Former New Haven Raven signs with Angels: Former New Haven Ravens and Colorado Rockies pitcher Brian Fuentes has signed a two year, $17.5 million contract with a $9 million club option for a third year with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Fuentes was 1-5 with a 2.73 ERA and 30 saves for the Rockies [...]
Entries from December 31st, 2008
Angels Sign Brian Fuentes
December 31st, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
Category: Asides · Colorado Rockies · Free Agents · Los Angeles Angels · MLB · New Haven Ravens
UConn Women Close Out 2008 With 78-41 Win Over Hartford
December 31st, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
Jen Rizzotti likes to challenge her Hartford Hawks team every year and that includes an annual matchup with the No. 1 UConn Huskies. One of these years, she will beat her former coach Geno Auriemma but that day will have to wait at least for another year.
Renee Montgomery outscored the Hawks in the first half [...]
Category: Hartford Hawks · UConn Huskies · Women's Basketball
Deon Anderson Gets In Fight With Flozell Adams
December 31st, 2008 by Ian · 1 Comment ·
Disarray in Dallas: According to the Dallas Morning News, former UConn Huskies fullback Deon Anderson and Flozell Adams were involved in a fight on the Dallas Cowboys flight back home after being embarrassed by the Philadelphia Eagles. The fight was broken up by Leonard Davis. [Dallas Sports Fans]
Category: Alumni News · Asides · Dallas Cowboys · NFL · UConn Huskies
Jamal Trice Commits To UConn
December 31st, 2008 by Ian · 1 Comment ·
The UConn Huskies men’s basketball team has picked up another recruit for next year’s freshman class as 6-foot-5 shooting guard Jamal Trice has given Jim Calhoun an oral commitment to join the Huskies next year.
Trice is a Los Angeles area native who went to Mater Dei High School but is doing a prep year at [...]
Category: Men's Basketball · UConn Huskies
Jerod Mayo Named AP Defensive Rookie of the Year
December 31st, 2008 by Ian · 1 Comment ·
AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: This should come as no surprise to anyone who watches the New England Patriots play every week. The AP has selected New England Patriots lineback Jerod Mayo as the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year. Mayo received 49-of-50 votes with the other vote going to Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Keith [...]
Category: Asides · Awards · NFL · New England Patriots
Paw Prints – The Daily Roundup – 12/31
December 31st, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
It’s game day for the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team on this snowy New Year’s eve morning as they will take on the Hartford Hawks at Noon at the XL Center. If you’re heading to the game be careful on the roads and if you decide to stay home, remember you can always catch the [...]
Category: College Football · College Hockey · Men's Basketball · UConn Huskies · Women's Basketball
Youk In Trouble With State of Massachusetts
December 31st, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
Massachusetts AG Martha Coakley not happy with Youk: Apparently Boston Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis forget to register his charity, Hits For Kids, as a non-profit organization with the state of Massachusetts. They have filed the correct papers with the IRS though and are rectifying the situation with the state.
Coakley’s office sent out a [...]
Category: Asides · Boston Red Sox · Charitable Events · MLB
First Look At New England Patriots 2009 Schedule
December 31st, 2008 by Ian · 28 Comments ·
UPDATE: The 2009 schedule has been released.
The NFL has released the New England Patriots schedule for 2009 and by the looks of it, it’s not going to be easy. The AFC East opponents are in bold.
Home:
Buffalo Bills
Miami Dolphins
New York Jets
Jacksonville Jaguars
Tennessee Titans
Baltimore Ravens
Atlanta Falcons
Carolina Panthers
Away:
Buffalo Bills
[...]
Category: NFL · New England Patriots
Without Roy, Trail Blazers Beat Celtics 91-86
December 31st, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
Celtics not finding the west to their liking: One game after beating the Sacramento Kings by 45 points, the Boston Celtics took on the Portland Trail Blazers and fell 91-86. The Blazers, who were playing without their star Brandon Roy, were led by Steve Blake’s 21 points. LaMarcus Aldridge had 20 and Greg Oden had [...]
Category: Asides · Boston Celtics · NBA · Portland Trail Blazers
New England Patriots Sign 5 Players
December 31st, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
Here is a press release from the New England Patriots media relations staff concerning the signing of 5 players to future contracts.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Patriots signed five players to future contracts today – defensive lineman Titus Adams, linebacker Angelo Craig, punter Tom Malone, linebacker Darrell Robertson and offensive lineman Ryan Wendell. Terms [...]
