"uconn" Articles & Blogs:
Where's Cinderella?
| "Me and Caroline (her sister who is 2 and more into Elmo aka "Mel Mo") like Areil best". So I stood there looking at these plastic toys never having seen any of the movies (I wasn't a deprived kid, we just played more than we sat in front of a...[Read on] |
Obama welcomes UConn women’s team to White House
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President Barack Obama welcomed the University of Connecticut’s national champion women’s basketball team to the White House Monday, and it was a reunion for many of the players and the Prez.
The UConn women won their second straight NCAA championsh...[Read on] |
Confessions of a new fan, or "How I learned to stop worrying and love women's basketball"
| Confession time.
I have never played a game of basketball.
I have never even shot a basketball.
And had you asked me a year ago about basketball, I would have looked at you blankly and asked, "Doesn't it stop like, every five minutes?" or tried to comp...[Read on] |
Women's Hoops Hoopla: UConn Champions, WNBA Draft & more
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In case you’ve been living in a hole, here’s an update on what’s been happening in the world of women’s basketball.
On Tuesday night, the UConn women finished out their perfect season by beating Louisville 76-54 and capturing the NCAA championshi...[Read on] |
David vs. Goliath: NCAA one step closer to its champion
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As of last night, there are now two teams left in the greatest basketball tournament of the year: University of Connecticut Huskies and the Louisville Cardinals.
Yesterday, UConn seemed to easily handle Stanford, winning 83-64, and Louisville squeaked by...[Read on] |
Critique of March Madness Sports Illustrated Cover
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Sports Illustrated 2010 March Madness Cover
I love March Madness. Every year I wait for the March Madness cover of Sports Illustrated. Every year I do a critique of the cover. Now that I have a blog, I can post the critique for the first time as ...[Read on] |
UConn women’s basketball champions visit White House
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The benefits of being the best. Win a national championship and you, too, could go to the White House.
A championship ceremony at the White House is standard for many national sports teams. But shooting hoops with the president, now that’s something e...[Read on] |
President Obama fills out women’s brackets for ESPN
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We all know President Barack Obama is a huge hoops fans. In fact after last year’s NCAA title, Obama invited the UConn women’s team to a championship ceremony at the White House and even ended up shooting baskets with the players. At the time, he sa...[Read on] |
The cheerleading debate continues
| I am a little bit tired of talking about cheerleading but I have acquired a critical mass of stories (i.e. three) about cheerleading so it seemed to indicate that a blog post was in order.USA Today ran a point/counterpoint editorial on the merits ...[Read on] |
Player goes from intern to tryout with WNBA’s Sun
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Since I’m originally from Connecticut, women’s hoops is a big deal (have you heard of a li’l school called UConn?). Well, I still read the Hartford Courant with some regularity and loved the story I read today about a University of Vermont student...[Read on] |
Transcript of President Obama’s comments to UConn women’s basketball team
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“Hello everybody. Please have a seat. Have a seat.
Well, welcome to the White House, everybody. Congratulations to the UConn Huskies on your second straight undefeated season and your second straight NCAA championship. I want to point out this team h...[Read on] |
Connecticut and Minnesota swap draft picks, Trade Montgomery and Whalen
| The big news in the WNBA is that Connecticut and Minnesota have traded first-round draft picks. Previously, Minnesota had the #1 Draft Pick and Connecticut had the #2 overall pick.Trade:to Connecticut: Minnesota's first round draft pick (#1 overall&...[Read on] |
WNBA’s Atlanta Dream use Facebook to give tickets, get fans
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I love what I’m seeing from WNBA marketing teams lately .
They’re finally catching on to the fact that if they engage directly with fans online, they will start to generate some attention (without much investment).
Here’s the latest…
The Atlant...[Read on] |
Hartford paper rethinks idea to publish Auriemma’s daughter
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I grew up in Connecticut where women’s basketball rules.
Long before other women’s college teams got exposure and respect, the public TV station broadcast the UConn games. In fact, CPTV began its coverage of the university women during the 1993-94 ...[Read on] |
2010 female ESPY winners
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The 2010 ESPYs took place on July 14 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles, Calif. While not known as super female friendly (e.g. they give trophies to the best MLS player but not the best WPS player), the ESPYs did honor...[Read on] |
College ticket prices: Why they reveal a post Title IX problem
| By Laura Pappano
Reporter Libby Sander’s short piece in yesterday’s Chronicle of Higher Education (click here to read it), highlighted our Wellesley Centers for Women study with a simple headline: “Even at Elite Programs, Ticket Prices for ...[Read on] |
Was media criticism of Brittney Griner’s duo of dunks unfair?
| With not even half of her first college season under her belt, Baylor freshman Brittney Griner is in the record books for multiple feats. One of the most recent includes last Saturday night’s duo of dunks in a blowout game against Texas State. It...[Read on] |
March Madness Online: Thank you, ESPN, for promoting women
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Ok, so March Madness has officially begun.
It’s my favorite time of the year!!
This year, I actually decided to participate (shocking) by filling out brackets and starting Women Talk Sports groups) for both the Men’s NCAA Championships (via CBS Spor...[Read on] |
Volleyball star Megan Hodge and basketball standout Maya Moore both win 2010 Honda-Broderick Cup
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The Collegiate Women Sports Awards today announced that for only the second time in its 34-year history two female athletes have tied for the annual Honda-Broderick Cup, its top honor designating the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year.
This year’s wi...[Read on] |
My first Final Four
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Generally when I go to a women’s sporting event, I’m sitting on press row reporting on the competition or on the sidelines taking photographs. Rarely do I get to attend a game – no less a championship game – as a fan. Well I got that chance last w...[Read on] |
After the WNBA draft: Who's ballin' now?
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After a weekend of festivities, media training and photo ops, the WNBA draft was held Monday at the ESPN headquarters in Connecticut. Girls who have been dreaming of this day since they first dribbled a basketball in a school gym were a bundle of nerves...[Read on] |
Honda Award Winners - Best Female Collegiate Athletes
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For the 24th consecutive year, Honda has honored the most outstanding female collegiate athletes in the nation with the Collegiate Women Sports Awards.
Winners are selected in each of the 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports by a panel of more than 1,000 NCAA a...[Read on] |
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