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October 19, 2008 - October 25, 2008 Archives


Girls volleyball results -- Updated 9:57 p.m.

9:57 PM Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

East Providence 3, Woonsocket 0 Shea 3, Fatima 1 Central Falls 3, Middletown 0 To view all of today's girls volleyball results and summaries click here......

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H.S. Football results -- Updated 9:53 p.m.

9:53 PM Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Toll Gate 21, Coventry 6 Tolman 29, Warwick 18 Johnston 30, Mount Pleasant 0 South Kingstown 14, Cranston East 6, o.t. Barrington 19, Hendricken 7 To view all of today's football results and summaries click here......

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Girls Soccer results

8:20 PM Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Mount Pleasant 1, Hope 0 Cranston East 1, North Providence 0 To view all girls soccer results and summaries click here......

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Boys soccer results -- Updated 8:10 p.m.

8:10 PM Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Lincoln 3, Central 1 South Kingstown 4, East Providence 1 Burrillville 1, Davies 0 To view all of today's boys soccer results and summaries click here......

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Girls tennis results -- Updated 7:27 p.m.

7:27 PM Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Lincoln School 5, La Salle 2 Middletown 6, Coventry 1 PCD 5, Warwick 2 Mount St. Charles 4, Bay View 3 To view all of today's girls tennis results and summaries click here......

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Field Hockey results -- Updated 6:01 p.m.

6:01 PM Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Wheeler 2, Pilgrim 0 Toll Gate 2, Woonsocket 1, 2 o.t. Rocky Hill 2, Burrillville 1 East Greenwich 2, Cumberland 0 To view all of today's field hockey results and summaries click here......

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Police responded to overdose call at home of Isiah Thomas

3:23 PM Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Multiple news outlets in New York City are reporting that the police went to the home of former New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas just after midnight this morning because of a report that someone had overdosed on sleeping pills.......

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Lowell, recovering from hip surgery, reflects on Brady's infection

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By Mike McDermott    Email

Mike Lowell, during an interview with WEEI.com site editor Rob Bradford, reflected on Tom Brady's medical issues. Lowell recently had arthroscopic hip surgery to repair a tear in his hip and fix a bone spur. "We were actually talking about......

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McDaniels -- Tom Brady will work hard to be ready for 2009

1:37 PM Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

FOXBORO (AP) - Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels has spoken to Tom Brady and is optimistic that Brady will work diligently to be back on the field in 2009. McDaniels expressed that optimism Friday without setting a timetable for the......

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Goodell -- Longer regular season would be good for the NFL

1:31 PM Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

LONDON (AP) - An expanded regular season would improve the overall quality of the NFL and increase interest among fans, commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday. The NFL discussed adding one or two more games to the regular-season schedule at its......

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PC scrimmage, FanFest set for Saturday

12:04 PM Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

Providence College will hold its annual Friar Fanfest at Alumni Hall Saturday from Noon to 2:30 p.m. The event is free for all fans and will feature the annual Mal Brown intrasquad scrimmage for the men's basketball team. The......

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Projo PatsTalk with Shalise -- If Brady's return is delayed, what do the Pats do next year?

11:35 AM Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Shalise Manza Young's comments, recorded this morning. She discusses the challenges facing Brandon Meriweather and other defensive backs as they try to fill the void left by the injury to Rodney Harrison, how......

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Goodell -- Ad revenues dropping for NFL games

goodell1024.jpg 9:10 AM Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

LONDON (AP) - Broadcasters are already seeing a drop in advertising revenue for NFL games because of the global economic crisis, league commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday. At a conference on the globalization of sports held ahead of Sunday's NFL......

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4 fans cut by shattered ice at Bruins-Maple Leafs game

8:47 AM Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

BOSTON (AP) - Four fans sitting along the boards at the Bruins game were treated for cuts when a hit by Boston forward Milan Lucic shattered the glass and sent shards raining down on the seats Thursday night. Two......

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NFL Network -- Sammy Morris out 2-3 weeks

8:06 AM Fri, Oct 24, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

NFL Network reporter Adam Schefter reported tonight that New England running back Sammy Morris will miss two to three weeks due to the knee injury he suffered against Denver on Monday night. Morris rushed for a career high 138 yards......

