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07/22/2008

Donaldson: Finally, it's time for the Patriots to help us forget their Super Bowl nightmare
The Patriots open training camp on Thursday. Thank goodness.

NFL already is overshadowing MLB on the trade front
Thoughts while wondering whether, if Brett Favre’s coming back again, Michael Jordan can’t be far behind ...

07/20/2008

Despite her age, Beisel is no stranger to world competition
The times probably don’t mean much to anyone who doesn’t follow swimming — although even someone who couldn’t name two of the four strokes in the individual medley would look at them and say: “Wow, that seems wicked fast” — but it’s easy enough to put them in perspective.

07/18/2008

Ortiz’s big bat a treat for fans
PAWTUCKET — The count was 1-and-2 to the first batter for the Pawtucket Red Sox in the bottom half of the fourth inning of a scoreless game when the sellout crowd began to chant.

Big Papi up to his old tricks at McCoy, homers in first rehab start
PAWTUCKET - The count was 1-and-2 to the first batter for the Pawtucket Red Sox in the bottom half of the fourth inning of a scoreless game when the sellout crowd began to chant.

07/17/2008

Adamonis has no regrets for his daring playoff shot
Some people are second-guessing Brad Adamonis, but he’s not second-guessing himself after finishing second at the John Deere Classic last weekend.

07/16/2008

Donaldson: Yankee Stadium’s reverence lives forever
It was at Yankee Stadium that, while sitting in the press box one sunny May afternoon in 2000, a body went hurtling past me, plummeting down from the deck above, and landed on the screen behind home plate, where it lay motionless.

07/15/2008

Donaldson: If anyone deserves an All-Star bonus, it's Pedroia
In the wonderful world of Manny Being Money –– oops, bit of a slip there; I meant to say Manny Being Manny –– the sensational Senor Ramirez will receive a $75,000 bonus from the Red Sox for playing in tonight’s All-Star game in Yankee Stadium.

07/13/2008

Jim Donaldson: Here are my top eight sports stories of 2008
If you saw Thursday’s sports section, you may recall that the featured article that day was an invitation to readers to select, from a list of eight nominees (and any write-in candidates), the top sports story in what truly has been an eventful first six months of the year.

07/10/2008

Column prompts readers to share their fond memories of youth baseball
When I wrote a column last Sunday reminiscing about my days playing youth baseball in Pawtucket, I was hoping it would prompt readers to recall their own fond memories of long summer days spent with friends on the ball field.

07/09/2008

Donaldson - A hair-raising day at Fenway
It ended up being a rout, but it didn't play like one for most of the afternoon

07/08/2008

With Coates, Pats fans make right choice
You’ve got to hand it to Patriots fans — Ben Coates was a great choice for the team's Hall of Fame.

07/06/2008

Jim Donaldson: Long gone are the good-old days when kids gathered to play ball
I can still remember, 46 years later, the starting lineup for my 1962 Darlington American Little League championship team.

07/04/2008

Red Sox 7, Yankees 0 -- Jim Donaldson: Varitek’s nosedive on offense poses quandary
Traditionally, it’s the captain who goes down with the ship.

07/02/2008

Jim Donaldson: Faldo wouldn’t say what he really thinks about Woods missing Ryder Cup
This may be simply skepticism stemming from more than 30 years in the newspaper business, but, when I hear somebody say, “To be honest with you,” I have two reactions.

07/01/2008

Donaldson: Gold is no sure thing with Coach K in charge
Mike Krzyzewski started five McDonald’s All-Americans, and had three others available on the bench, but his second-seeded Duke Blue Devils barely beat No. 15 Belmont — Belmont? — which had, surprise, surprise, no former high-school all-Americans, 71-70, in the opening round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament.

06/29/2008

Grzebien shows a new side as subject of modeling agency photo shoot
The legendary actress Lana Turner supposedly was “discovered” at a Hollywood drug store. In Anna Grzebien’s case, it was on the 18th green of the Safeway International LPGA tournament at Superstition Mountain, Ariz.

06/25/2008

Donaldson: Odd couple defeat competition, weather
BARRINGTON –– Mark Twain had the right idea, but the wrong time frame.

06/24/2008

Jim Donaldson: Mediate tunes out static amid spotlight of Open
BARRINGTON — Johnny Miller was right.

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