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Athlete Forgoes Revenge And Tastes Sweet Victory
May 27, 2012
Great victories of the spirit are not dyed ugly with the stain of retribution. The purest joys in athletics, as in life, are not satisfied by cheap words of payback.
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Athlete Forgoes Revenge, And Tastes Sweet Victory
May 27, 2012
Great victories of the spirit are not dyed ugly with the stain of retribution. The purest joys in athletics, as in life, are not satisfied by cheap words of payback.
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At Go-To Time, Ray Allen's The Guy
May 27, 2012
An 11-point lead dissolved to one in the closing seconds of the third quarter, and suddenly questions were sprouting all over the quieted TD Garden.
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Devils Don't Make Guarantees: They Just Execute
May 26, 2012
NEWARK, N.J. — Joe Namath made guarantees. Mark Messier made guarantees. Nowadays, half of the NBA and NFL make guarantees. Henrik Lundqvist would sooner have laid pickled herring in his crease to feed the hungry New Jersey forecheck than to have publicly assured a victory in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
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Torts Asks Rangers For One More Comeback
May 24, 2012
He asked for prayers before Game 5. Yet after the Devils had the final amen on this crazy night of playoff hockey, John Tortorella asked for only one thing from his team.
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From The Archives, Oct. 21, 2011: Geno Auriemma Risks Wrath Of Football Gods
May 23, 2012
There a story floating around that, according to Texas Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds, the Big 12 Conference has talked to Notre Dame about dumping the Big East for the Big 12 in every sport but football. Back at Big East women's basketball media day in October, UConn's Geno Auriemma spoke frankly - does he speak any other way? - about his thoughts on the Fighting Irish. Courant columnist Jeff Jacobs jumped on it and told the story this way:
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Brandon Bass, Your Newest Celtics Hero
May 21, 2012
BOSTON — The Celtics' postseason keeps popping in and popping out faster than Avery Bradley's left shoulder. So when it became apparent Monday to Doc Rivers that his young starting guard would not be able to play in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, it grew equally apparent that somebody would have to, ah, shoulder more of the burden.
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He's Henrik Lundqvist, And They're Not
May 20, 2012
NEWARK, N.J. — Goalies have remarkable powers, made all the more remarkable by the intense pressure of a playoff spring.
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Girardi And McDonagh Emerge As A Formidable Defensive Pair
May 16, 2012
NEW YORK — After the Wolf Pack captured the Calder Cup in 2000, eight players from that AHL championship team played a total of only 151 manpower games for the Rangers the following season. Those, of course, were the Broadway days when free-agent money for big names flowed much faster than playoff success.
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Manning, Coughlin Stand As Giants
May 16, 2012
On Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots, 21-17, to claim the franchise's fourth Suepr Bowl title. Here's how Courant columnist Jeff Jacobs told the story:
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Celtics Confident Despite Showing Their Age
May 15, 2012
If the Celtics were a movie and Kevin Garnett were its lead actor, they would be Clint Eastwood in "Gran Torino." They are old. They are crotchety. And, yes, they are liable to kick your rear end if you suggest they are too old.
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Time Away Hasn't Lessened Pettite's Appeal To Yankees Fans
May 14, 2012
— They cheered for the memory of that October night in Atlanta when he so masterfully outdueled John Smoltz in Game 5 of the 1996 World Series.
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Beckett's Churlishness Grows Tiresome
May 13, 2012
No baseball fan, certainly no Red Sox fan, should have been surprised by Josh Beckett's postgame performance the other night.
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At Central, Journalism Students Are Worthy Of Our Admiration
May 11, 2012
I walked out of Shaun Green's office that last day of November in 2007, touched, impressed he was a man of real perspective. The Central Connecticut soccer coach had talked about the massive heart attack he had a year earlier and how he had flat-lined.
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Whale Draw Legends (Mess, Bourque And Mr. Hockey), But What Does Future Hold?
May 10, 2012
— Three of the 15 greatest players in hockey history found their way to Webster Bank Arena Wednesday night for Game 5 of the AHL Eastern Conference Semifinals.
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Marinatto Had Troubles, But Big East Presidents Must Be Accountable
May 8, 2012
Mike Tranghese convinced me that it was a wise decision, and, oh, the whispers otherwise were already out there …
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Knicks End Playoff Losing Streak, But Series Hole Still Deep
May 7, 2012
— Melo poured in 41. Amare, had a double-double and literally, metaphorically no longer had blood on his hands. The Knicks, mercifully, ended the longest playoff losing streak in NBA history.