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Demetrius Andrade wins pro debut

9:42 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Comments (3)
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Providence middleweight Demetrius Andrade won his professional boxing debut with a second round TKO of Patrick Cape tonight at the Northern Quest Casino in Spokane, Wash. The fight was stopped 24 seconds into the second round.......

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Girls volleyball results -- Updated 9:41 p.m.

9:41 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

West Warwick 3, Tolman 0 North Kingstown 3, East Greenwich 0 Scituate 3, Warwick 0 Barrington 3, Exeter/West Greenwich 2 Toll Gate 3, Cranston East 2 Coventry 3, South Kingstown 1 Chariho 3, Pilgrim 0 To view all of today's......

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Boys soccer results -- Updated 8:48 p.m.

8:48 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Burrillville 1, St. Raphael 1 Prout 1, Tiverton 0 Exeter/West Greenwich 1, West Warwick 0 Rogers 8, Fatima 1 Ponaganset 2, Johnston 0 To view all of today's boys soccer results and summaries click here......

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Girls soccer results -- Updated 8:41 p.m.

8:41 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Coventry 3, Toll Gate 1 Exeter/West Greenwich 1, Westerly 1 Bay View 3, Ponaganset 0 Lincoln 2, Smithfield 1 Central Falls 3, Davies 2 Cranston West 1, Pilgrim 0 La Salle 4, Scituate 0 Prout 2, Chariho 0 South Kingstown......

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Girls tennis results -- Updated 8:12 p.m.

8:12 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Warwick 5, Cranston East 2 Portsmouth 6, Exeter/West Greenwich 1 Cumberland 6, Cranston West 1 North Providence 5, Rogers 2 Coventry 4, Mt. Hope 3 To view all of today's girls tennis results and summaries click here......

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Field Hockey results

6:13 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Bay View 3, Barrington 1, o.t. Cumberland 1, Lincoln School 0 To view all of today's field hockey results and summaries click here......

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Game Two of the World Series: Rocco's in

5:52 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Rocco Baldelli is in right field, and batting seventh, for the Tampa Bay Rays in Game Two of the World Series tonight. Get the complete lineup via the St. Petersburg Times' Rays blog and the Tampa Tribune's Rays blog.......

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TV ratings fall 12 percent for first game of World Series

3:56 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

NEW YORK (AP) - Television ratings for Game 1 of the World Series were down from last year. The Philadelphia Phillies' 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Fox on Wednesday night earned a 9.2 rating and 15 share,......

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NBA will allow more use of instant replay this season

3:49 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

NEW YORK (AP) - The NBA's Board of Governors has approved the expanded use of instant replay for the 2008-09 season. Referees will be allowed to review video to determine if a field goal was a 2- or 3-point attempt,......

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Family of Duke lacrosse player threatens to sue over accuser's book

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By Mike McDermott    Email

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - The woman who prosecutors determined falsely accused three Duke lacrosse players of rape maintains in a new memoir that she was attacked, a claim that provoked an angry lawsuit threat from one player's family. Crystal Mangum,......

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P-Bruins getting a big boost from improved power play

2:48 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

PROVIDENCE -- The Providence Bruins are back on top of the American Hockey League's Atlantic Division -- where they spent most of last season -- and one of the main reasons is their power play. Heading into tomorrow's game at......

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Big East shooting to get 10 teams into NCAA Tournament

2:34 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Mike Ogle The New York Times Mike Tranghese, the Big East commissioner, remembers with a satisfied grin the push-back he got from the conference's men's basketball coaches in 2005 before the league ballooned to its current size of 16......

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Keno Davis discusses opportunity and pressure of coaching in Big East

keno1023.jpg 2:29 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Eric Tucker Associated Press PROVIDENCE -- After a sterling debut as a head coach at Drake, Keno Davis is bracing for a tougher challenge - and opponents - in his first season at Providence. He was hired in April......

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Rays' Aybar has fought hard to defeat alcoholism

aybar1023.jpg 2:21 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Karen Crouse The New York Times ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Four drained bottles of booze in the locker of a recovering alcoholic would be cause for concern in most workplaces. In the Tampa Bay Rays clubhouse, the empty Champagne......

