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Two years ago, UConn's Renee Montgomery and San Diego State's Jené Morris (then at UC Berkeley) were invited to the Under-20 National Team Trials. Montgomery not only made the final roster, but helped the team win the gold in Mexico City. Morris did not make the cut. (0) comments
On a scale from one to 10, Adrian Astiz said his desire to swim at the University of Maryland following his senior year in high school was a five. A five was enough to convince the Rockville, Md., native to send a prospective-athlete form to a program that saw its 12-year coach, Jim Wenhold, retire immediately after a fourth consecutive four-win season in 2004-2005. (0) comments
No matter how bad the Oklahoma City Thunder are, there is no way that they would lose to five college players. They are professional basketball players that have proven themselves in the NBA. Kevin Durant is a rising star, Earl Watson is an experienced point guard, Jeff Green is a good contributing forward and they have two competent big men in Chris Wilcox and Nick Collison. (0) comments
Last week saw the end of several UConn teams' seasons. No. 5 field hockey lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament to No. 8 Duke, and women's soccer fell just short of the tournament for the first time in 27 years. Here's a look at some of the disappointing endings to otherwise great seasons in UConn sports in recent times. (0) comments
Everyone in the NFL has played 10 games so far this season and, just like every year, several teams have underperformed their preseason prognostication. Here are the three biggest disappointments in the NFL season. 3. Seattle Seahawks (2-8) Labeled a potential Super Bowl team before the season began, the Seahawks have been decimated by injuries beginning with their leader, quarterback Matt Hasselbeck. (0) comments