've already had three high school football games postponed. The Barrington vs. North Kingstown game originally scheduled for tomorrow will be played at 6 Sunday night. The PCD-Wheeler vs. Classical game scheduled......

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Zdeno Chara -- a big man with a financial planning degree

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Fluto Shinzawa The Boston Globe COLE HARBOUR, Nova Scotia - Zdeno Chara, the tallest and among the strongest players in NHL history, regularly stares down the league's most accurate sharpshooters and occasionally squares off against its toughest brawlers. But......

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Chinese gymnast blames slip of the tongue for age discrepancy

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Nancy Armour AP National Writer One of the Chinese gymnasts whose age has been called into question is blaming the discrepancy on a slip of the tongue. International gymnastics officials have expanded their investigation into the eligibility of the......

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Troy Brown to join Comcast SportsNet as analyst

2:27 PM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Troy Brown, who announced his retirement from the NFL at Gillette Stadium today, will be a regular contributor to Comcast SportsNet's "Mohegan Sun Sports Tonight." Brown will make his first appearance tonight at 10. Comcast said that Brown will focus......

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Former Red Sox Mickey Vernon dies

12:09 PM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Mickey Vernon, a two-time American League batting champion with the Washington Senators and seven-time All-Star first baseman during a 20-year career in the major leagues, has died. He was 90. Click here to see Vernon's career stats.......

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P-Bruins announce training-camp schedule

11:34 AM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

The Providence Bruins will open training camp Friday at the Rhode Island Sports Center in North Smithfield and run through Tuesday, October 7. The practices on Friday, September 26 and Saturday, September 27 are open to the public. The P-Bruins......

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Woman set U.S. record at CVS 5K

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By Mike McDermott    Email

Two-time Boston Marathon winner and 1984 Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson set a U.S. record at Sunday's CVS Caremark Downtown 5K. Samuelson finished the course in 17 minutes and 24 seconds, a new record for the 50 to 54......

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Projo SoxTalk -- McAdam on J.D. Drew's return

11:03 AM Thu, Sep 25, 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 return to the lineup of J.D. Drew, closing arguments in the Byrd versus Wakefield debate, Justin Masterson's contribution to the Red Sox bullpen, and......

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Troy Brown retires

10:38 AM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Patriots all-time receiving leader Troy Brown retired this morning during a news conference attended by head coach Bill Belichick and owner Robert Kraft. We'll have more later this morning on the PatsBlog from Shalise Manza Young, who is at the......

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Yankees want Cashman to decide his own future

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Tyler Kepner The New York Times TORONTO - Brian Cashman spent part of his day Wednesday as the good organizational soldier, representing the New York Yankees at a news conference to announce a six-year partnership with the Double-A Trenton......

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Phillie Phanatic's hot dogs cause ballpark bomb scare

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By Mike McDermott    Email

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- After a bomb scare at the Philadelphia Phillies' ballpark, authorities pointed the finger at a fuzzy green suspect -- The Phillie Phanatic. Hours before the Phillies-Atlanta Braves' game on Wednesday night, a film crew shot a commercial......

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Tampa fans finally wake up -- Rays will play before packed houses in playoffs

8:27 AM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Tampa Bay Rays fans, who have been criticized far and wide for ignoring the terrific story unfolding in their own backyard, announced Tuesday that they have sold out the first two home games of the American League Division Series.......

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Crawford pessimistic about joining Rays lineup for playoffs

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Marc Topkin St. Petersburg Times BALTIMORE -- LF Carl Crawford may be activated in the next day or two to be used as a pinch-runner and defensive replacement, but he said "it's not looking good" for medical clearance to......

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7:51 AM Thu, Sep 25, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Good morning. Sean McAdam asks the Red Sox' unanswered questions heading into the playoffs, Paul Byrd is less than stellar in his final start of the regular season, Bill Belichick finds positive signs in the Patriots' special teams, and Bill......

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Boys soccer results -- Updated 10:01 p.m.