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How Many Concussions Are Enough?
May 5, 2012
We know there is more than enough courage around to sustain the NFL. We know there is more than enough testosterone, painkillers and, if need be, performance-enhancing drugs to keep the game running through Super Bowl MD … with or without the consent of sober and caring MDs.
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Rondo Atones With A Triple-Double
May 5, 2012
He had waited outside the team bus late Tuesday night in Atlanta. He had shaken hands and thanked each of his Celtic teammates for bailing him out, for winning Game 2 without him.
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Sun Guard Dawn Evans Is An Inspiration
May 4, 2012
Dawn Evans scored 38 points to beat Virginia 75-73 that Sunday in late 2009. She broke the John Paul Jones Arena scoring record, banking the decisive jumper in the final minute. She led James Madison to its first triumph over the Cavaliers in 23 years.
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For Rainy Day AT TPC River Highlands, Freddie Jacobson Gets A Paddle
May 2, 2012
CROMWELL — Freddie Jacobson got a pingpong paddle as a present Tuesday at TPC River Highlands.
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Not One For The Ages, But Chad Dawson Comes Out Looking Good
April 29, 2012
— When the first score was announced, the immediate thought was that the 7,705 fans jammed inside old Boardwalk Hall were extras on the set of "Boardwalk Empire."
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For UConn's Kendall Reyes, It All Started In Nashua, N.H.
April 28, 2012
Maybe it's fitting Kendall Reyes scored the first touchdown in Nashua North history in 2004. Maybe it's only fitting he took that kickoff and returned it more than 85 yards for a new high school's first burst of football joy.
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Unlikely (And Young) Heroes Lead The Rangers To Game 7 Win
April 26, 2012
— Chris Kreider was only 3 years old when Howie Rose made the most famous call in New York hockey history.
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The Game 7 Beast Eats The Bruins
April 26, 2012
Surrounded by reporters after what would prove to be the Bruins' last practice of the 2011-2012 season, Tim Thomas thought for a second and smiled that calm smile.
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Let's See If Bernard Hopkins Even Fights Chad Dawson On Saturday
April 25, 2012
Even when he is pretending to be quiet, Bernard Hopkins never runs out of outrageous words and convoluted rationalizations. He never runs out of slights, real and imagined, to shadow box. He never runs out of head games to play.
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Jeff Jacobs: Hrivik Giving Whale Needed Punch
April 23, 2012
— The last weekend in March, he was two hours away from two flights that would have landed him in Vienna.
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Big Decisions Await Pasqualoni, Calhoun
April 22, 2012
The big decisions, the really important ones, are not made in one day. When pressed on the matter of his starting quarterback, Paul Pasqualoni made that abundantly clear Saturday.
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In 100 Years, There Has Only Been One Tito
April 21, 2012
BOSTON — At 2:32 p.m. Friday, Bobby Valentine's worst nightmare, his bald head shining in the afternoon sun, appeared from behind the center field fence.
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Whale Ride Hot Goaltender To 3-0 Shutout
April 20, 2012
BRIDGEPORT — There are different ways to intimidate in playoff hockey. And as we've seen through the early going of the NHL playoffs, some of them are fairly nasty, some fairly brutal.
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Pat Summitt: Cherish The Memories
April 19, 2012
The immeasurable tragedy is that one day Pat Summitt will not remember all she has done.
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Ellington's Greg Caron Finishes 10th In Boston Marathon Men's Handcycle Race
April 17, 2012
— He wants to run someday. He will run someday. Of this, there can be no doubt.
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It's Easy To Take Bubba Watson To Heart
April 16, 2012
Nathan Grube found the perfect way to get Bubba Watson to play at the Travelers Championship.
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Josh Beckett Far From A Punch Line In Fenway Opener
April 13, 2012
BOSTON — There were boos when his name was announced to the Fenway crowd before the home opener. Josh Beckett was warming up in the bullpen at the time, and he never blinked, never allowed anyone to see if his emotional armor had been dented.
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Andre The Unready: UConn Might Have Been Better Off Passing On Drummond
April 13, 2012
In late August, after a summer of misdirection and consternation, Andre Drummond announced his arrival at UConn on Twitter. In 140 characters or less, he then directed a question to the #Huskyfamily.
