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It's game day for both the UConn Huskies men's and women's basketball teams.

The UConn men kick things off at 2 p.m. as they are in South Bend, IN to take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The game will be broadcast locally in Connecticut on SNY and is also available online at WatchESPN. You can also listen on the IMG/UConn Radio Network.

The UConn women are in Milwaukee, WI to take on the Marquette Golden Eagles. Tip is scheduled for 4 p.m. and the game will be broadcast locally in Connecticut on SNY. The game is also available online for a fee at SNYUConn.com. You can also listen on the IMG/UConn Radio Network.

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UConn Women's Basketball links

UConn’s Hartley in search of consistency [carl adamec -snyuconn.com]

Tuck Unable To Practice, Questionable For Game At Marquette [rich elliott – ct post]

All-American Hartley Struggling With Her Confidence [rich elliott – ct post]

Hartley looks to build on strong finish against Hoyas [jim fuller – new haven register]

Morgan Tuck misses practice again [jim fuller – new haven register]

UConn-Marquette: A look back [jim fuller – new haven register]

Frustrated Hartley plagued by inconsistency [ct post]

UConn Women Enjoying Life Beyond The Three-Point Line [hartford courant]

Hartley keeps skipping a beat [journal inquirer]

Bria Hartley still working her way back [new haven register]

Geno on losing to Notre Dame [snyuconn.com]

UConn women play at Marquette today [the day]

UConn Men's Basketball links

UConn Men Arrive in South Bend; Notes, Quotes from The Lobby [dom amore – hartford courant]

UConn Out to End Another Irish Winning Streak … and Ryan Boatright Gets to Help Out This Time, Too [david borges – new haven register]

Amida Brimah Will Visit UConn This Weekend [david borges – new haven register]

UConn vs. Notre Dame: a backcourt battle [gavin keefe – the day]

Boat show will go on as scheduled [neill ostrout – journal inquirer]

Napier not on PG list [john silver – snyuconn.com]

UConn's Boatright hopes for happy homecoming [ct post]

UConn Has Two Tough Games Coming Up [hartford courant]

Finally, Boatright Gets Chance To Play Before His Family [hartford courant]

Boatright on course this time [journal inquirer]

Huskies hoping to snap another Notre Dame winning streak [new haven register]

Boatright is having fun once again [the day]

UConn Football links

South Carolina LB/DE commits to UConn [jim fuller – new haven register]

Other UConn related links

UConn AD Manuel denies interest in Catholic Seven [kevin duffy – ct post]

BIG EAST Presidents And Athletic Directors Meet [uconnhuskies.com]

M. Track. Nick Stenuf Named Men's Track & Field Assistant Coach [uconnhuskies.com]

M. Ice Hockey. Huskies Win Third Straight With 3-2 Victory at Robert Morris [uconnhuskies.com]

Baseball. Branford native and Texas Rangers rookie Mike Olt to be featured guest at GNHCC 'Hot Stove' event [new haven register]

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Here's a press release from UConn and SNY about the latest ratings for the UConn Huskies women's basketball coverage on SNY:

NEW YORK – On the heels of UConn’s victory over Georgetown, SNY, the official television home of the UConn Huskies Women’s basketball program, today announced that the game averaged an 8.52 household rating – the network’s highest rating of the season.  This ratings benchmark also signifies the highest household rating in nearly two years for the program in the Hartford-New Haven DMA (UConn-Syracuse, 9.1 household rating on 2-28-11).  In addition, the game ranked as the #1 program in its time period – beating all competitive sports programming airing in the market – including ESPN’s NBA Double Header.  UConn-Georgetown on SNY also topped all network prime time series last night in the Hartford-New Haven DMA – except ABC’s Modern Family (9.05 household rating). 

SNY’s pre-game and post- game coverage – featuring Kara Wolters and host Gary Apple – also posted strong household ratings in the Hartford-New Haven DMA for last night’s contest.  The network’s pre-game show delivered a 3.61 HH Rating (+56% over the 2.32 STD average household rating).  The Post-Game show presented by People’s United Bank delivered a 2.90 HH Rating (+5% over the 2.76 STD average household rating).   

