The No. 4 Oklahoma Sooners were supposed to provide a test for the No. 1 UConn Huskies tonight at Gampel Pavilion. The Sooners did give them a test at times but in the end it was the Huskies who showed why they are the favorites to win the national championship in April in St. Louis.
It [...]
Entries from November 30th, 2008
UConn Crushes Oklahoma 106-78
November 30th, 2008 by Ian · 2 Comments ·
Category: Oklahoma Sooners · UConn Huskies · Women's Basketball
Steelers Turnover Patriots, 33-10
November 30th, 2008 by Steve · 7 Comments ·
The Result
The Pittsburgh Steelers came into Gillette Stadium and played a very efficient Steeler like football game that saw some good pass plays, some solid runs, excellent defense and they capitalized on turnovers and came out with their first win ever at the Razor 33-10 over the New England Patriots on Sunday afternoon.
Pittsburgh basically took [...]
Category: NFL · New England Patriots · Pittsburgh Steelers
Tazawa, Red Sox Deal In Place Pending a Physical
November 30th, 2008 by Ian · 1 Comment ·
According to Tony Massarotti of the Boston Globe, the Boston Red Sox and Junichi Tazawa have a deal in place that will become official later in the week pending the outcome of a physical.
According to the same source, the 22-year-old Tazawa is due in Boston during the early or middle part of this week to [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · Contracts · Free Agents · MLB
Steelers @ Patriots Live Blog
November 30th, 2008 by Steve · No Comments ·
Welcome to another live blog…Once again it’s another big game for the Patriots as they face the Steelers at the Razor. A New England win will at least keep them one game behind the Jets (if not tied) and improve their chances within the conference for getting into the playoffs.
We use the Cover it Live [...]
Category: Live Blog · NFL · New England Patriots · Pittsburgh Steelers
Patriots Tailgating Tidbits – Week 13
November 30th, 2008 by Steve · No Comments ·
After dismantling the Miami Dolphins 48-28 in a trash talking, belligerent, fist throwing effort last Sunday in Miami, the Patriots move onto their next opponent the hated black and gold of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Outside of the AFC East the Steelers and the Colts rank up their as rivals on the Patriots list and lately [...]
Category: Miami Dolphins · NFL · New England Patriots · Pittsburgh Steelers
Paw Prints – The Daily Roundup – 11/30
November 30th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
It’s game day for the No.1 UConn Huskies women’s basketball team as the No. 4 Oklahoma Sooners come to Gampel Pavilion. Tip-off is scheduled for around 8:15 PM and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN.
All eyes tonight will be on the battle between Tina Charles and Courtney Paris.
It’s a big battle of two [...]
Category: College Football · College Hockey · Men's Basketball · Soccer · UConn Huskies · Volleyball · Women's Basketball
UConn In The NBA 2008/09 – 11/30
November 30th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
Here is our weekly look at how the 12 former players from the UConn Huskies have fared in the NBA for the previous week.
Links to game recaps are provided as well with the stats after the jump.
Player
Date
Opponent
Mins
Pts
Rebs
Asts
Stls
Blks
Ray Allen Boston Celtics
11/23
W vs Toronto Raptors
31
21
3
3
0
0
11/26
W vs Golden State Warriors
39
25
3
3
0
0
11/28
W vs Philadelphia 76ers
31
23
2
3
2
0
11/29
W vs Charlotte Bobcats
37
15
4
1
2
0
Player
Date
Opponent
Mins
Pts
Rebs
Asts
Stls
Blks
Hilton Armstrong New [...]
Category: Alumni News · NBA · UConn Huskies
Celtics Hang On For 89-84 Win Over Charlotte
November 29th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
The Boston Celtics hit their free throws down the stretch to hold on for an 89-84 win over the Charlotte Bobcats in front of 19,177 at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, NC. The win for the Celtics was their 8th straight and 9th in their last 10 games.
Charlotte tied the game up at 77 [...]
Category: Boston Celtics · Charlotte Bobcats · NBA
UConn-Pittsburgh To Kickoff At Noon On December 6th
November 29th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
After holding the game for a “six-day window”, the Big East Conference and ESPN have announced that the UConn Huskies vs Pittsburgh Panthers game at Rentschler Field on December 6th will kickoff at 12 Noon.
The game will be televised nationally on ESPN.
Category: Big East · College Football · ESPN · Pittsburgh Panthers · UConn Huskies
Thabeet’s Double-Double Leads UConn Past Bryant
November 29th, 2008 by Ian · 2 Comments ·
Hasheem Thabeet lead 5 players in double figures for the No. 1 UConn Huskies as they went on to easily dispatch of the Bryant Bulldogs 88-58 in front of 12,558 at the XL Center in Hartford, CT.
Thabeet had a double-double, his 3rd of the season, with 16 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocked shots to [...]
