Husky All-Access

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The University of Connecticut in combination with CSTV have a new venture called “Husky All-Access”. It will show live games on the web, coverage of the press conferences among many other great features.

For a 10 day period that started on September 14, you can see a free preview of the site. After that it will cost you $9.95 a month or $79.95 for a year’s subscription. You can reach the preview by clicking here.

Here is a look at what’s scheduled from now until October 10th.

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SEPTEMBER

Fri. 14 Volleyball vs. Hofstra — 7:30 p.m.

Sat. 15 Football vs. Temple Postgame Press Confernece

Sat. 15 Men’s Soccer vs. Georgetown — 7:00 p.m.

Sun 16 Field Hockey vs. Villanova — 12:00 p.m.

Mon. 17 Temple Football Highlights

Tue. 18 Randy Edsall Press Conference — 11:30 a.m.

Tue. 18 Temple Football Game Replay (available for one week)

Wed. 19 Field Hockey vs. Harvard — 7:00 p.m.

Sat. 22 Field Hockey vs. UMass — 1:00 p.m.

Subscription Service Begins

Mon. 24 Pittsburgh Football Highlights

Tue. 25 Randy Edsall Press Conference — 11:30 a.m.

Tue. 25 Pittsburgh Football Game Replay (available for one week)

Fri. 28 Men’s Soccer vs. St. John’s  — 7:00 p.m.

Sat. 29 Football vs. Akron — Postgame Press Conference

Sun. 30 Women’s Soccer vs. Marquette — 1:00 p.m.

Sun. 30 Men’s Soccer vs. Syracuse — 3:30 p.m.

OCTOBER

Mon. 1 Akron football highlights

Tue. 2 Akron Football Game Replay (available for one week)

Wed. 3 Men’s Soccer vs. Hartford — 7:00 p.m.

Fri. 5 Women’s Soccer vs. Rutgers — 7:00 p.m.

Sat. 6 Men’s Soccer vs. Pittsburgh — 7:00 p.m.

Sun. 7 Women’s Soccer vs. Seton Hall– 1:00 p.m.

Tue. 9 Randy Edsall Press Conference — 11:30 a.m.

Wed. 10 Men’s Soccer vs. Providence — 7:00 p.m.

Note: Schedule Subject To Change

Honestly, I think it’s a good thing even though it costs money. It will give you access to a lot of sports at UCONN that don’t get the coverage like football and both basketball teams get.

To read all about this exciting new venture, head over to UCONNHuskies.com.

Red Sox/Yankees News & Notes – 9/15

To sum up last night’s game is pretty easy.

  • Papelbon and Okajima bad
  • Yankees offense good

That’s all I can really say right now. I was speechless after the game and seeing how it’s around 6 am and I have to be somewhere at 7 am, this one has to be short and sweet. So while I am attending to some personal matters for the day, why don’t you check out today’s headlines from the Boston area and New York scribes.

Victory yanked away [Boston Globe]

YANKS’ RALLY IS EIGHTH WONDER [NY Post]

Never-ending nightmare [Boston Herald]

Yanks’ rally stuns Red Sox [NY Daily News]

Six-Run 8th Lifts Yankees [Hartford Courant]

Giambi’s glove goes into ‘clang’ mode for a night [Newsday]

Boston’s bullpen collapses; Yankees win series opener [Pro Jo]

Ramirez OK only for BP [Boston Globe]

SAWX STILL SMARTING OVER JOBA’S PITCHES [NY Post]

There’s always room for Jacoby [Boston Herald]

Jason, from flop to bop [NY Daily News]

Ramirez Unlikely To Play vs. Yankees [Hartford Courant]

Getting it done against the best [Newsday]

Change of philosophy results in change in success for Matsuzaka [Pro Jo]

For more headlines head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Hartford Courant, Providence Journal, NY Post, NY Daily News and Newsday websites.

I have a full day of posts scheduled while I am out so don’t forget to check back all day.

Saturday Salute To Bloggers

Brian from One More Dying Quail scored an interview with Tina Cervasio from NESN.

The scrumptious Texy from Center Field wants to you choose between Team Beckett and Team Papelbon.

The Yankees Chick shares her thoughts about HGH and steroids.

The Gridiron Goddess was a little fired up on Thursday night about her USC Trojans.

Learn how to make 4 Cheese & Roasted Red Pepper Quiche with the Starter Wife from Ladies…

Sooze from Babes Love Baseball won an autographed baseball in the Alyssa Milano contest at MLB.com (Check out the comments).

The Big Lead has a video of Zab Judah punching some one out after he cheated him in dice.

Richie Rich from Home Run Derby has a video of the Minnesota Mullet who invaded Milwaukee.

We Are the Postman brings you a video interview of Greg Oden by Miss Gossip of the Fanhouse.

The Feed tells us about Stephon Marbury, smooth operator.

