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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Championship Extra
» UCONN 60, KENTUCKY 54 – HUSKIES WIN 2014 NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Thankfully, Huskies forever
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Tim Fontenault ARLINGTON, Texas – I was going to spew off some talk about AT&T Stadium, undoubtedly the worst place to play a basketball game. I was going to complain for the thousands of people sitting a mile away and those of us with an obstructed view. But you know what, I’m pretty damn lucky; I am at the Final Four, covering the UConn Huskies in the National Championship Game. I grew up dreaming of being here, clad in blue and white and screaming my head off. Instead, I am the drop-dead gorgeous stud who gets to walk out of the tunnel to his press seat and share with you the story of this magical team. I think I have it pretty good. Instead, the story I am going to share here is the story of UConn Country. You better believe that being part of this family is as wonderful as being an American of Italian and Canadian ancestry. The men’s basketball team was off Sunday night, giving the stage to the women, who were playing to secure the dream of playing for a double championship, again. I decided that watching “Game of Thrones” could wait – that ending was so worth waiting for – and went down to the Hyatt Regency, the team’s hotel, to watch the women. The Alumni Association was hosting a special viewing party for the game in the bar on the second floor. It was a who’s who of UConn in Dallas. Glen Miller made his way around the crowd of several hundred Huskies, past and present. Susan Herbst was on hand and paid a compliment to my 1950 Jonathan shirt. Donyell Marshall sat at the bar. Donny Marshall made an appearance. Antric Klaiber, a member of the 1999 national championship team, did a U-C-O-N-N chant while standing on a partition between the bar and the lounge. Andrea Walker and Carmen Velasquez were also there, talking it up with Charles Barkley. I met people that I had only spoken to on Twitter, but it felt like I had known them for years. We shared drinks and stories, predictions and analysis. Mostly, we shared an unwavering love for UConn. Alumni who are more than twice my age were offering to buy me drinks when I told them I was a student here to tell the story of this incredible men’s basketball team. They spoke of what UConn was like back in the day, how far it had come and how proud they are to be Huskies. They also said to stay here as long as I can. I told them not to worry. I have been here four years, but I am doing another full year, and I could not be happier. The game ended and our twoday ride of national title games was assured. The pep band came out into the hallway a couple floors above us and played the fight song, stopping so students, alumni and friends could sing the sacred words of “UConn Husky.” Chants echoed long into the night, glasses clanked, laughs erupted. And by the time I left, I remembered why I would not trade being a Husky for anything in the world. Follow Tim on Twitter @Tim_ Fontenault
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Ryan Boatright jumps up to dunk the basketball during the national title game.
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Shabazz Napier, DeAndre Daniels, Phil Nolan work under the basket during the national title game in Arlington Texas. The Huskies captured their fourth national title and first title since their postseason ban.
UConn hangs on to win first title after post season ban By Tim Fontenault Sports Editor ARLINGTON, Texas – They were banned from the postseason for a year, deserted by the conference they dominated for years and ignored by the rest. They were doubted and questioned for the three weeks of the NCAA tournament. And yet, for the fourth time since 1999, the UConn Huskies are the national champions. UConn was in front from start to finish against Kentucky, bending but never breaking during a 60-54 win in the National Championship Game at AT&T Stadium. “It’s a great feeling,” UConn coach Kevin Ollie said. “It’s unbelievable because those guys, my players, stayed with the program.” In his final collegiate game, his record 143rd for the Huskies, Shabazz Napier was the star again. The senior finished with 22 points on eight of 16 shooting and grabbed six rebounds, as he, Niels Giffey and Tyler Olander became the first players in college basketball history to win the championship as freshmen and seniors and the first UConn players with two titles. After the game, Napier stood in front of a camera on national television and
proclaimed, “Ladies and gentlemen, you are looking at the hungry Huskies. This is what happens.” He was referring to last year’s postseason ban. “When you stop, when you prevent us from trying to go to the postseason, and it wasn’t our fault, we worked since that day on,” said UConn’s fourth-leading scorer in history. “Coach Ollie told us, this is going to be a two-year plan, and since that day on, we believed.” Much like Florida did to them in the national semifinals on Saturday, the Huskies came flying out of the gate against Kentucky. After James Young hit a jumper to make it 6-6, UConn went on a 24-9 run to take a 30-15 lead. But Kentucky came storming back, ending the half on a 16-5 run of its own to cut UConn’s lead to four by the break. In the second half, the game reached a level of back-and-forth, contested, seemingly ugly basketball that could rival the Huskies’ last trip to the final against Butler in 2011. The two teams each shot around 40 percent in the first half, but they combined to make only 11 of 35 field goals in the final 20 minutes. One of those was a posterizing dunk by Young, a soaring effort over Amida
Brimah, UConn’s towering freshman center, who picked up his fourth foul on the play. The ensuing free throw cut the Huskies’ lead to six with 10:40 to play and forced Ollie to turn to Phil Nolan, who picked up his fourth foul two minutes later. With Nolan and Brimah at risk of fouling out and DeAndre Daniels sitting on three of his own, Kentucky, who had a distinct height advantage at almost every position, tried to fight its way to the basket. Despite the fact that the Huskies were a couple fouls from total disaster, they stood strong. “We had guys in foul trouble and we had guys come in and step up and do the little things and boxing out and then rebounding,” Daniels said. “But everybody just kept fighting.” Down by six with 25 seconds to go, the Wildcats turned to Aaron Harrison, who had hit a miraculous last-minute shot three games in a row. His deep three missed by a mile, and his twin brother, Andrew, missed another 3-pointer with nine seconds to go. On that miss, Ryan Boatright grabbed the rebound and ran down the clock. “It feels great,” Ollie said. “Four national championships, and do this championship with these students, these student-athletes, is amazing. They have been amazing and resilient
this whole year.” This journey to a fourth national title began back in September 2012, when Jim Calhoun retired and turned the program over to Ollie, a point guard for the Huskies from 199195. Through a postseason ban and a whirlwind of adversity, he guided the Huskies back to the Final Four and back to the title game, where UConn is now 4-0 all time. At every turn there was doubt. They were doubted against St. Joseph’s, Villanova, Iowa State, Michigan State, Florida and Kentucky. There was also doubt about what a team from Storrs could do back in 1999, when the Huskies went up against Duke, and arguably the greatest team in college basketball history, for the national title. There is little doubt that like that team, the 2013-14 Huskies shocked the world. “In Connecticut, we’re the only thing in the state, so we always believe,” Richard Hamilton said. “I think that the program, with all the stuff that we’ve done in the past, it makes guys hungry, and thirsty and want to win. So it’s an exciting thing.”
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Seniors close storied UConn careers with two titles By Mike Peng Senior Staff Writer ARLINGTON, Texas – Three years ago in another football stadium, not too far away from here, Shabazz Napier, Niels Giffey and Tyler Olander celebrated just like they did Monday night. Like that run in 2011 with Kemba Walker, this one seemed just as improbable. But for these three guys who stuck together through all the troubles and turmoil, the 2014 title tasted so much sweeter. “This is a lot more rewarding,” Olander said. “Freshman year I was just kind of going with the flow, really just following in Kemba’s limelight. This year, I can sit back and enjoy more, at the same time it’s just as outstanding.” “I can’t even compare these two experiences because it’s so different for me personally,” Giffey said. “Coming from another country and not knowing anything about NCAA basketball. I’m going on this huge journey with Kemba, getting all the media attention. It was a very different year and a very different experience for me. “This year, we had to step up, become leaders and eventually close this year out, leading this team to a championship,” Giffey said, who scored 619 points and
shot 42.4 percent from 3-point range during his career at UConn. The trio has gone through virtually everything a collegiate basketball player can experience in four years. From winning a title in their freshman year, to getting ousted in the first round the year after, to a major coaching change amid a postseason ban in 2013, Napier, Giffey and Olander went through was an experience that is unrivaled by any other. So much so, that Napier wanted to remind people just how hard they had to work to get back into the conversation of college basketball again. “We hungry,” Napier said. “When you prevent us from trying to go to the postseason, and it wasn’t our fault, we worked hard since that day on… I just wanted to grab everybody’s attention and introduce the ‘Hungry Huskies,’ because it’s been two years.” Napier and company left quite an impression by becoming the only players in UConn men’s basketball program history to win multiple titles. They are also the only players in NCAA men’s basketball history to bookend their collegiate careers – winning in freshman and senior years – with national championships. “It’s unreal,” Olander said, who
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Shabazz Napier jumps up to make a shot in the national championship game.
finished his UConn career with 383 points and 350 rebounds in 134 games played. “Just to be part of such a historic program, to be the first guys to win two championships, it’s something special.” A program like UConn has also seen plenty of distinguished guards in its history, such as Khalid El-Amin, Ray Allen, Rip Hamilton and Walker, just to name a few. Napier, too, will go down as one of the best and most important players in school history. He will finish as the all-time
leader in games played with 143, most free throws made with 507, third place in scoring with 1,959, third in assists with 649 and second in 3-pointers made with 260.
“As a leader, sacrifice, toughness, just whatever you want as a point guard, winner,” UConn coach Kevin Ollie said on what he’ll remember about Napier. “He’s just a remarkable young man from Roxbury.”
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Huskies stand alone in lone star state, defeating UK 60-54 By Alban Murtishi Staff Writer
UConn post-game celebrations have been extremely chaotic, but last nights gathering topped them all. Although flying beer cans and fires have become the norm for such occasions, but no one could have expected a light post on Fairfield Way to be ripped from its socket and javelined through the ITE building. Consequently, police upped the ante in their own way: an organized police march of leashed hounds to disperse the raging crowd. Students were initially blunted by police forces after Gampel reached capacity and many students were left waiting in the rain. Shortly after the game ended, however, Gampel erupted into harmonious celebration. Every student was clad in blue and white cheering Queen’s “We Are The Champions,” which played over the speakers. The party was waiting for the students. The initial rush out of Gampel was rife with strangers hugging, rampant tweeting and a sea of camera phone flashes. Like last Saturday’s game, a light display and DJ were posted on Fairfield Way for fans. However, evidence of the celebration going awry was apparent after the scene of the Student Union soon after the game. A barren landscape of shattered benches, flipped over tables and towers of chairs littered the once-bustling marketplace. The celebration outdoors reached a zenith once celebrators knocked over a lamppost, carried it up the stairs of the ITE building and thrust it through the glass. Students studying on the inside were evacuated. One student shouted in the glass-ridden hallways to the crowd, “This is your school! How could you do this to your school?” Soon after, police responded to the scene. They started by creating a police line in front of ITE, keeping students from adding to the crowd. Then, a police line in front of Homer Babbidge marched up through the muddied sidewalks of Fairfield Way, with leashed dogs in hand. The crowd was dispersed by 12:30 a.m., and smaller celebrations remained in some corners of campus as students returned to their dorms. Connor Dieck, 4th semester biomedical engineering major, said, “Very proud to be a UConn students until stuff like this happens. No sense to destroy UConn property to celebrate UConn.”
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Student celebrations on Monday night after the UConn men’s basketball victory over the Kentucky Wild Cats flooded Fairfield Way.
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Rioting students ripped a chair back out of Gampel Pavilion after UConn’s victory.
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Students grabbed whatever they can find to celebrate UConn’s fourth national title.
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Thousands of students screamed in celebration as they funneled out of Gampel onto Fairfield way after the conclusion of the UConn, Kentucky game.
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Students enthusiastically cheered on the Huskies inside Gampel on Monday evening as they one the NCAA championship against the Kentucky Wild Cats.
Students sat on the campus map and climbed trees during the after game celebrations on Monday evening.
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UConn fire department awarded $5,000 News
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By Julia Werth Staff Writer Yesterday, the University of Connecticut’s Fire Department was presented with a $5,000 grant from FM Global that will be used to purchase a fire extinguisher training system. “We are going to use the money to purchase a fire extinguisher simulator that will allow us to train those within and outside of the fire department safely without real fire,” said UConn Fire Chief John Mancini. A fire extinguisher training simulator is a relatively new piece of equipment that allows any person to learn how to use a fire extinguisher without the hazards or space requirements of real fire. The training simulator is also much better for the environment. “The simulator is green and it will save money,” said FM Global representative Bill Santos, “It reduces fossil fuel and water use as well as carbon admissions, it’s very good environmentally.”
The fire extinguisher simulator is similar to a video game or Wii. “It will give you the same feel as a real fire extinguisher, some of the simulators even produce fire and different types of fire like grease and paper,” Mancini said. As a property insurance company FM Global has a vested interest in educating as many residents of the UConn community on how to properly use a fire extinguisher in order to reduce damage, Santos said. “The simulator could be used to train the fire fighters, RAs, facilities people and others,” Santos said. Now that the fire department has received the funding, they will start to work on purchasing the simulator Mancini said. Once they have the equipment, hopefully this summer, they will begin discussions with different UConn organizations to determine who they will educate and the best way to do so. FM Global has contributed millions of dollars over the past 35 years in grants such as this in
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Monday afternoon the UConn Fire Department was presented with a $5,000 grant from FM Global property insurance company. The money will be used to buy a fire extinguisher training simulator.
order to prevent fire and fire damage. Last year FM Global awarded $300,000 to deserving organizations. The $5,000 grant UConn
Slow start for NY town using birth control on deer
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In this March 25, 2014 photo provided by the Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society workers Rick Naugle foreground, takes a deer’s vital signs as Kayla Gram prepares to inject a tagged and tranquilized doe with a contraceptive as part of a program to control the deer population in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.
HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) — Heavy snow and red tape resulted in a disappointingly slow start for a pioneering program in a New York suburb to use birth control as a no-kill way to thin the numbers of deer. Hastings-on-Hudson Mayor Peter Swiderski said that out of 120 deer, only eight doe were tranquilized, tagged and injected with birth control over the monthlong program in March, seven in the final week alone. That was far short of the goal of injecting 40 to 50 does in the first two years. “It was certainly a humbling experience but we were encouraged in that it was such a strong finish,” the mayor said, adding that officials were committed to the program and trying again next year. Deer have overrun this 2-square mile village of 7,900 people about 16 miles north of Manhattan, scouring foliage in the park, munching gardens and causing more than a dozen car crashes a year. But residents have resisted lethal methods of culling
the herd. Announced last year, the project is the first birth-control study of a free-roaming deer population in an open, suburban area in the U.S. Workers from the Humane Society of the United States had hoped to start tranquilizing the doe with air guns in February and obtained permission from the state, but they were delayed by both the harsh winter and bureaucratic regulations. Allen Rutberg, director of the Center for Animals and Public Policy at Tufts University and the architect of the program, said heavy snows pushed the deer out of public Hillside Park, where the team hoped to do most of its work, and into mostly private yards. That meant officials had to launch a door-to-door effort to get consent from every property owner. It resulted in permission from 340 households and just two rejections, Swiderski said, reflecting broad support for the program, along with some skepticism about whether it will work.
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“They know there’s no alternative for us,” the mayor said. “You can’t walk around on quarter-acre zoning with a crossbow.” People who agreed to let the Humane Society’s experts on their property were given red flags to display. “There’s a flag in my yard and most of my neighbors, to the left and the right, have little red flags,” said resident Nancy Balaban, who has had to surrender her garden to the deer. Villagers are now being asked to report on a website any sightings of deer with numbered yellow tags on their ears — and not to be surprised if they see a tagged doe with a fawn this summer. “These deer are already pregnant,” Rutberg said. “The vaccine will be effective for the fall mating season.” Stephanie Boyles Griffin, a senior director at the Humane Society, said that with more time and experience, next winter should go better. She said success could mean the program will work all over the country.
received, however, is one of the biggest that they give out, according to Santos. “We are trying to give back to
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Even the healthy locked out of 2014 policies now
WASHINGTON (AP) — they get better,” said Chris Americans thinking about Stenrud, spokesman for insurbuying health insurance on er Kaiser Permanente. “The their own later this year, or only insured people would maybe switching to a dif- be sick people, which would ferent insurer, are probably make insurance unaffordable out of luck. The policies are for everyone.” going off the market as a The change makes individulittle-noticed consequence of al policies work more like the President Barack Obama’s job-based plans that already health care overhaul. cover far more Americans. With limited exceptions, But those who act fast may insurance companies have still be able to get in this year, stopped selling until next year depending on where they live. the sorts of individual plans Following the lead of the that used to be available year- government marketplaces, round. That locks out many some companies are extendof the young and healthy as ing off-marketplace sales for well as the sick and injured, a week or a month to help even those who can afford people who hit snags trying to to buy without government enroll by last Monday’s deadsubsidies. line. Rules vary from state to “Now they’re stuck,” said state. Bonnie Milani, an indepenAfter those extensions, elident insurance broker in Los gibility for coverage during Angeles, who says she warned 2014 is guaranteed only for her customers last year that people who experience certain the change was coming. “It qualifying life events, such just closes everything down.” as losing a job that provided The next wide-open chance insurance, moving to a new to sign up comes in November, state, getting married, havwhen enrollment for 2015 ing a baby or losing coverage begins in the under a parent’s governmenthealth plan. run insurInsurance ance marbroker Steve ketplaces Bobiak of created by Frackville, Pa., the health said he learned care law. only a couple Companies of weeks ago are followthat insurers ing that were cutting schedule off new polieven for the Steve Bobiak cies. plans they “It’s lousy Insurance Broker c o m m u n i c a sell outside the federal tion out there,” and state he said. “If we exchanges. don’t know, my God, how do The health care law allows they expect other people to insurers to keep selling all know? It’s terrible.” year. But it also creates the A survey by the Kaiser conditions prompting them to Family Foundation in midstop. March found that 6 out of The law, which requires 10 people without insurnearly all Americans to be ance weren’t aware of the insured or pay a fine, bans Affordable Care Act deadinsurers from rejecting cus- line of March 31. The Obama tomers because of poor health. administration, insurance The companies say that makes companies and nonprofit it too risky to sell to individu- groups scrambled to spread als year-round. the word, often with messag“If you didn’t have an es that focused on the savopen enrollment period, you ings available to many people would have people who would through government-subsipotentially enroll when they dized plans sold on the marget sick and dis-enroll when ketplaces.
“If we don’t know, my God, how do they expect other people to know? It’s terrible.”
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Wildlife and environmental groups are claiming victory for conservation practices in the new farm bill, where two of their top priorities made it into law. Farmers will be required to use good conservation practices on highly erodible lands and protect wetlands to qualify for crop insurance subsidies. And the law requires “sodsaver” protections to discourage farmers from plowing up native grasslands in several Plains and Midwest states. From his vantage point on a wide expanse of South Dakota prairie, rancher Jim Faulstich hopes the legislation spurs more farmers to protect the natural resources on their land. Faulstich and his son-in-law manage about 8,000 acres near Highmore in central South Dakota, most of it restored and native grasslands on which they graze cows. They also grow a diverse rotation of crops. That habitat has proven so attractive to pheasants, trophy bucks and other wildlife populations that they launched a side business hosting hunters from across the country. “It’s a very good investment of U.S. taxpayer dollars to encourage people to do good things on the land,” Faulstich said. Other conservationists active in the long farm bill debate agree. “I think we’re going to get a quite a lot of bang for the buck on conservation compliance and sodsaver,” said Bill Wenzel, agriculture program director for the Izaak Walton League of America. It wasn’t a total victory. The $57.6 billion in the farm bill for conservation programs over the next 10 years is a net reduction of $4 billion. Sodsaver will apply only to six states — North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana and Nebraska — instead of nationwide. And the cap on acres in the Conservation Reserve Program, which pays farmers to take environmentally sensitive land out of production, was lowered from 32 million to 24 million. Conservationists say, though, they expect a limited impact from the lowered cap. It’s only slightly below last year’s total acres in CRP, as enrollment has fallen due to higher crop prices. Several rule changes in the bill should help CRP stay attractive to landowners despite high land prices, rents and commodity prices, said Dave Nomsen, vice president of governmental affairs for Pheasants Forever. Conservation compliance had been mandatory since 1985 for collecting crop subsidies under programs that were eliminated under the new farm bill, but it hadn’t been a requirement for crop insurance since the 1996 farm bill. Now that crop insurance is becoming the main component of the farm safety net, restoring that linkage was the top priority for many groups. Under sodsaver, producers who plow up native grasslands that have never been tilled will qualify for only half the normal crop insurance premium subsidies on those acres for four years. “Even when prices are high people will really think twice,” said Ferd Hoefner, policy director of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.
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The University of Connecticut Senate discussed ways to address a looming $42 million budget deficit projected for next year and voted to require professors to provide course syllabi to students. The University Senate is a legislative body formed of professors and administrators responsible for establishing regulations of educational programs that are not reserved to the Board of Trusteees. The Senate held its monthly meeting Monday. With President Susan Herbst in Dallas, TX supporting the men’s basketball team, Provost Mun Choi delivered the opening report in her place. “I’m going to speak to the topic on the mind of many people, and that’s the budget,” Choi said. The $42 million structural deficit is not something that can be overcome in any one fiscal year, however the Provost presented a plan that he said will address the issue while also enabling long-term university growth. “The structural deficit is not one of its own making, it has been created because of cuts in state appropriations,” Choi said. Choi presented data showing that although total undergraduate enrollment at Storrs has increased by 9.4 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2014,
state appropriations has fallen almost 13 percent. Due to concern from faculty that the university cannot continue to grow with the current budget, and that unsustainable growth and expenses will nullify NextGen funds, only 3,550 total undergraduates will be allowed to enroll next year. But Choi emphasized that faculty and staff hiring will not be affected. The faculty to student ratio is expected to decrease from 18.3 to 1, to 16 to 1 next year. The Senate also voted on a motion presented by the Scholastic Standards, Faculty Standards, and Curricula and Courses Committee of the University Senate that would require faculty to provide their students with a course syllabus. Senator Thomas Recchio, who presented the amendment, said, “The overwhelming conclusion is that a syllabus supports the interests of instructors and students in fundamental ways, and consequently the bylaws should make explicit that the provision of a syllabus is mandatory.” After a lengthily debate, the motion was approved. Wayne Locust of the Retnention and Graduation Task Force presented the group’s annual report. Initiatives by the task force include an ACT Engage Survey to be completed by freshmen during orientation
to gauge student opinion on a variety of topics, including coordinated mentoring programs, UConn Undergraduate Women’s Participation in STEM programs, expanded Husky Help Desk outreach to urban schools and communities, re-engaging dropouts and intrusive advising. “We’re swimming in a different pool than we were twenty years ago,” said Locust. He reported that the average SAT of entering freshman are 122 points higher than in
2007. Peter Diplock presented the annual report from the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. He spoke about the newly created eCampus, which provides “enhanced centralized support for development of entrepreneurial programs,” specifically, “UConn’s online initiative, working with faculty and departments to facilitate the development of high demand/high enrollment quality online courses.” Diplock discussed UConn’s
growing Early College Experience program. During the last twenty years, the program has increased enrollment of high school and potential UConn students from about 2,000 to 10,000. The University Senate will next meet on May 5 and is set to vote on two motions that will amend bylaws that detail to the process for appealing grades and rescheduling exams.
PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix woman arrested after leaving her two kids in a hot vehicle during a job interview is fighting to clear her name in court, with the support of a New Jersey woman who has raised more than $91,000 to help her effort. Unemployed and on food stamps, Shanesha Taylor went to the job interview last month at a Scottsdale insurance company. The 35-year-old wasn’t able to find a sitter, so she left her 2-year-old son and 6-month old baby in her Dodge Durango with the key still in the ignition and the windows rolled down an inch.
A witness found the infant crying hysterically and sweating profusely as temperatures inside the SUV exceeded 100 degrees. Taylor was arrested after returning to the vehicle, and her tearful mugshot later caught the attention of 24-year-old Amanda Bishop of New Jersey. Bishop said she was inspired to set up a fundraising web page for Taylor because she could relate to growing up in a family that doesn’t have a lot of money. “I had a mother and family in general who struggled raising us and had to rely on other resources to provide for us and sometimes made not the great-
est choices,” Bishop said. Taylor pleaded not guilty Monday at her arraignment. Prosecutors point out that her actions put the safety of her children in danger. According to court documents, Scottsdale firefighters found the vehicle’s windows rolled down only an inch and no running air conditioning to keep the children cool. The baby was described as wearing a short-sleeve shirt over a long-sleeve shirt, as well as a blanket. Taylor arrived back at the vehicle more than an hour after her interview time, the documents said. “Everything is focused on the mother and understandably so.
It seems to be a very compelling human interest story,” County Attorney Bill Montgomery said at a recent news conference. “But I’m equally concerned and compelled about the circumstances those two children were in.” Montgomery said it’s too soon to determine if Taylor will receive a prison term or face losing custody of her children. Her offenses could amount to a sentence ranging from probation to seven years in prison, prosecutors said. Neither Taylor nor her courtappointed attorney has responded to requests for comment. Bishop established the fundraising site on YouCaring.com
with the goal of raising $9,000. She was flabbergasted when the site reached the goal in four days and then exceeded it by tens of thousands of dollars. The site also has received more than a thousand comments, some of which accuse Bishop and other supporters of endorsing child abuse. Bishop said Taylor should not be condemned for one bad decision. “She could have been at a bar or at a club and leaving her children in the car,” Bishop said. “Here’s a woman who is an example of someone who is trying — who is trying to better her situation and doing what she can to provide for her children.”
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Men’s team, Ollie earned victory
What a great time to be a Husky. Last night, the UConn men’s basketball team won the national championship with a resounding win over the Kentucky Wildcats. A few weeks ago, the Huskies received the seventh seed. Almost nobody expected them to go all the way, but they did. It is amazing how far this team has come since legendary coach Jim Calhoun retired, and the team was banned from the postseason last year. Shortly after Calhoun retired in September of 2012, former UConn player and assistant Kevin Ollie was named head coach. Many people had their doubts that Ollie was the right person for the job. As a result, he was only signed to a one-year contract, and the athletic department planned to reevaluate the situation after the 2012-13 season. Ultimately, they decided to give him an extension, making it clear he was the coach for the long term. Ollie has proven that this was the right decision by leading the Huskies to the NCAA Championship in his first tournament appearance. Ollie is just the second coach in the modern era to accomplish this feat, after Steve Fisher of Michigan in 1989. This accomplishment is highlighted by the fact that this team was not even allowed to play in the postseason last year due to poor graduation rates. Although a couple players transferred or went to the NBA, many of the stars like Shabazz Napier stuck around to finish what they started. Losing players like Jeremy Lamb was still a major blow to the Huskies, but Shabazz Napier, Niels Giffey and Tyler Olander should be commended for their loyalty and sticking with the Huskies in spite of the ban. Thanks to them, the Huskies are now national champions. UConn students should be proud of their school and their basketball team for winning its second national title in four years. The senior class deserves credit for not transferring or jumping to the NBA when the postseason ban was announced. Without them, this feat would never have been accomplished. Napier led the team in every major category this season, and Giffey is one of the best three-point shooters in the country. Olander has proven to be an adequate player off the bench when big men Phillip Nolan and Amida Brimah get into foul trouble. We wish to express our proudest congratulations to the basketball team for winning the national championship. It is truly an amazing feat when you consider the events of the last two years.
