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February 22, 2009 - February 28, 2009 Archives
9:24 PM Sat, Feb 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young  Email
The Patriots will host veteran CB Shawn Springs, released yesterday by the Redskins in a salary cap move, tomorrow at Gillette Stadium. For more, check the PatsBlog.......
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2:31 PM Sat, Feb 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Kansas City Chiefs have acquired quarterback Matt Cassel and linebacker Mike Vrabel from the New England Patriots in a trade for their second-round draft pick. Cassel had been the backup in New England when......
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11:23 AM Sat, Feb 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
Helped by the fact that 64 of the best players in the game were entered in the World Golf Championships this week in Arizona, Brett Quigley, Pat Sheehan, and Billy Andrade all made the cut at the Mayakoba Golf......
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9:32 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
BOSTON - It's official. Stephon Marbury is a member of the Boston Celtics. The controversial point guard who agreed to a buyout of his $20.8 million contract with the Knicks signed a pro-rated share of the veteran $1.3 million minimum......
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5:48 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
With Marc Savard and Milan Lucic questionable for Saturday's 1 p.m. meeting with Washington at the Garden, the Bruins Friday recalled Vladimir Sobotka from Providence. The team said Savard and Lucic both sustained upper-body injuries on Thursday night and missed......
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5:36 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
The Denver Broncos signed former Patriots wide receiver Jabar Gaffney to a four-year, $10 million deal that includes $3 million guaranteed. The story was first reported by NFL.com's Adam Schefter.......
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5:20 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto and Michael McDermott Journal Staff So are they really married? It's been the buzz all day: Tom Brady, the Patriot's quarterback (right, AP file photo), is said to have married his girlfriend of nearly three years,......
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3:08 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. _ Rocco Baldelli was greeted as if he was a long lost child when he arrived at the Tampa Bay Rays spring training facility Friday morning. The ex-Ray and current Red......
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2:54 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Adam Schefter of NFL.com is reporting that veteran outside linebacker Mike Vrabel is in Kansas City getting a physical, and that Vrabel will be traded to the Chiefs if he passes. The Patriots would receive an undisclosed draft pick in......
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2:43 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Bill Reynolds Journal Sports Writer So Stephon Marbury is the newest Celtic. Good. For there is no real downside here. Marbury is another chip, a backup to Rajon Rondo and valuable insurance if Rondo ever goes down, given that......
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2:40 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) - Stephon Marbury cleared waivers, and the Boston Celtics hoped to have the New York Knicks castoff in uniform for Friday night's game against the Indiana Pacers. Marbury, a former All-Star guard who alienated Knicks management, teammates......
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2:34 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Former New England Patriots long snapper Lonie Paxton has signed a free-agent deal with the Denver Broncos, according to The Boston Globe.......
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2:29 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The state may issue special license plates to benefit the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation. The Rhode Island General Assembly's House Committee on Constituent Services will review a proposal that would authorize the special plates at a meeting on Tuesday.......
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2:21 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Boston Celtics announced today that they have suspended second-year backup guard Gabe Pruitt for two games for conduct detrimental to the team. Pruitt was arrested early Thursday morning in Los Angeles for suspicion of drunken driving. The arrest came......
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2:21 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
The NHL trade deadline is in sight -- Wednesday at 3 p.m. -- and the rumors are flying. The Bruins are a legitimate Stanley Cup contender for the first time in years and Peter Chiarelli has made it clear that......
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1:56 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to see and hear our latest edition of projo SportsTalk with Paul Kenyon. Paul talks about URI's mind-set after Wednesday's victory over Dayton, the challenge posed by Duquesne, and the similar styles of the Dukes......
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1:04 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Joe Trainer, who was the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator under head coach Darren Rizzi last year, will replace Rizzi as head coach of the University of Rhode Island football team. Trainer was introduced this morning at a news......
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12:14 PM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
As the old saying goes, if you saw Bobby Orr play, no explanation is necessary; if you didn't, no explanation is possible. Sports Illustrated's S.L. Price has a masterful piece in the current issue on the greatest Bruin ever.......
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11:50 AM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to see and hear our latest edition of projo SportsTalk with Kevin McNamara. Kevin talks about where the Friars' victory against Pitt puts them now in terms of the NCAA Tournament, how dangerous Rutgers may......
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11:22 AM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Chad Finn of Boston.com says that New England sports fans deserve better than what WEEI gives them. Not surprisingly, Whiner Line callers on The Big Show yesterday afternoon were not amused. Read what all the fuss is about here.......
