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And they say Catholic Memorial is a hockey school. You wouldn't have known it last night at TD Banknorth Garden, where the Knights' boys' basketball team got a buzzer-beater from junior guard Brendan Monteiro to win a riveting EMass Division 2 final over Belmont, 68-66, sending the team to the state final for the first time since 1969.
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For a major part of the day it seemed like there were two different Test matches going on. Virender Sehwag was playing in one of them, the conditions looked fine for batting and there were enough boundary balls available to keep the scoreboard moving.
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Sitting in the visitors' dugout at Coors Field, Dustin Pedroia waited for the Rockies to wrap up batting practice before Game 4 of the World Series last night. With the Red Sox in control of the series, Pedroia was asked if he had any thoughts about possibly making the last putout that clinched the World Series.
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NO ONE got the spread line right on Frankie Dettori&#39;s impending suspension yesterday, let alone the flamboyant jockey. As Dettori, who pleaded guilty to a careless riding charge, waited for Des Gleeson and
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BELMONT -- It was rapidly getting dark in Belmont and with no lights for the field and no visible moon, something had to give. Trailing, 13-8, at the half, Belmont Hill put the pieces together and pulled out a 36-25 Independent School League win over Buckingham Browne &amp; Nichols yesterday.
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Two of the three main stars from the first two legs of the Triple Crown, Hard Spun and Curlin, will resume their battles Saturday in the $1 million Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park.
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Jon Lester had what was described as a "strong side session" yesterday at Fenway in front of pitching coach John Farrell and manager Terry Francona . The Red Sox wanted to watch him throw and then map out a plan for the foreseeable future.
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After seven horses were entered Wednesday for Saturdayâs Belmont, Curlin was installed as the 6-5 morning-line favorite, reflective of his status as the nationâs top 3-year-old.
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ELMONT, New York  - Preakness champion Curlin can underline his claim as top three-year-old in Saturday's 139th running of the Belmont Stakes where the big colt was established Wednesday as the 6-5 early favorite.
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COLLEGES Holy Cross junior quarterback Dominic Randolph and Assumption freshman tailback Herb Woodard are this week's Gold Helmets winners, presented by the New England College Football Writers. In the Crusaders' 31-28 comeback win over visiting Harvard Saturday, the 6-foot-3-inch, 211-pound Randolph completed 29 of 55 passes for 339 yards and four touchdowns, including a game-winning 40-yard toss to Thomas Harrison ...
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Belmont Hill of Massachusetts progressed to the quarterfinals by beating St. Paul's, London, by three-quarters of a length after St. Paul's wobbled in the closing stages under significant pressure in the Princess Elizabeth Cup for schoolboy eights yesterday at the Henley Royal Regatta.
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It would have been easy to take the bait. Acknowledge that, yes, September is a traditionally difficult month offensively for catchers. That the season has been wearing him down. That the injuries he rarely admits to have caught up with him, making his bat slow and his stroke impotent. Instead, Jason Varitek claimed health, blamed his eyes, and thanked, once ...
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Though his last Fenway Park outing was nightmarish -- four runs and six hits in two-thirds of an inning Sept. 26 -- Yankees righthander Kevin Brown was ready to go in a monsoon last night. &quot;He was more antsy than anyone else in our clubhouse,&quot; said pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre . &quot;He went back and forth. He was very anxious ...
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Mark Bellhorn, Boston&#39;s No. 9 Hitter, Comes Up Big Again With Late Homer to Lift Red Sox. St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Alert Pujols, right, watches as Boston Red Sox&#39;s Mark Bellhorn rounds first base after
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One interesting side note of the Willie Randolph coronation Thursday was a brief commentary by general manager Omar Minaya, in which he detailed some of the Mets&#39; winter plans.
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NEW YORK -- Trainer Bob Baffert and jockey Edgar Prado each claimed two stakes races at Belmont Park, including a combined effort in the $200,000 Belmont Breeders' Cup won by Senor Swinger.
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The argument could be made that Johnny Damon was the most productive leadoff man in the majors this season. At least among men not named Ichiro Suzuki. It was trend that continued in the American League Division Series against Anaheim.