Colbert’s tweets were taken out of context The campaign to #CancelColbert brings to light the question of intent: Does it matter that Colbert said the joke in an attempt to satirize racist comments, or should he be burned at the stake for his liberal hypocrisy? I posit that a person’s aim is of value while noting that such events are worthy of constructive criticism and further discussion. Indeed, without such an assumption, the entire point of “The Colbert Report” is in jeopardy. Often moments such as the unfortunately out of context tweet from the official show’s Twitter account lead to a heavy volume of witch hunting from social media activists. Colbert’s problem isn’t racism but rather an exposition By Victoria Kallsen of the limits Weekly Columnist of Twitter and perhaps the need for the end of “hashtag activism.” By not acknowledging one’s intent in the matter, one shuts the door for further discussion of the offense and disavows any progress to be made. What then was Colbert’s point in the aforementioned “The Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever” ploy? It was originally “created” in order to satirize “The Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation” founded by the football team’s owner, Daniel Snyder, in order to cover his ass regarding his refusal to change the team’s name. As Colbert noted, while a lot of attention has been given to his fictional foundation, few have stepped forward to criticize the organization that actually exists. As I previously stated, ignoring the
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2014 MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM FOR THEIR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE! We have Shabazz and you don’t. Can’t believe I got to see two national titles, it’s a great day to be alive. #UConnSenior I hope that person that got hit by the car outside Teds is ok.
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tion before that tweet was sent. As Colbert noted on his show last week, “Who would have thought a means of communication limited to a 140 characters would ever create misunderstandings?” Perhaps the question here is whether Twitter is the place for these battles to be fought? As “The New Yorker” wrote, Twitter favors “volume, frequency, and fervor rather than nuance, complexity, and persuasion.” Neither side is getting what they want out of the picture. Colbert doesn’t get to articulate the full joke and Suey Park, the “hashtavist” (hash tag activist) who started it all, only needs to say “The Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals has decided to call for #CancelColbert. Trend it.” In doing so, we know nothing of her reasoning for the leap and why exactly the joke offended her. Because we immediately vilified Colbert’s satirical intention, this conversation didn’t happen. I’d conclude from this incident rather that Twitter has proven itself to be ineffective platform of social justice. In the end, a hashtag movement only generates attention for a few days at most and leads to few productive conversations. Both sides, Colbert defenders and detractors are left without much progress for either side, and instead of hashtag activism raised up a mob of tweeters with no more direction than what a 140 characters could generate.
“By not acknowledging one’s intent in the matter, one shuts the door for further discussion of the offense and disavows any progess made.”
us about how happy we used to be.”
Riots were already starting before tip-off. This gives an all-new definition to March Madness. Hey, the women play tonight, so we get to do this all again tonight.
intent of Stephen Colbert would defeat the purpose of his show: to make light of political pundit shows particularly those with a conservative bias. In many ways, it is a unaffectionate parody of “The O’Reilly Factor” and its derivatives. In fact, Stephen Colbert is acting as “Stephen Colbert,” the character. Colbert described his character to the New York Times in 2005 when he graduated from correspondent status on “The Daily Show,” as a “well-intentioned, poorly informed, highstatus idiot.” Instead of immediately lambasting Colbert, a larger discussion needs to happen. With an online culture quick to assume the worst, education on whether Colbert’s satire went too far went out the window. Rather than assume Colbert could be reasoned with or be willing to engage in a dialogue about the nature of satire vs racism, social media activists leaped to immediate cancellation of “The Colbert Report” without contemplating the overall message or goal of that statement. In doing so, conversation on the actual issue has been mostly ignored. While this truly isn’t an example of satire gone bad or Colbert’s hidden racism. It’s actually a better representation of the limits of online activism particularly on Twitter. Colbert’s show had aired on Comedy Central four times, been available on the Comedy Central website and Hulu, with a Facebook post going out with the full quote. All of this happened before the tweet was published by a web editor unaffiliated with Stephen Colbert on an account he has no direct control over. No one had demanded his cancella-
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Championship Extra
» UCONN 60, KENTUCKY 54 – HUSKIES WIN 2014 NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
UConn’s title two years in the making
THE ROAD TO Arlington ARLINGTON
By Mike Peng Senior Staff Writer ARLINGTON, Texas – From the moment Kevin Ollie took over as the head coach for UConn in 2012, he planned for this moment. Only it needed some time and faith to come to fruition. “I keep telling you, it started 18 months ago when they kept believing and they stayed loyal to the program,” Ollie said after UConn defeated Kentucky, 60-54, to win the national championship. “Coach Ollie told us this is going to be a two-year plan,” said Shabazz Napier, who scored 22 points in the win. “And since that day on we believed.” Banned from the 2013 postseason by the NCAA over poor academic scores from none of the current student-athletes, Napier and company stuck together and made Ollie’s vision a reality. “We always knew the words were ‘if we work hard,’” Napier said. “We wanted to be on top. We wanted to feel like we were the champions, and there were times when we were down and guys were picking us up.” On Jan. 18 this year, after the Huskies lost to Louisville at Gampel Pavilion, Napier rallied the team after the loss and assured them of the reasons to keep going. “I remember telling these guys, I said, ‘Everybody pick your head up. We’re going to be the team that’s going to be holding up that trophy. I promise you that,’” Napier said. Napier kept his promise and made Ollie look like a prophet. “It’s unbelievable,” Ollie said. “It’s unbelievable because those guys, my players, stayed with the program… they believed in a vision before anybody seen it. They stuck with it through the down times, when we were losing. When we were winning, they stayed together and they believed it was possible.” Ollie said the beautiful thing
...and UConn’s fourth championship »No. 7 UConn 89, No. 10 St. Joe’s 81 (First Round)
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Kevin Ollie yells instructions to his team.
»No. 7 UConn 77, No. 2 Villanova 65 (Second Round) Once again it was Shabazz Napier who led the Huskies in points with 25 to upset their former Big East rival, Villanova. UConn guard Lasan Kromah added 12 points of his own in the victory, while DeAndre Daniels, Ryan Boatright and Terrence Samuel each had 11 points to propell the Huskies to the Sweet 16. DeAndre Daniels dunks the ball as Niels Giffey looks on.
about this championship, when he reflects upon it, is the team’s “toughness” and “togetherness.” “We had faith in each other, and we are here,” Napier said. “We won the whole thing. We didn’t listen to any doubters. We just went out there and did what we had to do.” UConn had to go through a road filled with tournament favorites, such as Michigan State, Florida and finally Kentucky. Through it
By Tim Fontenault Associate Sports Editor
ARLINGTON, Texas – With 6:54 to play in Monday’s National Championship Game, UConn’s chance at a fourth title hung in the balance. Kentucky was going punch for punch. A team of freshman, the Wildcats were unafraid of the older Huskies. The only problem was, Shabazz Napier was unafraid right back. With 79,238 pairs of eyes looking down on him, with the hand of a taller Wildcat in his face, Napier put up a 3-pointer, and Amida Brimah knew it was going in right away. “You knew it too, didn’t you?” Brimah said to me in the locker room, the national championship trophy placed on the ground three feet away. “You’re from Connecticut. You knew that, yea.” I am from Connecticut. I grew up on UConn basketball. I go to UConn. I knew that was going in. That is what we have come to expect of Shabazz Napier; we have come to expect greatness. After 143 games (most all time), 1,959 points (fourth), 646 assists (third), a spot on the AP All-American First Team and two national championships, Napier has cemented his place among the all-time greatest Huskies. “It was a wonderful job, and he’s a wonderful young man, and I wish him the best of luck,” UConn coach Kevin Ollie said. “He’s always going to have a home here. He got two national championships, can’t nobody say that in our history. Niels Giffey, Tyler Olander got two national championships. Can’t nobody say that in our history.” Without Napier, who knows where UConn would be right now. He was the captain of this team through the most trying time in program history, a time that included a postseason ban, conference realignment purgatory and more doubt than there has been about a UConn team in years. Through all that adversity, UConn survived, and now the program is at a height few imagined 18 months ago. Without shot after ridiculous shot from Napier, without his
»No. 7 UConn 81, No. 3 Iowa St. 76 (Sweet 16) all, the Huskies never lost that faith they had in each together. “It took an unbelievable team,” Ryan Boatright said in a postgame radio interview. “It took a special team… they fought very hard this year. We stuck together. Everybody doubted us. We stuck together and pulled this national championship out.”
As UConn celebrates its national title, see what the Huskies have done to win their other three titles in 1999, 2004 and 2011.
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DeAndre Daniels holds the ball in victory
»No. 7 UConn 60, No. 4 Michigan St. 54 (Elite Eight) In a remach of the 2009 Final Four game, the Huskies once again upset a tournament favorite when they defeated Michigan State 60-54. The Huskies shot just 34.7 percent from the field but were able to top the Spartans off Shabazz Napier’s 25 points.
Big East Record: 16-2 Record vs. Top 25: 12-2 Notable names: Rip Hamilton (21.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg) Khalid El-Amin (13.8 ppg, 3.8 apg) Kevin Freeman (12.2 ppg, 7.3 rpg) Ricky Moore (6.8 ppg, 3.6 apg) Jake Voshkul (5.4 ppg, 6.4 rpg)
»No. 7 UConn 63 , No. 1 Florida 54 (Final Four)
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»No. 7 UConn 60, No. 8 Kentucky 54 (Championship) UConn put the pressure on Kentucky early and often to capture their fourth national title. Shabazz Napier finished the final game of his senior year with a team-leading 22 points. For Kevin Ollie ,this is his first national title as head coach. AP
Ryan Boatright gets set to drive the ball up the court.
Record 33-6
1999 Big East tournament: Quarterfinal UConn 57, Seton Hall 56 Semifinal UConn 71, Syracuse 50 Championship UConn 82, St. John’s 63
First Round UConn 91, Texas-San Antonio 66 Second Round UConn 78, New Mexico 56 Sweet 16 UConn 78, Iowa 68 Elite Eight UConn 67, Gonzaga 62 Final Four UConn 64, Ohio State 58 Championship UConn 77, Duke 74
UConn spolied Florida’s magical season as well as their 30 game un-beaten streak when they upset the final No. 1 seed left in the tournament. Despite a slow start, UConn was able to take control in the second half to reach their fourth national title in school history.
Ryan Boatright looks to pass the ball.
2004 1999 NCAA Tournament:
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Napier fights off a Michigan State player.
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1999
Stocky point guard Khalid El-Amin (top) fourthand Rip Hamilton.
DeAndre Daniels was the hero sending the Huskies to the Elite 8 as his team leading 27 points was enough to fight off a tough Cyclones team. Iowa State pulled within four points of UConn late in the game, but could not overpower the Huskies strong offensive presense.
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leadership, his humbleness and his determination to win not just every game, but every possession, the Huskies might very well still be three-time national champions instead of four. “He’s going to go down in history as one of the best players to ever play at UConn,” Omar Calhoun said. “Not a lot of people have gone to a national championship and won it, so I feel like he just led the way. “Shabazz is definitely up there with Kemba (Walker). Kemba did some phenomenal things, but Shabazz is definitely right there. He led us, so he definitely gets a lot of credit for this.” But at UConn, there is no ranking of who is best or which player had the best career. There are only brothers and legends. Ray Allen is one of the many players considered a UConn legend. The NBA’s all-time leader in made 3-pointers, Allen is not even at the top of UConn’s all-time list. Napier is second. But Allen made some historic moments of his own. Just ask Georgetown. “One thing I’ve always said about us guys that come out of Connecticut, we all are a group of brothers, and I don’t compare myself to any one of them,” Allen said. “What’s great about the history, you can take – depending on who you are as a fan or a journalist – you have an opportunity. You’ve watched everybody, and you can say who you appreciate watching.” There are few, if any, who would say they did not appreciate all Napier did for this program. It could have easily fallen into oblivion – given the events of recent years – but it didn’t. He could have left. But he didn’t. He stayed after the misery of his sophomore year. He stayed through the postseason ban. He stayed after the thought of the NBA popped up last year. And when he walks across the stage on graduation day, he might be able to look up at his number in the Huskies of Honor and realize that what he did for this program will be remembered and celebrated forever.
Record 34-2
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Phillip Nolan waits as his shot falls through the hoop.
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Napier cements his place in history
UConn’s past titles
UConn was nearly eliminated from the NCAA tournament in the first round as they narrowly defeated No. 10 St. Joe’s 89-81 in overtime. The Huskies were down by five points at halftime, but were able to fight back and advance to the next round thanks in part to Shabazz Napier’s 24 point performance
Big East Record: 12-4 Record vs. Top 25: 6-3
Ben Gordon (top) and Emeka Okafor led the Huskies to an easy title .
Notable names: Ben Gordon (18.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg) Emeka Okafor (17.6 ppg, 11.5 rpg) Rashad Anderson (11.2 ppg, 41% 3pt) Denham Brown (8.9 ppg, 3.9 rpg) Josh Boone (5.9 ppg, 5.8 rpg)
2011 Record 32-9
2004 Big East tournament: Quarterfinal UConn 66, Notre Dame 58 Semifinal UConn 87, Villanova 64 Championship UConn 61, Pittsburgh 58
2004 NCAA Tournament: First Round UConn 70, Vermont 53 Second Round UConn 72, DePaul 55 Sweet 16 UConn 73, Vanderbilt 53 Elite Eight UConn 87, Alabama 71 Final Four UConn 79, Duke 78 Championship UConn 82, Georgia Tech 73
Big East Record: 9-9 Record vs. Top 25: 8-8
Kemba Walker (top) saw help from freshman Jeremy Lamb in the NCAAs.
Notable names: Kemba Walker (23.5 ppg, 5.4 rpg) Jeremy Lamb (11.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg) Alex Oriakhi (9.6 ppg, 8.7 rpg) Shabazz Napier (7.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg) Roscoe Smith (6.2 ppg, 5.2 rpg)
2011 Big East tournament: Quarterfinal UConn 79, South Florida 42 Semifinal UConn 72, Villanova 42 Championship UConn 75, Louisville 36
2011 NCAA Tournament: First Round UConn 81, Bucknell 52 Second Round UConn 69, Cincinnati 58 Sweet 16 UConn 74, San Diego St. 67 Elite Eight UConn 65, Arizona 63 Final Four UConn 56, Kentucky 55 Championship UConn 53 Butler 41
huskies celebrate fourth national championship AT&T S tadium – A rlington
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Shabazz Napier gets a hug.
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Niels Giffey leaps for a shot in UConn’s victory over Kentucky with a 60-54 score.
