Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 30, 2010, 6:14 pm
On Tuesday afternoon, the AP announced their Women’s Basketball 2010 All-America Teams and we find two members of the UConn Huskies on the team. UConn senior Tina Charles and junior Maya Moore were unanimous choices to the team. This is the third straight Moore has been named to the first team an...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 30, 2010, 5:02 pm
As you may recall a few weeks ago, I said I had something exciting going on here at SOX & Dawgs. I feel now is the time to tell everyone. In the coming days, we will be joining the Bloguin network of blogs. It’s something that I had thought about a while back when they approached me
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 30, 2010, 12:18 am
CONNECTICUT REGIONAL FINAL PRACTICE DAY QUOTES GENO AURIEMMA CONNECTICUT HEAD COACH OPENING STATEMENT GENO AURIEMMA: “There’s really not much I can say. We’re in the position we wanted to be in since we got back home last year from the Final Four. I think it’s every kids goal to be this...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 29, 2010, 1:16 pm
The AP announced their Men’s Basketball 2010 All-America Teams on Monday and of course we aren’t going to find any members of the UConn Huskies on it. Instead, we find five members of the three teams that hail from the Big East. They are Wesley Johnson of Syracuse (1st team), Scottie Reynolds ...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 29, 2010, 11:13 am
Here’s a press release from the Boston Red Sox announcing the improvements they’ve made to Fenway Park for the 2010 season: The Boston Red Sox today welcomed Mayor Thomas M. Menino and city officials to Fenway Park to review the “Year IX Improvements” at America’s Most Beloved Ballpark, w...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 29, 2010, 11:12 am
The Boston Red Sox are just over six days away from Opening Day against the New York Yankees and I think we all couldn’t be happier to have some real baseball to watch on our televisions. The Red Sox will break camp on Friday afternoon after taking on the Washington Nationals. They’ll then head...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 29, 2010, 9:50 am
Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams as well as some of the other sports. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis.To open the links up
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 28, 2010, 7:17 pm
There was much joy in Ft. Myers today as the Boston Red Sox clinched the coveted Mayor’s Cup with an 11-5 win over the Minnesota Twins at City of Palms Park. It’s the fourth straight Mayor’s Cup for the Red Sox, who lead the series 4-2 with one game to go.Clay Buchholz started for the
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 28, 2010, 5:39 pm
Sports Science on ESPN’s John Brenkus takes a scientific look at UConn Huskies women’s basketball junior All-American Maya Moore.
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 28, 2010, 5:28 pm
Here are the postgame quotes from the UConn Huskies 74-36 win over the Iowa State Cyclones in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament on Sunday, March 28th. CONNECTICUT POSTGAME QUOTES Head Coach Geno Auriemma Opening Statement I know this sounds like a broken record for me, but...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 27, 2010, 8:52 am
Here’s the third episode of “The Climb: UConn’s Quest for Perfection”. It’s a detailed behind-the-scenes look into the 2009-10 University of Connecticut women’s basketball team. If you missed the first episode or second episode, I’ve got you covered. Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 27, 2010, 1:30 am
It definitely looks like I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue and actually getting somewhat of a life. I kid, I kid. But seriously, whenever I have something to do it always seems like something big happens. And that it did on Friday at Boston Red Sox camp in Ft. Myers.
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 26, 2010, 9:01 am
Sorry for it being so late as I missed the original airing but here’s the second of episode of “The Climb: UConn’s Quest for Perfection”. It’s a detailed behind-the-scenes look into the 2009-10 University of Connecticut women’s basketball team. If you missed the first episode, I’ve g...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 26, 2010, 1:06 am
Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams as well as some of the other sports. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis.To open the links up
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 25, 2010, 11:59 pm
The Boston Red Sox hosted the Florida Marlins on Thursday afternoon at City of Palms Park and came away with a 6-4 win. Tim Wakefield made the start for the Red Sox and gave them six quality innings. He allowed three runs on six hits and two walks while striking out five. The three runs he
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 25, 2010, 3:40 pm
Tyler Olander won’t have far to go when he attends college next year. Olander, an E.O. Smith senior, has decided to stay in Storrs to play his college basketball for Jim Calhoun and the UConn Huskies. Olander is the fourth player to commit to the Huskies. Two of those, Michael Bradley and Jeremy...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 25, 2010, 11:52 am
Josh Beckett showed he was in mid-season form against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday afternoon and today, the Boston Red Sox will host the Florida Marlins in a Grapefruit League game at City of Palms Park. The game is scheduled to start at 1:05 p.m. and there is no television or radio coverage...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 25, 2010, 11:06 am
Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams as well as some of the other sports. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis.To open the links up
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 24, 2010, 9:49 pm
The Boston Red Sox made the trip up I-75 to Bradenton to face the Pittsburgh Pirates and came away 6-4 winners on Wednesday afternoon. Josh Beckett looked like he’s ready for the 2010 season as he struck out nine in five innings, including seven in a row at one point. He only gave up a run
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 24, 2010, 3:23 pm
The New England Patriots started to fill a big hole in their offense today when they signed veteran free agent tight end Alge Crumpler. The four time Pro Bowl slection has spent nine seasons in the league between Atlanta and Tennessee and he has 367 career receptions for 4691 yards and 37 TD’s.