In its inaugural season carrying the UConn Huskies Women’s basketball program, SNY has unveiled an unprecedented 340+ hours of exclusive programming – including comprehensive pre-game, half-time and post-game shows as well as its critically acclaimed Huskies All- Access Show.  As a result, SNY has helped the UConn Huskies Women’s basketball program grow significantly in popularity as the team’s television household ratings have increased +18% thru SNY’s first nine games in the Hartford-New Haven DMA.

On Saturday, January 12^th, SNY will feature an UConn basketball doubleheader with the Men’s team playing Notre Dame at 2:00pm – followed by the UConn Women’s basketball team facing Marquette at 4:00pm.

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UConn Women's Basketball links

UConn dilemma: To 3 or not to 3? [carl adamec – sny.com]

This And That From UConn-Georgetown [john altavilla – hartford courant]

UConn Launching The “Money Ball” At Historic Pace [john altavilla – hartford courant]

Jefferson Flashes True Potential In Win Over Hoyas [rich elliott – ct post]

Stewart Returned To Form Against Hoyas [rich elliott – ct post]

Sad times for Tiffany Hayes [jim fuller – new haven register]

No. 3 UConn at Marquette on Saturday at 4 p.m. [uconnhuskies.com]

Jefferson Offers A Spark For UConn Women [hartford courant]

Notes from Wednesday's win over Georgetown [new haven register]

UConn Men's Basketball links

The Sun’s Kara Lawson Sheds Some Light On The Huskies … [dom amore – hartford courant]

Rick Pitino: Kevin Ollie 'About as Perfect a Choice for Head Coach as Any School Could Have' [david borges – new haven register]

Notre Dame's Brey: A great decision to hire Ollie [gavin keefe – the day]

Tough stretch [john silver – snyuconn.com]

Men's Basketball Travels To Nationally-Ranked Notre Dame [uconnhuskies.com]

UConn Football links

UConn Football Signing Day [uconnhuskies.com]

Williams to play in Corona Del Sol game tonight [jim fuller – new haven register]

Other UConn related links

M. Ice Hockey. Men's Hockey Looks To Continue Winning Ways at Robert Morris [uconnhuskies.com]

Huskies Ranked High For Learfield Sports Directors' And Capital One Cups [uconnhuskies.com]

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UConn avoids back to back over and over [carl adamec – sny.com]

In Washington, Jefferson stars for UConn [carl adamec – sny.com]

Auriemma Praises Carla Berube [john altavilla – hartford courant]

Tuck May Also Miss Marquette [john altavilla – hartford courant]

Tuck Remains Questionable For Saturday’s Game At Marquette [rich elliott – ct post]

Huskies Set Team Record By Attempting 41 3-Pointers Vs. Hoyas [rich elliott – ct post]

Turnovers An Issue For Huskies Against Georgetown [rich elliott – ct post]

Freshmen deliver for Huskies [jim fuller – new haven register]

Foul disparity displeasing Auriemma [jim fuller – new haven register]

2012 USA Men's and Women's Olympic Teams Share USA Basketball's 2012 Team of the Year Award [uconnhuskies.com]

UConn recovers nicely after loss to Notre Dame [ct post]

UConn's streak of 707 games without consecutive losses truly amazing [ct post]

UConn Women Hold Off Hoyas, 75-48 [hartford courant]

Huskies resume winning ways with victory over Georgetown [new haven register]

UConn Men's Basketball links

Notre Dame’s Brey Looks Forward to Epic Match of Guards [dom amore – hartford courant]

A few links and words from Mike Brey [neill ostrout – journal inquirer]

Daniels, Huskies Hit The Boards [uconnhuskies.com]

New Rebounding Strategy Pays Off For UConn [hartford courant]

Three Points from Tuesday's win over DePaul [new haven register]

UConn Football links

Big East well-represented for Senior Bowl [andrea adelson – espn.com]

Other UConn related links

UConn Student-Athletes Read At The Waddell Elementary School [uconnhuskies.com]

W. Tennis. UConn Women's Tennis Signs Two Outstanding Student-Athletes For 2013-14 [uconnhuskies.com]

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Not every game the UConn Huskies women's basketball team plays is going to be pretty. But this win was down right ugly.

