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UConn Women's Basketball links

UConn's Jefferson in midst of impressive season [jim fuller – new haven register]

The Geno Auriemma Show: Kaleena’s closed door meeting [snyuconn.com]

UConn Men's Basketball links

Video: UConn Men Upset No. 17 Memphis, 83-73 [sox & dawgs]

Wrapping Things Up From FedEx Forum [dom amore – hartford courant]

Ryan Boatright Lost a 'Brother' on Monday Night, But Was Picked up by Other 'Brothers' All Week [david borges – new haven register]

Napier raises questions about knee [william paxton – ct post]

Report card: Good night for the Huskies in Memphis [william paxton – ct post]

Impressive win over Memphis [john silver – snyuconn.com]

Getting Even [uconn huskies basketball]

Reinvigorated Daniels keys UConn's revival [ct post]

UConn teammates lift grieving Boatright [ct post]

UConn Stops No. 17 Memphis; Daniels Has 23 Points, 11 Boards [hartford courant]

Napier Crucial At The End With Game On The Line [hartford courant]

A Win Tinged With Sadness For Boatright [hartford courant]

Huskies pick up teammate and emotional win in Memphis [new haven register]

UConn Football links

Time to get to work for UConn staff [jim fuller – new haven register]

Former UConn coach reportedly headed to Bears; Dorsey honored [jim fuller – new haven register]

Pasqualoni, Hughes find a home [john silver – snyuconn.com]

Meet The Coaches: Mike Cummings [uconnhuskies.com]

Lineburg Hopes To Make Impact With UConn WRs, Special Teams [hartford courant]

Yawin Smallwood Offers Versatility at Inside Linebacker [lombardi ave]

Other UConn related links

M. Soccer. Video: UConn GK Andre Blake Taken No. 1 Overall By Philadelphia Union in MLS SuperDraft [sox & dawgs]

M. Soccer. Video: UConn F Mamadou Diouf Taken By Vancouver Whitecaps FC in Second Round of MLS SuperDraft [sox & dawgs]

W. Track. UConn Women's Track and Field Travels to Great Dane Invite [uconnhuskies.com]

W. Ice Hockey. Former UConn Skater Jessica Lutz To Represent Switzerland In Sochi [uconnhuskies.com]

W. Tennis. UConn Women's Tennis Ready for 2014 Spring Slate [uconnhuskies.com]

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The Boston Red Sox had five players file for salary arbitration on Tuesday.

They were RHP Burke Badenhop, 1B/OF Mike Carp, INF Jonathan Herrera, LHP Andrew Miller and RHP Junichi Tazawa.

As well all know dating back to the Theo Epstein days and continuing on with Ben Cherington, they have not had a single case go to arbitration.

On Wednesday, that streak continued as Badenhop and the Red Sox agreed on a one-year deal worth $2.15 million. The amount of the deal was reported by Alex Speier of WEEI.com.

Here's the full release from the local nine:

BOSTON, MA-The Boston Red Sox today agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Burke Badenhop on a one-year, non-guaranteed contract for the 2014 season, thus avoiding salary arbitration. Terms were not disclosed.
 
Executive Vice President/General Manager Ben Cherington made the announcement.
 
Badenhop was acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for minor league pitcher Luis Ortega on November 22, 2013. The 30-year-old went 2-3 with a 3.47 ERA (24 ER/62.1 IP) in 63 relief appearances for the Brewers in 2013. He held right-handed batters to a .229 average (35-for-153) and finished the season with a 2.05 ERA (5 ER/22.0 IP) over his last 21 games of the season, allowing earned runs just twice in that span. With just 12 free passes allowed all year, he ranked seventh among qualifying National League relievers in fewest walks per nine innings pitched (1.7).
 
Over the last two years, his first two full seasons in the majors, Badenhop has posted a 3.25 ERA (45 ER/124.2 IP). His 1.7 walk rate in that time ranks fifth among major league relievers with at least 115.0 innings. Since the start of 2012, opponents have grounded into 16 double plays with Badenhop on the mound, a mark surpassed by only nine other major league relievers.
 
