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11:42 PM Sat, May 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON -- If you were wondering why the Mets sent J.J. Putz to the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning instead of their closer Francisco Rodriguez, it's because K-Rod wasn't available. Rodriguez was overcome with back spasms prior......
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10:57 PM Sat, May 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
NBA.com shows LeBron James' game-winning 3-pointer Friday night from every camera angle there was . . . including the one that was focused on Stan Van Gundy.......
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10:49 PM Sat, May 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Think LeBron James' miracle shot provided an ending to a game that you'll never forget? It also provided an ending to the newscast on WEWS-TV in Cleveland that you'll never forget. (Check out the guy dancing through the window in......
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2:23 PM Fri, May 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike Szostak Email
The University of Rhode Island feasted on Dayton pitching and beat the Flyers, 9-2, at the Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship Friday at Fifth Third Field in Dayton, Ohio. URI (37-18-1) advances to the championship game Saturday at noon. Dayton......
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1:51 PM Fri, May 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike Szostak Email
The University of Rhode Island is feasting on Dayton pitching and leads the Flyers, 9-1, after 7 1/2 innings at the Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship at Fifth Third Field in Dayton, Ohio. The winner will advance to the championship......
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12:33 PM Fri, May 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike Szostak Email
The University of Rhode Island scored three runs in the first inning and one in the second and leads Dayton, 4-0, Friday in the Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship at Fifth Third Field in Dayton, Ohio. The winner will advance......
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8:45 AM Fri, May 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike Szostak Email
The University of Rhode island set a program record for victories in a season Thursday with a 7-6 victory over Xavier at the Atlantic 10 Baseball Championship and will play Dayton Friday at noon. Dayton defeated UMass, 9-5, Thursday.......
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2:27 PM Thu, May 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
If you watch any hockey at this time of year, one thing that sticks out -- literally in some cases -- is the players' scruffy facial hair and, in some cases, crazy hair styles. Hockey players don't shave once the......
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2:24 PM Thu, May 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
PawSox manager Ron Johnson took a half-hour today to answer questions from projo.com readers. He enjoyed the experience and would like to do it again, so stay tuned for details on future chats. Meantime, here's the full transcript to today's......
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12:16 PM Thu, May 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Providence Friars head basketball coach Keno Davis has just "Tweeted" (don't worry -- we have it on good authority that this is actually the coach's Twitter page) that the PC Friars will play in a tournament in Cancun, Mexico, from......
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9:57 AM Thu, May 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is the latest example of an athlete who has had to rebut false claims made about him by an impostor on a social-networking site. Roethlisberger said Wednesday that he does not have a Facebook, MySpace or......
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9:14 AM Thu, May 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
NEW YORK (AP) -- If Joba Chamberlain has any plans to retaliate against Aubrey Huff, the New York Yankees pitcher kept them to himself Wednesday. Chamberlain is scheduled to start Thursday night, his first game against the Baltimore Orioles since......
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9:00 AM Thu, May 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A former NFL linebacker and his ex-lover were charged Wednesday with killing a wealthy Orange County businessman for financial gain nearly 15 years ago. Nanette Packard McNeal and Eric Naposki, who played in the late......
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8:44 AM Thu, May 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Former Red Sox relief pitcher Keith Foulke, 36 years old now, is pitching with the independent league Newark Bears and hopes for one more shot at the big leagues. Foulke is the subject of a lengthy profile today in The......
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7:42 AM Thu, May 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Pawtucket Red Sox manager Ron Johnson will do a live chat on projo.com from 1 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 21. It's been a very interesting year in Pawtucket so far, with rehab appearances by Rocco Baldelli, Daisuke Matsuzaka and......
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8:18 PM Wed, May 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
It is looking more and more likely that Celtics assistant coach Tom Thibodeau won't be coaching for the Celtics next season. According to the Boston Globe, the Sacramento Kings were granted permission by Celtics president Danny Ainge on Wednesday to......
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2:29 PM Wed, May 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike Szostak Email
Four former Rhode Island high-school stars will be in uniform this weekend at the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships at Gillette Stadium. Colin Briggs of Narragansett (Bishop Hendricken) is a redshirt freshman at the University of Virginia, the No. 1......
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1:14 PM Wed, May 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Bloomberg The Miami Dolphins will provide 5,000 wireless handheld devices to premium ticket holders next season, allowing fans to view replays, alternate camera angles and statistics during National Football League games. The devices will be handed out free to fans......
