Friday, July 15th @ 7:10 PM
Andrew Miller, LHP (3-0, 3.57) vs David Price, LHP (8-7, 3.70)
TV: NESN, MLB Network, MLB.tv
Radio: Red Sox Radio Network, MLB Gameday Audio
Saturday, July 16th @ 4:10 PM
John Lackey, RHP (6-8, 6.84) vs James Shields, RHP (8-7, 2.33)
TV: FOX
Radio: Red Sox Radio Network, MLB Gameday Audio
Sunday, July 17th @ 8:05 PM
Josh Beckett, RHP (5-2, 2.06) vs Jeff Niemann, RHP (4-4, 4.53)
TV: ESPN, ESPN3.com
Are you a fan of the Boston Red Sox and wondering if you’ll be able to watch Saturday afternoon’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays that will be broadcast on FOX?
Here’s the MLB on FOX Saturday breakdown courtesy of Fang’s Bites:
Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Rays – 41%
ANNOUNCERS: Dick Stockton & Tim McCarver
MARKETS INCLUDE: Albuquerque, Austin, Boston, Buffalo, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Denver, Fort Myers, Greensboro, Hartford, Houston, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Louisville, Memphis, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Providence, Raleigh, Richmond, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, Tampa, Tulsa, Washington
Philadelphia Phillies at New York Mets – 25%
ANNOUNCERS: Kenny Albert, Mark Grace & Ken Rosenthal
MARKETS INCLUDE: Atlanta, Baltimore, Birmingham, Greenville, Knoxville, Miami, Nashville, New York, Norfolk, Philadelphia, St. Louis, West Palm Beach
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Oakland A’s – 18%
ANNOUNCERS: Matt Vasgersian & Eric Karros
MARKETS INCLUDE: Dallas, Los Angeles, Portland, Sacramento, San Francisco, Seattle
Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers – 15%
ANNOUNCERS: Josh Lewin & Rod Allen
MARKETS INCLUDE: Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Minneapolis
HARTFORD, July 14 2011: The Connecticut Whale today announced its schedule format for the upcoming 2011-12 American Hockey League season.
The Whale’s 76-game regular-season schedule will be highlighted by 12 games (six home, six away) against its closest regional rival, the Springfield Falcons. The next highest number of games against a single opponent for the Whale is ten (five home, five away), in the GEICO Connecticut Cup series against their Nutmeg State neighbors the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. The Whale will play the other two teams in their new Northeast Division, the Albany Devils and the Adirondack Phantoms, four times each (two home, two away).
The Whale will also see a significant amount of 2011-12 action against its old division, the Atlantic. Eight games (four home, four away) are on tap vs. the arch-rival Providence Bruins, and Connecticut will also see the Portland Pirates eight times (four home, four away). The Whale will take on the Manchester Monarchs six times (three home, three away), and will play the Worcester Sharks and the new St. John’s, Newfoundland franchise four times each (two home, two away).
The rest of the Whale’s schedule will be comprised of battles with the East Division, including four games each (two home, two away) vs. the Hershey Bears, the Norfolk Admirals and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The Whale will meet the defending Calder Cup-champion Binghamton Senators, and the Syracuse Crunch, twice each (one home, one away).
The Whale’s full schedule of specific game dates will be released later in the summer, as soon as it is finalized.
Season tickets for the 2011-12 Whale season are available now, with a special early bird discount. Call (860) 728-3366 for information on that, as well as all Whale ticket packages, group sales and VIP packages.
While there is some baseball tonight, the Boston Red Sox are among the teams that will begin play from the All-Star break on Friday night. With the injuries to the pitching staff right now, this is a good thing.
The Red Sox will begin the second half at 55-35, a far cry from the 2-10 start to the season. They’ve done it with the offense, some strong starting pitching and of course great outings from the bullpen. As we’ve seen when all things are clicking, this Red Sox team is a juggernaut.
Yet the New York Yankees are right in the thick of it as are the Tampa Bay Rays who the Red Sox will play for the next three games. The Yankees trail the Red Sox by one game while the Rays sit six games back. Against the Rays this season, the Red Sox are 2-3, including a 2-1 mark at Tropicana Field.
You almost didn’t want to see the All-Star break come for the local nine. They’ve won six straight games and are 9-1 in the month of July. But you know these guys needed the break to rest some of the nagging injuries. Hopefully in the next week or so, the Red Sox will be healthy and back to full strength.
But until then, the guys who continue to fill in admirably need to keep doing just that.
