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9:25 PM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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Westerly senior Andrew Springer finished tenth in the two-mile run Friday night at the Nike Outdoor National High School Track Championships in Greensboro, N.C. His time was 9 minutes 2.93 seconds. The race was won by Trevor Dunbar, a senior......
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7:50 PM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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MIAMI (AP) -- Alex Rodriguez's homecoming will have to wait a little longer. Following a tumultuous month at the plate, the slumping third baseman was benched Friday for two games by the New York Yankees for what he and the......
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6:09 PM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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HOUSTON (AP) -- Roger Clemens might write a book to get his side of the story out in his nasty dispute with Brian McNamee, his former trainer. McNamee has accused Clemens of using steroids and human growth hormone, charges the......
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4:55 PM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- Suffolk Downs canceled the Massachusetts Handicap for 2009, citing a desire to use the money that would be spent on the high-profile race to save jobs and maintain daily payouts at the East Boston racetrack. It's the......
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1:41 PM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) -- Is she or isn't she? People.com is reporting Gisele Bundchen is pregnant. Citing two anonymous sources, the report says Tom Brady's wife is due early next year. Brady's mother, Galynn, told the Associated Press on Friday that......
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12:50 PM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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Despite the rain and dreary weather, preparations are under way at Rhode Island Country Club in Barrington for the 2009 CVS Caremark Charity Classic Golf Tournament. Providence Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Seven of the competitors scheduled to be in......
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11:35 AM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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This is an amazing item contained in a larger New York Times story about the way colleges are finding small ways to save money in the midst of the economic crisis: At Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., the women's swim......
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10:03 AM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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After being hammered for declaring that fans who held tickets for Thursday's rain-abbreviated action at the U.S. Open would get no refunds and no exchanges, the USGA said this morning that they would allow Thursday ticket-holders to watch any golf......
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9:56 AM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
David Ortiz spent much of his offseason accompanying his father to doctor's appointments and treatment sessions in the Dominican Republic after Enrique Ortiz was diagnosed with a serious illness, reports The Boston Herald today. A few days before Father's Day,......
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9:00 AM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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As yesterday demonstrated, we can give you the forecast, but we can't predict what they're going to do (start the game and then call it early when it does just what the forecasters were saying it was going to do......
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8:55 AM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - A golf resort developer duped nearly two dozen NHL players out of $25 million, blowing the money on gratuitous parties that were attended by former Yankees players Roger Clemens and Reggie Jackson, according to a lawsuit......
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8:46 AM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
he Toronto Blue Jays' Marco Scutaro caught the Philadelphia Phillies sleeping yesterday when, after being walked by Joe Blanton, he continued running past first and easily took second base. Click here to see the highlight, and notice how Scutaro is......
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8:01 AM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Forbes.com has released its list of the world's 20 highest-paid athletes, and the most popular sports league in the world's wealthiest country does not have a single representative on the list. The National Football League, which Forbes says is the......
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7:34 AM Fri, Jun 19, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Erik Matuszewski Bloomberg U.S. Open fans who braved the rain to watch Tiger Woods play six holes before play was washed out yesterday can't get a refund or watch the continuation of the first-round today. The U.S. Golf Association,......
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6:30 PM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
The New England Revolution signed goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth to a developmental contract and waived goalkeeper Zack Simmons Thursday. Shuttleworth joins the team after a brief stint with the Austin Aztex of USL-1. Previously, he played three seasons at the University......
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6:10 PM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
Roger Williams University announced that Dave Kemmy will be named Interim Athletic Director of the Department of Athletics, Intramurals and Recreation for the 2009-10 academic year. Kemmy, who held the position of Assistant Athletic Director for Administration and Wrestling Head......
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5:24 PM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Egypt stunned Italy 1-0 on a 40th-minute goal by Mohamed Homos on Thursday, night leaving the world champion Azzurri with an uphill battle to reach the Confederations Cup semifinals. Homos outjumped Daniele De Rossi to meet a......
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5:11 PM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The NFL has indefinitely suspended Cleveland Browns receiver Donte' Stallworth, who killed a pedestrian while driving drunk. In a letter to Stallworth, NFL commissioner Robert Goodell said Thursday the player's actions caused "irreparable harm to the......
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11:58 AM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - High school football teams should eliminate two-a-day practices during the first week of August drills when heat stroke has proven particularly deadly, a leading trainers' group said Thursday in a report issued less than two months......
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11:25 AM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The father-son duo of Jim and JImmy Baron will be part of special ESPN Father's Day programming Sunday. Celtics coach Doc Rivers and his son, prep star Austin, will also be featured. Here is the release sent by ESPN through......
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9:59 AM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Philadelphia Phillies last night sent Jim Fregosi Jr., the son of the team's former manager, to scout Penny. Philadelphia is in first place in the National League East but looking very thin in the area of starting pitching, particularly......