DeAndre Daniels shoots the ball over two Kentucky players.
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The men’s basketball team poses with the 2014 NCAA Championship trophy.
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Shabazz Napier stares down a Kentucky player.
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UConn works the ball up the court.
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No structures on campus were considered off-limits to celebrating fans.
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Excited fans perform the sweep in celebration of Monday night’s big win.
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By Alex Sferrazza Staff Writer Darker, funnier, smarter and better, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” doesn’t simply propel its titular protagonist to the superhero A-List, the film rivals both “Iron Man” and “The Avengers” as the one of the finest installments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date. While “Captain America: The First Avenger” was a fun WWII period film, the sequel propels Cap into a true hero of the 21st century. It deals with heavy issues, including government conspiracies, treason and the blurring lines between friend or foe. “The Winter Soldier” is a more relevant superhero film for our times than any other produced in recent memory. (Spoilers Follow) Set two years after the events of “The Avengers,” the film
opens with Steve Rogers a.k.a. Captain America (Chris Evans), living in Washington D.C. and working as a field agent for the secret government agency S.H.I.E.L.D. After attempts are made on the lives of S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and Cap himself, Steve Rogers must team up with agent Natasha Romanoff, a.k.a. Black Widow (Scarlett Johansen), and retired soldier Sam Wilson, a.k.a. Falcon, in an attempt to stop the very organization to which they’ve sworn their allegiance before S.H.I.E.L.D. executive Alexander Piece (Robert Redford) and the mysterious assassin known as the Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) can execute a catastrophic plan. (End Spoilers)
In an age where the prospect of universal government surveillance is simultaneously promoted and feared, the film asks us to ponder the question “Has mankind willingly surrendered its freedom?” Wisely focusing more on character development than nonstop action, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” reaches an emotional level few other superhero films have. Cap himself shines in the film as a true hero, simply trying to do the right thing over and over again, while the question about what truly is the “right” thing to do becomes more ambiguous. Relying more on traditional effects than CGI, directors
Captain America: The Winter Soldier 9.5/10
Anthony and Joe Russo have hit it out of the park with the film’s action scenes. A flurry of well-choreographed fight scenes focusing on hand-to-hand combat proves just as enjoyable, if not more so, than seeing hundreds of alien invaders soar through the sky or a large-scale attack by a series super powered bio-terrorists. That said, the film’s very final act could have used a bit of a break in between the non-stop action, but even that minor shortcoming merits little mention. Evans and Jackson each deliver predictably solid performances. Johansson gives her best performance yet as Black Widow, serving as a major source of comic relief delivering almost as many one liners as Robert Downey Jr. would in an “Iron Man” film. Stan’s “Winter Soldier” villain is truly terrifying and the best villain seen in
‘Noah’ rarely biblical in proportion
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By Helen Fu Campus Correspondent
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Of all the bible stories that could have been turned into sweeping, gritty epics that contemplate the nature of God and man, the tale of Noah and the flood does not spring to mind as an automatic forerunner. Though the concept of a world-ending flood certainly has enough of an apocalyptic flavor to it, the source material lacks the proper details to construct any kind of compelling story. To director Darren Aronofsky, these roadblocks—along with the source material itself—seem to be more petty annoyances than anything else. A typical retelling of Noah’s story might have tried to emphasize the happy ending, where humanity is grounded, and saved, but not so with the auteur previously responsible for
disturbing tales like “Requiem for a Dream” and “Black Swan.” Instead, Aronofsky chooses to fill the world of Noah with gritty apocalyptic imagery, and focuses more on the relationships between people trying to survive an apocalypse instead of any divine being. The movie begins simplistically enough, setting up the Russell Croweportrayed Noah as the undisputed protagonist and Tubal-Cain (portrayed by Ray Winstone) as his nemesis. This enmity of course goes back generations, for Noah is descended from the line of Seth—the third son of Adam and Eve—and Tubal-Cain, as his name suggests is descended from Cain, the first murderer. When the rain starts pouring, however, things get a little more complicated, and the exact rami-
fications of the flood hits home: God intends to destroy everything, and Noah—this ostensibly righteous man—is willing to condone this act. What follows is a series of interlocking conflicts between Noah and just about everyone else as he attempts to carry out God’s will. It begins as a struggle with Tubal-Cain and his ilk (all of whom look like extras from “Game of Thrones”), with everyone trying to get a place on the ark, but eventually strife seeps into Noah’s own family as well. As he spends more and more time in the ark, Noah’s morality only gets more and more dubious to the point where he is willing to sacrifice everything to satisfy the demands of his God. Though all of this tension seems to be a recipe for a truly
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great psychological drama, but for some reason the movie never quite reaches the profundity that Aronofsky was trying for and instead meanders toward confusion. The story is ostensibly about a biblical character, but so many liberties are taken that it becomes barely recognizable, and circumstances are contorted for the purpose of highlighting the doom and gloom tone of the film. Morality becomes a blasted grey landscape where the bad guys rape and pillage the good guys are not good guys at all and the special effects that are supposed to evoke a sense of awe feel more like a pointless spectacle. It’s not a bad film by any stretch, but in the end, the film Noah is every bit as aimlessly dogmatic as its title character.
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I would first like to acknowledge the passing of the amazing Mickey Rooney, who died Sunday at the age of 93. He began acting as a child in the silent era, and continued to act until his death, appearing in recent films such as “The Muppets” and “Night at the Museum.” He was one of the last living connections to the Hollywood studio age and the movie industry’s fledgling years. If anyone is looking to celebrate his legacy, I recommend “The Black Stallion,” “National Velvet” and “The Bold and the Brave.” With both the UConn Men’s and Women’s basketball teams competing for the national title, it’s near impossible to think about anything other than basketball. So for this week whether our school is wallowing in insurmountable glory or drowning in the agony of defeat, a good basketball movie suits the mood. Here are some solid basketball flicks. “He Got Game”– The film is less of a basketball story, as it is heavy father-son tale. Denzel Washington plays a temporarily paroled convict trying to convince his son, a blue chip basketball prospect, to select the governor’s alma matter as his school, which would result in a reduced sentence for him. What makes “He Got Game” perfect for this week is that the young prospect is played by none other than UConn alum Ray Allen, who it turns out is a pretty decent actor. I’m quite surprised how little he has acted since. He’s certainly a lot better than Shaq. “Coach Carter”– The true story of a high school basketball coach, who just so happened to give a lecture at UConn last year and how he turned a subpar high school team into the best in the state. But Carter, played exquisitely by Samuel L. Jackson, not only infused citizenship into his players, but refused to let his team play unless they kept up with their academics. The basketball scenes are excellently choreographed and Jackson’s mere presence raises the film by several notches. It also has an apt message for the current debate surrounding college athletics. “Hoosiers”– One of the truly classic sports movies, and in many ways the quintessential basketball film. Gene Hackman plays a coach in small Indiana town that has more fervor for its local basketball team than anything else. But his team only consists of five players and his fundamental coaching style faces increasing criticism from locals. It’s a great underdog story with a great cast, including the legendary enigma Dennis Hopper, and it completely sweeps the viewer up in its own excitement. “Hoop Dreams”– I’ve always believed that one of the major reasons a lot of sports movies fall short of expectations is that the task of capturing the emotional magic that we can get from watching or participating in sports in our actual lives is very difficult to capture. “Hoop Dreams” is an acclaimed documentary that follows two boys, William Gates and Arthur Agee, for five years of their lives. They both live in poor neighborhoods in Chicago, but are recruited to private high school for their basketball skills. Their struggles with peers in their neighborhood and as racial outsiders in their school are gripping, it thrusts us into the middle of a grueling but rewarding personal journey, the likes of which many of us would never comprehend before seeing it.
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the MCU to date besides Loki while Hollywood veteran Robert Redford’s Alexander Piece character adds a truly sinister element to the film. “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” not only cements Cap’s place as one of the greatest modern superheroes, but it makes you do something that few films ever manage these days: think. The post 9/11-era has seen massive changes in how and why warfare is conducted. The threat of terrorism is still relevant, and many question just
how far the government should be permitted to go to address that threat. “The Winter Soldier” addresses these and an even more disturbing question: What if our security is compromised from within? A stellar action film full of comedy, heart and true unabashed heroism, “Captain America: The Winter Solider” stands as a fantastic achievement for the MCU. The bar has been substantially raised for the remainder of the summer’s blockbusters.
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In blind test, soloists like new violins over old
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Cameron Diaz, left, stars as Christina Pagniacci alongside James Woods, right, who stars as Dr. Harvey Mandrake in “Any Given Sunday.”
By Randy Amorim Staff Writer “Any Given Sunday”: Oliver Stone movies are hit or miss, but “Any Given Sunday” is a huge touchdown. The movie tells the story of an aging, washed up football coach (Al Pacino) who struggles to bring his team to victory while dealing with a demanding team owner (Cameron Diaz), an injured star quarterback (Dennis Quaid), his rookie replacement who lets fame get to his head (Jamie Foxx) as well as players with bad habits, sketchy trainers and all the other fun that comes with professional football. While the movie doesn’t show anything that football fans don’t know happens behind closed doors, it gives an honest and unbiased look at how the politics of the game work, how the players live and the struggle on and off
the field. “Friday Night Lights”: If “Any Given Sunday” showed the full lifestyle that came with professional football, “Friday Night Lights” does the same for high school football. In a small Texas town where football is worshipped, a high school team struggles on and off the field towards a championship. While “Any Given Sunday” remained impartial, “Friday Night Lights” is a more emotional and powerful journey delving right into the players lives rather than just profiling it. “Gridiron Gang”: This is perhaps one of the most underrated movies ever. The film stars Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in an incredibly powerful performance. Johnson plays a former football player working in a juvenile detention facility filled with mostly young gang members. Tired of seeing them released only to
end up quickly dead or back in jail, he organizes a football team of inmates to train and compete in high school football leagues to teach the kids discipline and straighten them out. Based on the remarkable true story of a social worker who did make a difference forming the program, “Gridiron Gang” is a powerful emotional journey as well as an entertaining sports film and a gripping thriller. “Varsity Blues”: “Varsity Blues” is another story of a small town Texas high school football team, but while “Friday Night Lights” was somewhat family friendly, “Varsity Blues” delves right into the dirt on the same level as “Any Given Sunday” showing us illegal drug and steroid use, sex, drinking and everything else that comes with the territory. James Van Der Beek stars as a second string quarterback who gets a chance to lead an undefeated
team after its star (Paul Walker) is injured. Jon Voight also stars as the touch coach who believes in winning by any means necessary no matter what cost it may have on the players. “Jerry Maguire”: It’s hard to remember that at one point Tom Cruise and Cuba Gooding Jr. were loved and a big deal. Cruise stars as Jerry Maguire, a sports agent who has a moral epiphany that costs him his job. Maguire finds himself left with only one client (Cuba Gooding Jr.), and tries to prove himself by taking his rising football star to the next level. Oh, and there’s that famous love story and quote between him and Rene Zellweger if you’re interested in more than sports. Notable mentions: Both of “The Longest Yards”, “The Waterboy”, “Remember the Titans”, “Invincible”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten world-class soloists put costly Stradivarius violins and new, cheaper ones to a blind scientific test. The results may seem off-key to musicians and collectors, but the new instruments won handily. When the lights were dimmed and the musicians donned dark glasses, the soloists’ top choice out of a dozen old and new violins tested was by far a new one. So was the second choice, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Of the six old violins tested, five were by made by the famous Stradivari family in the 17th and 18th centuries. The newer violins were about 100 times cheaper, said study co-author Joseph Curtin, a Michigan violin maker. But the Strads and other older Italian violins have long been considered superior, even almost magical. The idea was to unlock “the secrets of Stradivari,” the study said. So the study tries to quantify something that is inherently subjective and personal, the quality of an instrument, said Curtin and lead author Claudia Fritz of Pierre and Marie Curie University in France. A few years earlier, the duo tested violins blind in an Indianapolis hotel room, but this one was more controlled and comprehensive, putting the instruments through their paces in a rehearsal room and concert hall just outside Paris. They even played with an orchestra, the results of which will be part of a future study. “I was surprised that my top choice was new,” said American violinist Giora Schmidt. “Studying music and violin in particular, it’s almost ingrained in you thinking that the most successful violinists on the concert stage have always played old Italian instruments.” French soloist Solenne Paidassi said “there’s a paranoia about new instruments,” com-
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pared to “a glamour about old instruments.” Even Curtin who makes new violins for a living, said he was surprised, adding the study was designed to eliminate bias in favor of either group of violins. “I remember trying the old violins and the new violins among ourselves just before the testing got going and saying, ‘You know maybe the old ones will win’,” Curtin said. But when the lights were turned down, all that could be judged was the sound. Some violins were 300 years old. Some were days old. And when the soloists were asked to guess whether the violins they were playing were old or new, the soloists got it wrong 33 times and right 31 times. Canadian soloist Susanne Hou has been playing a rare $6 million 269-year-old Guarneri del Gesu violin and knows what she likes and what she doesn’t. During the testing, some of the violins she played for only a few and then held the instrument out at arm’s length in noticeable distaste. But, like others, she was drawn to a certain unidentified violin. It was new. “Whatever this is I would like to buy it,” she said in video shot during the September 2012 experiment. Schmidt, who normally plays a new violin with a little more down-to-Earth price tag of $30,000, liked a different new one, calling it extraordinary in a phone interview: “I said kiddingly to them I will write you a check for this fiddle right now.” Curtin said the researchers won’t ever reveal which instruments were used to prevent conflict of interests or appear like a marketing campaign. James Woodhouse, a professor of engineering and expert on musical instruments at the University of Cambridge in England, wasn’t part of the study, but praised it as solid “and very tricky to carry out.” Classic violins “are still very good, but that when a level playing field is provided for making honest comparisons, the very best of the contemporary instruments stand up remarkably well in their company,” Woodhouse wrote in an email. Hou, whose four-year loan of the classic Italian violin has expired, explained in an interview that finding the right instrument is so personal: “There are certain things you can’t explain when you fall in love.” And since Hou is shopping for violins this week, one of the restrictions on the experiment truly bothers her: The scientists wouldn’t tell her who made the violin she fell for.
