The defending NBA Champion Boston Celtics improved to 2-0 on the young season with a 96-80 win over the Chicago Bulls at the TD Banknorth Garden on Friday night.
The Celtics pretty much led wire to wire as they jumped out to an early 11 point lead and expanded it to 18 at half time 49-31. [...]
Entries from October 31st, 2008
Celtics Stomp Bulls
October 31st, 2008 by Steve · No Comments ·
Category: Boston Celtics · Chicago Bulls · NBA
Fitzy’s Colts/Pats Wicked Pissah Webcast
October 31st, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
As always, Fitzy’s videos are NSFW.
Category: Blogosphere · Indianapolis Colts · New England Patriots · Videos
Boston Red Sox Afternoon Halloween Delight – 10/31
October 31st, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
With the Boston Red Sox officially bringing back Tim Wakefield this afternoon, it appears the top 4 spots in the pitching rotation for 2009 are set.
Josh Beckett
Jon Lester
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Tim Wakefield
Clay Buchholz, Michael Bowden, Justin Masterson
The competition for the 5th spot is an interesting one. Personally I think the Red Sox would be better served having [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB
UConn Men Ranked No. 2 in AP Preseason Poll
October 31st, 2008 by Ian · 2 Comments ·
The first Men’s Basketball Associated Press (AP) Poll is out and once again we see the UConn Huskies sitting No. 2 behind the North Carolina Tar Heels. The Big East is well represented here again as 7 teams are in the top 25 and 4 in the top 9 (Louisville, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame).
“It is [...]
Category: Men's Basketball · Polls · UConn Huskies
Kevin Youkilis Visits Rentschler Field
October 31st, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
During last weekend’s UConn Huskies win over the Cincinnati Bearcats, Boston Red Sox 1st baseman Kevin Youkilis was on hand to watch his alma mater.
ESPN’s Quint Kessenich caught up with Youk during the game and here it is (finally) for you to enjoy.
Category: Boston Red Sox · Cincinnati Bearcats · College Football · UConn Huskies · Videos
Paw Prints – West Virginia Mountaineers (5-2, 2-0) @ UConn Huskies (6-2, 2-1) Preview
October 31st, 2008 by Ian · 2 Comments ·
This week:
The UConn Huskies will be looking for revenge from last season’s ass whooping at the hands of the West Virginia Mountaineers this Saturday at 12 Noon at Rentschler Field.
Here are the rosters for the Mountaineers and the Huskies.
The Line/Prediction:
According to Yahoo! Sports odds, the Mountaineers are favored by 4 points. The over/under is 44.5 [...]
Category: Big East · College Football · UConn Huskies · WVU Mountaineers
Boston Red Sox News & Notes – 10/31
October 31st, 2008 by Ian · 5 Comments ·
If you missed the news last night, Jason Varitek, Alex Cora and David Ross have all filed for free agency.
It appears that Tim Wakefield will return to the Boston Red Sox for his 15th straight season as they plan to exercise the option on his contract today.
The Red Sox/Rays looks to be the new rivalry [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB
Paw Prints – The Daily Roundup – 10/31
October 31st, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
If you’re attending the UConn/West Virginia football game on Saturday at Rentschler Field, the UConn Student-Athlete Advisory Committe (SAAC) is holding a winter coat drive.
The UConn Huskies football program was honored by the American Football Coaches Assocation for it’s graduation rate.
As usual, the rest of the football news will be located in the upcoming West [...]
Category: Alumni News · College Baseball · College Football · College Hockey · Men's Basketball · Soccer · UConn Huskies · Women's Basketball
In The Red Zone – Patriots (5-2) at Colts (3-4) Preview – Week 9
October 31st, 2008 by Steve · 3 Comments ·
This Week
The New England Patriots visit the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis IN on Sunday at 8:15 p .m.
The Patriots (5-2), who are tied for 1st in the AFC East, are 2-1 on the road and 3-2 against the AFC. The Colts (3-4), who are in a three way tie for second place in the AFC South, are 1-2 at home and 2-2 in the conference.
Here [...]
Category: Indianapolis Colts · NFL · New England Patriots
Varitek, Cora And Ross File For Free Agency
October 30th, 2008 by Ian · 5 Comments ·
Will we be seeing this again in 2009? Or will Jason Varitek be moving on?