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UConn picked first in Big East women's coaches poll; PC last

1:12 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Note: Because of an error at the AP, a year-old story was posted at this URL earlier today. The following is the correct coaches poll story. NEW YORK (AP) - Connecticut forward Maya Moore, the Big East's top player last......

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Patriots are NFL's most expensive ticket; NFL owners don't see need to cut prices

1:01 PM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Curtis Eichelberger Bloomberg Philadelphia Eagles fan Steven Katz has spent four years on a waiting list for two season tickets, and says he'd pay an extra $200 a game to jump to the top. He'd have company, National Football......

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Steven Jackson not sure if he will play vs. Patriots on Sunday

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Jim Thomas St. Louis Post-Dispatch On the one hand, running back Steven Jackson said his right thigh injury is headed in the "right direction." After a light indoor workout Wednesday, he said the thigh felt good. But he declined......

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Dodgers prepared to offer A-Rod money to keep Manny?

manny1023.jpg 9:22 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Sports Illustrated's Jon Heyman, who first broke the story of Manny Ramirez's trade from the Red Sox to the Dodgers this past summer, reported last night that Los Angeles is willing to meet (or at least approach) Ramirez's annual salary......

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Report -- Tom Brady had two more procedures to contain infection

8:01 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Doctors are so concerned with the infection in Tom Brady's left knee that they have performed three procedures in an attempt to eliminate it, according to The Boston Herald, which quotes an unnamed West Coast source familiar with the Patriots......

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Darryl Strawberry offers advice to Joba Chamberlain

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Jim Baumbach Newsday Darryl Strawberry has a message for Joba Chamberlain: Stop now. Don't be like me. Shortly after learning about Chamberlain's alleged DUI early Saturday morning, Strawberry said he called Yankees executive Ray Negron and asked him to......

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Backup QBs have nice jobs, until they have to produce

cassel1023.jpg 7:59 AM Thu, Oct 23, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Rick Gosselin The Dallas Morning News Matt Cassel once had the best job in football. Now he has the worst. Cassel spent the first three seasons of his NFL career watching Tom Brady set NFL passing records and win......

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Boys soccer results -- Updated 10:03 p.m.

10:03 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Central Falls 2, Woonsocket 0 North Smithfield 1, Davies 1 Lincoln 8, North Providence 1 Tolman 4, Central 2 Hendricken 5, Toll Gate 0 La Salle 1, Hope 0 Westerly 4, Cranston East 1 Cumberland 2, Mount St. Charles 1......

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Girls Soccer results -- Updated 9:12 p.m.

9:12 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Hope 6, Masters 3 Johnston 2, West Warwick 1 Cranston East 1, Middletown 0 Classical 2, St. Raphael 2 Tiverton 6, Narragansett 1 Woonsocket 3, Tolman 3 To view all of today's girls soccer results and summaries click here......

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Girls volleyball results -- Updated 9:03 p.m.

9:03 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Corey Bourassa    Email

Classical 3, Lincoln 0 Fatima 3, Central 0 Central Falls 3, Hope 0 La Salle 3, Burrillville 0 Westerly 3, Rogers 0 Prout 3, Tiverton 0 Ponaganset 3, Cumberland 0 To view all of today's girls volleyball results and summaries......

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Update: Rocco Baldelli not in starting lineup for Game One of the World Series

6:47 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

Rocco Baldelli was expected to start Game One of the World Series for the Rays tonight, but he is not in the lineup. Ben Zobrist will be Tampa Bay's right fielder tonight. Rocco Baldelli was expected to start Game One......

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Sox dismiss first-base coach Luis Alicea, but bring back all other members of the staff; Chris Smith opts for free agency

4:56 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

The Red Sox announced today that Luis Alicea will not be offered a new contract with the organization, ending his two-year stint as the team's first-base coach. Alicea, a former major-league second baseman who played for the Red Sox in......

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Demetrius Andrade will make pro debut tomorrow

4:05 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Robert Lee    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Providence junior middleweight Demetrius Andrade, who was a member of the 2008 United States Olympic boxing team, will meet Patrick Cape (4-2, 2 KOs) in a four-round bout in his pro debut tomorrow night at the Northern Quest......

