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It’s game day for the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team as they’ll take on the San Diego State Aztecs in the Sweet 16 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. The game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and will be nationally-televised on CBS. The game is also available online at March Madness on Demand. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the WTIC/UConn Radio Network.

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Tale of the Tape: Calhoun-Fisher [David Borges – New Haven Register]

Bowling (and Raining) in Anaheim [David Borges – New Haven Register]

Greetings from Anaheim [Ed Daigneault – The Republican-American]

Pre-Sweet 16 notes, video [Gavin Keefe – The Day]

UConn Basketball/Bowling Team [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

UConn’s Jim Calhoun gives a snapshot of Jeremy Lamb [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

Jim Calhoun On Joy And Expectations [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

Jim Calhoun And Steve Fisher [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

Talking About Practice [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

UConn, San Diego State getting Sweet [Neill Ostrout – CT Post]

UConn gets ready for San Diego State [UConn Huskies Basketball]

UConn Set For Sweet 16 Showdown With San Diego State [UConnHuskies.com]

Calhoun doesn’t believe UConn will be too bothered by “neutral” court [CT Post]

UConn men’s notebook: Calhoun, Fisher meet for first time [CT Post]

UConn Looking Forward To Being ‘Away’ Team [Hartford Courant]

A Season Of Ups And Downs For UConn Men’s Basketball Team [Hartford Courant]

NCAA Sweet 16: UConn Men Vs. San Diego State: Breaking It Down [Hartford Courant]

A Coaching Contrast Between Calhoun And Fisher [Hartford Courant]

Jeremy Lamb’s father eliminated Jim Calhoun and Northeastern from NCAA tournament in 1984 [New Haven Register]

Jim Calhoun, Steve Fisher to face off for first time [New Haven Register]

Huskies have another ‘road’ game in NCAA tournament [New Haven Register]

UConn has eyes on big prize [The Day]

UConn notes: Huskies brace for hostile crowd [The Day]

UConn’s Walker adds to his value with leadership [Washington Times]

Anaheim welcomes top teams [Whittier Daily News]

Solo acts grab stage, make great memories [San Francisco Chronicle]

Former Norcross Player Leads UConn to Sweet 16 [Norcross Patch]

UConn violations tainting legacy of tough-guy coach [San Diego Union Tribune]

What to watch for: SDSU vs. UConn [San Diego Union Tribune]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Not a perfect exit [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

Taya Reimer Gets Scholarship Offer From UConn [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

The Wait Continues For Those On the Outside [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

An Offer Has Been Made, No Decision Coming From Reimer [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Hayes and Moore Named Finalists for WBCA State Farm All-America Team [UConnHuskies.com]

Hayes’ offense welcomed on slow scoring night by UConn [CT Post]

UConn Women Have Already Beaten Three Teams In Their Regional [Hartford Courant]

UConn Coaching Staff Upset About Small Crowd At Gampel For Women’s Game [Hartford Courant]

UConn’s NCAA Tournament Attendance [Hartford Courant]

First Final Four team 20 years ago paved the way [New Haven Register]

Hayes proves to be a valuable weapon [Norwich Bulletin]

Big East might be in a league of its own [The Day]

UConn Football links

Looking at Big East NFL draft hopefuls [Brian Bennett – ESPN.com]

Cersosimo & Difton Talk, More From Coach P And A Reminder [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Video View: Scenes And Interviews From Pro Day [Shawn Courchesne – Hartford Courant]

UConn Pro Day numbers [Joe Perez – Norwich Bulletin]

UConn Football Players Strut Their Stuff At Pro Day [Hartford Courant]

NFL Film Crew Focuses On Todman At UConn Pro Day [Hartford Courant]

Lawrence Wilson runs up NFL Draft boards off of Pro Day performance [New Haven Register]

Huskies tune up for Draft Day [Norwich Bulletin]

Huskies chase the NFL dream [The Day]

Other UConn related links

Softball. Wednesday and Thursday Softball Contests Postponed [UConnHuskies.com]

Baseball. Wednesday’s Baseball Game at Yale Postponed [UConnHuskies.com]

W. Lacrosse. UConn Travels To Canisius And St. Bonaventure [UConnHuskies.com]

MLB announced today the sales of the most popular player jerseys in 2010.  Long time New York Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter had the best selling jersey by Majestic the official uniform supplier for MLB.  After the Yankee captain 2^nd on the list was Minnesota Twins All-Star catcher former AL MVP Joe Mauer who was followed by three Philadelphia Phillies; Cy Young winner pitcher Roy Halladay, All-Star 2B Chase Utley and former Cy Young winner pitcher Cliff Lee.  Lee’s sales figures not only are for his Philadelphia jerseys but for his Seattle and Texas jerseys all combined.

Sixth of the list was the SOX & Dawgs choice for Player of the Decade (2000-09) St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols, a three time NL MVP.  Also in the top 10 were Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia, was 8^th, and in the Top 20 was his teammate Jacoby Ellsbury, who was 16th.

The ironic thing about Pedroia, a former ROY and AL MVP, and Ellsbury is that both spent considerable time on the disabled list in 2010 but fans still came out and bought their jerseys.

Pedroia says “It’s cool when we’re playing at home at Fenway it’s fun, because it seems like everybody in the whole stadium is in one of our jerseys, and we all kind of look up there and see who it is.  It just makes it fun.”

Ellsbury, who used to don a Ken Griffey Jr. #24 growing up said it was meaningful to be on the list after his injury riddled 2010 season.

“It goes to show I’m blessed to have these great fans that go to the game and support me.  It’s exciting.”

Others in the Top 10 were AL MVP Josh Hamilton, New York’s Alex Rodriguez and San Francisco ace Tim Lincecum.

In the second half of the Top 20 were: Yankee first baseman Mark Teixeira; Braves OF Jason Heyward; Washington phenom Stephen Strasburg; Brewers OF Ryan Braun; former AL MVP Twins first baseman Justin Morneau; Texas second baseman Ian Kinsler; Philadelphia 1B Ryan Howard; Giants catcher Buster Posey and Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria.

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Hayes steps up [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

Geno addresses small turnout at Gampel [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

Leave it to Geno [Joe Perez – Norwich Bulletin]

The Defense Never Rests At UConn [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Small Crowd Irks Auriemma [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Notes From The Huskies NCAA Win Over Purdue [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Miss Maya Hears Her Name [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Huskies Prepared For What’s Coming Next In NCAAs [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Getting Caught Up With Ketia Swanier [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Auriemma Not Happy With Poor Crowd [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Video View: Postgame Following The Victory Over Purdue [Shawn Courchesne – Hartford Courant]

Travel Packages Available For Women’s Sweet 16 [UConnHuskies.com]

UConn closes Gampel chapter with a rout [CT Post]

UConn women’s notebook: Second round unites Faris, Purdue [CT Post]

Dixon elevates tempo for UConn in her Gampel finale [CT Post]

UConn Women Reach Sweet 16, Rout Purdue, 64-40 [Hartford Courant]

Defense Dogs Purdue As UConn Rolls [Hartford Courant]

Auriemma Disappointed In Turnout [Hartford Courant]

UConn Notebook Extras … [Hartford Courant]

Bittersweet 16: Huskies advance in Maya Moore’s final home game [New Haven Register]

VIDEO: UConn coach Geno Auriemma blames low attendance on ‘spoiled’ fans [New Haven Register]

UCONN WOMEN NOTEBOOK: Kelly Faris once had eyes for Purdue [New Haven Register]

Moore, Dixon enjoy farewell party [Norwich Bulletin]

UConn Women’s Basketball Notebook: Familiar faces await in regional [Norwich Bulletin]

Moore, Dixon finish 81-0 at home over their four seasons [The Day]

There’s Moore on the way for UConn [The Day]

UConn road possibly full of Big East foes [Mechelle Voepel – ESPN.com]

No. 8 seed Boilermakers fall to top-seeded UConn Huskies [The Purdue Exponent]

Hayes an army of one for Huskies [The Hour]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

White on Walker? [David Borges – New Haven Register]

SDSU talks UConn, NCAA tournament, etc. [Gavin Keefe – The Day]

California dreaming [Neill Ostrout – CT Post]

Napier interviews Oriakhi [UConn Huskies Basketball]

Kemba Walker Named Sporting News All-American [UConnHuskies.com]

SNY Presents “UConn Huskies: Five Days of Victory” [UConnHuskies.com]

UConn men’s basketball: Breaking down the West Regional [CT Post]

Bowling No Slam Dunk For UConn Men’s Basketball Team [Hartford Courant]

Inspired By Walker, Calhoun’s Freshmen Have Grown Up Fast [Hartford Courant]