In a game that saw almost as many turnovers as Georgetown Hoyas points, UConn bounced back from their loss on Saturday with a 75-48 win in front of a crowd of 2,387 at McDonough Arena in Washington, DC on Wednesday night.

The Huskies improve to 13-1 and pick up their first Big East win of the season (1-1). The Hoyas fall to 10-5 (1-1).

Kelly Faris led the way for UConn with 15 points and also had four rebounds, four assists and five steals. Stefanie Dolson added 13 points, five rebounds and a team-high five assists while Bria Hartley added 12 points.

After a poor start to the game, Breanna Stewart finished strongly as she picked up a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds. Moriah Jefferson had a nice game off the bench with nine points and a team-high seven steals.

Georgetown was led by Sugar Rogers who had 23 points and nine rebounds. Andrea White and Sydney Wilson both chipped in with nine points a piece.

Given the way UConn lost on Saturday, you would have expected them to come out like a well oiled machine like they normally do after a loss. That was far from the case as they played sloppily at times committing 19 tunrovers. Of course Georgetown wasn't much better with 26 turnovers.

When you look at the box score of those who saw significant time in the game, only Jefferson from UConn and Vanessa Moore and White from Georgetown didn't commit a turnover.

I was definitely impressed by how Stewart bounced back though after the slow start. This is going to happen to her as she goes through the growing pains. But each time she gets down, she comes back stronger and this can only help the Huskies going forward.

UConn will stay on the road as they head to Milwaukee, WI on Saturday afternoon for another Big East matchup with the Marquette Golden Eagles. Tip is scheduled for 4 p.m.

UConn Huskies @ Georgetown Hoyas 1.9.13 box score

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It's game day for the UConn Huskies women's basketball team as they are in Washington, DC to take on the Georgetown Hoyas. Tip is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. and the game will be televised locally in Connecticut on SNY. The game is also available online for a fee at SNYUConn.com. You can also listen on the IMG/UConn Radio Network.

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UConn Women's Basketball links

Mosqueda-Lewis ready for another shot [carl adamec – snyuconn.com]

Notebook: UConn women at full strength [carl adamec – sny.com]

Mosqueda-Lewis: Pain Leads To Gain [john altavilla – hartford courant]

Stokes Goes Through Full Practice Today At Gampel [rich elliott – ct post]

Kiah Stokes eager for return to court [jim fuller – new haven register]

Morgan Tuck won't play tonight [jim fuller – new haven register]

Women back at it in Washington [lee lewis – republican-american]

Women's Hoops Takes On Georgetown on Wednesday at 7:30 [uconnhuskies.com]

Diana Taurasi Announced As 2012 USA Basketball Female Athlete Of The Year [uconnhuskies.com]

Maya Moore’s Olympic ring sold at mall store [atlanta journal-constitution]

Geno looks forward to using full UConn roster [ct post]

After First Loss, UConn Looks To Right Ship Against Georgetown [hartford courant]

Huskies have a healthy outlook toward game at Georgetown [new haven register]

UConn TV Timeouts: Stefanie Dolson and Brianna Banks [snyuconn.com]

UConn Men's Basketball links

Wrapping Things Up from Gampel [dom amore – hartford courant]

Career Night for DeAndre Daniels; Bad Hoop by Leon Tolksdorf [david borges – new haven register]

Notes/Quotes from DePaul: “He’s one of the fastest guys I’ve been around.” [kevin duffy – ct post]

Post-game breakdown, video: DePaul [gavin keefe – the day]