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Maui is pulling for Victorino, their home-island hero

victorino1022.jpg 3:28 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) - Michael Victorino stands along Hana Highway wearing an orchid lei, smiling and waving and holding a bright green sign bearing his last name as trucks rumble by. It's a day before Game 1 of the World......

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McCain, Obama record inspirational quotes to air before World Series Game 1

2:59 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Barack Obama and John McCain agree on at least one thing: the importance of the World Series. The presidential candidates recorded inspirational quotes about baseball from historical figures, including Martin Luther King Jr. and former......

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Matt Cassel named AFC Offensive Player of the Week

2:36 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

New England QB Matt Cassel has been named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his 18-for-24, 185 yard, three touchdown, zero turnover performance against Denver on Monday night. Cassel had a career-high passer rating of 136.3, which the fifth-highest......

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Tony Romo says he's out until mid-November

2:17 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

IRVING, Texas (AP) - Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo doesn't expect to play again until mid-November. Romo, who wanted to play last week with a broken pinkie on his throwing hand, said Wednesday the plan now is to return after the......

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Beckett discusses pain he endured during Sox' playoff run

1:25 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Just about everyone knew that something wasn't right with Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett as he struggled through the American League playoffs, posting two poor starts and one grueling five-inning performance in Game 6 of the ALCS. Now, speaking to......

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Several MLB teams freezing or lowering ticket prices in 2009

12:50 PM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Danielle Sessa Bloomberg Baseball is counting pennies on everything from seats to sponsorships as it prepares to play next season in an economic slowdown. With the Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays about to open the World Series tonight......

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Favre says he did speak to Lions' Millen, still denies sabotaging Packers

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By Mike McDermott    Email

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) - Brett Favre denies reports he called former Detroit president Matt Millen a few weeks ago and gave him information the Lions could use in a game against the Green Bay Packers. The New York Jets......

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Patriots put Rodney Harrison on injured reserve

11:31 AM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

FOXBORO (AP) -- The New England Patriots have placed safety Rodney Harrison on injured reserve, ending his season. The move came Wednesday, two days after Harrison tore a quadriceps muscle in his right thigh. The injury is expected to end......

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NBA general managers pick Lakers to beat Celtics in NBA Finals

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By Mike McDermott    Email

NEW YORK (AP) - The Los Angeles Lakers will avenge their NBA finals loss to the Boston Celtics, according to a survey of the league's general managers. The executives who responded to the NBA.com GM survey also picked Cleveland's LeBron......

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Big East coaches pick PC 10th in preseason conference poll

9:46 AM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Providence College Friars are picked to finish 10th in the Big East in the conference's coaches poll, released today. Keno Davis' Friars did not have any players on the 10-player preseason all-conference team. Notre Dame......

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Canseco says he shouldn't have named names in steroid book

canseco1022.jpg 9:28 AM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Retired slugger and active celebrity boxer Jose Canseco said in an interview with the A and E Network that he now regrets naming players as steroid users in his 2005 book, "Juiced." Canseco spoke to A and E for a......

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Download today's sports cover

9:21 AM Wed, Oct 22, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Patriots made a statement on Monday night, and now Jim Donaldson is trying to figure out what it means. Paul Kenyon takes you inside the URI Rams' preparations for the coming season, and Joe McDonald has the story on......

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Report -- Before his arrest, Joba Chamberlain had confrontation with Sox fan

3:06 PM Tue, Oct 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Red Sox Nation apparently extends even to Nebraska strip clubs. According to the New York Daily News, which quotes a club goer named Gary Bohaty, the Yankees pitcher was drinking at the Night Before Lounge in downtown Lincoln, Neb., when......

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Rays' Longoria has enjoyed a meteoric rise

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Sam Mellinger The Kansas City Star ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - His story is baseball's version of the American dream, of persistence turning humble beginnings into eventual stardom. Back then, no scouts would talk to Evan Longoria. Now, he bats......

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Manny Ramirez happy the Sox lost

1:41 PM Tue, Oct 21, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

America's number-one sports news source, the celebrity web site TMZ.com, has posted a video of the former Red Sox slugger out on the town in Los Angeles. Click here to watch the video, in which Ramirez admits he did not......

