Gray-Pitts to take on Medina at Mohegan.

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BOXING

Gray-Pitts to take on Medina at Mohegan

Khiary Gray-Pitts of Worcester will try to remain unbeaten as a professional when he takes on Emmanuel Medina of Tilton, New Hampshire, in a four-round, 156-pound bout on the undercard of a night of boxing on Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Gray-Pitts, 21, is 3-0 with one knockout. Medina is 3-4-1 with three knockouts. The card features two New England title bouts. Joseph "Chip'' Perez (10-3-2, 3 KOs) of Hartford will face Agustine Mauras (6-0-3, 3 KOs) of Lawrence in an eight-round bout for the vacant New England super featherweight title, and Jose Crespo (3-1-2, 1 KO) of New Haven will take on Jorge Abiague (7-0-1, 1 KO) of Portland, Maine, in an eight-round fight for the vacant New England super bantamweight crown. Tickets cost $40, $65 and $125 and can be purchased by calling (401) 724-2253 or (401) 724-2254, or by visiting www.cesboxing.com www.ticketmaster.com or the Mohegan Sun box office.

HOCKEY

Leafs fire Carlyle after tough road trip

Randy Carlyle was fired as coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The dismissal Tuesday follows a road trip in which the Maple Leafs lost five of seven games and showed few signs they would soon get better. Carlyle is removed 40 games into the season, with Toronto 21-16-3 and in fourth place in the Atlantic Division. General manager Dave Nonis said in a statement the team was ''not trending in the right direction and we felt an immediate change was necessary.'' Assistants Steve Spott and Peter Horachek will run the bench for today's game against the Washington Capitals. Carlyle went 91-68-19 in 188 games as coach over parts of four seasons.

FOOTBALL

Dolphins hire former Jets GM Tannenbaum

Mike Tannenbaum is returning to the AFC East, this time with the Miami Dolphins. The former New York Jets general manager is taking over the Dolphins' football operations beginning Feb. 1, the team said Tuesday. Dennis Hickey, who became the Dolphins' general manager a year ago, will report to Tannenbaum. Coach Joe Philbin will continue reporting directly to owner Stephen Ross. Tannenbaum was with the Jets from 1997 until 2012, when he was fired after seven seasons as GM. He had recently been working as a consultant to Ross and also worked for the past two years as a sports agent.

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