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10:46 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Bruins have picked right wing Jordan Caron with the 25th overall selection in the NHL draft. Caron is 19 years old. He had 36 goals with 31 assists last year in junior hockey in Quebec......
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10:22 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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ST. LOUIS (AP) - A man fell headfirst from the upper deck at Busch Stadium on to the concourse below before the St. Louis Cardinals played the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. The man was conscious as he was taken......
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7:57 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Hodges Special to The Journal NORFOLK, Va. -- You might think that Norfolk's Joey Gathright and Justin Christian would learn to run with their heads up, but no -- at least not against the Pawtucket Red Sox. For......
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7:56 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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ATLANTA -- Red Sox hitting coach Dave Magadan has been suspended for one game following his ejection from Wednesday's game in Washington. Magadan was ejected for arguing balls and strikes, but the suspension is because he left the dugout......
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7:31 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Journal Sports Writer NARRAGANSETT -- Wanumetonomy's Katherine Murphy had a conceded birdie on the final hole to get past Warwick's Robyn English, 2 up, Friday and win the R.I. Women's Golf Association Amateur Championship at Point Judith.......
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7:08 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) - Xavier Nady has reinjured his elbow and appears headed for season-ending surgery. Nady felt pain when making a throw during a rehab assignment at Triple-A Scranton on Thursday night. Yankees manager Joe Girardi said on Friday......
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6:46 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer ATLANTA -- Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell is out of Friday's lineup as his surgically repaired hip has been sore of late. He explained that it feels tight and there's been discussion with......
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5:58 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer ATLANTA _ Red Sox center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury is out of the lineup Friday with a sore right elbow he suffered when he slammed into the outfield wall Thursday night in Washington. He said......
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5:22 PM Fri, Jun 26, 2009 | Permalink |
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The New England Revolution has placed forward Taylor Twellman on the team's disabled list because of concussive symptoms. Twellman, 29, will miss a minimum of six league matches. The decision to move Twellman to the disabled list was made after......
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8:29 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Chris Venditto Email
Rhode Island College senior Kayla Fleming, of Pawtucket, was selected as the Little East Conference nominee for the 2009 NCAA Woman of the Year program by the conference office after a vote by Little East athletic administrators. The NCAA Woman......
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6:16 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
-- The Boston Globe is reporting that Orlando's potential trade of Rafer Alston, Tony Battie, and Courtney Lee for New Jersey All-Star Vince Carter has become official. If that is indeed true, the Magic will now have four All-Stars in......
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11:27 AM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
On the same day that a broken bat nearly injured Red Sox shortstop Nick Green, this happened in Toledo: TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- An 8-year-old Michigan boy remains in a hospital after a broken baseball bat sailed into the stands......
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9:11 AM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors have charged a Kentucky man with helping an alleged extortion attempt against University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino. Lester Goetzinger is charged with aiding and abetting 49-year-old Karen Cunagin Sypher in her alleged......
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9:03 AM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Here's the video of last night's second-inning play, in which Elijah Dukes' sharpened bat hit shortstop Nick Green before sticking in the left-field grass.......
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8:22 AM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Well, we're not lip readers, but the wide speculation is that Yankees manager Joe Girardi requested an ejection from first-base umpire Bill Welke last night after a lengthy argument that resulted from a New York player being picked off first......
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8:05 AM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- Curt Schilling is one of seven Boston-area sports figures honored at a museum fundraiser. The former Boston Red Sox pitcher was recognized at the eighth annual Tradition held Wednesday night on behalf of the Sports Museum located......
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7:41 AM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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The agent for Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo last night responded to critical comments made by team general manager Danny Ainge on WEEI's Dennis and Callahan show. In an interview with Marc Spears of The Boston Globe, Bill Duffy said......
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7:24 AM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The New England Revolution are inviting people with tickets to Sunday's SuperLiga 2009 game against Atlas of Mexico to come early and watch the United States team play in the championship game of the Confederations Cup. The American national team......
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4:43 PM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) -- The United States stunned top-ranked Spain 2-0 Thursday night on goals by Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey, advancing to the Confederations Cup final with one of the Americans' biggest soccer victories. Altidore scored in the......
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3:30 PM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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Ex-Patriot Rodney Harrison is sick of hearing about Brett Farve -- who isn't? Here's a quote from Harrison's appearance on the Dan Patrick radio show: "From the player's I've talked to, a lot of them seem to think Brett Favre......
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1:15 PM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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Celtics general manager Danny Ainge, who on Tuesday had nothing but good things to say about Rajon Rondo, took a few digs at his young point guard during an appearance Wednesday morning on WEEI's "Dennis and Callahan" morning show. Ainge......
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12:56 PM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Coach K remains Duke's highest-paid employee. The school's most recent IRS documents were obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. They show that Duke paid men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski more than $3.6 million during the fiscal......