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Jeff Jacobs: UConn Hockey Upgrade Would Mean State Players Could Stay Home
April 12, 2012
Whenever John Gardner, the endless fountain of Connecticut hockey talent, asks his players where they want to go to college, he inevitably hears the same four letters.
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Jeff Jacobs: Jeremy Lamb's Biggest Play Will Be To Finish In Good Academic Standing
April 11, 2012
There were many sweet Jeremy Lamb moments on the highway to the 2011 national championship in Houston. He hit two overtime shots against Syracuse and the decisive layup against Louisville in New York to win the Big East tournament.
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When It's Added Up, UConn Isn't Getting A Fair Deal
April 5, 2012
Perhaps it is fitting that the cleverest Connecticut resident, Mark Twain, popularized the saying, "There are three types of lies: lies, damn lies and statistics." If ever numbers have been called on to sing and dance to a certain narrative, it is the NCAA's crushing case against the state university.
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Don't Blame John Calipari For One-And-Done Athletes
April 4, 2012
— Supply met demand Monday night in New Orleans when Kentucky won its eighth NCAA championship.
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Baylor's Brittney Griner Stands Out On Eve Of Biggest Game
April 2, 2012
At a certain point, the legacy stops being about the wingspan and starts being about how many championship trophies are nestled in the hands at the end of that wingspan.
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Another Battle Fuels The Flames Of A Fierce Rivalry
April 2, 2012
The rivalry will prosper from nights like this, bank on it, and that's a great thing. With eight games in 14 months, the players knew each other so well that Skylar Diggins joked the other day that she knows what UConn has for breakfast.
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In UConn-Notre Dame Matchup, Ref's Whistle Is The Huge Issue
April 1, 2012
DENVER — Geno Auriemma never loses the press conference. So after he was prodded about the Notre Dame rivalry for 20 minutes at the Pepsi Center, it came as no surprise that UConn's Hall of Fame coach decided to end it with his money quote.
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Former UConn Great Ann Strother Still Has The Moves
March 31, 2012
DENVER — It has been a decade since Georgia coach Andy Landers planted that pink flamingo in her family's Castle Rock, Colo., lawn. A decade since Notre Dame made a compact disc of her playing in a key game situation with the Fighting Irish.
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The Dailey News: She's The Backbone Of The UConn Women's Program
March 30, 2012
Chris Dailey is a stalker.
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Tiffany Hayes Carries The Team
March 28, 2012
KINGSTON, R.I. — She took the weight Tuesday night. She accepted it like a senior. Tiffany Hayes had dropped that weight before in some of UConn's biggest moments.
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Plenty Of Blame To Go Around, But No One Accountable
March 26, 2012
My, oh my, isn't this tidy?
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Kelly Faris: All She Does Is Win
March 26, 2012
KINGSTON, R.I. — With four minutes left in this Sweet 16 rout, Maggie Lucas, alleged to be one of the poisons UConn was supposed to pick from, went up for a long three-pointer. Out of nowhere, Kelly Faris dramatically blocked Lucas' shot. Caroline Doty saved the ball from going out of bounds and found Faris streaking downcourt.
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Jeff Jacobs: Samarie Walker Is Happy. Shouldn't We Be Happy For Her, Too?
March 25, 2012
This is more Kastine Evans' homecoming than it is Samarie Walker's homecoming. Evans is from Salem and attended Norwich Free Academy. NFA is 35 miles away from the Ryan Center on the University of Rhode Island campus. Storrs is 60 miles away.
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Who Was Geno Cursing About? He Swears It Isn't Who You Might Think
March 23, 2012
The piece opens with a quote.
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Once Again, We're Only Talking About The NFL
March 22, 2012
Only the NFL can turn March Madness into, "Isn't there a basketball tournament going on this month?" Only the NFL is that big, that powerful, that popular. And by the time Commissioner Roger Goodell, the Broncos and Jets were done with us Wednesday, most of America might have wondered if James Naismith ever invented a game.
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Efficiency Has Become The UConn Women's Hallmark
March 20, 2012
BRIDGEPORT -- Kara Wolters couldn't remember UConn's opponent in the 1994 Sweet 16.
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Jeff Jacobs: Drop In Women's Tourney Attendance: Is The Reason Economic Or Racial?
