Behind a career-high 27 points from Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team beat the Marquette Golden Eagles 85-45 in front of 3,609 at the Al McGuire Center in Milwaukee, WI on Saturday.
Here are the highlights from the game:
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Twitter can be a great place to get breaking news. It can also be a place where you can get duped by someone pretending someone else.
Case in point, this afternoon what was thought to be a confirmed account of Boston Red Sox SS Mike Aviles tweeted that he was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays.
I say what was thought to be a confirmed account because earlier in the week, the @redsox account had been tweeting that it was Aviles. It’s since been deleted.
But thanks to Rob Bradford of WEEI.com via Twitter of course, we now know that this was a fake account and that Aviles doesn’t have a Twitter account.
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It was probably inevitable that the Boston Red Sox would ban beer in the clubhouse for the 2012 season after what transpired with the fried chicken and beer incident. But then again, new skipper Bobby Valentine has had a no alcohol policy in the clubhouse wherever he’s managed.
Before the Red Sox held their first full-squad workout of spring training, Valentine announced to his club that there would be no alcohol in the clubhouse at all during the 2012 season. Also, he announced that there would be no alcohol consumption on the return flight to Boston at the end of the road trip.
Here’s what Valentine had to say about how the policy was received:
“You mean standing ovation or booing? I didn’t get either of those. Probably fell somewhere in between a standing O and a standing boo.”
Personally, I think this is probably the best thing for the team. The bigger question now though is whether the media makes a big deal of this by asking the players what they think of the policy.
Things are different this year. Valentine is in charge. With Terry Francona, things were a lot different. He gave them the leeway they earned from him.
Now they all have to understand that Valentine is the one putting their name on the lineup card.
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With ESPN College GameDay in town for tonight’s matchup with the Syracuse Orange, UConn Huskies men’s basketball players Alex Oriakhi and Jeremy Lamb took part in “Know Your Teammate”.
Let’s just say they don’t know each other all too well. Enjoy.
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Photo credit: Nick Rondinone, Special to the Courant No. 9 in Gallery
HARTFORD, February 25, 2012: Connecticut Whale general manager Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the parent New York Rangers have reassigned defenseman Blake Parlett from the Whale to its ECHL affiliate, the Greenville Road Warriors.
Parlett, a second-year pro, has skated in 50 games this year with the Whale, scoring four goals and adding 10 assists for 14 points, with 34 penalty minutes. He signed with the Rangers as a free agent June 2, 2011, after playing last season with the Whale on an AHL contract.
The Whale are back in action tonight, visiting the Springfield Falcons for a 7:00 game. All the “Rockin’ Hockey” action can be heard on “The Rock”, 106.9 WCCC-FM and on-line at www.ctwhale.com. The Whale’s next home game is this Tuesday, February 28 vs. the Worcester Sharks, with a special school-day morning-start time of 11:00 AM. Tickets can be purchased on the day of the game for only $10 each Tuesday at the Public Power Ticket Office at the XL Center.
Tickets to all 2011-12 Whale home games are on sale now at the Public Power Ticket Office at the XL Center, as well as on-line at www.ctwhale.com and through TicketMaster Charge-by-phone at 1-800-745-3000.
Save on your tickets, and get the best seats, with a ticket plan for the Whale’s 2011-12 AHL campaign, which are on sale now. For information on season seats and mini plans, visit www.ctwhale.com, or call the CT Whale ticket office at (860) 728-3366 to talk with an account executive today.
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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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It’s game day for the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team as they are in Milwaukee, WI for a matchup with the Marquette Golden Eagles. Tip is scheduled for 5 p.m. and the game will be broadcast locally in CT on CPTV.
