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The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins avoided being swept by the Providence Bruins with a 3-1 victory Saturday evening. Carter Camper scored the lone Providence goal, while Niklas Svedberg made 19 saves in the defeat. The P-Bruins lead the best of seven series three-games-to-one with game 5 in Wilkes-Barre Saturday at 7:05pm.
Jonny Gomes hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to lift the Boston Red Sox to another comeback victory, 3-2 over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.
Trailing by two runs and down to their final two outs, the Pawtucket Red Sox staged a ninth-inning comeback Friday, culminating with Bryce Brentz's game-ending homer, to beat the Gwinnett Braves by a 5-4 final before 6,045 at McCoy Stadium.
Cranston boxer Nick Delomba made his pro debut on Friday night at Twin River. His oponent was Jimmy Smith of Portland, ME, a veteran of two tours of duty in Iraq.
The bout went the 6 rounds, Delomba winning a unanimous decision.
Cranston West swept three games from Classical in boys volleyball. The Falcons push their record to 11 and 4.
Senior night turned into something extra special for Michaela Lawlor at South Kingstown. Halftime of her lacrosse game was interrupted by a special Prom announcement from the Press Sox.
The New England Patriots announced today the signing of second-round draft choice LB Jamie Collins and seventh-round draft choice LB Steve Beauharnais (bo-HARR-ness). Terms of the contracts were not disclosed.
Senior night was special for Brady O'Donnell and the LaSalle lacrosse team. Brady scored five goals and added four assists in helping the Rams beat Barrington 18 to 9. The defending state champs finish the regular season unbeaten as they head to the playoffs.
The Coventry Oakers swept three games from the Pilgrim Patriots to remain the state's only unbeaten volleyball team. The Oakers pushed their record to 12 and 0.
Providence police are following ``substantial leads'' in a weekend assault that left a Brown University basketball player in the hospital with severe head injuries.
The New England Patriots announced today the signing of third-round draft choice, DB Duron Harmon. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
The NHL announced today, May 15, that Boston Bruins
forward Patrice Bergeron is one of three finalists for the 2013 Frank J.
Selke Trophy.
The CVS Caremark Charity Classic has added four more PGA TOUR and Champions Tour professionals to its 2013 roster: Louis Oosthuizen, Bill Haas, Jeff Sluman and Fuzzy Zoeller.
The North Kingstown Skippers lost the first game but won the next three to defeat Hendricken 3 to 1.
And in boys lacrosse, the Wheeler boys held off PCD, 10 to 9 in overtime.
Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced today,May 14, that the team has recalled defenseman Torey Krug from Providence (AHL). Krug will join Boston on Wednesday, May 15.
The Hendricken Hawks beat LaSalle 4 to 1 to stay unbeaten in the highly anticpated Division 1 showdown.
In Division 1-South, South Kingstown shutout East Greenwich 3 to 0 in a battle of top teams.
In girls softball, defending champion Lincoln remained unbeaten by defeating North Kingstown 3 to 2 in 8 innings.
Captain Dion Phaneuf and Phil Kessel scored third-period goals and the Toronto Maple Leafs edged the Boston Bruins 2-1 Sunday to send their playoff series back to Boston for Game 7.
Dylan Donahue scored three goals as top-seeded Syracuse overcame a big early deficit and beat Bryant 12-7 on Sunday night in the first round of the NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament.
Despite a promising start, the Pawtucket Red Sox saw their six-game winning streak end Sunday at Charlotte, where the Knights rallied for a 6-4 victory in front of 3,144.
Katie Moulton won the women's marathon nd her husband, Patrick, finished second in the men's.
One of the largest aau basketball tournaments in New England was in Providence this weekend, and it was loaded with division one talent.
- Jamie Tardif scored two goals for the second straight night and Niklas Svedberg made 38 saves as the Providence Bruins defeated the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 4-2 Saturday at the Dunkin Donuts Center.
With a right-left combination of Rubby De La Rosa and Chris Hernandez, the Pawtucket Red Sox completed their first shutout victory of the season with a two-hitter in Saturday's 4-0 win over the Charlotte before 8,802 at Knights Stadium.
The Associated PressLind's solo homer lifts Jays past Red Sox, 3-2 BOSTON (AP) _ Adam Lind hit a tiebreaking homer off Boston closer Junichi Tazawa leading off the ninth inning to lift the Toronto
The RIIL unified basketball league finished another successful season on Satuday at Hendricken High School.
Red Sox closer Joel Hanrahan needs season-ending surgery on his right forearm.
The Rebels of South Kingstown pulled out the brooms on Cranston East in boys volleyball. The Rebels 3-0 sweep pushes their record to 9 and 1.
The Coventry Oakers defeated East Providence 3 games to 1 to remain unbeaten in volleyball.
In girl's lacrosse, first place East Greenwich beat second place North Kingstown, 13 to 11.
The Lincoln Lions roared against North Providence on the diamond, 6 to 3.
The Smithfield Sentinels held off the combined team of North Smithfield and Burrillville in girls lacrosse, 14 to 13.
We may as well start calling them the New England Scarlet Knights.
Veteran sportscaster and play-by-play broadcaster Bob Socci has been named the radio play-by-play announcer for the New England Patriots on 98.5 The Sports Hub (WBZ-FM)
Brad Faxon and Billy Andrade, PGA TOUR professionals and co-hosts of the CVS Caremark Charity Classic, today unveiled some of the golf greats who will be playing in the 15th annual event this June.
After finishing second twice, Jeff Sluman finally won the Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf with a new teammate.
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