by DJ Gallo / April 20, 2011

Opinion Kemba Walker's Book Club

Scene: Kemba Walker’s apartment in Storrs, Conn. Other top NBA Draft prospects are gathered in his living room.

  1. Walker

    I want to thank you all again for agreeing to be part of my book club. As you all know, my admission that I had only read one book in my life got a lot of press coverage. So I thought maybe other players like me were in the same boat and could really benefit from digging into the classics.

  2. Kyrie Irving

    I am glad to be a part of your club. I was only at Duke for a year and I spent so much time on basketball that I didn’t do much reading at all. Really any reading at all.

  3. Walker

    I hear you. That’s how it is. We’re all work so hard to get to the NBA, to raise our draft prospects, to get that big contract that will have us set for life, that we don’t take much time to put all that aside and spend a week on a great work of fiction.

  4. Derrick Williams

    It definitely takes time. I haven’t worked out in days because of this book.

  5. Walker

    Yes. This book. It was a tough one. But I thought we should start in the deep water. Ulysses by James Joyce. What did you all think?

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Filed Under   NCAAB   UConn Huskies   chats   Kemba Walker

by Staff / April 08, 2011 Column Tweet of the Week
Thankfully the UConn Huskies were playing that night

From @MikeVick AKA Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick …

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by DJ Gallo / April 05, 2011

News Outstanding UConn-Butler Final Sets Title Game Record for Rebounds

The UConn-Butler NCAA Championship Game was so exciting and well-played it even has some history to show for it: most rebounds in a title game with 91.

“Wow. I knew something unusual was happening out there on the court,” said Butler head coach Brad Stevens, “and now this record proves it. We are very disappointed to lose, but at least we were part of history. I guess.”

Despite the loss, Stevens’ Butler squad led the way in creating rebound opportunities by missing 52 field goals and six free throws.

“They really dominated us on the missed shots,” said UConn head coach Jim Calhoun. “It wasn’t even close. But we managed to beat them in almost every other statistical category and it showed up on the scoreboard.”

While UConn’s players got to cut down the nets as NCAA champions, Butler will also receive a memento from the game: the rims and backboards.

“They were damaged beyond repair from all of the bricks they threw up, so we can’t use them anyway,” said Reliant Stadium court manager Jeff Tidway. “So Butler is getting the rims — most of the paint is chipped off — and also the backboards, which have a number of hairline fractures.”

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Filed Under   NCAAB   UConn Huskies   Butler Bulldogs
April 04, 2011

Picture That's a Shot Cock Violation

That ref won't call a foul. He seems to like what he's seeing.

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Filed Under   NCAAB   Kentucky Wildcats   UConn Huskies
by DJ Gallo / April 04, 2011

Opinion Famous Final Four School Alums Make Their NCAA Picks

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by DJ Gallo / April 04, 2011

Opinion Flowchart: Who Should You Root For in the Final Four?

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March 04, 2011

Video UConn Player's Free Throw Gets Delay Of Game

Jim Calhoun is going to bench that ball.

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Filed Under   NCAAB   UConn Huskies
February 09, 2011

Video UConn's Trick Shot QB

Of course they have a talented QB. They're an elite BCS team!

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Filed Under   NCAAF   UConn Huskies
December 31, 2010

Picture Girls Don't Like When You Call Them Conn'ts

He doesn't teach Women's Studies at Stanford. (via Deadspin)

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Filed Under   NCAAB   UConn Huskies   Stanford Cardinal
by DJ Gallo / December 22, 2010

Opinion Geno Auriemma's Pyramid of Success

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Filed Under   NCAAB   UConn Huskies   Geno Auriemma