March 19, 2012
BRIDGEPORT — The question was a direct one. The question also was loaded enough that even Geno Auriemma, who will answer anything, wanted no part of it.
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This Time, Jim Calhoun Can't Take His Time Telling Us If He Stays Or Goes
March 17, 2012
Jim Calhoun needs to make the decision on whether he is returning next season. And this time, for the good of the school he says he loves, he needs to make it faster than ridiculously slow.
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Season Ends With A Night Of Futility
March 16, 2012
With only three seconds left in this most disappointing of March nights, Jeremy Lamb stole the basketball and went in for the most useless of windmill dunks.
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Iowa State's Royce White A Complex, Remarkable Man
March 15, 2012
LOUISVILLE — The Iowa State basketball team took the hour flight Tuesday from Ames to Louisville. Royce White traveled the 600 miles by car.
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Howard Baldwin Having More Trouble With Finances, XL Center And AHL Franchise
March 13, 2012
It almost seems the more Howard Baldwin wants a bigger and better hockey market, the less others do. A man's hockey dream can die a number of different deaths. It can die at the hands of parties unwilling to cooperate. It can die at the hands of creditors. It can die of a lack of a sustained and passionate response from a market.
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March Madness Comes Down To Momentum
March 12, 2012
— In a heartbeat, Selection Sunday goes from an endless drone about "body of work" to who drew the toughest and easiest brackets.
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Six Inducted Into Connecticut Hockey Hall of Fame
March 11, 2012
Nobody knows exactly where hockey in our state is headed, yet as the six inductees into the Connecticut Hockey Hall of Fame stood there between periods Saturday night at the XL Center we could see where it has been.
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Despite Negative Outcome, Jim Calhoun Keeps It Positive
March 9, 2012
With apologies to the great builders and players of the Ming Dynasty, there were two Great Walls of China along Eighth Avenue on Thursday.
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No Doubt In Shabazz Napier's Mind
March 7, 2012
NEW YORK — Questions arrive in broad, sweeping brushes this time of year in college basketball, and this question was about UConn's doing the impossible over five New York nights last March.
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UConn Women Learn To Counterpunch
March 7, 2012
He wins so many, so often, so easily, year after year, that even on a special March night when Geno Auriemma wins his 800th career game, there is an urge to ask him how the heck did he ever lose 128?
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Dolson Finding Her Competitive Drive
March 6, 2012
Humbling moments, as we learned Monday at the XL Center, can arrive in all shapes, sizes and locales. They can arrive at aJ.C. Penney's in Minnesota or at a basketball arena in Winnipeg or Sioux Falls, S.D.
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A Tough Loss To Take For Hawks' Andres Torres
March 5, 2012
Dreams die hard in March. And for Andres Torres they died especially hard.
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Game Change: Charge It To Roscoe Smith
March 4, 2012
Shabazz Napier worried aloud two weekends ago that when his UConn teammates take a punch, they respond by throwing pillows.
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Calhoun, The Cranky Warrior, Has The Floor
March 3, 2012
STORRS — Jim Calhoun needed only 61 seconds to bring up a media slight, so you knew the UConn coach wasn't too far off his game.
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Huskies' Bubble May Have Burst In Providence
February 29, 2012
— The process is made complicated. The formula is made complex. And when a bunch of guys with a bunch of numbers and a bunch of rationalizations emerge from an isolated room on Selection Sunday, they will try to buffalo a nation with bull cookies.
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UConn Falls To Notre Dame, But Rivalry Heats Up
February 28, 2012
We could have as many as eight meetings in 15 months and 11 within 27 months.
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Bilas Faults NCAA On Academic Progress Rules
February 26, 2012
STORRS — Jay Bilas is a smart man with a high-profile position as basketball analyst for ESPN and CBS Sports. He also is smart enough to know that no matter how much bully is in his pulpit, the NCAA is not going to knuckle under to one man's voice.
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Eastern Legend Bill Holowaty Travels Cross Country For Game Vs. His Son's Team
February 24, 2012
The 35-person Eastern Connecticut baseball contingent piled onto two flights Thursday. One took off at 6 a.m., the other 10 a.m. Destination: Walla Walla. Bill Holowaty looked down at his itinerary and decided, no, Walla Walla, Wash., is not the easiest place to get to from Bradley Airport.
