The New England Patriots have signed cornerback Asante Samuel. Samuel was designated as the club’s franchise player on Feb. 16, 2007. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Additionally, the Patriots placed three players on the reserve/physically unable to perform list - wide receiver Troy Brown, wide receiver Chad Jackson and cornerback Eddie Jackson - and also placed rookie cornerback Mike Richardson on the reserve/injured list. Richardson will miss the 2007 season with a hand injury. New England also released rookie offensive lineman Chris Patrick. New England is in compliance with the NFL’s 75-man roster limit, which took effect at 4:00 p.m. EDT today. The Patriots have been granted a roster exemption for Samuel.

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There was a time when Johnny Damon putting a baseball over the wall in right field at Yankee Stadium would be cause for joy in Red Sox Nation, never more than when the erstwhile caveman went deep twice in Game 7 of the 2004 American League Championship Series.But these are different times, and Damon stung his former team on Tuesday night by belting a two-run homer off Daisuke Matsuzaka that helped lift the Yankees to a 5-3 victory over the Red Sox.

Damon’s blast came in the bottom of the seventh, just moments after Jason Varitek tied the game for Boston in the top of the inning by placing one just over the outstretched glove of Damon and into the left-field stands.

The Red Sox then got their initiation to young Yankees setup man Joba Chamberlain, who registers triple digits on the radar gun at times. The fireballer worked around a hit and a walk and struck out two, setting up last call for Mariano Rivera.

The venerable closer put the Red Sox away with a 1-2-3 ninth, punching out two.

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Coco Crisp singled in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth three batters after Mike Lowell had tied the game with a homer, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2-1 on Tuesday night. Eric Gagne (3-0) struggled in his two previous outings but he struck out the side in the ninth for his first win since being traded by Texas on July 31.The dramatic rally finished a game dominated by strong performances by two 23-year-old left-handers, Jon Lester and Scott Kazmir.

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