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12:50 PM Wed, May 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
PROVIDENCE -- Byron Bitz won't be finishing the season in Providence after all. Rob Murray, the coach of the Providence Bruins, said Wednesday morning that a rib injury that Bitz suffered during the Boston Bruins' playoff series with Carolina was......
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12:24 PM Wed, May 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Brown's Jordan Burke and Brady Williams have been selected to compete in the 68th United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Associations North/South Senior All-Star Game to be played at Harvard Stadium on Friday as part of a tripleheader. The Division III game......
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10:45 AM Wed, May 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. (AP) -- Former Atlanta Braves and current Boston Red Sox pitcher John Smoltz has married Kathryn Darden, the second marriage for each. The wedding was Saturday night at Smoltz's house in Alpharetta in front of about 70 family......
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9:39 AM Wed, May 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
"He's pretty tired of answering the same questions." So said Red Sox manager Terry Francona about slumping slugger David Ortiz after Big Papi -- back in the lineup following a weekend on the bench in Seattle -- went 0-for-3 Tuesday......
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9:00 AM Wed, May 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Two Patriots stories of note this morning: *** Albert Breer of The Sporting News has good news about Tom Brady: "Get ready, NFL. Tom Brady is back. And if all the indications from this spring are correct, the new Brady......
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8:09 AM Wed, May 20, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Frank Dell'Apa The Boston Globe The Celtics' Kevin Garnett will have surgery to remove bone spurs in his right knee next week. The operation will be performed by team physician Brian McKeown. "They seem to think it is a......
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5:55 PM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
It appears that Notre Dame may not be telling the whole truth when it comes to Charlie Weis. The Fort Wayne, Ind., Journal Gazette reports that the embattled football coach's losing seasons are not included in the 2009 Spring......
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4:47 PM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Senior shortstop Dan Rhault of the University of Rhode Island has been named the Atlantic 10 Baseball Player of the Year in voting conducted among the league's head coaches. Rhault, of Lincoln, leads URI in eight different offensive categories, including......
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4:20 PM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike Szostak Email
Brian Shanley has resigned as men's tennis coach at Salve Regina University after 14 years, a 175-76-1 record, 10 Commonwealth Coast Conference championships and eight coach of the year awards. The Seahawks were 10-10 this spring. Salve Regina announced......
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3:48 PM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Angel Chavez's two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted the Pawtucket Red Sox to a 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Bisons this afternoon at McCoy Stadium. Clay Buchholz had one of the shakiest outings of a stellar......
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3:41 PM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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Kevin McNamara reports from Fenway Park that the Red Sox' lineup has been posted and not only is David Ortiz playing, but he's still batting third. The complete Sox lineup: Jacoby Ellsbury cf Dustin Pedroia 2b David Ortiz dh Jason......
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3:25 PM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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WNBA fans for the first time will be able to watch all of the league's games, thanks to a new webcast feature called WNBA LiveAccess. Only games televised nationally or locally, or games tipping off at the same time as......
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2:34 PM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BARRINGTON, R.I. -- One or more members of the Barrington High School lacrosse team stole an iPod and approximately $180 in cash from the locker room at the Moses Brown School on the East Side of Providence. John R. Gray,......
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12:51 PM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
PROVIDENCE -- Byron Bitz hasn't put his skates away for the summer just yet. Unlike his Boston Bruins teammates, who have packed up and gone home after losing to Carolina last week in the NHL playoffs, Bitz's season will continue......
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12:04 PM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
It's still early, but if the time comes when the Red Sox look to replace David Ortiz, let the record show that ESPN's Buster Olney was the first to mention Matt LaPorta of Cleveland: "The Red Sox are not looking......
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11:49 AM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike Szostak Email
Virginia, Syracuse, Duke and Cornell are heading to Gillette Stadium this weekend for the three-day NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships. The Division I semifinals are scheduled for Saturday with third-seeded Duke playing second-seeded Syracuse at noon and top-seeded Virginia facing......
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9:57 AM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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When Ellis Hobbs was drafted by the New England Patriots in 2005 he was still a few credits short of a degree in art and design at Iowa State University. He promised his mother then that he would finish school.......
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9:45 AM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Celtics coach Doc Rivers said this morning on WEEI's Dennis and Callahan show that shooting guard Ray Allen "had a hamstring problem throughout the Orlando series," and added that it might have had an impact on his performance in the......
