After losing three-of-four in the Bronx, the Boston Red Sox continue their road trip tonight with the first game of a three-game set against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field on the South Side.

First pitch is scheduled for 8:10 p.m. The game will be broadcast on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the White Sox market, you can catch the game on WCIU.  And if you can’t catch the game on television, you can always listen on the 2014 Red Sox Radio Network.

One-time member of the White Sox, Jake Peavy, makes his third start of 2014 for the Red Sox. In his previous two starts, Peavy has no record with a 2.13 ERA (3 ER/12.2 IP). He got the win in his only career against his former club after allowing two runs in seven innings of work back in 2013. In 42 appearances (41 starts) at U.S. Cellular, Peavy is 19-13 with a 3.84 ERA.

Erik Johnson makes his third start of 2014 for the South Siders. In his previous two starts, Johnson is 0-1 with a 9.58 ERA (11 ER/10.1 IP). Tonight marks his first career start and appearance against the Red Sox.

5-8		7-6
1. Grady Sizemore	LF	1. Adam Eaton	CF
2. Xander Bogaerts	SS	2. Marcus Semien	2B
3. David Ortiz	DH	3. Conor Gillaspie	3B
4. Mike Napoli	1B	4. Jose Abreu	1B
5. Daniel Nava	RF	5. Adam Dunn	DH
6. A.J. Pierzynski	C	6. Dayan Viciedo	RF
7. Ryan Roberts	3B	7. Alejandro De Aza	CF
8. Jackie Bradley, Jr	CF	8. Alexei Ramirez	SS
9. Jonathan Herrera	2B	9. Tyler Flowers	C
Jake Peavy	SP	Erik Johnson	SP

NOTES:

Here is how the hitters have fared against the starting pitchers during the regular season over their careers.

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STORRS, Conn. – Sophomore Breanna Stewart (Syracuse, N.Y.) of the University of Connecticut was named the Honda Sports Award winner for Basketball as announced by Chris Voelz, Executive Director of THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) today.

UConn Huskies women’s basketball player Breanna Stewart poses for a picture before the 2014 Blue/White Spring Football Game at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT.

The Honda Sports Award is presented annually by the CWSA to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA- sanctioned sports and signifies “the best of the best in collegiate athletics”.  With this honor, Stewart becomes a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the prestigious 2014 Honda Cup. Stewart was chosen by a vote of administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools. Finalists included Kayla McBride (Notre Dame), Chiney Ogwumike (Stanford), Odyssey Sims (Baylor) and Alyssa Thomas (Maryland).

“It is such an honor to be selected as the winner of the Honda Award for women’s basketball,” said Stewart. “ I would like to thank the administrators for selecting me over a group of outstanding players and my coaches and teammates for helping me get to this point where I can be considered for such prestigious honors.”

Named the 2014 Associated Press, Naismith, USBWA, espnW and American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, Stewart led Connecticut to an unprecedented ninth national championship and a 40-0 perfect season. The sophomore forward does some of her best work in the postseason after also collecting The American Tournament Most Outstanding Player (MOP) honor along with the NCAA Championship MOP award.

Stewart averaged 19.4 points, 8.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game for the Huskies. She has scored over 1,000 career points in the third-fewest amount of career games (63) in UConn history. In 40 wins, she scored in double-figures in 37 games and scored 20+ points on 21 different occasions.

“I am very happy for Breanna,” stated head coach Geno Auriemma. “She worked extremely hard during the offseason, and during the season, to improve on a great freshman year. It is truly rewarding to see hard work pay off for someone and no one is more deserving of this tremendous honor than Breanna Stewart.”

This is Connecticut’s second Honda Sport Award winner this year as Marie Elena Bolles captured the honor in Field Hockey after leading UConn to its first National title this year and a school-record third so far in the academic year.

The CWSA presents the Honda Sports Award annually to top women student-athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports.  Honda Sports award winners will be presented with the honor during on-campus presentations throughout the year and all Honda Sports award winners become a finalist for the prestigious 2014 Honda Cup award presented in June.

Basketball has produced the most Honda Cup award winners with 15 student-athletes in the sport winning the prestigious honor. Most recently Brittney Griner of Baylor earned the honor in 2012 preceded by Connecticut’s Maya Moore who had back-to-back wins in 2010 and 2011.

THE Collegiate Women Sports Awards has honored the nation’s top NCAA women athletes for 37 years, recognizing superior athletic skills, leadership, academic excellence and eagerness to participate in community service.   Since commencing its sponsorship in 1986, Honda has provided more than $2.7 million in institutional grants to the universities of the award winners and nominees to support women’s athletics programs at the institutions.