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Tabletop games are often the most forgotten options for curing boredom. International TableTop Day aims to remind everyone of the fun tabletop games can bring. In 2013 Geek and Sundry, a youtube channel themed everything geeky, started a new international experience that involved people spending all day playing tabletop games. Wil Wheaton the host for “TableTop,” a Geek and Sundry series, along with Felicia Day, one of the Geek and Sundry founders, continued to celebrate tabletop games this year on April 5th. Two years and well over a thousand events later, International TableTop Day is beginning to look like an annual holiday. For those not familiar with the term tabletop games, it is a title for the compilation of games that require you to play in person with physical pieces. Board games, card games, role-playing games, miniature games, anything that requires a flat surface and some friends to play with is a tabletop game. These types of games are often equated to kid’s games, which is why most people overlook them as a way to cure boredom. Of course this is not really the case and partially the reason International TableTop Day exist. As kids we played “Sorry,” “The Game of Life,” “Snakes and Ladders,” and a number of other games that were overtly
World Book Night in April
My favorite board game has to be “Dominion,” a game that’s based on building a deck and then using that deck to get more cards and purchase points that lead to victory. It requires a lot of strategic thinking, but is also fast-paced-very suitable for college students who don’t have a lot of time but are still looking for entertainment. The game of “Diplomacy” is the ultimate game of deception. Liars, backstabbers, tricksters and manipulators call this game home. Your mission? Play as one of several European countries on a map of WWI Europe and attempt to conquer the board. Treaties, deals and alliance coordination are the keys to victory; just try not to destroy too many friendships along the way.
Imagine a night where books are distributed, free of charge, to people who rarely read or lack regular access to printed books, whether it be due to finances or geography. Amazingly, this phenomenon exists. Called “World Book Night,” this event occurs every year on April 23rd. It was started in 2011 in the United Kingdom and in 2012, the United States decided to have a World Book Night of our own. There are 25,000 people who volunteer to pass out World Book Night books. Each volunteer receives a box of 20 paperbacks that come from a list of 35 World Book Night selections, produced specifically for this occasion. The books are chosen by a panel of booksellers and librarians from lists generated by book experts and previous year’s givers. Titles can be from any genre, recently published or classics but they must be accessible and available in paperback. This year’s selections range from “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky to “The Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell, and “Catch-22” by Joseph Heller. To become a World Book Night giver, you must apply. Unfortunately, the application for this year’s event is closed but us.worldbooknight.org encourages potential givers to sign up for their newsletter to learn about applying for next year. I think it would be extremely interesting to participate in this event. Since the books are supposed to be given to non-readers, I would be curious to hear their reasons for not reading and see how they respond to receiving a book. It would be very meaningful to be the reason why someone starts to read again. As students at a university, we tend to view books as ubiquitous. We always have constant access to them. It never really occurs to us that there are people that can’t afford to buy books and may not have library access. Even though it is just one night, World Book Night is a step in the right direction to further educating and enlightening society. People who don’t bother to read are also affected through this. They may give reading a second chance if someone personally talks to them and hands them a book. While frequent readers aren’t the target of World Book Night’s mission, I’m sure givers have fun conversations with fellow readers they encounter while distributing books. Everyone enjoys talking about the latest book they read, whether it is in a positive or negative way. It is also fun to find someone has read the same book you have and hear their opinion of it. By discussing books, you may discover something new from the text since everyone reads with a different perspective. Despite not receiving a book, frequent readers may take it upon themselves to become a giver at the following year’s World Book Night or be inspired to donate their old books. After all, encouraging reading is what World Book Night is all about. Even if you aren’t personally involved with World Book Night, April 23rd is also the UNESCO International Day of the Book, a day to promote reading. In my opinion, reading should be promoted every day. It has so many benefits and enjoyment through books can be found by all. In honor of these occasions, try to read a little more this month.
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Pictured above: “Small World,” a game where the goal is to accumulate points by amassing territory.
simple to play. Sure there was “Monopoly” and even “Clue,” but most of these games don’t offer much to the adult mind other than a sense of nostalgia. Tabletop games are noticeably different now as for every simple game we played as children there are two significantly more complicated and interesting games. Not that games like “Trouble” and “Candyland” are any less important, in fact International TableTop Day cel-
ebrates these games as well, but the games we played as kids are not the only ones out there worth celebrating. Board games in particular have grown over the years and anyone can find a genre to enjoy. There are conquest games like “Risk Legacy” and “Settlers of Catan.” Zombie games like “Zombies!!!” and “City of Horror.” Mystery games where you’re the murderer, horror games where one of you is the
NEW YORK (AP) — With Jimmy Fallon doing so well as “Tonight” show host, NBC’s boss expressed no fear Monday about who will replace David Letterman upon the late-night comic’s planned retirement from CBS sometime next year. Fallon “is the best and no matter who CBS puts in that place, I think he’ll still be the best,” NBC Universal CEO Steve Burke said. The NBC chief said he didn’t think Tina Fey or Jay Leno, two people with NBC ties who have been mentioned as potential Letterman replacements, would be in the running. Fey seems happy making movies and shows for NBC, Burke said. Fey, who made and starred in “30 Rock,” has a production deal with NBC. Former “Tonight” host Leno is still talking with NBC about a deal where he will do occasional specials, he said. Fallon has topped the latenight ratings since taking over for Leno in February, and is particularly strong among the young
audience NBC seeks. While the network was always confident in Fallon, Burke said the new host has easily exceeded expectations, and is even bringing viewers back to the 11:30 p.m. time slot. “He has turned out to be, I think, exactly what America is looking for,” Burke said. Burke said he and his wife had dinner with Fallon during the Vancouver Olympics four years ago and left telling his wife that Fallon was someone who would be running the “Tonight” show someday. And as CEO at NBC Universal, Burke was in the position to make it happen. “He is very unique,” he said. “Whoever ends up doing the job at CBS, we wish them well. We think we’ll do fine.” CBS was not talking Monday about candidates to replace Letterman, which have ranged from Stephen Colbert to Conan O’Brien to Neil Patrick Harris. The network isn’t giving a timetable for when a selection will be
made, and a day hasn’t been for Letterman’s last show, either. Harris, an actor in the justconcluded CBS show “How I Met Your Mother” and a Tony Awards host for CBS, said Monday he hasn’t had any talks about filling Letterman’s chair. He is preparing for a return to Broadway in “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.” “I’m super-focused on ‘Hedwig’ at the moment, so that hasn’t even been a conversation at all,” he said. “But I’m a big fan of CBS and (CBS Corp. chief) Les (Moonves), so who knows? It would be an asinine amount of work.” John Oliver, who is preparing for the debut of his HBO comedy series this month, said in an interview with The Associated Press that he had informal talks with CBS last year, but Letterman’s job wasn’t mentioned. “I’m pretty mortified that he’s leaving,” Oliver said. “He was a pretty big deal to me.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There’s so much noise during an episode of “The Price Is Right” that producers of the soap opera “The Bold and the Beautiful,” which is taping nearby, need to be aware of the game show’s schedule so the rowdiness doesn’t disrupt the filming of a love scene. It’s a party in the hands of host Drew Carey, even as the concept hasn’t changed through the years — make the best guess on how much that new car, entertainment center or trip to Paris costs and you just may win it. On Monday, the game show’s 8,000th episode since its CBS debut in 1972 aired. Nearly 70,000 people have “come on down.” The game has a blue collar sensibility that the Clevelandbred Carey reflects. That car or patio set, just the chance someone will take it home, creates a palpable excitement. “All through my 20s I was broke,” Carey said backstage before a recent taping. “I didn’t start making money until I was in my 30s doing stand-up. I really don’t take money for granted. I have a lot of empathy for people on the show,
that’s what I mean. I know what it must mean for them to win $5,000, which doesn’t seem like a lot of money to give away on a game show nowadays. But it’s a lot of money.” As he approaches his seventh year on “The Price Is Right,” Carey has made the show his own. That wasn’t always the case, since he had the daunting task of replacing 35-year host Bob Barker. “At the time, nobody could conceive of the show without Bob Barker,” said executive producer Mike Richards, “including me.” Richards unsuccessfully auditioned to replace Barker. A year into Carey’s tenure, he was brought in as producer with a mandate: change it from Carey doing Barker’s show to Carey doing Carey’s show. Carey wasn’t trying to imitate. But it was a little like moving into someone else’s house, with all the furniture left behind. Under Richards’ direction, the set and prizes gradually changed. While Barker looked natural offering a grandfather’s clock as a prize, it seemed silly for Carey.
Similarly, it’s hard to imagine Barker mustering enthusiasm for a smartphone or iPod. The show now uses video to introduce a trip instead of static set pieces. Carey also seems comfortable with contestants who are excessive in their enthusiasm. Loud music keeps the energy up during breaks, when Carey isn’t telling jokes or talking to audience members. Game-show hosting can be a sweet gig: three-day workweeks, one week off a month and two months in the summer. He is happy to keep his commitment to the show openended. Carey uses his downtime now to write comedy and revive his stand-up act. He said he found the job more rewarding than he anticipated. “You have stewardship over an American institution,” he said. “You get to keep it afloat and kind of reshape it a little bit. I could never have seen the things I would have liked about it when I first got the job. I knew it was going to be good, but you can’t know when you first start how great it’s going to be.”
monster, racing games, adventure games and even farming games exist. If you’re not into card games that require collecting there is “Apples to Apples,” “Cards Against Humanity” and “Munchkin.” Not every roleplaying game is as extensive as “Dungeons and Dragons;” check out “Fiasco” or “Werewolf.” There are hundreds of games and practically all of them are worth playing at least once. International TableTop Day
may have come and gone, but you don’t have to wait a whole year to get into the tabletop game scene. Go to your nearest gaming store and see if they offer any board games, dig up your old Magic cards, ask some friends to play a Dungeons and Dragons adventure. Look around and try out some games that seem interesting; you just might gain a fun, new hobby.
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In this April 23, 2012 file photo provided by CBS, host David Letterman appears during a taping of his show “Late Show with David Letterman, in New York.
Focus favorites: board games
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Pictured above: A ‘Carrom’ board, a popular game of Eastern origin similar to billiards.
By Focus Staff In honor of the recently passed International Tabletop Day, some Focus staff weigh in on their favorite board games. “Carrom” is kind of like playing pool, but with your hands. The board is usually a 29-inch square with pockets in each corner and the objective is to get as many scoring pieces as possible into those pockets by only flicking one white piece. As a kid, “Clue” was by far my favorite board game. There was and is a certain thrill about solving a murder mystery, even if it turns out you were the one to commit the crime. “Clue” also spawned the so-bad-it’s-good film so frankly, I have nothing but praise for this game.
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HOROSCOPES Today's Birthday (04/08/14). This year of creative fertility begins with an Aries Mercury bang. Communications uncork your thriving. Home roots strengthen as your circle widens. Resolve past conflicts with compassion. Review structures, plans and priorities before 5/20. Make repairs, and release clutter. Summer brings a fun game. A personal revelation in autumn sparks a passion for freedom and truth. Play with artistry and finesse. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 6 -- You're especially lucky in love today and tomorrow. It's your light-hearted demeanor. Talk about what's most important to you, and discover something new about yourself. Play with friends and family, and learn a new game. Share your appreciations with the ones who've earned them. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 5 -- Household issues demand attention today and tomorrow. Fix something that doesn't work as you'd like. Desires align with the energy to fulfill them. Dig in the garden, and sow seeds for future beauty and sustenance. Someone's happy to help if you ask.