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Former Celtics owner Mangurian dies of leukemia

1:26 PM Tue, Oct 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

BOSTON (AP) - Harry Mangurian Jr., a former owner of the Boston Celtics and renowned horse breeder, has died of leukemia. He was 82. The funeral home handling his arrangements said Mangurian died Sunday. He died at Holy Cross Hospital......

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Terry Francona to have back surgery

1:16 PM Tue, Oct 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

BOSTON (AP) -- Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona will be heading for surgery this offseason. Francona said Tuesday that he's had a back problem and hasn't had full feeling in his arms since May. He hopes to get that......

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P-Bruins' Boychuk named AHL Player of the Week

11:38 AM Tue, Oct 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Providence Bruins defenseman Johnny Boychuk is the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week after recording a goal and six assists over three games for Providence this past weekend. The 24-year-old Boychuk had three assists in Friday's win over Springfield, a goal......

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Patriots' Rodney Harrison reportedly done for season

11:10 AM Tue, Oct 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Adam Schefter of NFL.com reports that the New England Patriots' veteran safety suffered a season-ending, and potentially career-ending, torn quad muscle late in the third quarter of last night's Patriots-Broncos game. Click here to read the blog entry.......

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A modest proposal for realigning baseball's divisions -- Combine the two leagues into one

9:15 AM Tue, Oct 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Mark Whicker The Orange County Register There should never be a baseball game in March or November. There should never be a five-game series in postseason play. Too many undeserving teams make it to the postseason, which is why......

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Rays-Red Sox Game 7 was most-watched baseball game in cable history

8:56 AM Tue, Oct 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Mason Levinson Bloomberg The Tampa Bay Rays' 3-1 win over the Boston Red Sox in the decisive seventh game of the American League Championship Series was the most-watched baseball game in cable-television history. Some 13.4 million viewers tuned in......

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Red Sox face an unusual question -- What now?

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Jack Curry The New York Times ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Jason Varitek had to know the questions about his future were coming, but he still did not seem prepared for them. As soon as Varitek was asked if he......

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The Broncos may be bad, but they're still contenders

8:27 AM Tue, Oct 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By David Ramsey The Gazette FOXBORO -- First, let's look at the good news. Sure, the Denver Broncos stumble as a confused, and confusing, team. Yes, they delivered one of the worst NFL performances of this decade in Monday's 41-7......

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Woody Paige -- Broncos performance was a public disgrace

8:21 AM Tue, Oct 21, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Woody Paige The Denver Post FOXBORO -- On the Broncos' schedule Sunday is Bye. Bye is favored by 10 points. Denver, these are your worst Night Mares. That's as bad as it gets, but probably not. Monday Night Mortification.......

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Has Shanahan lost his young Broncos?

shanahan1021.jpg 7:57 AM Tue, Oct 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Mark Kiszla The Denver Post FOXBORO - His eyes bulged in anger as his cheeks grew redder with every fumble, missed tackle and stupid penalty committed by careless, inept and undisciplined Broncos. Mike Shanahan could not believe what he......

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Girls Volleyball results

7:40 PM Mon, Oct 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Bay View 3, Mt. Hope 0 East Providence 3, Burrillville 0 Ponaganset 3, Woonsocket 0......

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Field Hockey results

7:14 PM Mon, Oct 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Lincoln 4, Bay View 3......

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Girls Soccer results

7:12 PM Mon, Oct 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Tolman 6, Bishop Keough 1 Burrillville 6, Johnston 1 Central 2, Fatima 0 Rogers 2, Hope 2 Woonsocket 6, Davies 0 Mount Pleasant 2, Masters 1......

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Denver coach Mike Shanahan respects both Tom Brady and Matt Cassel

6:27 PM Mon, Oct 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Robert Lee    Email

BY ROBERT LEE Journal Sports Writer FOXBORO -- Denver coach Mike Shanahan has a lot of respect for both Tom Brady and Matt Cassel. "We all know what Tom Brady has done and what he has meant to the Patriots......

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Girls Tennis results

4:54 PM Mon, Oct 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Chris Venditto    Email

Tiverton 4, West Warwick Cranston East 4, Woonsocket 3 To view all of today's girls tennis results and summaries click here......

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In Vegas, the Rays are underdogs no longer

3:46 PM Mon, Oct 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Las Vegas sports books favor the Tampa Bay Rays to win the World Series over the Philadelphia Phillies and would owe huge payouts if the American League champions prevail. Oddsmakers say enough bettors took the Rays......

