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September 27, 2009 - October 3, 2009 Archives
8:28 PM Sat, Oct 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee  Email
-- On the final day of training camp in Newport, the Celtics held a team scrimmage in front of a packed gym full of students and faculty at Salve Regina University in Newport, but the scheduled one hour scrimmage was......
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1:59 PM Sat, Oct 03, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike Szostak Email
Buddy Farnham scored two touchdowns in the first half and Bobby Sewall of Portsmouth two in the second half, and Brown held on for a 28-20 victory over the University of Rhode Island at Brown Stadium in their annual......
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9:05 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - Lenny Dykstra's championship ring from the 1986 World Series has been auctioned off for more than $56,000. Heritage Auctions in Dallas said Friday that a collector from Queens, N.Y., won with a bid of $56,762.50. Dykstra......
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7:50 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
NEW YORK (AP) - NBA referees will be able to use instant replay on shot-clock and out-of-bounds calls this season. The NBA Board of Governors approved the expanded use on Friday. Referees will be permitted to check replay to see......
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3:29 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
The Boston Celtics announced today that forward Bill Walker had surgery on his knee. Here is the official release. BOSTON, MA - The Boston Celtics announced today that forward Bill Walker underwent successful right knee arthroscopic surgery today at the......
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1:07 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Jim Donaldson Email
Just wondering . . . If President Barack Obama couldn't convince the IOC to award the 2016 Olympic Games to Chicago, how's he going to convince the Iranians to stop developing nuclear weapons? Despite Obama's lobbying for his hometown,......
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10:40 AM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- ESPN is reporting suspended running back LaGarrette Blount could be reinstated later this season. Oregon coach Chip Kelly is set to speak to the media after practice on Friday "to discuss elements of his plan that......
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5:34 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
-- Boston coach Doc Rivers is a firm believer in the statement: "Defense wins championships." The Celtics ranked first in defensive field goal percentage (41.9) and second in points allowed (90.3) during their 2008 championship season, and they tied Cleveland......
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4:03 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
-- Boston coach Doc Rivers announced today that second-year forward Bill Walker will miss six to eight weeks with a torn meniscus in his right knee. Walker left Wednesday's practice early and went to Boston to get an MRI on......
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12:17 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer With its regular referees locked out, the NBA is confident in its roster of replacements -- even the two it previously fired. The NBA begins preseason play Thursday night with 62 referees. The league......
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11:10 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
. . . New York. Rome, New York. That's where the Oneida Correctional Facility is located. Bada-boom! Sorry, that headline was too good to not lift from TMZ.com. Burress is in a 12-by-12-foot cell.......
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10:11 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
By The Associated Press Nike says it does not have a "contractual relationship" with Michael Vick, a day after the quarterback's agent announced a deal with the manufacturer. In a statement released Thursday morning, Nike says it has "agreed to......
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10:00 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Hockey East men's coaches have picked Providence College for ninth place in the 10-team league in their preseason poll. The Friars open the season with an exhibition game against New Brunswick at Schneider Arena on Friday, Oct. 9, at 7......
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9:16 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
The Patriots fans who were in an elevator at Gillette Stadium on Sunday with Scott Zolak and Gisele Bundchen say Zo wasn't telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth about what happened. And Zo comes off as a......
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8:58 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Here are photos from AP and Journal photographers of the first three days of the new basketball season for your Boston Celtics:......
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8:30 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
NEW YORK (AP) -- Kevin Laue isn't supposed to be here, standing on the court practicing for his first season of Division I basketball. Born without a left hand, the 6-foot-11 center from Pleasanton, Calif., is now a freshman at......
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8:41 PM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
-- Tony Allen, recovering from ankle surgery, did not participate in any team drills in Boston's opening day of training camp on Tuesday, but on Wednesday, Allen not only participated, but he completed practice. "Today when I came in, I......
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8:37 PM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
-- Boston coach Doc Rivers said that he held superstar forward Kevin Garnett out of 75 percent of the team drills in the Celtics' opening day of training camp on Tuesday, but on Wednesday, Garnett played the entire practice. "Kevin......
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7:50 PM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
-- Celtics backup forward Bill Walker left Wednesday's practice early and was sent to Boston to get an MRI on his surgically repaired right knee. It is unknown if he will return to Newport this week. Walker, who has a......
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3:04 PM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
In a recent interview on ESPN radio in Los Angeles, current Laker and former URI star Lamar Odom spoke at times touchingly -- and at times unintelligibly -- about his whirlwind relationship with reality TV star Khloe Kardashian, which may......
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1:31 PM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Diego Maradona is looking for divine help to boost Argentina's chances of qualifying for next year's World Cup in South Africa. In a radio interview on Cadena 3 before Wednesday's exhibition with Ghana, Argentina's coach......
