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April 19, 2009 - April 25, 2009 Archives
9:14 PM Fri, Apr 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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Peter Schaefer's goal late in the second period gave the Providence Bruins a 2-1 win over the Portland Pirates. The Bruins won the Atlantic Division semifinal series, 4-1.......
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8:29 PM Fri, Apr 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Commissioner David Stern is aware the NBA has increased security around Boston Celtics guard Tony Allen, though he wouldn't give specifics about the situation. "I want to say this the right way. That issue is not a......
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6:32 PM Fri, Apr 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Mention those empty seats at Yankee Stadium at your own risk. Don Garber did. A day after the Major League Soccer commissioner raised the subject, New York Yankees president Randy Levine blasted back. "Don Garber discussing......
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6:24 PM Fri, Apr 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The NFL will look into teams revealing their draft picks on their Web sites and through Twitter even before commissioner Roger Goodell might have announced the selections. The San Diego Chargers plan to post their picks......
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5:52 PM Fri, Apr 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- A south-central Missouri baseball player who was struck by a pitch has died. Doctors at St. John's Hospital in Springfield declared Patrick Clegg brain dead Thursday night and he was taken off a respirator Friday. The......
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5:43 PM Fri, Apr 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Matt Cassel's meteoric rise landed him a seat next to established stars Ray Lewis and Larry Fitzgerald at an event Friday promoting the "Madden NFL" video game. Yet even as he's secured his first starting job......
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5:11 PM Fri, Apr 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- An equipment manager's estranged wife has been charged with trying to extort Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino. A criminal complaint filed in federal court Friday also accuses Karen Sypher of lying to the FBI. She......
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4:00 PM Fri, Apr 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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Outfielder Jonathan Van Every, who suffered an ankle injury in spring training and has been on the disabled list since the beginning of the season, has been activated and will be in uniform tonight against the Yankees. Van Every will......
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11:43 AM Fri, Apr 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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According to a story in the Boston Globe, Celtics forward Tony Allen has received death threats in his hometown of Chicago. Allen is in the city now with the Celts for Games Three and Four of Boston's playoff series against......
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11:16 AM Fri, Apr 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Boston Bruins today recalled goaltender Adam Courchaine from the Providence Bruins (American Hockey League). He is expected to join the team today for practice at Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington Courchaine, 20, split the 2008-09 season between the Providence Bruins......
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10:51 AM Fri, Apr 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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BY JOE McDONALD Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- When the Boston Red Sox traded Kason Gabbard to the Texas Rangers on July 31, 2007, the left-handed pitching prospect was shocked. He was stunned by the fact he would no longer......
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3:27 PM Thu, Apr 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
By Kevin McNamara Providence College nearly signed Allan Chaney two years ago when he was coming out of New London (Conn.) High. Instead he chose Florida. Now he may be heading back this way. Chaney is leaving Florida when......
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2:25 PM Thu, Apr 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- John Calipari's move to Kentucky has cost him one of his prized recruits. Oklahoma City high school star Xavier Henry announced Thursday that he would not follow Calipari after he left Memphis, and committed instead to......
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12:20 PM Thu, Apr 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - An official at a Florida pharmacy tells The Associated Press that the business incorrectly prepared a supplement for 21 polo horses that died over the weekend before a championship match. The chief operating officer......
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11:41 AM Thu, Apr 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Zdeno Chara is one of three finalists for the Norris Trophy, which goes to the NHL's top defenseman in the regular season, the NHL announced today. The other finalists are Niklas Lidstrom of Detroit, who has won the Norris six......
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11:14 AM Thu, Apr 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Bruins rolled this ad out after last night's beatdown of the Montreal Canadiens. No truth to the rumor that it's Jack Edwards in the bear suit.......
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10:34 AM Thu, Apr 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Here is the add that the coffee chain is about to start running to promote its Turbo Boost promotion, in which customers at participating locations will receive free "Turbo shots" in their iced-coffee purchases through June 2:......
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10:06 AM Thu, Apr 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Tickets for the first and second games of the NHL's Eastern Conference semifinals, in Boston, go on sale at 11 Thursday morning on the team's web site or through Ticketmaster. The Bruins' second-round opponent is yet to be determined (as......
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9:40 AM Thu, Apr 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) - One-third of Major League Baseball teams declined in value over the past year while the New York Yankees' worth increased 15 percent to $1.5 billion, according to the annual estimates by Forbes magazine. The Washington Nationals......
