Good news for UConn Huskies football fans who won’t be able to attend the University of Rhode Island game on September 26th.
ESPN announced on Monday afternoon that ESPN360.com will be broadcasting the game. The game is scheduled for a 12:00 p.m. kickoff.
This will be the second game of the season that the Huskies have played on ESPN360.com. They defeated the Ohio University Bobcats 23-12 on September 5th.
Please welcome Serena Williams to the Carl Everett’s Crazy Hall of Fame for threatening a line judge who called her for a foot fault at the 2009 US Open in Flushing Meadows, NY in her semifinal match against Kim Cljisters.
Williams upon being called for the foot fault said “I feel like taking this ball and jamming it down your (expletive) throat”. She then continued to argue her case with other officials who gave her a second fault which caused her to lose the match.
After going all ghetto in which earlier between sets she smashed her racquet, Williams denied threatening the judge and declared she never had a fight in her life.
Funny it sure the hell didn’t look like it. You be the judge for yourself.
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Here is a press release from the Boston Red Sox concerning tickets for the American League Division Series:
Fans will have chance to purchase tickets for possible postseason games at Fenway Park through random drawing.
Registration for a random drawing for the opportunity to purchase tickets for any 2009 Red Sox postseason games that may be played at Fenway Park begins tomorrow, Tuesday, September 15, at 12 noon EDT. Fans may register for the drawing online at www.redsox.com.
The random drawing for tickets to any American League Division Series games that may be played at Fenway Park will take place on Monday, September 21. Fans that are selected for the opportunity to purchase tickets for ALDS games will be notified via e-mail on or about Tuesday, September 22. The e-mail will provide winners with instructions on how to purchase online between 12 noon and 9 p.m. on Friday, September 25.
For fans who do not have internet access, or those not selected in the online random drawing, a limited number of tickets will be set aside for purchase by telephone (while supplies last) beginning at 3 p.m. on Friday, September 25 at (888) RED-SOX6. No tickets will be available at the Fenway Park ticket office.
Fans with disabilities may call (877) RED-SOX9 beginning at noon on Friday, September 25 to purchase accessible seating (while supplies last). Hearing impaired patrons may call the TTY line at (617) 226-6644.
There will be a one-game, two-ticket purchase limit for each winner selected. Ticket prices for the ALDS are $130 for Field Box Seats and Loge Box Seats, $100 for Pavilion Box Seats and Right Field Box Seats, $55 for Grandstand Seats, $35 for Bleacher Seats and $30 for standing room. All orders for the American League Division Series will be subject to a $6 per-ticket convenience fee and a $15 per-order processing fee.
Registrants not selected in the ALDS drawing or those who register after 12 noon EDT on Monday, September 21 will still be eligible for the American League Championship Series and World Series drawings provided that they have selected to be included in the ticket opportunities for each respective series.
Please see the schedule below:
Sale dates for potential 2009 American League Championship Series and 2009 World Series games played at Fenway Park will be announced at a later date. Such winners will be selected from the pool of registrants for each subsequent drawing and notified via email with instructions on the ticket purchase process including dates and times for these sales.
Here are the AP and USA Today Coaches College Football Top 25 Polls for the week ending 9/13:
| AP Top 25 | USA Today Poll | ||||||
| RK | TEAM | REC | PTS | RK | TEAM | REC | PTS |
| 1 | Florida (56) | 2-0 | 1491 | 1 | Florida (56) | 2-0 | 1472 |
| 2 | Texas (1) | 2-0 | 1404 | 2 | Texas | 2-0 | 1399 |
| 3 | USC (1) | 2-0 | 1396 | 3 | USC (3) | 2-0 | 1368 |
| 4 | Alabama (2) | 2-0 | 1328 | 4 | Alabama | 2-0 | 1277 |
