Kgun is right. Maybe ESPN and The NFL didn't do their homework. But maybe, just maybe, it's because we failed to properly reinforce with ESPN and The NFL how we want our school to be referred to. If its the former, shame on them--the latter, shame on us. Something tells me we'll hear this--"we told them about our name change but we can't control how they report it". Memo to our staff--not a good enough excuse. I don't remember Jabbar or Ali letting the media get by with Alcinder and Clay and saying, "Oh well, I told them but I can't control what they report".
We can certainly fix this but there's simply too long a list of similar examples of disrespecting UConn by the media. We'll get respect when we start demanding it.