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October 5, 2008 - October 11, 2008 Archives


Saturday H.S. football results -- Updated 7:39 p.m.

7:39 PM Sat, Oct 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

West Warwick 40, Burrillville 6 Cumberland 24, Toll Gate 9 Hope 44, North Smithfield 14 Narragansett 44, Johnston 38 Woonsocket 21, Mt. Hope 12 Moses Brown 29, Central 0 To view all of today's football results and summaries click here......

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Read's boat off to good start in Volvo Ocean Race

5:23 PM Sat, Oct 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Built in Rhode Island for Puma Ocean Racing, il mostro - The Monster - had an impressive start of the Volvo Ocean Race around the world today.(Oct. 11) With Newport skipper Ken Read at the helm, The Monster was in......

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H.S. Football results -- Updated 10:07 p.m.

10:07 PM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

South Kingstown 28, Lincoln 0 East Greenwich 34, Mount Pleasant 12 Exeter/WEst Greenwich 33, Scituate 7 Warwick 26, Chariho 0 Shea 21, Coventry 8 Westerly 35, Tolman 6 To view all of tonight's football results and summaries click here......

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

9:46 PM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Exeter/West Greenwich 6, Fatima 1 Warwick 3, Middletown 2 West Warwick 1, Tiverton 1 East Greenwich 0, Pilgrim 0 Ponaganset 3, St. Raphael 1 Cumberland 4, Toll Gate 0 Prout 7, Rogers 3 Mount Pleasant 3, Smithfield 0 Chariho 3,......

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Field Hockey results -- Updated 9:28

9:28 PM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Rocky Hill 2, Chariho 1 North Kingstown 3, South Kingstown 0 Tiverton 1, Cranston East 0 Cumberland 1, Lincoln 0 To view all of today's field hockey results and summaries click here......

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Girls Volleyball results -- Updated 9:02 p.m.

9:02 PM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

West Warwick 3, Cranston West 1 Shea 3, Central 0 Prout 3, Mt. Hope 0 To view all of today's girls volleyball results and summaries click here......

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Girls soccer results -- Updated 8:18 p.m.

8:18 PM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Burrillville 2, North Providence 0 East Greenwich 3, Coventry 0 Davies 1, Shea 1 St. Raphael 6, Middletown 1 Rogers 2, Mount Pleasant 0 Tiverton 1, Cranston East 0 Narragansett 5, Classical 2 Masters 1, Central 1 Johnston 2, Moses......

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'The Express' arrives at theaters, along with controversy

2:52 PM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Cedric Golden Austin American-Statesman AUSTIN, Texas -- What if you found out someone was playing you in a movie? Most of us would invite friends and relatives to the theater then urge them to stay for a second screening.......

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Radio talk-show hosts accuse Magic Johnson of faking AIDS

magic1010.jpg 2:40 PM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Magic Johnson says he's outraged that a pair of Minneapolis talk radio hosts accused him of faking AIDS. KTLK's Chris Baker and Langdon Perry made the remarks during Baker's conservative talk show on Wednesday. The context for......

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Projo PatsTalk with Shalise -- How the Pats and Chargers match up now

2:11 PM Fri, Oct 10, 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 Chargers' defensive and offensive vulnerabilities, LaDainian Tomlinson's health and the threat posed by Darren Sproles, the revival of Philip Rivers, and the health......

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Mother of Phillies manager dies hours before start of Game 2

1:55 PM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Charlie Manuel plans to manage the Philadelphia Phillies against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of the NLCS despite the death of his mother. The Phillies said that June Manuel died Friday morning. No other information......

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Rays fan Dick Vitale joins the Manny-bashing bandwagon

1:22 PM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Dick Vitale, the college basketball announcer who never had anything bad to say about anyone (as far as I know), basically agrees with Tim McCarver on the subject of Manny Ramirez, according to The Boston Globe: "I'm very upset with......

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Projo SoxTalk with Kevin McNamara -- Why the Rays must win Game 1

11:59 AM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Kevin McNamara's comments, recorded this morning from Tampa. He speaks about Joe Maddon's ability to transform his team from habitual loser to big-time winner, Evan Longoria's celebrity status in Tampa Bay, Mike Timlin's......

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The Rays finally get their time in the sun, after 3,846 days

9:48 AM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Jack Curry The New York Times ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - It took the Tampa Bay Rays merely 3,846 days to crawl from playing their first major league game to playing the Boston Red Sox in the opener of the......