| 5 | Mississippi | 1-0 | 1145 | 5 | Penn State | 2-0 | 1216 |
| 5 | Penn State | 2-0 | 1145 | 6 | Mississippi | 1-0 | 1060 |
| 7 | Brigham Young | 2-0 | 1122 | 7 | LSU | 2-0 | 1051 |
| 8 | California | 2-0 | 1058 | 7 | California | 2-0 | 1051 |
| 9 | LSU | 2-0 | 951 | 9 | Brigham Young | 2-0 | 941 |
| 10 | Boise State | 2-0 | 945 | 10 | Boise State | 2-0 | 913 |
| 11 | Ohio State | 1-1 | 840 | 11 | Ohio State | 1-1 | 855 |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 1-1 | 835 | 12 | Oklahoma | 1-1 | 794 |
| 13 | Virginia Tech | 1-1 | 749 | 13 | Georgia Tech | 2-0 | 771 |
| 14 | Georgia Tech | 2-0 | 683 | 14 | Virginia Tech | 1-1 | 709 |
| 15 | TCU | 1-0 | 609 | 15 | TCU | 1-0 | 648 |
| 16 | Oklahoma State | 1-1 | 445 | 16 | Utah | 2-0 | 533 |
| 17 | Cincinnati | 2-0 | 407 | 17 | Oklahoma State | 1-1 | 485 |
| 18 | Utah | 2-0 | 405 | 18 | Nebraska | 2-0 | 471 |
| 19 | Nebraska | 2-0 | 365 | 19 | North Carolina | 2-0 | 341 |
| 20 | Miami (FL) | 1-0 | 364 | 20 | Georgia | 1-1 | 333 |
| 21 | Houston | 2-0 | 341 | 21 | Cincinnati | 2-0 | 328 |
| 22 | Kansas | 2-0 | 271 | 22 | Miami (FL) | 1-0 | 291 |
| 23 | Georgia | 1-1 | 260 | 23 | Kansas | 2-0 | 195 |
| 24 | North Carolina | 2-0 | 250 | 24 | Oregon State | 2-0 | 118 |
| 25 | Michigan | 2-0 | 169 | 25 | Missouri | 2-0 | 104 |
| Dropped from rankings: | Dropped from rankings: | ||||||
| Notre Dame 18, Missouri 25 | Notre Dame 20 | ||||||
| Others receiving votes: | Others receiving votes: | ||||||
| Missouri 93, Pittsburgh 87, Oregon State 64, Texas Tech 54, UCLA 44, Notre Dame 40, West Virginia 30, Auburn 26, Iowa 23, Boston College 19, Baylor 15, Clemson 10, Oregon 5, Arizona 4, Arkansas 3, Colorado State 2, Florida State 1, Minnesota 1, South Florida 1 | Michigan 84, Houston 69, Texas Tech 68, Pittsburgh 40, Notre Dame 32, Auburn 30, Iowa 27, Florida State 19, Oregon 16, West Virginia 16, UCLA 13, South Florida 13, Kentucky 9, Arizona 4, CENTRAL MICHIGAN 2, Colorado State 2, Minnesota 2, Northwestern 2, Arkansas 1, Tulsa 1, South Carolina 1 | ||||||
For the second straight week, UConn Huskies defensive end Lindsey Witten has been honored by the Big East.
Last week, he was named Big East Defensive Player of the Week after recording three sacks. Well after another three sack performance in the loss to North Carolina, Witten was named to the Big East Honor Roll.
Here is the video of those three sacks:
And here are the highlights of from the game as well:
Here is my initial ballot for Week of 3 of the CBSSports.com Blog Poll Top 25. Please let me know in the comments section on whether or not you agree with my picks. I have until Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. to make any changes.
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| Rank | Team | Delta |
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| 1 | Florida | |
| 2 | Southern Cal | |
| 3 | Texas | |
| 4 | Alabama | |
| 5 | Penn State |  1 |
| 6 | California | 1 |
| 7 | Mississippi | 1 |
| 8 | Boise State | 1 |
| 9 | LSU | 1 |
| 10 | Brigham Young | 1 |
| 11 | Oklahoma | 1 |
| 12 | Virginia Tech | 2 |
| 13 | Ohio State | |
| 14 | Georgia Tech | 2 |
| 15 | TCU | |
| 16 | Utah | 3 |
| 17 | Oklahoma State |  12 |
| 18 | Cincinnati | 4 |
| 19 | North Carolina | 1 |
| 20 | Miami (Florida) | 1 |
| 21 | Georgia | 4 |
| 22 | Missouri | 1 |
| 23 | Kansas | 1 |
| 24 | Michigan | |
| 25 | Houston | |
| Last week’s ballot | ||
The Boston Red Sox got two stellar performances from Clay Buchholz and Jon Lester on their way to a sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park on Sunday. They also got a strong rain-shortened strong start by Josh Beckett on Saturday night.
The Red Sox picked up a 1/2 game on the New York Yankees and are seven games behind them in the AL East standings with twenty games to go. The Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners split their doubleheader last night which means the Red Sox picked up a game on each of them in the wild card standings. The Rangers are now four games behind while the Mariners are clinging on for dear life as they are eleven games out.
