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January 28, 2008 Archives

The Red Sox obtained reliever David Aardsma from the Chicago White Sox for Willy Mota and Miguel Socolovich on Monday in a trade involving three right-handed pitchers.

Aardsma started last season with Chicago and went 2-1 with a 6.40 ERA with 36 strikeouts in 32 1-3 innings over 25 relief outings. In the second half of the season at Triple-A Charlotte, Aardsma, 26, was 3-2 with a 4.33 ERA with 15 saves in 18 appearances.

He's made 81 relief appearances with the White Sox, Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants, compiling a record of 6-1 with a 5.16 ERA.

Mota had 17 relief outings last year at Class-A Lowell, going 5-3 with a 2.60 ERA and one save. Socolovich pitched last year for two Class-A teams, Greenville and Lowell. He was 2-2 with a 6.65 ERA in 11 games with Greenville and 5-4 with a 3.56 ERA in 14 games with Lowell.

--AP

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Former Brown quarterback and head coach Mark Whipple was hired yesterday by the Philadelphia Eagles as offensive assistant coach.

Whipple, a 1979 graduate of Brown, was the Bears starting quarterback from 1977-78 and was inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.

Whipple coached Brown from 1994-97 and led UMass to a Division I-AA national championship in 1998.

Whipple’s last coaching job was from 2004-06 where he was the quarterback coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Brown senior Damon Huffman is the Ivy League basketball player of the week for thee second time this season, and freshman Adrian Williams is the Ivy rookie of the week.

Huffman scored 23 points, 15 in the last 10 minutes, in Brown's 77-66 victory over Yale Saturday. Williams scored 11 points and played 28 minutes, both career highs.

The Bears improved to 9-7, 1-1 in the league. They will play first-place Cornell (10-5, 2-0) Friday night at the Pizzitola Center.

| Categories College Sports

Jim Donaldson continues his six-part series on the Patriots, this time highlighting the Pats' brain trust -- the front office. Also, Syracuse continues to hobble through the Big East season with a 71-64 win over Providence College.
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