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A back injury reduced Josh Beckett from ace to joker last year, so when the right-hander was scratched from a start this week, his health again became a concern for the Boston Red Sox. It’s looking like a minor setback, though.
It was feared a U.S. Open without Tiger Woods might lack star power and wagering appeal, that one of the elite events on the golf calendar could turn into a major disappointment.
It was just a little more than a year ago, on June 5, 2010, that a group of 426 knitters, crocheters, cross-stitchers and needlepointers set a Guinness world record by doing those things continuously during a New York Mets game at Citi Field under the watchful eye of Deborah Norville. Now you know what one does after being replaced on “The Today Show” by Joe Garagiola or someone.
In the beginning, when LeBron James announced “The Decision” and relegated all other teams to pretenders for the NBA title, many feared the season would end with a celebration in Miami. And sure enough, we witnessed it Sunday.