With the end of the World Series finally upon us, it now starts the period of time where players can file for free agency. The Boston Red Sox have 8 players who can file for free agency and today 3 of [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · Free Agents · MLB
You Know How I Know You’re Gay?…
October 30th, 2008 by Steve · 4 Comments ·
For anyone who has seen the movie “The 40 Year Old Virgin” everyone remembers the scene between Cal (Seth Rogen) and David (Paul Rudd) playing video games and verbally sparring about each other’s manhood. That scene brought out some of the funniest responses to that question.
Answers like:
“Because you macramed yourself a pair of jean shorts”.
”You [...]
Category: Humor · NFL · San Francisco 49ers · Seattle Seahawks
UConn Women Lose Out On Gross
October 30th, 2008 by Ian · 2 Comments ·
UConn Huskies women’s basketball recruit Krista Gross had the Huskies in her top four schools after her visit to the UConn campus. But the allure of playing close to home was the ultimate factor for Gross as she announced today that she will be attending the University of North Carolina next season to play for [...]
Category: UConn Huskies · Women's Basketball
UConn Women’s Basketball 1995 NCAA Championship Team To Be Honored
October 30th, 2008 by Ian · 2 Comments ·
Here is a press release from the University of Connecticut athletic department concerning the “Huskies of Honor.”
STORRS, Conn. (October 30, 2008) -The 1994-1995 University of Connecticut women’s basketball team, which won the 1995 NCAA National Championship and posted a perfect 35-0 overall record, will be inducted into the “UConn Huskies of Honor” recognition program on [...]
Category: Alumni News · Awards · UConn Huskies · Women's Basketball
Introducing MelThomas.com
October 30th, 2008 by Ian · 1 Comment ·
With her book “Heart of a Husky” set to hit stores in the near future, former UConn Huskies women’s basketball player Mel Thomas has introduced her website, MelThomas.com to promote the book.
It does look like the site is in it’s infancy stages but the site looks great and will be a great outlet for fans [...]
Category: Alumni News · UConn Huskies · Women's Basketball
Mayo, Gostkowski Honored; Wilfork Fined
October 30th, 2008 by Steve · 1 Comment ·
The NFL has announced that New England Patriots rookie linebacker Jerod Mayo was the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month for October. He has started all 7 games this year and led the team in tackles for October with 24 in helping them to a 3-1 record for the month. He is the first Patriots [...]
Category: Awards · Denver Broncos · NFL · New England Patriots
Macha To Manage Brew Crew
October 30th, 2008 by Steve · 2 Comments ·
NESN Red Sox baseball analyst Ken Macha is set to be named the new manager of the Milwaukee Brewers. He will replace former Boston third base coach Dale Sveum, who was named interim manager after Ned Yost was let go with about two weeks left in the season. Sveum was able to right the brewery and get [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · Coaching Changes · Detroit Tigers · MLB · Media · Milwaukee Brewers · Minnesota Twins · NESN · Oakland A's · Sports Radio/Television
UConn Men Ranked No. 2 In USA Today/Coaches Preseason Poll
October 30th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
The first of the two major men’s college basketball polls are out and the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team is ranked 2nd behind the North Carolina Tar Heels in the USA Today/Coaches Preseason Top 25.
There are a total of 7 Big East teams ranked in the top 25, including 3 in the top 6 and [...]
Category: Men's Basketball · Polls · UConn Huskies
Paw Prints – The Daily Roundup – 10/30
October 30th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
Let’s kickoff the post by taking a look at the highlights from the UConn Huskies 40-16 win over Cincinnati this past Saturday.
The Huskies football team secured another recruit in Steve Greene, a 6′5″ 311 lb offensive lineman.
Lauren Aird’s hat trick helped the UConn Huskies field hockey team to a 6-1 win over the Georgetown Hoyas.
Let’s [...]
Category: College Football · Field Hockey · UConn Huskies · Videos
Newest Peyton Manning MasterCard Commercial
October 30th, 2008 by Ian · 3 Comments ·
Category: Indianapolis Colts · TV Commercials · Videos
Scheduled Maintenance
October 29th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
We are performing important network maintenance on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 from 11:00 p.m. to midnight MDT. Total downtime will not exceed five minutes for the following domain(s):
soxanddawgs.com
This maintenance is required to introduce additional network security enhancements that will result in improved network stability and reliability. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
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