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Paw Prints - The Daily UConn Roundup - 2/9
2012-02-09 18:33:00
Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men's basketball and women's basketball teams as well as some of the other sports. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis. As always, links can be found by clicking on the read more button below if you're on the home page. Thank you for stopping by and making SOX & Dawgs your home for UConn Huskies news. To open the links up in a new tab or window, use Control+click UConn Men's Basketball links The Shot Doctor?s Presciption For UConn?s Jeremy Lamb [Dom Amore - Hartford Courant] UConn wants to impose own penalties [AP] Susan Herbst Statement on AP Story [David Borges - New Haven Register] Kemba talks about his NBA rookie season, UConn [Gavin Keefe - The Day] Calhoun remains on medical leave [UConnHuskies.com] UConn alumni in NBA are worth $679m [Wall Street Journal] UConn?s bid to overturn ?13 tourney ban is a joke [Pat Forde - Yah...
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NESN Announces 2012 Red Sox Spring Training Coverage
2012-02-09 01:50:00
Here's the press release from NESN announcing their 2012 Boston Red Sox Spring Training coverage: February 8, 2012 ? NESN, New England?s most watched sports network, will deliver forty-six (46) consecutive days of Boston Red Sox Spring Training coverage that will include sixty-seven (67) hours of live programming leading up to opening day on April 5th. NESN?s live coverage from JetBlue Park at Fenway South in Lee County will feature: 13 days of Red Sox LIVE from Fort Myers presented by Jordan?s Furniture 5 days of WEEI?s The Dennis and Callahan Morning Show 12 Spring Training games in high definition In addition, NESN Daily will feature nightly reports and exclusive interviews from Florida and NESN.com will include up-to-the-minute news from new Red Sox beat reporter Didier Morais and exclusive video in a special Spring Training section at NESN.com/springtraining. ?NESN is committed to bringing our fans the most comprehensive coverage of Red Sox baseball in 2012 starting w...

Whale's Wellman a Long Way from California Roots
2012-02-09 01:45:00
By Bruce Berlet Casey Wellman played several sports growing up in Brentwood, Calif., hardly a hotbed for hockey. But Wellman got hooked on the game played on ice after his father, Brad, met several New Jersey Devils players who asked him to skate with them in Boston. ?Dad didn?t know how to skate, so he was pretty upset about that,? Wellman said with a smile. But Brad, an infielder for 441 games for three major league teams over eight seasons who later managed in the Houston Astros organization, introduced Casey and his brother, Logan, to hockey, and 31/2-year-old Casey fell in love with his new endeavor. ?I have some vague memories (of his dad playing), but I was pretty young,? said Wellman, whose uncle, Tom Candiotti, is a former major league pitcher known for his knuckleball. ?Having pictures of a father-son game is pretty cool, but I haven?t played baseball for a while. It?s a great sport, but at the time, it was just a little slow, a little boring, so I stuck with hockey.? Desp...
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2011 NFL Season Outcome
2012-02-08 19:16:00
With the 2011 NFL Season over I decided to take a look at the pre-season predictions I made back in August. In the beginning we have the award predictions and actual winners followed by my team and playoff predictions and the actual outcomes. Some I did pretty well with, some not so much. Take a look, have a laugh and we will do it again next year. NFL Coach of the Year Predicted: Mike Munchak, Tennessee Titans Actual: Jim Harbaugh, San Francisco 49ers NFL MVP Predicted: Matt Ryan, Atlanta Falcons Actual: Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers NFL Offensive Player of the Year Predicted: Philip Rivers, San Diego Chargers Actual: Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints NFL Defensive Player of the Year Predicted: Jerod Mayo, New England Patriots Actual: Terrell Suggs, Baltimore Ravens NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Predicted: A.J. Green, Cincinnati Bengals Actual: Cam Newton, Carolina Panthers NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Predicted: Nick Fairley, Detroit Lions Actual: Von Miller, De...

