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In case you were busy really getting inside the mind of Barry Zuckerkorn in preparation for the new season of Arrested Development, here's what you missed in sports on Thursday. The Los Angeles Kings are one step closer to defending their Stanle...

Dave Cameron takes a close look at what has made Boston Red Sox pitcher John Lackey successful in 2013. Beyond health, it's been a change in approach starting with strike one.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- There is no longer any argument that the Yankees, at 28-18 and atop the AL East by a game despite having nearly a dozen players on the disabled list, have overperformed. And one could certainly make the argument that the T...

BOSTON -- This has been a trying spring for Will Middlebrooks in his first full season with the Red Sox. He endured the worst slump of his professional career, one in which he batted .093 (5-for-54) over a span of two weeks and 14 games. On May 7 in ...

BOSTON -- There is no mystery to why Ryan Dempster lasted just three innings Thursday night. "My command's been terrible," he said. Dempster walked six batters in just 4 2/3 innings in his last start, Saturday in Minnesota, when he threw 127 pi...

Terry Francona is back where he belongs -- on a baseball diamond.

BOSTON -- Tito-palooza, indeed. If first impressions mean anything, a sellout crowd of 35,254 at Fenway Park went home convinced that Terry Francona, the man who introduced the duck boat parade to Boston, will soon have city planners in Cleveland ...

Drew Stubbs and Mark Reynolds drove in three runs each and Cleveland had 16 hits in the Indians' 12-3 win over the Boston Red Sox in manager Terry Francona's return to Fenway Park on Thursday night.

BOSTON -- David Ortiz's first-ever steal of third Wednesday was the cause of considerable mirth in the Sox clubhouse, with Ortiz the first to have fun with it. Asked what he thought when third-base coach Brian Butterfield flashed the "steal" sign, Or...

BOSTON -- Some quick hits from Thursday night's Titopalooza at Fenway Park, and for the record, bench coach Sandy Alomar Jr. brought the lineup card out to home plate. -- Terry Francona waved and patted his heart in appreciation when the crowd acc...

BOSTON -- The Cleveland Indians' charter flight from Detroit landed in Boston at 5 a.m. After a few hours of sleep, Terry Francona woke up at 8 a.m. and began his day. Of course, it wasn't just another game day for the former Red Sox manager, who was...

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Terry Francona returns to Boston on Thursday as manager of the Cleveland Indians to begin a four-game series against his former team. Francona managed the Boston Red Sox to two World Series championships (2004 and 2007), the first of which broke an 8...

In case you were busy concocting an elaborate theory in which the film The Faculty exists as a prequel within the Fast & Furious universe, here's what you missed in sports on Wednesday: LeBron James had a triple-double and scored the game-winnin...

Gordon Edes previews the four-game set between the Indians and Red Sox, including Terry Francona's return to Fenway Park....

CHICAGO -- Trying to hear soft-spoken Clay Buchholz in a raucous Red Sox clubhouse Wednesday night proved as daunting for some people (present company most definitely included) as trying to hit the unbeaten Red Sox right-hander. Besides the usual...