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Phillies decided to challenge Manny in NLCS Game 1

manny1010.jpg 9:25 AM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Phil Rogers Chicago Tribune PHILADELPHIA - After a boys' choir had performed and yet another gigantic American flag was unfurled in the outfield grass, after the Phillie Phanatic had raced across the outfield grass on his four-wheeler like a......

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Rays have a lot working in their favor in ALCS

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Sam Mellinger Kansas City Star ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Oh, sure, this one's easy. Here come the highfalutin Red Sox, with their championship rings, their $133 million payroll and enough history to fill Cooperstown twice. And over there are......

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P-Bruins' Hamill needs surgery on wrist

8:43 AM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Providence Bruins rookie center Zach Hamill is expected to miss up to six weeks with a left wrist injury. Boston's first-round pick in 2007, the seventh pick overall, Hamill is to undergo surgery. Another rookie, Brad Marchand, broke a cheekbone......

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It's time to give Terry Francona his due

francona1010.jpg 8:34 AM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Johnette Howard Newsday There was a scene during the American League Division Series last Friday that typifies the curious status of Red Sox manager Terry Francona. It occurred hours before his team moved one win away from knocking the......

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Red Sox and Rays pose two enduring challenges for Yankees

cashman1010.jpg 8:21 AM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Kat O'Brien Newsday ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - It was painful enough for the Yankees to miss the playoffs this year. That's a tough blow for the most consistent contender in baseball during the last 15 years. But looking at......

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Red Sox, Rays look for weaknesses in each other

8:06 AM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Tom Haudricourt Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Though biblical history suggests it's hardly an unfavorable matchup, the Tampa Bay Rays aren't buying into this "David vs. Goliath" showdown with the Boston Red Sox in the American......

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Download today's sports cover

7:55 AM Fri, Oct 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Good morning. On today's sports cover, Joe McDonald breaks down the matchups as the Red Sox and the Rays get set to meet tonight. Click here to download the file in pdf format.......

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Boys Soccer results -- Updated 9:37 p.m.

9:37 PM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Central Falls 1, North Kingstown 0 Tolman 7, North Providence 0 To view all of today's boys soccer results and summaries click here......

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Girls Soccer results -- Updated 9:05 p.m.

9:05 PM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Chariho 4, Pilgrim 1 Scituate 3, Cumberland 3 Bay View 1, East Providence 0 La Salle 1, Barrington 1 Toll Gate 3, North Kingstown 2 To view all of today's girl's soccer results and summaries click here......

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Field hockey results

8:49 PM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

North Kingstown 1, Barrington 1 To view all of today's field hockey results and summaries click here......

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Girls tennis results -- Updated 8:06 p.m.

8:06 PM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Middletown 7, Shea 0 Bishop Keough 6, Hope 1 North Providence 7, St. Raphael 0 PCD 6, Mt. Hope 1 Rogers 5, Tiverton 2 Mount St. Charles 6, Barrington 1 Warwick 6, Woonsocket 1 Portsmouth 7, Chariho 0 To view......

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Girls volleyball results -- Updated 8:01 p.m.

8:01 PM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

North Smithfield 3, Warwick 1 Exeter/West Greenwich 3, Rogers 0 Scituate 3, Mount Pleasant 0 North Kingstown 3, Woonsocket 0 To view all of today's girls volleyball results and summaries click here......

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Sox add Timlin to ALCS roster

3:19 PM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

BY KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Red Sox have announced their roster for the ALCS against Tampa Bay and veteran Mike Timlin is basically exchanged for the injured Mike Lowell. Timlin was not on the......

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Mets sell out $500,000 luxury suites, despite economic crisis

1:13 PM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Danielle Sessa Bloomberg The New York Mets sold out the luxury suites in their new stadium for as much as $500,000 a year, avoiding the financial crisis, said Dave Howard, the team's executive vice president for business operations. Mets......

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Projo SoxTalk with Joe McDonald -- Rays relieved they won't face Lester this weekend

11:52 AM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Joe McDonald's comments, recorded this morning from Tampa. He speaks about the Red Sox' playoff rotation -- and why the Rays are glad they'll be seeing Josh Beckett in Game 2 -- Daisuke......

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Rays had to crawl out of Yankees' long shadow in Tampa

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Pete Williams The New York Times TAMPA, Fla. - The signs around the Yankees' minor league training complex here pay tribute to the team's record 26 World Series titles. Each championship year is listed in one of seven columns......

