As we learned earlier in the week, Boston Red Sox captain Jason Varitek will announce his retirement today at 5:30 p.m. at Fenway South in Ft. Myers, FL.
Watch the event live below:
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Here’s a great video from UConn about UConn Huskies freshman basketball players Andre Drummond & Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KeQ7Q7y9_V0?rel=0
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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.
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UConn Men’s Basketball links
Dom answered a few questions in his mailbag [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]
UConn On The Bubble: Feb. 29 [Kevin Duffy – CT Post]
Surprisingly, Many Analysts Have The Huskies Making NCAA Tournament [Hartford Courant]
Three Things That Hurt UConn Against Providence [Hartford Courant]
More Reasons For UConn’s Failure [Hartford Courant]
Huskies have fallen short across the board [New Haven Register]
The Defending Champion Connecticut Huskies Have No More Mulligans [The Big Lead]
Connecticut needs a run to earn at-large berth [Washington Post]
UConn Women’s Basketball links
Becca Bruszewski: The Truth Lies In Between [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]
Hartley, Mosqueda-Lewis Named To Midseason Naismith List [Rich Elliott – CT Post]
Take a shot at predicting Big East award winners [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]
Asjha Jones helps Rivas Ecopolis into EuroLeague Final Eight [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]
UConn Football links
Checking in: UConn QB coach Shane Day [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]
First Interview With Robert Griffin III Before His First Trip To East Hartford In 2008 [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
UConn Football Spring Practice Begins March 20 Ends With April 21 Spring Game At Rent [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
The thing that people think is when you go to these big stadiums and they have 80,000 people or… [The UConn Blog]
Other UConn related links
W. Lacrosse. Women’s Lacrosse vs. BC Postponed To 4 p.m. Thursday [UConnHuskies.com]
W. Ice Hockey. Cristin Allen Named to Hockey East 10th Anniversary Team [UConnHuskies.com]
W. Track. Huskies Head To ECAC Championships On Saturday [UConnHuskies.com]
Softball. Huskies Headed To South Carolina For Charleston Southern Tournament [UConnHuskies.com]
M. Track. UConn Prepares For IC4A Championships [UConnHuskies.com]
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Boston Red Sox OF Ryan Kalish stopped by the NESN Live set at Fenway South on Wednesday to talk with Tom Caron.
In the interview, the pair talked about Kalish’s recovery from shoulder and neck injuries among other things.
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After talking with Tom Caron on the NESN Live set at Fenway South, Boston Red Sox shortstop Nick Punto tried his luck in the Jordan’s Shootout.
Previous contestants:
Jarrod Saltalamacchia Jordan’s Shootout
Clay Buchholz Jordan’s Shootout
Kevin Youkilis Jordan’s Shootout
Carl Crawford Jordan’s Shootout
Kelly Shoppach Jordan’s Shootout
Dustin Pedroia Jordan’s Shootout
Darnell McDonald Jordan’s Shootout
Ryan Lavarnway Jordan’s Shootout
Ryan Sweeney Jordan’s Shootout
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One half of the competition for the Boston Red Sox starting shortstop position, Nick Punto, stopped by the NESN Live set on Wednesday to talk with Tom Caron.
In the interview the pair talked about how Punto hopes to win his second straight World Series; he won with the St. Louis Cardinals last year. They also talk about new skipper Bobby Valentine among other things.
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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.
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UConn Men’s Basketball links
George Blaney’s Take [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]
Wrapping Things Up From The Dunk [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]
Dom also answered a question in his mailbag [Dom Amore – Hartford Courant]
Right Now, This is Not an NCAA Tournament Team. Sorry. [David Borges – New Haven Register]
the brutal wrap [Ed Daigneault – The Republican-American]
Three Months After UCF Loss, Not Much Has Changed For Huskies [Kevin Duffy – CT Post]
Notes/Quotes from Providence: “I don’t know…I don’t know…no comment.” [Kevin Duffy – CT Post]
Post-game breakdown: Providence [Gavin Keefe – The Day]
Crash and burn [Neill Ostrout – Journal Inquirer]
Picking Up The Pieces [UConn Huskies Basketball]
UConn blows lead, falls to Providence [CT Post]
Say farewell to UConn’s NCAA hopes [CT Post]
Providence Upsets UConn, 72-70 [Hartford Courant]
Calhoun Got To Watch This One From Home [Hartford Courant]
Huskies’ Bubble May Have Burst In Providence [Hartford Courant]
Providence deals a blow to Huskies’ NCAA hopes, winning 72-70 [New Haven Register]
UConn blows 14-point lead, falls to Providence [The Day]
Friars deliver in home finale, top Huskies, 72-70 [Pawtucket Times]
Defending champ UConn finally may have run out of chances [The Dagger]
UConn Women’s Basketball links
Becca Bruszewski Denies Offending UConn [John Altavilla – Hartford Courant]
Huskies Show No Fight In Loss To Notre Dame [Rich Elliott – CT Post]
Bruszewski Defends Herself Concerning Locker Room Comment [Rich Elliott – CT Post]
Score: Notre Dame media 1, UConn media 0 [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]
For UConn Coach Geno Auriemma, Frustration Of Season Grows [Hartford Courant]
Big East tournament the least of Geno Auriemma’s concerns [New Haven Register]
UConn Football links
Big East players: Combine results [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]
Teggart, Reyes, Moore Pleased With NFL Combine Results [Hartford Courant]
Other UConn related links
M. Track. Mike Rutt Makes Team USA For World Championships [UConnHuskies.com]
W. Lacrosse. Lacrosse Game Time Moved Up to 1:00 [UConnHuskies.com]
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After talking with Tom Caron on the NESN Live set at Fenway South, Boston Red Sox OF Ryan Sweeney took his shots in the Jordan’s Shootout.
Previous contestants:
Jarrod Saltalamacchia Jordan’s Shootout
Clay Buchholz Jordan’s Shootout
Kevin Youkilis Jordan’s Shootout
Carl Crawford Jordan’s Shootout
Kelly Shoppach Jordan’s Shootout
Dustin Pedroia Jordan’s Shootout
Darnell McDonald Jordan’s Shootout
Ryan Lavarnway Jordan’s Shootout
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One of the newer members of the Boston Red Sox, OF Ryan Sweeney, stopped by the NESN Live set at Fenway South on Tuesday to talk with Tom Caron.
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The UConn Huskies men’s basketball team’s NCAA Tournament hopes took a huge hit on Tuesday night when they lost to the Providence Friars 72-70 in front of 11,031 at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, RI.
The Huskies fall to 17-12 (7-10 Big East) while the Friars improve to 15-15 (4-13).
Andre Drummond led the way for the Huskies with a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds. Ryan Boatright added 13 points, five rebounds and six assists while Jeremy Lamb had 12 points and six rebounds. Roscoe Smith chipped in with 11 points.
Bryce Cotton paced all scorers in the game with 22 points while LaDontae Hinton added 18 points. Gerard Coleman added 13 points and seven rebounds while Kadeem Batts led the Friars with 13 rebounds to go along with his six points.
Here are the highlights or lowlights in my case from the game:
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