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Yanks Spending Money -- The American Way

Bruce Tenenbaum | Posted 11.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees, New York Rangers, Nfl, Baseball, World Series, Chicago Cubs, Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, Entertainment News
Bruce Tenenbaum

Read the sports pages today and you'll find a whole lot of jealous Yankee haters moaning and whining about the Yankees' payroll. But business is the business of America.

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Yankees Buy Another World Series Title

Av Sinensky | Posted 11.05.2009 | Comedy

Read More: New York Yankees, Baseball, Mlb, Major League Baseball, YES Network, Baseball Free Agents, Salary Cap, American League Championship, Yankee Stadium, 200 World Series, Yankees Phillies World Series, Kansas City Royals, George Steinbrenner, World Series, Hank Steinbrenner, John-Sterling, Philadelphia Phillies, Ticker Tape Parade, Boston Red Sox, Comedy News
Av Sinensky

Sources inside the Yankees revealed late last night that they will be holding a press conference to announce that they have acquired the rights to the Florida Marlins' 2003 World Series Championship.

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Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Yankees, Sports, San Antonio Spurs, World Series, Manu-Ginobili-Bat-Video, Washington Redskins, Pedro Martinez, Sacramento Kings, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, New York News
Len Berman

It's a mess in Washington and we're not talking politics, it's the Redskins. The organization is blaming the media -- if it would stop printing the NFL standings, fans would have no idea the team stinks.

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Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York

Read More: 2010 Olympics, New York Yankees, Carl Yastrzemski, World Series, Espn, Steve Phillips, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Angels, Boston Red Sox, New York News
Len Berman

Let's make marathons more interesting. How about crawling through windmills? We could combine the very best that marathon racing and miniature golf have to offer.

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What's Wrong With Baseball? Money, to Start With

Robert E. Murphy | Posted 10.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New York Yankees, Bob Gibson, Tony Kubek, Designated-Hitter, Free Agency, Baseball Players' Salaries, Baseball Ticket Prices, Reggie Jackson, Oakland a's, St. Louis Cardinals, Johnny Damon, Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Entertainment News
Robert E. Murphy

Major league baseball players simply make far, far too much money for the good of the game and its fans.

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Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 10.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Cincinnati Bengals, Sports, Colorado Rockies, 2010 World Cup, New York Yankees, Logan-Campbell-Brothel, Los Angeles Angels, New Zealand Olympic Committee, Boston Red Sox, New York News
Len Berman

A golfer in South Carolina went to retrieve his ball from a pond. An alligator bit off part of his arm. Your wet ball just isn't that valuable.

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Con Games: I'm Allergic To New England

Michael Conniff | Posted 10.08.2009 | Denver

Read More: Travel, New England, Boston Red Sox, Denver, Boston, Sports, Fenway Park, The West, Outdoors, Rocky Mountains, Denver News
Michael Conniff

I can't wait to get back to Denver, Aspen, and the West -- the wide open spaces and really cool place, the wildlife, the rivers, the mountains, the light. I won't be allergic to anything once I get off the plane.

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Ted Williams Head: How SI and the Mainstream Sports Media Gave John Henry Williams a Bum Rap

Brian Ross | Posted 10.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Ted-Williams, Baseball, Sports Legends, Mlb, Cryogenic Preservation, Alcor-Life-Extension-Foundation, Alcor Laboratories, Ted Williams Head, Larry Johnson, Ted-Williams-Head, Sports, Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Ted Williams, Cryonics, Cryogenics, Alcor, Larry-Johnson, Boston Red Sox, Media, Media News
Brian Ross

Let us finally put to rest one myth: Ted Williams was not frozen by his evil son, John Henry Williams.

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Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 09.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Arnold Palmer, Wild Card, 2016 Olympics Chicago, New York Yankees, Obama Copenhagen, Rex Ryan, Chad Pennington, Miami Dolphins, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, New York News
Len Berman

At Texas Tech the coach has banned all of his players from tweeting after one of his linebackers tweeted that the coach was late for a meeting. Doesn't the First Amendment guarantee freedom of tweech?

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Curt Schilling Considering Run For Ted Kennedy's Senate Seat (VIDEO)

AP | GLEN JOHNSON | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Massachusetts-Senate-Vacancy, Gop, Massachusetts, Curt Schilling, Ted Kennedy, Boston Red Sox, Politics News

BOSTON — Curt Schilling, the former major league pitcher who won the allegiance of Bostonians by leading the Red Sox to the 2004 World Series, s...

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Len Berman | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Omar Minaya, Sports, Mike Schmidt, New York Yankees, Fred Wilpon, Yankees Red Sox, Pete Rose, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, Cowboys Stadium, Josh Becket, New York Mets, Yankees, Pedro Martinez, New York News
Len Berman

The video screens at the new Cowboys Stadium are the 8th wonder of the world. They are 60 yards long and stretch from 20-yard line to 20-yard line. Cost? $40-million.

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Yankees Blast Red Sox In 5-HR Outburst, Jeter Homers On First Pitch

AP | HOWARD ULMAN | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Yankees, Yankees/Red Sox, Yankees Baseball, Yankees Score, Yankees Win, Yankees Red Sox, Yankees Red Sox Score, CC Sabathia, Derek Jeter, Boston Red Sox Score, Josh Beckett, Yankees Game, Boston Red Sox, New York News

BOSTON — CC Sabathia against Josh Beckett loomed as a low-scoring duel between two of baseball's best pitchers. Neither lived up to the hype, e...