Category: NFL · New England Patriots
Another One Bites The Dust
December 30th, 2008 by Ian · 2 Comments ·
Adios Shanahan: The Denver Broncos have fired their head coach Mike Shanahan after they saw their playoff hopes go out the door when they lost their last 3 games. Shanahan was 24-24 over the past 3 seasons. He finished with a record of 146-91 including the playoffs during his 14 years as head coach. He [...]
Category: Asides · Coaching Changes · Denver Broncos · NFL
NCAA Men’s & Women’s College Basketball Polls – Week 7
December 30th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
The polls are out for the men’s and women’s basketball teams and the UConn Huskies men’s team is currently still No. 2 only because the men’s polls came out before last night’s loss. Expect them to drop next week. The UConn women retained their firm grasp on the top spot in both polls heading into [...]
Category: Men's Basketball · UConn Huskies · Women's Basketball
Josh Bard Signing Official
December 30th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
Bard back with Red Sox: Tony Massarotti reports that the deal between the Boston Red Sox and Josh Bard is official now. The deal is for 1 year, $1.7 million and has incentives that could bring the deal to $2.5 million. Most of the contract is non-guaranteed. He also adds that this DOES NOT eliminate [...]
Category: Asides · Boston Red Sox · Contracts · Free Agents · MLB
Paw Prints – The Daily Roundup – 12/30
December 30th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
David Borges of the New Haven Register, Matt Stout of the Norwich Bulletin, Mike Anthony of the Hartford Courant, Neill Ostrout of the Connecticut Post all have some postgame notes from the UConn Huskies loss to Georgetown last night.
There was a lot of blame to be passed around after the loss to Georgetown last night.
Hasheem [...]
Category: College Football · College Hockey · Men's Basketball · UConn Huskies · Women's Basketball
Pictures From Mel Thomas Book Signing In East Haven
December 30th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
Last night, I had the good fortune of heading over to the Irish-American Community Center in East Haven, CT to purchase Mel Thomas’ book “Heart of a Husky” and have it personally autographed. It also gave me and hundreds of other UConn Huskies fans a chance to meet Mel.
From what I could tell, Mel is [...]
Category: Alumni News · Books · UConn Huskies · Women's Basketball
Georgetown Upsets UConn In Big East Opener
December 29th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
Nobody ever expected the No. 2 UConn Huskies to go through this season undefeated. Nobody also expected the Huskies to play like absolute crap in their Big East opener tonight. And one day, they will learn how to beat a team that plays primarily zone against them.
The No 8. Georgetown Hoyas got off to a [...]
Category: Big East · Georgetown Hoyas · Men's Basketball · UConn Huskies
Report: Red Sox Tried To Get Hanley Ramirez From Marlins
December 29th, 2008 by Ian · 29 Comments ·
Hanley Ramirez back with the Red Sox?: No, not at all but according to Tom Verducci and Jon Heyman, the Boston Red Sox asked the Florida Marlins about shortstop Hanley Ramirez. They say the talks have ended after an agreement could not be reached.
The Marlins were said to be most interested in a center fielder, [...]
Category: Asides · Boston Red Sox · Florida Marlins · MLB
Afternoon Red Sox Delight – 12/29
December 29th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
While we wait for the Brad Penny and Josh Bard signings to become official, let’s take a look at what it means for the Boston Red Sox and then look at some other news and happenings.
Personally I like the signing of Penny. If he stays healthy, hopefully he can put up something close to the [...]
Category: Boston Red Sox · MLB
2009 International Bowl Preview
December 29th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
To get everyone thinking about the UConn Huskies football team again since they play in the 2009 International Bowl against the Buffalo Bulls this Saturday at 12 Noon in Toronto at the Rogers Centre, here is ESPN’s preview of the game from Todd McShay.
Category: Bowl Games · Buffalo Bulls · College Football · UConn Huskies · Videos
Happy New Year! Oh By The Way You’re Fired!
December 29th, 2008 by Ian · No Comments ·
The end of the NFL season is upon us now so that means only one thing. It’s firing time for coaches whose teams underperformed or didn’t make the playoffs.
First up on the list is Rod Marinelli. He was fired by the Detroit Lions today after guiding the team to an 0-16 record. You can’t really fault [...]
Category: Cleveland Browns · Coaching Changes · Detroit Lions · NFL · New England Patriots · New York Jets · San Francisco 49ers