Paw Prints - The Daily UConn Roundup - 2/8
2012-02-08 15:49:00
Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men's basketball and women's basketball teams as well as some of the other sports. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis. As always, links can be found by clicking on the read more button below if you're on the home page. Thank you for stopping by and making SOX & Dawgs your home for UConn Huskies news. To open the links up in a new tab or window, use Control+click UConn Men's Basketball links Jim Calhoun vows return to coaching [Andy Katz - ESPN.com] Drummond?s 1st year struggles highlighted [Lee Lewis - The Republican-American] Kemba Walker on rookie life in the NBA [UConn Huskies Basketball] Calhoun Won't Coach Saturday At Syracuse [Hartford Courant] UConn's Total Collapse In Louisville's 21-4 Run [Hartford Courant] Kemba's learning on the job [The Day] UConn may look it, but Huskies not dead yet [CBSSports.com] UConn Wome...
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2011 Patriots Season Outcome
2012-02-08 12:00:00
Back in August I made my predictions about the New England Patriots 2011 season schedule and how they would fare in the season. Below are the predictions along with the actual result. I?m proud of myself I did pretty well. I plan on having my NFL season recap published shortly as well. Week 1 September 12 @Miami 7p MNF ESPN Prediction: Football is officially back; Patriots squish the Fish 35-6. Actual: Patriots 38-24 Week 2 September 18 SAN DIEGO 4:15p CBS Prediction: Chargers always have a tough time in Foxboro; Pats win 31-21. Actual: Patriots 35-21 Week 3 September 25 @Buffalo 1p CBS Prediction: The streak continues; Patriots rout Bills 38-10. Actual: Bills 34-31 Week 4 October 2 @Oakland 4:15p CBS Prediction: Go west get into a battle; lose to Raiders 28-24. Actual: Patriots 31-19 Week 5 October 9 NY JETS 4:15p CBS Prediction: Rebound nicely to beat Jets at home 24-21. Actual: Patriots 30-21 Week 6 October 16 DALLAS 4:15p FOX Prediction: Cowboys do not look good on t...
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Red Sox Head To The Land Down Under For Top Prospect
2012-02-08 04:49:00
The Boston Red Sox have been know to do their scouting all over the world. And their latest signing shows that effort. Rob Bradford of WEEI.com confirmed a report from Australia that the Red Sox have signed 17-year-old Daniel McGrath. He will not play in the Red Sox organization this season as he has to finish up school which will end for him next November. McGrath made 13 appearances for the Melbourne Aces in the Australian Baseball League, going 0-3 with a 6.75 ERA. He had made four appearances last year for the Aces with no record and a 3.86 ERA. If you watch the video below, you will see that he slightly resembles Jon Lester on the mound. Follow Ian on Twitter @soxanddawgs. And be sure to like us on Facebook as well. Photo credit: TheABL.com

Video: Highlights From The UConn Women's 56-46 Win Over Louisville
2012-02-08 04:45:00
Here are the highlights from the UConn Huskies women's basketball team's 56-46 win over the Louisville Cardinals at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, KY on Tuesday night. {flvremote}http://cdn.ianbethune.com/ucon nlouisvillewbb2012.flv{/flvremote} Follow Ian on Twitter @soxanddawgs. And be sure to like us on Facebook as well.

Connecticut Whale 3, Syracuse Crunch 1
2012-02-08 04:44:00
By Brian Ring Hartford, CT, February 7, 2012 - The Connecticut Whale defeated the Syracuse Crunch, 3-1, Tuesday night at the XL Center in Hartford. Mats Zuccarello, Blake Parlett and Scott Tanski all scored for Connecticut, with defenseman Jeff Woywitka adding two assists. Goaltender Chad Johnson made 23 saves in winning his third straight start in the month of February. The Whale?s victory put them two points ahead of idle Bridgeport for first place in the AHL?s Northeast Division with 53 points. ?We?re all playing together and playing well right now,? said Johnson. ?We?re more conscious of the score and of what we want to do, which is to get the two points.? The Whale struck first midway through the opening period, taking a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal from Zuccarello 7:31 into the frame. Zuccarello tipped Tim Erixon?s shot from the right point past Syracuse goaltender Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers (25 saves) for his tenth goal of the season, with the secondary assist going to Brendan ...

UConn Women Survive Physical Battle With Louisville, 56-46
2012-02-08 03:37:00
On Monday night, the UConn Huskies men's basketball team was embarrassed at the KFC Yum! Center by the Louisville Cardinals. On Tuesday night, the UConn women's team was looking to return the favor to the Cardinals women's team. Instead, the Huskies found themselves in a prized fight with the Cardinals and it wouldn't be at all surprising if there's a lot of ice used during the flight home. After building up a big first half lead, UConn was able to survive the physical battle and a Louisville comeback to notch a hard fought 56-46 win in front of 16,483 and a nationally televised audience on CBS Sports Network. The crowd was the largest to see a women's basketball game at the KFC Yum! Center. The Huskies improve to 22-2 (10-1 Big East) and now have won 10 straight games. The Cardinals fall to 17-7 (6-5). Caroline Doty led the Huskies in scoring in 15 points and was the only one to score in double digits. She also had three rebounds, three assists and four steals. Tiffany Hayes ...
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2012 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - Week 13 (Feb. 7)
2012-02-07 19:37:00
The NCAA women's basketball rankings are out and the UConn Huskies remain at No. 3 in both polls. The Baylor Lady Bears are still the unanimous No. 1 team in both polls and are followed by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, UConn, Stanford Cardinal and Duke Blue Devils in both as well. Joining Notre Dame and UConn in the top 25 from the Big East are the Georgetown Hoyas (14/13), Rutgers Scarlet Knights (17/16) and Louisville Cardinals (20/17). The DePaul Blue Demons are ranked No. 22 in ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll but are among the others receiving votes in the AP Poll. The St. John's Red Storm and West Virginia Mountaineers are also among the others receiving votes in both polls. For a complete look at the 2012 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - Week 13 (Feb. 7), click on the read more button below if you're on the home page. AP Top 25 ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll RK TEAM REC PTS PVS RK TEAM REC PTS PVS 1 Baylor (40) 23-0 1,000 1 1 Baylor (31) 24-0 775 1 2 Notre Dame ...

