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Bob Citrano will always have a soft spot in his heart for the 13th hole at Reservation Golf Club in Mattapoisett.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Hedo Turkoglu's uncontested dunk early in the second half gave the Orlando Magic their first lead. Less than a minute later, the Detroit Pistons took over.

ATLANTA — Hawks forward Marvin Williams isn't sure he'll be able to play today in Game 7 of Atlanta's first-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics after spraining his left knee.

MONTREAL — Scott Upshall scored with 3:04 remaining in the third period and the Philadelphia Flyers advanced to the Eastern Conference final with a 6-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.

Jonathan Gomes went into Saturday's MSTCA Large School Freshman/Sophomore Meet at GNB Voc-Tech with high expectations, and the New Bedford sophomore didn't disappoint.

New Bedford has a young team that's been struggling, but the Whalers played one of their best games of the season last week in an 11-3 win at Brockton in their Big 3 Conference opener, and coach Harry Lowe was encouraged by the outcome.

There's one week left of turkey season in our Zone 11 and if you're having trouble bagging a bird, let me offer a couple of late season tips - sound like a seductive hen that doesn't come here very often and you're likely to bag a love-sick tom, eager to...

RICHMOND, Va. — Denny Hamlin appeared headed toward an easy victory. Then, Dale Earnhardt Jr. seemed poised to snap his two-year losing streak.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — John Thorrington and Stephen King scored goals in the second half and the Chicago Fire beat the New England Revolution 3-0 on Saturday night.

Kevin Garnett agreed to come to the Boston Celtics because he hoped it would solidify his legacy. The potential for a championship ring and the chance to be mentioned among the game's eternal elite, helping restore a franchise to its storied past. It...

WALTHAM — The Boston Celtics played hard all season for home-court advantage in the playoffs.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Big Brown backed up his trainer's boasts with an explosive finishing kick and won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, a commanding victory turned somber by the fatal breakdown of the filly Eight Belles on horse racing's biggest day.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Boy, did Eight Belles hang with the boys.

BOSTON — Manny Ramirez finally ended his longest RBI drought since joining the Red Sox.

When phenom pitcher Phil Hughes went on the disabled list Wednesday with an 0-4 record and 9.00 ERA, there seemed two primary schools of thought in most of Yankeeland: "This is the guy we wouldn't give up for Johan Santana," and "I know he's only 21, but...

FOXBORO — Matt Slater isn't anything. He's everything.

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Danny Woodhead took the football, cut quickly to his left and then disappeared.

ATLANTA — The best record in the NBA during the regular season doesn't win games in the postseason.

FOXBORO — It's definitely an apparition. At a glance, though, the Patriots cornerback of the future bears a remarkable resemblance to the Pro Bowler he was drafted to help replace.

There's not a player on the New Bedford High volleyball team who was alive the last time the Whalers missed the state tournament. And after Friday's 3-1 victory at Taunton — winning 21-25, 25-19, 25-19 and 25-23 — Steve DeRossi's squad...

TAUNTON — Bishop Stang kept climbing the mountain against Coyle-Cassidy, but fell just short of the summit once again.

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BOSTON — The Red Sox and Curt Schilling may soon find out whether they made the right decision in rehabilitating the right-hander's ailing shoulder.

Jason Pires, the former fighting "Schoolboy" from UMass Dartmouth and now the "Fighting Cop" from New Bedford, won't need any video tapes of his opponent for his June 13 return to the ring at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford.

NEW BEDFORD — Evan Butler wants a fitted hat.

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Hawks just won't let go of their first trip to the postseason in nine years.

BOSTON — Evan Longoria, the latest Cape Cod Baseball League MVP to hit it big in the majors, looks back fondly on his summer with the Chatham A's.

FOXBORO — The New England Patriots' seven draft picks and 11 undrafted free agents took to the field yesterday for their first rookie minicamp, which coach Bill Belichick stressed was just the start of a long process to make — and contribute...

FALMOUTH — Connor Green scored the last of his five goals with 51 seconds remaining in the first overtime yesterday to lift the Sandwich High School boys lacrosse team to a key Atlantic Coast League victory over Falmouth, 11-10.

EAST SANDWICH — Dennis-Yarmouth built a nine-run lead and held on to beat Sandwich 12-11 on a relay throw to end the game in a softball thriller under the lights at Sandwich High School last night.

SOUTH YARMOUTH — The Dennis-Yarmouth High School baseball team erased an early deficit to defeat Sandwich 9-5 yesterday and gain sole possession of first place in the Atlantic Coast League South.

EAST SANDWICH — Erin Carroll scored three goals and Elise Kinchla added two yesterday and the Sandwich High girls lacrosse team used a strong defensive effort to remain undefeated, beating Martha's Vineyard 9-5.

NEW LONDON, Conn. — Representatives from the men's and women's track squads at Massachusetts Maritime Academy will compete today in the final day of the Division III New England Invitational at Coast Guard Academy.