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PC men upset UConn in soccer

8:57 AM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Bristol's Ryan Maduro set up Matt Marcin's goal in the 35th minute to give Providence College a 1-0 victory over 13th-ranked UConn yesterday in Big East men's soccer action at Glay Field in Providence. It is the first time that......

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One writer's opinion -- Red Sox vs. Dodgers is what we all really want

8:57 AM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Steve Dilbeck Los Angeles Daily News PHILADELPHIA - Can we do this now, please? Cast aside these Phillies and Whatever Rays and get onto the World Series most of the country really wants to see? Let's be honest, everybody......

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Phils' Charlie Manuel is a man who knows all about Manny

manuel1009.jpg 8:46 AM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Eduardo A. Encina St. Petersburg Times PHILADELPHIA -- The first impression Manny Ramirez left on Charlie Manuel was much like the one he offers most aloof, quirky and maddeningly confusing. The current Phillies manager was managing Cleveland's Triple-A team......

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Tim McCarver harshly critical of Manny Ramirez

mccarver1009.jpg 8:37 AM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Mike Jensen The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA - Be sure of this much: When Manny Ramirez walks to the plate for the first time Thursday night for the Dodgers, Fox analyst and former Phillie Tim McCarver won't pull his punches.......

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Download today's sports cover

7:56 AM Thu, Oct 09, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Good morning. Joe McDonald and Kevin McNamara have profiles on Rhode Island products Rocco Baldelli and Dan Wheeler, who will have big roles for the Tampa Bay Rays in their series against the Red Sox. Meanwhile, Bill Reynolds talks about......

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Boys soccer results -- Updated 9:28 p.m.

9:28 PM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Coventry 2, Toll Gate 1 Prout 3, Davies 0 Tiverton 3, North Smithfield 0 North Kingstown 6, Hendricken 3 Portsmouth 1, Cumberland 0 East Providence 3, Woonsocket 1 Lincoln 2, Smithfield 0 To view all of today's boys soccer results......

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Manny Ramirez's 1967 Lincoln Continental on auction for charity

manny1008.jpg 9:18 PM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Get your bids in now. According to The Boston Globe, the Franciscan Hospital for Children is hoping to get about $80,000 from this sale. Here's the link to the auction site, and here's the text of the press release from......

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Girls volleyball results -- Updated 9:11 p.m.

9:11 PM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

La Salle 3, Cumberland 0 Middletown 3, Central 1 Pilgrim 3, Cranston East 1 Classical 3, Burrillville 0 To view all of today's girls volleyball results and summaries click here......

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Girls soccer results -- Updated 8:42 p.m.

8:42 PM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Davies 1, Central 0 Woonsocket 9, Fatima 0 Middletown 1, Moses Brown 1 Burrillville 5, St. Raphael 4 Rogers 3, Bishop Keough 1 To view all of today's girls soccer results and summaries click here......

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Field hockey results -- Updated 7:53 p.m.

7:53 PM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Rocky Hill 3, Woonsocket 1 Smithfield 1, Chariho 0, o.t. To view all of today's field hockey results and summaries click here......

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Girls tennis results -- Updated 7:14 p.m.

7:14 PM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Coventry 6, Cranston East 1 Cranston West 5, Toll Gate 2 Cumberland 6, Classical 1 Bay View 7, South Kingstown 0 Lincoln School 6.5, La Salle .5 To view all of today's girls tennis results and summaries click here......

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Larry Bird settles lawsuit with owners of bed-and-breakfast

4:09 PM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird has settled a lawsuit brought against a couple he claimed used his name without permission to promote a bed-and-breakfast in his former hometown in southern Indiana. Terms of the settlement were not......

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Doc says Schilling would have returned with earlier surgery

3:59 PM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

BOSTON (AP) - Curt Schilling's surgeon is saying the right-hander probably would have been ready for this postseason if the pitcher's shoulder operation was performed in January. Dr. Craig Morgan wanted to operate then and said in spring training that......

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Rivers will miss Celtics exhibition opener

3:50 PM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) - Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers isn't with the team for its exhibition opener against the Philadelphia 76ers so he could return to his home in Orlando, Fla., for a personal matter. Assistant coaches Tom Thibodeau and......

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Chiarelli has put his stamp on the entire Bruins franchise

chiarelli1008.jpg 3:36 PM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Kevin Paul DuPont The Boston Globe Now it's really Peter Chiarelli's team. Player personnel. Front office employees. Scouting staff. His people, his thumbprint, top to bottom, on the ice and in all key decision-making positions of the spoked-B franchise.......