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Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 6 -- Get into the books today and tomorrow. Study new developments, and check all angles. Compare financial notes. A new assignment's coming. Watch out for hidden agendas or a misunderstanding. Present confidence in your communications. Talk, rather than action, gets farther. Get your data together. Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Today and tomorrow could get profitable... gentle persistence works better than force. Enlist some help with a project. Lay a new foundation. Stay out of somebody else's argument. Your efforts could seem blocked... try a charm offense. Move slowly and prepare. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Consider the consequences of actions before taking them. Use your power responsibly and with compassion. Don't strain or push too far. Keep your goals in mind. Avoid expensive distractions and time-sucks. Go for practical, achievable outcomes. Say what you want and your network provides. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 5 -- Stick close to home today and tomorrow, and take time for quiet contemplation. Consider a loved one's wishes. Handle old jobs to make way for new. Let go of some distracting baggage you've been carrying around. Pick it up later if you want. Or not. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Your efforts could seem stuck. Push too hard and there's breakage. Your friends are a big help today and tomorrow; they come to the rescue. Align your new course with your core values and principles. Rely on the team to help sort it all out. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Work takes priority today and tomorrow, but circumstances may not follow plans. You could overstep bounds if you force the action. There's still a way to win. Flexibility and a sense of humor advance your cause. Anticipate changes, and roll with them. Rest and relax. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -- Today is a 6 -- Make time for an outing over the next few days. It's a good time to set long-term goals. Rather than launching into action, consider different strategies and directions first. Study, research, and enjoy fascinating conversation with someone who enjoys the same subject. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Today is a 6 -- For the next two days, track calls, orders, and income carefully. Review financial arrangements, keep paperwork current, and rely on your schedule and budget. Consider an investment in your own education. What would you love to learn about? Speculate, and get feedback from a partner. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 6 -- A new associate could become a valuable partner. Keep your promises, and plug away to get the work done. Avoid office scandals, gossip or controversy. Someone's willing to help, so create a win-win situation. Trade, barter and negotiate for creative solutions. Collaborate. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) - Today is a 5 - Actions could seem blocked or thwarted. Huddle up and put your heads together. Take it slow. Focus on making money today and tomorrow. Make note of what works (and doesn't). Review what needs to be done before the pace quickens. Breathe deep.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
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Sports
High expectations await Day at the Masters AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Jason Day goes into the Masters coming off a big win. Trouble is, that was six weeks ago. Day said his left thumb was ailing even as he won the Match Play Championship to close out the West Coast Swing. He withdrew from Doral. He withdrew from Bay Hill. He hasn't played a competitive round since that 23-hole victory in Arizona. And that was match play. The 26-year-old Australian last competed in a stroke-play event on Feb. 8, when he failed to qualify for the final round at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. "Not really a concern," Day said Monday. "I think I just need to tighten up a few things, just kind of get a little sharper with my tee shots. I think I'll be good." Day said the rest was a good tonic for his thumb, and he had a cortisone injection a week ago in Ohio. He feels no pain, though he will be taping it as a precaution, and he has been icing the thumb at night. "It's more frustrating for me because just coming off the win at the Match Play, I was playing some pretty good golf," he said. "It was trending in the right direction going into Doral
and the Florida Swing there. Just something so small, it's so frustrating, because everything else is fine. But you need your hands to grip the golf club, and every time it hurt when I swung the golf club. I would kind of flinch at impact, and you just can't compete against the best players in the world doing that." Day is among the best players at the Masters. Even though the Match Play win was only the second of his PGA Tour career, he was a runner-up at the Masters in his debut in 2011, and last year he finished alone in third. In 2012, Day had to withdraw because of an ankle injury. IKE RAMIFICATIONS It's bad enough that Augusta National had to remove the famous Eisenhower Tree from the 17th fairway because of damage from an ice storm. That might have been the hardest decision, but the easiest to execute. The loss of Ike's tree led to other changes that the club felt needed to be made. And this is a major that spares no expense at trying to do everything just right. Augusta National had already mailed out some 2,000 media guides, with a glossy cover,
color photos and 420 pages of information. A week or so after the tree came down, the club sent the media guide back to the printer to update the mention on page 28 of the tree. Everything was changed to past tense, and it mentioned how it was taken down in February 2014 after an historic ice storm. The club didn't stop there. It removed all the calendars on sale in the merchandise shop because they had photos of the Eisenhower Tree, redoing the calendars with a different image of the 17th hole. It also changed the yardage books and spectator guides that are on sale this week to reflect that the tree is no more. And the daily pairing sheets? Those have a course guide on the back, and the template was changed to show the 17th hole without the tree. MAGNOLIA LANE For any Masters rookie, one highlight is the drive down Magnolia Lane toward the Augusta National clubhouse.
Matt Jones, the last man to qualify for the Masters by winning the Shell Houston Open on Sunday, will have to wait. He only arrived at Augusta late Sunday night, and he really
didn't know exactly where he was supposed to go. Instead, he tagged along with good friend Kevin Stadler. "He had to go to the caddie area, so I followed him to the right, so I never drove down. I'll get to do that tomorrow," Jones said. "I just walked into the clubhouse here. It's awkward when you don't know where you're going because every tour event, you walk in and know exactly what you're doing. I'm not quite sure where to go or what doors I can go in or out of." But at least he's here, giving Australia seven players at the Masters. WHO'S NO. 1? Four players could claim No. 1 in the world Sunday night after the Masters. Tiger Woods has been No. 1 for just over a year, but he won't be playing the first major of the year while he recovers from back surgery. That has left the door open for Adam Scott, Henrik Stenson or Jason Day, none of whom has ever been No. 1. Scott has had a chance his last two tournaments to reach No. 1, the best one coming at Bay Hill until he squandered a threeshot lead in the final round. The
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Jason Day hits from a sand trap to the 17th green during practice for the Masters Monday.
defending Masters champion would need to finish in a twoway tie for third at the Masters. Stenson, of Sweden, is No. 3 and would need at least a two-way tie for second at the Masters to be No. 1. Day has to win to go to No. 1, and then only if Scott doesn't finish alone in second. "My goal is obviously to be
able to get to No. 1 one day and to have a green jacket, and I can do that in one week. That's exciting stuff for me," Day said. "Because I know that there's been a lot of hard work and dedication that I've put into the game for many, many years, and it could all pay off in one week."
Notre Dame finds success McBride leads Irish to victory without star forward Achonwa from IRISH', page 16
from BOARDS, page 16
For a while, Maryland’s ancillary players were able to keep the ship afloat – Brionna Jones finished the first half with 12 points, Laurin Mincy with nine. But that could only last so long. Notre Dame outscored the Terps 31-14 over the final 12 minutes of the first half to open up a 17-point lead. Frankly, it was the kind of run folks have come to expect out of UConn – explosive and dominant, stifling on defense and lethal on offense. And they did it all without one of their best players, and their emotional leader, on the floor. Perhaps that’s how the Irish most resembled the Huskies on Sunday night –
they were interchangeable. “Everyone really got together and we knew what we needed to do in order to make up [for missing Achonwa],” senior Ariel Braker said. “Everyone really wanted to play for her and we all came out and just clicked on every level.” Fans often love to fall back on clichés; that “no player is above the team” is a common one. At least on Sunday, the Irish proved it true. They were supposed to miss Achonwa. They didn’t.
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Although Notre Dame started off strong as Jewell Loyd got the first shot off of the game, Maryland slowly started to edge the Fighting Irish. It wasn’t until 13:05 in the first half when Notre Dame tied the game at 15 each, and continued their lead over the Terrapins. “I think it was all of us coming together after Natalie’s (Achonwa) injury,” Ariel Braker said. “Everyone really got together and we knew what we needed to do in order to make up. Everyone really wanted to play for her and we
all came out and just clicked on every level.” Maryland started making tough fouls later in the first half, which led to several three point plays for Notre Dame. With five minutes left in the half, Notre Dame went on an 8-0 run to gain a 17 point lead over the Terrapins, which ultimately allowed the Fighting Irish to gain momentum and a hefty lead before halftime. McBride led Notre Dame with 28 points, two steals and seven rebounds, while Loyd led close behind with
16 points and nine rebounds to help the fighting Irish dominate the Terrapins on the glass. Although Maryland’s strong point is rebounds, they fell short with only 21 while Notre Dame racked up 50. “It means a lot (to be going to the final game),” Braker said. “We couldn’t get it right the last times so I think everyone is really excited to be going back. We aren’t done yet.”
pitched the eighth and Koji Uehara escaped a secondand-third jam in the ninth in a non-save situation. Tanner Scheppers (0-1) allowed Bradley's run-scoring hits in the second and fourth, and Boston added three runs in the eighth. Bradley, Mike Napoli and A.J. Pierzynski each had three singles for the Red Sox. Boston took a 1-0 lead in the second on an RBI single by Bradley after singles by Xander Bogaerts and Pierzynski. Texas tied it in the fourth on singles by Adrian Beltre and Alex Rios, a passed ball and a sacrifice fly by Mitch
Moreland. Bradley came through again in the fourth with another run-scoring single after Pierzynski singled and went to third on a single by Jonathan Herrera. The Red Sox stranded runners at second and third in the fifth after Napoli and Grady Sizemore singled and both advanced on a passed ball. Pierzynski ended the inning by striking out. Then the Rangers left runners at second and third with a chance to tie the game in the seventh. The threat ended when J.P. Arencibia grounded out to second as Lackey pounded his glove
while walking off the mound after facing his final batter. But the Red Sox wasted a chance to extend their lead in the seventh when Bogaerts struck out with runners at second and third and two outs against Seth Rosin. Boston reached Rosin for three runs in the eighth when Pierzynski singled, went to second on a walk to Herrera and scored when Bradley bunted for a single and first baseman Prince Fielder threw wildly for an error. The other runs scored on a single by Daniel Nava and a fielder's choice groundout by Dustin Pedroia.
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Lackey sharp as Red Sox down Rangers 5-1
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Boston Red Sox starting pitcher John Lackey delivers against the Texas Rangers during the first inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Monday in Boston.
BOSTON (AP) — John Lackey pitched seven strong innings, Jackie Bradley Jr. singled in two runs and the Boston Red Sox snapped a three-game losing streak with a 5-1 win over the Texas Rangers on Monday night. The Red Sox never lost more than three straight last year when they won the World Series. They avoided dropping their first four home games for the first time since 1984. Lackey (2-0) allowed an unearned run and five hits in seven innings five days after giving up two runs over six innings in a 6-2 win at Baltimore. Chris Capuano
Ramo shines in Flames' 1-0 win over New Jersey
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — For seven years, Miikka Kiprusoff was a constant in net for the Calgary Flames. Karri Ramo might be the next in line. Ramo made 31 saves to record his second NHL shutout and Mark Giordano scored the only goal as the Flames topped the New Jersey Devils 1-0 on Monday night. "He reminds me of (Kiprusoff)," Giordano said of Ramo. "His style is similar. They're quick guys. We really have a lot of confidence in our goaltending." Calgary improved to 34-38-7 overall, including 16-20-4 on the road this season. "It's just a hard-working group," Flames coach Bob Hartley said. "We're going to fight until the last second. I love this group." Cory Schneider stopped 21 of 22 shots for New Jersey, which fell to 34-29-16. New Jersey's loss also allowed the New York Rangers to clinch a playoff berth. Both Calgary and the Devils have three games remaining this season. The Devils are three points behind Columbus for the last playoff spot in the East. "In my opinion, I think we're going to get one more chance (to make the playoffs)," New Jersey's Jaromir Jagr said. "It's too strange to finish like that. You've got to believe. It wouldn't make any sense to finish like that. We dominated. Just keep the faith and I think we're going to get one more chance in my opinion. "We'll see if I'm right or wrong." Neither the Flames nor Devils scored until Giordano's power-play goal 23 seconds into the third as both teams were unable to take advantage of opportunities.
Giordano's goal, his 14th of the season, was a one-timer off a feed from Jiri Hudler. "You like those (passes)," Giordano said. "Rolling pucks, goalies have (a tough time) picking it up (and) I picked it up pretty (well)." While Giordano celebrated his good fortune, the Devils lamented their misfortune. The Devils outshot Calgary 22-16 through two periods, and finished with a 31-22 advantage. New Jersey also did not allow the Flames a shot on goal in a 15-minute span between the first and second periods. "(We) had chances and opportunities and didn't stick it in the back of the net," Devils coach Pete DeBoer said. "A common theme, (we) don't score easily and we hadn't all year. We're at mercy of games like this where margin of error is very small. I thought defensively we were very good, but when you can't score it's hard to win." New Jersey had a goal disallowed with 1:26 left in the first, as referee Brad Watson waved off what would have been a game-opening score by Ryan Carter. The ruling was upheld by a video review by the NHL in Toronto. Replays showed Carter kicked the puck, but it was inconclusive whether the Devils left wing was able to get his stick on it before it rolled under Ramo. "I saw it off my foot and between the goaltender's pads, I got a piece of it (with my stick) and that's what propelled it in," Carter said. "I don't think (the review in Toronto is) how I saw it. That's how it was."
Oilers throw wrench in Ducks' playoff plans with 4-2 home win EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — All that is left for the Edmonton Oilers to do in the regular season is to spoil the postseason plans of others. Taylor Hall had a goal and two assists, and the Oilers beat the Pacific Division-leading Anaheim Ducks 4-2 on Sunday night. David Perron, Jordan Eberle and Justin Schultz also scored for the Oilers (28-42-9), who have won two in a row. "Playing the role of spoilers can be a lot of fun," said Hall, who moved into seventh place in the NHL scoring race with 77 points. "To get on a team that really needed those points tonight was good. "To play a good solid third period against a team like this and not give up a lot was nice. It was a learning game for us. It wasn't perfect by any means, but for the most part we shut them down." It is the third time the teams have met in the past two weeks. The Oilers beat the Ducks 4-3 in overtime on March 28, and Anaheim edged Edmonton 3-2 on Wednesday.
Perron said the Oilers showed a lot to keep the Ducks from rallying. "I liked the way that we kept going when it was 3-2," he said. "It was a good game all around. At this point there isn't a whole lot to play for, and to get that kind of energy was pretty cool. "We want to keep our momentum going into next year and play this kind of hockey right from the start. We had a lot of great emotion." Oilers coach Dallas Eakins said three second-period fights had an effect on the outcome. "It certainly rattled their team," he said. "They are a composed group in Anaheim, and then when the first one erupted, that seemed to set them off the tracks a little bit. I thought they got distracted. I think it worked in our favor. "They were so upset they were even yelling at me, which is always great when I didn't even throw a punch." Jakob Silfverberg and Corey Perry scored for the Ducks (50-20-8), who have lost two straight and remained just one point ahead of the idle San Jose
Sharks in the Pacific. "We're struggling finding ways to win hockey games right now," Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf said. "I thought we started a lot better than we have in the past and were in a hockey game. "We let our emotions get the best of us a little bit there for a while, and I thought that was a little bit counterproductive, and that's our responsibility, me and (Perry)." Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said it was an up-and-down performance by goalie Jonas Hiller. "It's tough. I thought (Hiller) played well in the first period. Then there were a couple in the second that he could have had," Boudreau said. "Then in the third, he regained his form again. It's one of those things where he's really lacking in confidence, and once the first one went in, he was a little worried until he regained his composure."
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New season, new rule changes for Major League Baseball By Molly Burkhardt MLB Columnist
This first week of the MLB regular season gave fans a chance to see their favorite players, new picks, reformed teams and all the new rules. With the spring season finally here, all the new rules and regulations created in the off-season are making their debut. The new regulations include a rule intended to prevent home plate collisions. Catchers must provide the runner with a clear path to home plate, creating no obstructions on the baseline. Some catchers, including the Red Sox’s David Ross, are optimistic about
the new rule. Catchers AJ seem more concerned with Pierzynski (Boston) and the revised instant replay Evan Gatis (Atlanta) are procedure. disappointed with the new The changes made to the limitation. Pierzynski “knew instant replay rule include what he was getting allowing more himself into” when plays such as he signed up for the foul and fair major league. balls as well Some players are as home run concerned the new interference to rule has too many be reviewed. gray areas. In order Coaches are to follow the rule, now only » Column players must now allowed one throw the ball a cerchallenge in the tain way to avoid putting the first six innings and two after catcher in the runner’s path. the seventh until the end of This limits how and where the game. Managers will now the player can now throw have to wait for their coordithe ball. Though this rule nators to decide if they want will take some getting used to use a challenge, then they to, players, coaches and fans have to talk to the umpire,
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who contacts the instant replay crew, waiting for them to reply and then completing the challenge. Instant replays will be reviewed at the MLB headquarters in New York City by a group of specialists. Many argue this will add time to the already lengthy game of baseball. In the past, attempts have been made to shorten gameplay, as games can take up to three hours. Though this extensive review process may add time to each challenge, it also limits how many challenges there can be in each game. Unfortunately, this means there will be fewer coaches running out to scream at umpires, kicking dirt and making big fusses.