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9:08 AM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Adam Teicher The Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- As the only NFL team to win its division in each of the last three seasons, the San Diego Chargers didn't merely dominate the AFC West. They commandeered it,......
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8:57 AM Tue, May 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
A 25-year-old interior designer who is now studying in Korea is suing Matt Light, claiming the Patriots' 6-4, 305-pound offensive tackle broke his nose during an altercation at a nightclub inside Connecticut's Mohegan Sun. Light's attorney declined to comment on......
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10:05 PM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer PAWTUCKET _ The PawSox saw their two-game winning streak halted Monday night at McCoy Stadium. Even with Red Sox rehabber Kevin Youkilis in the lineup, Pawtucket managed only three hits and made three errors......
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9:47 PM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia 76ers are moving forward with their head coaching search and confirmed Monday they will interview Boston Celtics assistant coach Tom Thibodeau. The date of the interview was not immediately known. Thibodeau has spent 19 years......
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9:21 PM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
A Twitter account opened in the name of former Patriots cornerback Asante Samuel continues to Tweet away, even though it has been identified by Samuel's current team, the Philadelphia Eagles, as phony. Last weekend, the Philadelphia Daily News reported that......
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9:01 PM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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According to reports first on ESPN and now by WEEI's Christopher Price, the Patriots are considering a trade that would send a second- or third-round draft pick to Oakland for disgruntled Raiders linebacker Derrick Burgess. With the Patriots looking very......
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6:41 PM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer PAWTUCKET -- Kevin Youkilis (strained oblique) was originally scheduled to serve as the PawSox' designated hitter in his first rehab game Monday night at McCoy, but the Sox' first baseman asked if he could......
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6:00 PM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ATLANTA (AP) - Game 7 of the Magic-Celtics series is the most-viewed NBA second-round playoff game ever on cable. TNT says Orlando's 101-82 win Sunday was watched by 8.41 million viewers. The previous record was 7.65 million for Game 6......
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5:34 PM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
Jess Jackson, who purchased super-filly Rachel Alexandra days after she won the Kentucky Oaks by 20 lengths two weeks ago, then watched Satuday as she beat the boys in the Preakness, has yet to decide whether to run her......
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1:41 PM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
NEW YORK (AP) -- Most World Series and AL championship series games will have an earlier start on Fox this year. The network said Monday that weeknight games will start at 7:57 p.m. EDT, more than a half-hour before last......
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1:36 PM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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BRUSSELS (AP) -- The Belgian bodybuilding championship has been canceled after doping officials showed up and all the competitors fled. A doping official says bodybuilders just grabbed their gear and ran off when he came into the room. "I have......
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12:17 PM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Luke DeCock McClatchy Newspapers RALEIGH, N.C. -- You had to figure it would take more than a game-winning goal in the playoffs to make Scott Walker cry, although given how long he waited, no one would begrudge him if......
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11:27 AM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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They weren't missing a player of the stature of the Celtics' Kevin Garnett, but many Boston Bruins were playing with significant injuries in the playoffs. Here's the medical roll call, which came out of the annual break-up day today at......
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11:17 AM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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Fox's Ken Rosenthal says that the Indians are not necessarily interested in trading catcher Victor Martinez, but that Cleveland has received an inquiry from the Boston Red Sox. Writes Rosenthal: "The Sox could offer Class AAA right-hander Clay Buchholz, but......
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11:12 AM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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ESPN announced this morning that former Tampa Bay Bucs coach Jon Gruden will replace Tony Kornheiser on the Monday Night Football team this fall. Gruden will join play-by-play man Mike Tirico and analyst Ron Jaworski. Read ESPN's release here.......
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9:28 AM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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BY MIKE SZOSTAK Journal Sports Writer Every college football fan should run to the Cable Car Cinema this week and experience Harvard Beats Yale 29-29. Believe me, Kevin Rafferty's documentary about the epic clash between Harvard and Yale in......
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12:59 AM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
BOSTON -- Boston coach Doc Rivers said that the Celtics postponed surgery on Kevin Garnett's right knee in the hopes that he would help out if the Celtics advanced to the Eastern Conference finals. But that doesn't matter know because......
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12:52 AM Mon, May 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
BOSTON -- Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy coached the Magic to the Eastern Conference semifinals for the first team in 12 years last year, but the Magic lost to Detroit, 4-1. With a victory over the Celtics Sunday night, he......
