Curt Schilling News

If I had to bet, I'd say least half of those reading this can immediately name where that image of Fred McGriff is from.

Thought for the weekend: I hate that people forget tomorrow isn't supposed to be about the unofficial start to summer or the third day of yet another long three-day weekend.

Maybe it's an inevitability that comes with being the owner of a fantasy team. But this week, I wanted to pull a Curt Schilling and just tell my whole team to go home.

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Dillon Gee struck out a career-high nine, won consecutive starts for the first time in nearly a year, and doubled and scored the go-ahead run Friday night to lead the New York Mets over the San Diego Padres 6-1. Getting help from a fine catch and throw from left fielder Mike Baxter that led to an inning-ending double play in the first, Gee allowed ... (more)

A Rhode Island lawyer with deep connections at the State House is at the center of the state's deal with 38 Studios.

The Steinbrenners and Yankees brass issued quick denials Thursday in response to a New York Daily News report that the family "is exploring the possibility of selling the Yankees." "We have not told anyone or indicated to anyone that it's for sale," team president Randy Levine said.

Good news, Red Sox fans: I found Curt Schilling's famous bloody sock from the 2004 ALDS Former pitcher, Curt Schilling, will be enshrined in the memories of Red Sox fans for his bloody-sock-related wins in 2004.

It used to be that a baseball team was only as good as its farm system, but it also used to be that if you wanted to buy a ticket for a plane trip, you called an airline and talked to a human being, not a human-being impersonator.

An East Texas woman acquitted by reason of insanity in the 2003 stonings of her three children, two of them fatal, has been released from a state mental hospital.

Rookie catcher Devin Mesoraco capped a series full of homers with his first career grand slam on Thursday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves.

Alex Cobb, who will be rooted on by his older brother, R.J., a captain in the U.S. Army, has impressed during his Rays stints.

Curt Schilling was questioned by members of the media as he left the headquarters of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation Monday.

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, center, is followed by members of the media as he departs the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation headquarters in Providence, R.I., Monday, By ERIKA NIEDOWSKI PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's faltering video game company has laid off its entire staff.

BRISTOL-WARREN, R.I. - There's reportedly more trouble for Medfield resident Curt Schilling and the state of Rhode Island amidst the financial difficulties of the former Red Sox pitcher's video game company, 38 Studios.

Welcome back to our weekly survey of hot pol-on-pol action in the various states where, as we all know, the real work of governmentin' takes place and where the voice of the people is most clearly heard... speaking in tongues, shouting inchoate appeals to the Goat God, and howling at the moon.

From a business point of view, the Red Sox have handled it right. They have been going year-to-year with David Ortiz, which, given the DH market and the fact that he is now 36, is the right thing to do.

The jury in the Roger Clemens' perjury trial did not sit on Tuesday, but Judge Reggie Walton and the lawyers for both sides conferred on Walton's unusual practice of allowing jurors to put questions directly to government witness Brian McNamee.

The state of Rhode Island is having trouble collecting some of the millions it lent former pitcher Curt Schilling, another reminder why chasing celebrity is almost always a bad thing.

Negotiators for the state of Rhode Island never quite get it right. Whether it was subsidies for the Providence Place mall or the Twin River slot palace, the owners walked away with millions of dollars upon the transfer of the entity, while the state ended up without any proprietary interest.