Durzblog

For Uconn Hoops, this is the slow season...Jim Calhoun seems to think that there is soon to be news from the Yahoo/NCAA mess, speaking to a local business group in Danbury he noted, from today's Greenwich Time,

"After 37 years, my record with the NCAA is clean. And you'll see very shortly it is still clean."

full article, click

Other Husky news; Calhoun noted that Ater Majok is leaning towards staying in school, that would lock the Huskies in the preseason top three of the Big East by most pundits, on paper they stack up real well against anyone in what should be a weakened Big East -- relatively weak compared to last year that is. Kemba Walker was selected for the USA U19 trials, he may compete for one of 12 spots, those selected will play in the U19 World Championship in New Zealand this July. UPDATED 5/29 Calhoun has reportedly told Kemba it might be a good idea to stay on campus this summer and concentrate on his grades. Also coming out of Storrs Thursday, was the news that Scottie Haralson is strongly considering transferring out of Uconn this summer, read about those last two items on Mike Anthony's blog, click here.

Additional Notes: All the best to Amy Mickelson who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, its been a tough few years for the Mickleson's off the course...and moving on to those with no regard for human well being, Upsetting news out of Northern Ireland this weekend, a few Rangers fans went into the Catholic part of Belfast to celebrate the Gers' SPL title and ended up murdering a father of three they came across on the street by beating him to death, and just this afternoon a Man United fan (an American) was stabbed in Rome as supporters gathered near the stadium, its a shame that these occurrences continue to happen in the sports world...its just a game folks (with the exception of NCAA basketball of course)...John Daly will return to the PGA Tour in Memphis, after having served a sentence for embarrassing Tim Finchem and golf by passing out on the steps of Hooters and spending a few hours in a drunk tank, he has shown some signs of life in Europe and I wish him all the best...in addition I will be pulling for Roger Federer over the next couple of weeks to finally take home the elusive French Open title...and for Tim Howard to take the FA Cup this Saturday with Everton (FSC @ 9:30 AM) against Chelsea at Wembley

-- BD