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Celtics reportedly close to deal with Glen Davis

11:45 PM Sat, Aug 08, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski reported today that the Celtics are close to a two-year deal with restricted free-agent forward Glen Davis. The Celtics' former second-round draft pick had a breakout postseason last year, averaging 15.8 points per game and hitting......

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Barrington Senior League wins 23-16 slugfest in New Jersey

11:17 PM Sat, Aug 08, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

WEST DEPTFORD, N.J. - Barrington, R.I., had to rally from a six-run deficit and then survive a four-run seventh-inning rally to down West Deptford, N.J., 23-16 in the Senior Little League Eastern Regionals Saturday night. The game took 3 hours,......

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Lincoln Little Leaguers get off to winning start in Bristol

7:41 PM Fri, Aug 07, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Lincoln hit four home runs, including two from Alec Cronan, en route to a 14-3 victory over Maine in the New England Regional Little League Baseball World Series on Friday at Bristol, Conn. Cronan hit a two-run homer in the......

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R.I. state champion Lincoln opens against Maine in N.E. Regional Little League tourney

10:44 PM Thu, Aug 06, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

The Lincoln Majors All-Stars, who last week captured their seventh Rhode Island State Championship in 14 years, will face the Maine state champions in its first game of the New England Region Little League Tournament, Friday at 2 p.m. at......

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Celtics' exhibition schedule skips Providence this year

2:16 PM Thu, Aug 06, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Art Martone    Email

The Celtics announced their exhibition schedule Thursday afternoon, and it doesn't include a stop at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence. The schedule (all times Eastern): Wednesday, Oct. 7 -- vs. Houston Rockets at Hidalgo, Tex., 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct.......

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Rumford All-Stars to make debut at Little League Junior Eastern Regionals

8:58 AM Thu, Aug 06, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Carolyn Thornton    Email

They won their community's first ever Little League state title and now they're headed to New Jersey. The Rumford Junior All-Stars will be playing in the Little League Junior League Eastern Regional Championships beginning this weekend. The Rhode Island state......

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In West Virginia, 8-year-old boy dies after collapsing at football practice

3:36 PM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By Mike McDermott    Email

GLENVILLE, W.Va. (AP) -- An 8-year-old boy has died after collapsing during a youth league football practice in Gilmer County. Police say the boy collapsed Monday and died Tuesday at Charleston Area Medical Center Women and Children's Hospital. Monday was......

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Ivy League sports budgets cut 'to the core'

8:36 AM Wed, Aug 05, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

By Curtis Eichelberger Bloomberg Dartmouth College, where former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson was an All Ivy football player in the 1960s, has scrapped a $15-million stadium renovation project as its sports endowment plunged as much as 18 percent. Harvard......

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Pitt tabbed to win Big East football

1:57 PM Tue, Aug 04, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Kevin McNamara    Email

NEWPORT - Pittsburgh has been picked as the favorite to win what looms as a tight race in the Big East football conference this fall. In a poll of media members released today at the league's annual media day......

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NBA schedule released: Celtics will visit Orlando on Christmas

1:38 PM Tue, Aug 04, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

We already knew that the Boston Celtics would open their regular season at Cleveland on the night of Tuesday, Oct. 27. Now we have the rest of the puzzle filled out for us. Boston's home opener will come the following......

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Report: Celtics sign Shelden Williams

9:19 AM Tue, Aug 04, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

The Boston Celtics have signed free-agent power forward Shelden Williams to a one-year contract at the veteran's minimum of $1.306 million, according to Frank Dell'Appa of The Boston Globe. Dell'Appa writes that Williams' signing is not likely to affect the......

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