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NEWS ABOUT: Curt Schilling

Curt Schilling stories: 24 news summaries

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 Curt Schilling 
 Nixes Run for 
 Kennedy Seat 

Former Red Sox star says Mass. effort 'just did not make sense'

Sep 23, 09 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Curt Schilling won’t be jumping into the political ring after all. The Red Sox legend ruled out a run for Ted Kennedy’s senate seat last night on Joe Buck Live, saying it “just did not make sense.” Schilling, an outspoken conservative, had publicly considered running, and... More »

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Red Sox Hero Schilling Won't Nix Run for Kennedy Seat

Retired pitcher has been vocal Republican supporter in recent elections

Sep 2, 09 7:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Curt Schilling, the volubly Republican All-Star pitcher who helped the Boston Red Sox end their 86-year World Series drought, has “been contacted” about a run to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, he tells NECN. “I do have some interest in the possibility,” Schilling, 42, writes on... More »

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(AP) - Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling says he's retiring from baseball. The 42-year-old right-hander who won World Series championships with Arizona and Boston announced on his blog today that he's leaving after 23 years with "zero regrets." Schilling missed all of last season with a shoulder injury. For his... More »

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But Wait, A-Rod Wasn't Alone

Jackson, Schilling wonder why no one's divulging the other 103 steroid users from '03

Feb 9, 09 11:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Amid all the questions about Alex Rodriguez's alleged steroid use, two big ones have been overlooked: Who are the other 103 players who tested positive in 2003, and why have no other names surfaced? Yankees legend Reggie Jackson brought this up to the New York Post, and perhaps surprisingly, Boston's... More »

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OPINION

Blogging Pitcher Should Stick
to Sports

Sidelined Schilling opines on McCain, Ramirez (still!)

Sep 25, 08 7:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Curt Schilling may be headed for retirement, but that hasn't stopped the pitcher-turned-blogger from tackling politics—he's a big McCain fan—and pressing issues such as Manny Ramirez. The moonshot outfielder "had not been a member of the Red Sox for over a month" when Schilling last weighed in,... More »

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OPINION

 Curt Schilling:
 A Very Human
 Superman 

Love him or hate him, departing ace was a compelling figure

Jun 22, 08 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Plenty of fans adore Curt Schilling, plenty more harbor less admiring thoughts about him, and Kevin van Valkenburg, writing in the Baltimore Sun, feels a little bit of both. As the Red Sox pitcher faces a season-ending surgery, a look back at his career shows a gifted athlete with a... More »

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Best Baseball
Reads for
Opening Day

Slate highlights blogs, articles to kick off the season

Mar 30, 08 5:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Want to get a literary start on the baseball season? Slate sports columnist Josh Levin highlights four great reads appropriate for opening day, including outspoken Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's blog 38 Pitches, where his output hasn't slowed despite the shoulder injury keeping him off the field. Other recommendations: More »

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Rehab Mandate Has Schilling Frustrated, Resigned

Ace wanted surgery, but Sox docs ruled it out

Feb 18, 08 9:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Red Sox postseason phenom Curt Schilling is irked that he isn't able to follow the advice of his favorite surgeon, Dr. Craig Monroe, and get biceps surgery. However, he vows to go along with Boston's prescription of a cortisone shot, followed by a strengthening and conditioning regimen, reports the Boston... More »

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Sox, Injured Schilling At Odds Again

Aging ace wants shoulder operation; Boston opposed

Feb 7, 08 10:01 PM CST
(Newser) - The Boston Herald reports that Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has a major, possibly season-threatening injury. The 41-year-old, due to earn a guaranteed $8 million in 2008, wants surgery, on the advice of the surgeon who operated on him in 1995; the team, however, has other ideas. More »

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Schilling: Take Back Clemens' Cy Youngs

If Rocket doesn't clear his name, he's guilty, pitcher opines

Dec 20, 07 8:40 AM CST
(Newser) - If Roger Clemens doesn’t fight to clear his name, then he’s guilty in Curt Schilling’s book, and his post-1997 stats should be cleared from the record books. “There aren’t many options as a fan other than to believe his career 192 wins and 3 Cy... More »

