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Geno Gives His Thoughts On Yesterday’s Incident

Geno Auriemma (left) and Jim Calhoun (right) - AP Photo (left) Getty Images (right)

One day after a local “reporter” attacked UConn Huskies men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun about his salary, UConn women’s coach Geno Auriemma defended his men’s counterpart.

“I think it’s unfair in this setting and I would venture to say it’s unfair in any setting,” Auriemma said.

“How do you answer questions about money, about your personal life?” he asked.

“If everybody in the university agreed that, let’s all give back this and we can save this, this, this, and this program, then somebody’s got a plan,” Auriemma said. “But just to ask that question and say, ‘Yeah, OK, because I make a lot I should give some of that back,’ that’s a really hard question to deal with.”

I do wonder if the “reporter” had asked Geno the question, what he would have said. Odds are they may have had to hold him back.

Good to see Geno backup Calhoun here because they are right, a postgame press conference is not the place to be discussing such matters.

Auriemma comes to Calhoun’s defense [USA Today]

No KG, No Problem For the Celtics

Boston Celtics: Rajon Rondo scored a career-high 32 points and added 10 assists to help lead the Boston Celtics to a 128-108 win over the Phoenix Suns. Ray Allen added 31 points and Paul Pierce had 26 points. Brian Scalabrine added 14 points and Glen “Big Baby” Davis chipped in with 14 for the Green who shot a blistering 63% for the game. Jason Richardson led the Suns with 21 points and Steve Nash added 19 points and 11 assists. The Celtics are back in action tomorrow night when they head to Denver to take on the Nuggets. [ESPN.com]

Beatty Impresses At NFL Combine

While Charlie Casserly was not totally impressed with former UConn Huskies offensive lineman Will Beatty, the rest of the NFL Network panel was.

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Beatty finished as a top performer in the 40-yard dash, vertical jump, broad jump and the 3-cone drill.

40-yard dash Vertical Jump Broad Jump 3-cone drill
Name Time Name Height Name Distance Name Time
Murtha, Lydon 4.89 Bright, Travis 35.5 Caldwell, Antoine 9’3″ Murtha, Lydon 7.06
Meredith, Jamon 5.03 Murtha, Lydon 35 Fulton, Xavier 9’3″ Fulton, Xavier 7.35
Fulton, Xavier 5.04 Walker, Brandon 34 Monroe, Eugene 9’2″ Unger, Max 7.39
Beatty, William 5.12 Slauson, Matt 34 Slauson, Matt 9’2″ Cooper, Jon 7.46
Cadogan, Gerald 5.12 Beatty, William 33.5 Murtha, Lydon 9’2″ Shipley, A.Q. 7.46
Luigs, Jonathan 5.14 Fulton, Xavier 31 Walker, Brandon 9’1″ Smith, Jason 7.53
Bell, Joel 5.15 Luigs, Jonathan 31 Bell, Joel 9’1″ Bell, Joel 7.55
Britton, Eben 5.16 Shipley, A.Q. 31 Bright, Travis 9’0″ Wood, Eric 7.56
Walker, Brandon 5.17 Levitre, Andy 30.5 Beatty, William 8’11” Olsen, Seth 7.59
Cooper, Jon 5.18 Wood, Eric 30.5 Cooper, Jon 8’9″ Beatty, William 7.62
Smith, Jason 5.22 Brewster, Robert 30.5 Meredith, Jamon 8’9″ –
– Oher, Michael 30.5 –

Will Beatty NFL Combine Profile

Local Reporter Pisses Off Calhoun

You had to figure that UConn Huskies men’s basketball head coach Jim Calhoun might be a little irritated after the way the Huskies played on Saturday afternoon. But of course when you’re asked about something that is not relevant to the game itself, you expect Calhoun to be a little perturbed especially when it’s about his salary.

A local freelance journalist, Ken Kreyeske, asked Calhoun about his $1.6 million dollar salary with the state of Connecticut facing a $944 million budget deficit. Calhoun didn’t take too well to the question and rightly went off on Kreyeske in my opinion. Kreyeske even attacked the beat writers for not asking the question.

Conn-frontation [Emeka, Nadav and Corny]

Calhoun gets into heated spat over salary [AP via the Hartford Courant]

Amalie Benjamin Talks Boston Red Sox Baseball

This one’s for Red from Surviving Grady since we all know how much he loves Amalie.

Amalie Benjamin of the Boston Globe stopped by the NESN desk at spring training to talk some Boston Red Sox baseball with Tom Caron. She talks about Junichi Tazawa, Jacoby Ellsbury and Brad Wilkerson among other things.

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video courtesy of NESN

Greene To Return To UConn Next Season

Kalana Greene - Jessica Hill/AP PhotoUConn Huskies women’s basketball player Kalana Greene announced today that she will be returning to UConn for a 5th year. She earned an extra year after taking a medical redshirt last season when she tore her ACL.

“I talked to my parents after the Pittsburgh game [last Sunday]. I love being in college. I love playing basketball in college for this team and university and I am not ready to leave yet.”

In 26 games this season, Greene is averaging 23.5 minutes, 8.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.92 asisists and 1.0 steals per game.

She will go through senior night festivities next season with Tina Charles, Jacquie Fernandes, Meghan Gardler and Kaili McLaren.

UConn’s Kalana Greene Returning For A 5th Season [Hartford Courant]