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December 7, 2008 - December 13, 2008 Archives
11:32 PM Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee  Email
BOSTON -- The Boston Celtics were glad to see their good friend James Posey last night. Everyone, that is, except for Boston coach Doc Rivers. "You know, it's funny, last year I loved what he did, setting flops, charges, grabbing,......
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9:56 PM Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
BOSTON -- By pounding the ball inside early on to Kendrick Perkins and Kevin Garnett, which opened up things outside for Paul Pierce, the Celtics were able to outscore New Orleans 29-19 in the opening 10 minutes of the third......
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9:11 PM Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
BOSTON -- A sloppy first half by both teams ended with New Orleans leading, 40-39. Paul Pierce (10 points, 3 rebounds), Kevin Garnett (10 points, 6 rebounds), and Ray Allen (7 points) are Boston's top scorers. David West (11 points,......
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8:33 PM Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
BOSTON -- The Celtics began the game looking weary from having played last night. Boston missed six of its first seven shots. It was downright ugly. Even with the poor shooting, Boston still led, 6-3. But the Celtics continued to......
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7:03 PM Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
BOSTON -- New Orleans star center Tyson Chandler will not start tonight, and he might not even play. Chandler left practice early yesterday after waking up with a sore neck, and he said that he might probably won't play tonight.......
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6:47 PM Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
The Blue Jays signed former All-Star right-hander Matt Clement to a minor league contract on Friday with an invitation to spring training. He went 13-6 with a 4.57 ERA in 32 starts in his All-Star season in 2005 with the......
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6:16 PM Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
The Edgewood Eagles, who were allowed to play in this afternoon's Pop Warner Division II Midget Super Bowl Championship Game in Florida despite an altercation involving the team, won the game. The Eagles, of Cranston, soundly defeated the Goulds Rams......
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6:14 PM Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
BOSTON -- Boston forward Leon Powe (92) is ranked second in the NBA among all substitutes in free throw attempts entering tonight's action. He is only six free throws away from the leader -- Utah's Andrei Kirilenkio (98).......
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5:49 PM Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
By ROBERT LEE Journal Sports Writer BOSTON - The Boston Celtics will give New Orleans forward James Posey the championship ring he earned last season as Boston's sixth man in a pregame ceremony tonight. Posey helped the Celtics capture the......
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5:04 PM Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
Free agent right-hander A.J. Burnett has reached preliminary agreement on a five-year, $82.5 million contract with the New York Yankees, a baseball source told ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick. Click here to read the story.......
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12:05 PM Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to see and hear the latest edition of projo CeltsTalk with Rob Lee. Today we talk about the Celtics' 21-2 start, the defensive intensity that sets Boston apart from other teams, Kevin Garnett's balky right......
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11:36 AM Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Boston Herald just reported that Pop Warner football teams from Boston and Rhode Island have been kicked out of a hotel in Orlando after members of the teams got in a physical fight yesterday in the hotel cafeteria. The......
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10:40 AM Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Boston Celtics, who improved to 21-2 last night for the first time in franchise history, are running in very rare company. Only two teams in the history of the league -- the 1969 Knicks and the 1993 Rockets --......
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9:33 AM Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens said last night that he is not jealous of teammate Jason Witten, despite reports by ESPN last night that Owens thinks Witten and quarterback Tony Romo have secret meetings in which they devise ways......
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9:12 AM Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Glenn Ordway, host of WEEI's The Big Show, told listeners yesterday that he was going on vacation for the rest of the year, and that with his contract set to expire, he might not return. "This very well could be......
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8:20 AM Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Bob Klapisch The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) LAS VEGAS -- Want to talk about a real bailout? The Yankees are empting their treasury to rescue -- themselves. CC Sabathia has been promised $161 million, and, apparently, the dollar-orgy is just......
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8:05 AM Fri, Dec 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Ken Davidoff Newsday LAS VEGAS - Officials from the other 28 teams would come upon a familiar face in the New York media these last few days at the winter meetings, and laughter would ensue. "Keeping busy?" each official......
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3:48 PM Thu, Dec 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) - The Washington Redskins won the fan Pro Bowl voting in nine of 19 positions for the NFC, the result of an aggressive marketing campaign that paid dividends even for the lowest rated kicker in the league.......
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2:57 PM Thu, Dec 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The NBA has released its first set of results in the league's fan voting for the All-Star Game, and the Celtics' Kevin Garnett has the advantage at one of the league's two forward spots. Garnett is second to LeBron James......
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2:48 PM Thu, Dec 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Shalise Manza Young, out at San Jose State University, reports that quarterback Matt Cassel is back with the team and expected to practice today. Cassel missed yesterday's practice following the death of his father.......