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Tim McClelland will be crew chief for Red Sox-Rays series

2:14 PM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

NEW YORK (AP) - Mike Reilly was picked Wednesday as the umpire crew chief for the NL championship series and Tim McClelland was selected as crew chief for the ALCS. Reilly will be working his ninth LCS, McClelland his eighth.......

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Manny Ramirez on the cover of new Sports Illustrated

manny1008.jpg 1:54 PM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Coming to a newsstand near you:......

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Projo SoxTalk with McDonald -- Baldelli and Wheeler on their biggest stage

1:29 PM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Joe McDonald's comments, recorded this morning, just as he was arriving in Tampa. The topics: excitement in Tampa Bay over the Red Sox-Rays series, the Rays' success playing in front of big crowds,......

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Yankees call off closing ceremony at Stadium

12:02 PM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

NEW YORK (AP) - Plans for a closing ceremony at Yankee Stadium have been scrapped. The team had discussed organizing an event on the weekend of Nov. 8-9 that would have included remembrances of many of the non-baseball events at......

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Dice-K to start Game 1 for Red Sox

11:53 AM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Terry Francona just announced in a live news conference that Daisuke Matsuzaka will start Game 1 of the American League Championship Series on Friday night in St. Petersburg, followed by Josh Beckett in Game 2, Jon Lester in Game 3......

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Sarah Palin inspired by the Tampa Bay Rays

10:57 AM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Here's some video of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin speaking this week in Jacksonville, Fla., celebrating the Tampa Bay Rays' victory over the Chicago White Sox and saying that it shows people in Florida know about "turning an underdog......

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'Rip his head off' chant, inspired by Adam Sandler, is embarrassing to KU

waterboy1008.jpg 9:15 AM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By J. Brady McCollough Kansas City Star LAWRENCE, Kan. - Curtis Vineyard is caught in the middle of a crossfire. He is a freshman at the University of Kansas, and he likes going to the football games, which means he......

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Plot lines for the two league championship series

price1008.jpg 9:01 AM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Sam Mellinger Kansas City Star ALCS 1, More David Price. Or, if you're being nitpicky, some David Price. Last year's No. 1 overall draft pick (right) was on the Rays' first-round series roster but didn't pitch. Sure would be......

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Rays know what awaits them in Red Sox

coco1008.jpg 8:52 AM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Marc Topkin St. Petersburg Times ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Rays beat out the Red Sox over the full six-month season, winning the American League East by a two-game margin. They beat them in head-to-head competition, winning 10 of......

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Shrewd moves by Red Sox are on display in postseason

epstein1008.jpg 8:42 AM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Jack Curry The New York Times BOSTON - Another Red Sox champagne celebration was over and the clubhouse attendants dutifully put 48 empty bottles of Korbel into four cardboard boxes. Those bottles represented the residue of a celebration after......

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Pitching rotation for ALCS is key question for Red Sox

beckett1008.jpg 8:33 AM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Amalie Benjamin The Boston Globe No sooner had Jason Bay's hand slid over home plate - the throw from right field coming too late - than the questions started. Though the Red Sox have reached the American League Championship......

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Next up for Jeff Conine, the Ironman Triathlon

conine1008.jpg 8:15 AM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Sharon Robb South Florida Sun-Sentinel FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Jeff Conine showed up for his first swim practice in baggy shorts. For years, the former Florida Marlin watched the Hawaii Ironman on television and was always intrigued. He had......

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7:57 AM Wed, Oct 08, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Good morning. Art Martone reviews the crazy play that turned the momentum in Game 4 of the ALDS, Kevin McNamara gives you some things to ponder before the start of the Tampa series, and we print some of the late......

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PC Nabs 5th Recruit

10:36 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

By KEVIN McNAMARA Another day, another recruit for Keno Davis and the Providence College basketball program. For the second straight day and fifth time this fall, the Friars have secured a verbal commitment from a recruit for the 2009-10......

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Field Hockey results -- Updated 9:58 p.m.

9:58 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Lincoln 2, Barrington 1 Pilgrim 3, Rocky Hill 2 Classical 2, Cranston East 1 Lincoln School 5, Tiverton 1 East Greenwich 5, South Kingstown 0 To view all of today's results and summaries click here......

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Girls tennis results -- Updated 9:48 p.m.