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Schilling Sticks with Sox
for $8M

1-year contract for 39-year-old includes hefty $2M weight clause

Nov 6, 07 10:34 PM CST
(Newser) - The champion Red Sox locked up aging ace Curt Schilling with a one-year, $8 million contract with an additional $6 million in incentives, including $2 million if he stays below a certain weight. Schilling opined on his blog that he could net up to $15 million on the open market,... More »

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So Long? Schilling Files for Free Agency

Aging ace wants 1-year deal but price may be too steep for Boston

Oct 31, 07 9:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - On the same day that duck boats paraded the World Series champion Red Sox around Boston the team’s veteran hurler, Curt Schilling, filed for free agency. Schilling was part of two championship teams in Boston, including the club’s first in 86 years, but told a radio audience that... More »

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Schilling, Okajima Stifle Rockies

Rex Sox are halfway to title with 2-1 win

Oct 26, 07 3:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Curt Schilling got his 11th postseason win, and Jonathan Papelbon his first October save, in Boston's 2-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies last night. Hideki Okajima bagged four strikeouts in two scoreless innings of relief, and J.D. Drew continued his redemption arc, going 2-for-2 with a walk and hit-by-pitch,... More »

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Sox Shelve Wakefield for Series

41-year-old ends 17-win season due to nagging shoulder injury

Oct 23, 07 11:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the Red Sox on the brink of the World Series, knuckleballer Tim Wakefield has decided to shut it down due to worsening inflammation behind his right shoulder. Wakefield was shelled in his only playoff start, Game 4 against Cleveland, allowing five runs, and doctors warned that he might suffer... More »

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Drew Slams Sox Past Indians

Oct 21, 07 5:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Curt Schilling pitched seven strong innings last night and the Boston offense came through in a big way to launch the Red Sox over the Indians, 12-2, and force Game 7 of the ALCS, reports the Boston Herald. J.D. Drew set the tone in the first with a two-out... More »

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Jeter Goes Long, Yankees Close in on Sox

Bombers take series, inch up in AL East with 4-3 win in Boston

Sep 17, 07 3:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Boston loaded the bases in the ninth, but Yankees closer Mariano Rivera held on for the save in the Yankees' 4-3 victory. Derek Jeter, who caught the final out, had made all the difference in the previous inning, smashing Curt Schilling's last pitch into the Green Monster seats for a... More »

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Yanks Sweep Sox In The Bronx

Wang's one-hitter gives Yanks half-game lead in AL wild card race

Aug 31, 07 4:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pitcher Chien-Ming Wang's one-hit outing handed the Yankees a 5-0 win over Boston last night, the final installment of a crucial three-game sweep in the Bronx. Though the Sox busted Wang's no-hitter in the seventh, the righty blanked their All-Star lineup to give New York a half-game lead over Seattle... More »

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Millar Blast Leads Birds
Past Red Sox

Oriole sinks reeling ex-team with 3-run 10th-inning shot

Aug 13, 07 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Orioles infielder Kevin Millar handed his former squad a crushing loss last night, blasting a three-run homer in the 10th inning that lifted Baltimore over the Red Sox, 6-3. Millar's dinger gave the Birds their first series sweep of Boston in two seasons and dropped the Sox to four games... More »

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Schilling Returns From DL, Loses

Red Sox drop a strange one to the Angels, 4-2, on light-hitting infielder's solo shot

Aug 7, 07 7:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - In Curt Schilling's first start since a stint on the DL, the righty gave up four runs in six frames, including a go-ahead solo shot by the 5'8", 165-pound Maicer Izturis. It was Izturis's third home run of the year. Schilling's opposite number, Jered Weaver, yielded only Kevin Youkilis's two-run... More »

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'Midget-Man' Costas Unfazed by Bonds' Dig

Broadcaster takes it
on the chin after
steroid program

Jul 27, 07 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Broadcaster Bob Costas insists he's not insulted that slugger Barry Bonds called him "a little midget man who knows [nothing] about baseball," AP reports. The dig came after an installment of HBO's "Costas Now," in which the broadcaster weighed in on Bonds' reputed steroid use. "... More »

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