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Girardi -- Joba made a mistake

3:40 PM Mon, Oct 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

NEW YORK (AP) - Yankees manager Joe Girardi and co-chairman Hal Steinbrenner lent their support Monday to pitcher Joba Chamberlain, arrested last weekend on suspicion on drunk driving. "I have spoken to Joba and he made it very clear to......

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Red Sox' Lowell has hip surgery

3:34 PM Mon, Oct 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

BOSTON (AP) - Boston Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell has had surgery on his right hip. Red Sox spokesman John Blake said Lowell was awake after his surgery Monday. Blake said last year's World Series MVP wanted to surgery......

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Projo PatsTalk with Donaldson -- Patriots-Broncos preview

3:14 PM Mon, Oct 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Jim Donaldson's comments, recorded this morning. He discusses the stakes of tonight's game for both teams -- the Broncos looking to take control of their division and the Patriots looking to keep pace......

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Tim Cowlishaw -- Cowboys should fire Wade Phillips

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Tim Cowlishaw The Dallas Morning News ST. LOUIS -- It was right there in front of Jerry Jones' eyes. And he missed it. There is no more shining example of how the radical move of an in-season head coaching......

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Maddon gives Rays an edge

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Kat O'Brien Newsday ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Maybe it all stems from Joe Maddon. Maybe Maddon is what put the Rays over the edge. Yes, of course he had to have the players, had to have more talent to......

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Young Rays show they are capable of handling pressure

12:11 PM Mon, Oct 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By George Vecsey The New York Times ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - "Heroes are made in Game 7," Evan Longoria was saying late Saturday night in front of his locker, after the Rays had lost a second straight game, with the......

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Projo SoxTalk with Joe McDonald -- Final notes on the Sox season; World Series predictions

12:08 PM Mon, Oct 20, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Click the play button below to hear Joe McDonald's comments, recorded this morning. The topics: Matt Garza's big-time effort in Game 7, Joe Maddon's decision to go with David Price to get the most important outs of Tampa Bay's season,......

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Westerly's Andrew Springer named HSGameTime athlete of the week

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By Mike McDermott    Email

The Bulldogs' senior star added another accomplishment to his already impressive running resume as he captured the individual title in the Boys Championship Division race at the Brown University High School Cross Country Invitational on Saturday. Our game of the......

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A powerful statement by Baldelli and the Rays

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Alan Schwarz The New York Times ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Rocco Baldelli swung as if it could have been his last game. For all he knew, it could have been. In the bottom of the fifth inning of Sunday......

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Joba to be arraigned in December

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By Mike McDermott    Email

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain's first court appearance for his arrest on suspicion of drunken-driving has been scheduled for December 17. Chamberlain was cited early Saturday in Nebraska on suspicion of driving under the influence,......

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Evil empire, times two -- Yankees and Cowboys start joint business venture

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By Mike McDermott    Email

By Aaron Kuriloff Bloomberg The New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys, two of the strongest brands in sports, have joined Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and CIC Partners to form a food and retail company. Legends Hospitality Management LLC will run......

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After so many comebacks, Red Sox are at a loss

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By Alan Schwarz The New York Times ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Coco Crisp made the rounds that Red Sox players rarely have to. He walked up to Kevin Youkilis, sitting silently and motionless on his clubhouse folding chair with his......

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Mantle, Ruth items fail to sell at Yankee auction

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NEW YORK (AP) - A handwritten letter from Mickey Mantle to his fiancee and a pitching incentive agreement for Babe Ruth have failed to sell at an auction of New York Yankees memorabilia. An auction spokeswoman said Sunday that bidding......

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Joba Chamberlain apologizes for DUI arrest

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By Mike McDermott    Email

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain apologized for "an error in judgment" on Sunday. He was arrested early Saturday in Nebraska on suspicion of driving under the influence, speeding and having an open container of alcohol......

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Sox return to Boston with no fans to greet them

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BOSTON (AP) - In contrast to the raucous celebrations that followed victorious postseasons in 2004 and 2007, it was a quiet homecoming for the Red Sox after their 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 7 of the......

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