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9:19 AM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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The New England Patriots are looking for a good South Dakotan (well, any South Dakotan will do) to visit the Hall at Patriot Place, and do it soon. The team announced yesterday that, since its opening last year, the interactive......
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9:15 AM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Manny Ramirez appears to be a week away from beginning a minor league assignment as he nears the end of his 50-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's substance abuse policy. Manager Joe Torre said Wednesday......
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9:05 AM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Bob Klapisch The Record (Hackensack N.J.) NEW YORK - Like a wave crashing onto the beach, full of sound and fury before retreating in silence, the Chien-Ming Wang crisis (mostly) has played itself out. His velocity is again in......
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8:55 AM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Ken Belson Mike Abrams contributed reporting. The New York Times FARMINGDALE, N.Y. - The sun was shining and the temperature was around 70 degrees at Bethpage State Park on Tuesday afternoon, perfect for watching golfers prepare for the U.S.......
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8:53 AM Thu, Jun 18, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Red Sox are on a roll, and the weather seems more likely to put a stop to the winning than the overmatched Florida Marlins. Tonight's weather forecast for Fenway Park calls for showers all night, becoming more numerous as......
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7:29 PM Wed, Jun 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
EAST GREENWICH _ Jon Fasick forced overtime with a birdie on the final hole of regulation and then won the R.I. Golf Association's 16th Ed Perry Senior Four-Ball Wednesday for him and his partner, George Donnell, with a par......
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5:08 PM Wed, Jun 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Bruins say defenseman Andrew Ference has undergone successful surgery to repair an abdominal hernia and a torn groin. Ference's recovery time is estimated at four to six weeks following the surgery Wednesday at Massachusetts General......
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5:01 PM Wed, Jun 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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CANYON, Texas (AP) -- Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf is in custody in Washington on drug and burglary charges out of Texas after being arrested by customs agents as he returned to the United States from Canada. James Farren, the......
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4:17 PM Wed, Jun 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is out of the starting lineup one day after he left a win over the Nationals because of a sore left ankle. Ramiro Pena got the start for Wednesday night's game against......
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3:45 PM Wed, Jun 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A perfect game is one thing. But Norwalk High pitchers Matt Dermody and Kole Klocko nearly pulled off a perfect doubleheader. Dermody, a senior, struck out all 18 batters he faced in a six-inning perfect......
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9:59 AM Wed, Jun 17, 2009 | Permalink |
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A person with knowledge of the decision says Kevin McHale will not return as the Minnesota Timberwolves coach. The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because an announcement had not yet been made, told The Associated Press......
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4:21 PM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
John Smoltz said this afternoon that -- if a three-inning tuneup on Wednesday at Pawtucket goes well -- he will make his Red Sox debut next Thursday at Washington against the Nationals. More to come . . .......
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1:30 PM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis has edged in front of the Yankees' Mark Teixeira in the latest American League All-Star vote results, in what is easily the closest race at any position. According to results announced today on MLB.com,......
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11:57 AM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
MIAMI (AP) -- Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte' Stallworth is going to serve 30 days in jail after pleading guilty in Florida to a DUI manslaughter charge. The plea deal announced Tuesday calls for the 28-year-old Stallworth to also serve......
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11:55 AM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Red Sox pitcher John Smoltz has said on this morning's Dan Patrick radio show that he is hoping to make Boston his debut next Tuesday or Wednesday, when the Red Sox visit the Washington Nationals. Of course, who wouldn't want......
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10:52 AM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal reports this morning that the Boston Red Sox have had talks with the Texas Rangers about possibly trading relief pitcher Takashi Saito for third baseman Hank Blalock. But Rosenthal also reported that the talks are probably......
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10:12 AM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
MIAMI (AP) -- Former Patriots wide receiver Donte' Stallworth and the family of the pedestrian he is charged with hitting and killing with his car have reached a financial agreement to avoid a lawsuit. A person close to the settlement......
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9:32 AM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
When Hanley Ramirez returns to Fenway Park tonight for the first time as a member of the Florida Marlins, he'll hope his second at-bat in Boston goes better than his first. On the final day of the 2005 regular season,......
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9:09 AM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
With John Smoltz seemingly ticketed for a return to the big leagues this week, the Red Sox are facing a choice that many teams wouldn't mind having to make: How does the big-league team make room for yet another starting......
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8:16 AM Tue, Jun 16, 2009 | Permalink |
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By John Romano St. Petersburg Times ORLANDO -- I never saw Red Auerbach coach a game. Not in person, not on TV, not in some creepy, sweat-soaked dream. His days on the Boston sideline were a little before my time,......