In parts of six big league seasons, Badenhop has a record of 18-20 with three saves, and a 3.98 ERA (166 ER/375.1 IP) in 280 games (10 starts) between the Miami Marlins (2008-11), Tampa Bay Rays (2012), and Brewers (2013). Originally a 19th-round selection of the Detroit Tigers in the 2005 June Draft, he was a part of the Tigers and Marlins trade for Miguel Cabrera which also included current Red Sox left hander Andrew Miller. 
 
The Red Sox have four arbitration-eligible players remaining: first baseman/outfielder Mike Carp, infielder Jonathan Herrera, left-handed pitcher Andrew Miller, and right-handed pitcher Junichi Tazawa.

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Here's the press release from the Boston Red Sox announcing that single-game tickets will go on sale next Saturday, January 25:

Single-game tickets for all 2014 Red Sox home games will go on sale Saturday, January 25, at 10 a.m. Tickets are available online at redsox.com or by phone at 888-REDSOX6. Fans can purchase up to 12 single-game tickets per transaction.

Fans who require ADA accessible seating may also call 877-REDSOX9. Hearing impaired fans may call the Red Sox TTY line at (617) 226-6644.

Tickets to all regular season home games will be available, except Opening Day and games against the New York Yankees. Those tickets will be made available via a random drawing at a later date. Green Monster and Budweiser Right Field Roof Deck tickets will also be included in that drawing.

Pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report to Spring Training at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers, Florida, on Saturday, February 15, and will hold their first workout on Monday, February 17. Position players report on February 18 with the first full squad workout set for Thursday, February 20.

The Red Sox will open the regular season against the Orioles in Baltimore on March 31. The Red Sox home opener at Fenway Park is scheduled for Friday, April 4, against Milwaukee.

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It's game day for the UConn Huskies men's basketball team as they are in the land of blues and BBQ for a matchup with the Memphis Tigers at FedEx Forum. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN. The game will also be available online at WatchESPN. If you can't watch the broadcast, you can catch Joe D and Wayne Norman on the UConn IMG Sports Radio Network.

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UConn Men's Basketball links

UConn vs. Memphis: Notes, Quotes as the Huskies Get To Town [dom amore – hartford courant]

UConn Ready for 1-2 Punch of Memphis, Louisville [david borges – new haven register]

Daniel Hamilton Playing in Springfield, Mass. on Saturday [david borges – new haven register]

Pastner on Huskies [neill ostrout – journal inquirer]

Ollie ready for Huskies to run with Tigers [william paxton – ct post]

Memphis, Louisville measuring sticks [john silver – snyuconn.com]

UConn Faces Big Test At Memphis On Thursday [uconnhuskies.com]

Memphis first obstacle in a big week for UConn [ct post]

UConn's top five rivals in men's basketball [ct post]

Memphis, UConn need rivalry to begin [ct post]

UConn-Memphis Could Be The Beginning Of Something Special [hartford courant]

UConn braces for a tough challenge at Memphis [new haven register]

Time for Huskies to rise up? [the day]

When Rowe became your coach, it was for life [providence journal]

Tigers to face another All-America-caliber guard in UConn's Shabazz Napier on Thursday [memphis commercial appeal]

UConn playing well again after rough patch [memphis commercial appeal]

UConn Women's Basketball links

Samuelson to make trip to UConn [carl adamec – snyuconn.com]

Hartley, Huskies found a way at Baylor [carl adamec – snyuconn.com]

The Geno Auriemma Show: Game night at Gampel [snyuconn.com]

Auriemma checks in on his future UConn Husky [daily sparks tribune]

UConn Football links

Video: UConn Football – This is Bob Diaco [sox & dawgs]

Former UConn DE Jesse Joseph gets chance to impress [jim fuller – new haven register]

Coordinator of Football Officiating Terry McAulay To Referee Super Bowl XLVIII [the american]

