2010 is only hours from being history, and so much has happened this past year in UConn sports that will probably never be matched again. (more…)
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US Sports Winning Streaks
College Wrestling - 159 matches – 1999-2002 Cael Sanderson, Iowa State
College Tennis – 137 matches - Miami (FL)
Beach Volleyball – 112 matches – 2007-2008 Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh
College Volleyball – 109+ matches – 2007-2010 Penn State women
Division 1 Basketball – 89+ games – 2008-2010 UConn Women
Boxing – 87 matches – 1980-1993 Julio César Chávez
Professional Tennis – 74 matches — Martina Navratilova
Division 1 Football – 47 games – 1953-1957 Oklahoma
Division 1 Baseball – 34 games – 1977 Texas and 1999 Florida Atlantic
NBA – 33 games – 1971-1972 Los Angeles Lakers
MLB – 26 games – 1916 New York Giants
America’s Cup (Sailing) – 25 cups – 1851-1983 United States
NFL – 21 games – 2003-2004 New England Patriots
NHL – 17 games – 1993 Pittsburgh Penguins
MLS – 15 games – 1997-1998 LA Galaxy
PGA – 11 tournaments – 1945 Byron Nelson
NASCAR – 10 races – 1967 Richard Petty
* Active streaks in italics
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Final All-American Count
Now that all the various teams have been announced here’s where the Huskies placed on them.
Jordan Todman
1st Team: CBS Sports, Rivals, SI, Sporting News
2nd Team: AP, Walter Camp, Scout
Zach Hurd
3rd Team: Rivals
Honorable Mention: SI
Lawrence Wilson
Honorable Mention: SI
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More Awards….
Jordan Todman has been named a 1st team All-American by CBS Sports, and a 2nd team All-American by the Walter Camp Foundation.
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Big East Football Awards
The Big East announced today on Twitter(seriously), that RB Jordan Todman was named Offensive player of the year. Todman becomes the second Husky, joining Donald Brown, to win the award.
Also Randy Edsall was named Co-Coach of the Year along with Charlie Strong of Louisville. Edsall is the first UConn coach to win the award.
OT Mike Ryan, OG Zach Hurd, RB Jordan Todman, K Dave Teggart, DL Kendall Reyes, and LB Lawrence Wilson were named first team All-Confrence. Hurd and Todman were unanimous selections.
C Moe Petrus and Return-man Nick Williams were chosen to the second team.
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Rivals All-Americans
Rivals has announced their football All-Americans
RB Jordan Todman was selected to the first team after averaging 143 rushing yards a game. Todman was also named a second team All-American by Scout.com
RG Zach Hurd was selected to the third team after anchoring the offensive line all year. Hurd was also a Rivals Pre-Season third team All-American.
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Cheese Proven to Fit in Low-Fat Diets
By: Sahar Kashi, UCTV News
According to the New York Times, The Agriculture Department says that cheese, when eaten in moderation and proportions can fit into a low-fat, healthy diet, and providing calcium that Americans lack from the underconsumption of milk.
However, Americans eat an average of 33 pounds of cheese a year, making it the largest sourse of saturated fat. One ounce of many cheeses are the same amount of saturated fat as a glass of whole milk.
As domestic sales have fallen for Dominoe’s Pizza in the last year, dairy management helped them out. They teamed up to develop a new line of pizzas for Dominoe’s with 40% more cheese along with a $12 million marketing campaign. Sales soared for them showing the success of the partnership.
This, however, does not show that one slice of Dominoe’s pizza contains as much as 2/3rds of a day’s maximum recommended amount of saturated fat linking to high calories and heart disease.
This can be ironic since Dominoe’s partner Dairy Management who made this cheese their cause, is a marketing creation for The US Department of Agriculture which is also the center of a federal anti-obesity drive discouraging over consumption of foods that they’re promoting.
As Michelle Obama promotes restaurateurs in September to help fight obesity and to offer healthy menu options, Confidential agreements approved by cultural secretaries in both the Bush and Obama Administrations have worked with Dairy Management to expand their menus to both cheese-laden products.
Dairy Management was also responsible for payment to a 4 year long national advertising campaign promoting people to lose weight by consuming more dairy products, even though there are no such weight-loss benefits.
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UConn Football
The magic number is two. That’s how many games UConn needs to win.
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NFL week 10
There has been a lot of talk about the Patriots being the best team in the NFL right now. Have they returned to form from their undefeated regular season? (more…)
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Benton Holds Drawing Workshop for Students
By Brittany Londa, UCTV News
The Benton Museum is holding a Drawing Workshop on Friday November 19th from 2-4 p.m. The theme of the workshop is “Trials and Tribulations: New Techniques” There’s more to drawing than a pencil and paper. All experience is welcome and assistance is available. Bring a large sketchpad and drawing utensils. For more information visit http://www.thebenton.org/.