10:01 PM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Mount St. Charles 5, Toll Gate 1 La Salle 2, Central Falls 0 Barrington 3, Coventry 1 Burrillville 9, Fatima 1 Davies 2, Exeter/West Greenwich 0 Portsmouth 1, North Kingstown 0 Prout 1, North Smithfield 1 South Kingstown 4, Mt.......

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Girls soccer results -- Updated 8:32 p.m.

8:32 PM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Tiverton 3, West Warwick 1 Narragansett 8, Johnston 1 St. Raphael 4, North Providence 1 Rogers 3, Shea 1 Classical 1, Moses Brown 0 To view all of today's girls soccer results and summaries click here......

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Girls Volleyball Results

7:24 PM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Middletown 3, Fatima 1 Cranston West 3, North Smithfield 2......

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Patriots and Troy Brown to hold press conference tomorrow

7:13 PM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Shalise Manza Young    Email

The Patriots have announced a 10 a.m. press conference tomorrow for an "important announcement." Participants will include Troy Brown, Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick. For more, check the ProJo PatsBlog.......

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Girls Tennis Results

5:35 PM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

PCD 7, HOPE 0 To view all of today's girls tennis results and summaries click here......

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Field hockey results

5:21 PM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Moses Brown 4, Toll Gate 0 Woonsocket 2, Warwick 0 Burrillville 3, Pilgrim 0 Rocky Hill 2, Smithfield 1, o.t. To view all of today's field hockey results and summaries click here......

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Bruins return Maxime Sauve to junior team

4:47 PM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

The Bruins announced today that forward Maxime Sauve has been returned to his junior club, Val d'Or of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The 18-year-old native of Boisbriand, Quebec was the Bruins second round pick (47th overall) in the......

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Belichick congratulates the Red Sox

3:53 PM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, during his daily news conference at Gillette Stadium, wrapped up his opening statement by recognizing the local baseball team's fifth playoff berth in the last six years: "I congratulate the Red Sox on their playoff......

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Drew returns to Red Sox starting lineup tonight

3:48 PM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Red Sox manager Terry Francona, speaking during his weekly radio appereance on WEEI's Dale and Holley Show, said that J.D. Drew will be in the Red Sox lineup tonight for the first time since Aug. 17. Drew, the 2008 All-Star......

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Six experts seek trends with the 2008 Patriots

3:38 PM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Mike Reiss The Boston Globe It's football roundtable time. We've gathered six people with strong NFL roots - from the ranks of former players, to coaches, to personnel executives - and asked them about the Patriots. Coming off a......

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Peter Manfredo Jr. gets another world title shot

2:56 PM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Robert Lee    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Providence boxer Peter Manfredo Jr. (31-5, 16 KOs), star of The Contender I television series, will fight The Contender season three winner Sakio Bika (26-3-2, 16 KOs) on Nov. 13 at the Dunkin Donuts Center for the vacant......

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Providence Olympian Demetrius Andrade making pro debut soon

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By Robert Lee    Email

Journal photo / Steve Szydlowski Demetrius Andrade and his daughter, 2-year-old Autum, at his news conference today. Click here to see video of the announcement. PROVIDENCE - Demetrius Andrade closed one chapter of his illustrious boxing career in Beijing,......

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Investigation into age of Chinese gymnasts expanded to past athletes

1:34 PM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Nancy Armour AP National Writer The investigation into the ages of China's gold-medal women's gymnastics team has been expanded to include members of the 2000 team that won a bronze in Sydney, the Associated Press has learned. International gymnastics......

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Former Giants player, radio analyst Dick Lynch dies

1:28 PM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

NEW YORK (AP) - Dick Lynch, who starred at cornerback for the New York Giants during their glory years in the late 1950s and early 1960s and was a longtime radio analyst for the team, has died. He was 72.......

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Projo SoxTalk -- McAdam on the wild-card Sox, and honoring Johnny Pesky

1:22 PM Wed, Sep 24, 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 Red Sox' accomplishment in clinching a playoff berth; relief pitchers Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon stepping up in bases-loaded situations; Terry Francona's lineups in......