School Spirit: Religion, Sports Can Mix, But Don't Force It [hartford courant]

UConn assistant coach Ernest Jones' 'Jesus Christ' comment stirs up controversy [new haven register]

Other UConn related links

M. Track. Huskies Head to Great Dane Invite Tomorrow [uconnhuskies.com]

W. Track. New Haven Promise Scholar Spotlights Paris Taft [uconnhuskies.com]

W. Ice Hockey. UConns Drops 3-1 Decision To Northeastern [uconnhuskies.com]

W. Soccer. Semifinal Showdown: Hinds and Trindad & Tobago Face Hill and USA [uconnhuskies.com]

M. Ice Hockey. Huskies Head to AHA Leader Mercyhurst [uconnhuskies.com]

M. Soccer. Four Huskies Earn Honors From Soccer America [uconnhuskies.com]

UConn Huskies help fix Macon homes  [wmaz]

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Of the schedule that ESPN Sunday Night Baseball announced on Wednesday, the Boston Red Sox are scheduled for three games so far in 2014.

They are:

4/13 – Red Sox @ Yankees, 8:05 p.m.
4/20 – Orioles @ Red Sox, 7:05 p.m.
5/18 – Tigers @ Red Sox, 8:05 p.m.

As Red Sox fans and for the occasional Yankees fan that takes a glimpse at the site, we are all used to seeing the Red Sox and Yankees on Sunday Night Baseball. My problem lies with the game on April 20 against the Orioles.

April 21 is Patriot's Day in Massachusetts. That means it's the day of the Boston Marathon and also that the Red Sox play an 11 a.m. game against whomever is in town that weekend. This year it just happens to be the Orioles.

Look I understand it's the one year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings. The press release even states that it's going to be a "special telecast".

On average, the Red Sox usually play at least three hour games. So say the game ends at 10 p.m.

By the time the players are done showering and with media responsibilities, it's 11 p.m. at the earliest. They then need to turn around and be back at the ballpark at least 2-3 hours before the game.

To me that's not fair to the players. I'm actually surprised the Red Sox and the players agreed to it.

Or maybe I should at look at it another way and not be so cynical.

The Red Sox embraced the city after the bombings. A lot of what they did for the victims went under the radar. They basically took over the city with first time guys to the team embracing Boston like they were life long residents.

During the Red Sox World Series parade, they stopped at the 26.2 mile marker/finish line and placed the trophies there and had a special little ceremony within the parade.

So perhaps I rushed to judgment with my initial reaction which is normal.

But in the grand scheme of things, it was probably wrong of me to do so especially knowing that ESPN will handle the coverage with grace like it usually does in telecasts of this nature.

To see the full ESPN Sunday Night Baseball schedule that was released, head over to ESPN.

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STORRS, Conn. – UConn Huskies senior point guard Bria Hartley (North Babylon, N.Y.) has been identified by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as a candidate for the 2014 Nancy Lieberman Award. The award recognizes the top point guard in women’s NCAA Division I College Basketball. The criteria for selection require that players demonstrate the floor leadership, play-making abilities, and ball-handling skills that Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman embodied in her career.

Since its inception in 2000, three Huskies have taken home the award a total of six times. UConn point guards earned the honors in the first five consecutive years of its existence, with Sue Bird earning it the first three years (2000-2002) and Diana Taurasi receiving the accolades in the subsequent two years after Bird (2003, 2004). Renee Montgomery was the last Husky to net the award in 2009.

Hartley has posted excellent numbers for the top-ranked Huskies this season and leads an offense that outscores opponents by an average of 36.7 points. The senior ranks second on the team in scoring, averaging 13.9 points per game, and has been dynamic in her passing game with 4.4 assists per game.

The New York native came alive in the second half of UConn’s game against No. 7 Baylor on Monday night, rattling off 13 of her 17 total points in the second frame to help secure the win. Hartley also demonstrated her defensive abilities in guarding fellow Lieberman candidate Odyssey Sims, helping to hold the nation’s top-scorer to just 4-of-25 from the field in her lowest scoring performance of the season.

