Defending national champion UConn will meet UCLA in the Hall of Fame Women’s Holiday Showcase at Mohegan Sun Arena, it was announced Friday. The details are here in the press release from the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame: SPRINGFIELD, MA – The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today that it will hold the […]
Former UConn standout lost for entire NFL season
August 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Sad news for former UConn star Donald Thomas. The Indianapolis Colts’ offensive lineman will miss the entire NFL season with an injury.
UConn women to face St. John’s in Maggie Dixon Classic
July 31, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The UConn women will renew their rivalry with St. John’s on Jan. 4 when the Huskies play in the Maggie Dixon Classic at Madison Square Garden. Here’s the press release from today: New York, NY – July 31, 2014 — MSG Sports and the Dixon family announced today that the defending NCAA Women’s Basketball National Champions, University […]
Aresco continues to lobby for AAC power
July 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment
NEWPORT, R.I. – Commissioner Mike Aresco took the podium Tuesday at football media day and offered up his state of the American Athletic Conference speech heading into a new season. His tone could best be described as “defiant” and that’s the way Aresco summed it up. “We as a conference take nothing for granted,” Aresco […]
Writer Roger Angell finally crosses home in Cooperstown
July 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It was May 1978. I was just days away from completing my sophomore year of college and I was wrapping up my first full season as the University of Kansas sports correspondent for the Kansas City Star newspaper. Certain moments mark time in our travels through life and our journey down a career path. In […]
Boatright was packing NBA bags, but focus is all UConn now
July 26, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Ryan Boatright was gone to the NBA – at least in his own mind. Talking openly for the first time about his decision to return for his senior season at UConn, Boatright said Friday that in the weeks immediately following the Huskies’ win in the NCAA championship game, he decided he would forgo his final […]
Purvis ready to hit ignition button for UConn
July 24, 2014 by Leave a Comment
STORRS – Every July day that passes brings Rodney Purvis a little closer to his dream. He wants to be back on the basketball court, hitting shots and celebrating with the crowd. He wants to be part of a team again, and share that special bond that existed at UConn last season on the way […]
UConn’s Lenehan rewarded with scholarship
July 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment
UConn coach Kevin Ollie has rewarded walk-on guard Pat Lenehan with a scholarship for the 2014-15 season. Lenehan, out of Xavier High School in Middletown, Conn., has been a walk-on with the Huskies the past two seasons and will be a senior next season. Lenehan, 6-3 and 181 pounds, is an outstanding student who recently […]
KU’s Alexander sprains ankle during workout
July 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Kansas freshman forward Cliff Alexander, generally considered the third best basketball player in the Class of 2014, suffered a severe right ankle sprain during a workout in Lawrence about a week ago and is wearing a walking boot. Jayhawks coach Bill Self told the Lawrence Journal-World Tuesday night via text message that Alexander will have […]
Raptors may stash DeAndre Daniels in Europe
July 5, 2014 by Leave a Comment
According to several published reports, former UConn forward DeAndre Daniels may be playing in Europe next season, despite the fact that the Toronto Raptors used the 37th pick overall to select Daniels in the NBA Draft last month. The Toronto Sun was first to report the speculation about Daniels’ future. “Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri […]