Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams as well as some of the other sports. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis. As always, links can be found by clicking on the read more button below.

Thank you for stopping and by making SOX & Dawgs your home for UConn Huskies news.

Since we were away for the weekend and the links were light over that time, I’ll pass those along as well.

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UConn Football links

Case closed [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

DC was busy answering questions in his mailbag [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]

Big East mailbag [ESPN.com – Big East Blog]

Easley bracing himself for beginning of pro football career [CT Post]

Hartford Colonials making strong push to establish fan base [Middletown Press]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

Mosqueda-Lewis, Williams lead U.S. to gold [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]

WNBA Rookie Award Has 1 Candidate: Charles [Hartford Courant]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Nifty Fifty [David Borges – New Haven Register]

Jonathan Mandeldove [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]

Korea loves Gavin Edwards [The UConn Blog]

Mo Harkless update… [The UConn Blog]

Top Five Reasons Why UConn Could Be Better [UConn Huskies Basketball]

Ex-UConn Men’s Basketball Star Emeka Okafor Honored By Chamber [Hartford Courant]

UConn Coach Jim Calhoun On A Variety Of Topics [Hartford Courant]

UConn’s Jim Calhoun Defends College Sports At Emeka Okafor Ceremony [Hartford Courant]

Other UConn related links

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Boston Red Sox @ Seattle Mariners 4:10 p.m Safeco Field SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka vs Doug Fister TV: NESN, MLB.tv Radio: Red Sox Radio Network

Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 7/25 [SOX & Dawgs]

This afternoon, the Boston Red Sox will look to avoid a split in the finale of a four-game set against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field.

This afternoon’s game will start at 4:10 p.m. and will be shown on NESN in the Red Sox television market. The game can be seen in the Mariners television market on Fox Sports Northwest. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network.

Daisuke Matsuzaka looks to string another good start together for Terry Francona and the Red Sox. In his 13 starts in 2010, he is 7-3 with a 4.29 ERA. He has made six career starts against the Mariners and is 2-1 with a 3.99 ERA. Matuzaka has had good success at Safeco Field in four starts as he is 2-0 with a 2.39 ERA.

Doug Fister will make his 16th start of the season for the Mariners. In his previous 15 starts, he is 3-6 with a 3.56 ERA. He’s never faced the Red Sox in his 26 career MLB appearances.

Lineups, batter/pitcher matchups, and links after the jump.

And here is how hitters have fared against this afternoon’s starting pitchers:

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Batter-up with Bruno: Will the Red Sox actually make the playoffs? [Batter-up With Bruno]

Tito on V-Mart: “All things point to him being ready to go” [Clubhouse Insider]

Notes: V-Mart expected to be ready Monday [CSN New England]

No sleeping in Seattle for Sox fans [Extra Bases]

Martinez ready to go [Extra Bases]

Jason Varitek’s Rehab Is On-Track But Arduous [NESN.com]

NESN and the Red Sox Celebrate Jerry Remy’s 3000th Broadcast [NESN.com]

Victor Martinez Is Excited to Return to the Red Sox Lineup Against Anaheim [NESN.com]

Mike Lowell is on the Way Back But His Future is Up in the Air [NESN.com]

All signs point to Victor Martinez’ return Monday [Projo Sox Blog]

Photo credits: Reuters Pictures, AP Photo

Boston Red Sox @ Seattle Mariners 10:10 p.m Safeco Field SP: Jon Lester vs David Pauley TV: NESN, MLB.tv Radio: Red Sox Radio Network

Game 98: Red Sox at Mariners [Extra Bases]

Boston Red Sox @ Seattle Mariners 10:10 p.m Safeco Field SP: Josh Beckett vs Josh Vargas TV: NESN, MLB.tv Radio: Red Sox Radio Network

Game 97: Red Sox at Mariners [Extra Bases]

If you watched last night’s Boston Red Sox versus Seattle Mariners game at Safeco Field, you probably felt like you were at Six Flags of New England riding the Batman – The Dark Knight roller coaster.

Your emotions went up as you watched John Lackey try to complete a no-hitter. Then they went down when you saw Josh Bard’s two-out single in the 8th break up said no-no. Then back up again as you realized the Red Sox were holding a 6-1 lead and had Manny Delcarmen, who was perfect since returning from the DL, coming into the game.

Your emotions went back down again as you watched MDC and Jonathan Papelbon implode as they allowed five runs in the bottom of the 9th to allow the Mariners to come back and tie the game and force yet another day of bonus baseball from the west coast. And finally if you made it to the end of the game, you were on that high of finishing the roller coaster ride as the Red Sox scored two runs in the 13th to beat the Mariners 8-6 after a perfect bottom half of the inning from Ramon Ramirez.

Honestly, I really don’t feel like talking about what happened in the 9th. It was ugly, plain and simple. But we should talk about Lackey’s performance.

Lackey finally looked like the pitcher the Red Sox made a five-year investment in. He attacked the strike zone and made his pitches count. The only run he allowed came on a walk, stolen base and a passed ball.

More importantly for Lackey though, it was his second straight good start and with Clay Buchholz and Josh Beckett back plus Daisuke Matsuzaka finding his form (no need to mention Jon Lester here since we all know he’s the ace), the Red Sox starting pitching seems to be in good shape.

