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WHAT’S HAPPENING LOCALLY FRIDAY:
MLB: Orioles at Red Sox, 7:10 p.m. (NESN; WEEI)

SATURDAY:
MLB: Orioles at Red Sox, 7:10 p.m. (NESN; WEEI)

SUNDAY:
MLB: Orioles at Red Sox, 1:35 p.m. (NESN; WEEI)

AROUND THE WEB:

♦ George Kimball, a Boston Herald sports columnist and boxing writer from 1980-2005, died Wednesday night at 67 after a six-year battle with cancer. Kimball was diagnosed in 2005, four months after retiring from the Herald. Kimball authored and edited several books about boxing, and he continued to contribute boxing articles to the Herald after his retirement. In the Herald, Michael Gee writes an appreciation of his former colleague.

♦ A firefighter attending Thursday’s Rangers game with his young son died after falling over an outfield railing while catching a ball tossed to him by outfielder Josh Hamilton. At Yahoo! Sports, Jeff Passan writes about the tragedy and how it hits home for him.

♦ The Royals are planning a tribute to the Negro Leagues and the legendary Buck O’Neil Saturday, but they decided not to wear replica uniforms, reportedly because they cost too much (between $15,000 and $20,000). In The Kansas City Star, Sam Mellinger blasts the organization for being cheap and “out of touch.”

♦ Former Bruins assistant coach Craig Ramsay, who was head coach of the Thrashers last season, complained to the Winnipeg Sun that the team’s new owners left him and his staff in limbo for weeks after buying the team and moving it to Winnipeg. Ramsay eventually took a job as an assistant with the Panthers after the Jets hired Claude Noel as their new head coach.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On July 8, 1994, which Red Sox infielder turned an unassisted play against the Mariners?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Well, he wasn’t like they are today. He could raise some hell,. Great manager. He really knew what he was doing.” — Don Zimmer on former Red Sox manager Dick Williams, who died Thursday at the age of 82

STAT OF THE DAY: 40 — Runs allowed by the Orioles during their four-game losing streak, including 10 in Thursday night’s loss to the Red Sox

‘NET RESULTS: Here’s an original dunk, as the dunker jumps off the wall before slamming it home.

A 7-year-old English soccer player reportedly caught the attention of scouts from the Spanish club Barcelona and was asked to try out.

TRIVIA ANSWER: John Valentin

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Joan Osborne is 49 Friday.

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