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12:52 PM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The Yankees are hoping for some Web gems. New York will become the first Major League Baseball team to offer its television broadcasts on the Internet in its home market under a deal involving the YES......
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10:40 AM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
I'm not sure how legitimate any of this was, but Buffalo Bills receiver Terrell Owens looked pathetic in being eliminated -- along with his angry partner, model Joanna Krupa -- in the first round of a new reality show called......
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10:29 AM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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Timothy S. Kelly, 38, swim coach at North Attleboro High, was arraigned on child-porn charges Tuesday in Taunton District Court. Click here to read the Attleboro Sun Chronicle's story.......
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10:06 AM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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McClatchy Newspapers Royals outfielder Coco Crisp will undergo season-ending surgery Wednesday to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder. The decision to have surgery followed a follow-up examination Monday by Dr. James Andrews, a shoulder specialist, in Birmingham, Ala.......
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9:57 AM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe expects that Providence College, Boston University, Boston College and Vermont will be involved in a Hockey East mini-tournament at Fenway Park on or around Jan. 8, a week after the expected Jan. 1......
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8:44 AM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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As the Tampa Bay Rays made a run to the World Series last year, their fans seemed stung by the national criticism that came their way for the team's longstanding attendance problems. It was easy to forgive the Tampa fans......
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8:19 AM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Craig Fritz By Billy Witz The New York Times ALBUQUERQUE - In the nearly two months since Manny Ramirez was suspended for violating Major League Baseball's drug policy, he has traveled to his home in Florida,......
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8:13 AM Wed, Jun 24, 2009 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Manuel Balce Ceneta Nick Green's tough double play -- in which he fielded Nick Johnson's chopper to the right side of second base, quickly tagged out the sliding Cristian Guzman and, after tumbling to the ground,......
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9:49 PM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Art Martone Email
The Red Sox announced late Tuesday night that Paul McCartney will hold two concerts at Fenway Park this summer. The former Beatle will perform at Fenway on Wednesday, Aug. 5, and Thursday, Aug. 6. The Sox will be in the......
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7:34 PM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Rhode Island left-handed pitcher Nick Greenwood, of Southington, Conn., was one of just nine NCAA Division I baseball players to be honored as a Gold Glove award winner by Rawlings and the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA). The annual award......
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7:27 PM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Gatorade Company, in partnership with ESPN RISE, has selected Andrew Springer of Westerly High School as its 2008-09 Gatorade Rhode Island Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year. The 5-foot-9 senior won the mile run at the Midwest......
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2:55 PM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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BARRINGTON _ Midway through the first round of the 11th CVS Caremark Charity Classic, Nick Price and David Toms were worried about finishing last. By the time the tournament ended, they were on the other end of the standings......
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1:49 PM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
DALLAS (AP) -- NFL offensive linemen bang heads all the time. A trio of Dallas Cowboys linemen are now professional head-bangers, too. Leonard Davis, Marc Colombo and Cory Procter have signed a recording contract as part of a heavy metal......
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1:45 PM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
You've gotta love it: Some of sports' most unfortunate news conference moments, set to music:......
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12:02 PM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Nick Price and David Toms have picked up in the second round where they left off in the first round of the CVS Caremark Charity Classic. Those two had five birdies on the front nine Tuesday to vault into......
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11:35 AM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Speaking to reporters in Waltham, Mass., at a team news conference Tuesday morning, Celtics general manager Danny Ainge declined to address a report by Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski that Boston had offered shooting guard Ray Allen and point guard Rajon......
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11:07 AM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Go to CBS Sports' web site this morning and you'll see a big picture of Patriots second-round draft pick Patrick Chung. That's because Chung is one of 10 defensive players listed by NFLDraftScout.com writer Rob Rang as rookie diamonds in......
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9:59 AM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Journal photo / Mary Murphy Fans gather around the second green to watch the teams of Dana Quigley and Brett Quigley, and David Toms and Nick Price putt on the second and final day of the CVS Caremark Charity......
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9:35 AM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi told The Boston Globe's Mike Reiss on Monday that this coming season might be his last -- but it might not be. Bruschi's contract expires at the end of this season. Speaking before a charity golf......
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9:02 AM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting today that the Celtics were turned down by the Detroit Pistons in their offer of a blockbuster deal that would have sent Boston guards Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo in exchange for Richard Hamilton,......
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8:50 AM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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After a week-long homestand in which it seemed to rain every night -- although the Red Sox managed to get every game in anyway -- the team will find conditions appropriate to the season when they travel to Washington for......
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7:58 AM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Tyler Kepner New York Times ATLANTA - When Alex Rodriguez admitted to having used steroids, he cited a reason that was lost in the swirl of sound bites about Tic Tacs and a loosey-goosey culture and a mysterious cousin.......
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7:22 AM Tue, Jun 23, 2009 | Permalink |
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The CVS Caremark Charity Classic resumes today at 9 a.m., with conditions possibly better than they were for yesterday's first round. It is not expected to rain much until the afternoon, when much of the action will be complete, and......
