<< Thu., Nov. 20

SPORTS

Flipping the expendable Coco Crisp for an inexpensive bullpen arm with promise is just the sort of move Theo Epstein has to make.

It's going to be a tough game, Wes Welker said. The opposing fans, the high stakes, the fact that one team with title aspirations suffered an embarrassing loss the last time the two teams met.

> AP Video: Patriots-Dolphins preview

Updated, 12:19 p.m. Outfielder Coco Crisp was traded from the Boston Red Sox to the Kansas City Royals today for reliever Ramon Ramirez.

> MLB.com: Sox solve logjam at center

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Two punches. Monarchs forward Kevin Westgarth, a 6-foot-5, 247-pounder, needed only a left hook and right uppercut to floor Jeff Szwez of the Philadelphia Phantoms. The Nov. 7 bout in Manchester, viewed almost 9,000 times on YouTube, sent a message throughout the AHL: Don't mess with the Princeton pugilist.

> Click here to see Westgarth vs. Szwez via YouTube

Dustin and Kelli Pedroia could have been in Mexico yesterday -- with the season the Red Sox second baseman had, it would have been a well-deserved vacation.