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10:38 PM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Orlando Magic ended the Boston Celtics' bid to repeat as NBA champions in shockingly easy fashion, with a 101-82 victory in Game Seven at TDBanknorth Garden. The Celtics, who trailed almost the entire game, had cut the Magic's lead......
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10:09 PM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Arthur Staple Newsday NEW YORK - David Wells and Roger Clemens never were the best of friends, so Wells isn't exactly shedding tears over his former Yankees teammate's legal troubles stemming from steroid allegations. "You don't want to criticize......
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10:01 PM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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--- With both teams' seasons on the line, Orlando will take a 66-61 lead into the fourth quarter. The Magic have led for all but two minutes of the game. They led by as much as 14 midway through the......
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9:16 PM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
BOSTON -- The Celtics are in for a fight. Orlando has shown no signs of Game Seven intimidation, and the Magic are up, 45-38 at halftime. Orlando controlled the entire first half, leading for all but two minutes. They led......
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8:40 PM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
BOSTON -- Like a great heavyweight fight, these two teams were feeling each other out in the first quarter, but Orlando won on points, 27-17. Boston struck first, but Orlando came back with a furious flurry, connecting on eight of......
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8:02 PM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John Gillooly Journal Sports Writer North Kingstown High's Elizabeth Beisel won a second gold medal at the Charlotte (NC) UltraSwim championships Sunday night as she captured the title in the women's 200-meter backstroke. Beisel won the title by nearly......
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7:32 PM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) -- Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird and film director Steven Spielberg were feted Sunday at Boston University with honorary degrees. Bird, who played for the Celtics for 13 seasons and was enshrined in basketball's Hall of Fame, is......
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7:29 PM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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HERSHEY, Pa. -- Goals by Andrew Joudrey and Alexandre Giroux two and half minutes apart early in the third period lifted the Hershey Bears to a 2-1 win over the Providence Bruins before 7,460 fans at the Giant Center. Hershey's......
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7:21 PM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Red Sox' West Coast trip came to a bitter end today as the Seattle Mariners beat Boston, 3-2, at Safeco Field. With the game tied at 2 and Ramon Ramirez pitching, the Red Sox quickly got two outs in......
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6:51 PM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
BOSTON -- Boston captain Paul Pierce and Orlando guard Anthony Johnson have a difference in opinion on who is the better team. Pierce says it's the Celtics. "I think we are the better team with our backs against the wall,"......
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6:30 PM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Colorado Rockies reliever Matt Daley is headed to the disabled list after a fluke accident during a 10-run seventh inning by the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. Early in the inning Sunday, Daley gave up an RBI double......
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6:17 PM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
BOSTON -- Boston coach Doc Rivers said that he doesn't plan on giving a lengthy motivational speech before tip-off tonight. "If you need a Ra-Ra speech for Game Seven then your team is probably in a little trouble," Rivers said.......
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6:13 PM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
BOSTON -- Boston captain Paul Pierce has been in big game situations before. He helped the Celtics win two Game Sevens last year, and another one in the first round against Chicago. He said that he will be aggressive tonight......
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6:05 PM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Here's some words from Orlando's star center after Saturday's practice, as related by Tim Povtak of Fanhouse.com: "The word of the day is DOMINATE. True story: I was eating Alpha-Bits for breakfast this morning, and the first scoop I picked......
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6:04 PM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
BOSTON -- Boston captain Paul Pierce didn't guarantee a win over the Magic in Game Seven tonight the way Orlando assistant coach Patrick Ewing did for the Magic, but he did say that the Celtics are the better team. "I......
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4:48 PM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Daniel Barbarisi Journal Sports Writer David Ortiz has had the entire series against the Seattle Mariners, and the scheduled off day tomorrow, as a restful hiatus intended to get the slumping slugger turned around. Regardless, manager Terry Francona is......
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4:48 PM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Buffalo Bisons battled to a scoreless tie through 10 innings Sunday afternoon, until everything changed in the 11th. Buffalo took the lead on Argenis Reyes' two-out, two-run home run off Jose Vaquedano, who was......
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4:21 PM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - An error on the Tampa Bay Rays' official lineup card forced starting pitcher Andy Sonnanstine to bat in Sunday's game against Cleveland. The Rays listed Ben Zobrist and Evan Longoria as the third baseman on......
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12:37 PM Sun, May 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Shalise Manza Young Journal Sports Writer Laurence Maroney was one of several Patriots players playing in Kevin Faulk's charity softball game last night at Campanelli Stadium in Brockton, and told the Boston Globe's Christopher Gasper that his mystery shoulder......
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