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2:05 PM Thu, Dec 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Knicks guard Cuttino Mobley is retiring from the NBA because of a heart disease that he says has gotten worse. Mobley announced his decision at a press conference Thursday at the Knicks' training center.......
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12:11 PM Thu, Dec 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Joe McDonald's comments, recorded this morning from Las Vegas. The topics: Reaction to the CC Sabathia deal, when news might break on Mark Teixeira, concerns about the economy, and the aura of Scott......
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9:26 AM Thu, Dec 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
According to The Boston Globe's Tony Massarotti, free-agent pitcher A.J. Burnett has eliminated the Red Sox and the Blue Jays from his list of possible teams and will end up with either the Yankees or the Braves. The New York......
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8:54 AM Thu, Dec 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Jason Jones The Sacramento Bee ALAMEDA, Calif. - Kwame Harris has 11 false start penalties in 11 games. The New England Patriots have eight false starts this season. No other player has more than six false starts. That's why......
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8:47 AM Thu, Dec 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Derrick Goold St. Louis Post-Dispatch LAS VEGAS - During the one time all week when Major League Baseball gathers its general managers as a group to discuss business during the winter meetings, Oakland's Billy Beane still couldn't avoid the......
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8:45 AM Thu, Dec 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) -- A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for selling prescription painkillers to New England Patriots lineman Nick Kaczur. Federal Judge William Young says he would have given Daniel Ekasala of Saugus a longer......
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11:08 PM Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
Knicks guard and former University of Rhode Island star Cuttino Mobley will retire from the NBA, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday night. The Knicks have called a press conference for Thursday afternoon at......
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3:46 PM Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Attention basketball coaches: High school basketball season is beginning, and we want your team's stats to publish on HSGameTime.com. Once a week, please send us a report containing your players' total stats in these categories: games played, points scored, rebounds,......
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2:02 PM Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Kevin Ding of the Orange County Register wrote an interesting piece over the weekend that says something about how much the Los Angeles Lakers still think about their 2008 NBA Finals loss to the Boston Celtics, and how much they......
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1:21 PM Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The latest edition of Marc Bloom's "The Harrier" magazine has New England cross country champion Mark Feigen of East Greenwich and Rhode Island champ Andrew Springer of Westerly listed among the "Top 50 Boys in USA." -Carolyn Thornton......
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10:36 AM Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Chicago Bulls rookie Derrick Rose, the number-one pick in this year's NBA draft, needed 10 stitches in his left forearm to repair a gash from a knife that he says he rolled over while lying in bed and eating an......
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10:30 AM Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
John Grahame, who backstopped the Providence Bruins to the 1999 Calder Cup before moving on to the NHL with Boston, Tampa and Carolina, was known to enjoy the nightlife during his time in Providence. Now that's apparently gotten him into......
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9:12 AM Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
One thing that is getting very little mention this morning amidst the news that the Yankees will apparently close the deal to get CC Sabathia is this: Sabathia has been lousy in the playoffs during his career. The Yankees, of......
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9:06 AM Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Boston Herald's Karen Guregian reports today that Greg Cassel, the father of Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel, has died. The Patriots, who are in California preparing for Sunday's game against the Oakland Raiders, gave players the day off yesterday, and......
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8:00 AM Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) -- Officials said a 22-year-old man who died 11 days after he stopped breathing while in police custody during Boston Celtics championship celebrations died of "natural causes." The state medical examiner announced on Monday that David Woodman's death......
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7:43 AM Wed, Dec 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The New York Post is reporting this morning that CC Sabathia, the most sought-after pitcher in this offseason's free-agent market, has agreed to sign with the Yankees on the largest contract ever given to a major-league pitcher, six years at......
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3:46 PM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Click here to read Joe McDonald's latest update.......
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3:46 PM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to see and hear the latest edition of projo PatsTalk with Shalise Manza Young. The topics: What the Patriots might be able to do on defense if Tedy Bruschi is lost for the season, Wes......
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3:06 PM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Texas Rangers president Nolan Ryan just confirmed his team has been talking with the Red Sox, and calls Clay Buchholz 'a Texas kid we think will look really good in a Texas uniform.' Click here to read Joe McDonald's latest......
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3:03 PM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Click the play button below to hear Joe McDonald's comments, recorded this morning from Las Vegas. The topics: What it's like to cover the meetings in Las Vegas, whether the Red Sox are genuinely interested in CC Sabathia, the latest......
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1:44 PM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
The Red Sox are having discussions with A.J. Burnett, who appears to have become their main free-agent pitching target. Click this link to read Joe McDonald's latest update.......
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1:31 PM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Check out the list here. An example: It's Buddy Cianci Bobblehead Night.......