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Former Patriot Ted Johnson will donate his brain to concussion study

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By Mike McDermott    Email

Twelve athletes, including former Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson, have agreed to donate their brains after their deaths to the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University, which plans to study the long-term effects of concussions. According to......

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Hank Steinbrenner not impressed by Torre's success in L.A.

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By Mike McDermott    Email

Joe Torre is on the verge of another trip to the postseason, and his former employer is not. Yankees senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner talks about this in the coming edition of the Sporting News magazine. Here's some of what......

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Dolphins went to high-school's playbook to confound Patriots

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Dave Hyde South Florida Sun Sentinel The story gets better. The surprise grows richer. It wasn't a college play, after all, that slew the Patriots, humbled the genius, enlivened the stodgy NFL and delivered the Dolphins their best moment......

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Even if Manny leaves the Dodgers, his impact will linger

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Mark Whicker The Orange County Register Maybe he is just a comet in pigtails. Maybe he will have come and gone so quickly that he won't leave a physical trace on the Dodgers. No spring training locker. No record-book......

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Jeter, Yankees face reality of season without playoff trip

8:41 AM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Erik Matuszewski Bloomberg Derek Jeter will have an early start to the offseason for the first time in his 14-year career with the New York Yankees. The Yankees, who have won a record 26 World Series titles, were eliminated......

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Last home run at Yankee Stadium -- Fans clash over who caught the ball

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By James Barron The New York Times NEW YORK - Yankees catcher Jose Molina hit the last home run at Yankee Stadium. That is not in dispute. Who should have pocketed the ball seems to be. In Sunday night's Yankees-Orioles......

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7:39 AM Wed, Sep 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Good morning. The Red Sox clinched a spot in the playoffs, Joe McDonald looked at the lessons learned this year by Terry Francona, and Jim Donaldson wrote about how he was not impressed. Click here to download the file in......

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Girls Volleyball results -- Updated 10:00 p.m.

10:00 PM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Central Falls 3, Fatima 0 La Salle 3, East Providence 0 Shea 3, Central 0 Classical 3, Ponaganset 0 Burrillville 3, Lincoln 1 To view all of today's girls volleyball results and summaries click here......

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Boys soccer results -- Updated 9:59 p.m.

9:59 PM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Shea 0, Smithfield 0 Narragansett 2, Middletown 0 Moses Brown 1, East Greenwich 1 Warwick 1, Pilgrim 0 Classical 3, Tolman 2 To view all of today's boys soccer results and summaries click here......

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Girls tennis results -- Updated 9:53 p.m.

9:53 PM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

North Providence 7, West Warwick 0 Cumberland 5, Scituate 2 Moses Brown 6, Toll Gate 1 Cranston East 7, Shea 0 Bay View 7, Wheeler 0 LINCOLN 5, NARRAGANSETT 2 East Providence 7, Tiverton 0 Middletown 5, Coventry 2 Cranston......

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Field hockey results -- Updated 8:55 p.m.

8:55 PM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Lincoln 4, Bay View 1 East Greenwich 2, Barrington 0 Cumberland 3, South Kingstown 1 North Kingstown 4, Lincoln School 0 To view all of today's field hockey results and summaries click here......

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Girls soccer results -- Updated 8:53 p.m.

8:53 PM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Pilgrim 3, East Providence 1 Burrillville 3, Cranston East 1 Barrington 0, Coventry 0 Lincoln 1, Westerly 1 Mount St. Charles 0, Cranston West 0 South Kingstown 2, Cumberland 2 Exeter/West Greenwich 6. Smithfield 0 Warwick 3, Scituate 2 North......

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Pesky to be Honored Friday

4:28 PM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

The Red Sox will sack their time-honored policy of only retiring uniform numbers of Hall of Fame players when they honor Johnny Pesky this Friday night. The Red Sox host the New York Yankees at 7 p.m. The Sox......

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PawSox' Tamburro named I.L. Executive of Year for fifth time

2:57 PM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

The International League and the Pawtucket Red Sox announced today that PawSox team president Mike Tamburro has been selected as the 2008 International League Executive of the Year. Tamburro earned his record-setting fifth IL Executive of the Year Award in......

