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June 7, 2009 - June 13, 2009 Archives
8:32 PM Sat, Jun 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver  Email
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- UConn men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun has been hospitalized after he collapsed following a 50-mile charity bicycle ride during which he fell and broke five ribs. Calhoun was taken to the UConn Health Center in Farmington......
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6:07 PM Sat, Jun 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
URI's Jimmy Baron took part in a predraft workout at the New Jersey Nets' practice facility and drew compliments from Knicks and Nets officials "He can really shoot the ball. And he's a good player. He knows what he's doing,"......
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6:03 PM Sat, Jun 13, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) -- An umpire emptied the stands at a high school baseball game, ejecting the entire crowd of more than 100 fans for being unruly. Umpire Don Briggs said he had no problem with any of the......
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11:38 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) -- Andrew Gordon, Chris Bourque and Alexendre Giroux scored first-period goals and the Hershey Bears won their 10th American Hockey League title with a 4-1 victory over the Manitoba Moose on Friday night. The Bears, the Washington......
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9:57 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
CLEVELAND (AP) -- There were two sets of birds at Progressive Field on Friday -- the St. Louis Cardinals and the Lake Erie gulls. The Cardinals will leave on Sunday. No one knows when the gulls will. Flocks of the......
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9:29 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Ralph Willard was the king. In 10 years as the head basketball coach at his alma mater Holy Cross, he led the program to the NCAA tournament for three consecutive years, the first time that had......
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9:26 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Jeremy Tyler's jump from high school to an overseas professional basketball league is progressing to the point that his agent is negotiating with a team in Haifa, Israel. The 6-foot-11, 260-pound Tyler announced in late April......
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9:22 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
By Chip Scoggins Star Tribune (Minneapolis) ESPN reported Friday that a member of the Vikings' coaching staff and an athletic trainer will travel to Hattiesburg, Miss., to work with the retired quarterback. The network, citing a source, did not reveal......
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4:48 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
The Boston Red Sox drafted Hendricken pitcher Chris Costantino in the last round of the Major League draft Thursday afternoon. Costantino, who is 6'3'', 220 pounds, was one of the stars of the Lincoln Little League team that went to......
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4:17 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Well, that didn't last long. Exactly one week after re-signing him, the Patriots today released fullback Patrick Pass. Pass had played for them from 2000-06, but was out of football in 2008 after brief '07 stints with the Texans and......
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3:49 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
The Boston Herald's Inside Track speculates that Bill Belichick may be engaged to Linda Holliday, his girlfriend of several years. Click here to read the story.......
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2:58 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) -- One bright side to all those empty seats behind home plate visible on television at the new Yankee Stadium: At least there are plenty of people seeing them from home. Viewership for the Yankees' YES Network......
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2:07 PM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Journal photos / Mary Murphy Above, tight end Alex Smith, an offseason acquisition, runs through a drill during Thursday's minicamp at Gillette Stadium. At right, veteran wide receiver Joey Galloway, another newcomer to Patriot nation, keeps his eye on the......
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11:40 AM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Chad Ochocinco, the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver formerly known as Chad Johnson, posted photos of his new facial tattoos on his Twitter page Wednesday night. According to Cincinnati.com: "On the right side of his face, on the cheekbone, are two......
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10:57 AM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
This is Major League Baseball in 2009: When a guy is having a really bad year, people speculate that he used to use steroids and got off of them. And when a guy is having a really good year, people......
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10:30 AM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
NEW YORK (AP) -- Carlos Beltran couldn't help himself. Busy with a game against Philadelphia, he wanted a quick update on baseball's amateur draft Tuesday night. There was one particular prospect he was curious about. When the New York Mets'......
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10:09 AM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike Szostak Email
Jasmine Jennings, the University of Rhode Island senior from Warwick (Veterans) and CCRI, has qualified for the final round of the hammer throw at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Arkansas. The event is......
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9:35 AM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Red Sox probably don't want to miss any chances to play the Yankees right now, but it looks like tonight's game is anything but a sure bet, with showers in the forecast all afternoon and evening in Boston. But......
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8:14 AM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Ryan Leaf, the former star quarterback who went on to become the most notorious draft bust in NFL history, is wanted by law-enforcement officials in Texas after failing to turn himself in on drug and burglary charges. The 33-year-old Leaf......