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8:32 AM Thu, Apr 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Portland has been chosen to be the host city for next year's American Hockey League all-star game. The Portland Press Herald reported that league and city officials planned to make an official announcement Thursday afternoon. The......
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8:07 AM Thu, Apr 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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MIAMI (AP) - Former Patriots wide receiver Donte' Stallworth is set to be arraigned on DUI-manslaughter charges. Stallworth does not have to be present at Thursday morning's hearing. He is expected to enter a written plea of not guilty, and......
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10:29 PM Wed, Apr 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON -- The Red Sox swept the Minnesota Twins in a day/night doubleheader Wednesday at Fenway Park. After beating the Twins 10-1 in the matinee, Boston took the nightcap 7-3 to win its seventh game in a row. Red......
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9:33 PM Wed, Apr 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Boston Bruins advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 1999, and completed their first playoff series sweep since 1991, by defeating the Canadiens, 4-1, Wednesday night in Montreal. The Bruins won......
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7:27 PM Wed, Apr 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON -- The tarp is off the field at Fenway Park and the game between the Red Sox and Twins will begin at 7:55 p.m. -- JOE McDONALD......
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5:26 PM Wed, Apr 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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Saying that he "just felt it was time,'' Bemidji State sophomore goalie Matt Dalton has given up his final two years of college eligibility and signed with the Boston Bruins. "A day after the Frozen Four my adviser called and......
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4:16 PM Wed, Apr 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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BY PAUL KENYON Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- The Red Sox have won the first game of their day-night doubleheader, 10-1 in a rain-shortened contest with the Twins. The game was called by rain in the bottom of the seventh.......
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3:46 PM Wed, Apr 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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MONTREAL (AP) - Montreal defensemen Andrei Markov and Mathieu Schneider will miss Game 4 of the Eastern Conference playoff series against the Boston Bruins because of injuries. Coach and general manager Bob Gainey says before Wednesday night's game that Markov......
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3:30 PM Wed, Apr 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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The New England Revolution announced today that defender Chris Albright has undergone successful surgery on the lateral meniscus in his left knee. The procedure was performed this morning by head team physician Dr. Bertram Zarins at Massachusetts General Hospital. Albright,......
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2:04 PM Wed, Apr 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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DEER ISLE, Maine (AP) -- Fans streaming through the massive gates of the new $1.5 billion Yankee Stadium walk right by Deer Isle granite, quarried by die-hard Red Sox fans. The Working Waterfront, a publication of the Island Institute, says......
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1:21 PM Wed, Apr 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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Game 4 of the Bruins playoff game against Montreal overlaps with the Red Sox contest against Minnesota. Cox customers can catch the Red Sox on Cox Sports (ch. 3) or NESNplus HD (Cox channel 753-CT/724-RI). Cox customers will be able......
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1:18 PM Wed, Apr 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Red Sox have called up first baseman and outfielder Jeff Bailey from Triple-A Pawtucket and he was active for Wednesday's day-night doubleheader against Minnesota. To make room on the 40-man roster, right-handed pitcher Devern Hansack......
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12:45 PM Wed, Apr 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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NORTHBROOK, Ill. (AP) - Derrick Rose, who led his hometown Bulls to the playoffs and restored hope to a franchise in disarray, was the runaway pick as the NBA's rookie of the year. Rose became the third Bulls player to......
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7:21 AM Wed, Apr 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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Celtics forward Kevin Garnett will wait to have surgery until every possible means of getting him onto the floor for the playoffs has been exhausted, coach Doc Rivers says. "He's not going to do it right now," Rivers said, referring......
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8:01 PM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON -- Tuesday night's game between the Red Sox and Twins was postponed because of rain. There will be a doubleheader Wednesday, with Game One starting at 12:35 p.m. and Game Two at the regularly scheduled time of 7:10 p.m.......
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6:53 PM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Red Sox just announced that their game against the Twins will not start at the scheduled time of 7:10 p.m. because of rain. It's raining at the moment at Fenway Park. The forecast calls for showers throughout the night.......
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5:40 PM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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PAWTUCKET -- The Pawtucket Red Sox' game against Rochester at McCoy Stadium on Tuesday night has been rained out. No makeup date has yet been set. -- JOE McDONALD......
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3:14 PM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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WASHINGTON (AP) - When outfielder Elijah Dukes made a personal appearance at a Virginia Little League's season-opening gathering for a little extra cash a few hours before a Washington Nationals game, he turned up late at his day job and......
