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Half-Baked Jake Rocks The Vote, Hall And Heisman
The Hartford CourantHalf-baked Jake is back in all his half-bakedness … News: The steroid-dripping Baseball Hall of Fame ballots are distributed. Views: After leaving the box unchecked twice, I'm voting for Killingworth's Jeff Bagwell. My fuller view of one of the...Tags: National Hockey League, College Football, Manny Pacquiao, Bob Costas, Alex Rodriguez
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In Storrs, Waiting By The Phone For The ACC
The Hartford CourantThe sun rose high over eastern Connecticut on Sunday. Storrs had a different look to it. Storrs had a different feel to it. It sort of looked like, yeah, it sort of felt like ACC country. Yet as they stood together in the press box at Morrone...Tags: North Carolina Tar Heels, Ohio State Buckeyes, Under Armour Inc., College Football, Marshall Thundering Herd
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R.J. Evans Steady As A Rock Of Ages
The Hartford CourantDo his teammates tease R.J. Evans about his age? "All the time, every day," Evans said Tuesday night after No. 23 UConn stifled Vermont 67-49 in one of those old-time, grind-it-out New England reunions that reminded everyone so much that the Huskies'...Tags: NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Shabazz Napier, Teaching and Learning, Harlem Globetrotters, College Sports
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Before Ollie Gets Extension, Let's See Him Extend Winning Ways
The Hartford Courant— If there is a cautionary tale in this early basketball season, surely it is to be found in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. UConn didn't have one vote in the preseason balloting among the national media. Not one stinking vote. The Huskies...Tags: Shabazz Napier, Geno Auriemma, Gampel Pavilion, Sports, Connecticut Huskies
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Big Start For Ollie; Big Finish For Pasqualoni?
The Hartford CourantThis weekend is the beginning of the end and the end of the beginning for UConn. Across the Atlantic Ocean on a military base in Germany on Friday night, Kevin Ollie stops being the practice coach and starts being the game coach for one of the proudest...Tags: Pittsburgh Panthers, Randy Edsall, Cincinnati Bearcats, Music, College Sports
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Kevin Ollie Takes The Steps, Not The Escalator
The Hartford CourantSTORRS — The words arrived 11 minutes into Kevin Ollie's introductory speech and they have carried so much impact since the day he was named UConn basketball coach that even his captain is taking them literally. "As I embark on this journey, I want...Tags: Big East Conference, Shabazz Napier, Gampel Pavilion, Wells Fargo Center, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Kevin Ollie Receives Highest Of Praise From Rick Pitino
The Hartford CourantIf Kevin Ollie is looking for the highest endorsement possible, he needn't stop at Jim Calhoun. He can find it with one of Calhoun's natural-born adversaries. Rick Pitino says that hiring Ollie as the permanent UConn basketball coach was a "no-brainer."...Tags: Syracuse Orange, Pittsburgh Panthers, Howie Dickenman, Providence Friars, Arts and Culture
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Kevin Ollie's Motor Will Take Him To The Top
The Hartford CourantWhether Kevin Ollie gets off to a good start as the new head coach at the University of Connecticut or struggles mightily, know this: His future is in the professional ranks — not college. Ollie will be a star in the big business that is...Tags: Gampel Pavilion, Ray Allen, Sports, College Basketball, National Basketball Association
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No Longer Coach, Jim Calhoun Will Still Be Paid Nicely At UConn
The Hartford CourantJim Calhoun isn't going to stomp the sidelines at any more UConn games, but he will continue to be paid as if he were among the highest-paid basketball coaches in the nation. In fact, he will earn more not to coach the Huskies this season than he did to...Tags: Big East Conference, Colleges and Universities, Gampel Pavilion, Collective Contract, Wage Contract Issues
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Calhoun: Guts And Glory
The Hartford CourantSTORRS — The reality of 40 cold New England winters are behind him. We begin with the Jim Calhoun legend now, and when legend becomes fact, they say, print the legend. UConn, ranked No. 1 in the nation, was up three against Syracuse with 11 seconds...Tags: Madison Square Garden, Syracuse Orange, Pittsburgh Panthers, Howie Dickenman, LeBron James
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Calhoun's A Legend; Get A Legend To Replace Him
The Hartford CourantWe knew the toughest man in the room, the most competitive man in the gym, the greatest college basketball coach in New England history would battle until the end. We knew he'd go the full 15 rounds. We just didn't know the last battle wouldn't be on the...Tags: Arts and Culture, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Sports, Big East Conference, Georgetown Hoyas
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This Seals It: Calhoun Will Be Back
The Hartford CourantThe way I figure it, the scalpel used on Jim Calhoun's fractured hip during surgery Saturday night may as well be used to engrave in stone that he'll 100 percent, for sure, take-it-to-the-bank return for his 27th year asUConn men's basketballcoach. As...Tags: Joe Paterno, Pennsylvania Statue University Sexual Abuse Scandal (2012), Shabazz Napier, Broken Hip, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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