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9:46 AM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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Adrian Wojnarowski of YahooSports.com begs to differ with the assessment of William Rhoden of The New York Times that Stephon Marbury is a changed man. Writes Wojnarowski: "Marbury will make himself a spectacle with the Celtics. He'll say stupid things......
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9:26 AM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By William C. Rhoden The New York Times PURCHASE, N.Y. -- The Stephon Marbury era in Boston is scheduled to begin Friday morning when Marbury, the former New York Knicks point guard, is expected to clear waivers and sign with......
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9:11 AM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) - The New England Patriots, former Boston Bruins star Ray Bourque, and baseball analyst Peter Gammons are among the 40,000 businesses, individuals and charities to have unclaimed money or property being held by Massachusetts. The new list of......
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9:05 AM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Marc Topkin St. Petersburg Times TAMPA -- With all of the money the Yankees spent and the veterans the Red Sox added to dethrone the Rays and return the division race to its rightful order, there has been some......
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8:27 AM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
High-rolling Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder (he's the man at left in this unflattering photo), who is probably matched only by the Cowboys' Jerry Jones in his propensity to spend enormous amounts of money to no good effect on marquee......
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8:16 AM Fri, Feb 27, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Scott Howard-Cooper McClatchy Newspapers SACRAMENTO, Calif. - He doesn't always actually wear the mouthpiece. The semicircle of fitted plastic sometimes dangles from his bottom lip as Gerald Wallace glides down the court for the Charlotte Bobcats and his molars......
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11:59 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
PHOENIX -- Manny Ramirez has rejected yet another offer from the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers announced Thursday night the star outfielder's agent Scott Boras had declined the offer -- a $25 million, one-year contract with a $20 million player......
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11:30 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Email
It is believed that veteran running back Fred Taylor will sign with the New England Patriots; he visited with New England and the Bills this week after recently being released by Jacksonville. Get more on the PatsBlog.......
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10:48 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
MEN'S BASKETBALL New England 77, Salve Regina 75 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Salve Regina 60, Nichols 45 Dayton 46, URI 36......
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5:53 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
The Boston Herald is reporting that linebacker Eric Alexander and the New England Patriots have agreed in principle to a one-year contract. Click here for the full story.......
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5:45 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- The leaders of the Connecticut General Assembly's higher education committee want UConn coach Jim Calhoun reprimanded for his tirade at a freelance journalist who questioned his $1.6 million salary. Sen. Mary Ann Handley, D-Manchester, and Rep.......
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5:36 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- General manager Ned Colletti called the Los Angeles Dodgers' latest offer to Manny Ramirez a "significant concession" by the team but said he's not sure how close the sides might be to a deal. Colletti and......
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4:06 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Former Knicks point guard Stephon Marbury has told The New York Times' William Rhoden that he will sign with the Boston Celtics tomorrow morning and be in uniform for tomorrow night's home game against the Indiana Pacers. The newspaper reports......
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3:51 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - Alex Rodriguez has been told by the New York Yankees to keep his cousin away from ballparks. The message was given to the star third baseman on Thursday, said a person familiar with the situation, speaking......
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3:38 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike Szostak Email
The University of Rhode Island will name its new football coach at an 11 a.m. press conference Friday, and the choice is most likely former associate head coach and defensive coordinator Joe Trainer. Trainer spent last year with Darren......
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2:43 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The New York Yankees are lowering the price of about 600 obstructed-view bleacher seats at the new Yankee Stadium from $12 to $5. The Yankees said Thursday they had incorrectly priced the seats, which are alongside......
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2:06 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer FORT MYERS, Fla. -- In a matter of minutes last summer, the lives of four completely different baseball players changed for the best. It was July 31, 2008 when the Red Sox, Dodgers and......
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12:35 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
-- Comcast SportsNet has opened the voting for the Sullivan Tire 6th Star Award which awards the Celtics player who has had the most significant controbutions off of the bench or as a spot starter for the Celtics. The nominees......
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12:16 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
The Anaheim Ducks, who will face the Bruins tonight in Boston, have traded former BU defenseman Ryan Whitney to Pittsburgh for forwards Chris Kunitz and Eric Tangradi. TSN has the story here. From a Bruins perspective, you have to think......
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12:02 PM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
After the Celtics' late-night loss to the Clippers in Los Angeles, L.A. Daily News columnist Ramona Shelburne weighs in on the possible impact that the Celts expected visit to the NBA scrap heap for Stephon Marbury and Mikki Moore will......
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10:29 AM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Los Angeles police have confirmed a report that backup Celtics guard Gabe Pruitt was arrested early this morning on suspicion of drunken driving. Officer April Harding told the Associated Press that the 22-year-old Pruitt was pulled over in Hollywood......
