A journey from cancer to champion for Sox' Lester
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FORT MYERS, Fla. - Winning the deciding game of the World Series, the part everyone else remembers and celebrates, he doesn't dwell on, maybe because Jon Lester is determined to be known as something other than Celebrity Cancer Boy.
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Jon Lester's doctors have told him he's cancer-free from lymphoma, and the Boston Red Sox pitcher is planning to report to training camp on time.
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One in an occasional series about the Boston Red Sox and their 86-year quest to win it all. BOSTON - It comes up just shy of bloodcurdling, but this one man, this one sports-radio czar, has
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He was dying to hit. Dying to get a big hit to help himself. It's been building up for two years. Josh Beckett loves to hit, and one of the things he doesn't like about the American League is that he can't swing the bat.
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PITTSBURGH -- Larry Lester seemed inconsolable as he sat on a chair outside the visitors' locker room at Heinz Field. His head bowed, Lester agonized over the fumble he lost in overtime in Boston College's 20-17 setback yesterday to the Pittsburgh Panthers.
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The image was a bit unsettling: David Ortiz seated in a corner of the Red Sox clubhouse before last night's 4-3 win over the Angels with a giant ice pack on his right shoulder.
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The Red Sox announced yesterday that Jon Lester, 22, had been diagnosed with a rare form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a blood cancer, and will begin treatment in the coming week.
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Jon Lester pitched in his first game Monday since his last cancer treatment just 2 1/2 months ago. His mechanics were good and his command was outstanding as the Boston Red Sox left-hander retired all three batters he faced on grounders.
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After beating the Cardinals in St. Louis in Game 3 of the World Series five weeks ago, Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez sounded like someone who had just been reunited with a long-lost friend.
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Living in Boston as a Red Sox fan for the last year has been like riding a rollercoaster of epic proportions. Beginning with Bostonâs 6-5, extra-inning ,heartbreaking defeat in Yankee Stadium in Game 7 of
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As the World Series success of the Red Sox proved, a team coming off a drought-breaking win over its archrival can be difficult to stop.
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In the blink of a vicious grand slam off the bat of Vladimir Guerrero, the Red Sox went from a clean sweep to a most stressful endeavor on Friday at Fenway Park.
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David Ortiz had a different view of a familiar situation.
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Entering the McCoy Stadium clubhouse it was clear the future was staring you in the face. Jon Lester, the lefthander; Clay Buchholz, the righthander.
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Red Sox rookie pitcher Jon Lester paid a visit to Fenway Park yesterday afternoon after calling to say he was coming, and spent about an hour visiting with teammates before appearing in the team's interview room and announcing that tomorrow he will begin undergoing chemotherapy for cancer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
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Jon Lester made his emotional return to the mound for the Boston Red Sox a victorious one.
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The biggest lesson of the racetrack -- i.e. there are no sure things -- was reinforced at Fenway Park last night. Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez came rolling into the game having won three straight, and having pitched 16 consecutive scoreless innings. The last time he faced the lowly Tampa Bay Devil Rays at home (Aug. 12), he hurled a ...