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1:27 PM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Once upon a time, back when the world was a far simpler place, the ECAC held its postseason men's hockey tournament at the Boston Garden. Every year from 1968 to 1992. Like clockwork. You could count on it. Boston was......
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12:56 PM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) -- Delonte West was absent from the Cleveland Cavaliers for the second straight day on Wednesday while he deals with personal issues. The team confirmed the absence as unexcused. West attended Monday's media day, but has disappeared......
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8:57 AM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
St. Raphael's product Chris Iannetta has had a tough year. He had an injury problem early in the season and then struggled much of the summer, losing his job as the Colorado Rockies' starting catcher. When he came to the......
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3:26 PM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
NEWPORT -- Celtics backup guard Tony Allen had surgery on his right ankle in June, and he is still recovering from it. Boston coach Doc Rivers held him out of team practice, but he did do some drills on......
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3:24 PM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
NEWPORT -- Boston coach Doc Rivers said that he was cautious with Kevin Garnett, he is returning from knee surgery on his right knee, keeping him out of Day 1 of training camp about 75 percent of the time. "He......
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3:00 PM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Published reports to the contrary, former URI star Lamar Odom and celebrity-for-no-apparent-reason Khloe Kardashiam won't be legally married until a prenup is hammered out, according to TMZ.com TMZ also had the news that the couple met when Lamar picked up......
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2:32 PM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
The Seattle Mariners radio broadcasters in their pregame show always like to identify one player who they think will be a man to watch during that particular day's game. On Sunday, announcer Mike Blowers pointed to rookie infielder Matt Tuiasosopo,......
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1:11 PM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike Szostak Email
Drawing comparisons to Ohio State-Michigan and Army-Navy, coaches and players from the University of Rhode Island and Brown gathered for lunch and football talk Tuesday in advance of the 94th meeting between the Rams and Bears Saturday at Brown......
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11:07 AM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
The Celtics were originally planned to practice in Newport from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today but will now practice from noon to 3 p.m. Practice is closed to the public. We are expected to have updates from training camp......
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10:07 AM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) -- Delonte West reached down and tugged on the jersey he was wearing. It never felt so good to be a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers. "It's the NBA, man," West said. "I'm happy to be here."......
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9:28 AM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Celtics forward Rasheed Wallace, who as you may have heard has not been the best friend of NBA officials in his career, said during yesterday's Media Day event that he does not expect much of a difference if the league......
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9:20 AM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Both the ECAC men's hockey coaches and the media have picked Brown to finish in the basement this season. The other five Ivy League schools are picked to finish one through five in the 12-team league -- in order, Yale,......
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8:53 AM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By ROBERT LEE Journal Sports Writer WALTHAM -- It only took three short seasons for Rajon Rondo to become one of the best point guards in the NBA, so the Celtics should try to do everything in their power to......
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8:28 AM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mike McDermott Email
Celtics Media Day in Waltham, Mass., was the predictable show of good feeling, with players talking about their determination to win another championship banner and smiles all around. That was not the case in California's Bay Area, where a couple......
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6:24 PM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
MIAMI (AP) -- A worst-case scenario has unfolded for Dolphins quarterback Chad Pennington. According to an ESPN report, MRI results indicated a torn capsule will likely to sideline him for the remainder of the season. Pennington will seek a second......
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5:03 PM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
Here's the team release: FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - New England Revolution midfielder Shalrie Joseph was voted Major League Soccer's player of the week following his two-goal performance in the Revolution's 2-1 victory over Seattle Sounders FC at Gillette Stadium on Saturday,......
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4:56 PM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
WALTHAM -- Kevin Garnett said that his surgically-repaired right knee which he injured during a game against the Utah Jazz in February is almost fully healed. "It's almost 100 percent," Garnett said. Celtics coach Doc Rivers said that Garnett......
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4:46 PM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Robert Lee Email
WALTHAM -- The Celtics 2009-10 season officially kicked off less than three hours ago when they held their annual Media Day. More than 50 reporters flocked to the Celtics practice facility in Waltham where the players held interviews, signed autographs,......
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12:19 PM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Mark Divver Email
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- A golfer in North Dakota achieved the nearly unthinkable -- sinking two holes-in-one in the same round. Troy Radermacher of Ellendale, N.D., used a pitching wedge Sunday to ace the 116-yard 15th hole at Oxbow Country......
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12:15 PM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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Here's the team release: FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - New England Revolution captain Steve Ralston suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee on Saturday, Sept. 26, in the Revs' match against Seattle, and will miss the remainder of the......
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8:57 AM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Former University of Rhode Island star Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian have tied the knot. The 29-year-old Los Angeles Lakers forward and the 25-year-old reality TV starlet were married Sunday at a private residence in Beverly......
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