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9:56 AM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Marquis Jones' buzzer-beating shot to beat Dayton in overtime last night is the number-one play today in SportsCenter's Top 10. Click here to see the play.......
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8:57 AM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Like his former Red Sox teammate Manny Ramirez, Pedro Martinez remains a man without a team as the baseball season grows closer and closer. Well, Martinez is a man without a professional team, at least. He does have the Dominican......
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8:49 AM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Los Angeles Dodgers management is reportedly still negotiating with Manny Ramirez, but in the meantime they've agreed with Doug Mientkiewicz on a minor-league contract. Read about it here.......
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8:25 AM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Los Angeles Dodgers have made a new offer to free agent Manny Ramirez, but Ramirez's agent Scott Boras says that his client has not accepted it and that the two sides remain in the middle of negotiations. According to......
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8:07 AM Thu, Feb 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh Steelers receiver and Super Bowl MVP Santonio Holmes is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on a misdemeanor marijuana charge stemming from an October traffic stop. Pittsburgh police say they found three marijuana-filled cigars in Holmes' vehicle......
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9:44 PM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Read the story of the Red Sox' exhibition opener Wednesday night.......
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9:34 PM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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Marquis Jones scored on a driving layup as time expired, giving the University of Rhode Island a dramatic 93-91 overtime victory over Dayton in their Atlantic 10 showdown Wednesday night at the Ryan Center. More to come . . .......
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8:59 PM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
MEN'S BASKETBALL -- Babson 72, Wheaton 65 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL -- Wheaton 73, Clark 62 -- Providence 51, Marquette 49......
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5:47 PM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
Noted orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews says Tom Brady's doctors were aggressive in finding and treating the infection after his operation and the chances are good for a full recovery for the Patriots quarterback. Andrews, a Birmingham, Ala.-based orthopedist......
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5:04 PM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Tuning in to NESN tonight for the Red Sox-Twins exhibition game? That voice you hear with Don Orsillo won't be Jerry Remy's. It will be our own Joe McDonald's. Remy is sick and unable to make the broadcast, so McDonald......
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1:20 PM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Providence College goalie Chris Terreri's 65-save performance in Hockey East's inaugural championship game in 1985 was chosen as the top individual performance in league history in voting by fans and members of the league's 25th Anniversary Committee. Thanks to Terreri's......
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12:42 PM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Derek Deblois of Narragansett, a junior forward on the hockey team at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Conn., has committed to the University of Michigan for the fall of 2010 or 2011, according to ushr.com Deblois, who is 5'11'', 180......
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12:17 PM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
With the signing period set to open Friday, ProFootballweekly.com has its list of top 100 NFL free agents. Matt Cassel is 5th and Rodney Harrison is 93th. See the list here.......
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11:35 AM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Closer Jonathan Papelbon, speaking this morning on WEEI's Dennis and Callahan morning show, indicated that he has no interest in choosing job security over the possibility of eventually making big dollars in free agency. Papelbon, who agreed in January on......
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11:06 AM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
NEW YORK (AP) -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has taken a 20 percent pay cut and the league staff has been trimmed by 15 percent because of a reeling economy. The league said Wednesday it has dropped 169 jobs as......
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11:02 AM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
A friend and salaried personal assistant of Red Sox star David Ortiz was arrested at Fenway Park in July 2007 on multiple charges of stealing someone's identity, The Boston Globe reports today. The arrest resulted in part from the assistance......
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10:33 AM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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Putting his formidable analytical skills to use, ESPN's Buster Olney has concluded that Manny Ramirez's behavior with the Red Sox is what's stopping any of the 29 other Major League teams from signing him. Olney sums it up: "The primary......
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10:22 AM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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When the clubhouse opened this morning at City of Palms, Rocco Baldelli arrived to find his locker stall in the back of the room next to former Rays teammates Julio Lugo. What Baldelli didn't realize was he's sitting in Manny......
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10:02 AM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Basketball officials are in Maine to announce whether the state's largest city has landed a franchise in the NBA Development League. Members of a Maine investment group, NBA Development League President Dan Reed and the president......
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9:54 AM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Cox 3 will rebroadcast Providence College's win over Pitt tonight at 9, after the URI-Dayton game.......
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9:38 AM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
To me, homer announcers are either great (Johnny Most) or awful (Joe Castiglione). There's no in between. I put Jack Edwards in the great category. As Puck Daddy points out here, the buzz around NESN's Bruins play-by-play guy is growing......
