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The last thing Johnny Damon wanted to do was miss his return to Fenway Park for the first time as a member of the Detroit Tigers. But the outfielder, who starred on the 2004 World Series champions, had to pull himself out of the starting lineup before Friday's series opener with sharp pain due to spasms in the middle of his back.
Newly-acquired Jhonny Peralta hit a pair of home runs off Jon Lester as the Detroit Tigers barely held on for a 6-5 win over the Red Sox, Friday night at Fenway Park in the opener of a three-game series. David Ortiz belted his ninth career grand slam with one out in the ninth off closer Jose Valverde to make it a one-run game but Mike Cameron struck out looking with the tying and winning runs on base as the Sox fell just short
Lester allowed a season-high 11 hits and four runs over six-plus innings in suffering his sixth loss against 11 wins this season.
The Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers both have ground to make up in their division races, and each may be looking for help in more than one way Saturday afternoon.
Nate Robinson back for full season with CelticsBOSTON(AP) Nate Robinson joined the Boston Celtics at the trade deadline last season and didn't really do much until the playoffs.
Bruins' Wheeler signs 1-year, $2.2 million dealBOSTON(AP) The Boston Bruins signed forward Blake Wheeler to a one-year contract on Friday.
Brady says contract talks won't be distractionFOXBOROUGH, Mass.(AP) Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is known for being able to focus on his receivers in the face of oncoming rushers.
A couple of weeks ago in a midseason Red Sox report card I posed this question: Taking everything into account — age, durability, established performance level, postseason history, AL vs. NL, current contract status — is there a pitcher in baseball you would absolutely trade Jon Lester for? Think about it. Lester is just entering his prime [...]
Starting over. New beginnngs. A clean slate. Those themes were everyone at Gillette Stadium, both literally and metaphorically, when training camp began on Thursday morning. Over the course of the offseason, coach Bill Belichick decided to start taking down the hundreds of pictures that were hanging throughout Gillette Stadium, pictures from the teams’ glory days of [...]