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8:00 PM Fri, Jun 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon  Email
John Smoltz will have to wait one more day before pitching for the Pawtucket Red Sox. Pawtucket's scheduled game against Louisville Friday night was postponed. Even with steady rain, Pawtucket officials waited until 7:30, a half hour after the......
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5:47 PM Fri, Jun 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri had surgery on his right hip this week and is expected to be ready for the regular season. Vinatieri, one of the NFL's great clutch kickers, was treated by Dr. Marc Phillipon, who......
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4:30 PM Fri, Jun 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
With the weather forecast as ominous as it is, you'd think the Pawtucket Red Sox' Friday night game against the Louisville Bats would be in jeopardy. But the PawSox say they're going to make every effort to play, for three......
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2:43 PM Fri, Jun 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Once John Smoltz arrives in Boston in two weeks -- if all goes according to plan, that is -- the Red Sox are going to have to pare a pitcher from their starting rotation. According to ESPN, the Braves may......
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4:56 PM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
The New England Patriots Thursday signed Patrick Pass, who was out of football last season, and released Kenny Smith, Angelo Craig, Omar Cuff and Marcus McClinton Here's the press release from the Patriots: FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Patriots......
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1:05 PM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Jodi McKenna, a Warwick native and 1998 Brown grad, has been named an assistant coach for the 2010 U.S. Women's Olympic hockey team. McKenna has been the head coach at Wesleyan for the last two years after being an......
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12:01 PM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
New York Yankees pitcher A.J. Burnett has been suspended six games by Major League Baseball, which found that he intentionally threw at the head of the Rangers' Nelson Cruz during Tuesday night's game in New York. Burnett is appealing. MLB......
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11:51 AM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
PROVIDENCE - Fans hoping to grab tickets for the 2010 NCAA Tournament games coming to Providence next March had better act quick. Providence College just issued a release saying that fewer than 50 tickets remain for the first and......
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11:37 AM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
"I never came here to kiss Bill Belichick's rings. I came to win, let's just put it that way. I am certainly not intimidated by New England or anybody else." Rex Ryan, the new head coach of the New York......
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11:32 AM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Sammy Sosa -- one of only six players in major-league history to exceed 600 career home runs, but a player who has been widely suspected of steroid use -- said yesterday that he will announce soon announce his retirement from......
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10:57 AM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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It's an old debate that came into play once again last night, with Josh Beckett taking a no-hitter late into the game in Detroit. Is it an "unwritten rule" of baseball that you don't bunt to break up a pitcher's......
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10:36 AM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Patriots fans ages 16 to 21 are invited to vie for a chance to host Channel 38's "Totally Patriots" TV show during a talent competition in Foxboro on Saturday, June 20. Several winners selected from the "Totally Patriots Talent Search"......
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9:42 AM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
MIAMI (AP) -- Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth is pleading not guilty to DUI manslaughter charges from a fatal Miami car crash in which a pedestrian died. The plea was entered at a brief court hearing Thursday by defense......
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6:19 PM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By MARK DIVVER Assistant Sports Editor Providence College men's hockey coach Tim Army said Wednesday that there's "no truth'' to rumors that he might leave the school this summer to return to pro hockey. "There's nothing to it,'' said Army,......
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5:07 PM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A lawmaker is urging the National Basketball Association to repeal its requirement that players be at least 19 years old and a year out of high school before entering the league. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., sent identical......
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4:35 PM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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4:20 PM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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Former Providence College women's basketball star and ESPN NBA analyst Doris Burke of North Providence will be the only sideline reporter on ABC's coverage of the NBA Finals, which starts on Thursday night, says Sports Media Watch. Click here......
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4:16 PM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Here is the release from the school: PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Providence College hockey coach Tim Army announced on Wednesday, June 3 that student-athletes Aaron Jamnick (Hibbing, Minn.), Willie Hess (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Tim Schaller (Merrimack, N.H.), Bill Simon (Burnsville, Minn.),......
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3:58 PM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Here's a potential first to add to the "Not In My Backyard" homeowner's list of complaints: Terrell Owens. The Bills' high-profile receiver's search for a place to live in the Buffalo area has hit a......
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2:53 PM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Kurt Bodziony and Corky Benevides and put home course knowledge to good use Wednesday as they led the field at Fenner Hill in the third and final day of qualifying for the R.I. Amateur Golf Championship. Bodziony won medalist......
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12:00 PM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
There have been 128 forfeits in 139 years of big league baseball, but none as crazy as the Texas-Cleveland game of June 4, 1974. A crowd of 25,174 showed up at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland that night, double the average......
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11:44 AM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
PARIS (AP) -- One shot by Serena Williams sent Svetlana Kuznetsova to the court in a messy spill that left her covered with clay. The resilient Russian was down but not out. She squandered a big lead in the second......
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10:34 AM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
With rain in the forecast for Wednesday night, Interscholastic League officials have moved up the time of the Portsmouth-Cranston West baseball playoff game. The contest will begin at 4:30 p.m. at Pierce Field, 90 minutes earlier than had been......
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10:24 AM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) -- Boston Celtics guard Tony Allen had surgery on his right ankle and leg and the team is calling it a success. He's expected to recover from the Wednesday surgery in time for training camp this fall. Allen......
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8:40 AM Wed, Jun 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
John Rainone and Brian Owens are the champions of this year's pro-assistant tournament, sponsored by Acushnet and the New England PGA. The North Kingstown duo combined to shoot 67-65, for a 10-under 132 on the Brad Faxon-designed Bay Club......
