So my Facebook feed brought up the memory that, on this day in 2011, we got the official word that Samarie Walker had left the team. I was really bummed because she had flashes of greatness. That led me to finding out what happened to her after Kentucky and beyond. I always felt as if she...
UConn is one of 20 nominees named for the USA Today Readers’ Choice award of ‘Best College for Sports Fans. As of today (7/27), we're in second place.
VOTE HERE!
As a NY Times subscriber, I saw on Monday that they're off-boarding their sports coverage to the Athletic (which they apparently purchased last year). Even though much of the Athletic is behind a paywall, I have liked their coverage of teams I follow. I went to find out how much it would cost to...
Does anyone know who won the MOP for the Final Four? I’ve looked online, but see no mention (yet). I know it’s customary that someone from the winning team wins, but McDonald has to have been considered.
This from a rather amusing story about Sue Bird, Megan Rapinoe, DT, and Penny Taylor: NESN LINK HERE
Geno and Chris might not be pleased, of course, but . . .
(Edit: binge drinking is not cool, I get that, but I still enjoyed the story.)
I was looking at the match-ups for tomorrow (Saturday) and I see that we are the AWAY team, while Temple is the HOME team. Can anyone tell me how these are decided? Or tell me how to find out?
TIA
So I'm a high school teacher, and at the end of the year, a senior I really like (despite the fact that he's leaving CT to go to Tennessee) dropped off a present for me. I wrote his college recommendation and he wanted to thank me. But he's also a sly little bastard, so this is what he gave me...
Just saw this fun article (perhaps more so for the rest of the country, as we're used to it in Connecticut) on SBNation about the CT Sun's male practice team. Some nice UConn connections as well. Link is HERE
Did anyone else catch this? It was his first game NCAA tournament game (in person). How was it? "Crackerjack."
Holly interviews 101 year-old UConn fan, Harold Oehler
This smart, small documentary film focuses on New Haven's Ring One Boxing and its founder, trainer/mentor/coach/ Brian Clark, who also happens to be one of the first good friends I made when I moved to Connecticut a little over thirty years ago. I've seen him coach in the past, but like all of...
Here's a question I've always wondered. You see someone come onto the floor with a box of hats and shirts when a team wins a championship, be it a conference championship, regional championship, or the national championship. I assume that theres a box of gear ready-made for each team.
So--...
The Courant text alerts were discontinued last August (2016). After some work, I received alerts last year, but I can no longer find the source, nor do I continue to receive them.
Does anyone know of another SMS/text source for UConn Women's basketball text alerts? I don't need general WCBB or...
This is a repost, if you will, of a 2014 thread I posted. I was hoping that in the three subsequent years, more folks have cut the cord and can offer their opinions/ experiences.
I have become more and more disillusioned by the cost of my cable service and would have no trouble canceling cable...
A heartfelt tribute: THE VOICE IN MY HEAD
I have always thought, especially during the nastiness of Tennessee and Maya Moore, that Pat wasn't OK. Since then, I have assumed that her health was, in part, the beginning of that unpleasantness and paranoia. (Now the LV fans had no excuse; those...
(Didn't see it anywhere-- sorry if I missed it.)
Nice ESPN article HERE
"I always come back to the lessons I learned from Coach [Geno] Auriemma in how you treat people and how you need to respect everyone from Player 1 to Player 15 on your team," she said."
Be-ROOO-be! (Sp.?)
I always...
So my phone rang; it was my 88 year-old father in Massachusetts who truly doesn't care at all for basketball (though he is an ardent Red Sox fan-- for which I forgive him), saying, "Quick. There's a story on the UConn women on NPR. Turn it on now."
I couldn't find it locally, but a little...
“I Wanna Be Like Sue Bird”: USAB Men’s Team Wowed by Women’s Team
Mostly what looks like a promo piece, but a little fun nonetheless: LINK HERE
(It's too bad, on the other hand, that our current culture needs the "real" athletes to bring positive attention to our beloved sport, but I'll take...
It's hard to imagine this happening in the same way with either: a) UConn WBB; or B) the Olympic WBB team, but the Chicago Tribune tweet is especially galling: LINK HERE
I have held WBB season tix at the XL for over a decade, and while I would never think of not renewing, I know a lot of folks here have stopped attending. The article focuses mostly on Rentschler Field and football (and, presumably the Big 12 expansion), but does say the group will reach out to...
Please keep your fingers crossed. The cable is down at the street side to my house.still fighting with-- er, talking to-- Comcast. It's a battle of wills.
Anyone in Middletown know how to climb a telephone pole? I'll pay you in single malt scotch.
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