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8:05 AM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
It wasn't a good night for Cleveland Indians fans, as the Kansas City Royals cruised to a 9-0 win, but one man managed to do the nearly impossible -- catch long balls hit by Jose Guillen and Miguel Olivo, both......
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6:22 PM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
Two native Rhode Islanders -- Jimmy Gillheeney of Johnston and Dan Rhault of Lincoln -- were among the six players with local ties chosen in Wednesday's second day of the baseball draft. Rhault was one of three University of Rhode......
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4:49 PM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez complained to ESPN's Rick Sutcliffe in the Yankees' clubhouse at Fenway Park Tuesday night about Sutcliffe's claim that A-Rod has been "feeding Teixeira verbal signs from the on-deck circle, giving his teammate a heads-up on......
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4:34 PM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -- Rex Ryan claimed he didn't know much about Channing Crowder until recently. Now, the New York Jets coach can't stop talking about the Miami Dolphins linebacker. For the second straight day at minicamp, Ryan led......
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4:28 PM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Louisville has hired Holy Cross head basketball coach Ralph Willard as associate coach to Rick Pitino. Pitino said Wednesday in a statement from the Cardinals' athletics department that he had been pursuing Willard for 10 years.......
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3:16 PM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
More than two hours into the second day of the MLB Draft, the most interesting name taken by the Red Sox appears to be pitcher Luke Bard, the brother of relief pitcher Daniel Bard. The younger Bard has signed to......
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2:24 PM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
NEW YORK (AP) -- Remember that tell-all book about A-Rod? Just a month after making headlines with its allegations that the New York Yankees star likely used steroids as far back as high school, Selena Roberts' A-Rod: The Many Lives......
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1:45 PM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Cranston native David Quinn, associate head coach for NCAA hockey champion Boston University, was one of six coaches interviewed for the head coaching job at the University of Nebraska-Omaha of the CCHA, the Omaha World-Herald reports. Quinn was the 13th......
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11:30 AM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The following is an official announcement from the team: In a year that the franchise is celebrating its 50th anniversary, Patriots fans had an opportunity to vote for one of three hall of fame finalists, each of whom were perennial......
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10:58 AM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Hats off to the guy for catching not one but two foul balls. But was the throat-slash really necessary? This fan will hear from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.......
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10:38 AM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
I was a little surprised that last night's game got in without any delay, and tonight's game looks like it will as well. The forecast for Boston calls for cloudy but mostly dry conditions, with temperatures climbing into the mid-60s......
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10:32 AM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Patriots return to Gillette Stadium today for the first of three mandatory minicamp sessions. The big question is whether or not Vince Wilfork, the star nose tackle who is unhappy with his contract situation, will be there. Wilfork skipped......
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9:54 AM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
My guess is that these comments aren't going to make too many of Manny's critics feel better about the slugging outfielder. They'll probably be enough for Dodger fans, though: LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Manny Ramirez visited his Los Angeles Dodgers......
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9:19 AM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
It takes the ninth-inning of a 7-0 game to produce lines like this, and that's what we got last night. Dennis Eckersley uses terms like "easy cheese" or "sneaky cheese" to describe Daniel Bard's blazing fastball, delivered with what appears......
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10:20 PM Tue, Jun 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Click here to see a video of Smith in action. KINGSTON, R.I. -- Rhode Island right-handed pitcher Eric Smith of Milford, Conn., was selected 60th overall - by the Arizona Diamondbacks - in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft. Smith......
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1:46 PM Tue, Jun 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Journal photos / Mary Murphy Above, Tom Brady and Kevin O'Connell talk to teammates before the start of practice. Below, Randy Moss gestures while stretching his legs.......
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11:37 AM Tue, Jun 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The MLB Draft, which is now a three-day extravaganza of sorts, begins tonight with the first 111 picks -- that's three full rounds plus two rounds of compensatory picks. Boston has the 28th overall pick in the first round, the......
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9:41 AM Tue, Jun 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
If you have tickets for tonight's opening game of the Red Sox-Yankees series at Fenway Park, you can count on conditions being unpleasant. But don't assume that the American League's top two teams (O.K., the Sox are tied with the......
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8:37 AM Tue, Jun 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Boston Herald's Inside Track reports this morning that Patriots quarterback Tom Brady "had to be rescued" from the Charles River recently when he flipped a rented kayak near Beacon Hill. According to the report, Brady and wife Gisele Bundchen......
