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October 18, 2009 - October 24, 2009 Archives


Celtics injury update: Ray Allen injured in practice

10:05 PM Sat, Oct 24, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Robert Lee    Email

-- Ray Allen left Celtics practice on Saturday after getting unintentionally elbowed just above the left eye by Kendrick Perkins. Allen received stitches at the Celtics training facility in Waltham. He is not expected to miss any games. Tony Allen,......

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Boxer Pavlik details near-death experience

7:14 PM Sat, Oct 24, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

NEW YORK (AP) -- Kelly Pavlik's life was in peril. An allergic reaction to medication caused the middleweight champion's temperature to soar past 104 degrees and his heart rate to 150 beats a minute. When the Youngstown, Ohio, native finally......

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Bengals' Ochocinco to try breaking news

5:27 PM Sat, Oct 24, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Chad Ochocinco is used to making news. Now, he's trying to break some. The Cincinnati Bengals receiver is planning to form his own social news network on Twitter, using his player contacts around the league to develop......

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Ray Allen is in his final year of his contract but he's not worried

3:08 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Robert Lee    Email

WALTHAM -- Ray Allen is in the last year of his contract, but that will not be weighing on his mind this season, he said. "I don't worry about it," Allen said. "I've been in this position before so when......

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Celtics are excited for regular season to start

3:04 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Robert Lee    Email

WALTHAM -- The Celtics will begin their 2009-10 season with a road trip to Cleveland where they will play the other preseason favorite to win the East in the Cavaliers. Their 96-82 victory over Cleveland last Wednesday was not......

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Tyronn Lue joins Celtics in coaching role

2:56 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Robert Lee    Email

WALTHAM -- The Celtics announced at practice today that NBA veteran Tyronn Lue has become their director of basketball development. Jeff Twiss, the Celtics' director of media relations, insists that Lue's playing days are over, and he is on the......

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Celtics had locker room turmoil last year

2:51 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Robert Lee    Email

WALTHAM -- The Celtics played their hearts out in the playoffs last season, eventually losing in seven games to the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference semifinals. They got that far without the heart and soul of their team, Kevin......

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Celtics practice update

1:16 PM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Robert Lee    Email

The Boston Celtics are expected to finish up practice and field questions from the media at about 2 p.m. We will have more as soon as the players and coaches become available from practice.......

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Redskins coach will likely finish out the season

9:09 AM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Robert Lee    Email

-- Washington Redskins' underperforming coach Jim Zorn will apparently finish out the season. Stripped of his offensive coordinating duties after the Redskins lost to the woeful Kansas City Chiefs (1-5), 14-6, last weekend, there was speculation that Zorn would be......

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Spina headlining boxer card at Mohegan Sun

8:54 AM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Robert Lee    Email

PRESS RELEASE PROVIDENCE -- Providence power-punching light heavyweight contender Joey "KO Kid" Spina won't be trick or treatin' this coming Halloween Night. His goal is to become the first to stop former world champion Lou "Honey Boy" Del Valle within......

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URI women's basketball picked 12th in A-10 Preseason Poll

8:49 AM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Robert Lee    Email

Press Release KINGSTON, R.I. - The Rhode Island women's basketball team has been picked to finish 12th in the 2009-10 Atlantic 10 Conference race, according to a poll of the league's head coaches which was released Wednesday during Basketball Media......

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URI football travels to Villanova on Saturday

8:45 AM Fri, Oct 23, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Robert Lee    Email

Press Release ABOUT THE RAMS Rhode Island travels to Villanova on Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff at Villanova Stadium. The Rams enter the game after falling 28-16 at home against Hofstra on Oct. 17. SERIES INFORMATION Rhode Island and......

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Buddy Farnham of Brown wins Gold Helmet this week

11:01 AM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike Szostak    Email

Wide receiver and return specialist Buddy Farnham of Brown is the recipient of the New England Gold Helmet Award for Division I this week. Farnham accounted for 309 all-purpose yards in the Bears' 34-17 victory over Princeton on Saturday......

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Paul Pierce is a deadbeat, says Al Horford

pierce_1021.jpg 9:33 AM Wed, Oct 21, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike McDermott    Email

Atlanta Hawks forward Al Horford said yesterday during a radio interview with Atlanta's 790 The Zone that Celtics captain Paul Pierce still owes him $10,000 on a bet the two made before the start of the 2008 Eastern Conference quarterfinal......

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Bennett, Deblois named to U.S. team for international tourney

12:16 PM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mark Divver    Email

Rhode Islanders Mac Bennett and Derek Deblois have been chosen for the United States team that will play in the World Junior A Challenge, Nov. 1-8, in Summerside, P.E.I. Bennett and Deblois are teammates on the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders of......

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This Dick Williams survived the Titanic and became a tennis champion

11:38 AM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike Szostak    Email

If you hear someone mention Hall of Famer Dick Williams, you probably think of the no-nonsense manager who led the Red Sox to the 1967 American League pennant. Well, there's another Dick Williams in another Hall of Fame, and......

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Sixth-ranked Harvard soccer team in town to play Providence

11:19 AM Tue, Oct 20, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike Szostak    Email

Sixth-ranked Harvard will play Providence College in men's soccer Tuesday at 3 at Glay Field on the PC campus. The Crimson is 9-2, 2-0-1 in the Ivy League, and the Friars 5-5-3, 2-4-2 in the Big East. Harvard defeated......

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Jose Canseco, Lohan dad, Rodney King on Mass. boxing card

canseco_poulton.jpg 8:25 PM Mon, Oct 19, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Controversial former Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter Jose Canseco is on the card for an upcoming Celebrity Boxing match in Springfield, Mass. After retiring from baseball in 2001 Canseco boxed twice and fought mixed martial arts once.......

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Steelers' kicker Reed cited for public intoxication

5:29 PM Mon, Oct 19, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Jeff Reed has been cited by city police for public intoxication and disorderly conduct outside a bar a couple of blocks from where the team beat the Cleveland Browns a few hours earlier. Police......

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Brown's Buddy Farnham earns Ivy League honor

3:01 PM Mon, Oct 19, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Mike Szostak    Email

Wide receiver Buddy Farnham of Brown is the Ivy League offfensive player of the week for his role in the Bears' 34-17 victory over Princeton Saturday. The senior accounted for 309 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns. He caught 10......

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