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 24, 2010, 1:40 pm
It was a rough Tuesday night for the Boston Red Sox against their cross-town spring training rival the Minnesota Twins. First, Clay Buchholz thought it was Christmas because he got lit up like the Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center in NYC. But more importantly, Dustin Pedroia had to leave the gam...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 24, 2010, 9:19 am
Here are pictures of the sneakers the UConn Huskies women’s basketball team is wearing in the NCAA Women’s Tournament.Pictures are courtesy of Nike Basketball
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 24, 2010, 9:00 am
Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams as well as some of the other sports. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis.To open the links up
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 24, 2010, 12:06 am
Here’s the transcript from the post-game press conference after the UConn Huskies destroyed the Temple Owls 90-36 in the second round of the NCAA Women’s Tournament on Tuesday night.Connecticut Head Coach Geno Auriemma Opening Statement: There’s not much I can add to what you just saw. It wa...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 23, 2010, 11:29 pm
There will come a time when one of UConn Huskies head coach Geno Auriemma’s ex-players or assistant coaches beats his team. Unfortunately for Temple Owls second year head coach Tonya Cardoza, Tuesday night in the second round of the NCAA Women’s Tournament wasn’t the time. The Huskies shot an...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 23, 2010, 4:52 pm
The Boston Red Sox will make the 9.7 mile trip across Ft. Myers to Hammond Stadium tonight as they look to clinch their fourth straight Mayor’s Cup against the Minnesota Twins. They currently lead the Twins 3-1 with three games left. The game will begin at 7:05 p.m. and will be broadcast on WEEI ...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 23, 2010, 3:39 pm
Boston Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis went around the clubhouse last week to ask his teammates which facial hair style he should sport for opening day. You can vote also by making a donation to Kevin Youkilis Hits For Kids.(Please open the article to see the flash file or player.)
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 23, 2010, 1:08 pm
It was a tough afternoon for the Boston Red Sox as they lost a pair of split-squad games to the St. Louis Cardinals and Tampa Bay Rays. In the game against the Rays, the pitchers allowed seven home runs but the biggest story to come out of the game was the injury that Boof Bonser suffered.Bonser,
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 23, 2010, 9:29 am
Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams as well as some of the other sports. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis.It’s game day for the
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 22, 2010, 10:46 pm
The up-and-down 2009-10 season has finally come to an end for the UConn Huskies. But it was ending that probably shouldn’t have happened. Dorenzo Hudson had 27 points, 17 in the second half, to help the Virginia Tech Hokies to a 65-63 win over the Huskies in front of 6,983 raucous fans at Cassell...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 22, 2010, 8:55 pm
Actor Adam Scott and Boston Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz sing “Sweet Caroline” and try to get New York Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher to sing as well.
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 22, 2010, 6:41 pm
Despite the fact that both Boston Red Sox teams who played today had 28 hits and scored 17 runs, they lost both games. The split-squad who traveled to Jupiter to take on the St. Louis Cardinals fell 13-8 while the one that stayed behind in Ft. Myers fell to the Tampa Bay Rays 11-9.Michael Bowden ma...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 22, 2010, 3:39 pm
With the UConn Huskies taking on the Temple Owls on Tuesday, March 23rd in the second round of the NCAA Women’s Tournament, ESPN has released the coverage map for the games on ESPN2 at 7 p.m. The UConn/Temple game will be broadcast in it’s entirety on ESPN2 standard definition in all of Connect...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 20, 2010, 10:19 am
Here’s the new ad campaign from the Boston Red Sox & NESN. In this one, a Yankees fan walks into a barbershop full of Red Sox players talking smack.