As baseball tends to not be very physical, this new rule almost eliminates any hockey-like aggressiveness. Despite the rule change, there will undoubtedly still be those few coaches who can’t contain their anger. Players have mixed opinions on the instant replay review. Marlins manager Mark Redmond told ESPN, “It’ll be an adjustment, but hopefully in the end it’s going to be something that works great for the game”. Like any rule change, it will take some getting used to, not just on the players part but also wthe fans. While fans at the ballpark get to enjoy the game with no commercials, they will
have to wait like TV viewers as the crew in New York replays the video. Spring training game’s tried out the new process, with some challenges clocking in at around two minutes. Though the new rule may add some time to the game, Jon Jay of the Cardinals made a good point in saying, “the bottom line is you want to make the right call, if this is going to help make the right call I’m all for it.” The only way to tell if it’s efficient is to test it out this season.
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UConn will have paint advantage Wet weather washes out first from UNBEATENS, page 12 due to conference realignment, the squads have yet to face off, leaving questions about how they might match up. One area in which UConn seems to have the advantage is down low, where they can exploit the 6-foot-4-plus size of Stewart, Stefanie Dolson and Kiah Stokes. That advantage is exaggerated because Notre Dame’s leading big, Natalie Achonwa, will be seated on the bench after tearing her ACL in the Elite Eight. But even without Achonwa, the team’s leading rebounder, the
Irish were just fine on the glass against Maryland in the national semifinal. In fact, they held the Terps to just 21 boards – the lowest total ever for a team in the women’s Final Four. “I think you could see it in their eyes,” McGraw said. “They were determined that (Achonwa’s injury) was not going to slow them down.” Considering Achonwa was also the Irish’s third-leading scorer, yet they scored 42 points in the paint and won by 26, it certainly didn’t seem to slow them down at all.
That’s left the eyes of the women’s basketball world – and perhaps even some of those on the outside of it looking in – fixed on Bridgestone Arena. “You can’t focus on all that stuff, all the hype that’s around the game,” Dolson said. “We know it’s going to be a tough game with Notre Dame. It always is. We have to focus on ourselves and make sure our game plan is on point for the game on Tuesday.”
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Red Sox sign infielder Roberts to 1-year, $1 million deal BOSTON (AP) — The Red Sox signed free-agent infielder Ryan Roberts to a $1 million, one-year contract Monday and sent infielder Brock Holt to Triple-A Pawtucket. The moves came one day after Boston placed third baseman Will Middlebrooks on the 15-day disabled list with a right calf strain and recalled Holt. The Red Sox also transferred
right-hander Steven Wright from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day DL. The 33-year-old Roberts has played eight seasons with Toronto, Texas, Arizona and Tampa Bay. He has a career batting average of .245 with 46 homers in 510 games. He's spent most of his time at third base, 217 games, and played 197 games at second.
Last year with Tampa Bay, Roberts hit .247 with five homers in 16 games. He played 18 games with the Chicago Cubs in spring training this year. Roberts will make $1 million in the majors and $200,000 in the minors. He can earn $250,000 in performance bonuses: $50,000 each for 300, 350, 400, 450 and 500 plate appearances.
day at Augusta National AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The first full day at the Masters turned out to be a short one Monday. Augusta National was open for only two hours because of storms, still enough time for a few players to see some of the changes to the golf course — even though this was supposed to be a year with really no change at all. The ice storm in February that led to the demise of the famous Eisenhower Tree also cost the club countless other trees, giving Augusta a slightly different look. Instead of a forest of Georgia pines, players can see from the 10th fairway all the way across to the 15th fairway. Players couldn't help but notice the number of trees missing from the right side of the narrow, claustrophobic seventh fairway. "You don't feel like you're going down a bowling alley as much," Brandt Snedeker said, his hair wet from wearing a visor in the rain. The club lost thousands of limbs that were damaged from the ice storm, so many that Jimmy Walker said he saw workers up in the trees with chain saws when he came to Augusta a few weeks ago for a practice round. "I haven't played here a ton, so I kind of got the feeling you could see down through the golf course a little bit better than you used to be able," Walker said. "I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing." Some things never change. The course was starting to burst with color. The greens already had a tinge of yellow to them. And there was a buzz about the Masters, even without Tiger Woods around for the first time in 20 years because of recent back surgery. Still, nothing stood out quite like the 17th hole. Masters champion Adam Scott always assumed
the 440-yard par 4 was a dogleg left because of the 65-foot high loblolly pine that jutted out from the left side about 220 yards from the tee, forcing shots to the right except for the big hitters who could take it over the tree. Mike Weir is not one of the big hitters, so when asked how he found the 17th hole on Monday, the Canadian smiled. "Much friendlier," he said. "I was playing with Jason Day. For him, it doesn't matter. He hits it high and long enough. For me, I had to hit around it. It was probably the toughest drive on the course. Now, it's much easier." It was amazing to him to walk up the fairway and see a patch of pine straw where the tree once stood so proud and tall. Weir and several other players assumed that Augusta National would have another pine placed their before the Masters. Maybe next year. But not this week. The tree was such a treasure — named after former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a club member who hit into the tree far too often — that it was taken off site for storage. The club will determine later what do with the trunk and what limbs remain. But what a difference it has made already. "If the tree was there, I would have hit it yesterday," said Patrick Reed, who arrived on the weekend and already got in two practice rounds. "It was cold. It was a little into the wind and I hit it down the left side. I knew exactly where the tree was, and I probably would have caught the top half of that tree and would have been underneath it."
Ex-Buccaneers WR Williams looking for fresh start in Buffalo ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Receiver Mike Williams acknowledged he has some growing up to do while addressing questions about his troubled past Monday. For Williams, there's no place better to start fresh than in his hometown of Buffalo. "It's like being drafted all over, especially to my hometown, and get to come back and play in front of the people that know me, where I came from," Williams said during a news conference three days after the Bills acquired him in a trade with Tampa Bay. "The people know what type of guy I am." Calling the homecoming "a dream come true," Williams returns to the place he was a high school star. He went on to a successful yet troubled career at Syracuse, where Williams abruptly quit the team in November 2009 during his junior season. This is the second — and potentially final — chance for Williams to put behind off-field distractions, which led to the Buccaneers parting ways with
their starter in exchange for a sixth-round draft pick. The deal was made a year after Williams signed a six-year, $40 million contract. The breaking point came two weeks ago, when Williams was allegedly stabbed in the leg by his brother, Eric Baylor, who has since turned himself in to police. Williams passed his physical in Buffalo and said the injury from the stabbing won't prevent him from reporting for voluntary team workouts, which begin April 22. Williams acknowledged making mistakes and vows to do better, saying there are people depending upon him, including his infant son. "When you get a lot of bad attention or bad this, or bad that, it's about: Are you going to let the bad attack you? Are you going to fall?" Williams said. "Or are you going to get up and try again? That's why I think a fresh start is needed." On the field, Williams has displayed the potential as a No. 1 receiver. A fourth-round draft pick in
2010, Williams led NFL rookies with 65 catches for 964 yards and 11 touchdowns. Though a hamstring injury limited Williams to just six games last year, he has 215 catches for 2,947 yards and 25 touchdowns in 54 career games. The Bills are in need of an experienced player to complement returning starter Stevie Johnson, who led an otherwise young group of receivers. It's off the field where questions have arisen. The Tampa Bay Times has reported that Williams' neighbors in Tampa were unhappy with noise issues and damage to the player's rented home. Without providing specifics, Williams said two of the numerous accusations were made up. When pressed on which two, Williams said the Bills requested that he not discuss it. In trading Williams, Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht referred to the deal as something the team "felt was best for both sides." In Buffalo, coach Doug Marrone is willing to provide
Williams the benefit of the doubt. Marrone was in his first season at Syracuse when Williams left the team. Marrone signed off on the trade by saying what happened at Syracuse "is in the past for both of us." Marrone went further by picking up Williams at the airport upon the player's arrival in Buffalo. Williams said he and Marrone cleared the air by speaking on the phone before the trade was completed. "He made mistakes. I made mistakes," Williams said. "The situation wasn't handled how it was supposed to be handled. But the past is the past. So we're kind of looking forward." Williams acknowledged that one of Marrone's concerns at Syracuse was the player skipping classes. That won't be an issue now. "He didn't think I went to class. But since it's the pros, he knows I'm going to go out there and do my job on the field," Williams said. "You're always going to get the great Mike on the field."
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In this Sept. 29, 2013 file photo, Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Williams (19) celebrates after catching a first quarter touchdown pass.
Wacha, Cardinals defeat Reds 5-3 in home opener
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Home opener hoopla was no distraction at all for Michael Wacha. Neither was the 49-degree chill for the first pitch. The 22-year-old rookie was definitely excited about the occasion and the opportunity. Just like last fall when he was the breakout pitching star of the postseason, he fed off the atmosphere. "Huge crowd out there, a lot of energy," Wacha said after the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-3 on Monday. "It's a lot of fun pitching in front of your home crowd, 40,000-plus fans. "I don't know who wouldn't thrive off those kind of situations." Wacha outdid Tony Cingrani in a rematch of young power arms, and the Cardinals got a three-run double from Yadier Molina in the first inning. "I didn't have my fastball, so what are you going to do? I just tried to battle," Cingrani said. "One bad pitch and it cleared the bases." A standing-room crowd of
47,492, the largest at 9-year-old Busch Stadium, braved daylong rain to greet the National League champions and take a look at the new Ballpark Village. Hundreds milled about the attached complex, which features five sports bars and rooftop seating. The Cardinals bunched three hits and a walk over the first five hitters to take the early lead against Cingrani (0-1), who allowed two hits in seven scoreless innings against the Cardinals six days earlier in Cincinnati. The Cards went 1 for 18 before adding RBIs from Matt Holliday and Allen Craig off Trevor Bell in a two-run seventh. St. Louis ended a three-game losing streak on opening day, including a blowout loss to the Reds last year. Wacha (1-0) hadn't allowed a run in 21 career innings against the Reds before back-to-back doubles by Brayan Pena and pinch-hitter Roger Bernadina in the fifth cut the
Cardinals' lead to 3-1. The NL championship series MVP benefited from two doubleplay balls in six stingy innings and has permitted one run in 13 2-3 innings his first two starts. Wacha threw 82 pitches before getting lifted for a pinch hitter with the Cardinals up by two runs and two on in the sixth. St. Louis manager Mike Matheny wanted to take a shot at putting the Reds away, but thought the right-hander had plenty left. "That was more of a situation of what's best for the day, what's best for that particular game," Matheny said. Cingrani needed 31 pitches to get through the first and lasted four innings, striking out five but walking four. Matheny said before the game that his hitters had been a "click off" with timing against the 24-year-old lefty last week and should benefit from another chance so soon. Pena said he wasn't trying to
make excuses but thought Cingrani was bothered by the elements. "The baseball was slippery. He couldn't grab his breaking ball the way he wanted," Pena said. Peter Bourjos moved up to second in the order and got his first two hits of the season after an 0-for-13 start. Craig got his third hit and third RBI of the season after entering 2 for 22. Seeing Wacha once again didn't do the Reds any good. They've totaled 18 runs in seven games. "Right now, almost collectively, we've struggled to do anything with guys in scoring position," Cincinnati manager Bryan Price said. "But that'll change. It's tough to sit through it." The start of the game was delayed 12 minutes after the inclement weather combined with pregame ceremonies that featured the traditional grand entrance with players, coaches and Hall of Famers touring Busch Stadium on the back of convertibles and trucks. A team of
Clydesdales was kept in the stable due to concerns the field might be damaged. Billy Hamilton doubled to start the game and the Reds put the leadoff man on base in the first four innings but were undone by two double plays. Zack Cozart broke an 0-for-22 slump to start the season with a bloop RBI single, and pinch-hitter Neftali Soto had a sacrifice fly for his first career RBI in the ninth against St. Louis closer Trevor Rosenthal, who gave up his first runs at home since Aug. 15 against Pittsburgh. The Cardinals opened the first with singles by Matt Carpenter and Bourjos, and Holliday walked to load the bases with none out. Craig struck out before Molina cleared the bases with a drive to left-center on a 1-2 pitch.
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“We’re not afraid of them.” -Notre Dame guard Jewell Lloyd on her team’s matchup with undefeated UConn in tonight’s national title game.
Tonight NCAA National Championship Game Notre Dame 8:30 p.m.
Baseball
The number of national title wins the UConn women need to surpass Tennessee for the most all time.
April 12 Cincinnati 4 p.m.
April 13 Cincinnati TBA
(7-25) April 9 Providence 3 p.m.
