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April 5, 2009 - April 11, 2009 Archives
10:06 PM Sat, Apr 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver  Email
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Boston University must feel as though it got to celebrate this NCAA hockey championship twice. Trailing by two goals with a minute left in regulation, the top-seeded Terriers stormed back to force overtime, then beat Miami (Ohio)......
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9:24 PM Sat, Apr 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
WORCESTER -- The Providence Bruins fell to the Worcester Sharks 3-0 Saturday evening at the DCU Center. The P-Bruins begin the Calder Cup Playoffs at the Dunkin' Donuts Center Wednesday, April 15 versus the Portland Pirates at 7:05 p.m. After......
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5:48 PM Sat, Apr 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
Jimmy Baron broke the single-game and tournament record for 3-pointers made at the 2009 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament -- an annual tournament that scouts prospective NBA players in Portsmouth, Virginia. In his final game at Portsmouth on Saturday, Baron connected on......
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3:53 PM Fri, Apr 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - Muhammad Ali described his third and final fight with Joe Frazier as "death, closest thing to dyin' that I know of." Frazier recalls their brutal matchup outside Manila as something much less grandiose. "We just did......
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1:11 PM Fri, Apr 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Cox Communications announced today that it will add NESNplus and NESN HD to its channel lineup for the spring, allowing coverage of both Red Sox and Bruins games when both teams play at the same time. Cox Sports (Cox ch.......
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12:03 PM Fri, Apr 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Today's scheduled chat with Pawtucket Red Sox manager Ron Johnson is being postponed due to a late scheduling conflict. We will work to set up a new chat soon, hopefully next week. If you have already sent in a question,......
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9:57 AM Fri, Apr 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
LONDON (AP) -- The head of world cycling on Friday accused France's anti-doping agency of unprofessional and "disturbing" behavior after it released a report saying Lance Armstrong did not fully cooperate with a drug tester. The French agency, known as......
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8:52 AM Fri, Apr 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Former Boston Red Sox first baseman Mo Vaughn has sued an Ohio woman who managed his finances for four years, accusing her of stealing more than $1 million. Vaughn wants Ra Shonda Kay Marshall, of the......
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8:08 AM Fri, Apr 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Red Sox are in discussions with the NHL to hold the next Winter Classic at Fenway Park. A baseball official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because no deal had been reached, confirmed that Fenway......
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7:55 AM Fri, Apr 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hours after pitching his best game yet in the major leagues, Los Angeles Angels rookie Nick Adenhart was killed by a suspected drunk driver, leaving his teammates and fans stunned he won't be around to fulfill......
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5:58 PM Thu, Apr 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
STORRS, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun says he plans to return for a 24th season at the school. Calhoun's Huskies finished the season 31-5, losing in the national semifinals to Michigan State. Several off-the-court issues had......
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4:25 PM Thu, Apr 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike Szostak Email
Robby Ginepri, the 2003 champion and currently ranked No. 66 on the men's ATP tour, and Sam Querrey, No. 4 in the U.S. and No. 44 on the tour, have entered the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, July 6-12,......
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3:54 PM Thu, Apr 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The complete NFL schedule will be unveiled live on the NFL Network at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 14. The network is planning a two-hour special to herald the announcement.......
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2:19 PM Thu, Apr 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Los Angeles Angels rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart and two other people were killed Thursday when a minivan ran a red light and struck their car. Adenhart, 22, died in surgery at the University of California, Irvine......
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2:19 PM Thu, Apr 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Mount St. Charles grad and Montreal Canadien Mathieu Schneider was reported to be finished for the season after suffering a shoulder injury over the weekend, but coach and GM Bob Gainey said this morning that there's a "good possibility'' that......
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1:48 PM Thu, Apr 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The already short-handed (as everyone knows) Boston Celtics sent Stephon Marbury and Ray Allen home from practice today because the players had a stomach ailment, according to Gary Dzen of Boston.com. The team was left with just nine players left......
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1:44 PM Thu, Apr 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, which showcases the best college seniors for NBA scouts, tipped off Wednesday night. URI's Jimmy Baron and PC's Geoff McDermott were in action. PC's Weyinmi Efejuku and Rhody's Kaheim Seawright don't play until tonight. Baron......
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11:40 AM Thu, Apr 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Nick Adenhart, a promising 22-year-old rookie who started last night's game against Oakland for the Los Angeles Angels, was one of three people killed this morning in a multi-vehicle crash in Fullerton, Calif. According to the Los Angeles Times, witnesses......
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10:41 AM Thu, Apr 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Attleboro company Masters of Design made the World Series rings that were delivered to members of the 2008 champion Phillies before yesterday's game at Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park. The rings are, as you might suspect, spectacular. According to the Morning......
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10:36 AM Thu, Apr 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Forbes magazine has compiled a list of the best- and worst-drafting teams in the NFL, and according to the article, the New England Patriots rank as the worst. Forbes looked at the last three years of drafts (2006-08), and New......
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10:33 AM Thu, Apr 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
After notching his 20th goal of the season on Wednesday night for the Providence Bruins in Lowell, Vladimir Sobotka was called up to Boston for tonight's game against Montreal. Coach Rob Murray said Sobotka could be back as soon as......
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10:18 AM Thu, Apr 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Dustin Pedroia is Number 8 on a list of 66 men that Esquire magazine says other men should emulate. Here's what the mag says about him: "Dustin Pedroia, the Red Sox second baseman, is a man. He's five-foot-nothing and he......
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9:49 AM Thu, Apr 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Dave Roberts hasn't officially announced his retirement, but he has joined the San Francisco Giants broadcast crew. He's also doing radio work in San Diego. The Giants cut him loose in spring training, paying him $6.5 million not to play.......
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9:44 AM Thu, Apr 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
PARIS (AP) - France's anti-doping agency accused Lance Armstrong of violating its rules Thursday for not fully cooperating with a drug tester and says it could punish the seven-time Tour de France champion. Armstrong has denied misbehaving during a test......
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8:32 AM Thu, Apr 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
The Boston Herald's Inside Track says that Fenway Park will be the site of next season's NHL Winter Classic on Jan. 1, 2010. Though the Bruins' opponent that day hasn't been chosen yet, expect it to be another Original Six......
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7:38 AM Thu, Apr 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
North Kingstown senior quarterback Dave D'Errico was named recipient of the Providence Gridiron Club's Gilbane Award as the 2008 Rhode Island high school football Player of the Year. The award, which is named in honor of the late Brown......
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5:46 PM Wed, Apr 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
By JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Good thing Bemidji State University decided not to change its name a few years back. Imagine the collective yawn from those outside hockey if some place called "University of Northern Minnesota"......
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4:48 PM Wed, Apr 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. -- The azaleas are brighter than ever. As usual, not a blade of grass is out of place. Anticipation is higher than it has been in years at the Masters, with Tiger......
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3:51 PM Wed, Apr 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
NEW YORK (AP) -- The recession has hit baseball salaries. Teams cut payrolls for their active rosters and disabled lists by $47 million from opening day in 2008 to the first day of this season, according to an analysis by......
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12:27 PM Wed, Apr 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
During an appearance at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, Jose Canseco said that he believes there's a "90 percent'' chance that Manny Ramirez's name is on the list of 104 major leaguers who tested positive for steroids......
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10:02 AM Wed, Apr 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Rick Gosselin, NFL writer for the Dallas Morning News, says that Bill Belichick is the reason that New England is his favorite heading into the next NFL season: "The return of Tom Brady automatically makes the New England Patriots a......
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10:49 PM Tue, Apr 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- With one final blowout, UConn grabbed the national title and a piece of basketball history. Tina Charles had 25 points and grabbed 19 rebounds Tuesday night as UConn routed Louisville 76-54 and captured the Huskies' sixth......
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9:45 PM Tue, Apr 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
OTTAWA (AP) -- The Ottawa Senators have become unbeatable at Scotiabank Place. Too bad it's come after they secured their earliest end to a season in 13 years. Dany Heatley scored his 38th goal on a power play in the......
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4:14 PM Tue, Apr 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Pawtucket Red Sox manager Ron Johnson will answer questions from projo.com users during a live web chat from noon to 1 p.m. Friday. He'll take questions from Buffalo, where his team is beginning the season against the Bisons. You can......
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3:13 PM Tue, Apr 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Celtics great Bill Russell will join Brown graduates Chris Berman, Ross Greenburg and Bill Reynolds on Tuesday night at Brown University's Sports & Media Symposium at the campus's Salomon Center for Teaching. The event begins at 7. The symposium will......
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10:25 AM Tue, Apr 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Officials in Newark, N.J., have decided to name a new synthetic grass football and soccer field after Patriots Hall of Fame linebacker Andre Tippett, whose family moved to Newark from Birmingham, Ala., when Tippett was 7. Tippett, who is the......
