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December 21, 2008 - December 27, 2008 Archives
3:36 PM Fri, Dec 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott  Email
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Louisville coach Rick Pitino says his team's problems aren't anything a little psychiatry couldn't fix. The Cardinals have tumbled out of the Top 10 for the second time this season following a loss to Minnesota last......
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3:20 PM Fri, Dec 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - The Christmas Day game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics was the highest rated regular-season NBA game in four years. The rematch of last season's NBA finals earned a 5.3 fast national rating on......
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1:06 PM Fri, Dec 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
TMZ.com is reporting, based on unnamed sources, that Patriots quarterback Tom Brady proposed to supermodel Gisele Bundchen while the two were aboard a private jet on Christmas Eve, and that Gisele said yes.......
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12:58 PM Fri, Dec 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Patriots are on the field inside Gillette Stadium for their final practice of the regular season, and it's actually on the warmer side for the day after Christmas. The players were in shells and sweatpants. The bad news for......
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10:55 AM Fri, Dec 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Boston Herald's Dave Wedge reports today that New England Patriots defensive lineman Ty Warren spent about $1,300 buying clothing for a Warwick family that was recently made homeless by a fire that started in their kitchen. Warren learned about......
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8:46 AM Fri, Dec 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Talk about your football fantasies. Josh Reed can envision nothing sweeter than the Buffalo Bills eliminating the New England Patriots from playoff contention on Sunday. "Despite everything, it's the last game of the season," the......
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8:28 AM Fri, Dec 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Kat O'Brien Newsday The Yankees have no regrets about their December spending spree, a source said Wednesday, despite criticism from other clubs. But their offseason pickups may be done, perhaps leaving no room for Andy Pettitte. The Yankees are......
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8:10 AM Fri, Dec 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Phil Rogers The Chicago Tribune CHICAGO - Mark Teixeira to the Yankees? Ho, ho, ho. This is going to be fun to watch. Teixeira, along with fellow newcomers CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett, will carry to the Yankees to......
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7:50 AM Fri, Dec 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Dilbeck Los Angeles Daily News LOS ANGELES -- The hungry dog eats, even on Christmas. Even when it has been less than imagined or hoped for or pretty-please desired. The Lakers came into their showdown with the Celtics......
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7:45 AM Fri, Dec 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jonathan Okanes Contra Costa Times OAKLAND, Calif. - With each new chapter, Leon Powe's story just keeps getting more uplifting. Powe, who overcame an impossibly challenging upbringing in Oakland to become an All-American basketball player at Cal and now......
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2:18 PM Wed, Dec 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
FOXBORO -- Matt Cassel says he'd like to stay with the Patriots next season but doesn't know if he will. The quarterback filling in for Tom Brady can become a free agent after the season unless New England applies the......
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1:20 PM Wed, Dec 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Shalise Manza Young Journal Sports Writer The Patriots are back inside Gillette Stadium for today's practice session; there's a cold rain falling on the proceedings. The players were in shells and sweatpants, and Christmas music was blaring from the......
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1:06 PM Wed, Dec 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Associated Press A small cache of weapons and ammunition and the pants and sneakers that Plaxico Burress wore when he accidentally shot himself last month have been seized from the home of the New York Giants receiver, police said Wednesday.......
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12:43 PM Wed, Dec 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Miami Dolphins quarterback Chad Pennington travels back to his old home stadium this weekend with a chance for a storybook ending to his season. His Dolphins can clinch the division title by beating the very team that cut Pennington during......
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12:21 PM Wed, Dec 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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Joe Bick, the agent for Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis, has told The Boston Globe's Adam Kilgore that his client and the Red Sox are far apart in their discussions on a long-term contract and will not come to......
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11:14 AM Wed, Dec 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Curt Schilling posted a blog entry on WEEI.com last night reacting to the New York Yankees' signing of Mark Teixeira. To sum up: Schilling gives the Red Sox credit for not offering Teixeira more than they felt was appropriate; he......
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11:00 AM Wed, Dec 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
While you were sleeping came word that the New York Yankees took yet another player from the Boston Red Sox. The New York Post's Joel Sherman reported last night that the Bombers had signed catcher Kevin Cash to a minor-league......
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10:48 AM Wed, Dec 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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10:20 AM Wed, Dec 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Perhaps the most amazing part of the 2008 Boston Celtics' 27-2 start, which is now the best in the history of the NBA, is the reality of how far they have come, so fast. Less than two years ago, before......
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8:27 AM Wed, Dec 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Phil Sheridan The Philadelphia Inquirer PHILADELPHIA -- The New York Yankees represent the very worst of America. Overstatement? Consider the times. Cornerstone industries are faltering, taxpayers are being asked to bail out mismanaged financial institutions and their overpaid CEOs,......
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8:23 AM Wed, Dec 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Anthony Rieber Newsday NEW YORK - If you woke up on Christmas morning and found out the Yankees had signed Manny Ramirez, Pat Burrell, Adam Dunn, Derek Lowe, Ben Sheets and Jon Garland, would it surprise you? Well, they......
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8:18 AM Wed, Dec 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Danielle Sessa Bloomberg Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio said Major League Baseball may need to impose a salary cap to preserve competition after the New York Yankees spent $424 million to sign three players. The Yankees agreed on an......