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Horrific football hazing case shakes New Mexico town

2:13 PM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Tim Korte Associated Press Writer LAS VEGAS, N.M. - It was shocking enough when six high school football players were accused of sodomizing six younger teammates with a broomstick during training camp. But the scandal was raised to a......

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Were the Yankees trying to snub Roger Clemens, or protect him?

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By Mike McDermott    Email

It went unnoticed by no one that when a video honoring the greatest pitchers to call Yankee Stadium home was shown before the final regular-season game at the Stadium, there was no footage of Roger Clemens. According to The Rocket's......

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Reports -- Red Sox to retire Johnny Pesky's number this week

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By Mike McDermott    Email

The Boston Herald is reporting today that the Red Sox will break longstanding policy regarding the retirement of uniform numbers, and retire Johnny Pesky's number 6 during a ceremony this weekend at Fenway Park. The Globe later confirmed the Herald......

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Celtics hope Darius Miles can be key to repeat effort

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By Mike McDermott    Email

The NBA last week confirmed a 10-game suspension for forward Darius Miles, who is with the Celtics on a nonguaranteed contract. Once Miles returns (he will be eligible for a Nov. 15 visit to Milwaukee), his new teammates will be......

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Projo PatsTalk with Shalise -- Not just a loss, but a test of character

12:59 PM Tue, Sep 23, 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: the lack of intensity shown by the defense on Sunday, whether the players would rather not have the bye right now, questions about Matt......

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Projo SoxTalk with McAdam -- Last playoff auditions for Byrd and Wakefield

12:09 PM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Sean McAdam's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: last night's frustrating loss, including Jeff Bailey's would-be double that bounced off third-base umpire Gerry Davis; Josh Beckett's uncharacteristic struggle with control; the division crown......

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High school football prank lands Texas teens in jail

11:18 AM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Two students -- one dressed as a gorilla and one dressed as a banana -- were arrested and held in jail overnight after pulling a goofy stunt before a high school football game at Flower Mound High School in......

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Brown's Develin named national player of the week

10:59 AM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Brown junior defensive end James Develin (6-3, 260) has been named the Sports Network's Football Championship Subdivision National Player of the Week for his play in Brown's season-opening 17-7 victory over Stony Brook. The Gilbertsville, Pa., native headlined a Brown......

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18 arrested for stealing pieces of Yankee Stadium

9:17 AM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City police say they arrested more than a dozen people for stealing pieces of Yankee Stadium during the 85-year-old ballpark's final game. Police say 18 fans were charged with possessing stolen property. Officers were......

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7:55 AM Tue, Sep 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Good morning. The Red Sox fail to clinch a playoff spot, Joe McDonald reviews how the team has responded to adversity in the clubhouse this season, Bill Reynolds discusses the adversity now facing the Patriots, and Shalise Manza Young reports......

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Girls Volleyball results -- Updated 9:31 p.m.

9:31 PM Mon, Sep 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Scituate 3, Tolman 0 West Warwick 3, Warwick 0 North Smithfield 3, Narragansett 2 Hope 3, Middletown 0 Mount St. Charles 3, Johnston 0 Coventry 3, Toll Gate 1 Cranston West 3, Mount Pleasant 0 Tiverton 3, Exeter/West Greenwich 2......

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Girls Soccer results - Updated 9:30 p.m.

9:30 PM Mon, Sep 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

East Greenwich 2, Mt. Hope 0 Lincoln 3, Exeter/W. Greenwich 1 To view all of today's girls soccer results and summaries click here......

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Boys soccer results -- Updated 9:26 p.m.

9:26 PM Mon, Sep 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

West Warwick 3, St. Raphael 0 Toll Gate 2, Woonsocket 1 Hope 1, Mt. St. Charles 1 Prout 9, Johnston 0 Barrington 4, Chariho 2 Rogers 1, North Smithfield 1 Hendricken 1, Central Falls 1 S. Kingstown 1, Portsmouth 0......