We’ll be back in a short while with the pitching matchups for the series with the Rays. But for now, enjoy the overnight links from the media.
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Kevin Youkilis remains the unnoticed All-Star [Alex Speier – WEEI.com]
Sox have gotten it half right [Boston Globe]
From here, sure to be tough going [Boston Globe]
Josh Beckett status questionable [Boston Herald]
Rough rotation reality [Boston Herald]
Daniel Bard sets up debate [Boston Herald]
Red Sox midseason report card [Boston Herald]
Francona criticizes All-Star Game [CSNNE.com]
After rocky start, Sox rebound in first half [CSNNE.com]
Red Sox will look elsewhere, within for help [CSNNE.com]
Terry Francona on The Big Show: Significance of All-Star Game has ‘run its course’ [Full Count]
Trade Deadline: Red Sox reportedly on Joakim Soria’s no-trade list [Full Count]
Red Sox Mailbag: Andre Ethier, Carlos Beltran Both Unrealistic, Expensive Trade Options [NESN.com]
Red Sox Mailbag: Coco Crisp’s Abilities in Center Field Will Likely Prevent Return to Boston [NESN.com]
Former Red Sox Reliever Manny Delcarmen Released by Texas Rangers’ Triple-A Team [NESN.com]
Make of this what you will [Projo Sox Blog]
How to improve the All-Star game? End it [Providence Journal]
Healthy pitching staff is Boston’s second half goal [Providence Journal]
Where the Red Sox go from here: the position players [Rob Bradford – WEEI.com]
For more slices of Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, CSNNE, ESPN Boston, NESN, Providence Journal, RedSox.com and WEEI websites.
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 if you’re on the home page.
Thank you for stopping by and making SOX & Dawgs your home for UConn Huskies news.
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UConn Football links
2011 Pre-Season Preview: Connecticut Huskies [College Football Zealots]
Big East media day lineup [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]
Chatting With UConn Recruit Malik Golden (Cheshire Acad.) [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
Cheshire Acad. Coach O’Dea Offers Insight On Recruit Golden [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
UConn Freshman OLB Jefferson Ashiru Loving The Help [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
UConn Freshman RB Deshon Foxx Talks About Opportunity [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
Catching Up With Former UConn RB Jordan Todman [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
DC also answered a question in his mailbag [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
Iowa State’s football opponent on Sept. 16: UConn [Des Moines Register]
UConn Men’s Basketball links
Andre Drummond [Mike Anthony – Hartford Courant]
Michael Bradley Discusses Redshirt Year [UConn Huskies Basketball]
Andre Drummond Does So Much Well But Needs To Keep Improving With NBA In His Future [Hartford Courant]
UConn Women’s Basketball links
European movement, UConn style [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]
John Altavilla answers a few questions in his mailbag [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]
Moore and Taurasi Win ESPY’s in LA [UConnHuskies.com]
Destination Red Sox Nation is our look at how the minor league teams of the Boston Red Sox fare each night. Game story and box score links as well as links to team rosters, team stats and league standings can be found by clicking on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.
If you would like to listen to any of the Red Sox minor league affiliates’ games, MiLB.com offers them for free.
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Pawtucket Red Sox
The PawSox return from the All-Star break tonight when they’ll host the Durham Bulls at 7:05 p.m.
International League standings
The Sea Dogs return from the All-Star break tonight when they’ll host the New Britain Rock Cats at 7 p.m.
Sea Dogs make All-Star Impression [PortlandSeaDogs.com]
From off the radar to a Youkilis clone [Portland Press Herald]
Salem Red Sox:
Salem was roughed up by the Myrtle Beach Pelicans in an 8-3 loss.
Myrtle Beach piles up 14 hits in win over Salem [Roanoke Times]
Padron’s Three-Run Homer Helps Salem Avoid Shutout [OurSports Central]
Salem Red Sox @ Myrtle Beach Pelicans 7.13.11 box score [MiLB.com]
The Drive got three runs in the 11th to walkoff with an 8-7 win over the Lakewood BlueClaws.
Extra-Inning Rally Propels Drive to 7-6 Win [OurSports Central]
Lakewood BlueClaws @ Greenville Drive 7.13.11 box score [MiLB.com]
South Atlantic League standings
Lowell Spinners:
The Spinners walked off with a 5-4 win over the Williamsport CrossCutters in 11 innings.