Kemba’s Freshmen Friends [Hartford Courant]

Huskies happy to follow Walker’s lead [The Day]

Walker a winner in NCAA tournament [The Daily Evergreen]

Sweet 16 Preview: UConn Road Struggles Could Help San Diego State [SBNation Boston]

Calhoun finds solace in Walker-led UConn [NY Post]

UConn Football links

Big East mailbag [Brian Bennett – ESPN.com]

Spring Practice No. 4 Notes [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

New Coordinator Making UConn Defense More Aggressive [Hartford Courant]

Other UConn related links

Baseball Battles to 2-2 Tie with Holy Cross [UConnHuskies.com]

Before enjoying their only day off of spring training on Wednesday, the Boston Red Sox will play host to the Tampa Bay Rays at City Palms Park in Ft. Myers. Tonight’s game will be available to listen to on WEEI-850 AM in Boston, on your MLB At-Bat app or if you have MLB.tv (radio).

Here are tonight’s lineups:

1. Ben Zobrist	1B	1. Jacoby Ellsbury	CF
2. Matthew Joyce	RF	2. Dustin Pedroia	2B
3. Evan Longoria	3B	3. Carl Crawford	LF
4. Manny Ramirez	LF	4. Kevin Youkilis	3B
5. Dan Johnson	DH	5. Adrian Gonzalez	1B
6. B.J. Upton	CF	6. David Ortiz	DH
7. Reid Brignac	SS	7. J.D. Drew	RF
8. Sean Rodriguez	2B	8. Jason Varitek	C
9. Jose Lobaton	C	9. Marco Scutaro	2B
David Price	SP	John Lackey	SP

Also scheduled to pitch for the Red Sox: RHP Bobby Jenks, LHP Dennys Reyes, LHP Randy Williams, RHP Brandon Duckworth.

Also scheduled to pitch for the Rays: LHP Cesar Cabral, LHP R.J. Swindle, RHP Cory Wade.

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It’s game day for the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team as they’ll take on the Purdue Boilermakers in the second round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, CT. The game is scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m. and will be nationally-televised on ESPN. The game will also be available online at ESPN3.com. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the WTIC/UConn Radio Network.

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Maya on verge of another record [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

Johnson hoping to contribute [Joe Perez – Norwich Bulletin]

Huskies Seniors Chasing History [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Notes From Monday’s UConn Women Practice [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Purdue Coach Sharon Versyp On Drey Mingo’s Illness [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Maya Moore On Saying Goodbye To Gampel Pavilion [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Urging UConn Fans To Show Drey Mingo Their Admiration [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

Purdue’s inspiration [Lee Lewis – The Republican-American]

Philly Regional Tidbits From Gampel [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Mingo A Great Inspiration For Purdue [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Moore, Dixon Looking For A Perfect Ending At Home [Rich Elliott – CT Post]

Comebacks like Mingo’s are what the NCAA tournament is all about [Vickie Fulkerson – The Day]

Preparing for Round Two [UConnHuskies.com]

Maya, UConn want perfect ending to home career [CT Post]

Purdue’s Mingo overcomes life-threatening illness [CT Post]

UConn women’s notebook: Hartley, Dolson cool in NCAA debuts [CT Post]

Moore, Dixon Playing Last Game At Gampel [Hartford Courant]

Purdue’s Drey Mingo Has Already Won [Hartford Courant]

Seniors Maya Moore, Lorin Dixon look to improve to 81-0 at home [New Haven Register]

A reunion of sorts for Boilermakers Antionette Howard and Courtney Moses [New Haven Register]

Purdue star fought for her life, now she’s fighting UConn [Norwich Bulletin]

Women’s Basketball Notebook: Freshman breaks out in tournament opener [Norwich Bulletin]

One more from Gampel for Maya [The Day]

Notebook: Emotional season for Purdue [The Day]

A WIN SURE WOULD BE SWEET [The Daily Campus]

Moore or less, she’s been the best [The Hour]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Good news for UConn fans [Gavin Keefe – The Day]

Rockets Send Hasheem Thabeet Down To The D-League [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

UConn versus San Diego State preview [UConn Huskies Basketball]

UConn Highlights 2011: From Maui to Manhattan [UConn Huskies Basketball]

Walker Announced As Finalist For Naismith Award [UConnHuskies.com]

NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Game Tickets/Travel Update [UConnHuskies.com]

