Darius Butler Out 4-6 Weeks

Darius Butler suffered a bad knee injury and could be lost for the season.

Darius Butler is out 4-6 weeks.

It’s a good news bad news situation for Darius Butler and the UConn Huskies.

The good news is that he’s out 4-6 weeks meaning it’s probably an MCL injury and not a ACL tear. The bad news is that Butler will most likely miss the rest of the regular season with the knee injury.

It is quite conceivable that Butler could return for the Pittsburgh game on December 6th but with a bright future ahead of him in the NFL, there’s no reason to risk it.

Butler was injured in the 3rd quarter of yesterday’s loss to West Virginia during a kickoff return.

Boston Red Sox Will Be Players In Mark Teixeira Sweepstakes

Where will Mark Teixeira end up?

According to Ken Davidoff of Newsday, the Boston Red Sox will be in hot pursuit of Mark Teixiera should he not re-sign with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Boston will aggressively pursue Teixeira, two industry sources confirmed. While the Red Sox have a very good first baseman in Kevin Youkilis, they can move Youkilis to third to make room for Teixeira. Incumbent third baseman Mike Lowell is recovering from hip surgery and isn’t expected to be ready until mid-March, and as much as the Red Sox like Lowell, they can look to trade him.

You can’t question the bat of Teixeira or his glove for that matter. Lowell is getting up in age and obviously wasn’t healthy all season. Plus there are a lot of what if’s once he gets back. You hope that he comes back healthy and plays like we know he’s capable of. But what if he doesn’t? What other options would the Red Sox have? Not many during the season. That’s why the time is now.

If the Red Sox can get Teixeira, they can get younger in the process as well as pick up an impact glove and bat. As much as I like Lowell, to me this is a no-brainer if he (Teixeira) is available.

Four More Members of Boston Red Sox File For Free Agency

The latest crop of free agents from the Boston Red Sox

Four more members of the Boston Red Sox have filed for free agency as Curt Schilling, Sean Casey and Bartolo Colon filed on Friday and Mark Kotsay filed this morning.

We all know Schilling’s situation right now as he is undecided on whether or not he plans to return in 2009. He has said that if he did return, he may do so for only 1/2 a season in the same manner that Roger Clemens did with the Yankees.

Colon will most likely not be back with the Red Sox in 2009. His actions late in the season when the Red Sox asked him to pitch out of the bullpen sealed his fate with the club.

Casey spent the 2008 season as a reserve filling in during the time that Mike Lowell was out with an injury during the early part of 2008. His role disappeared though late in the season and during the playoffs with the acquisition of Kotsay. Casey has stated a desire to return to the Red Sox in 2009 in the same capacity that he had this season.

Kotsay probably won’t be back with the Red Sox in 2009 either as he will seek a full-time job with another club. When Lowell went down late in the season and then again during the playoffs, Kotsay did an excellent job at first base which will probably enhance his chances during free agency. Theo Epstein has said that if Kotsay doesn’t find anything to his liking on the market, the Red Sox would gladly have him back.

The lone two remaining free agents the Red Sox have are Paul Byrd and Mike Timlin. Both will probably file in the coming days but we do know that Timlin has been leaning towards calling it quits.

Patriots Tailgating Tidbits – Week 9

Jabar Gaffney and Randy Moss of the New England Patriots celebrate during a game against the St. Louis Rams.

Well here we are on yet another Sunday awaiting the start of a Patriots game at 8:15 p.m.tonight and would have thought that after Tom Brady played less than a quarter of football in the season the team would be 5-2 and tied for first with Buffalo going into Indianapolis to face the the dreaded Colts, who themselves have had a ton of injuries, and at 3-4 look nothing like the Colts we are accustomed to.

But yet that’s exactly where the team is after they beat St. Louis at home last week 23-16 as Matt Cassel led his first fourth quarter comeback of his career.

So while we as fans are starting to feel all warm and fuzzy inside about this season I need to remind me that tonight Peyton Manning is on the other side of the ball.  Granted it seems like baby brother Eli has been the better Manning this season, but this guy is deadly.  Don’t ever, ever forget that.

Another thing not to forget is to check out the official Sox & Dawgs Patriots-Colts Week 9 Preview.  It has everything you need for tonights game, rosters, the latest news, injury reports and even some cool food and drink information.

