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Red Sox wind up a long spring training and get ready for games that count
Players try to treat Opening Day games like any other, knowing they are not. Boston Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester will open the season Monday in New York. Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. – One of the...
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Where Red Sox finish is anyone's guess, but the ride could be fascinating
Questions surround this team, in part because the division is so hard to predict. Like the team itself, Boston Red Sox pitcher John Lackey is seeking a fresh start. Associated Press Everybody asks...
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Boston Red Sox fans will be well fed, but are they fed up?
The sellout streak will end soon, but cheap beer and food may lure some fans back. Angered by bad baseball and high prices, Red Sox fans are being enticed by lowered April rates on food and beer. AP...
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Nick Drazenovic recalled by Columbus Blue Jackets from Springfield Falcons
Drazenovic is second in scoring on the Falcons with 17 goals and 49 points. Springfield Falcon Sean Collins, right, and fellow Falcon Nick Drazenovic, left, celebrate Collins' first period goal past...
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NCAA Tournament 2013: How Michigan overwhelmed Florida
By Andrew Koob | National Desk Michigan is in the Final Four for the first time since the 1992-1993 season after as the Wolverines pummeled Florida from the opening tip until the final buzzer...
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NCAA Tournament 2013: Louisville beats Duke 85-63 to reach Final Four
By NANCY ARMOUR | AP National Writer INDIANAPOLIS — With tears in their eyes and Kevin Ware in their hearts, there was no way Louisville was losing this game. Russ Smith scored 23, Gorgui Dieng had 14...
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NCAA Tournament 2013: Outpouring of support for Kevin Ware after horrific injury
By Garrett Miley | National Desk Louisville’s sophomore guard Kevin Ware suffered a ghastly right leg injury during the Midwest Regional final against Duke on Sunday. Ware went down with 6:33 left in...
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Celtics routed 108-89 by Knicks
New York's second win over Boston in five days moved the Celtics to the brink of elimination in the generally meaningless Alantic Division race. Beating Boston never gets old in New York. Just ask...
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NCAA Tournament: How Louisville trumped Duke
By Andrew Koob | National Desk The Louisville Cardinals became the second Big East team to earn a spot in the Final Four, following Syracuse to Atlanta for a shot at championship glory. Coach Rick...
View ArticlePaul Pierce injury: Boston Celtics forward could sit against Minnesota...
Pierce finished with 24 points, 15 rebounds and five assists against New York, but spent the fourth quarter icing his ankle. The last thing the Boston Celtics need is another serious injury,...
View ArticleHey Red Sox fans: Baseball's back. Try to pay attention, at least to this
A Yankee fan offers helpful tips as baseball season gets underway. It has returned, the season of baseball, a reclamation of diving catches and seventh-inning stretches. It’s a stolen base through the...
View ArticleMike Carp, 25th man on Boston Red Sox roster, was starter for Seattle...
Mike Carp finally had his chance at an everyday job in 2012, eight years after he was drafted. He was in left field for the Mariners on opening day, and that's where he was supposed to stay. NEW YORK...
View ArticleRed Sox opening day roster leaves infield thin, outfield deep; Brock Holt...
It stands to reason that only one of Red Sox third baseman Will Middlebrooks, shortstop Jose Iglesias and second baseman Dustin Pedroia could be out of the lineup on a given day, because the only...
View ArticleKevin Garnett injury: Boston Celtics star 'feeling a lot better' and could...
The center traveled with the team on its two-game road trip, generally a good sign that a player is inching closer to availability. Kevin Garnett has missed five consecutive games, during which the...
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2013 MLB awards predictions: Mike Trout, Joey Votto, Justin Verlander among...
It is time to make pre-season predictions for Major League Baseball's post-season awards. This past Friday MassLive.com ran its first American League Power Rankings for 2013. There will be a weekly...
View ArticleBoston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees: Opening Day live chat
Follow Red Sox-Yankees coverage with MassLive.com's Opening Day live chat beginning at 12:45 p.m. The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees meet Monday at 1:05 p.m. at Yankee Stadium, opening the 2013...
View ArticlePaul Pierce: When healthy, Boston Celtics not afraid of New York Knicks - or...
By losing to the Knicks twice in the past week by a combined 34 points, the Celtics have given New York confidence. But that does not mean they've lost their own. The Boston Celtics occasionally...
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The good, the bad and the ugly: Recapping action from the NCAA Elite Eight
The Final Four was decided for the NCAA men's basketball tournament this past weekend. Here is a recap of the good, bad and ugly from the Elite Eight games. Louisville players talk to guard Kevin Ware...
View ArticleBoston Red Sox and New York Yankees are playing not for supremacy, but survival
The former 1-2 finishers in the AL East may be 4-5 this year. Rarely has a team won 95 games one year and entered the next with so little respect. Rarer still is when that team is the New York...
View ArticleJack Pardee, former NFL coach, player, dies at 76
An All-Pro linebacker, Pardee coached the Redskins and Bears. HOUSTON – Jack Pardee, one of Bear Bryant’s “Junction Boys” at Texas A&M who went on to become an All-Pro linebacker and an NFL...
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