Walker elevates game and UConn [CT Post]

Huskies plenty wary of San Diego State [The Day]

UConn star’s grandmother caught up in NCAA madness [Fayetteville Observer]

UConn Football links

Spring superlatives: Connecticut [Brian Bennett – ESPN.com]

The Big East’s best: No. 1 Jordan Todman [Brian Bennett – ESPN.com]

DC answered a plethora of questions in his mailbag [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

FWG Interview: Anthony Sherman [The Fat White Guy]

Pasqualoni Has A Lot Of QBs To Look At [Hartford Courant]

Other UConn related links

Baseball. No. 19 Huskies Down No. 20 College of Charleston 3-1 [UConnHuskies.com]

Baseball. No. 19 UConn Baseball Falls to Southern Miss 6-3 [UConnHuskies.com]

W. Lacrosse. UConn Falls To Rutgers, 10-9 In BIG EAST Opener [UConnHuskies.com]

Softball. Softball Drops Games To Hofstra, Columbia [UConnHuskies.com]

Softball. Saveriano Throws Shutout Against Columbia [UConnHuskies.com]

Tough weekend for the Boston Red Sox as they fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday afternoon and then got beat up on Sunday by the St. Louis Cardinals.  Errors lead to Josh Beckett getting roughed up in the loss to the Pirates while Andrew Miller got lit up in yesterday’s loss to the Cardinals.

Daisuke Matsuzaka started for the Red Sox against the Cardinals and was solid. He was charged with two runs in 5 2/3 innings. Both of those runs came in when Miller allowed six runs plus the inherited runners from Matsuzaka to score.

Today, the Red Sox head north to Clearwater, FL to take on the Philadelphia Phillies. The game is scheduled to start at 1:05 p.m. and will be nationally-televised on ESPN.

Here are the lineups for today’s game:

1. Jacoby Ellsbury	CF	1. Shane Victorino	CF
2. Dustin Pedroia	2B	2. Michael Martinez	2B
3. David Ortiz	DH	3. Jimmy Rollins	SS
4. Jarrod Saltalamacchia	C	4. Ryan Howard	1B
5. Mike Cameron	RF	5. Raul Ibanez	LF
6. Jed Lowrie	SS	6. Ben Francisco	RF
7. Darnell McDonald	LF	7. Josh Barfield	3B
8. Drew Sutton	1B	8. Brian Schneider	C
9. Nate Spears	3B	9. Roy Halladay	P
Jon Lester	SP	Roy Halladay	SP

Also scheduled to pitch for the Red Sox: RHP Dan Wheeler, RHP Matt Albers , RHP Michael Bowden.

Also scheduled to pitch for the Phillies: LHP J.C. Romero, RHP Ryan Madson, RHP David Herndon, RHP Scott Mathieson.

For more slices of Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, CSNNE,  ESPN Boston, NESN, Providence Journal and WEEI websites.

The Boston Red Sox made another round of roster moves on Sunday morning as outfielder Daniel Nava and catcher Mark Wagner were optioned to the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox. Reliever Matt Fox was also reassigned to minor league camp.

Nava had a rough spring training at the plate as he hit .205 with no home runs and three RBIs in 19 games. Wagner appeared in just nine games and hit .167 with one home run and two RBIs.

Fox made five appearances during spring training and had no record with a 2.57 ERA and one save. He allowed seven hits in seven innings with nine strikeouts and five walks.

Tough day for the Boston Red Sox on Friday as both of the split-squads lost in their respective games.

One squad was in Ft. Myers on Friday afternoon hosting the Detroit Tigers and they came away 8-3 losers. The other squad headed north to Port Charlotte on Friday night and they came away 7-3 losers.

Today, the Red Sox head north once again, this time to Bradenton to take on the Pittsburgh Pirates. The game starts at 1:05 p.m. and will be televised on NESN in the Red Sox television market.

Here are the lineups for today’s game:

1. Marco Scutaro	SS	1. Jose Tabata	CF
2. Dustin Pedroia	2B	2. Neil Walker	2B
3. Jarrod Saltalamacchia	C	3. Andrew McCutchen	CF
4. Kevin Youkilis	3B	4. Lyle Overbay	1B
5. Mike Cameron	DH	5. Pedro Alvarez	3B
6. Darnell McDonald	CF	6. Matt Diaz	RF
7. Daniel Nava	LF	7. Ronny Cedeno	SS
8. Josh Reddick	RF	8. Dusty Brown	C
9. Nate Spears	1B	9. Kevin Correia	P
Josh Beckett	SP	Kevin Correia	SP

Also scheduled to pitch for the Red Sox: RHP Alfredo Aceves, RHP Dan Wheeler.

