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Jets at Patriots: A prediction
It’s a quick turnaround for the Patriots and Jets from last week’s games. For the Jets it was a disappointing upset bid falling short against the Broncos (with a fascinating Vegas angle as a real late...
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Big college game: Picking Irish?
Riding a wave of a great week of picking NFL games (10-4-1), let us wade quickly into the biggest college game on the board today. Notre Dame at Florida State. In days past a game like this in...
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Some interesting college football numbers
The UConn football team is a 26-point underdog Thursday night at East Carolina, one of the largest spreads ever in a Huskies’ game. We will have more on that later, but for now learn about some other...
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Peyton … and the rest of the NFL weekend
The best game of the weekend was Notre Dame against Florida State. The most exciting finish of the weekend was Liverpool winning on an own goal over Queens Park Rangers. And then there was the NFL....
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UConn’s biggest deficits
The UConn football team will play at East Carolina Thursday night, facing a nationally-ranked team (No. 18) for the 25th time (2-22 record thus far). According to Las Vegas, the Pirates are a solid 27...
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World Series: What you need to know (plus prediction)
It kind of snuck up on us, but the World Series begins Tuesday night in Kansas City. What? Kansas City? Yup, that’s right. While the mega-payroll Dodgers, Red Sox, Yankees, Angels, Tigers, et al, are...
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Huskies at East Carolina: Details, analysis, prediction
Here are some details on the UConn football game at East Carolina, along with analysis and a prediction: UConn (1-5, 0-3 AAC) at No. 18 East Carolina (5-1, 2-0) When: 7 p.m. Where: Dowdy-Ficklen...
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A good loss? Taking stock of the Huskies’ near-miss at ECU
So, against all odds UConn was tied with a ranked opponent in the fourth quarter Thursday night at that team’s stadium. The Huskies were a 4-TD underdog and not only did they cover that easily, they...
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NFL weekend saw some passing … and other highlights
On a NFL day that saw some amazing passing and some incredible offense, this thought hit me late in the Patriots romp over the Bears: Remember how a few weeks back the storyline with the Pats was how...
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By the numbers: We look around college football
TCU’s Boykin throws 7 TD passes in rout of Tech By LUKE MEREDITH, AP Sports Writer TCU’s resurgence has been fueled in part by quarterback Trevone Boykin. TCU QB Trevone Boykin One of the nation’s most...
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Should Gordon have tried to score?
The question forever in Kansas City Royals lore is whether Alex Gordon should have kept running and tried to score in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7 Wednesday night. To recap: Gordon got a...
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Best pitching performance ever
There were more than enough interesting stats on Bumgarner’s postseason pitching performance to last the whole offseason. Here are a few from ESPN.com and the erstwhile Elias Sports Bureau: Bumgarner...
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Time for Boatright to shine
By Ed Daigneault UConn’s Ryan Boatright NEW YORK — The shadow cast on Ryan Boatright the last few years has been lifted. Now there’s simply the matter of successfully taking over the spotlight. The...
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Tough test: Huskies host UCF
The Huskies return home to play a football game for the first time in a month and must battle red-hot Central Florida. We have details, analysis and a prediction: Central Florida (5-2, 3-0 AAC) at...
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NFL review and Stevie Nicks? You bet
It felt like football season this past weekend, and for once there was no guilt if you sat inside and watched the games (instead of going for walk, raking leaves, mowing the lawn, taking a ‘ride’,...
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Big season for SCSU starts with champs
SCSU and ex-Holy Cross High star Mike Mallory The Southern Connecticut men’s basketball team is poised for a strong season (the Owls are already ranked No. 2 nationally in Division II by one...
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Coach K has advice for White House
Well, Duke men’s basketball icon Mike Krzyzewski is not afraid to take a stance. There is this from Yahoo Sports: When President Obama projected North Carolina to win the national title before the...
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Cereal in the news: Order yours now!
Believe it or not, there are two cereal stories today. One involves an inspirational figure, a fantastic gesture by a national brand, and a special moment. One involves a school marketing itself …...
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Lots of nostalgia, but UConn just wants a win
If this game was being played in, say, 1948 it would be a great football event (at least on one side). But it’s 2014 and this should be an easy UConn win. Should be. Army lost to Yale and has...
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If you have Aaron Rodgers … smile! NFL in review
Remember Oakland Raiders’ quarterback Daryle Lamonica? Well, he was back in the news Sunday thanks to Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers. When the Packers’ QB threw a stunning six TD passes in the first half...
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