Her success this season has translated to recognition on several levels, including league nods as the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week on Nov. 18 after a 29-point effort against Penn State to match her career-high. The conference also selected Hartley as a preseason All-Conference Honorable Mention choice, while her name has surfaced on the Wooden, Wade, and Naismith Awards Watch Lists so far this season. Hartley was a WBCA/State Farm All-American in her sophomore year and, more recently, an NCAA All-Tournament honoree following UConn’s ninth National Championship last season.

No. 1 UConn returns to action on Sunday, Jan. 19 when the squad travels to Rutgers for a 3:00pm American Athletic Conference showdown, with televised coverage on ESPN2 .

More information on the Nancy Lieberman Award can be found here.

2014 Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List

Player/School

Kacie Cassell – University of Akron

Calli Berna – University of Arkansas

Odyssey Sims –  Baylor University

Brittany Boyd – University of California

Bria Hartley – University of Connecticut

Senee Shearer – University of Detroit Mercy

Chelsea Gray – Duke University

Jerica Coley – Florida International University

Yashira Delgado –  Florida State University

Damika Martinez – Iona College

Samantha Logic – University of Iowa

Lexie Brown – University of Maryland

Valencia McFarland – University of Mississippi

Ashley Deary – Northwestern University

Tiffany Bias – Oklahoma State University

Fantasia Hilliard – Sacramento State University

Keena Mays – Southern Methodist University

Amber Orrange – Stanford University

Natasha Cloud – Saint Joseph’s University

Jamierra Faulkner –  University of Southern Mississippi

Ariel Massengale –  University of Tennessee

Jennifer Newsome – University of Tennessee at Martin

Jordan Jones  – Texas A&M University

Andola Dortch – University of Toledo

Joanna Harden – Troy University

Jennifer Schlott – Utah State University

Chelsea Douglas – Wake Forest University

Rebecca Henricson – Western Illinois University

Dequesha McClanahan – Winthrop University

*This list is fluid – players can play their way onto and off of the Watch List and the Final 20*

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Notebook: Huskies take care of another streak [carl adamec – snyuconn.com]

UConn signee up for prestigious award [jim fuller – new haven register]

Geno Knows Win Over Strong Baylor Team Will Pay Dividends [hartford courant]

UConn's Moriah Jefferson made herself at home at Baylor [new haven register]

Geno Overtime: Geno delivers locker room speech to players [snyuconn.com]

UConn Men's Basketball links

Looking Ahead To Memphis, UConn’s Next Opponent [dom amore – hartford courant]

OKC Coach Scott Brooks: Jeremy Lamb ‘Got Better, Not Bitter’ [dom amore – hartford courant]

Hartford Doesn't Rate Among ESPN's Top 25 Ratings Markets … Yet [david borges – new haven register]

UConn Football links

In The Huddle With The Huskies: A Clarification [desmond conner – hartford courant]

UConn President Susan Herbst On Respecting All; Religions [desmond conner – hartford courant]

Former pro coach excited to be at UConn [jim fuller – new haven register]

A bit on UConn’s Ernest Jones [john silver – snyuconn.com]

Meet The Coaches: Don Patterson [uconnhuskies.com]

UConn President Says Assistant Football Coach Was Wrong To Invoke Religion [hartford courant]

Other UConn related links

M. & W. Swimming. Men's and Women's Swimming Compete In The Copa Coqui Invitational [uconnhuskies.com]

W. Ice Hockey. UConn Hosts Northeastern In Midweek Matchup Of Huskies [uconnhuskies.com]

M. Tennis. UConn Men's Tennis Set for Spring Schedule [uconnhuskies.com]

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BOSTON, MA – Boston Red Sox Outfielder Jonny Gomes, Red Sox President/CEO Larry Lucchino, General Manager Ben Cherington, and Manager John Farrell will lead a town hall-style meeting at Northeastern University on Wednesday, January 22 at 6 p.m. "Red Sox on Campus" will be recorded by NESN and will premiere on Monday, January 27 at 10 p.m.