Also scheduled to pitch for the Pirates: RHP Joel Hanrahan, LHP Joe Beimel, LHP Justin Thomas.

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Wakefield shrugs off rough start [Boston Globe]

Red Sox left with a decision [Boston Globe]

Rebuilding Ryan [Boston Globe]

Red Sox need Tim Wakefield as 6th starter [Boston Herald]

Felix Doubront takes to hill [Boston Herald]

Travel adventures with Tito [Clubhouse Insider]

Francona: Red Sox facing ‘tough’ decisions [CSNNE.com]

Buchholz struggles . . . but says it’s not a bad thing [CSNNE.com]

Sources: Wakefield’s roster spot is safe [CSNNE.com]

FanGraphs: An optimized Red Sox lineup? [ESPN Boston]

Beckett to try to ramp up to 90-plus pitches [ESPN Boston]

No pressure off David Ortiz [ESPN Boston]

Video: Story lines from Fort Myers [Extra Bases]

World Series Game 1 preview on Monday? [Extra Bases]

Gonzalez getting some extra work in [Extra Bases]

The price the Jays paid for John Farrell [Extra Bases]

Could Kevin Youkilis be on the verge of making Gold Glove history? [Full Count]

Clay Buchholz to Work Through ‘Dead Phase,’ Expects to Bounce Back Before Regular Season [NESN.com]

Red Sox Kid Nation Captain Jasper Goodman Fits Right in Among Players and Coaches at Spring Training [NESN.com]

As Red Sox Lay Out Rotation, Several AL East Teams Still Trying to Figure Theirs Out [NESN.com]

Teaching proves learning lesson for Chili Davis [Providence Journal]

Red Sox Journal: Okajima appears Fenway-bound [Providence Journal]

More roster cuts looming next week [RedSox.com]

Left-handed relief still question mark for Boston [RedSox.com]

Doubront resumes pitching program [RedSox.com]

Pedroia homers, but errors plague Red Sox [RedSox.com]

Mechanical glitches haunt Buchholz vs. Detroit [RedSox.com]

Wakefield serves up four homers in loss [RedSox.com]

Wakefield trying to earn spot on roster [RedSox.com]

Why you shouldn’t underestimate the value of Tim Wakefield to the Red Sox [Rob Bradford – WEEI.com]

2011 SoxProspects Pre-Season All-Stars [SoxProspects.com]

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It’s game day for the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team as they’ll face Big East foe the Cincinnati Bearcats in the third round of the NCAA Tournament. The game is scheduled to begin at approximately 9:40 p.m. and will be nationally-televised on TBS. You can also catch the game online at NCAA March Madness On Demand. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the WTIC/UConn Radio Network.

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UConn Men’s Basketball links

Cronin-gate Put to Rest? [David Borges – New Haven Register]

‘Horrible’ Oriakhi, Kemba on Video [David Borges – New Haven Register]

UConn-Cincinnati, the preamble [Ed Daigneault – The Republican-American]

News and video from UConn’s press conference [Gavin Keefe – The Day]

At least they didn’t make Bison do this … [Lee Lewis – The Republican-American]

UConn-Cincinnati: Looking Back And Looking Ahead [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

Kemba Walker Enjoying The Ride [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

Calhoun-Cronin … Buddies [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

Jim Calhoun On Kemba Walker’s Mindset [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

Q & A with Kemba Walker, Alex Oriakhi and Jeremy Lamb [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

Jim Calhoun On Respecting UConn Players Other Than Kemba Walker [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

UConn gets ready for familiar foe [Neill Ostrout – CT Post]

T-Shirt Produced In Honor Of Historic Championship [UConnHuskies.com]

Calhoun, Cronin mend fences over Walker snub [CT Post]

UConn men’s notebook: Kemba could have been a Bearcat [CT Post]

Back To The Big East As UConn Plays Cincinnati [Hartford Courant]

Kemba Making Most Of His Final Games At UConn [Hartford Courant]

Oriakhi a key against Cincinnati [New Haven Register]

Calhoun, Cronin speak, clear air on Walker issue [New Haven Register]