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1:00 PM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - The recession has hit the NFL. The league said Tuesday it is cutting more than 10 percent of its headquarters staff in response to the downturn in the nation's economy. The cuts were announced in a......
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11:39 AM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
New England Revolution defender Michael Parkhurst has signed a contract to play for FC Nordsjælland of Denmark's SAS Ligaen (first division) starting in January 2009, and was presented today a press conference in Farum. His original four-year contract with Major......
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10:02 AM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Boston Bruins recalled Vladimir Sobotka from Providence late Monday night after Stephane Yelle was injured during the second period of the win over Tampa Bay. Coach Claude Julien said Yelle suffered an upper-body injury in the second period in......
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9:11 AM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Boston Herald's Karen Guregian reports today that Tedy Bruschi will probably miss the rest of the season because of the knee injury he suffered Sunday in Seattle, on a play in which Bruschi was hit by teammate Mike Richardson,......
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8:41 AM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Tyler Kepner The New York Times LAS VEGAS -- The Yankees are seeking a long-term union with CC Sabathia, and conveniently, there is a wedding chapel in the Bellagio Hotel, the site of baseball's winter meetings. After two sit-downs......
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8:29 AM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
AP photo / Frank Franklin II Construction continues in the Jackie Robinson Rotunda at Citi Field, the new stadium being built for the New York Mets, last week. NEW YORK (AP) - The Yankees and Mets are asking the......
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8:16 AM Tue, Dec 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The following report is from a PUMA Ocean Racing press release: PUMA Ocean Racing, led by Skipper Ken Read of Newport, is ready for battle in leg three of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09. Having undergone essential structural repairs in......
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8:58 PM Mon, Dec 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Tim Hazard scored the game-winning touchdown and made the two-point conversion in overtime as South Kingstown won the Division II Super Bowl, 14-6, tonight at Cranston Stadium. Tolman, which had come back from a 6-0 halftime deficit to send the......
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7:53 PM Mon, Dec 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Michael Sims and Rodney Butcher both clinched spots on the Nationwide Tour today, although both will be conditional players on that tour. Their chances to compete will depend on how well they play. Sims, a former URI star, had......
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7:03 PM Mon, Dec 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The South Kingstown Rebels are ahead of the Tolman Tigers, 6-0, at halftime of tonight's Division II Super Bowl at frigid Cranston Stadium. South Kingstown has scored the game's only points thus far on a 6-yard touchdown pass from Ben......
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9:31 PM Sun, Dec 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Exeter/West Greenwich defeated Middletown in the Division IV Super Bowl, 26-6, tonight at Cranston Stadium. The Scarlet Knights, who led 20-6 at halftime, got a 31-yard touchdown run by Adam Sweeney in the second half. Sweeney finished the night with......
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8:27 PM Sun, Dec 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Mike Szostak reports from Cranston Stadium: Exeter/West Greenwich has dominated the first-half action in the Division IV Super Bowl. The Scarlet Knights scored with 9:27 left in the first quarter on a 4-yard touchdown run by quarterback Zack Hornoff, which......
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7:53 PM Sun, Dec 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Anna Grzebien is now a full fledged member of the LPGA Tour. The Duke grad from Point Judith not only earned her card for 2009, she did it in style today. She closed LPGA Qualifying School at LGA International......
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6:16 PM Sun, Dec 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Johnston scored 21 unanswered points in the second half to defeat Tiverton, 33-12, in the Division III Super Bowl today at Cranston Stadium. The Panthers, who were tied with Tiverton at halftime, took the lead on a 31-yard touchdown run......
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5:12 PM Sun, Dec 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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Carolyn Thornton reports from Cranston Stadium: Tiverton took a 12-0 lead in the Division III Super Bowl this afternoon on touchdown runs of 19 yards by Colby Marks, and 10 yards by Ryan Flick. But the Johnston Panthers rallied to......
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4:04 PM Sun, Dec 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
The fans knew. The ones, at least, willing to back up their opinions with their money. The oddsmakers knew, too. Even though Alabama was ranked No. 1 in every poll, Florida -- ranked either second or fourth, depending on......
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4:04 PM Sun, Dec 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By John Gillooly Journal Sports Writer CRANSTON -- Quarterback Joe Charest threw two second-quarter touchdown passes and also ran for a TD in the quarter, leading La Salle to a 31-6 victory over Barrington in the R.I. Interscholastic Division I......
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3:07 PM Sun, Dec 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Defenseman Johnny Boychuk, who was recalled to the Boston Bruins last Monday when the team was hit with a wave of injuries to its defensive corps, has been returned to the Providence Bruins. Boychuk made his Bruins debut last Thursday......
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