NESN Drops The Ball
With it being a gloomy rainy day in just about all of New England, many Boston Red Sox fans were hoping to catch their beloved team take on the Pittsburgh Pirates in Grapefruit League action.
Late Morning Red Sox Delight – 3/13
It may be a dark and rainy day here in New England but the Boston Red Sox are in sunny Florida still and will host the Pittsburgh Pirates at City of Palms Park this afternoon.
The game will begin at 1:05 p.m. and will be broadcast in the Red Sox television market on NESN. The game will also be available on WEEI 850 AM where available. It is also available on MLB.com if you have the MLB.tv or Gameday Audio package. You can also catch it on the MLB At Bat app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 3/13
UConn Football links
Never Too Early For A Michigan Football Game Preview: Connecticut at Michigan, September 4, 2010 [Maize N Brew]
UConn Women’s Basketball links
Hartley is New York Player of the Year again [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]
UConn Men’s Basketball links
Another good break for me [Caron Butler]
Calhoun welcomes NIT bid [Gavin Keefe – The Day]
Retirement always a possibility [Gavin Keefe – The Day]
UConn’s Calhoun signals intention to return [CT Post]
UConn coach Jim Calhoun by the numbers [CT Post]
Jim Calhoun Agrees To Contract, Will Remain At UConn [CT Post]
Calhoun to stay at the helm for UConn men [New Haven Register]
Calhoun on verge of signing contract extension [The Day]
UConn will accept NIT bid [The Day]
Calhoun, UConn agree on 4-year contract extension [The Republican-American]
Huskies need to land another top recruit [The Republican-American]
Other UConn related links
Women’s Lacrosse: Lacrosse Heads to Sacred Heart for 1 p.m. Game on Saturday [UConnHuskies.com]
Men’s Soccer: Damani Ralph to Get Another Shot [UConnHuskies.com]
Baseball: Friday Night’s Baseball Game Postponed until Saturday Afternoon [UConnHuskies.com]
Men’s Ice Hockey: Huskies Drop 4-3 OT Heartbreaker To RIT In Game One Of AHA Quarterfinal Game [UConnHuskies.com]
Nike Hyperdunk PE – UConn Huskies Men’s PE
Here are the latest and greatest Nike Hyperdunk PE – UConn Huskies Men’s PE basketball sneakers.
Video: Five Good Minutes With Geno Auriemma
UConn Huskies women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma appeared on ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption” on Friday afternoon.
Video: Jacoby Ellsbury Talks With Don Orsillo
NESN Boston Red Sox play-by-play man Don Orsillo caught up with left fielder Jacoby Ellsbury and the pair talked about the move to left field and the new members of the team among other things.
Calhoun Back For Four More Years
Despite the rumors earlier this week, UConn Huskies head coach Jim Calhoun will be back as he’s agreed to a four-year extension to stay in Storrs.
Here’s the statement he issued through his agent on Thursday:
“I think it is important for me to put the recent questions about my future to rest and make it clear that I will be signing a new contract at UConn. I plan to continue working hard to get us back to where we expect to be as a basketball program and hope that this agreement will show people that I am committed to the future of UConn basketball.”
UConn athletic director Jeff Hathaway added this statement:
“I am excited that Jim has decided to continue coaching at the University of Connecticut and look forward to having a signed contract in the near future to make it official.”
Calhoun will enter his 25th season at UConn next year.
Kevin Faulk Agrees to One Year Deal
The New England Patriots have re-signed running back Kevin Faulk to a one year contract carries a $1 million salary with another $1 million in incentives and Faulk also gets a $1 million signing bonus to stay for his 12th season in Foxboro.
Faulk has been in Foxboro so long, he came in under former coach Pete Carroll, that he outdates everyone on the club except coach Dante Scarnecchia. He was New England’s second round pick out of LSU in the 1999 NFL Draft.
This is a good signing for the Pats, Faulk is a team guy, a smart player and someone who head coach Bill Belichick trusts with a game on the line.
Faulk never wanted to go anywhere either despite overtures from Washington and Philadelphia. He and his wife raised their family here and they don’t want to uproot them.
“It was always the Patriots,’’ said Faulk’s agent, Raymond Brothers. “I can’t even tell you it was close. It wasn’t.’’ “He always wanted to stay in New England — he said it publicly, I said it publicly,’’ Brothers said. “Any time he plays for the Patriots, he knows the standard is to win a Super Bowl. It’s not to make the playoffs or win more games than he did last year. Coach [Bill] Belichick is trying to win Super Bowls. “And [Faulk] has won three of them with them already, so he’d be in a place where he’d be in a position to do that again, in a place where he feels most comfortable and a place where he’s loved.’’
The Patriots still have three of their own free agents left on the market punter Chris Hanson, tight end Ben Watson and OLB/DE Derrick Burgess.
Video: Clay Buchholz Appears In Tosh.0 Video
Boston Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz has a bit part in a Tosh.0 video in which the host talks to the Phillies fan’s daughter who threw the ball back last year and made national headlines.