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Former baseball player Mo Vaughn returned to Massachusetts this week as his Omni investment group made a $44 million purchase of a Lawrence, MA, low-income property housing unit.

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Although this shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone in the world of baseball, but if this report is true, super agent Scott Boras hasn’t been returning the Red Sox phone calls concerning free agent catcher Jason Varitek per this article from Boston.com over the weekend. It was recently thought that the Red Sox and Boras had a pretty...

Mr. Big Black Dickk asked: On a tour of Florida, the Pope took a couple of days off to visit the coast for some sightseeing. He was cruising along the beach in the Pope-mobile when there was a frantic commotion just off shore. A helpless man, wearing a Boston Red Sox jersey, was struggling ...

A Washington D.C. Grand Jury will decide if there is enough evidence to indict Roger Clemens for lying to Congress during the highly publicized hearing in February 2008 that also featured his former trainer, Brian McNamee. Evidence will be presented by assistant U.S. attorney Daniel P. Butler.It is not known exactly who has been or will be subpoenaed but the list could include McNamee, Kirk

You think you hate the Red Sox? You don?t know about hate. Read this post and you?ll know That?s Tim. He was a ?life-long fan? of the Padres, but became increasingly disillusioned with the team?s direction. So he put his loyalty on the market. He sent letters to the 29 other teams, ...

While I am trying to warm up after spending much of the day in downtown Baltimore near City Hall eagerly awaiting Barack Obama's grand appearance, the Orioles and Nick Markakis may be close to a long term deal.Following the lead of Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis of the Red Sox, the ...

Larry Yes, Zduriencik is pursuing trades and talking to teams. The Yankees are [dangling] outfielders Nick Swisher and Xavier Nady, and the Mariners have chatted to see what New York wants in I’m sure any team with even the hint of an outfield need would at least inquire, so this ...

Today will welcome a historic day for America. As the 44th president of the United States is sworn in, it will mark an emotional day for a country that once embraced slavery, and now sees an African-American become president. Barak Obama is all of this, as well as fan of sports. Here’s but a handful of stories about our 44th president and baseball. MLB.com to Stream Inauguration...

Local +Desmond Trufant has decided to make the right decision and play at UW, unlike his brother Marcus Trufant, who was a Cougar. Gross. [Husky Insider] +And here is the updated schedule for Husky football, thankfully with some Bye weeks..[Seattle Times] +Long-terming King Felix [seattle pi] +Interested in Nick Swisher, Xavier Nady, or Jason Varitek? They're on the trade...