admin on April 29th, 2011

Sure, I’m a UConn fan because I’m an alumnus.  Sure, I’m a fan because they’ve become a dynasty.  Beyond that, I’m a fan because of how they’ve become a dynasty.  I took the following excerpt of a speech given by associate coach Chris Dailey at the 8th Annual Sterling House Celebrity Breakfast, where she was [...]

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Continue reading about UConn Women’s Basketball Philosophy

admin on April 17th, 2011

The first page of this letter was missing but it was probably written in early autumn of 1966.  I got teary-eyed when I first read this.  The awe that mountains inspired in my sea-loving Dad is the same awe they inspire in me.  He’s also got an amusing take on airlines. We had a very [...]

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Continue reading about Pop’s Letters – Autumn 1966

admin on April 3rd, 2011

Pop writes about his early Maine days again. John McConegy, Newton Mfg. Co.                                        August 20, 1966 Newton, Iowa. Dear John: Thanks for the letter, and the enclosure about Maine. August just isn’t my month anyway I guess, so I am glad to be getting out of here Tuesday headed for Wyoming with the bare possibility [...]

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