UConn's Boatright anxious for this next trip to Notre Dame [john nash – the hour]

UConn 99, DePaul 78 [john silver – snyuconn.com]

Bottled Up [uconn huskies basketball]

UConn men rout DePaul [ct post]

UConn's Daniels bounces back in a big way [ct post]

UConn game at a glance: Rebounding, transition play the keys [ct post]

Bobcats 'centering' team around ex-UConn star Kemba [ct post]

UConn Routs DePaul, 99-78 [hartford courant]

Huskies Finally Win Battle Of The Boards [hartford courant]

Boatright Going At The Season In High Gear [hartford courant]

Huskies clobber DePaul to even Big East record at 1-1 [new haven register]

Huskies put it all together [the day]

UConn races past DePaul, 99-78 [the hour]

UConn Football links

DC answered a question in his mailbag [desmond conner – hartford courant]

X-A-M to represent former UConn CB [jim fuller – new haven register]

UConn Still On Recruiting Trail [hartford courant]

Other UConn related links

M. Ice Hockey. Pauly Named AHA Rookie of the Week; Bartus Goalie of the week [uconnhuskies.com]

M. Soccer. Andre Blake Named New England Soccer News Player of the Year [uconnhuskies.com]

W. Ice Hockey. Women's Hockey Upset Bid Falls Short Against No. 6 BU [uconnhuskies.com]

M. Track. Men's Track & Field Hits the Road for Yale Invite on Saturday [uconnhuskies.com]

W. Track. Huskies Open 2013 Season at Armory Invite on Saturday [uconnhuskies.com]

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The title of the post says it all about this Kevin Youkilis New York Yankees player t-shirt.

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Coming off the disappointing loss against Marquette a week ago, you knew after a week of practice, the UConn Huskies men's basketball team was going to come out and give everything they had.

They did that and more as it was a complete team effort in a 99-78 rout of the DePaul Blue Demons in front of 9,156 at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, CT on Tuesday night.

The Huskies improve to 11-4 and pick up Kevin Ollie's first career Big East win (1-1). DePaul falls to 10-6 (1-2).

After being benched in the loss to Marquette for his lack of rebounding effort, DeAndre Daniels bounced back strong. He finished with a career-high 26 points to go along with a team-high tying eight rebounds.

Ryan Boatright added 16 points while Shabazz Napier had a fine all-around game with 16 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and four assists. Even Tyler Olander got into the action with 10 points and five rebounds. Enosch Wolf had a nice game off the bench with eight points, seven rebounds and two blocked shots.

Brandon Young led all scorers in the game with 35 points and had five assists. One time UConn commit, Cleveland Melvin added 18 points, five rebounds and five blocked shots.

This was by far the best game UConn played all season long.

They dominated the glass outrebounding the Blue Demons 49-29. And every time DePaul tried to get back into it in the second half, UConn responded.

This is the type of effort we expected from the Ollie coached team. We've seen it at times this season but not for 40 minutes like Tuesday night.

They'll need to continue this going forward as the competition in the Big East will get tougher. And that will start on Saturday afternoon when they travel to South Bend, IN for a matchup with the No. 17/16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Tip is scheduled for 2 p.m.

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DePaul Blue Demons @ UConn Huskies 1.8.13 box score

Here are the postgame quotes from UConn head coach Kevin Ollie.

Here are UConn's postgame notes.

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The Boston Red Sox rookie development program kicked off on Monday in Boston.

Here's the release from the Red Sox:

BOSTON, MA– The Red Sox 2013 Rookie Program, including 11 of the club’s top prospects, starts today at Fenway Park.  The week-long program focuses on easing their transition into becoming Major League players with the Red Sox.

Nine of the participants were in the organization for all or part of 2012: pitchers Drake Britton, Allen Webster, and Steven Wright; catchers Dan Butler and Christian Vazquez; infielder Xander Bogaerts; and outfielders Jackie Bradley, Bryce Brentz, and Alex Hassan.  Also taking part will be pitcher Rubby De La Rosa and infielder Brock Holt, who were both acquired by the club after the season.

