Brockton's Gill showed mettle in New York meet
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Brockton senior Kevin Gill could not have felt any worse, but he knew in the final seconds of his race last week that he had to give everything he had left.
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Coming into last night's showdown with undefeated Tri-Valley League rival Holliston, the Medfield Warriors had reason to be confident. They had been averaging more than 30 points per game, and they had the league's leading scorer in halfback Bryan Lee.
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ATHENS, Greece - Now this was a duel in the pool. With Michael Phelps leading off Tuesday night, the United States bested its rival from Down Under in the most thrilling race of the Athens Games...
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ATHENS (CP) - Montreal's Nicolas Gill will now play the role of spectator at the Summer Games.
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Brockton reached the postseason by controlling the line of scrimmage and it wasn't about to change its game plan.
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Even without their star rusher, the No. 3 Brockton Boxers continued rolling last night, turning in a dominant defensive effort to handle New Bedford, 32-6.
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Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand could not beat Swede Joachim Johansson in Athens, but he got the job done in Long Island. Srichaphan, who lost in straight sets to Johansson in the first round of the Olympics
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Mayor Tom Menino must be proud. His Boston Red Sox just won their first World Series in 86 years and his Hyde Park Blue Stars yesterday clinched their first Super Bowl berth in 32 years, defeating O'Bryant, 14-0. Who would have thought?
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ATHENS -- The evening began on a down note for the US swimming team, and descended from there. First, world champion Jenny Thompson struggled home fifth in the 100-meter butterfly. Then world record-holder Brendan Hansen was caught by Japan's Kosuke Kitajima in the 100 breaststroke. Finally, the men's 4 x 100 freestyle relay finished third behind South Africa and the ...
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The University of Massachusetts displayed resourcefulness in rallying past Maine, 3-2, in the opener of their best-of-three Hockey East quarterfinal series last night.
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Trevor Grant THE tension was palpable in the hot, steamy air at Huntingdale, even before the tournament contenders had strapped on their spikes yesterday.
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FOXBORO, Mass. -- In a game only a mudder could love, leave it to Corey Dillon to be the workhorse the Patriots needed on a down and dirty type of afternoon in rainy New England.
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The Gillette Tri-Nations could not have made a much better start to its English section with all 16,750 tickets sold for Saturday&#39;s entertaining clash at Loftus Road and the promise that Great
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ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps took care of qualifying for the Olympic 200-meter freestyle semifinals Sunday, and then found out he had been added to the American team for the evening's 400 freestyle relay final. Phelps' rivals Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband and teammate Klete Keller were faster than the teenager in the 200 free preliminaries...
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Michael Phelps took care of qualifying for the Olympic 200-meter freestyle semifinals Sunday, and then found out he had been added to the American team for the evening's 400 freestyle relay final. Phelps' rivals Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband and teammate Klete Keller were faster than the teenager in the 200 free preliminaries.
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NEW YORK -- It was anything but a knockout punch, but there is much to say about a good, solid decision, especially when a team displays its unit versatility.
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PORTLAND, Ore. -- All week long, Johnny Weir had been waiting to exhale. He'd arrived here as the reigning king of American figure skating, with all the perks and pressures that came with it.