Now if the bullpen could just help them out, things would be a lot better.

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

And if you must read the enemy papers, you can check out the Seattle Times, Everett Herald and Tacoma News Tribune websites.

Photo credit: Getty Images

Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams as well as some of the other sports. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis. As always, links can be found by clicking on the read more button below.

Thank you for stopping and by making SOX & Dawgs your home for UConn Huskies news.

To open the links up in a new tab or window, use Control+click

UConn Football links

College Football 2010 Rankings: No. 40 Connecticut [Orlando Sentinel]

UConn Women’s Basketball links

This And That From The World of Women (Basketball, folks) [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]

UConn Men’s Basketball links

Khalid El-Amin: Making a point [Star Tribune]

Could USC compliance influence UConn [ESPN.com]

Other UConn related links

Wolcott’s LePage a hit in first year in minors [The Republican-American]

Baseball: Pavone Earns Spot in Cape Cod All-Star Game [UConnHuskies.com]

Boston Red Sox @ Seattle Mariners 10:10 p.m Safeco Field SP: John Lackey vs Ryan Rowland-Smith TV: NESN, MLB.tv Radio: Red Sox Radio Network

Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 7/21 [SOX & Dawgs]

After a tough start to the 10-game road trip in Oakland, the Boston Red Sox look to get back on track in the first of four against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field in Seattle.

Tonight’s game will start at 10:10 p.m. and will be shown on NESN in the Red Sox television market. The game can be seen in the Mariners television market on Fox Sports Northwest. If you can’t catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to the game on the 2010 Red Sox radio network.

John Lackey looks to string together a good outing against his former AL West rivals in his 20th start of the season. In his previous 19 starts, he is 9-5 with a 4.65 ERA. He’s made 25 career starts against the Mariners and is 12-9 with a 3.89 ERA. Lackey has made 14 career starts and is 8-5 with a 3.03 ERA.

Australian Ryan Rowland-Smith makes his 21st appearance (18 starts) tonight against the Red Sox. On the season, he is 1-9 with a 6.18 ERA. He’ll be making his first career start against the Red Sox but he has made seven career appearances against them. In those seven appearances, he has no record with a 2.70 ERA (2 ER/6.2 IP). Five of those relief appearances have come at Safeco Field where he’s allowed two runs in five innings.

Lineups, batter/pitcher matchups, and links after the jump.

And here is how hitters have fared against tonight’s starting pitchers:

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Lowell ready for whatever the future holds [Clubhouse Insider]

Beckett ready, Wake to pen, Beltre back in Seattle [Clubhouse Insider]

Notes: Hermida returns from the DL [CSN New England]

Wakefield moves to the bullpen [CSN New England]

Have Sox gotten good value in deals? [ESPN Boston]

In Portland, Casey Kelly’s making strides [ESPN Boston]

Wakefield moved back to the bullpen [ESPN Boston]

Martinez catches bullpen session [ESPN Boston]

Ellsbury days away from rehab stint [ESPN Boston]

Pedroia quickly progressing [ESPN Boston]

Who could the Red Sox sell? Here’s a list [Extra Bases]

Beckett Bowl is next Thursday [Extra Bases]

Red Sox acquire Hannahan [Extra Bases]

Pre-game notes from Safeco Field [Extra Bases]

Video: The Full Count – Trade Deadline Edition [Full Count]

Ricciardi on The Big Show: Sox won’t do ’something crazy’ [Full Count]

Can Jed Lowrie Be Red Sox’ Secret Weapon During Dog Days of August? [NESN.com]

Struggling Mariners Earn Title as 2010’s Most Disappointing Club [NESN.com]

Red Sox Fans Beware: Yankees GM Brian Cashman Claims Trade Market ‘Dead Out There’ [NESN.com]

Brewers Outfielder Corey Hart ‘Good Fit for the Red Sox,’ Says Buster Olney [NESN.com]

Adrian Gonzalez Bobbleheads Remind Red Sox Nation of His Short Stint With Sea Dogs [NESN.com]

Even at 36 Years Old, Mike Lowell Making Most of Trip to Minors [NESN.com]

Report: Red Sox Interested in Athletics Left-Handed Reliever Craig Breslow [NESN.com]

Nationals’ Adam Dunn Among Five Sluggers Red Sox Could Acquire at Trade Deadline [NESN.com]

Wakefield will move to the bullpen as Beckett returns [Projo Sox Blog]

Jeremy Hermida returns to Sox as Daniel Nava sent down [Projo Sox Blog]

Beckett returns Friday, but expect a little rust [Projo Sox Blog]

Band of brothers: Pastime unites siblings [RedSox.com]

Fenway Park Should Schedule More Events Besides Baseball, Hockey and Soccer [Tom Caron – NESN.com]

Photo credits: Getty Images, AP Photo

According to John Altavilla of the Hartford Courant, the two-time defending NCAA women’s basketball champions, the UConn Huskies, will take on the Franklin Pierce Ravens and the Indiana University (PA) Crimson Hawks. No word on who they’ll be playing at Gampel or the XL Center as in the past they’ve played one exhibition game at each venue.

Franklin Pierce is coming off a 32-2 season that saw them lose in the Division II Final Four to the Fort Lewis Skyhawks. IUP finished up their 2009-10 season at 17-10.