April 10 April 12 Fairfield Louisville (Doubleheader) 3:30 p.m. Noon & TBA
Golf April 12 and 13 New England Spring Invitational All Day
But Tuesday night (8:30 p.m., ESPN) is a different story than the past three seasons. This year, due to conference realignment, the squads have yet to face off, leaving questions about how they might match up. One area in which UConn seems to have the advantage is down low, where they can exploit the 6-foot-4-plus size of Stewart, Stefanie Dolson and Kiah Stokes. That advantage is exaggerated because Notre Dame’s leading big, Natalie Achonwa, will be seated on the bench after tearing her ACL in the Elite Eight. But even without Achonwa, the team’s leading rebounder, the Irish were just fine on the glass against Maryland in the national semifinal. In fact, they held the Terps to just 21 boards – the lowest total ever for a team in the women’s Final Four. “I think you could see it in their eyes,” McGraw said. “They were determined that (Achonwa’s injury) was not going to slow them down.” Considering Achonwa was also the Irish’s third-leading scorer, yet they scored 42 points in the paint and won by 26, it certainly didn’t seem to slow them down at all. That’s left the eyes of the women’s basketball world – and perhaps even some of those on the outside of it looking in – fixed on Bridgestone Arena. “You can’t focus on all that stuff, all the hype that’s around the game,” Dolson said. “We know it’s going to be a tough game with Notre Dame. It always is. We have to focus on ourselves and make sure our game plan is on point for the game on Tuesday.”
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Lacrosse (7-4) April 11 April 13 Georgetown Marquette 4 p.m. Noon
April 17 Louisville 4 p.m.
April 19 Cincinnati Noon
Smart declares for NBA draft
April 26 Villanova 1 p.m.
Men’s Track and Field April 12 Spec Towns Invitational TBA
Women’s Track and Field AP
April 11 Sea Ray Relays All day
Joey Logano, right, celebrates in victory lane with his fiancee Brittany Baca after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway Monday in Fort Worth, Texas.
Blue Jackets to play 4 games in 5 nights down the stretch
Rowing April 18 UMass 7 a.m.
What's On TV NHL: Boston Bruins @ Minnesota Wild, 8 p.m., NESN The Bruins, who clinched the No. 1 playoff seed in the Eastern Conference on Sunday, head out west to battle the Wild as the regular season begins to fade. Boston will look to buck its losing trend against Minnesota, which holds a 10-1-0 all-time record against the B’s. Puck drop is set for 8 p.m. AP
MLB: New York Mets @ Atlanta Braves, 7:10 p.m., SNY The Mets will square off against the Braves tonight in Atlanta behind 40-year-old starter Bartolo Colon. Colon, who is making his second start of the season, went six frames against the Nationals in his last outing, allowing nine hits and striking out four in a 5-1 loss on April 2. First pitch is set for 7:10 p.m. AP
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jack Johnson calls it the most exciting time of the year. “This is when you want to be playing meaningful games,” the Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman said. Just maybe not so frequently. As they went through an optional practice Monday morning, the Blue Jackets were enjoying one of their last serene moments of the week. They close out the regular season with an unprecedented four games in five nights — back-to-back games on Tuesday and Wednesday and again on Friday and Saturday. “I don’t think many guys have been through this,” forward Jared Boll said. Certainly no one currently in the NHL. According to STATS LLC, no NHL team has finished a season with so many games packed into so little time since Ottawa did it in 1992-93. The Blue Jackets play their final home game Tuesday against Phoenix, then fly out immediately to Dallas, where their March 10 contest was suspended when the Stars’ Rich Peverley collapsed on the bench. Per NHL rules,
the suspended game will start completely over — only with the Blue Jackets retaining the 1-0 lead they had about 7 minutes in when the medical emergency ended play. Adding to the curious nature of the replayed game, the Blue Jackets’ Nathan Horton may not play because of a lower-body injury. So since his goal from the game is retained, he may get credit for a score in a game in which he did not officially play. After the rematch with the Stars is completed, the Blue Jackets take their charter jet to the Sunshine State where they play Tampa Bay on Friday and Florida on Saturday. To earn the franchise’s second postseason trip in its 13 seasons, the Blue Jackets must survive four games in four cities over the span of 99 hours. “We have to take care of business and work with the hand that we’re dealt,” said defenseman Dalton Prout. “We’re going to do the best that we can and be positive with the whole situation.”
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma State guard Marcus Smart has declared for the NBA draft. Smart told The Daily Oklahoman he has hired an agent, making official what was already a foregone conclusion. The sophomore participated in Senior Night activities in Stillwater. He averaged 18 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game this season. Smart surprised some by returning to school after a strong freshman year. He got off to an excellent start this season, but slumped and began to lose his cool. On March 8, he shoved a Texas Tech fan and was suspended for three games. His Cowboys went through a seven-game losing streak, but his strong play late in the season pushed the Cowboys into the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Gonzaga in the round of 64.
Emory University baseball players dig into Aaron’s history ATLANTA (AP) — Three Emory University baseball players who set out to explore the history of the sport’s legends last year didn’t expect to find a connection between themselves and names like Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks or Pete Rose. Kyle Arbuckle, Warren Kember and Brett Lake teamed up last year to dig through Emory’s collection of Hank Aaron materials, donated in 2013 by a former scout for the Atlanta Braves. The collection includes scouting reports, contracts and sometimes nasty letters Aaron received as he chased Babe Ruth’s home run record. Tuesday marks the 40th anniversary of his 715th home run, one better than Ruth. His record of 755 stood for decades until Barry Bonds passed it with 762. The reports included scouts’ critiques of Aaron that the Emory juniors have heard about their own play. “Soft hands.” ‘’Can’t run.” ‘’No chance for power.” Turns out, athletes at every level know the sting of criticism. The students were the first to look at some of the documents in Emory’s collection, said Pellom McDaniels, an assistant professor of African-American Studies and curator of African-American collections at Emory. It’s rare for undergraduates to be as engaged with library collections as the teammates became, especially
without getting course credit for the work, McDaniels said. But they saw themselves in the yellowing paperwork, especially the scouting reports. The exhibit the students created using the library materials opens on April 24 at the university’s Robert W. Woodruff Library. Kember got the project started after he attended a lecture series on race in sports culture. He went to McDaniels the next day and asked to look at the collection on Aaron. “I was just like a kid in the candy store flipping through the scouting reports,” said Kember, 21. They all were horrified by the negative and occasionally threatening letters that Aaron received. But the item that stands out most for Arbuckle, 20, and Lake, 21, is a photo taken at the moment Aaron hit his 715th home run. A screen in the outfield reads “Move over Babe.” Arbuckle said he has heard stories of what it was like to play at that time from his godfather, Dusty Baker, who spent almost 20 years in the Majors and later managed several teams. Reading the messages to Aaron and looking at the photographs was a reminder of how far the sport has come in 40 years, he said.
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Boards key in Terrapins’ loss to Irish
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CLASH OF THE UNBEATENS
UConn and Notre Dame set to battle for national title
By Matt Stypulkoski Associate Sports Editor
NASHVILLE – She was their third-leading scorer. She was their third-best passer. She was their leading scorer. The Irish were supposed to miss Natalie Achonwa Sunday night, but their 87-61 win over Maryland showed no signs of slowing down. Early in the game, Notre Dame struggled inside, giving the Terps all of their first eight points in the paint. But eventually they found their usual stride. From there, they were head-and-shoulders above the competition. Rebounding, coach Muffet McGraw said Saturday, would be the key to this national semifinal. Each of her players would have to grab one or two more than usual to fill the hole Achonwa left when she tore her ACL in the Elite Eight. They did more than that. The Irish won the rebounding battle 50-21. They limited Maryland to just four offensive boards and three second-chance points. “They were determined this was not going to slow them down,” coach Muffet McGraw said. To make matters worse for the Terps, every time their three-time All-American, Alyssa Thomas, touched the ball she was swarmed. As a result, she was almost completely ineffective. A senior who averaged 19.1 points, 11 rebounds and 4.2 assists finished her career on a night that she found foul trouble and managed just 14, six and two.
» NOTRE DAME, page 13
Irish’ experience pays off
By Erica Brancato Staff Writer
NASHVILLE, Tenn.- In what seemed to be a hard fought back and fourth battle in the first few moments of the game turned out to be Irish domination. Notre Dame’s Kayla McBride was able to power through and lead the Fighting Irish to defeat Maryland 87-61 to advance to the championship game in the Final Four. Notre Dame and Maryland have great experience in the Final Four, as they combined have made it nine times before this year. Maryland has made it three times and won the championship title in 2006, while Notre Dame has made the Final Four five times before this year and played in the final game three times, but has only won it once in 2001. These two teams met up this past January in a close game during the regular season. The Fighting Irish narrowly defeated the Terrapins 87-83, however in the series between the two teams Maryland has a 4-3 edge over Notre Dame. “I think they came out with the first punch. They beat us at our own game. They killed us on the boards, which we usually dominate,” Laurin Mincy said. “The first play pretty much characterized the game when they came out and grabbed five offensive rebounds.” The Fighting Irish knew it would be a tough run with Natalie Achonwa sitting out due to an ACL injury, and that’s exactly what it was.
» MCBRIDE, page 13
By Matt Stypulkoski Associate Sports Editor
NASHVILLE – The heavyweight matchup that the women’s basketball world has awaited is finally here. UConn and Notre Dame, the top two teams in the country, square off on Tuesday night. Some have likened the national championship game between two unbeaten teams to Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier squaring off. Others have called it a potential watershed moment for the sport. What’s guaranteed is that this will be the first time two unbeaten teams have played for a national title. “To have the spotlight on Tuesday,” Geno Auriemma said, “on two teams that one of them is going to lose for the first time this year, it’s pretty remarkable when you think about how hard that is to do for one team, much less two.” The fact that the two teams are bitter rivals only adds fuel to an already raging fire. Auriemma and Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw exchanged verbal jabs at their respective press conferences Monday. The Irish’s Kayla McBride openly admitted that the two teams don’t care for one another. Breanna Stewart did the same. Part of that comes from familiarity. UConn and Notre Dame played 12 times – twice in the Big East regular season, once in the Big East Tournament and again in the Final Four each year – in the three seasons preceding this one. And unlike most, the Irish have had a knack for causing the Huskies problems, winning seven of those contests. “I’ve lost four times in my career and three of those have been to Notre Dame,” Stewart said. “I think when you can count them on one hand, you’re going to remember those losses.”
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The UConn women’s basketball team plays Notre Dame tonight for its ninth national title. Huskies’ head coach Geno Auriemma (above) will go toe-to-toe with Muffet McGraw, head coach of the Irish. Both teams enter the game with undefeated records this season.
» ND’S, page 15
Huskies look to bounce back against Northeastern By Matt Zampini Campus Correspondent
The UConn baseball team will travel to Brookline, Mass. to take on the Northeastern Huskies and will look to bounce back after a rough weekend at the Dodd Stadium Baseball Classic. UConn (13-16) will send out freshman Andrew Zapata on the mound hoping to right the ship for the Huskies. Zapata has made nine appearances for UConn in his freshman campaign, making four starts. He has been superb for his first year, only giving up 16 hits in 31.2 innings for the Huskies while sporting a 1.42 ERA. The last time the Huskies went to battle, it was Northeastern who came out as top dog, defeating UConn 4-2 back on April 13, 2013. That game nearly a year ago saw no earned runs come across the plate and seven errors between the two teams. UConn’s offense was flowing last Wednesday, as they scored 14
runs against the Yale Bulldogs in a 14-1 victory. But over the weekend, they were stumped by the Bulldogs’ and Seawolves’ pitching staffs, only scoring eight runs in three games. Bobby Melley continues to propel the UConn offense, leading the team with a .352 batting average. Melley and Blake Davey have been the shining spots for the Huskies all season, combining for 69 hits, 40 runs, seven homeruns and 37 RBI’s through 29 games. Like UConn, Northeastern (13-15) is looking to turn their luck around as they have lost the past four games. Northeastern’s offense has struggled as well over that stretch, only scoring 11 runs. Connor Lyons leads the Huskies with a .348 batting average and a slugging percentage of .452 percent. Michael Foster leads the team with 14 runs driven in. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.
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UConn junior designated hitter Blake Davey at the plate in a game this season. He and first baseman Bobby Melley have formed a dangerous offensive duo for the Huskies.
Yankees defeat O’s 4-2 in Jeter’s last home opener NEW YORK (AP) — Feted by fans and celebrated by teammates throughout his final opening day in the Bronx, Derek Jeter hardly felt as if he was starting his 20th big league season at home. Jeter gave Yangervis Solarte some assistance with Yankee Stadium tradition, then the rookie helped make the captain a winner Monday as New York beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-2. “I don’t want to jinx anything but it felt really good,” Jeter said. “It felt like maybe my first home opener. It was a fun time for me.” Missing from the win was new Yankees closer David Robertson. He strained his groin and will be placed on the 15-day disabled list. Jeter doubled high off the left-field wall, nearly getting thrown out at second after he started out in a home run
trot before turning up the speed, and scored on Jacoby Ellsbury’s first hit in pinstripes in the fifth. Hiroki Kuroda (1-1) pitched 6 1-3 sharp innings in the Yankees’ 112th opener in New York. Teammates in the dugout teased Jeter for his near blunder. “For Derek, at 40, we’re going to let it slide,” said injured first baseman Mark Teixeira, pushing Jeter’s 40th birthday up a couple of months from June. In what manager Joe Girardi said would be a season-long lovefest for Jeter, the shortstop was cheered every step of the way by an adoring crowd of 48, 142 — even when his doubleplay grounder back to Orioles starter Ubaldo Jimenez (0-2) scored rookie Solarte in the third inning for the first run. Solarte, a career minor
leaguer and non-roster invitee to spring training, continued a torrid start as the suspended Alex Rodriguez’s replacement at third base with a go-ahead RBI single in the fourth inning. Playing in his first game in the Bronx, Solarte needed Jeter to tell him to wave to the Bleacher Creatures when they chanted his name during pregame roll call. “Every day I look and Derek Jeter is playing next to me. I saw him since I was little and I could never even fathom that I would get to play with him on the same field,” Solarte said. “Every day I try to learn something from him.” The Orioles got RBI singles from Matt Wieters and Nelson Cruz in falling to 2-5. Adam Jones and Chris Davis struck out against Adam Warren with a runner on in the eighth and trailing 4-2.
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Derek Jeter celebrates the Yankees 4-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in the Yankees home opener at Yankee Stadium Monday, April 7, 2014.