Three UConn Football Players Invited to 2012 NFL Combine
2012-02-07 19:10:00
Now that the 2011 NFL season is over, it's time to start getting ready for the 2012 NFL Draft that will be held from April 26-28 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The first event that's always held is the NFL Combine at Lucas Field in Indianapolis, IN. which will take place this year from February 22-28. And for three members of the UConn Huskies football team, they'll get their first chance to impress all 32 NFL teams at once. The NFL released the full invite list for the 2012 NFL Combine and that list includes UConn DT Kendall Reyes, WR Kashif Moore and K Dave Teggart. Teggart will be part of Group 1 meaning that he'll arrive in Indianapolis on February 22nd. His workout will come on February 25th. Moore will be a part of either Group 4 or Group 5 which means he'll arrive in Indianapolis on February 23rd and conduct his workout on February 26th. Reyes will be a part of Group 7 or Group 8 making his arrival in Indianapolis on February 24th. His work out will come on F...
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MLB.com's 2012 Top 20 Red Sox Prospects
2012-02-07 18:52:00
About two weeks ago, MLB.com revealed it's 2012 Top 100 prospects for all of MLB. Included in that list were four members of the Boston Red Sox organization. They were third baseman Will Middlebrooks, outfielder Bryce Brentz (No. 64), shortstop Xander Bogaerts (No. 76) and catcher Ryan Lavarnway (No. 93). Now MLB.com has released it's 2012 Top 20 Prospects for the Red Sox. Included in the list below if when MLB.com thinks they will help impact the Red Sox. Will Middlebrooks, 3B - ETA: 2012 Bryce Brentz, OF - ETA: 2013 Xander Bogaerts, SS - ETA: 2014 Ryan Lavarnway, C - ETA: 2012 Anthony Ranaudo, P - ETA: 2013 Felix Doubront, P - ETA: 2012 Brandon Jacobs, OF - ETA: 2014 Kolbrin Vitek, 3B - ETA: 2014 Garin Cecchini, 3B - ETA: 2014 Jose Iglesias, SS - ETA: 2012 Blake Swihart, C - ETA: 2015 Matt Barnes, P - ETA: 2014 Drake Britton, P - ETA: 2014 Oscar Tejeda, 2B - ETA: 2013 Stolmy Pimentel, P - ETA: 2014 Sean Coyle, 2B - ETA: 2014 Jose Vinicio, SS - ETA: 2016 Jac...

Atchison Gets Invite To Red Sox Spring Training
2012-02-07 18:46:00
When the Boston Red Sox signed Cody Ross, they needed to make room on the 40-man roster for him. They ended up doing that by designating Scott Atchison for assignment. On Monday, Atchison cleared waivers and was outrighted to the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox. Since he is no longer on the 40-man roster and under a minor league deal, the Red Sox have invited him to spring training as a non-roster invitee. He'll report with the rest of the pitchers and catchers in 10 days on February 17th. Atchison spent the 2011 season shuttling between Pawtucket and Boston making 17 appearances with the Red Sox. In those 17 games, he was 1-0 with a 3.26 ERA. He will be given a chance to compete for a spot in the revamped Red Sox bullpen. Follow Ian on Twitter @soxanddawgs. And be sure to like us on Facebook as well.
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Video: Mark Melancon Swims With the Fishies
2012-02-07 18:38:00
If you wanted to know what type of mentality newcomer Mark Melancon brings to the Boston Red Sox bullpen, you don't have to look any further than the video below. Recently, Melancon went to New Zealand and went swimming with great white sharks. And to me, yes you have to be crazy to do that. Follow Ian on Twitter @soxanddawgs. And be sure to like us on Facebook as well.

Paw Prints - The Daily UConn Roundup - 2/7
2012-02-07 18:12:00
Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men's basketball and women's basketball teams as well as some of the other sports. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis. As always, links can be found by clicking on the read more button below if you're on the home page. Thank you for stopping by and making SOX & Dawgs your home for UConn Huskies news. It's game day for the UConn Huskies women's basketball team as they are in Louisville, KY for a matchup with the Louisville Cardinals at the KFC Yum! Center. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be televised nationally on the CBS Sports Network. To open the links up in a new tab or window, use Control+click UConn Women's Basketball links Too Many Women?s Night Games? Tell UConn What You Think Right Here! [John Altavilla - Hartford Courant] ?Play For Kay? Day Is Saturday At Gampel Pavilion [Rich Elliott - CT Post] Huskie...
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