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10:18 AM Tue, Apr 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
President Barack Obama had decent success picking the results of the NCAA Tournament in ESPN's Bracket Challenge: His entry finished 903,125th out of the more than 5 million, comfortably inside the 80th percentile. And he accurately predicted that North Carolina......
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9:48 AM Tue, Apr 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Emilio Bonifacio, a 23-year-old infielder who has toiled in obscurity with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Washington Nationals the last two seasons, leaped into the spotlight yesterday when he became the first player since Carl Yastrzemski, in 1968, to hit an......
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8:16 AM Tue, Apr 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
North Carolina's victory over Michigan State last night for the national championship capped an NCAA Tournament run in which the Tar Heels won all six of their games by double digits, and averaged a 20.2 margin of victory. That average......
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7:39 AM Tue, Apr 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
It's certainly very early to pass judgment on the Yankees' $341-million combined investment in CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira, but yesterday was a tough start for the New York 's biggest offseason additions. Sabathia gave up six runs in 4.1......
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3:15 PM Mon, Apr 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Celtics head coach Doc Rivers today said that injured power forward Kevin Garnett was moving better, but he ruled out Garnett's return to action any time in the next week. Garnett will miss the Celtics next three games, including Sunday's......
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2:29 PM Mon, Apr 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Former President George W. Bush wound up his arm windmill-style twice Monday, then fired a high strike to help the Texas Rangers start the season. In his first big appearance locally since moving to Dallas......
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1:13 PM Mon, Apr 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Here's what we have so far. Reschedule dates are in parentheses where they are known. Baseball Narragansett at Toll Gate Tiverton at Barrington (Tuesday, 3:30 p.m.) North Kingstown at South Kingstown (Tuesday, 3:45 p.m.) Cumberland at St. Raphael (Tuesday, 3:45......
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11:37 AM Mon, Apr 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
By IRA PODELL AP Hockey Writer Ron Wilson was chosen Monday to lead the U.S. men's hockey team at the 2010 Vancouver Games, the second time the Toronto Maple Leafs coach has been given the Olympic job. Wilson, a USA......
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10:35 AM Mon, Apr 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
The Smoking Gun got a hold of Joba Chamberlain's mugshot from his arrest in October in Nebraska. No truth to the rumor that Chamberlain also pleaded guilty to wearing a hideous sweater.......
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10:27 AM Mon, Apr 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Matt Clement told the Blue Jays on Sunday that he'd rather retire than accept a demotion to Triple AAA Las Vegas. Clement went 87-86 with a 4.50 ERA with the Padres, Marlins, Cubs and Red Sox. Clement was named to......
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9:58 AM Mon, Apr 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Boston Red Sox president Larry Lucchino has announced that today's Red Sox-Rays game has been postponed because of the forecast of rain. The reschedule time is 4:05 o'clock Tuesday, with gates opening at 2.......
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9:09 AM Mon, Apr 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Junior shortstop Joe Landi, whose three-run, walk-off home run gave Smithfield an exciting 3-2 victory over Cumberland in its first game of the baseball season, is our latest pick for HSGameTime Athlete of the Week. This week's Game of the......
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8:33 AM Mon, Apr 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
A surprising stat from Mark Murphy of The Boston Herald: With 42,625 career minutes played in the regular season and playoffs, Kevin Garnett has surpassed the total number of minutes played by Larry Bird before injuries ended Bird's career at......
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11:38 PM Sun, Apr 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) -- New England Patriots star Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen reportedly were married again on Saturday. Al Dia, a Costa Rican newspaper, reported Sunday that 50 guests attended the wedding in Santa Teresa, a beachside......
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11:08 PM Sun, Apr 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez is making rapid progress in his rehabilitation from hip surgery and a team official believes he could be back on a major-league field before the end of April, according to The New York Post. Hitting......
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9:50 PM Sun, Apr 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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8:24 PM Sun, Apr 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Tom Mihalek A giant American flag is unfurled at Citizens Bank Park before the Phillies and the Braves played the first game of the 2009 season. The Braves took a 2-0 lead as Brian McCann hit the......
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6:15 PM Sun, Apr 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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DETROIT (AP) - The bracket says North Carolina vs. Michigan State. At times, though, the Tar Heels may feel like they're going up against something more than just another basketball team. From the coach on down, the Spartans (31-6) know......
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