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Cameron Newton, and Why in the End It All Comes Down to Money
Cameron Newton is the best player in college football. There’s no argument, he dominates the game in a way no other player does, and has carried a team with a bad defense to an 11-0 record and shot at a national title. It’s been quite a journey for Cam, from highly touted high schooler, to has troubles at Florida, his dominance playing at Blinn Community College in Texas, to his Heisman campaign this year. And there is no doubt he deserves he Heisman. If this story ends up being to good to be true, if the allegations are true, it will taint the image of college football, and in reality all college sports for years to come. (more…)
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NHL edition
Honestly, I don’t think a blog has been written on hockey yet – pee wee, high school, college or professional. I think it’s finally time (more…)
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Another banner for The Rent
UConn’s football team has had an on and off season. We’ve gone through three starting quarterbacks, several different combinations at wide receiver and special teams as well as some fantastic wins and a couple of debilitating losses. (more…)
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UCONN 79, Stony Brook 52
The UConn Huskies began their 2010-11 regular season with a 79-52 win over the Seawolves of Stony Brook Friday night. Defense was the key to the victory as the Huskies held their opponent to 27% shooting in the game, including only 15% in the second half. The defense coupled with their plus-26 rebounding advantage allowed UConn to put any early signs of an upset to rest, as they only held an 8 point lead at the half. The Huskies came out of Coach Calhoun’s halftime speech much more enthused and at one point held a 30 point advantage with just over 4 minutes left in the game. (more…)
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Dining Services goes GREEN
By: Brittany Londa, UCTV News
Dining Services is giving students the opportunity to purchase reusable food containers to help reduce waste on campus. The Union Street Market will be selling the containers for five dollars and your food server will place your food order in it. When you return to the food court, hand your rinsed out food container to the cashier and they will give you a U-recycle card to bring to the food stand of your choice. When you place your order the server will prepare it in a clean and sanitized reusable container. Each container is made from 100 percent BPA free polypropylene incorporated with Microban and is NSF approved. For more information visit the Union Street Market.
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Men’s Team a 12 Seed in Preseason Bracket
ESPN’s Joe Lunardi has released his preseason NCAA tourney brackets, and despite being in the NIT last year he has projected the men’s team as a 12 seed in the east.
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Hartley Contributes Early
Maybe it was her strong play in the first preseason game or maybe it was Geno putting her in the starting lineup, but Bria Hartley is playing with a lot more confidence in the first half. Hartley not only looks more confident on the court running the team, but also shooting the ball. If she can keep up this deep shooting all year it will fill one of the few “holes in the two time defending champs. She scored 12 points on 4 of 6 shooting, including hitting 2 of 4 three point attempts, while adding 3 assists in the first half.
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Change in Lineup
Bria Hartley has started tonight in place of Lorin Dixon. She joins Tiffany Hayes, Maya Moore, Stefanie Dolson, and Kelly Faris in the lineup.
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Water in Homes Found to Contain Lead
By: Sahar Kashi, UCTV News
According to the New York Times, There has been a rise in the percentage of homes with elevated levels of lead after a testing from the Health and Environmental Officials advising residents to run their tap water for at least 30 seconds before drinking or cooking the water.
Since hot water sits in the pipes for several hours, it is more likely to have lead in it. Not to mention that hot water absorbs lead more easily as well. Therefore by running the water for at least half a minute until it is cold, would be advised.
After the yearly required testing in the city, about 14 % of the older buildings exceeded allowable lead levels. These are all reasons for caution not panic, according to Eric Goldstein, a lawyer who monitors drinking water issues at the National Resources Defense Council.
“The elevations seen in the city’s recent tests have been too small to pose clear health threats,” Thomas Farley, the city’s health commissioner, said in a statement. “But the best level of lead exposure is zero, especially for children and pregnant women.”
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Huskies Lead Big at the Half
The Huskies finished the first half up 55 to 18. They were lead in scoring by Tiffany Hayes with 15 points and Kelly Faris and Lorin Dixon with 9. Maya Moore added 8 points. Freshamn Bria Hartley made some fantastic passes on the fast break and at times Samarie Walker looked dominate in the post. Stefanie Dolson was strong on the boards, while at times she looked a little out of breath with the fast pace of play.
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Early Observations…
- Stefanie Dolson looks good rebounding in the post, but needs some work on the offensive side of her game
- Freshman Bria Hartley was first off the bench
- If it’s even possible, Maya Moore looks better than last year
- Both Lorin Dixon, and Bria Hartley look good running the fast break, but Dixon holds the edge in the half-court offense
- As expected Tiffany Hayes looks like the second scoring option