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11:29 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Pio Sagapolutele, who started at right defensive tackle for the Patriots against the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXI, died Sunday night in Chandler, Ariz., after suffering an aneurysm on Friday. Sagapolutele started 13 games -- 10 in the......
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11:18 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
St. Raphael's Academy product Chris Iannetta will return from the disabled list Tuesday night when his Colorado Rockies visit the Milwaukee Brewers, according to a story in the Denver Post. The Providence native has not played since May 23 because......
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11:02 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
What would summers be like without Brett Favre? It was another bizarre day in the continuing saga of the future Hall of Fame quarterback, as ESPN reported that the Minnesota Vikings have set an end-of-the-week deadline for Favre to decide......
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10:00 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Recently retired safety Rodney Harrison continued to make eye-opening comments when he sat down for an interview with Sports Illustrated's Peter King. Harrison, who will join former Colts coach Tony Dungy in the NBC Sunday night studio show "Football Night......
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9:54 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Paul Kenyon New Bedford's Kevin Silva is going to the U.S. Open in two weeks at Bethpage Black on Long Island. The former University of North Carolina star put together rounds of 70-67 at Century and Old Oaks Country......
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9:53 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Durham Bulls starting pitcher Wade Davis hurled six shutout innings, striking out seven, and the PawSox left the go-ahead run on first base in the ninth inning in a 3-2 loss tonight at McCoy Stadium. Henry Mateo's third-inning solo home......
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8:26 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Associated Press Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals has earned the series' highest cable television rating since 2002. The Pittsburgh Penguins' 4-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Versus on Thursday night drew a 2.8 rating and averaged......
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8:08 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Paul Kenyon NORTH KINGSTOWN -- Ann Moran and Maureen Ford, who have already combined to win one Ocean State Women's Golf Association tournament this year, got off to a nice start in their bid to win another Monday. The......
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6:18 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOLTON, Mass. (AP) - New England nose tackle Vince Wilfork said Monday it made "the most sense" for him to stay away from the Patriots' organized team activities while he hopes to get a contract extension. "It's nothing personal towards......
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5:39 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOLTON, Mass. (AP) - Tom Brady bent over, teed up his golf ball and smacked a line drive far down the sun-splashed fairway. "That's OK," his impressed boss, Patriots owner Robert Kraft, said as Brady's first shot of Monday's round......
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5:34 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) - David Ortiz's vision has checked out very well as the Boston Red Sox try to help him out of his season-long slump. The designated hitter received drops for dry eyes Monday, team spokesperson Pam Ganley said. Ortiz......
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4:51 PM Mon, Jun 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
New England Revolution forward Taylor Twellman was voted Major League Soccer's player of the week following his two-goal performance in the Revolution's 4-0 victory over the New York Red Bulls at Gillette Stadium on Sunday. Twellman's two-goal effort was the......
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9:54 PM Sun, Jun 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Two rumors regarding the Bruins are floating around the blogosphere. *** Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun says that Phil Kessel is looking for $5 million a year. "The Bruins and F Phil Kessel appear to be far apart on......
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8:33 PM Sun, Jun 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Taylor Twellman became the fifth player in MLS history with 100 goals, scoring a pair in the second half to lead the New England Revolution to a 4-0 victory over the New York Red Bulls on......
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8:30 PM Sun, Jun 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
LAKEWAY, Texas (AP) -- Bernhard Langer became the first three-time winner on the Champions Tour this season, closing with a 5-under 67 on Sunday for a six-stroke victory over Mark O'Meara in the Triton Financial Classic. "This is probably as......
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8:21 PM Sun, Jun 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
By The Associated Press Brett Favre recently had arthroscopic surgery on his ailing right shoulder, ESPN reported Sunday night, another indication the three-time NFL MVP is considering coming out of retirement. ESPN, citing two anonymous sources, reported that Favre had......
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8:18 PM Sun, Jun 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The NBA All-Star game will return to Los Angeles for a record fifth time in 2011. Commissioner David Stern made the announcement Sunday before Game 2 of the NBA finals between the Lakers and Orlando Magic.......
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6:36 PM Sun, Jun 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Lindsay Whalen had 14 points and a career-high 12 rebounds to lead the Connecticut Sun to a 66-57 victory over the New York Liberty on Sunday. Erin Phillips scored 13 points and Asjha Jones added 10......
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