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2:48 PM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By ROBERT LEE Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Boston point guard Rajon Rondo, who sprained his ankle with 5:03 remaining in the second quarter Monday night against Chicago, only to return and post his first career playoff triple-double (19 points,......
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2:38 PM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By ROBERT LEE Journal Sports Writer BOSTON - The Celtics are already without All-Star forward Kevin Garnett for the first round, and quite possibly the entire playoffs. Yesterday they received more bad news. Leon Powe tore his ACL and meniscus......
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2:21 PM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Journal Staff Writer New England has just announced the three men fans will select from for entry into the Patriots Hall of Fame this year. The finalists for the 2009 one-man induction class are: defensive tackle......
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1:02 PM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Boston Globe is reporting that, according to an NBA source, Celtics forward Leon Powe has a torn ACL and meniscus in his left knee and will miss the remainder of the playoffs. Powe was injured early in Monday night's......
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12:47 PM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Shalise Manza Young Journal Sports Writer Bill Belichick has just wrapped his annual pre-draft press conference, and toed the line of being revealing about the Patriots desires for this weekend's draft. Belichick said most the work on player evaluation......
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12:28 PM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By PAUL KENYON Journal Sports Writer BARRINGTON -- Nick Price, the most successful player in the history of the CVS Caremark Charity Classic, will be returning to Rhode Island Country Club again this June with another formidable champion as his......
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10:46 AM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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Monday was Patriots Day in Massachusetts, so NESN's Bruins announcer Jack Edwards offered up a little history lesson for viewers at the final horn of last night's Bruins win in Montreal. Read more about it here.......
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10:11 AM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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Check out URI outfielder Kenny Burns robbing Mike Tamsin of Northeastern of a home run during Monday's game. The Rams lost 12-1, but what a catch!......
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9:23 AM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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Celtics forward Leon Powe suffered a sprained left knee early in Monday night's playoff game against the Chicago Bulls, and is questionable for the remaining games of the series, according to The Boston Globe. The injury to Powe is a......
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8:25 AM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night will begin a new ad campaign that the team hopes will help extend its record-breaking streak of consecutive sellouts, a streak that is in danger with seats still available for some games this......
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9:50 PM Mon, Apr 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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Ray Allen hit a contested 3-pointer with 2 seconds left to lift the Boston Celtics to a 118-115 victory over the Chicago Bulls in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals. The Celtics' victory tied the series at one game......
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9:32 PM Mon, Apr 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Boston Bruins beat the Montreal Canadiens, 4-2, in Montreal on Monday night to take a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series. Michael Ryder put the Bruins ahead to stay with a goal to break a 2-2......
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9:04 PM Mon, Apr 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
-- The Celtics can't pull away from the pesky and upset-minded Chicago Bulls, who are looking to put Boston in an 0-2 hole in the series. Boston is clinging to an 88-86 lead heading into the fourth quarter. All five......
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8:50 PM Mon, Apr 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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Rondo just achieved the rare playoff triple-double with just over six minutes remaining in the third quarter. Rondo grabbed a rebound, his 10th, got the ball to Paul Pierce, who passed it to Ray Allen who buried 3-pointer to give......
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8:39 PM Mon, Apr 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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Boston guard Rajon Rondo suffered a minor right ankle injury with 5:03 remaining in the second quarter. He did not return in the second quarter and Chicago closed out the quarter with a 19-10 run. The good news for Boston......
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8:16 PM Mon, Apr 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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-- The Celtics second unit proved to be no match for Chicago's 'B' team in the second quarter, and the Bulls currently lead the Celtics, 61-58, at halftime because of it. Boston's second unit of Stephon Marbury, Leon Powe, Mikki......
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8:06 PM Mon, Apr 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The estranged wife of Louisville coach Rick Pitino's longtime friend and equipment manager who finds herself in the center of a brewing storm around the revered coach's claims that someone is trying to extort him said......
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8:06 PM Mon, Apr 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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Boston guard Rajon Rondo sprained his right ankle after being hit hard on a layup attempt with 5:03 remaining in the second quarter. No foul was called on the play, but Rondo remained on the floor for about three minutes......
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7:57 PM Mon, Apr 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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Leon Powe, who was noticeably limping up and down the court tonight, has been diagnosed with a left knee sprain. His return is probable.......
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7:39 PM Mon, Apr 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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-- The Celtics are playing like they have something to prove. Everyone in the building could sense it from the opening tip. All you had to do was look at Boston's bench. They all stood on their feet and celebrated......
