Spring Break
After 40 games, it appears that the offensive struggles of the UConn softball team (18-22, 5-9 Big East) are a thing of the past. Unfortunately, offense alone will not carry the Huskies into the Big East tournament. Take, for example, Saturday's cold, rain-soaked doubleheader against Seton Hall. (0) comments
Figure this out - the Denver Nuggets are the No. 3 seed in the NBA's Western Conference this season, yet they don't have home-court advantage and likely won't at any time throughout the playoffs. How does that work? Give the enormous advantage to the Los Angeles Clippers, who, despite being the No. (0) comments
Ed Nelson's path to the NFL may have improved Friday afternoon. With San Diego tight end coach Rob Chudzinski one of 15 scouts working Nelson out at the Sherman Family Sports Complex and agent Joe Linta running the workout, Nelson went through a series of lifting and running drills to show he's ready to hit the big-time gridiron. (1) comment
The women's lacrosse team (5-10, 0-5 Big East) split its two games over the cold and rainy weekend in Storrs, losing to No. 3 Georgetown, 12-8, on Saturday and defeating Colgate, 15-13, on Sunday. The Huskies lost their fifth straight Big East contest on Saturday to the Hoyas (11-2, 4-0 Big East) in a game in which UConn hung on until the last minutes. (0) comments
The 2007 football recruiting class took a huge blow over the weekend when Aaron Hernandez, brother of current quarterback D.J. Hernandez and perhaps the best high school tight end in the nation, backed out of his verbal commitment to the Huskies and instead orally committed to Florida, according to several local media reports. (0) comments
The golf team will have their final tournament of the year as they travel to Dade City, Fla. for the Big East Championship at Lake Jovita Country Club. The tournament will be the Huskies' last chance to salvage a below average season. "We haven't been getting what we'd like to out of our guys this spring," said head coach Ron Dubois. (0) comments
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats and British Columbia Lions selected former UConn defensive end Shawn Mayne and current Husky defensive end Jason Ward respectively in last Thursday's Canadian Football League draft, according to a press release. However, due to CFL rules, neither player must report to their respective teams right away. (0) comments
At least it wasn't sleeting and snowing, but the track meet this past weekend was still cold and rainy. The men's outdoor track team won its second home meet of the season on Saturday. It was the third time that the men faced off against Brown in three weeks, and UConn came up on top of each series. (1) comment
The women's outdoor track team won its fourth consecutive meet this past weekend, at home Saturday. The team dominated the meet, finishing with 230 points, 77 points ahead of Brown, who took second place. URI finished in third place with 64.5 points. SCSU, UMass, Boston University and Providence were also represented at the meet. (0) comments