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9:16 AM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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BEREA, Ohio (AP) - Terence Haynes kept alive a decades-old dream by shedding 200 pounds and earning a spot to wrestle against collegians half his age. At 45 years old no less. Haynes, who weighed 429 pounds just over a......
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8:01 AM Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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It was quite a night last night at The Dunk. If you have any video or still photos of the fans storming the court in wild celebration after last night's victory over number-one Pittsburgh, we'd love to show it off.......
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10:11 PM Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
Stephon Marbury has expressed interest in joining the Celtics for several months, and many of Boston's players have gone on record to say that they would welcome him with open arms. Now, it seems, it may only be only a......
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9:46 PM Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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9:26 PM Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Boston Bruins returned home Tuesday night with a bang, defeating the Florida Panthers, 6-1, in their first game after a two-week road trip. See the box score here. More to come . . .......
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9:08 PM Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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Providence College took control of the game in the opening moments and stayed in control all the way as they stunned the nation's No. 1 team, the Pittsburgh Panthers, 81-73, Tuesday night at the Dunkin' Donuts Center. PC is now......
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8:10 PM Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Corey Bourassa Email
The Minneapolis Star Tribune is reporting that Minnesota Vikings assistant coach Chad O'Shea will be named the wide receivers coach for the New England Patriots. Click here for the full story......
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7:40 PM Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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MEN'S BASKETBALL -- Salve Regina 102, Nichols 99, 2 o.t. -- RIC 73, Southern Maine 57 -- UMass-Dartmouth 79, UMass-Boston 63 -- Gordon 50, Roger Williams 48 -- Emmanuel 88, Johnson & Wales 86 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL -- Johnson & Wales......
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6:45 PM Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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ESPN is reporting that the New York Knicks and Stephon Marbury were nearing a buyout agreement Tuesday afternoon that would clear the way for Marbury to sign with the Boston Celtics, according to sources close to the situation. Click here......
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4:22 PM Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
For now, Jim Schoenfeld is John Tortorella's interim assistant coach with the New York Rangers. But don't be surprised if Tampa Bay assistant Mike Sullivan, former head coach with both the Boston and Providence Bruins, joins Tortorella soon. Sullivan reportedly......
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4:09 PM Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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Click the play button below to see and hear our latest edition of projo SportsTalk with Kevin McNamara. Kevin talks about the emotion of Senior Night, the extra added importance of good 3-point shooting for the Friars, DeJuan Blair's emergence......
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12:21 PM Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Baseball America's list of top 100 prospects is out. Three Red Sox made it: first baseman Lars Anderson, 17th; pitcher Michael Bowden, 83rd; and pitcher Daniel Bard, 98th. See the list here.......
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11:27 AM Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Free-agent center Mikki Moore has decided to sign with the Celtics, agent Mark Bartelstein says, according to The Boston Globe. The Sacramento Kings waived Moore on Thursday. Moore, a 7-footer, was averaging 3.5 points and 3.3 rebounds coming off the......
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10:37 AM Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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ESPN's Buster Olney says that Nomar Garciaparra will decide by the middle of the week whether he will sign with Philadelphia or Oakland, or retire. Read more here.......
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10:21 AM Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Bruins have announced that defenseman Matt Hunwick and forward Vladimir Sobotka have been sent from Boston to Providence; both are expected to play for the P-Bruins tonight at Manchester. The Boston Bruins expect to recall Hunwick tomorrow. Hunwick has......
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9:41 AM Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
While West Virginia guard Joe Mazzulla of Johnston and Hendricken recovers from season-ending shoulder surgery, he is using his time well, according to Mike Casazza of the Charleston, W.Va., Daily Mail. Says Mazzulla: "To be honest, I feel like......
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9:20 AM Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer FORT MYERS, Fla. --- Red Sox right fielder J.D. Drew arrived at camp last week and told a group of reporters that the herniated disk in his back was still bothering him. He later......
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8:13 AM Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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While talks continue between free-agent Manny Ramirez and the Los Angeles Dodgers, the only other team that has acknowledged an interested in signing Ramirez -- the San Francisco Giants -- indicated yesterday that they would be a factor only if......
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7:48 AM Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. still says that he was "shocked" by Alex Rodriguez's admission that he used performance-enhancing drugs from 2001 to 2003. Ripken, in an interview with Bloomberg television, said that Rodriguez and other players linked to......
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7:18 AM Tue, Feb 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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In 1.8 seconds, Devin Harris caught a pass from his team's own baseline, lost control of the ball briefly, then lofted the game-winner from just behind the midcourt line. Click here to watch. Final score: Nets 98, 76ers 96.......