The program includes two workouts daily that emphasize conditioning and strength training as well as concentration on fundamentals. In addition, the players are attending a number of seminars that will focus on the assimilation into Major League life off the field.

A number of individuals will speak to the group, including Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer Sam Kennedy, Executive Vice President/General Manager Ben Cherington, manager John Farrell, special assistant to the General Manager Jason Varitek, Major League coaches Greg Colbrunn and Juan Nieves, strength & conditioning consultant Mike Boyle, mental skills coordinator Bob Tewksbury, and Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers.

A number of individuals will speak to the group, including Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer Sam Kennedy, Executive Vice President/General Manager Ben Cherington, manager John Farrell, special assistant to the General Manager Jason Varitek, Major League coaches Greg Colbrunn and Juan Nieves, strength & conditioning consultant Mike Boyle, mental skills coordinator Bob Tewksbury, and Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers.

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It's game day for the UConn men's basketball team as they'll host the DePaul Blue Demons. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be broadcast locally in Connecticut on SNY. You can also watch the game online at WatchESPN. You can also listen on the IMG/UConn Radio Network.

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UConn Men's Basketball links

Kevin Ollie Wary of Improved DePaul; Notes, Quotes from Practice [dom amore – hartford courant]

All Apologies: UConn Scuffles in Practice, Big East Says Sorry to Kevin Ollie, Huskies Hope for 'Layup City' [david borges – new haven register]

Notes/Quotes from Jan. 7: “It happens when you’re not rebounding. Somebody is going to get their feelings hurt a little bit.” [kevin duffy – ct post]

Recruiting Roundup: January 7 [kevin duffy – ct post]

Ollie receives apology from Big East, previews DePaul game [gavin keefe – the day]

UConn prepping for DePaul [neill ostrout – journal inquirer]

Waiting game [john silver – snyuconn.com]

Men's Basketball Takes On DePaul In BIG EAST Home Opener [uconnhuskies.com]

Daniels, UConn prepare for Melvin-led DePaul [ct post]

Improved DePaul Up Next For UConn Men [hartford courant]

Huskies turn up intensity in practice [new haven register]

UConn men resume play ready to fight [the day]

Mixed results for departed Huskies [the hour]

UConn Women's Basketball links

Stokes ready to return to action [carl adamec – snyuconn.com]

The Sun Comes Up For The UConn Women [john altavilla – hartford courant]

Big Day Tuesday For UConn [john altavilla – hartford courant]

Mosqueda-Lewis Addresses Late Miss Vs. Notre Dame [rich elliott – ct post]

Auriemma Cancels Practice Monday; Huskies Eye New Beginning [rich elliott – ct post]

Faris, Hartley Spent Time Working On Their Defense Today [rich elliott – ct post]

Lobo a nominee for Hall of Fame [jim fuller – new haven register]

Huskies get back to work [jim fuller – new haven register]

Geno on Saniya Chong's "phenomenal performance" [jim fuller – new haven register]

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis was named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll [bigeast.org]

No Longer No. 1, UConn Women Looking Ahead [hartford courant]

UConn Women’s head coach Geno Auriemma talks about freshman Breanna Stewart’s need to add toughness into her game [snyuconn.com]

UConn Football links

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Other UConn related links

Orange Bowl Donates $80,000 To UConn Sandy Hook Scholarship Fund [uconnhuskies.com]

W. Ice Hockey. Campero Honored as Athletic Republic/Hockey East Player of the Week [uconnhuskies.com]

M. Soccer. Andre Blake Soccer America MVP First Team, Carlos Alvarez Second Team [uconnhuskies.com]

M. Golf. UConn Golfers Ready For Spring Schedule [uconnhuskies.com]

M. Ice Hockey. Bruce Marshall Resigns As UConn Men's Hockey Head Coach [uconnhuskies.com]

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