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9:59 PM Mon, Jun 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
According to reports by ProFootballTalk.com and ESPN, former Patriots wide receiver Donte' Stallworth has reached a plea deal in the accident that killed a 59-year-old pedestrian in Miami Beach earlier this year. Both reports say the agreement will be announced......
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8:23 PM Mon, Jun 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Pawtucket Red Sox game scheduled for tonight against Charlotte has been rained out. The game will be made up tomorrow, as part of a doubleheader. The first game will be played at 5:35 p.m. The second game will follow......
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7:39 PM Mon, Jun 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Jim Donaldson Journal Sports Writer Anna Grzebien, off to a good start in her first year on the LPGA Tour, qualified for her second straight U.S. Women's Open championship by shooting rounds of 70 and 71 Monday in regional......
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6:06 PM Mon, Jun 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) -- Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals is the most-watched NHL game in 36 years. The Pittsburgh Penguins' championship-clinching 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings on NBC on Friday night averaged 8 million viewers. The......
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4:50 PM Mon, Jun 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Bruins have signed general manager Peter Chiarelli to a contract extension. Chiarelli helped build the team that finished with the second-best record in the NHL last season. The Bruins beat the Montreal Canadiens in the......
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12:57 PM Mon, Jun 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Suspended slugger Manny Ramirez has dropped to sixth among NL outfielders in latest fan voting for starting spots in the All-Star game. The Los Angeles Dodgers star is serving a 50-game penalty for violating baseball's drug......
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9:43 AM Mon, Jun 15, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
NEW YORK (AP) -- The weapons possession case against former New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress has been adjourned until September. Burress made a very brief appearance in court on Monday. The judge adjourned the case until Sept. 23.......
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11:39 PM Sun, Jun 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Mark Bartelstein, the agent for Celtics backup guard Eddie House, told The Boston Herald's Mark Murphy recently that House may decline to pick up the $2.86-million option for next season on his contract with the team. House, who will be......
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11:19 PM Sun, Jun 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Shaquille O'Neal, who taunted old teammate-turned-rival Kobe Bryant last season after the Lakers fell to the Celtics in the NBA Finals but turned into a supporter in these playoffs, is Twittering away tonight, praising Kobe, Phil Jackson, Bill Russell, the......
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11:13 PM Sun, Jun 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Troy E. Renck The Denver Post DENVER -- Yorvit Torrealba thought his son was going to die. For two days, Torrealba agonized in Venezuela as his wife negotiated with kidnappers. He couldn't eat. He couldn't drink water. And he......
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7:54 PM Sun, Jun 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
By Arthur Staple Newsday NEW YORK -- The Mets lost in just about every way Sunday, except Francisco Rodriguez. He won the war of words between himself and Yankees reliever Brian Bruney, who issued an apology to reporters after the......
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7:11 PM Sun, Jun 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) -- Sancho Lyttle had 20 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Atlanta Dream to a 67-62 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Sunday. Chamique Holdsclaw scored 12 points and Erika DeSouza added 10 for the Dream......
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6:55 PM Sun, Jun 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Staff As one of the elite scoring guards in the East, Gerard Coleman knows how the recruiting game works. The Boston native heard from Connecticut, Louisville, Miami, Clemson and several other big-name schools over the......
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6:20 PM Sun, Jun 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Pawtucket Red Sox set a season high for runs today as they picked up a road victory against the Syracuse Chiefs, 15-5. Pawtucket collected 20 hits, with Chris Carter, Aaron Bates and Gil Velazquez leading the way with three......
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4:49 PM Sun, Jun 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
PHILADELPHIA - The World Champion Phillies have bounced back from two losses and beaten the Red Sox today, 11-6. The Phillies fell into a 4-1 hole but hit Sox starter Josh Beckett for seven runs in six innings. Boston's......
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4:41 PM Sun, Jun 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun is out of the hospital, a day after breaking five ribs in a bicycle accident. Calhoun, 67, biked at least 16 miles after hitting a pothole and falling during Saturday's 50-mile......
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4:31 PM Sun, Jun 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Georgetown-bound Westerly High School senior Andrew Springer won first place this weekend in the one-mile run at the Midwest Distance Gala in Lisle, Ill., finishing the run in 4:02.70. Here is a partial account of the event from the running......
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1:03 PM Sun, Jun 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Kevin McNamara Email
By KEVIN McNAMARA Journal Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA - For the second straight game, the Red Sox rode their deep, versatile bullpen to a win. But this time the post-game smiles were tempered a bit. After five relievers helped nail......
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12:00 AM Sun, Jun 14, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- Davy Arnaud and Aaron Hohlbein scored in the first half to lead the Kansas City Wizards to a 3-1 victory over the short-handed New England Revolution on Saturday night. The Wizards (5-5-4) also benefitted from......
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