Nizwantowski out at Peabody
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Peabody High School essentially fired longtime baseball coach Ed Nizwantowski on Monday when it tapped one of his former players, Mark Bettencourt, after the job was opened to applicants last fall.
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Stymied in their quest to re-sign Jason Varitek, the Red Sox last night made substantial progress in filling another void behind the plate as they reached a tentative agreement to retain Doug Mirabelli, one of the game's premier backup catchers. The final details were expected to be wrapped up early next week.
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Doug Mientkiewicz, call a lawyer. You're going to need one if you want to keep the baseball you caught for the final out of the World Series.
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Bobby Kielty was wandering around the Red Sox dugout before last night's game, not quite sure where he needed to go for his assigned duty: reading the lineups for the Fox broadcast.
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PITTSBURGH -- Boston Bruins defenseman Aaron Ward is out of a Pittsburgh hospital and on his way back to Boston where team doctors will evaluate a neck injury he suffered in a 2-1 win over the Penguins.
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Lou Henson will return to coaching but will be in a wheelchair when New Mexico State plays North Texas on Saturday.
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TORONTO -- Last night, Doug Mientkiewicz was on call as the Red Sox' emergency catcher in case calamity befell Doug Mirabelli , raising the uncomfortable specter of the one-time minor league catcher trying to corral Tim Wakefield's knuckleball. He escaped that duty, serving only as a pinch runner and defensive replacement at first base for Kevin Millar in last night's ...
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Scratch Mike Martz's name off the list of potential replacements for Dave Wannstedt in Miami.
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Want to know what it takes to beat Peabody? Want to hold Everett to 28 points, its lowest total of the season? Want to keep Peabody phenom John Studley out of the end zone, which has only been done once this season? Simple.
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Nationals first baseman Nick Johnson is taken off the field Saturday afternoon on a stretcher following a violent collision with right fielder Austin Kearns.
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By Zach Spicer, The Tribune, Seymour, Ind.  May 29--Richard and Kay Schwade had a good reason to attend the open house at the Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center last week.   Their property borders the refuge on three sides.
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Take a good look at No. 20 in white tonight. It might be the last time you'll see him as a Celtic in Boston.
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After losing the Carlos Delgado sweepstakes to Florida, the New York Mets have filled their vacant hole at first base with veteran Doug Mientkiewicz.
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Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Jaret Wright left Tuesday&#39;s game against the New York Mets with a bruised right ankle.
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The Reds option former Nationals reliever Gary Majewski to Class AAA Louisville on Friday after his ERA reached 15.88
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The former Duke coach, reported to be replacing Lou Holtz at South Carolina, passed up Saturday&#39;s South Carolina at Clemson game and was on hand at Wallace Wade Stadium for Duke-North Carolina.
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LOWELL -- Derek Lowe and Matt Miller performed a masterful, rotating duet on the mound for Lincoln-Sudbury, leading the Warriors to a 3-1 win over Peabody yesterday in the Division 1 North final at LeLacheur Park.