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 20, 2010, 10:14 am
Here’s the new ad campaign from the Boston Red Sox & NESN. In this one, NESN Red Sox play-by-play man Don Orsillo explains the Boston roads to new pitcher John Lackey.
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 20, 2010, 9:41 am
Here’s the press release from the Boston Red Sox announcing the signing of Alan Embree to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.BOSTON — The Red Sox today announced the signing of left-handed pitcher Alan Embree to a 2010 minor league contract. In addition, Embree has bee...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 20, 2010, 9:35 am
Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams as well as some of the other sports. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis.To open the links up
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 19, 2010, 11:17 pm
Here’s a press release from the Boston Red Sox on the progress of minor league outfielder Ryan Westmoreland after his brain surgery earlier this week.FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Red Sox today received an encouraging report on the condition of Minor League outfielder Ryan Westmoreland. According to D...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 19, 2010, 6:01 pm
The visit to Bradenton wasn’t very kind to Josh Beckett and the Boston Red Sox on Friday afternoon as they fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-7 at McKechnie Field. Beckett seemed to be feeling the effects of the flu bug that caused him to miss his last start. He wasn’t particularly sharp as he ga...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 19, 2010, 4:49 pm
Do you want a chance to win to go to dinner with Boston Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek and go to two spring training games? If you do, Celebrities for Charity Foundation is doing a raffle to benefit Journey Forward.Jason Varitek is once again holding another raffle to benefit Journey Forward. Journey...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 19, 2010, 1:57 pm
It’s time for yet more names to be added to the shrine known as Carl Everett’s Crazy Hall of Fame. This time around we have a veteran’s committee addition, these are people who have been long known for their antics and being batshit crazy on the field of play in their sport, and we also
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 19, 2010, 1:51 pm
Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams as well as some of the other sports. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis.To open the links up
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 19, 2010, 12:59 pm
Both the Boston Red Sox and myself enjoyed a day off on Thursday and now on Friday, we’re both back in action. Today, the Red Sox travel up I-75 to Bradenton to take on the Pittsburgh Pirates. The game will start at 1:05 p.m. and will be available on MLB.com’s Gameday Audio package if you have...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 16, 2010, 1:11 am
Back by popular demand is our look at the Hotties of the 2010 NCAA Women’s Tournament. After the NCAA Women’s Tournament Selection Show, I perused all the rosters of the teams invited and picked one player deemed worthy for this post. Some may not agree with my selections and that’s okay. The...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 15, 2010, 9:38 pm
A look at UConn Huskies Women’s Basketball All-American Maya Moore who it seems is a closet drummer in her spare time.
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 15, 2010, 8:52 pm
The UConn Huskies women’s basketball team was chosen as the No. 1 overall seed for the 2010 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament and will be heading to the Dayton Regional.The Huskies will kickoff their run to San Antonio on Sunday, March 21st against the Southern University Jaguars at the Ted Con...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 15, 2010, 8:40 pm
The final 2010 regular season NCAA Women’s Basketball polls are out and it should come as no surprise to anyone that the UConn Huskies are the No. 1 team in the land. The Huskies finished with a 33-0 record and have won a NCAA Women’s record 72 straight games. Despite losing in the America East...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 15, 2010, 8:30 pm
Fresh off being named the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, the Kansas Jayhawks were named the No. 1 team at the end of the regular season. Kentucky remained No. 2 while Duke moved up a spot No. 3. The Syracuse Orange dropped to fourth and are the highest ranked of the eight Big
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 15, 2010, 8:17 pm
Jerry Remy’s Sports Bar & Grill Officially Opens Doors The RemDawg’s New Hotspot Opens Behind Fenway Park BOSTON, MA (March 15, 2010) - Jerry Remy’s Sports Bar & Grill, named after former All-Star Boston Red Sox second baseman and current NESN color analyst Jerry Remy,  will officially ope...
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Ian B. posted an article on SOX & Dawgs - Mar 15, 2010, 9:38 am
Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams as well as some of the other sports. We will do our best to bring you the links from all of the media that covers the Huskies on a daily basis.UConn Women’s Basketball l...
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