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With four former members of the UConn Huskies women's basketball team playing for the Connecticut Sun (Tina Charles, Kelly Faris, Kalana Greene, Renee Montgomery), I felt this post was relevant for the fans of the Huskies women's basketball team, especially if you live in an area that gets CPTV Sports.

Here's the release.

HARTFORD Conn. (May 24, 2013) – CPTV Sports, the state’s only 24-hour local sports channel, has announced its broadcast schedule for the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun games this season.

Beginning with tomorrow night’s game against the New York Liberty, CPTV Sports will air at least 18 broadcasts of home and away Sun games. Just like last year, veteran Sun broadcaster Bob Heussler will handle play-by-play duties while color commentary will be handled by a rotating group of broadcasters.

Here is the 2013 Connecticut Sun broadcast schedule on CPTV Sports:

Saturday, May 25 at 7 p.m.  New York Liberty at Connecticut Sun
Friday, May 31 at 8:30 p.m.  Connecticut Sun at Chicago Sky
Saturday, June 1 at 8 p.m.  Connecticut Sun at Minnesota Lynx
Sunday, June 16 at 5 p.m.  Seattle Storm at Connecticut Sun
Saturday, June 29 at 7 p.m.  Phoenix Mercury at Connecticut Sun
Friday, July 12 at 7 p.m.   Chicago Sky at Connecticut Sun
Friday, July 19 at 8 p.m.   Connecticut Sun at Tulsa Shock
Saturday, July 20 at 8 p.m.  Connecticut Sun at San Antonio Silver Stars
Saturday, August 3 at 6 p.m.  Connecticut Sun at New York Liberty
Tuesday, August 6 at 7 p.m.  Los Angeles Sparks at Connecticut Sun
Sunday, August 11 at 4 p.m.  Connecticut Sun at Washington Mystics
Wednesday, August 14 at 7 p.m.  Atlanta Dream at Connecticut Sun
Sunday, August 18 at 6 p.m.  Connecticut Sun at Chicago Sky
Tuesday, August 27 at 10:30 p.m. Connecticut Sun at Los Angeles Sparks
Thursday, August 29 at 10 p.m.  Connecticut Sun at Seattle Storm
Saturday, August 31 at 10 p.m.  Connecticut Sun at Phoenix Mercury
Saturday, September 7 at 7 p.m.  Connecticut Sun at Indiana Fever
Sunday, September 15 at 1 p.m.  Indiana Fever at Connecticut Sun

The first independently owned WNBA franchise, the Connecticut Sun have been one of the most successful teams in the league, advancing to the playoffs eight times in ten years with two trips to the WNBA Finals. Led by league stars Tina Charles, Renee Montgomery, Asjha Jones and Kara Lawson and new Head Coach Anne Donovan, the Sun posted an impressive 25-9 record last year.  

CPTV Sports is available on Comcast cable channel 966 (with Comcast Danbury, Bethel and Ridgefield on channel 256); Cox Communications cable channel 805; Cablevision channel 139; Charter channel 223; Thames Valley channel 87 and MetroCast Channel 418. The channel is also available digitally over the air at channels 24.3 (Hartford), 49.3 (Bridgeport), 53.3 (Norwich) and 65.3 (New Haven).

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John Lackey was strong for the Boston Red Sox and the offense pounded their former teammates, Justin Masterson, Rich Hill and Matt Albers, in an 8-1 win over the Cleveland Indians.

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Before Friday night's game against the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox NESN play-by-play man Don Orsillo was attacked by Indians skipper Terry Francona.

This type of behavior went on through Francona's tenure as Red Sox manager. At one point during the game, Orsillo said he was going to use the video above to press charges against Tito.

So if we don't see Tito in the dugout during today's game, we'll know he's been arrested.

Update: In this video below, Jerry Remy talks about Orsillo's hair emergency after the beatdown from Tito.

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After a rain-soaked win last night to even the series at one game each, the Boston Red Sox will host the Cleveland Indians in game three of a four-game set this afternoon at historic Fenway Park.

First pitch is scheduled for 1:35 p.m. If you live in the Red Sox television market you can catch the game on NESN. If you live in the Indians television market, you can catch the game on SportsTime Ohio. And if you can't catch the game on television, you can always listen on the 2013 Red Sox Radio Network.

Here is the latest on the weather from the Red Sox:

The current forecast for today's game calls for the chance for intermittent light rain showers and mist at Fenway during the afternoon hours. All Fenway Park gates will open on time at 12:05 p.m. and we hope to begin today's game as scheduled at 1:35 pm.

Jon Lester hits the slab for the 11th time in 2013. In his previous 10 starts, Lester is 6-1 with a 3.15 ERA. He picked up the win back on April 18th against the Indians after allowing two runs over seven innings. He's made 12 career starts against the Indians and is 6-1 with a 3.27 ERA. Four of those starts have come at the Fens where he is 2-1 with a 2.31 ERA.

Scott Kazmir makes his seventh start of 2013 for the former Red Sox skipper Terry Francona. In his previous six starts, Kazmir is 2-2 with a 6.35 ERA. He last faced the Red Sox in 2010 as a member of the Angels where he went 0-1 with a 10.61 ERA (11 ER/9.1 IP). He's made 25 career starts against the Red Sox and is 8-8 with a 4.06 ERA. 15 of those starts have come at the Fens where he is 6-5 with a 3.90 ERA.

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Terry Francona returned to Fenway Park last night for the first time as the manager of an opposing team. His team, the Cleveland Indians, made sure he left a winner as they pounded the pitching of the Boston Red Sox in a 12-3 win.

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Former Boston Red Sox now Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona made his return to Fenway Park last night. Well we should say return in a baseball uniform.

He was back last year for the 100 year celebration and while as a member of the ESPN Sunday Night Baseball broadcast team. But this was foreign territory to him being in the visitor's dugout as the opposing manager.

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