It’s also game day for the UConn men’s basketball team as they’ll host the No. 2 Syracuse Orange at Gampel Pavilion. Tip is scheduled for 9 p.m. and the game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
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UConn Women’s Basketball links
Huskies Take On Marquette At 5 On Saturday [UConnHuskies.com]
Mosqueda-Lewis would like to take her game inside more [CT Post]
Even Late In Season, Auriemma Says UConn Has Work To Do [Hartford Courant]
Hayes Moving Up On Scoring List [Hartford Courant]
Valuable possessions [Journal Inquirer]
Huskies looking to help out post players [New Haven Register]
UConn Women’s Basketball Glance — At Marquette [The Hour]
UConn Men’s Basketball links
Digger Phelps: Has Jim Calhoun Passed Enough Stress Tests? [Don Amore – Hartford Courant]
UConn Practice: Notes, Quotes, Thoughts From Gampel [Don Amore – Hartford Courant]
To Beat ‘Cuse, Oriakhi, Drummond Must Play Big [David Borges – New Haven Register]
Gampel Gearing Up for Gameday [David Borges – New Haven Register]
Oriakhi: ‘Gampel Will Be Our Sixth Man’ [David Borges – New Haven Register]
Notes/Quotes from Feb. 24: “I think it would definitely stop the bubble talk and give us a spot in the tournament.” [Kevin Duffy – CT Post]
ESPN’s Jay Bilas talks about Huskies [Gavin Keefe – The Day]
Is this a production for ya? [Neill Ostrout – Journal Inquirer]
Mike Borkoswki is a Syracuse-based artist who has put in a superhuman effort over the years making… [The UConn Blog]
Five Keys to Beating Syracuse [UConn Huskies Basketball]
UConn pinning its tournament hopes on Syracuse [CT Post]
A Festive Atmosphere For Syracuse-UConn [Hartford Courant]
Bright lights, big moment for UConn [Journal Inquirer]
Stakes are raised with Syracuse in town [New Haven Register]
Will UConn add to its greatest hits list? [The Day]
UConn Men’s Basketball Glance — vs. Syracuse [The Hour]
Source: Jim Calhoun planning for return [Andy Katz – ESPN.com]
What’s wrong with UConn? (PDF) [Matt Giles – ESPN Insider]
How UConn can make another run (PDF) [Doug Gottleib – ESPN Insider]
UConn Football links
Big East position rankings: Special teams [Andrea Adelson – ESPN.com]
UConn Football Junior Day Saturday, A Look At Some Of The Visitors [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
UConn At The NFL Combine: Wide Receiver Kashif Moore [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
Other UConn related links
Baseball. Huskies Start Cougar Invitational With 7-2 Win Over Xavier [UConnHuskies.com]
M. Ice Hockey. Huskies Clinch Home Ice In Playoffs With 3-3 Tie at AIC [UConnHuskies.com]
M. Track. Huskies Sit In First Place After Day One Of New England Championships [UConnHuskies.com]
W. Track. Huskies Send 14 To Finals Of New England Championships [UConnHuskies.com]
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Before he took his shots in the Jordan’s Shootout, Boston Red Sox rookie catcher Ryan Lavarnway sat down with Tom Caron and Peter Gammons on the NESN Live set at Fenway South.
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Boston Red Sox rookie catcher Ryan Lavarnway took his shot in the Jordan’s Shootout at Fenway South on Friday night and did pretty well for himself.
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
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Boston Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia took some time on Friday to talk with CSNNE’s Lou Merloni. In the interview, the pair talked about many a different things.
Five from the Fort with Dustin Pedroia
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By Brian Ring
Hartford, CT, February 24, 2012 – The Connecticut Whale defeated the Portland Pirates, 5-1, Friday night at the XL Center. Five different players scored for Connecticut, with Brendan Bell supplying the game-winning tally and Kelsey Tessier (1-1-2) and Tommy Grant (0-2-2) recording multi-point games. Chad Johnson made 26 saves, earning First Star of the game honors.
Three goals by the Whale in the second period helped to put the game out of reach, as Connecticut improved to 8-0-1-0 in its last nine games and maintained first place in the Northeast Division.
“It’s great when you can get two power-play goals on the night,” said Whale head coach Ken Gernander, who was happy with his team’s specialty units and secondary scoring. “We had goals from (Andreas) Thuresson, (Jordan) Owens, a lot of different sources and I think that was important.”
The Whale took a 1-0 first period lead with 3:25 left in the opening frame, taking advantage of an extended five-on-three power-play situation. Defenseman Tim Erixon worked the puck down low to Mats Zuccarello, who found Andre Deveaux on the doorstep of Portland goaltender Justin Pogge (19 saves). Deveaux one-timed Zuccarello’s pass past Pogge for his 18th goal of the season.
Bell would increase the Whale lead to 2-0 4:04 into the second period, on a strange power-play goal. Bell’s pass across the slot went off the stick of a poke-checking Evan Bloodoff, who pushed the puck into his own net. The goal was the seventh of the season for Bell, coming unassisted.
Connecticut would not let up, as Thuresson scored to make it 3-0 just under four minutes later at 7:59. Tessier’s outlet pass from the Whale zone hit Portland defender Tyler Eckford in the neck, but the puck trickled right to the stick of Thuresson, who skated in on Pogge and scored with a nifty move.