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10:03 PM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- J.J. Gutierrez, a 15-year-old baseball fan, didn't mince words when asked about Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez. "He's a cheater," Gutierrez said. "But I still want to see him play." Gutierrez and his father, Julian,......
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9:16 PM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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DETROIT (AP) -- Chris Chelios won't be with the Detroit Red Wings next season. Wings general manager Ken Holland tells The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press he met with the 47-year-old and Chelios wouldn't be offered another contract.......
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8:19 PM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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Mike Capone has made it six Rhode Islanders who will play in the PGA Tour Travelers' Championship this week at the TPC at River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn. The former Hendricken and Wake Forest star birdied the last four holes......
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7:52 PM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Yankees have filed an official protest with the commissioner's office, one day after a disputed loss to the Florida Marlins. New York manager Joe Girardi protested Sunday's 6-5 loss at Florida because of......
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6:24 PM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- The Boston Red Sox have signed 11 draft picks, including second-round selection Alex Wilson, a right-handed pitcher. Also agreeing to a deal was outfielder Seth Schwindenhammer, a fifth-round pick. The club has also signed three undrafted free......
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4:50 PM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
Par 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 36 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 35 71 Andrade-Alfredsson 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 33 3 4 3 4 4 4 3......
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4:46 PM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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DENVER (AP) -- The Colorado Avalanche have named Boston University associate head coach David Quinn as the new head coach of the club's AHL affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters. BU won an NCAA national championship this past season. Quinn spent......
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4:05 PM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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Billy Andrade, with help from his partner, Helen Alfredsson, has put himself in position to be the first Rhode Islander to win the CVS Caremark Charity Classic. Andrade, who co-hosts the event at Rhode Island Country Club along with......
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3:35 PM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT The New York Times Donald M. Fehr, the executive director of the baseball players union who over 26 years presided over the game's boom in revenue and the bust of its recent steroids scandal, will announce......
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1:51 PM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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Par 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 36 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 35 71 Lincicome-Adamonis 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 4 4 33 3 6 3 Diaz-Kuchar 4 4 4......
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12:54 PM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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Journal photos / Mary Murphy Umbrella-toting golf fans cross the first fairway during a break in the action at the Rhode Island Country Club on the first day of the CVS Caremark Charity Classic. At right, Brittany Lincicome, left, and......
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11:58 AM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Red Sox are going from the diamond to the display case. The Red Sox are giving memorabilia from their 2007 World Series championship to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History on Tuesday. Red Sox......
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11:25 AM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) -- The College of William & Mary in Virginia is looking for a mascot and ideas have ranged from a feathered horse to an asparagus stalk. The school said Monday more than 400 nominations have been submitted.......
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10:22 AM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
The CVS Caremark Charity Classic looks as if it is going to start on time, but finishing first-round play Monday could be another matter. The clinic that begins festivities went on, as scheduled. One of the highlights, as usual,......
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9:36 AM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Albert Pujols had quite a day yesterday, collecting four hits and two home runs (including a grand slam) as St. Louis rolled in-state rival Kansas City, 12-5. But the story doesn't start there, according to Cardinals hitting coach Mike Aldrete.......
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8:56 AM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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USA Today is beginning a 10-part series in which each of the original American Football League teams will be examined, and the first installment is all about your New England Patriots. Sean Leahy's story opens with the tale of Patriots......
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8:45 AM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Patrick Whittle and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher Newsday FARMINGDALE, N.Y. - Standing near the beer tent by the 14th hole at Bethpage Black, Brian Witthoefft did not have to strain his ears to hear the heckling pouring down on golfers......
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8:13 AM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Steve Kelley The Seattle Times SEATTLE -- The ninth inning is a beast. It starts growling at a closer in the sixth or seventh inning. It announces itself loudly. It uniquely demands that a pitcher pay attention. Everything about......
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7:37 AM Mon, Jun 22, 2009 | Permalink |
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The CVS Caremark Charity Classic is scheduled to begin this morning at the Rhode Island Country Club in Barrington. With nasty weather in the forecast, we're monitoring the situation and will let you know when we know about any delays......
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10:48 PM Sun, Jun 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- Kheli Dube had a goal and an assist and the New England Revolution topped Mexico's Santos Laguna 4-2 Sunday in the first round of the Superliga tournament. The tournament matches four teams from Major League Soccer......
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7:39 PM Sun, Jun 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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MIAMI (AP) -- CC Sabathia left the New York Yankees' game Sunday against Florida in the second inning with tightness in his left biceps. A team trainer went out to watch Sabathia while he warmed up before the inning. He......
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1:17 PM Sun, Jun 21, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Kenyon Email
The field for the 11th CVS Caremark Charity Classic will have a different look than planned, which is not necessarily bad news for those who enjoy more local flavor and more women taking part. Five players scheduled to take......
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