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Girls cross country results -- Updated 8:42 p.m.

8:42 PM Mon, Sep 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

LINCOLN 22, PONAGANSET 33 CUMBERLAND 15, PONAGANSET 50 CUMBERLAND 20, LINCOLN 40 PORTSMOUTH 17, MIDDLETOWN 45 PORTSMOUTH 18, CHARIHO 42 CHARIHO 22, MIDDLETOWN 33 MIDDLETOWN 27, WEST WARWICK 32 PORTSMOUTH 17, WEST WARWICK 45 CHARIHO 23, WEST WARWICK 32 SMITHFIELD......

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Girls Tennis results -- Updated 8:13 p.m.

8:13 PM Mon, Sep 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

PCD 7, Bishop Keough 0 Barrington 5, East Greenwich 2 Wheeler 4, North Kingstown 3 Mount St. Charles 7, Prout 0 To view all of today's girls tennis results and summaries click here......

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Boys cross country results -- Updated 7:50 p.m.

7:50 PM Mon, Sep 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

HENDRICKEN 15, JOHNSTON 50 HENDRICKEN 15, WARWICK 50 HENDRICKEN 18, CRANSTON EAST 43 HENDRICKEN 25, CRANSTON WEST 36 CRANSTON EAST 19, JOHNSTON 39 CRANSTON EAST 25, CRANSTON WEST 36 CRANSTON EAST 15, WARWICK 50 JOHNSTON 15, WARWICK 48 CRANSTON WEST......

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Field Hockey results -- Updated 7:20 p.m.

7:21 PM Mon, Sep 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Moses Brown 7, Cranston East 0 Woonsocket 4, Pilgrim 2 Wheeler 6, Chariho 0 Smithfield 3, Warwick 2 To view all of today's field hockey results and summaries click here......

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Bruins make first training-camp cuts

11:12 AM Mon, Sep 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

The Bruins made their first training-camp cuts this morning, sending four players to the Providence Bruins, returning three to their junior teams, and releasing three others. Sent to Providence were Scott Fletcher, Kevin Nastiuk, Levi Nelson and Wacey Rabbit. Returned......

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Yankees snub Clemens in Stadium closing ceremony

10:28 PM Sun, Sep 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Anthony Rieber Newsday NEW YORK - The Yankees snubbed Roger Clemens during their pregame positional montages Sunday night, leaving out the 11-time All-Star when they introduced the top pitchers in the organization's history. Clemens meant enough to the Yankees......

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Victorious Dolphins see a light at the end of the tunnel

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Ethan J. Skolnick South Florida Sun-Sentinel MIAMI - They sprinted through the tunnel, Matt Roth tousling Dan Carpenter's hair, Justin Smiley slapping five, Jason Ferguson screaming, "Yeah, Yeah!" Yes, Sunday's 38-13 win meant something. Will it lead to a......

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So many years, so many memories at Yankee Stadium

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By Mike McDermott    Email

Associated Press Ask Mariano Rivera or Rudy Giuliani or any of those legions of fans who love the pinstripes, and they can describe every detail of Aaron Boone's home run that shook Yankee Stadium. Ask the man himself and it's......

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Red Sox clinch tie for wild-card spot

4:19 PM Sun, Sep 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Boston Red Sox have defeated the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-0, today to clinch a tie for the American League wild card playoff spot. The Red Sox need just one more win or a loss by the Yankees (who host......

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Famiglietti, Flanagan are top finishers at CVS 5K

4:09 PM Sun, Sep 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Anthony Famiglietti of Nashville, Tenn., won the CVS/Caremark 5K today with a time of 13:42, while Olympic bronze medalist Shalene Flanagan of Pittsboro, N.C., was the top-finishing woman with a time of 15:28 at today's race in Downtown Providence. More......

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Patriots regular-season win streak halted

4:04 PM Sun, Sep 21, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

Today's 38-13 blowout loss at the hands of the Miami Dolphins ended the Patriots' NFL-record streak of 21 consecutive regular-season wins. We'll have more on the game, including all of our game stories as they are filed, all night at......

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