The Whale would finish the middle frame up 4-0, as a dump-in from Chris McKelvie bounced to a fore-checking Jordan Owens, who was able to stuff the puck past the left skate of Pogge for his fifth goal of the season and the Whale’s third score of the period.
Marc-Antoine Pouliot would draw the Pirates to within 4-1 5:42 into the third period, his wrist shot beat Johnson (26 saves) high to the blocker side as Pouliot came down the slot. Andy Miele picked up the only assist on the score.
Kelsey Tessier would finish the scoring with a tap-in from the slot with 3:45 remaining in the third, as Grant recorded his second assist of the night on a nice dish from the corner. Scott Tanski also assisted on the goal.
The Whale are back in action Saturday night, when they take on I-91 rivals the Springfield Falcons at the MassMutual Center in Springfield (7:00). Connecticut will return home this Tuesday, when they host the Worcester Sharks at the XL Center for a special 11:00 AM start time.
Tickets to all 2011-12 Whale home games, are on sale now at the Public Power Ticket Office at the XL Center, as well as on-line at www.ctwhale.com and through TicketMaster Charge-by-phone at 1-800-745-3000.
The Whale and the CT Hockey Hall of Fame will partner to hold a CT Hockey Hall of Fame night at the Whale’s home game at the XL Center Saturday, March 10 vs. the Norfolk Admirals. That night will mark the enshrinement of a new class of 2012 inductees into the CT Hockey Hall of Fame, which has adopted eight members from the storied Hartford Whalers Hall of Fame. The new inductees are: Connecticut-bred Hockey Hall of Famer Brian Leetch, ex-Hartford Whalers 56-goal scorer Blaine Stoughton, former Whalers goaltender Mike Liut, former Whalers captain Pat Verbeek, Connecticut Whale/Hartford Wolf Pack franchise icon, long-time captain and current head coach Ken Gernander, three-time Olympic medalist for Team USA and all-time NCAA women’s leading scorer Julie Chu, and one of the founders of the New England Whalers, William E. Barnes. There will be an induction ceremony before the game, which faces off at 7:00 PM on March 10, and the new inductees will also be recognized on the ice during the first intermission. Fans can take home a special souvenir of the March 10 night, as 5,000 Hall of Fame posters will be given away, courtesy of SuperCuts. There will also be a special meet-and-greet event on March 10, details of which will be announced soon. This will be the first class of inductees since 1990, and further details are available at cthockeyHOF.org.
College students can get discounted tickets to Whale weekday games with the Whale’s “Ditch the Dorms” deal. For Monday through Friday home games, students who show a valid student ID at the Public Power Ticket Office at the XL Center can get $2 off Upper Level tickets and $5 off Lower Level seats.
Save on your tickets, and get the best seats, with a ticket plan for the Whale’s 2011-12 AHL campaign, which are on sale now. For information on season seats, mini plans and great group discounts, visit www.ctwhale.com, or call the CT Whale ticket office at (860) 728-3366 to talk with an account executive today.
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Portland Pirates 1 at Connecticut Whale 5
Friday, February 24, 2012 – XL Center Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Portland 0 0 1 – 1
Connecticut 1 3 1 – 5
1st Period-1, Connecticut, Deveaux 18 (Zuccarello, Erixon), 16:35 (PP). Penalties-Nightingale Ct (hooking), 6:46; Ross Por (hooking), 14:41; Eckford Por (interference), 15:29.
2nd Period-2, Connecticut, Bell 7 4:04 (PP). 3, Connecticut, Thuresson 12 (Tessier), 7:59. 4, Connecticut, Owens 5 (McKelvie, Grant), 18:52. Penalties-Eckford Por (tripping), 3:25; McKelvie Ct (holding), 5:07; Valentenko Ct (hooking), 5:52; Beaudoin Por (hooking), 14:33.
3rd Period-5, Portland, Pouliot 7 (Miele), 5:42. 6, Connecticut, Tessier 10 (Grant, Tanski), 16:15. Penalties-Bell Ct (delay of game), 11:15.
Shots on Goal-Portland 7-9-11-27. Connecticut 6-14-4-24.
Power Play Opportunities-Portland 0 / 4; Connecticut 2 / 4.
Goalies-Portland, Pogge 11-12-3 (24 shots-19 saves). Connecticut, Johnson 16-10-5 (27 shots-26 saves).
A-4,722
Referees-T.J. Luxmore (47).
Linesmen-Marty Demers (79), Brent Colby (7).