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red sox blog
Buchholz, Cabrera named International League All-Stars
Clay Buchholz isn't heading to Boston just yet, but he is headed to Portland, Ore., to represent the Pawtucket Red Sox in the 2009 International...
patriots blog
Jets' Pace suspended
Jets linebacker Calvin Pace will miss his team's first game vs. the Patriots and three others games due to a performance-enhancing drug suspension.
Bruins development camp begins Tues.
Jordan Caron, Boston's top pick last Friday in the 2009 NHL amateur draft, is among the invitees expected to attend the club's annual development...
Rockets to launch Ariza
The Boston Globe reports that a source close to the situation says Lakers forward Trevor Ariza has agreed in principle to sign with Houston in...
Tainted Love
LA lemmings will flock to San Diego to cheer on the drug cheat. But make no mistake, Manny's legacy if forever tarnished....
Passed out in my hammock
Nope, not slacking even more than usual -- I'm on vacation. Due back at my post Tuesday, July 7, but I'll probably crank out...
Witness protection
Tuesday's win was indeed one of the shining moments in Baltimore's recent, sorry history. So maybe we can cut O's fans some slack for over-romanticizing the evening a bit.
Holy Cross hires Kearney
Former Notre Dame assistant will replace Ralph Willard as men's basketball coach at Holy Cross.
Goin' Green
There are many things I like about Sport, among them the discovery of a talent I had no idea existed. Now I don't want...
Barker commits to Stanford
BB&N tight end Blake Barker verbally committed to Stanford Friday.
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Strong TV ratings for US-Brazil match
Clint Dempsey and the U.S. national soccer team may have had a nightmarish second half against Brazil, but ESPN said the match scored its strongest ratings for a non-World Cup event.
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No minor attraction
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Commemorative
Relive the Celtics' first NBA championship in 22 years.
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C's offer Wallace a contract
(Barry Chin / Globe File)
An NBA source said that the Celtics offered Pistons free-agent Rasheed Wallace a contract using the mid-level exception today during a three-hour meeting in Detroit.
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Bay becomes US citizen
(AP)
Red Sox left fielder Jason Bay has long played America's pastime and can now call himself an American. The 30-year-old from Canada was among 360 people to became US citizens Thursday in a ceremony at Boston's historic Faneuil Hall. Bay said "it's a pretty proud day for me." He said his wife and daughters are Americans.
- Photos Jason Bay becomes a US citizen
- Papelbon stands alone at top of Sox' save leaders
- Globe 10.0 Why Papelbon is one of the best
- Buchholz, Cabrera named IL All-Stars
- tony massarotti Bringing it home
- Dan Shaughnessy Charity begins at home plate
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Bruins re-sign Recchi
Mark Recchi joined the Bruins hoping to win his fourth Stanley Cup, and he decided to stay with them for another shot at it.
- Globe 10.0 What are the Bruins' plans for free agency?
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- Astros-Padres game delayed by bees in outfield
- Ex-Yankee Leyrtiz accused of battery in Fla.
- The Shaq Show: O'Neal wants a ring for the King
- NBA Gordon: Bulls never made offer
- NFL Jets linebacker Pace suspended 4 games
- NFL Fla. judge won't release Stallworth crash video
- Serena, Venus reach Wimbledon final -- again
- Kim sets course record at Congressional with 62
- Holy Cross hires Kearney as men's basketball coach
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Golf notes
Tragedies reveal compassion
After golfer Chris Smith's wife died in a car accident, every caddie at the Nationwide Tour event in Bridgeport, W.Va., had “Chris Smith’’ or “Smitty’’ on the back of their bibs.
Bob Ryan
Fehr and loathing
Retiring MLB players union head Donald Fehr should not expect gushing fan tributes. But he should get them from the players he represented.
Olympics
Making collect calls
In the view of US Anti-Doping control officer Scott Lowell, testing levels the playing field.
On soccer
US men hope to stay relevant
By reaching the Confederations Cup final, the Americans proved something to themselves, their fans, and the rest of a skeptical world.
Olympic notes
Seeking to locate advantage
In what’s shaping up as a tight four-way race for the 2016 Games, geopolitics may make the difference.
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TODAY'S GLOBE SPORTS FRONT PAGE
- Red Sox 6, Orioles 5 Red Sox steal win from Orioles (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
- Roddick takes marathon route to semis (By Liz Clarke, The Washington Post)
- Dan Shaughnessy ALS event Saturday proves charity begins at home plate (By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist)
- Celtics have target (By Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff)
Red Sox
- Notables (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Red Sox notebook Upon further review, Lowell lands on DL (Boston Globe, 7/1/09)
- Shining moment in the rain (Boston Globe, 7/1/09)
- Rays 4, Blue Jays 1 Home runs power Rays to 7th straight win (Boston Globe, 7/1/09)
- Orioles 11, Red Sox 10 Old bawl game (Boston Globe, 7/1/09)
PATRIOTS
- What's in your five (Boston Globe, 6/30/09)
- Football Notes Spagnuolo taking Rams by the horns (Boston Globe, 6/28/09)
- Light tackles broadcasting (Boston Globe, 6/26/09)
- Patriots notebook Patriots' Bruschi not looking (too far) ahead (Boston Globe, 6/22/09)
- Football Notes Secondary was primary (Boston Globe, 6/21/09)
CELTICS
- Celtics have target (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- NBA notebook Gordon picks Pistons (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Celtics notebook Powe headed to open market (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- No shifting of this House as guard opts to stay with Celtics (Boston Globe, 7/1/09)
- NBA notebook One and done: Curry gets axed (Boston Globe, 7/1/09)
BRUINS
- Bruins begin free agency by signing Begin (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- NHL notebook Hossa lands in Chicago (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
- Fewer holes in Bruins’ ice lets them pace selves in free agency (Boston Globe, 7/1/09)
- On hockey Gomez goes from Rangers to Canadiens (Boston Globe, 7/1/09)
- On hockey Kessel trade lost in translation (Boston Globe, 6/30/09)
SOCCER / REVOLUTION
- Islanders shock Revolution in US Open Cup (Boston Globe, 7/1/09)
- Harrisburg City Islanders vs. Revolution (Boston Globe, 6/30/09)
- Brazil 3, US 2 Ugly finish costs US soccer team against Brazil (Boston Globe, 6/29/09)
- Revolution 1, Atlas 0 Revolution map out a win (Boston Globe, 6/29/09)
- US thriving, but Brazil is next (Boston Globe, 6/26/09)
HIGH SCHOOLS
- Mansfield’s Meghan Ferreira hurdles into Harvard (Boston Globe, 7/1/09)
- Globe Editorial School sports in shambles (Boston Globe, 6/29/09)
- Sports West Notebook Two Brookline basketball stars heading for Brown (Boston Globe, 6/27/09)
- Menino envisions nonprofit aid for school sports (Boston Globe, 6/27/09)
- Roy Norden, 83, veteran of WWII, longtime high school football coach (Boston Globe, 6/27/09)
COLLEGES
- QB backs away from BC (Boston Globe, 6/26/09)