Kissing Suzy Kolber wants to know what’s wrong with the photo in this post.

Awful Announcing tells us that the Gamecocks are not fans of Lee Corso.

Still nothing from Nick Steven’s alter ego Fitzy at the Townie News, so here’s one of Nick’s videos from Burly Sports.

 

 

Yanks Batter Sox Bullpen For 6 Runs To Win 8-7

Yanks celebrate win

In another epic battle reminiscent of the Battle of Thermopylae, the Yankees beat up on the normally reliable Red Sox bullpen for six runs in the 8th inning on their way to an 8-7 win. The win by the Yankees cut the lead to 4.5 games in the AL East. Neither starter, Andy Pettitte or Daisuke Matsuzaka factored into the decision or were around after the 6th inning.

The game took 4 hours and 43 minutes to play, which is good for second longest in MLB history. The longest also happened between these same two teams and clocked in at 4 hours and 45 minutes on August 18th of last year. To give you a little more perspective, this game started at 7:05 PM. The Mariners and Devil Rays started at 10:05 PM. When this game finished at 11:48 PM. the M’s and D’Rays game had two outs in the top of the 8th.

CrybabyDice-K started out the 1st inning and looked very shaky. I think everyone watching was thinking the same thing, “here we go again”. Johnny Demon led off with an infield single and then Derek Jeter flew out. Dice-K then got Bobby Abreu to hit a ground ball to Dustin Pedroia. Pedroia flipped it over to Julio Lugo to turn the double play but Lugo dropped the throw and both runners were safe. Dice-K then plunked AROD on a curveball that obviously wasn’t near the plate. This loaded up the bases for Jorge Posada. Posada hit a ground ball to Youk at first and instead of going to second base to turn the double play, he threw home (almost nailing Dice-K by the way) to get the lead runner. Hideki Matsui ended the inning with a ground out to Lugo.

Boston got things going in the 2nd inning off of Pettitte. Kevin Youkilis led off with a single and then Pettitte made J.D. Drew look silly on a strikeout. The Captain Jason Varitek worked a walk and Bobby Kielty, starting because of his numbers against lefties, hit into a fielder’s choice that saw Varitek retired at second. This brought Jacoby Ellsbury, who was in for an ailing Coco Crisp, to the plate. Ellsbury promptly extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a single that brought in Youk for the first run of the game. Pettitte finished the inning by getting Lugo to pop out.

Big PapiIn the 3rd inning, Pedroia grounded out to AROD and Big Papi followed that with a double. Mike Lowell singled to center and Big Papi tried to motor home but was gunned out by Melky Cabrera. Word is the newest Aerosmith song is going to be “Melky’s Got a Gun”. Lowell went to second on the throw home. Pettitte then walked Youk. J.D. Drew cranked a shot down the first base line that Jason Giambi booted allowing Lowell to score from second for a 2-0 Sox lead. The inning came to a close as Pettitte struck out Varitek swinging.

After a relatively easy 2nd and 3rd inning, Dice-K ran into some trouble in the 4th. Posada doubled to deep center to lead off and he came home on a Matsui triple, cutting the deficit to one run. A little unnerved, Dice-K issued a free pass to Giambi. However he settled down as he got Cano to strikeout swinging and Cabrera to ground into an inning ending double play. If Melky had not tried to slide into first base, he probably would have been safe.

The Sox opened up the game in their half of the 4th. Kielty led off with a double and went to third on Ellsbury’s second hit of the night. Pettitte got Lugo to strikeout swinging. With Pedroia at the plate Ellsbury stole second and came around to score along with Kielty on a Mighty Mouse single. Big Papi followed that up with a single. Lowell then drove in Pedroia with an infield single making it 5-1 Sox. Youk flew out to right and Drew struck out again for the 3rd out.

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Little E To Drive the 88 Car

Not the official new logo of Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Good news fans of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. with the #8 tattooed on your body. According to sources, Little E will drive the #88 car next season.

Robert Yates Racing owns the rights to the 88 but has agreed to sell it to Rick Hendrick Motorsports. The car will be sponsored by Mountain Dew and Amp Energy drink.

The official announcement will come on Wednesday at a press conference in Dallas.

59-Year Old Football Will Finally Suit Up

Sul Ross State University

A little while back, Steve told you about 59-year old Mike Flynt who decided he wanted to play college football again after being kicked off the Sul Ross State University team before his senior season.

Flynt made the team on his own merit but unfortunately missed the first two games with an injury. Not surprising considering he is 59 after all.

This Saturday he will make his appearance for the Lobos as they take on their American Southwest Conference foes, the Crusaders from Mary Hardin-Baylor. Gramps will be playing linebacker in the game.

He will not be the oldest player to play in a college football game. That honor goes to 60-year old Edgard Barreto, who played one down in a blowout for Ashland (Ohio) University. He will be the oldest though play regularly.

