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By PETE CONNELL
Major League baseball in the Nation's Capital is played in a $611 million concrete, metal and glass testament to wealth and extravagance that opened this season to near-SRO crowds, few of whom had anything to do with either its construction or its cost.
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By JOE RAYMOND
My national championship hopes were dashed this weekend in Springfield, Mass. What national championship you ask? It's the United States Tennis Association (USTA) 4.5 men's tennis championship.
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By Paul 'Duke' Dubois
There we were, sitting just a few rows up from the Toronto Blue Jays dugout on Friday night and Saturday in Toronto's famed Rogers Centre during this year's Valley Breeze baseball trip that took us to Niagara Falls and then to Toronto.
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LINCOLN - The 17th annual Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament will be held on Monday, Sept. 15 at the Metacomet Country Club in East Providence. continue
Grumpy's Restaurant of Bellingham, a member of the Woonsocket Independent Softball League, recently captured the championship in the annual Rhode Island ASA Class E tournament. continue
PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Interscholastic League, the state's high school athletic association, is accepting nominations for inclusion into its Athletic Hall fo Fame. continue
WOONSOCKET - The best way to hold onto first place is to beat the team that's closest to you in the standings, and that's what LaRoche Dental did last week, dumping Fontaine Realty, 12-7, to increase its lead in the league standings to three full games. continue
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The only two weeks remaining in the regular season, things are winding down in the Rhode Island Senior Softball League, but still only one division race has been settled. continue
NORTH PROVIDENCE - The North Providence Youth Basketball Association has announced registration dates for the coming season. continue
NORTH PROVIDENCE - Registration for the North Providence Pool & Fitness Center's Learn to Swim program will be held on Saturday, Sept. 6 at 8:30 a.m. at the center. continue
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PAWTUCKET - North Providence resident Sean Young took home the state title for pitching in the 7-8-year-old division of the 12th annual Pitch, Hit & Run competition recently at McCoy Stadium. continue
NORTH PROVIDENCE - Swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated U.S. Olympian in history, and Rhode Island's own Elizabeth Beisel, who earned her way onto the U.S. Olympic team as a 15-year-old this year, both got their initial training at local swimming pools with local teams. continue
WOONSOCKET - The best way to hold onto first place is to beat the team that's closest to you in the standings, and that's what LaRoche Dental did last week, dumping Fontaine Realty, 12-7, to increase its lead in the league standings to three full games. continue