NESN's coverage will feature Tom Caron as host. The discussion will take place at Northeastern University's Blackman Auditorium located in Ell Hall.

Gomes, Lucchino, Cherington, and Farrell will take questions from a group of more than 900 pre-registered fans that includes season ticket holders and Northeastern University students, alumni, and faculty. In addition, fans at home can participate by submitting questions via Twitter before the event, using the hashtag #RedSoxTownHall.

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Video: UConn Women Pass Test Against Baylor, 66-55 [sox & dawgs]

Breanna Stewart Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week [sox & dawgs]

Seven Huskies Named To Pool For 2014-16 USA Women's Basketball National Team [sox & dawgs]

UConn passes road test against Baylor [carl adamec – snyuconn.com]

Jefferson’s play a gift that keeps on giving [carl adamec – snyuconn.com]

UConn Toughs It Out At Baylor [john altavilla – hartford courant]

Notes From UConn’s Win At Baylor [john altavilla – hartford courant]

Geno’s Quotes Of The Night [john altavilla – hartford courant]

Huskies Made Sims Work For Everything She Got Tonight [rich elliott – ct post]

Huskies Passed A Big-Time Test At Baylor [rich elliott – ct post]

Jefferson Was A Star For Huskies In Win At Baylor [rich elliott –  ct post]

UConn outlasts Baylor [jim fuller – new haven register]

UConn's defense steps to the forefront [jim fuller – new haven register]

No. 1 UConn survives Baylor upset bid [ct post]

UConn responds late to finish off Baylor [ct post]

UConn Fights Off Determined Baylor, 66-55 [hartford courant]

Huskies Pass Composure Test [hartford courant]

Huskies work for win over No. 7 Baylor [new haven register]

Lady Bears put up fight, get overrun by top-ranked UConn, 66-55 [waco tribune-herald]

Passion mirrored in coaches Mulkey, Auriemma [waco tribune-herald]

A game both teams benefited from [mechelle voepel – espnW]

UConn Men's Basketball links

Amida Brimah Named American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Week [sox & dawgs]

Huskies Notes: Rankings, RPI, AAC Tickets, Etc. … [dom amore – hartford courant]

UConn basketball news on Brimah, Napier, AAC, etc. [gavin keefe – the day]

For one day, Huskies win rebound battle [waterbury republican-american]

UConn Football links

UConn Football Names Sarah Lawless Director Of Football Operations [sox & dawgs]

Two former UConn stars honored [jim fuller – new haven register]

Other UConn related links

M. Soccer. 4th Annual UConn Men's Soccer Golf Tournament Set To Take Place in June [uconnhuskies.com]

M. Soccer. Junior Goalkeeper Andre Blake Headed To The MLS [uconnhuskies.com]

W. Soccer. Four Huskies Named NEWISA All-New England [uconnhuskies.com]

W. Soccer. Women's Soccer To Hold Winter Clinic on February 15 [uconnhuskies.com]

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STORRS, Conn. – Sarah Lawless, who has been a member of the football staff at Notre Dame since 2010, has been named the Director of Football Operations at the University of Connecticut. In her role at UConn, Lawless will assist head coach Bob Diaco in a number of duties including coordination of team travel, organizing preseason camp, budgeting and acting as a liaison to various constituencies.

Lawless spent the 2013 season as the coordinator of on-campus recruiting at Notre Dame. She organized all official and unofficial visits by prospective student-athletes, managed compliance and academic records for recruits, oversaw student workers and helped organize and direct gameday recruiting efforts.

Lawless worked for the football program as an operations assistant from 2010-12 while she attended graduate school at Notre Dame. She assisted with daily logistics, travel preparations plus organization and management of football summer camps.

Lawless earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. While an undergraduate, Lawless was a student manager all four years. She worked with the football team in her first three years at Notre Dame and was the senior manager for the women's basketball team in 2007-08.

She is a native of Morristown, N.J.

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