Paul Pasqualoni

At this time of year, especially when your football season is over, a coach evaluates everything. UConn coach Paul Pasqualoni is no different and he has a lot of evaluating to do. He must recruit well and win more games in 2013 than in 2011 and '12,...

George DeLeone, UConn's offensive coordinator for the past two seasons, said Thursday evening that he was not leaving for a position with the Giants. Earlier in the day sources said DeLeone was expected to fill the assistant offensive line coach position...

Arnold Dean never called himself the "Dean of Sports." It was radio hucksterism, it was presumptuous, and he knew it. If the three-word brainchild of a station producer was to be his legacy, well, it would be an orphan from his lips. Mr. Dean was the...

Half-baked Jake is back in all his half-bakedness … News: The steroid-dripping Baseball Hall of Fame ballots are distributed. Views: After leaving the box unchecked twice, I'm voting for Killingworth's Jeff Bagwell. My fuller view of one of the...

Once it became clear that the next school to join the Atlantic Coast Conference would be chosen based on football, UConn really didn't have a chance — not against Louisville. When it comes to recruiting, fan base, support, won-lost record,...

UConn athletic director Warde Manuel confirmed Tuesday that football coach Paul Pasqualoni will be back for a third season. The Huskies wrapped up their second consecutive 5-7 season under Pasqualoni with a 34-17 loss Saturday to Cincinnati at...

The product has to get better. The Huskies' first Big East game of the season (at Rutgers) and their last (at home against Cincinnati Saturday) illustrated the talent and physicality level this program needs to reach or surpass going forward. It also...

EAST HARTFORD — The day started with renewed hope and the temporary traction gained by the first victory ever against a Top 25 team on the road. The day started with Beef O'Brady's Bowl or Bust! And all that sort of meaty, motivational senior...

— As the week before the final regular season game unfolded, the UConn coaching staff was faced with a dilemma. Junior kicker Chad Christen was dealing with a hip injury that would limit his availability. His understudy, freshman Bobby Puyol, was...

There was just no describing the look on Chad Christen's face after he missed four field goals in a three-point overtime loss at home to Temple last month. "Eh, I forgot all about that game," an elated Christen said Saturday. "That game didn't happen....

— Well that wasn't the way the Huskies wanted to end the season, but it has indeed ended the same way it did last year, with a loss to Cincinnati, meaning UConn will be home for the holidays. Bearcats senior tight end Travis Kelce caught two...

There have been too many times when seniors roll up on these last-home-game deals, get caught up in the moment and lose focus. It can be costly. Saturday is Senior Day for 16 UConn football players, and since they're pretty much the leaders of the...