PORTLAND ”“ The Portland Pirates will have a new NHL parent. Heard that one before? You bet you have. After three successful seasons as the top farm club of the Buffalo Sabres, the Pirates will have a new big league partner come Monday. According to published reports, that partner will be the Phoenix Coyotes, who […]
2011
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Sudden storm has Sox in cold
David Ortiz walked to the plate representing the go-ahead run in the eighth inning Friday night, and the thousands of Boston Red Sox fans who crammed PNC Park waited for Big Papi to send the ball over the right-field wall, into the Allegheny River.
Mother Nature and Pittsburgh reliever Jose Veras had other ideas.
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Sports Digest
COLLEGES Defending champion South Carolina returns to College World Series championship series Adam Matthews scored in the bottom of the 13th inning after Virginia reliever Cody Winiarski botched two throws after fielding bunts, sending defending national champion South Carolina back to the College World Series finals with a 3-2 victory Friday night in Omaha, Neb. […]
Posted inNews
New York legalizes same-sex marriage
The governor signs the bill, setting up the sixth state where gays can wed.
Posted inPortland Sea Dogs, Sports
Dogs’ chances suddenly race away
League-leading New Hampshire wipes out an early 2-0 deficit and pulls out a 4-3 victory.
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Centers prove a popular choice
The Bruins buck an early trend by taking a defenseman with the ninth overall pick.
Posted inLife & Culture
People & EntertainmentCarpenter ending hiatus from horror
LOS ANGELES – The creator of Michael Myers and “Halloween” is returning to horror after a 10-year hiatus. John Carpenter is back to his beloved genre with “The Ward,” opening July 8. The film stars Amber Heard as a woman who finds herself in a mysterious mental institution in the 1960s with no memory of […]
Posted inNation & World
Venezuela’s Chavez silent after surgery
A lack of communication from the talkative leader fuels speculation that he may be ailing.
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Toddler who ingested cocaine is discharged
But the drug could still have long-term effects, a Maine doctor cautions.
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Risk of death goes up on payday, study finds
CHICAGO – Money talks. Evidently, it also kills. A recent study by a University of Notre Dame professor found that mortality rates spike on or during the week after payday. Economics professor William Evans said getting that all-important bank deposit often is the precursor for potentially deadly behavior. “People go out to dinner, people travel, […]