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UConn’s Dolson and Hartley Selected in First Round of WNBA Draft [sox & dawgs]

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Huge recruiting weekend coming up for UConn [carl adamec – sny uconn]

Telling Thoughts From Geno Auriemma [john altavilla – hartford courant]

Boykin, Collier, Gorecki And Samuelson Visiting this Weekend [rich elliott – ct post]

Mystics pick Dolson, trade for Hartley [ct post]

Dolson, Hartley To Play Together For Mystics [hartford courant]

Bitterness Is In The Air With Tina Charles’ Departure [hartford courant]

UConn’s Dolson, Hartley will be WNBA teammates [new haven register]

Charles trade was coming [norwich bulletin]

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Hartford’s XL Center To Host 2015 American Men’s Basketball Championship [sox & dawgs]

UConn’s Magical March and April [uconn huskies basketball]

Hartford to host 2015 AAC men’s tournament [ct post]

XL Center Lands AAC Men’s Basketball Tournament For 2015 [hartford courant]

American Athletic Conference tournament moving to Hartford next year [new haven register]

AAC moving men’s tournament to Hartford [the day]

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Softball. Tuesday Softball Game With URI Cancelled [uconn huskies]

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced that the XL Center in Hartford, Conn., has been chosen as the site of the 2015 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship.

“We are pleased to bring our 2015 men’s basketball championship to the city of Hartford and to this outstanding arena,” said Aresco. “The success of UConn’s men’s and women’s teams this year has made Connecticut the center of college basketball nationally. This event will enjoy tremendous fan support and our visitors will enjoy the many attractions in Hartford and its surrounding communities.”

The XL Center has hosted a number of NCAA Championship men’s and women’s basketball games, was the site of the Big East Women’s Basketball Championship from 1994-2013 and previously served as a home site for the NBA’s Boston Celtics.

Aside from the many basketball events held at the XL Center, the facility is the home of the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League and hosted the NHL’s Hartford Whalers. The seating capacity for basketball at the XL Center is 16,294.

“Today’s announcement puts Hartford back in the basketball tournament business,” said Governor of Connecticut Dannel P. Malloy. “While this is great news for next year, I am even more excited for what this means in the future. I believe we can and should be in consideration for more NCAA tournament events, and I will continue to push to bring those games to our state. I want to thank the American Athletic Conference for making this decision.  I also want to send a message to college basketball fans everywhere – come to Hartford next March.  You won’t be disappointed.”

“We’re honored and proud to have been chosen to host this prestigious event,” said Global Spectrum’s Chris Lawrence, General Manager of the XL Center. “Through the commitment and unified approach of Global Spectrum, the Capital Region Development Authority, the city of Hartford and the downtown business community, we’re extremely excited and eager to showcase Hartford. Combined with our scheduled summer renovations and an ever-growing events calendar, the American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship will highlight a resurgent XL Center.”

Dates for the 2015 championship will be announced in the coming weeks.

All 11 American Athletic Conference schools will participate in the 2015 championship. The format calls for three first-round games on the first day, followed by four quarterfinal games, two semifinals and the championship game. The ESPN Networks will provide television and digital coverage of the tournament.

The 2014-15 season will be the second straight year in which the American Athletic Conference has the defending men’s and women’s NCAA champions in its ranks. The American was the only conference to place a team in the semifinals of the Men’s Final Four, the Women’s Final Four, the NIT and the WNIT this past season.

The American’s membership in 2014-15 will comprise UCF, Cincinnati, UConn, East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, USF, SMU, Temple, Tulane and Tulsa.

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Look back, look ahead: American [espn]

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UConn doubles down on championship party [ct post]

Estimated 200,000 Crowd Hartford Streets For UConn Parade [hartford courant]

With Help Of Winning Coaches, Depressing Date Gets New Shine [hartford courant]

UConn Hopes To Leverage Wins [hartford courant]

More than 200,000 salute UConn champions in Hartford parade, rally [new haven register]

Buzz That Was: All kidding aside [espn]

Breanna Stewart (and those other Huskies) heard the cheers in Hartford on Sunday for good reason [syracuse post-standard]

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Softball. Sadowl Homers In Loss to Louisville [uconn huskies]

Baseball. UConn Rolls Past Cincinnati, 14-3 [uconn huskies]

W. Lacrosse. Katherine Finkelston Nets Five Goals To Help Huskies Outlast Marquette, 11-10 [uconn huskies]

M. Golf. Huskies Finish Second in NE Division I Championships [uconn huskies]