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8:06 AM Wed, Dec 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Michael S. Schmidt The New York Times Since John Henry became the Red Sox' principal owner in 2002 and appointed Larry Lucchino and Theo Epstein to run the team, the Red Sox have broken an 86-year curse, won two......
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3:39 PM Tue, Dec 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK -- The New York Yankees have reeled in another prime free agent, reaching a preliminary agreement with first baseman Mark Teixeira for $180 million over eight years, the Associated Press and ESPN's Buster Olney have reported. The AP......
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2:41 PM Tue, Dec 23, 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: Did the Cardinals mail it in in the snow on Sunday? Do the Patriots really enjoy playing in the......
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2:32 PM Tue, Dec 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
SI.com's Jon Heyman reports the Yankees have jumped into the Mark Teixeira Sweepstakes with both feet in what is now an attempt to beat out the rival Red Sox for Teixeira's services."......
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1:22 PM Tue, Dec 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) - New York Jets defensive end Shaun Ellis has been fined $10,000 by the NFL for throwing snow at fans following the team's loss at Seattle on Sunday. Several fans threw snowballs at New York players......
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1:18 PM Tue, Dec 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - The price of a bleacher seat for the exhibition openers at the new Yankee Stadium will cost far less than a soda. The Yankees said Tuesday that bleacher seats for the games against the Chicago Cubs......
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12:17 PM Tue, Dec 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Take it for what it's worth, but the Washington Times has blogged that "there are strong indications that the Red Sox will announce [today] that they have landed . . . highly-coveted slugger" Mark Teixeira. Earlier today, the Boston Herald's......
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11:33 AM Tue, Dec 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ESPN's Buster Olney and Peter Gammons are reporting that free-agent slugger Mark Teixeira is very close to making a decision about where he will play next season. They say the most likely destinations for Teixeira are the Boston Red Sox......
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10:10 AM Tue, Dec 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pete Caldera The Record (Hackensack N.J.) NEW YORK -- If the price is right, Manny Ramirez and the Yankees might yet be a match. The slugger's evaporating market could play into the Yanks' favor, although the club hasn't rushed......
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10:06 AM Tue, Dec 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Joshua Robinson The New York Times The inquest into the death of the Jets' playoff hopes, which seemed so vibrant and alive last month, has not begun. The Jets are not mathematically out of contention, so there is no......
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9:56 AM Tue, Dec 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - Roger Clemens' former personal trainer has filed a defamation lawsuit against the seven-time Cy Young award winner, the New York Post reported Tuesday. Brian McNamee, who told federal investigators that Clemens used erformance-enhancing drugs, claims the......
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8:37 PM Mon, Dec 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
The New York Yankees not only failed to make the playoffs, they were hit with their highest luxury tax in three years. The Yankees were assessed a $26.9 million tax by the commissioner's office on Monday, up from $23.9 million......
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6:42 PM Mon, Dec 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
Apparenty, New York Jets' defensive end Shaun Ellis likes snowball fights. Moments after the Seahawks upset the Jets, 13-3, Ellis and teammates were pelted with snowballs by Seahawk fans while walking off the field. Ellis retaliated by picking up a......
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6:30 PM Mon, Dec 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
Pitcher Chien-Ming Wang and the New York Yankees avoided salary arbitration when they agreed Monday to a $5 million, one-year contract. The 28-year-old right-hander was 8-2 with a 4.07 ERA in 15 starts last season before injuring a foot while......
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2:50 PM Mon, Dec 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
WOONSOCKET _ One of the coldest days of the year produced a double dose of good golf news yesterday. For that matter, it was great news not only for golfers, but for people in need throughout southern New England.......
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1:11 PM Mon, Dec 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
If the Patriots win in Buffalo on Sunday, they'll surely want to get in front of TVs, because both of the other games that will impact New England's playoff fate have been rescheduled to later on Sunday afternoon. The Dolphins-Jets......
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8:35 PM Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported moments ago that Angels spokesman Tim Mead confirmed that the team has "bowed out" of the bidding for free agent first baseman Mark Teixeira. Click the link to read the story.......
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8:29 PM Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) - Boston Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron, who missed most of last season with a concussion, was released from the hospital Sunday after being diagnosed with another concussion. Bergeron spent the night at Massachusetts General Hospital and underwent extensive......
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6:53 PM Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The New York Jets' late-season collapse continued today at snowy Qwest Field, as New York fell to the Seattle Seahawks, 13-3. The loss sets out a clear scenario for the Patriots to make the playoffs as the champions of the......
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6:45 PM Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Anaheim Angels have withdrawn their offer to free agent first baseman Mark Teixeira. Click here to read the full story.......
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6:41 PM Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) -- Boston Celtic forward Glen Davis was injured in an automobile accident on the Massachusetts Turnpike Sunday as he drove to the TD Banknorth Garden for the game against the New York Knicks. Celtics spokesman Jeff Twiss said......
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4:25 PM Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Roderick Boone Newsday GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- The last time the Knicks faced off against the Celtics a little more than a month ago, Al Harrington was 3,000 miles away and still living in the Golden State. But just because......
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1:57 PM Sun, Dec 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
BOSTON -- Boston fans can expect a lot of trash talking tonight when the Celtics host the Knicks. After the Celtics defeated the Knicks, 110-101, on Nov. 18 in a physical game that featured a lot of chirping, New York......
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