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9:01 PM Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
The Red Sox announced Monday night they are shifting the starting time of their night games from 7:05 p.m. to 7:10 p.m. "During the week approximately 60 percent of our fans enter the ballpark after 6:30 p.m.," Red Sox president......
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6:53 PM Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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swimnetwork.com posted a story Monday that listed a workout for Elizabeth Beisel in April 2008 as she was preparing for the Olympic trials. The warmup would wipe most of us out . . .......
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5:41 PM Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Adam Schefter of the NFL Network reports that Matt Cassel has signed his one-year, $14.65 million tender, and it has been submitted to the league office. Read about it here And Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com, says trading Cassel won't be......
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5:20 PM Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Boston Herald is reporting that 7-foot center Mikki Moore, waived by the Sacramento Kings last week, could join the Boston Celtics as early as Tuesday. Click here for the full story. According to the Boston Globe, Moore's agent said......
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3:33 PM Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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John Tortorella is about to take over as coach of the New York Rangers, reports TSN. Tortorella, who coached the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Stanley Cup in 2004, has been working as an analyst for TSN this season. Tortorella......
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2:27 PM Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Denver Nuggets may be without starting center Nene Hilario tonight when they host the Boston Celtics. Nene bruised his right knee late in yesterday's Nuggets loss at Milwaukee. Nene is averaging close to 15 points and eight rebounds per......
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2:12 PM Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Providence College hockey announced the 25 greatest Friars to play in Hockey East as part of the league's 25th Anniversary Celebration. The 25 players were voted on by the fans via on-line balloting. The 25 players will be......
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2:08 PM Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Former Patriots star Lawyer Milloy will apparently be looking for a new team next season, as the Atlanta Falcons have decided not to re-sign the veteran safety, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Milloy has played the last three seasons in......
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1:36 PM Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
How has CC Sabathia looked in spring training so far? Judge for yourself here.......
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1:17 PM Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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JUPITER, Fla. (AP) - Baseball union head Donald Fehr rejects the suggestion many players are under suspicion because 104 of them tested positive for drug use in 2003, including Alex Rodriguez. The testing was confidential until Rodriguez's results were leaked......
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9:47 AM Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jean-Jacques Taylor The Dallas Morning News SURPRISE, Ariz. - The familiar circular imprint in Josh Hamilton's back pocket is gone. Hamilton, who has successfully waged a holy war against crack, cocaine and alcohol since October 2005, has quit using......
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8:25 AM Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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With yesterday's win at Phoenix, the Boston Celtics improved to 4-0 this season in games without star forward Kevin Garnett, and 13-2 in games that Garnett has had to sit out since KG arrived in Boston before last season. This......
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8:20 AM Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Ken Davidoff Newsday TAMPA, Fla. -- There is an actual Red Sox Nation, you know, a group of fans who unite in their support of the Yankees' rivals. Former second baseman Jerry Remy is the president of this group,......
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8:03 AM Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Senior Meghan Fogarty became the third member of her family to win the state individual gymnastic title as she edged out her La Salle teammate and defending state champion, Meghan Soltys, for the all-around title at the R.I. Interscholastic League's......
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7:40 AM Mon, Feb 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By John Gillooly Journal Sports Writer Scituate High freshman Katelyn Bouyssou added another title to her already impressive high school wrestling resume as she captured the 103-pound championship at the Interscholastic League's Division II sectional tournament at Westerly High over......
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7:38 PM Sun, Feb 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
The Boston Bruins' slump is now reaching alarming proportions. Vinny Prospal's power-play goal with 1:33 to go lifted the lowly Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-3 win over the Bruins Sunday night, Boston's sixth loss in the last seven games.......
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6:27 PM Sun, Feb 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
See the box score here. Details to come . . .......
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5:12 PM Sun, Feb 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Rajon Rondo scored a career-high 32 points and Ray Allen added 31, as the Celtics romped to a 128-108 victory in Phoenix Sunday afternoon. Paul Pierce also scored 26 for the Celts, whose 128 points were a season high. See......
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3:09 PM Sun, Feb 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
BASEBALL -- Xavier 6, URI 5 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL -- Massachusetts 58, Rhode Island 52 WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS -- Bridgeport 190.825, RIC 174.100 MEN'S HOCKEY -- Wentworth 4, Johnson & Wales 3 WOMEN'S HOCKEY -- Salve Regina 6, Plymouth State 1 WOMEN'S......
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8:33 AM Sun, Feb 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
By KEVIN McNAMARA Number one is coming to town. The slumping Providence College Friars may need a win as badly as anyone in the Big East but they'll find the country's new top-ranked team standing in their way Tuesday......
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