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Chad Dawson, Bernard Hopkins Really Don't Like Each Other
February 23, 2012
NEW YORK — When he had finished his formal remarks at the press conference to announce his rematch with Bernard Hopkins, Chad Dawson leaned away from the microphone toward Hopkins' 47-year-old left ear.
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Napier Backed It Up When Game Was On The Line
February 21, 2012
— When it was over, after Alex Oriakhi had blessed his teammates with holy water, after a 29-foot prayer was answered in overtime, here was Shabazz Napier leaving Wells Fargo Center book in hand.
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Jeremy Lin Gives Us What We All Need: Hope
February 20, 2012
—J.R. Smith, a Jersey kid who played his prep basketball at St. Benedict's in Newark, N.J., wasn't around when Linsanity wiggled free of its eggshell. He was playing in, of all places, China.
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Jeff Jacobs: UConn Responds To Punches With Pillows
February 18, 2012
This was one of those Boyz II Men, or, more accurately, men to boys games that screamed for someone on the UConn roster to scream something.
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UConn Women On Verge Of Another Signature Win
February 18, 2012
Geno Auriemma shares one thing with Adolph Rupp. Well, two things.
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Jeff Jacobs: UConn's Data Processing Nightmare
February 17, 2012
The latest data is obviously the fairest data.
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Players Learning The Trouble With Tweets
February 16, 2012
— Andre Drummond started the national title defense on the night of Aug. 26 with a tweet.
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As Drummond Goes, So Goes UConn's Future
February 12, 2012
Maybe we shouldn't stretch the metaphor as far as the ligaments in Andre Drummond's right ankle were stretched Saturday afternoon.
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Jeff Jacobs: No Fireworks This Time Between Valentine And Girardi
February 11, 2012
The last time Bobby Valentine and Joe Girardi were under the same roof, the new Red Sox manager didn't waste any time striking a match and lighting a little tabloid fire.
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UConn's Self-Imposed Penalties Too Soft On Calhoun
February 10, 2012
Susan Herbst said she wasn't groveling nor was she trying to strong-arm anybody.
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UConn Quits Against Louisville
February 7, 2012
LOUISVILLE — If you want be to be grossed out and enraged, UConn fans, we can rant about how UConn quit in the second half Monday night. We can rant about how Louisville got the Huskies to throw up the dirty white flag in the final 20 minutes.
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Manning And Coughlin Stand As Giants
February 6, 2012
Yes, this may have happened in the House Big Brother Peyton Built. And, yes, it may have been the game where Tom Brady set a Super Bowl record with 16 consecutive pass completions.
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Giants' Legs Too Much For Brady's Brain
February 5, 2012
Super Bowl hype arrives in so many story lines. Some are delivered with the spiritual gravitas of Myra Kraft. Others come with the historical possibilities of unparalleled success forged by a coach's bond with his quarterback. Still others arrive as a steaming dish of revenge.
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Jeff Jacobs: The Inspirational Story Of Giants LB Mark Herzlich
February 4, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS — Sandy Herzlich might not remember the night this love story began on the Wesleyan campus, but half of America knows where it landed.
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Jeff Jacobs: Connecticut Native Kevin Gilbride Has Helped Mold Eli Manning
February 3, 2012
Over the years, Kevin Gilbride has proved that he can absorb a hit. Oh, yeah. Whether it was Buddy Ryan or second-guessing fans who stuck an unflattering nickname on the Giants' offensive coordinator, nobody can deny his ability to take a punch.
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Victor Cruz: A Long Journey To The Super Bowl
February 1, 2012
— His salsa is so free, so easy, so full of rhythm that it can make you forget how difficult it was for Victor Cruz. His touchdown dance so points to a celebratory ending that it can make you forget a most difficult start.
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Ryan Boatright And The NCAA: A Great Gray Area
January 30, 2012
For those folks — and there are legion — who want to do nothing except rail against the power and gory of the NCAA, you will only be half-sated by what you read here.
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UConn Lost In So Many Different Ways
January 19, 2012
— They lost this game on the inside. They lost this game on the outside, too. They lost for reasons that had nothing to do with Ryan Boatright. And they lost for reasons that had plenty to do with Ryan Boatright.
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Is The NCAA Wielding Too Big Of A Stick?
January 15, 2012
AAU basketball is the Wild West of American sport. Of that, there is little doubt.