Spinners Walk Off with Wild Win, 5-4 [LowellSpinners.com]
Spinners snap out of it, barely [Lowell Sun]
Williamsport CrossCutters @ Lowell Spinners 7.13.11 box score [MiLB.com]
Gulf Coast League Red Sox
The GCL Red Sox swept a doubleheader from the GCL Rays. They won the first one 7-5 and the second one 7-1.
GCL Rays @ GCL Red Sox 7.13.11 Game 1 box score [MiLB.com]
HARTFORD, July 13 2011: As the Connecticut Whale drives to increase its season ticket base greatly for the upcoming 2011-12 American Hockey League season, numerous Connecticut business groups and associations have joined forces with the Whale in a “grass roots” effort, and are offering special incentive deals to their members to become Whale season seat-holders.
“Making deeper inroads into the local business community is the most important part of our objective to re-energize Hartford as a hockey market,” said Whalers Sports & Entertainment president and COO Howard Baldwin, Jr.. “We are excited by the response so far from some of the areas best-regarded and most-influential chambers and professional groups.”
Numerous local chambers of commerce either have launched, or will soon launch, programs to incentivize their memberships to invest in Whale season subscriptions. Those include the Metro Hartford Alliance, the Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Middlesex Chamber of Commerce, the Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce, and the chambers of commerce of Branford, Bristol, East Hartford, Glastonbury and Meriden.
Among other business and professional associations partnering with the Whale are: the Advertising Club of Connecticut, Business for Downtown Hartford, the Connecticut Bar Association, the Home Builders Association of Greater Hartford, the CT Society of CPAs, I.A.T.S.E. Local 84 and the Rockledge Men’s Club.
The support of all of these groups will be a key component of the Whale’s off-season campaign to “Skate to 3,000” season tickets for the 2011-12 Connecticut Whale season.
A special early bird discount on 2011-12 season seats is available now. Call (860) 728-3366 for information on that, as well as all Whale ticket packages, group sales and VIP packages.
The New England Patriots will put individual game tickets for the potential 2011 NFL season on sale on Friday. You can shell out your hard-earned money while hoping the games are played on time or if at all.
To do so just go to Ticketmaster’s website or call 800-745-3000.
The Patriots have home opponents this season are:
Here’s the release from the Rimington Trophy committee that includes UConn Huskies center Moe Petrus on the 2011 Fall Watch List.
July 13, 2011 – The Rimington Trophy committee has released its 2011 Fall Watch List.
The list includes 13 returning players from the 2010 Watch List. In all, there are 43 players on the Watch List. The SEC checks in with the most candidates, with seven players representing the conference. The Big Ten follows with six players being named to the Watch List.
To see the full watch list, click on the read more button below if you’re on the homepage.
The following is a list of those named to the 2011 Rimington Trophy Fall Watch List.
| Chris Anzevino | Kent State | 6’2″ | 305 | Senior |
| Eloy Atkinson | UTEP | 6’3″ | 300 | Junior |
| Mario Benavides | Louisville | 6’4″; | 300 | Junior |
| Philip Blake | Baylor | 6’2″ | 315 | Senior |
| Ben Bojicic | Bowling Green | 6’4″ | 295 | Senior |
| Colin Boss | Middle Tennessee State | 6’4″ | 310 | RS Senior |
| Mike Brewster | Ohio State | 6’5″ | 305 | Senior |
| Terence Brown | BYU | 6’4″ | 330 | Senior |
| Ben Burkett | Northwestern | 6’4″ | 300 | Senior |
| Thomas Byrd | Boise State | 5’11” | 288 | Senior |
| Mike Caputo | Nebraska | 6’1″ | 275 | Senior |
| Nick Carlson | Wyoming | 6’4″ | 292 | Junior |
| Tom Castilaw | Arkansas State | 6’3″ | 280 | RS Senior |
| Braxton Cave | Notre Dame | 6’3″ | 303 | Senior |
| Trent Dupy | Tulsa | 6’2″ | 285 | Junior |
| Dillon Farrell | New Mexico | 6’5″ | 290 | RS Sophomore |
| James Ferentz | Iowa | 6’2″ | 284 | Junior |
| Dalton Freeman | Clemson | 6’5″ | 285 | Junior |
| Kevin Galeher | Western Michigan | 6’4″ | 312 | Junior |
| Grant Garner | Oklahoma State | 6’3″ | 289 | Senior |
| Garth Gerhart | Arizona State | 6’2″ | 295 | RS Senior |
| Jeremiah Hatch | Kansas | 6’3″ | 332 | Senior |
| A.J. Hawkins | Mississippi | 6’3″ | 313 | Junior |