We will be rooting for you Mike.

Red Sox vs Yankees – Retaliation Time?

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It’s that time again when the Red Sox play the Yankees and this one has the makings of a good series. You could possibly see the Red Sox retaliate against the Yanks for what Joba did the last time the teams played. You have a matchup of two Cy Young candidates on Saturday in Josh Beckett and Chien-Mien Wang. You have a chance for the Red Sox to wrap up the AL East. The Yanks are probably playing for the wild card but this weekend will tell the story for us.

Here is a look at the lineups from Steven Krasner of the Providence Journal

BOSTON
Lugo ss
Pedroia 2b
Ortiz dh
Lowell 3b
Youkilis 1b
Drew rf
Varitek c
Kielty lf
Crisp Ellsbury cf

Matsuzaka p

NEW YORK
Damon dh
Jeter ss
Abreu rf
A. Rodriguez 3b
Posada c
Matsui lf
Giambi 1b
Cano 2b
Cabrera cf

Pettitte p

In The Red Zone – Chargers (1-0) at Patriots (1-0) Preview – Week 2

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Chargers @ Patriots - Week 2

The New England Patriots host the San Diego Chargers at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro MA on Sunday evening. It is a rematch of last season’s AFC Divisional playoff game won by the Patriots, 24-21. Game time is 8:15 p.m.

Here are the rosters for the Chargers and the Patriots.

The Line/Prediction

As of Tuesday the line on the game from Yahoo Sports is Patriots -3.5 points, the over/under is 46.5.

My prediction is Patriots 28, Chargers, 21. Give the points, take the over.

Tickets

The game is reported as a sell out.

Tickets to game, if available, may be purchased through Ticketmaster. You can check the availability here. Many times tickets are released in the last 48 hours prior to the game.

Getting To The Game

If you’re lucky enough to have tickets and you are going to the game make sure you check out the links.

Here is the up to date weather forecast for the game from the American Weather Service.

Click for stadium directions, parking information, parking map, specific MBTA train times for this game and a Gillette Stadium seating chart.

BROADCAST INFORMATION

Television

NBC is televising the game, it is the national Sunday Night Football Game. The play-by-play duties will be handled by Al Michaels with John Madden doing game analysis. The entire country gets the game along the the NBC Network.

Radio

The Patriots Rock Radio Network broadcasts the game from flagship station WBCN-FM 104.1 in Boston. Gil Santos handles the play-by-play and former Patriot Gino Capelleti does the color.

It all starts with Gary Tanguay, Scott Zolak and Andy Gresch and the pregame show at 5 p.m. along the network.

The post game starts after the final gun and continues for three hours.

For the low down on the Patriots Rock Radio Network and stations in your area.

If you are outside of the broadcast area of the stations on the Patriots Rock Radio Network you can purchase NFL Field Pass which allows you to listen to any NFL game live. You can also pick which teams broadcasters you want to listen to.

The game will also be broadcast nationally by Westwood One. Dave Sims and BobTrumpy will call the game. Find a Westwood One station near you.

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Paw Prints – UCONN (2-0) vs Temple (0-2)

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This week

Temple @ UCONN

The UCONN Huskies will host the former Big East team the Temple Owls at 12 Noon at Rentschler Field on Saturday.

Here are the rosters for the Huskies and the Owls.

The Line/Prediction

UCONN is favored by 30

My prediction is UCONN 45 Temple 10

Tickets

As of the time of this post, there are tickets available.

Tickets to game, if available, may be purchased through Ticketmaster. You can check the availability here.

Getting To The Game

Here is all the parking info you will need for the game, this link includes directions to Rentschler Field. Here is a Rentschler Field seating chart.

The parking lots will open up 4 hours before kickoff. Here is a list of the tailgating rules at the Rent.

BROADCAST INFORMATION

Television

ESPN Regional has the television rights to the Big East Football games not being broadcast nationally. MyTV9 in New Haven and SNY will broadcast the game locally. Bob Picozzi and Doug Graber will be calling the game. The game can also be seen on Cox3 in Rhode Island, Altitude Sports in Denver and WPVI ABC6 in Philadelphia.

Radio

For the 16th consecutive season, WTIC 1080-AM in Hartford serves as the flagship station for the UConn Radio Network. WTIC is the state’s only 50,000 watt signal and can be heard in 23 states and parts of Canada. Veteran UConn announcers Joe D’Ambrosio (play-by-play) and Wayne Norman (color commentary) return to call the action with Kevin Nathan on the sidelines. The UConn pregame show begins 90 minutes prior to kickoff and is hosted by Bob Joyce, while at home games, the UConn Tailgate Show will air two and a half hours prior to the game with Arnold Dean. UConn football games are also broadcast over the internet at WTIC.com. For a full list of stations on the WTIC/UCONN radio network, click here.

If you live in the Philadelphia area and want the local online radio feed, click here.

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