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Calhoun Must Pull His Punches
January 12, 2012
On Monday night, Jim Calhoun watched Ryan Boatright throw an inbounds pass over Tyler Olander's head. He watched the ball go out of bounds and Boatright show his displeasure. It was at that point that the entire XL Center heard how Calhoun felt about what he had seen.
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When Pressed, Drummond Stepped Up
January 10, 2012
Basketball games are like car accidents. Ten minutes after they happen, witnesses remember a lot of the same things they saw differently.
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Turnovers Against Good Team? Fatal
January 8, 2012
They didn't score a basket in overtime. In fact, they didn't score a basket for the final eight minutes and 49 seconds of a loss pockmarked by 27 turnovers.
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Kemba Walker Adjusting To NBA
January 5, 2012
Kemba Walker was lost. No, not in the NBA, not among the biggest and best.
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Huskies Gave Pirates Fans Lots To Laugh At
January 4, 2012
The Seton Hall fans couldn't wait to display their sense of humor. When a school has lost 11 in a row and 25 of 27 to another school, the slightest whiff of a double-digit blowout can give cause for the student section to celebrate.
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Drummond Working Hard To Cash In On Free Throws
January 1, 2012
The questions were fitting and predictable enough for Dec. 31 of any year.
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In The End, Drummond Did The Right Thing
December 23, 2011
The gesture was a generous one, but also one that begged for more explanation.
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In The End, No Getting Around Griner
December 19, 2011
When it was over, after Baylor had beaten UConn in this December battle of top-ranked teams, Kim Mulkey walked down the hall at Ferrell Center. Eschewing her more famous sparkly outfits for a conservative look on this night, Mulkey did not hold back on her affection.
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UConn Vs. Baylor: Dolson Knows She Has To Be Tough, And Smart
December 18, 2011
— The whistle blows. It's her second foul and it's early.
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Pendergast Still Trying To Get Basketball Practice Facility Built At UConn
December 10, 2011
The argument has been made. Heck, it's an argument made years ago. So we'll go straight to the bottom line on the proposed $30 million UConn basketball practice facility.
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Drummond Begins To Show His Potential
December 9, 2011
STORRS — There are few things in life more certain than the dunk.
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UConn's Four Guards Set Winning Tempo
December 7, 2011
— When you hold the title belt, you are permitted to tell the truth. And Texas A&M coach Gary Blair wasn't afraid to allow the obvious after his Aggies had their doors blown off Tuesday night.
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Ryan Boatright Shows No Fear
December 4, 2011
— He is 6-0 going on 5-10.
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Nov. 23: Bobby Valentine Will Be Fun With Red Sox, But It Won't End Well
November 24, 2011
This started Nov. 3 at the Hartford Club. And make no mistake, it would end spectacularly. This started with an arranged meeting before a World Affairs Council event on Prospect Street. And the prospect of it ending in flames on Yawkey Way isn't really a prospect at all.
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Shooting Makes Fermi Coach, Manchester Officer Beeler Appreciate Father's Day More
June 19, 2011
Edmanuel Reyes, a deranged man with two pistols and a 12-gauge shotgun, would spray 100 or so bullets at arriving police officers, at their vehicles, at surrounding houses. One of those bullets that ugly late May afternoon in Manchester would pierce officer Bill Beeler's left shoulder, going clean through him.
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Kemba Walker Embraced The Process
April 13, 2011
STORRS — Jim Calhoun was using Charlie Villanueva as a comparison, but the truth is the UConn coach could have inserted the names of hundreds of college basketball players. The difference with Kemba Walker, Calhoun insisted, is he didn't have to learn how to work.
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UConn's George Blaney Not Just Along For The Ride
April 9, 2011
By his own calculation, UConn associate coach George Blaney had been to 36 Final Fours before 2004. He sat on the board of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. That meant Blaney always had good seats.
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Finale Built Brick By Brick
April 6, 2011
Sure, it was a rock fight. Yet to focus on the rock is to miss the fact that the UConn Huskies moved a mountain over 28 glorious days.
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Three For Calhoun In The Blink Of An Eye
April 5, 2011
HOUSTON — In one of those simple, brilliant leads that occasionally grace the sports pages, Courant beat writer Michael Arace sent 17 words back to Connecticut from St. Petersburg, Fla., on March 29, 1999.