While Buchholz didn’t factor into the decision in a game one yesterday, a late run negated his chance at win, he was outstanding on the bump. He had good life on his fastball, excellent command and location of all of his pitches. His changeup was just downright nasty as it has been over his past five starts.
The Red Sox knew what they were doing when they left Buchholz in the minors to mature a little more. He’s making them look good now with his pitching. Unless Daisuke Matsuzaka is lights out in his final starts of the season, the Red Sox playoff pitching rotation, assuming they get there, would be Beckett, Lester and Buchholz. And if all three continue to pitch like they did this weekend, there’s no telling how far they can go.
Like Buchholz in game 1, Lester was dealing in game 2. He also had good command and location on his pitches plus some life on his fastball. His cutter kept the Rays hitters at bay all throughout the game. If it weren’t for Beckett, Lester would be the ace of this staff. He’s good enough to be a number one starter on just about any team in baseball.
Lester’s been one of, if not, the best pitchers in baseball since May 31st. He’s gone 10-2 with a 2.02 ERA. Had it not been for a slow start to the season, he would probably have more than the thirteen wins he has now.
The Red Sox will enjoy a nice day of rest before returning to Fenway Park tomorrow night. Daisuke Matsuzaka will make his first big league start since June 19th as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim come to town in a possible Division Series matchup.
UConn Football links
UConn Football Chat: Week 3 at 11 AM [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
Questions And More Questions From Yesterday And Today [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
Remember Nate Sherr? [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
Frazer and Griffin Out The Next Two Games [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant]
What we learned in the Big East, Week 2 [Big East Blog – ESPN.com]
Week 2 review/Week 3 preview [Big East Blog – ESPN.com]
At least two weeks for Frazer, Griffin [Chip Malafronte – New Haven Register]
Frazer out at least two weeks [Neill Ostrout – Connecticut Post]
UConn opponents glance [Connecticut Post]
UConn QB Frazer out at least 2 games [Connecticut Post]
UConn QB Zach Frazer (Knee) To Miss Next 2 Games [Hartford Courant]
UConn’s Frazer out at least two games [New Haven Register]
UConn still searching for signature win [Waterbury Republican-American]
Other Conferences Still Leaving Big East in the Dust [NESN.com]
UConn Women’s Basketball links
Home cooking? [Jim Fuller – New Haven Register]
Renee’s Appearance In Question [Rich Elliott – Connecticut Post]
UConn Men’s Basketball links
Looking Back: UConn’s First Championship [UConn Huskies Basketball]
Other UConn related links
Men’s Soccer: No. 18/24 Huskies Play Iona to a 0-0 Tie in its Second Straight Double Overtime Contest [UConnHuskies.com]
Women’s Soccer: Giddings & Co. Upend No. 8 Wake Forest 4-2 [UConnHuskies.com]
UConn Huskies head coach Randy Edsall held his weekly day after game press conference and updated the local media about the health status of quarterback Zach Frazer and tight end Ryan Griffin.
While the news isn’t bad, it’s not really that great either as both Frazer and Griffin will be out for at least two weeks. This means both will miss the Baylor game next Saturday and the home game against Rhode Island the following Saturday.
From Chip Malafronte of the New Haven Register:
Zach Frazer is out this week, and probably next week with a right knee injury, Edsall said. Cody Endres starts and Mike Box is the backup. No surgery is necessary, and it’s not season-ending. But that’s all Edsall would divulge. “He got hurt on the one play he scrambled, he came back and threw one high and that was the worst he threw all day,” Edsall said. “He threw some good balls and was doing good things. It’s disappointing to see that happen to him.”
Ryan Griffin will also miss this week and probably next week with a back injury. No specifics from Edsall, other than no surgery is needed and he’s expected back before the year is through. Corey Manning moves up to backup with John Delahunt the starter.
We all saw Endres struggle with the offense in Saturday’s loss to the North Carolina Tar Heels. You have to wonder if Edsall and Joe Moorhead will simplify the offense for Endres.
Let’s hope Endres can come around quickly. Otherwise it’s going to be a long Saturday afternoon/evening in Waco, TX.
At least two weeks for Frazer, Griffin [Ramblings from The Runway]
Destination Red Sox Nation is our look at how the minor league teams of the Boston Red Sox fare each night. Game story and box score links as well as links to team rosters, team stats and league standings are after the jump.