Mercy! Longest night at Fenway
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BOSTON - They have outpitched them, outhit them, beaten them early and run away from them late. Saturday night, the New York Yankees went after Boston with the truncheon.
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When, where: Tonight, 7, at TD Banknorth Garden. TV, radio: NESN, WBZ (1030). Records: Toronto is 17-21-5-3 (fifth in the Northeast Division with 42 points); Boston is 22-18-2-2 (third in the Northeast Division with 48 points). Goals: Mats Sundin 20, Nik Antropov 17, Alexei Ponikarovsky 12. Assists: Sundin 30, Tomas Kaberle 22, Jason Blake 21. Goaltending: Vesa Toskala (14-13-4, 2.74 ...
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(Sports Network) - Tim Wakefield tries for his first win in three starts this evening when the Boston Red Sox continue their three-game series with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Fenway Park.
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Another game, another postseason classic. It will be news if the Red Sox and Yankees ever play a yawner. Last night certainly does not qualify.
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The Boston Red Sox thought they were exhausted when they got into their Bay Area hotel at dawn Monday after losing two of three to the Yankees. They had no idea their longest day of the year was just beginning &#151; and that it would end with a 225-minute, 11-inning, improbably dramatic loss to the Oakland Athletics.
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The Red Sox are trying to keep up their momentum tonight at Fenway Park in Game Two of the World Series. Boston scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.
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New England is at once sleepless, breathless, and full of hope. David Ortiz and the Red Sox just beat the Yankees in two extra-inning playoff games on the same calendar day. This century-long Sox-Yankee show, featuring themes of revenge and redemption, moves back to New York tonight.
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BOSTON - Tim Wakefield finished off the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. Now comes the real challenge for the streaking Boston Red Sox. Boston beat Detroit 6-1, ending a stretch of 26 games - 23 against teams below
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NEW YORK - The curse is dead. Last night&#39;s 3-0 win by the Boston Red Sox ended 85 years of World Series futility. Fans celebrated into the early morning, as they no longer have to endure chants of &quot;1918&quot; (the year of their last World Series win).
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Still striving to get to the top of the A.L. East, the Yankees now have the longest winning streak -- nine games -- of any team in the Major League this season.
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Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass. When: Tonight, 7:30 p.m.
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at Camden Yards, Baltimore Records: Boston is 84-56 (first in the American League East); Baltimore is 60-78 (fourth in the AL East, 23 games behind). Tonight (7:05, NESN, WRKO 680): RHP Tim Wakefield (16-10, 4.16 ERA) vs. LHP Garrett Olson (1-3, 7.22). Tomorrow (7:05 p.m., NESN, WRKO): LHP Jon Lester (3-0, 5.26) vs. RHP Daniel Cabrera (9-14, 5.06). Saturday (7:05 ...
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Stock up on espresso and Red Bull. The autumn of dreams can be a sleepless season. The Red Sox and Indians will play a seventh game at Fenway Park tonight to crown the 2007 American League champion.
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Another nine innings and another 3 1/2 hours of toe-to-toe, leather-wielding, nonstop action. This time it produced a 12-5 Red Sox victory over the hated Yankees. Watching these two play one another is exhausting. What must the toll be on the people in uniform?
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OMAHA, Neb. -- Longtime friends Dave Serrano and George Horton shared an embrace moments after UC Irvine had beaten Cal State Fullerton 5-4 in the longest game in College World Series history Monday.
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The Bruins begin their longest road trip of the season tonight on Long Island, riding high after Tuesday's 3-0 shutout of the Oilers, their fourth victory in five games. The Bruins are 8 points out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with 27 games remaining.
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The 14-inning playoff game between and Yankees and the Red Sox Monday was baseball&#39;s version of The Longest Day, and it illustrated some of the best and worst in televised baseball.