It’s far from all sunshine and roses going into Indy tonight as the Patriots have already listed five players as out and once again among them are running backs LaMont Jordan and Sammy Morris.  Jordan had limited practice during the week and was listed as 50/50 on Friday but on Saturday was downgraded.  Also listed as out for tonight’s game are LB Shawn Crable, S Matthew Slater and CB Lewis Sanders.

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Paw Prints – The Daily Roundup – 11/2

Paw Prints The Daily Roundup

Chip Malafronte of the New Haven Register, John Silver of the Journal Inquirer, Neill Ostrout of the Connecticut Post, Joe Perez of the Norwich Bulletin and Desmond Conner of the Hartford Courant all have their postgame notes and thoughts after the loss yesterday.

The UConn Huskies football team has no one to blame but themselves for yesterday’s loss to West Virginia.

UConn lost all the momentum it had when Kashif Moore dropped the ball early in the 3rd quarter.

Darius Butler could be done for the season with a serious knee injury.

There shouldn’t be so many questions after a loss.

West Virginia’s defense stepped it up big time in the second half to shut down the Huskies.

Desmond Conner of the Hartford Courant has a look at what went right (not much) and went wrong (alot) in the loss yesterday.

Pat White woke up the Mountaineers offense in the second half yesterday.

UConn was reminded of how close and how far they are away from being an elite team in the Big East.

UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma is trying to get more out of Maya Moore this season.

John Altavilla of the Hartford Courant has a look at some of the comments former UConn women’s recruit Kelsey Bone said about why she didn’t come to UConn (she blamed the media).

The UConn men’s hockey team fell 4-1 to Quinnipiac last night.

The UConn field hockey team clinched a share of the Big East title with a 4-0 win over Villanova. The win also gave head coach Nancy Stevens her 300th career victory with UConn.

Sarah Palin & John McCain Appear On QVC

Once again Tina Fey was back as Sarah Palin during this weekend’s Saturday Night Live (11/1). Fey was along side Senator John McCain as they made fun of Senator Barack Obama’s appearance on the three major networks this past Wednesday night. It also included a guest appearance by McCain’s wife Cindy as well.

UConn Women’s Soccer Goalie Stephanie Labbe Featured On CBS College Sports Television

UConn Huskies women’s soccer goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe was recently featured on a CBS College Sports Television piece entitled “Chance Keeper.”

In the video, she talks about how she accidentally became the goalie on her travel team and how that led to a spot on the Canadian National Team and a chance to play in the Olympics this past summer.


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And people say we only care about UConn football and both basketball teams here.

Pacers Beat Celtics

Indiana's Danny Granger shoots over the Celtics Leon Powe (0) during the Pacers 95-79 win.The Indiana Pacers handed the reigning NBA Champion Boston Celtics their first loss of the season a 95-79 defeat on the road on the back end of a back-to-back for the Green.  The Celtics were making their first road start of the season after opening with two home wins over Cleveland and Chicago. 

It wasn’t all that good from the start as the Celtics (2-1) were down ten after one quarter, they cut the Indiana lead to sevenat halftime, 48-41.  The Pacers (1-1) then used the second half to slowly pull away from Boston and cruise to a 16 point win for their first victory of the season. 

The Pacers were led by Danny Granger who netted 20 points, T.J. Ford added 19 points and Marquis Daniels had a double-double with 13 points and 10 boards in the win.

The Green were paced by Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce who both had double-double’s.  Garnett had 18 points and 14 rebounds, while Pierce had 15 points and cleaned the glass 10 times.  Tony Allen had 14 points off the bench in the losing effort.

The Celtics return to the court Tuesday night in Houston when they face the Rockets.

Sarah Palin Gets Punked

Sarah Palin is praying for a miracle.

I really wasn’t planning on posting anything else tonight since I think I’ve done enough work for one day (you can check out all the other posts by looking in the recent posts on the right sidebar) but I caught this over at the Oriole Post and had to post it here as well.

I’m sorry but whether you’re a Democrat or Republican, this is absolutely freaking hysterical. It also shows you how bright dumb she really is.

I do wonder if Tina Fey will be playing Sarah Palin tonight on Saturday Night Live since John McCain is scheduled to be on the show.

Hat tipto Anthony at the Oriole Post