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Calhoun Vs. Calipari A Show In Itself
April 2, 2011
Coaches, players, Cinderellas, old New England turf rivals, they were all at a banquet to honor their Final Four achievement Thursday night when Jim Calhoun decided the time was ripe to play the "My Three Sons" card.
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They're Riding High Out Of The West Again
March 27, 2011
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The three-pointer by Derrick Williams that would have ended this jubilant, most improbable UConn season bounced off the rim. Kyle Fogg kept the rebound alive and the three-pointer by Jamelle Horne that would have ended this jubilant, most unusual nine-game run bounced off the rim again.
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With Jeremy Lamb, March Comes In Like A Lion
March 25, 2011
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Kemba Walker blinked. College basketball's omniscient guard, the god who sees all, knows all, does all, blinked.
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Not Women's Or Men's, Just Greatness
December 22, 2010
Tina Charles flew in from Russia. Kemba Walker, Randy Edsall, Richard Blumenthal — the who's who of Connecticut — descended from all parts Nutmeg. In the middle of Geno Auriemma's postgame press conference on this historic night, even the President called.
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Sebastian Gambling Case Is No Surprise
November 19, 2010
News that Joe Schlosser, aka longtime radio bad boy Sebastian, was arrested this week on sports gambling charges came with all the shock of the sun rising in the East.
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Howard Baldwin Knows It Wouldn't Pay To Fight For Two Letters
September 21, 2010
The old Howard Baldwin probably would have fought this fight. In those days, the 30-year-old blond WHA rebel would be told he shouldn't do something by the hockey establishment, do the opposite and then dare the old codgers to do something about it.
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Watson Triumphs On A Day That Had It All
June 28, 2010
If you saw the pitching wedge Bubba Watson topped from a fairway bunker into the water on the 17th hole, you saw a piece of it. If you saw his monster drive on 18, the one that bounced off the cart path 396 yards into Travelers Championship legend, yes, you saw another piece.
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Micheel Has Special Delivery For Ill Mother
June 27, 2010
— The ball has traveled from the Pacific to the Atlantic Coast and it remains in a safe spot in Shaun Micheel's golf bag. The three-iron from 239 yards turned into only the second double-eagle in the 110-year history of the U.S. Open, and considering it occurred on Father's Day, any other time Micheel would gladly have presented the ball to his dad.
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Rebuilding The Love Of The Game
June 26, 2010
— Seems like such a great life, doesn't it? Courtesy car is waiting at the airport. Mint chocolate is on the hotel pillow. Wake up and rub elbows with the big boys on the range.
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Thursday Usually A Day For Dreamers At Travelers
June 25, 2010
Thursday in Cromwell can mean only one thing.
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At The Travelers Championship, Wounded Soldiers Get Many Thanks
June 24, 2010
You watch Dan Nevins make his way slowly up the 18th fairway on two prosthetic legs. You look at Dan Perry's face, a face that has paid the price, a face that breaks into a huge smile after he chips in at the second hole at TPC River Highlands.
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Howard Baldwin Makes First Move
March 20, 2010
Howard Baldwin is back and this time he insists he's not leaving. He has moved into an office at 100 Pearl Street and dug in for long days of work. Maybe the address is only fitting. For Baldwin will continue to swim out in the sea of his biggest dreams, 100 percent committed to finding the great pearl in the mouth of the whale.
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Dobratz Always Had Time For Kids
February 10, 2010
They met skiing at Powder Ridge. Ray was months out of Maloney High in Meriden, soon to head for basic training in the National Guard. Paula was a Newington girl, still in high school.
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Dixon's Journey Made Him A Leader
January 3, 2010
Andre Dixon took us into his locker room. Randy Edsall took us into his heart.
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Aug. 26: UConn Football, Expect Big Year From Howard
August 26, 2009
Jasper Howard is a talker. He talks to his mom in Florida twice a day. He talks to the wide receivers in drills, oh, twice a minute.
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Money, Allegations Squeeze Romanticism
April 3, 2009
For days I have been unable to get the thought out of my head. It creases my brain when I'm awake. It arrives in black and white footage in my dreams.
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Greed? Arrogance? It's Waist Deep
March 26, 2009
First off, Coach, it wasn't a blog. The investigative piece was the result of six months of industry by Yahoo! Sports, one of the world's most visited websites. Calling it a blog, whether by intention or ignorance, sounded dismissive and the last thing you and UConn need today is to come off dismissive.
