Rebecca Lobo

Short WNBA Rosters Are A Problem For Sun, Other Teams

2013-06-13 15:18:17

The Connecticut Sun and Indiana Fever appeared to be rocking in the same rickety boat Wednesday. Both teams were missing critical players because of injuries. The Sun were without Renee Montgomery and Tan White. The Fever didn't have Katie Douglas,...

Rizzotti Touched By Warm Reception At Pre-Hall Of Fame Gala

2013-05-29 15:23:17

On June 8, Jen Rizzotti will address a crowd at the Bijou Theatre in Knoxville, Tenn., as part of her induction into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. For Rizzotti, 39, it will be a significant moment in a career that continues to gain momentum. But...

Rizzotti, conmovida por la grata recepci�n en la gala que precede el Hall de la Fama

2013-05-30 06:36:00

El 8 de junio, Jen Rizzotti se dirigir� a una multitud en el teatro de Bijou en Knoxville, Tennessee, como parte de su inducci�n en el Hall de la Fama femenino de Basquetbol. Para Rizzotti, 39, ser� un momento significativo en una carrera que sigue...

Gay, Lesbian, Does It Really Make A Difference In Recruiting?

2013-05-24 19:43:44

When Brittney Griner, one of the defining players in women's basketball history, came out as gay in April, the sporting world seemed to yawn, offer a collective shrug and forget about it in one news cycle. Nobody cares about women's sports …...

At This Race, All Who Run Or Walk Are Winners

2013-05-11 14:42:00

Sue Brown and Valerie Small and Claudia O'Connell meet to run three or four times a week, usually in the early morning. They run and they talk. And talk. Sometimes loudly. Sometimes so loudly that people tell them to pipe down (since it's 5:30 a.m.)....

UK Hoops Signee Harper Invited to U19 World Championship Team Trials

2013-05-07 10:53:00

Kentucky women’s basketball signee Linnae (La-NAY) Harper is one of 34 top athletes in the country age 19-years-old or� younger (born on or after Jan. 1, 1994), who have accepted�invitations to participate in the 2013 USA Basketball U19 World...

Hartford Coach Jen Rizzotti Signs Contract Extension Through 2018

2013-04-26 09:07:00

Hartford women's basketball coach Jen Rizzotti has signed a contract extension through the 2017-18 season, the university announced Thursday. Dan Ruede's press release is below ... WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - The University of Hartford and head women&...

Just a Bad, Sad Week

2013-04-21 05:22:52

It was not a good week: At the Boston Marathon, where bombs killed and maimed. In West, Texas, where a fertilizer plant exploded, taking lives and leveling the community. For the media, which seemed to get it first more than it got it right. And in...

A Look At UConn's Eight National Championships

2013-04-09 19:41:00

1995, MINNEAPOLIS Semifinal: UConn 87, Stanford 60. Cardinal no threat in what was then the tournament's most lopsided game. Final: UConn 70, Tennessee 64. Rebecca Lobo scored 11 of her 17 points in the final 11:32 as Huskies clinch perfect season....

UConn women win 8th title in rout of Louisville

2013-04-10 14:24:00

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — His eighth national championship in hand, Geno Auriemma wanted to savor the moment and not talk about a dynasty just yet. He had just tied Pat Summitt for the most titles in in NCAA history and wasn't ready to discuss a repeat....

National Championship Game: Louisville Vs. UConn

2013-04-08 15:16:34

Site: New Orleans Arena Time: 8:30 p.m. TV: ESPN (Dave O'Brien, Doris Burke, Rebecca Lobo and Holly Rowe) Radio: WTIC-AM 1080, WILI-AM 1400 (Bob Joyce and Debbie Fiske) Series history: UConn, 12-1 Last meeting: UConn, 72-58, Jan. 15, 2013, XL Center...

NCAA Women’s Final Four dates, times and TV channel

2013-04-05 16:32:59

UConn Women's Basketball wins their First National Championship. UConn defeated Tennessee 70-64 in the final four game. Carla Berube, Missy Rose, Kara Wolters, Rebecca Lobo, Nykesha Sales, Jen Rizzotti and Brenda Marquis hold up Coach Auriemma after winning his first national title.

2013-01-17 08:30:38

UConn Women's Basketball wins their fourth Big East Championship. Later on that season the Huskies defeated Tennessee and claimed their first National Championship. Rebecca Lobo hugs coach Geno Auriemma after Big East victory.

2013-01-17 05:55:49

UConn's Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis smiles in warm-ups before scoring a career-high 27 points against Marquette during the Huskies' 85-45 win over the Golden Eagles at the Al McGuire Center in Milwaukee Saturday.

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