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5:00 PM Mon, Apr 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By ROBERT LEE Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- The Celtics believe that they should have won Game One in their best-of-seven first-round series against Chicago. But Paul Pierce missed a free throw with two seconds left in regulation that would......
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4:27 PM Mon, Apr 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Daniel Barbarisi Journal Sports Writer Opening-day shortstop Jed Lowrie will likely have surgery on his ailing wrist sometime in the next few days, but the prognosis was better than expected and he will not necessarily miss the entire season,......
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4:02 PM Mon, Apr 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald and Daniel Barbarisi Journal Sports Writers It appears Red Sox outfielder Rocco Baldelli is heading to the disabled list with a hamstring injury. As a result utility man Jeff Bailey has been recalled to Boston for precautionary......
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12:44 PM Mon, Apr 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Florida coach Billy Donovan turned to his mentor to help stabilize his coaching staff. Donovan hired Louisville coach Rick Pitino's son, Richard, as an assistant Monday. Richard Pitino spent the last two years working in a......
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12:23 PM Mon, Apr 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- Ethiopia's Deriba Merga overcame the disappointment of his Olympic fade to win the Boston Marathon on Monday, and Kenya's Salina Kosgei won the closest women's race in the 113-year history of the event while Americans took third......
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12:11 PM Mon, Apr 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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The equipment manager for Rick Pitino's University of Louisville men's basketball program says he is "devastated by the bizarre allegations" his estranged wife has made against Pitino. Pitino said over the weekend that he is the target of an extortion......
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9:47 AM Mon, Apr 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- The wheelchair racers are off at the Boston Marathon, leaving Hopkinton for the 26.2-mile trip to Copley Square. Ernst Van Dyk is trying to win the men's wheelchair race a record eight times and match Jean Driscoll's......
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10:50 PM Sun, Apr 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Eagles senior overcame a three-stroke deficit with a two-over 74 on the final 18 holes and captured the individual title in the annual Challenge Cup High School tournament with a 36-hole total of 153 at the Alpine Country Club......
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9:34 PM Sun, Apr 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Rick Morrissey Chicago Tribune CHICAGO - Warning: This is what is called an I-told-you-so column. I don't do many of these, and by saying that, I realize I risk being told there's a simple reason I don't: I'm so......
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8:12 PM Sun, Apr 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Wallace Matthews Newsday NEW YORK - Upon further review, maybe the Yankees and Mets should have built them smaller. Their ballparks, I mean. One week into their new eras, and neither team seems able to fill the ones they've......
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8:03 PM Sun, Apr 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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TORONTO (AP) -- Boston left winger Milan Lucic was suspended for a game by the NHL on Sunday for a blow to the head on Montreal's Maxim Lapierre in the Bruins' Game 2 victory Saturday night in Boston. Lucic was......
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6:43 PM Sun, Apr 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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Johnny Boychuk scored two goals and Tuukka Rask stopped 25 of 26 shots as the Providence Bruins defeated the Portland Pirates, 5-1, Sunday and took a 2-1 lead their best-of-seven first-round playoff series.......
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5:09 PM Sun, Apr 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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-- Providence super middleweight boxing star Peter Manfredo Jr. (32-6-0, 17 KOs), who became a household name on The Contender boxing reality series, knocked out Walid Smichet (20-6-3, 14 KOs) in the seventh round Saturday night at the Montreal Casino,......
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4:39 PM Sun, Apr 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Lehigh Valley IronPigs used a four-run eighth inning to break open a close game and get a 6-2 win at McCoy Stadium today. Ahead, 2-1, entering the eighth, Lehigh Valley rallied against Pawtucket reliever Chris George for four runs......
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4:10 PM Sun, Apr 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Jon Lester provided a solid pitching performance to lead the Red Sox to a 2-1 margin of victory over the Orioles Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park. The southpaw worked seven scoreless innings......
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4:07 PM Sun, Apr 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) - Umpires used the first video review of the season to rule that Jorge Posada's drive to right field was a home run in the Yankees' game against the Cleveland Indians. Posada was pinch hitting Sunday when......
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4:00 PM Sun, Apr 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Patrick Sheehan completed a big rally when he rolled in a birdie putt from the fringe on the first playoff hole to beat Michael Sim for the title in the Nationwide Golf Tour's Athens Regional Foundation Classic Sunday at......
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12:22 PM Sun, Apr 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer BOSTON -- Major League Baseball and the Red Sox have come to an agreement to reduce Josh Beckett's suspension by one game. Boston's ace will now serve a five-game suspension, but he says he's......
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