Category: Bryant Bulldogs · Men's Basketball · UConn Huskies
Bang! Owwww I Been Shot!
November 29th, 2008 by Steve · 4 Comments ·
Doesn’t it seem like for the most part some athletes are just dumber than the average human? well folks you can New York Giants WR Plaxico Burress to the list as he shot himself, accidentally I might add, in the leg while in a club in New York on Friday night.
How does this happen? Well [...]
Category: Humor · New York Giants · Random Stupidity
For Those Who Blog We Salute You – 11/29
November 29th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
Patriots Ford Mustang [Depth of Field Photo]
Serious Commitment [Center Field]
Curt Schilling joins WEEI’s merry band of pranksters [Red Sox Monster]
Roger* Booted From Charity Golf Tournament [Fenway West]
Makes a Swell Gift [Surviving Grady]
New Extended Lost Trailer [Fang's Bites]
Somehow, this Citigroup thing is the Mets fault [The 'Ropolitans]
Adidas Is Apparently Having Some Sort Of Party [Awful Announcing]
Women [...]
Category: Blogosphere · Videos
Boston Celtics Honored By GQ Magazine
November 29th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
In the latest issue of GQ Magazine, the Boston Celtics have been honored as one of The Athletes, Actors and Newsmakers Who Blew Our Mind in ‘08.
Celtics great Jo-Jo White wrote the accompanying text for the article:
“It had been twenty-two years since we last reached that pinnacle. Twenty-two long, long years between NBA Championships … [...]
Category: Awards · Boston Celtics · NBA
Paw Prints – The Daily Roundup – 11/29
November 29th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
It’s game day for the UConn Huskies men’s basketball team as they will take on the Bryant Bulldogs today at 1 PM at the XL Center in Hartford, CT. The game will be televised locally on My-TV9.
Kemba Walker could be one of the fastest Huskies ever.
The vacation is over for the UConn men’s basketball team.
The [...]
Category: College Football · College Hockey · Men's Basketball · Soccer · UConn Huskies · Volleyball · Women's Basketball
Celtics Crush Sixers
November 28th, 2008 by Steve · No Comments ·
On the night after Thanksgiving it appeared that the Philadelphia 76ers were still digesting their turkey dinners as they were absolutely blown out the TD Banknorth Garden by the reigning NBA Champion Boston Celtics, 102-78.
It was Ray Allen’s night as the former UConn Husky had 13 points in the third quarter including 11 in a row [...]
Category: Boston Celtics · NBA · Philadelphia 76ers
Sox and Rangers Play Let’s Make A Deal
November 28th, 2008 by Steve · 1 Comment ·
The Boston Red Sox and Texas Rangers hooked up today for a trade but it didn’t solve any of the Sox catching issues instead they added yet another arm to the bullpen by acquiring 26-year old sidearming right hander Wes Littleton for future considerations. The return to Texas isn’t considered to be a sizable one as Littleton [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB · Texas Rangers · Trades
Red Sox Name Bogar 1st Base Coach
November 28th, 2008 by Steve · No Comments ·
The Boston Red Sox formally announced the appointment of former major league short stop and minor league manager Tim Bogar as their new first base coach at Fenway Park today.
Bogar replaces Luis Alicea who was not renewed for 2009 and has since been hired by the New York Mets.
Bogar, who played parts of nine big [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · Cleveland Indians · Houston Astros · Los Angeles Dodgers · MLB · Minor Leagues · New York Mets · Tampa Bay Rays
In The Red Zone – Steelers (8-3) at Patriots (7-4) Preview – Week 13
November 28th, 2008 by Steve · No Comments ·
This Week
The New England Patriots welcome the Pittsburgh Steelers to Gillette Stadium in Foxboro MA on Sunday at 4:15 p .m.
The Patriots are 4-2 at the Razor and 5-4 against the AFC. The Steelers 4-1 on the road and 7-1 against the AFC.
Here are the rosters for the Steelers and Patriots.
Here are the projected starting lineups for the game.
The Line/Prediction
As of [...]
Category: NFL · New England Patriots · Pittsburgh Steelers
Fitzy’s Wicked Pissah Pats/Steelers Preview
November 27th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
As always, Fitzy’s videos are NSFW.
Category: NFL · New England Patriots · Pittsburgh Steelers · Videos
Paw Prints – The Daily Roundup – 11/27
November 27th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
Light day for the linkage as you might expect on Thanksgiving day but here’s what’s making news involving the UConn Huskies.
Heather Buck will visit the doctors on Friday to hopefully be cleared to do some light running.
Buck has improved a great deal since being diagnosed with mononucleosis.
There are lots of similiarities betweeen the 2008-09 men’s [...]
Category: College Football · Men's Basketball · Soccer · UConn Huskies · Women's Basketball