| Cam Holland | North Carolina | 6’2″ | 320 | Senior |
| Tyler Horn | Miami | 6’4″ | 305 | Senior |
| Grant Johnson | Oregon State | 6’3″ | 293 | Senior |
| T.J. Johnson | South Carolina | 6’4″ | 314 | Junior |
| Ben Jones | Georgia | 6’3″ | 316 | Junior |
| Peter Konz | Wisconsin | 6’5″ | 313 | RS Junior |
| Tyler Larsen | Utah State | 6’4″ | 297 | Sophomore |
| P.J. Lonergan | LSU | 6’4″ | 300 | Junior |
| Joe Madsen | West Virginia | 6’4″ | 300 | RS Junior |
| Kai Maiava | UCLA | 6’1″ | 318 | RS Senior |
| Blake McJunkin | SMU | 6’2″ | 290 | Senior |
| David Molk | Michigan | 6’2″ | 288 | RS Senior |
| Brian Moore | Duke | 6’2″ | 285 | RS Junior |
| Moe Petrus | Connecticut | 6’2″ | 302 | RS Senior |
| Weston Richburg | Colorado State | 6’4″ | 302 | Sophomore |
| Darion Smith | UAB | 6’2″ | 280 | Senior |
| Matt Smith | Kentucky | 6’4″ | 303 | Junior |
| Travis Swanson | Arkansas | 6’5″ | 305 | RS Sophomore |
| William Vlachos | Alabama | 6’1″ | 294 | Senior |
| Scott Wedige | Northern Illinois | 6’4″ | 314 | RS Senior |
While more than a dozen All-America football teams are selected annually, the Rimington Trophy committee uses these four prestigious teams to determine a winner:
* American Football Coaches Association
* Walter Camp Foundation
*Sporting News
*Football Writers Association of America
Because the selectors of these four All-America teams can place Centers in a “mix” of offensive linemen that includes guards and tackles, their 11-man first teams can often have two Centers. Our policy is to count all players that play primarily the Center position for their respective teams as Centers, even though they maybe listed as guards or tackles on the four All American teams.
The Center with the most first team votes will be determined the winner. If there is a tie with first team votes, then the Center with most second team votes will win. If there is still a tie, the winner will be determined by the Rimington Trophy committee.
The winner will be honored at Rimington Trophy Presentation banquet at the Rococo Theater in Lincoln, Nebraska on January 14, 2012.
The big story from last night’s 2011 MLB All-Star Game isn’t the fact that if the Boston Red Sox get to the World Series they won’t have home field advantage there. Rather it’s the left knee of one Josh Beckett.
We had learned during the day that Beckett would be second in line to pitch for the American League squad after Jered Weaver. But no one got an opportunity to see Beckett pitch in the game because he felt some soreness in it while warming up. So rather than go out there and pitch through it, Beckett decided it was best to shut it down.
It’s a good thing that Beckett had made Terry Francona a promise that he wouldn’t pitch if he felt anything. But the bad thing of it all is now the fact that the Red Sox really only have one of their original five starters that even healthy in John Lackey. Jon Lester, Clay Buchholz and now Beckett are all battling with some type of injury. And that’s not to mention the fact that Daisuke Matsuzaka is out for the season.
You have to believe that when Beckett and Tito said he was fine after throwing a side on Sunday that he was. But given the end result, wouldn’t it have been better for Beckett just make the appearance at the game and not even pitch at all. Even with home field advantage for the World Series on the line, Beckett made the smart move of not pitching.
As for the other members of the Red Sox at the game and that played, Adrian Gonzalez hit the first home run in 208 All-Star at-bats to provide the only run of the night for the American League. The last player to hit a home run in the All-Star Game was J.D. Drew back in 2008 at Yankee Stadium.
Kevin Youkilis added a hit in his only at-bat. Jacoby Ellsbury had a rough night in his first All-Star Game going 0-for-2 with two strikeouts. David Ortiz also was 0-for-2 but only struck out once.
Now that the fun of the All-Star break is over, the Red Sox get to enjoy two more days off before starting back up in St. Petersburg on Friday night against the Tampa Bay Rays. With the stretch run coming, the Red Sox need all the rest they can get to help heal some of those nagging injuries.
For more slices of Red Sox goodness, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, CSNNE, ESPN Boston, NESN, Providence Journal, RedSox.com and WEEI websites.
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