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MLB Trade Rankings: The 20 Worst Deadline Deals of the Last 25 YearsThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:15AMWith the trade deadline fast approaching, it made me wonder, what are the worst trade deadline deals over the last 25 years? Most fans can recall the best deals made at the deadline like Cliff Lee to the Texas Rangers last year, but few can recall the worst deals, unless their favorite team was on the wrong end of the deal. If a trade is good or great, you know it right away.  The bad trades ...

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 11:05Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 5:44AMTODAY Youth Baseball 5 p.m., 9-10 Tournament of Champions at Aberdeen (Failor Field). 5:30 p.m., 11-12 Tournament of Champions at Montesano (Nelson Field).

Sunday, June 26, 2011 - 00:06Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:14PMGHC Hall of Fame nominations sought Nominations are being solicited for the Grays Harbor College Athletic Hall of Fame. Those wishing to provide nominations are asked to supply the year the nominee participated in sports at GHC, plus qualifications. They may contact athletic director Tyler Gaston...

INSIDER: Locals attend World Scholar Athlete GamesSunday, July 10, 2011 @ 12:52AMThe Bristol Sports Hall of Fame has partnered with Dan Doyle, founder of Rhode Island-based Institute for International Sport, which every four years hosts the World Scholar Athlete Games, a program where students world-wide gather in the state and nearby to spend a week listening to the words of some of the most prominent individuals in this country and work on problem-solving as teams, while ...

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 11:06Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 2:13AMLOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers are headed to bankruptcy court, with owner Frank McCourt hoping a Delaware judge approves his plan to stabilize the financially troubled franchise. McCourt has obtained $150 million in interim financing from a hedge fund, but it's subject to approval by...

LEGION BASEBALL: MJE splits first two games at Cooper's Cave TournamentThursday, July 7, 2011 @ 5:06AMJULY 5 AND 6 AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL ROUNDUP Morris J. Edwards Post 168 is off to a 1-1 start at the Burdell Bailey Cooper’s Cave Tournament after beating Post 197 from Westbrook, Maine, 2-1 Wednesday morning at East Side Recreation Park. Leadoff hitter Tyler Hall scored both runs for Morris J. Edwards Post and Kody Shaw pitched a complete game with five strikeouts. (ALSO: S.D. Ireland 3 ...

Roger Clemens trial starts WednesdayTuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 6:39PMAt a time when Major League Baseball would like fans to focus on the All-Star Game and tight pennant races, the game will instead be drawn into its sordid past as Roger Clemens, the most decorated pitcher in history, is tried on charges he lied about taking performance-enhancing drugs.

Tides of changeSunday, July 3, 2011 @ 12:54AMOLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine - Fran Whitten is no stranger to the great state of Maine. A 6-foot-4, 210-pound catcher...

Remembering Coach Hank RogersMonday, June 20, 2011 @ 7:31AMThey don’t put your name on the gymnasium wall unless you’ve earned it. For a quarter century, Hank Rogers was high school basketball in the town of Plymouth. For 25 years straight, each and every one of his boys basketball teams had at least a .500 record and challenged the best teams in the state. His legacy carries on to this day, as the Plymouth North basketball teams play in a gym named in ...