MTHusky
UCONN Grad class of 1970, living in Brookings OR
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Wasn't Abraham a BCU fan and always blasted UConn whenever he had the opportunity?
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You're probably thinking of Mike DiMauro of the New London Day. He is a smug BC guy. Abraham is now a Red Sox beat writer for The Boston Globe (Peter Abraham - Reporter - The Boston Globe).
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No. Abraham, Woj, Chardis (my MAN!) were all there and battled like it was to the death. Koonz, The Courant horde, I forgot who Register was but Jacobs, Smith, Solomon, Elsberry, DiMauro were fighting for the word edge wise everyday. It was amazing.
5 columnists, at a minimum, for games.
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This week is a good example of why I said the Hearst Media coverage of the Huskies is much better than the Hartford Courant. Since the media was invited to the first official practice on Tuesday here is the coverage of that event by both papers.
Hartford Courant:
1 article from Joe Arruda with quotes from Hurley's media availability after Tuesday's practice about why he decided not to stop coaching. Not much about the team. Nothing from Dom Amore this week. Maybe he's on vacation. But kind of a lame effort from Arruda who was at the first practice on Tuesday.
Hearst Media (New Haven Register, etc.):
1). Article from Mike Anthony about the team and trying to win a national championship this season. All quotes from Hurley.
2). Article from David Borges about Malachi Smith.
3). Article from David Borges about the new "Big 3" (Karaban, Ball and Reed).
4). Article from Mike Anthony about Solo Ball.
It's usually not this one sided but much better coverage from Hearst Media.
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No way... I always felt like Abraham had all the info before anyone else. I remember sitting in front of him at a T-More game watching Ajou. The next day's headline, "The Future of UConn Basketball is Ajou Deng"
Obviously, his career here was a total bust, but he was insane to watch at T-More.
I think you missed an Arruda article because it was similar to the Borges Big 3 one.
But also the Courant has Arruda on both basketball and football, and it's football season. You're right that Hearst has better coverage, but I don't think it's on Arruda as much as his paper stretching him thinner.
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Thanks very much for the article. I always check the UConn men's basketball page of the Courant (link below) where they put all the articles and this article wasn't on there. I was wondering why Arruda would go up to Storrs and just write the one Hurley article without talking about the team. You're right that the Courant's coverage is on the owner of the Courant and not really Arruda's fault. Between that and seeing the article you linked I take back the "lame" comment.
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