9:48 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Coventry 6, Pilgrim 1 PCD 7, Bishop Keough 0 Moses Brown 7, Smithfield 0 Middletown 7, Hope 0 South Kingstown 5, Prout 2 Mt. Hope 7, Shea 0 North Providence 5, Ponaganset 2 Portsmouth 6, Exeter/West Greenwich 1 Cumberland 5,......

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Girls soccer results -- Updated 9:28 p.m.

9:28 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Lincoln 2, Prout 1 Cranston West 2, Ponaganset 1 East Greenwich 2, Barrington 0 South Kingstown 2, Mt. Hope 0 Classical 2, Johnston 1 Burrillville 3, Middletown 1 Toll Gate 3, Cumberland 1 Smithfield 5, Pilgrim 0 To view all......

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Girls volleyball results -- Updated 8:39 p.m.

8:39 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Central Falls 3, Shea 0 Hope 3, Fatima 0 Tiverton 3, Rogers 0 Bay View 3, Barrington 0 Mt. Hope 3, Narragansett 2 Scituate 3, Mount St. Charles 1 To view all of today's girls volleyball results and summaries click......

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Boys soccer results

6:13 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Cranston West 4, Pilgrim 3 To view all of today's boys soccer results and summaries click here......

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Projo PatsTalk with Shalise -- Pats-Bolts a big deal in wide-open AFC

4:02 PM Tue, Oct 07, 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: how the Patriots' defense turned around a poor start in San Francisco, Matt Cassel throwing the deep ball, Laurence Maroney hearing the criticism, and......

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Projo SoxTalk -- McNamara on a dramatic end to a great series

3:06 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Kevin McNamara's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: removing Jon Lester after seven innings, Mike Scioscia's ill-fated suicide squeeze call, Jed Lowrie's big hit, and general thoughts on a very high-quality four-game series.......

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China launching separate investigation into ages of gymnasts

1:07 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

BEIJING (AP) - International gymnastics officials aren't the only ones who want more information on two members of China's 2000 Olympic team. The Chinese Gymnastics Association is doing its own investigation into the ages of Dong Fangxiao and Yang Yun,......

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Mariano Rivera has shoulder surgery

1:04 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

NEW YORK (AP) - New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera had surgery Tuesday on his right shoulder and is expected to resume throwing in three months, a month ahead of spring training. New York Mets medical director Dr. David Altchek......

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Bruins cut five; four headed to Providence

1:03 PM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

The Boston Bruins announced today that forward Peter Schaefer has been released from the club and will be placed on waivers for purpose of assignment to Providence (AHL), forwards Nate Thompson and Jeremy Reich have been placed on waivers for......

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Torii Hunter responds to the Fenway fans

10:29 AM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

Torii Hunter's two-run single in the top of the eighth inning tied last night's game at 2-2, giving the Angels the momentum that they could not convert into a victory. The fans were chanting Hunter's name before the hit, trying......

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Baldelli and the rest of the Rays are eager for showdown with Boston

baldelli.jpg 9:20 AM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Nick Cafardo The Boston Globe CHICAGO - Rocco Baldelli was soaking wet, dripping champagne from head to toe, when he left his teammates for a moment and headed out the clubhouse door to find his dad. The two hugged......

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Red Sox not sure about Masterson's future role

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By Mike McDermott    Email

BOSTON (AP) - Justin Masterson could be a valuable member of Boston's starting rotation in the future. He could be a strong option in the Red Sox bullpen. For Boston manager Terry Francona, it's a nice dilemma to have. "I......

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8:18 AM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Red Sox beat the Angels, 3-2, and will head to the American League Championship Series for the fourth time in six years. Also, speaking of beating California teams, the Patriots credit their offense for making the job easier for......

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Schedule for Red Sox-Rays ALCS

7:55 AM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

BOSTON - Major League Baseball has released the schedules for the league championship series. The Red Sox will host games 3-4-5. Game Three on Oct. 13 will be played at 4:37 p.m. It is Columbus Day. Here is the schedule.......

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Boys Soccer results -- Updated 9:43 p.m.

9:43 PM Mon, Oct 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Barrington 1, Cumberland 0 Mt. Hope 2, Woonsocket 1 Davies 2, Rogers 1 Burrillville 1, Prout 0 Cranston West 2, Warwick 2 Narragansett 2, Pilgrim 1 Scituate 6, Tolman 6 East Providence 1, Central Falls 0 Portsmouth 1, Mount St.......