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Yankees Beat Red Sox 5-2, Sweep Series

AP | DAVE SKRETTA | Posted 09.09.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Yankees, Sports, Yankees Sweep, Yankee Score, Yankees Score, Yankees Red Sox, Red Sox Game, Yankees Game, Red Sox Yankees Series, Red Sox Score, Baseball Scores, Boston Red Sox, New York News

NEW YORK — Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeira hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning Sunday night, and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Re...

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Yankees Win First Game Against Red Sox

AP | JAY COHEN | Posted 09.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Yankees Win, New York Yankees, Yankees Red Sox, Yanks Red Sox, Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Sports, Yankees, Yankee Stadium, New York News

NEW YORK — Melky Cabrera and the New York Yankees knocked out John Smoltz early, and soon it was all over: They had finally beaten the Boston Re...

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It's Time to Realize that Every Baseball Player is a Steroids Suspect

Robert E. Murphy | Posted 08.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New York Mets, Manny Ramirez, Barry Bonds, Minnesota Twins, Fred McGriff, Roger Clemens, Tyler Kepner, David Wright, Gary Cohen, Steroids in Baseball, Carlos Delgado, Tom Verducci, David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox, Entertainment News
Robert E. Murphy

A modern fan can never trust that he or she is watching an honestly competitive game, nor that the statistical records that the baseball fan closely follows are even remotely legitimate.

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9 Ways for Red Sox Parents to Explain David Ortiz and His PEDs

Patrick Sauer | Posted 08.31.2009 | Comedy

Read More: New York Yankees, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Steroids, Baseball, Boston, Curt Schilling, David Ortiz Steroids, Peds, Alex Rodriguez, Red Sox, The Departed, Fenway Park, Big Papi, Think of the Children, Derek Jeter, David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox, Jason Bay, Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis, Comedy News
Patrick Sauer

There's been a lot of "teachable moments" in Beantown this week and the revelation that Ortiz's name is on a list of players that was meant to be confidential with anonymous testing shouldn't be wasted.

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What Would Theo Do?

Sam Chaltain | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Baseball, Arne Duncan, Education Reform, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Politics News
Sam Chaltain

I'm wondering if Arne Duncan can do for public schools what Theo Epstein has done for the Red Sox -- take a maligned institution and turn it into a perennial winner.

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Brian Anderson-Mark Kotsay Trade: Red Sox And White Sox Swap Outfielders

AP | Posted 08.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sports, Chicago Sports, Mark Kotsay, Brian Anderson, Brian Anderson White Sox, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, White Sox Transactions, Brian Anderson Mark Kotsay Trade, Chicago News

BOSTON — In a swap of outfielders, the Boston Red Sox traded Mark Kotsay and cash to the Chicago White Sox for Brian Anderson on Tuesday. The R...

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Adam LaRoche Traded To Red Sox

AP | ALAN ROBINSON | Posted 08.22.2009 | Home

Read More: Adam LaRoche Red Sox, Adam LaRoche Traded to Red Sox, Adam LaRoche, Adam LaRoche Traded, Adam LaRoche Pirates, Adam Laroche Espn, Argenis Diaz, Hunter Strickland, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, Home News

PITTSBURGH — The Red Sox are hoping this latest trade for Pittsburgh's leading power hitter turns out as well as last season's. The Red Sox acq...

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Caption This Photo, Vote For Monday's Best, See Friday's Winner!

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 06.11.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Jonathan Papelbon, Sports, Rays Sox, Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Caption Contest, Poll, Comedy News

Boston Red Sox's Jonathan Papelbon celebrates after striking out Tampa Bay Rays' Carl Crawford to end the baseball game Sunday, May 10, 2009, in Bosto...

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The Best Damn Sports Mom, Period.

Chris Kyle | Posted 06.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New England Patriots, Manny Ramirez, Jerry Remy, Mother's Day, Boston Celtics, Coach K, Duke University, John Irving, Red Sox, Mothers, Grandmothers, North Carolina, Johnny Most, Boston Red Sox, Entertainment News
Chris Kyle

My mom is an unusual sports fan. She doesn't use the word hate and she's never booed a single team or person in her life.

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New York Times "Faces An Uphill Battle" In Red Sox Sale, Boston Globe Decision

Financial Times | Kenneth Li, Henny Sender and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Newspapers, Boston Globe, New York Times Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Media News

The New York Times faces an uphill battle as it attempts to rid itself of a minority stake in the Boston Red Sox baseball team -- one of the most valu...

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What If the Red Sox Buy the Boston Globe?

Charles Warner | Posted 05.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Boston Globe, Espn, Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Media News
Charles Warner

If I were the czar of a major league sport and had the power, I would forbid a media company from owning a sports franchise because I think the temptation for biased reporting is too strong.

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John Updike, Hall of Famer

David Margolick | Posted 03.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Culture, Literature, Ted Williams, Sports, John Updike, Boston Red Sox, The New Yorker, Media News
David Margolick

Up until the age of 76, Updike never stopped working, turning out a vast body of words. But nothing can top the astonishing piece he wrote on Ted Williams' final game.

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Caroline, We Hardly Knew Ye

Denis Campbell | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Caroline Kennedy, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, Caroline Kennedy Senate, David Paterson Caroline Kennedy, New York State, Yankees, Red Sox, Bernie Madoff, Government, Patriot Act, Politics, Senate, Bernard Madoff, Timothy Geithner, Habius Corpus, Politics News
Denis Campbell

We are the poorer for Kennedy's decision, and I wonder how many worthy public servants never consider running because of this environment where every minor gaffe is exploited.

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