One Big East rep will head West [The Day]

Huskies’ Oriakhi a key player this time around [The Day]

2011 NCAA Bearcats-Huskies [Dana O’Neil – ESPN.com]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Purdue’s Howard remembers Maya Moore well [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

President Obama Picks Huskies to Win Third-Straight National Title [UConnHuskies.com]

Hartford First Obstacle In UConn Women’s Path [Hartford Courant]

Buck hopes to join UConn for NCAA tournament [Norwich Bulletin]

The Next Lisa Leslie [FOXSportsWest.com]

Stanford out to show its game is not soft [San Jose Mercury News]

Other UConn related links

Baseball. Huskies Fall to Rhode Island 18-3 [UConnHuskies.com]

M. Ice Hockey. Huskies Fall To RIT In AHA Semifinal, 4-2 [UConnHuskies.com]

Despite the struggles of Jonathan Papelbon on Thursday, the Boston Red Sox held on to beat the New York Mets 8-5. Today, they will split their squad and take on the Detroit Tigers at City of Palms Park at 1:05 p.m.. The other squad will head to Port Charlotte tonight to take on the Tampa Bay Rays at 7:05 p.m.

Here are today’s lineups for the game against the Tigers:

1. Austin Jackson	CF	1. Marco Scutaro	SS
2. Will Rhymes	2B	2. Dustin Pedroia	2B
3. Clete Thomas	RF	3. Adrian Gonzalez	1B
4. Brennan Boesch	LF	4. Kevin Youkilis	3B
5. Ryan Raburn	DH	5. David Ortiz	DH
6. Jhonny Peralta	SS	6. Jason Varitek	C
7. Don Kelly	3B	7. Mike Cameron	RF
8. Alex Avila	C	8. Ryan Kalish	CF
9. Scott Thorman	1B	9. Darnell McDonald	LF
Max Scherzer	SP	Clay Buchholz	SP

Also scheduled to pitch for the Red Sox: LHP Dennys Reyes, LHP Hideki Okajima, RHP Michael Bowden.

Also scheduled to pitch for the Tigers: RHP Robbie Weinhardt, RHP Alberto Alburquerque, LHP Brad Thomas, LHP Fu-Te Ni.

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Here is the lineup the Red Sox will send to Port Charlotte tonight (I’ll have complete lineups in a later post):

1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Carl Crawford, LF
3. J.D. Drew, RF
4. Jed Lowrie, SS
5. Daniel Nava, DH
6. Yamaico Navarro, 3B
7. Nate Spears, 2B
8. Drew Sutton, 1B
9. Mark Wagner, C
Tim Wakefield, SP

Also scheduled to pitch for the Red Sox: RHP Matt Fox, RHP Matt Albers, LHP Randy Williams.

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Papelbon is still closing in [Boston Globe]

On second thought, Francona taps Lackey [Boston Globe]

John Lackey gets No. 2 start after Jon Lester [Boston Herald]

Red Sox rock the vote [Boston Herald]

Survey says [Boston Herald]

Tough decisions ahead on bullpen spots [ESPN Boston]

Tito: No plans to match catchers, pitchers [ESPN Boston]

Morning notes from Red Sox camp [Extra Bases]

Predict the season series contest [Extra Bases]

Wakefield among ‘interesting’ bullpen decisions for Red Sox? [Extra Bases]

Encouraging step forward for Doubront [Extra Bases]

Why Jarrod Saltalamacchia has entered the world of Twitter [Full Count]

‘Interesting decisions’ to make on Tim Wakefield and the Red Sox bullpen [Full Count]

Terry Francona Says Newly Crafted Rotation Gives Red Sox Opportunity to ‘Win More Games’ [NESN.com]

Jerry Remy Proves He’s No Cyber Expert While Appearing in Heidi Watney’s Video Diary [NESN.com]

Red Sox’ Bullpen in Infinitely Better Shape Than Last Year’s, But Terry Francona Facing ‘Tough Decisions’ [NESN.com]

A platoon behind the plate? [Projo Sox Blog]

Any room for Wakefield? [Projo Sox Blog]

To Francona, it’s spring training, not spring tryouts [Projo Sox Blog]

Red Sox Journal: Boston trims roster, Iglesias, Anderson heading to PawSox [Projo Sox Blog]

Beckett and Papelbon now float in uncertainty [Tony Massarotti – Boston Globe]

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