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Girls soccer results -- Updated 9:16 p.m.

9:09 PM Mon, Oct 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Mount Pleasant 0, Central Falls 0 North Smithfield 3, Classical 1 Moses Brown 6, Wheeler 0 Tiverton 3, Johnston 0 Woonsocket 3, Bishop Keough 0 East Greenwich 6, Cumberland 0 To view all of today's girls soccer results and summaries......

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Girls volleyball results

8:39 PM Mon, Oct 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

South Kingstown 3, Lincoln 2 Ponaganset 3, East Greenwich 0 To view all of today's girls volleyball results and summaries click here......

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Sox take Lowell off ALDS roster

7:26 PM Mon, Oct 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

BOSTON --- The Red Sox gave up the ghost on Mike Lowell tonight, taking him off the active roster because of his right hip injury. The move also means Lowell will be ineligible to play in the American League Championship......

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Field hockey results -- Updated 6:21 p.m.

6:21 PM Mon, Oct 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Lincoln 4, East Greenwich 0 Moses Brown 3, Classical 1 To view all of today's field hockey results and summaries click here......

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Girls tennis results

6:09 PM Mon, Oct 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Lincoln 7, Scituate 0 To view all of today's girls tennis results click here......

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St. Pierre joins P-Bruins

2:52 PM Mon, Oct 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Center Martin St. Pierre has cleared waivers and has been assigned to the Providence Bruins. Providence now has 28 players in its camp, including 15 forwards, 10 defensemen and three goaltenders. St. Pierre, 25, is entering his fifth pro season......

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URI's Cassidy is CAA player of the week

11:03 AM Mon, Oct 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike Szostak    Email

University of Rhode Island quarterback Derek Cassidy is the Colonial Athletic Association offensive player of the week for his heroics in the Rams' 37-13 Governor's Cup triumph over Brown on Saturday. Cassidy completed 25 of 37 passes for 298......

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Angels finally end Sox hex

1:57 AM Mon, Oct 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Paul Kenyon    Email

BOSTON _ If they had played their usual solid fundamental baseball all night, the Los Angeles Angels could have made their survival work last night much easier. The team that won more games than any other club in the......

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Rick Gosselin -- Colts, Titans win with dramatic rallies

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Rick Gosselin The Dallas Morning News Aggressive defense can win - and lose - football games. On Sunday, it won a game for the Indianapolis Colts but lost one for the Baltimore Ravens. Indianapolis trailed Houston, 27-17, with under......

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Playoff pressure? Sox know about it in August

6:58 PM Sun, Oct 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Paul Kenyon    Email

Jason Bay's performance thus far in the ALDS has not surprised everyone. It is not that Bay already has hit two home runs. The point manager Terry Francona made before game three is that Bay has been prepared for......

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Celtics get a day off at camp

6:37 PM Sun, Oct 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

NEWPORT (AP) - Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers canceled training camp practice scheduled for Monday, saying he wants to give the defending NBA champions a day off before they prepare for their first preseason game. Boston takes on the Philadelphia......

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Patriots' Jordan out with a leg injury

6:36 PM Sun, Oct 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Paul Kenyon    Email

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Patriots running back LaMont Jordan was sidelined with a left leg injury in the second quarter of New England's game against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. Jordan, who had five carries for 16 yards, was......

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Manny is being more than Manny with the Dodgers

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Tyler Kepner The New York Times LOS ANGELES - In the litany of Manny Ramirez controversies, it was not as egregious as reportedly forgetting which knee hurt when he visited a doctor this July. But Ramirez still caused a......

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The race is on for rights to CC Sabathia

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By Mike McDermott    Email

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Let the race for the ace begin. But don't think a truck full of money will be the top factor in where CC Sabathia decides to sign. After the Brewers were bumped out of the NL playoffs......

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NFL investigating Davis' charge against Patriots; Raiders could be fined for false accusastion

4:15 PM Sun, Oct 05, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

BY SHALISE MANZA YOUNG Journal Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO -- OK, OK, I know I said that I had posted my last entry about Al Davis' charge of the Patriots tampering with Randy Moss last year, but unfortunately, some things......

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Angels ought to assemble talent to match up with Red Sox

4:10 PM Sun, Oct 05, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Mark Whicker The Orange County Register BOSTON - J.D. Drew skied a baseball over the centerfield wall Friday night and kept Calvin Schiraldi imprisoned in the record books. No Boston pitcher has lost a playoff game to the Angels......

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