It’s been long road to South Bend for the UConn football program. Twenty months ago I wrote my first article about the possibility of a football series between UConn and Notre Dame, UCONN-Notre Dame: How Far Should UConn Go to Play in the House that Rockne Built?. At that time, details of the contract negotiations between the universities [...]
Big East Men’s Basketball Preview
November 6, 2009 By 1 Comment
By Richard Kent 1. Villanova: They are so deep at guard that it is scary. A Final Four team last year.Corey Fisher leads. 2. WVU: Da’Sean Butler may be the best player in the Big East. 3. UConn: Also a Final Four team last year. They boast the best coach in Jim Calhoun. Stanley Robinson [...]
UConn Football Strikes Deal With Michigan
August 3, 2009 By 2 Comments
Zac Boyer of the Hartford Courant reports that UConn has agreed to open its 2010 season at Michigan, with the Wolverines returning the favor and visiting Rentschler Field in 2013. According to Boyer, UConn was not interested in playing Michigan if it involved playing home games outside of Rentschler Stadium, as does the yet to [...]
Revisiting the UConn-Notre Dame Football Series
June 19, 2009 By 18 Comments
It was exactly 15 months ago today that I first wrote about the football series between UConn and Notre Dame. The title of the article was “How Far Should UConn Go to Play in the House that Rockne Built?” And that very same issue persists today – with no games to be played in Connecticut, is [...]
Criticism of Eric Mangini and his Hartford Football Camp Should Stop
June 1, 2009 By 1 Comment
A few years back, my wife and I volunteered at Eric Mangini’s Football Fundamentals camp in Hartford. Despite torrential downpours, the camp attracted somewhere in the neighborhood of 600 players, some from wealthy suburbs, others from poor urban areas, and even a busload of players from New Jersey (Mangini had just taken over the Jets). All received [...]
UConn Football Plays Major Role in NFL Draft
April 27, 2009 By 27 Comments
When I was in law school at UConn, the bookstore sold a t-shirt emblazoned with the slogan: “UConn Law: A law school the basketball team can be proud of.” After this weekend’s NFL Draft, I wonder if we’ll see a new slogan – “UConn Football: a football team the basketball team can be proud of.” Although basketball [...]
CT Sports Law’s Top 10 Story Lines of 2008
December 30, 2008 By 1 Comment
As we approach the end of Connecticut Sports Law’s inaugural year, I have compiled a list of the top story lines and accompanying blog posts from 2008. Thank you for your readership and support and I look forward to another year covering the intersection of sports and the law. 1. UConn and Notre Dame agree to [...]
Another Sports Lawyer Turned Athletic Director: Indiana Hires Glass
October 29, 2008 By 3 Comments
Indiana University has followed the lead of neighboring Notre Dame and filled its Athletic Director’s position with a sports attorney. Attorney Fred Glass has been prominently involved in the construction of Lucas Oil Stadium and with bringing a Super Bowl to Indianapolis. Now he will lead Indiana’s Athletic Department. Given the complexity of coaching contracts, including buyout and [...]