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5:22 PM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Bruins have signed forward David Krejci to a contract extension. The team said Tuesday it's a multiyear deal, but did not disclose financial terms. Krejci led the NHL with a plus-minus rating of plus-36 this......
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4:10 PM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
There are no pitch limits in Minnesota high school baseball. Lars Anderson of Warroad threw 201 pitches in 13 innings against Thief River Falls in a playoff game on Saturday night, then blasted a walkoff homer. Cody Connors of Thief......
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3:03 PM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Point Judith's Bill McDonald had five birdies, including one on the final hole, to shoot 71 and earn medalist honors in qualifying for the R.I. Amateur Tuesday at Cranston Country Club. Scores were good in the cloudy weather, to......
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2:44 PM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
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2:41 PM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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Jason Bay is finding that getting All-Star votes is a lot easier as a member of the Boston Red Sox than it is when you're a Pittsburgh Pirate. For the second consecutive week, Bay finds himself the number-one vote-getter among......
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2:37 PM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Memphis was unable to find proof a former player cheated on his SAT exam in its internal investigation of NCAA allegations against the men's basketball team. The investigation report, released to The Associated Press and other......
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1:55 PM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Jimmy Adams, one of the most successful high school coaches in Rhode Island history, as well as an outstanding athlete himself, died Monday. He was 73. Adams played football and basketball at the University of Rhode Island. He completed......
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1:32 PM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Journal photos / Mary Murphy At today's OTA, Tom Brady continued to work his throwing arm back into shape, and Bill Belichick spoke to linebacker Adalius Thomas.......
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12:29 PM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
A couple of baseball writers are weighing in today on what the A.L. East might look like if the Red Sox had outspent the Yankees for Mark Teixeira, who led the Major Leagues with 13 homers and 34 RBI in......
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12:27 PM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
There's been no sign of linebacker Mike Vrabel at the Kansas City Chiefs optional team practices this week, but if team officials are concerned, they're not letting on. If the former Patriot is a no-show for a three-day, mandatory minicamp......
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11:35 AM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
The collapse of David Ortiz's career right before our eyes saddens Bill Simmons of ESPN: "I still watch every Ortiz at-bat thinking, This is the one. When he belted his first bomb of the season, I clapped like everyone else......
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10:09 AM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
AP photos LeBron James and Mo Williams moved to the music during a timeout as the Cavs poured it on against the Celtics in April. On Saturday night, James left the court without congratulating the victorious Magic. LeBron James......
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9:03 AM Tue, Jun 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
John Smoltz apparently will be the next member of the Boston Red Sox to rehab at McCoy Stadium. It appears, according to what Smoltz himself is saying, that he will pitch at McCoy Friday night against Louisville and then......
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10:10 PM Mon, Jun 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A former NFL linebacker has been extradited from Connecticut to Orange County to face a murder charge in the 1994 shooting death of his ex-lover's millionaire boyfriend. Eric Naposki, 44, who played for the New......
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7:31 PM Mon, Jun 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
CLEVELAND (AP) - New York Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte says he will make his scheduled start against Texas on Wednesday after leaving his last outing with a stiff back. Pettitte first appeared to strain his back in the fourth inning......
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6:04 PM Mon, Jun 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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Samantha Morrell captured her third consecutive Interscholastic League girls state golf title as the North Kingstown High senior fired a four-over 76 on a wind-swept Pt. Judith Country Club course Monday. The performance gave Morrell a three-stroke margin of......
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4:37 PM Mon, Jun 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Still nothing but positive news on the Tom Brady front. Sam Farmer of The Los Angeles Times interviewed the doctor who repaired Brady's knee: "Speaking publicly for the first time about the NFL star's surgery and physical rehabilitation, Dr. Neal......
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3:57 PM Mon, Jun 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Suspended slugger Manny Ramirez has dropped in the latest round of fan voting for the All-Star game, falling to fifth among NL outfielders. Ramirez was fourth last week in the first set of results, about 24,000......
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2:16 PM Mon, Jun 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Andy Falcone of Foster had two birdies and two bogeys on the way to an even-par 71 at Green Valley Monday to lead qualifying for the R.I. Amateur. Chuck Wojtowitcz of Montaup and Ryan Woodward of Potowomut tied for......
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2:09 PM Mon, Jun 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
Since it's college baseball, and the game didn't end 'til the wee hours of Sunday morning, many people may not be aware of some of the amazing things that happened in Texas' 25-inning, 7 hours and 3 minutes marathon,......
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12:49 PM Mon, Jun 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
BARRINGTON -- No charges will be brought against four members of the Barrington lacrosse team after an iPod and cash were stolen from the locker room at Moses Brown School after a May 1 game at the Providence school. Sgt.......
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12:29 PM Mon, Jun 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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Canada's TSN network reports that the Montreal Canadiens will introduce Jacques Martin as their new head coach this afternoon. Martin most recently was general manager of the Florida Panthers. He previously coached the Ottawa Senators and the Panthers. Martin takes......
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11:36 AM Mon, Jun 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Rhode Island has a new golf star. Bobby Leopold, a native of England who has moved to Rhode Island after graduating from Rollins College in Florida, won his second tournament of the season over the weekend. Leopold, who plays......
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11:17 AM Mon, Jun 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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Roger Grillo's 12-year run as men's hockey coach at Brown apparently is over. The Website USHR.com reports that Grillo told his captains on Sunday that he will not be returning as Bears' coach in the fall. Instead, Grillo will......
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