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September 07, 2010 | 
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September 07, 2010 |
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On Saturday, the University of Hartford’s track and field team opened their 2010 season at the Wesleyan Invitational in Middletown Conn. After just two days of practice, the men’s and women’s teams capitalized on several events to start the year. The men shined in the 400-meter dash, with Anderson Emerole
The men’s basketball Hartford Hawks (4-14, 2-3 in America East) had two extremely important games this week in their conference race. First against the Binghamton Bearcats (7-12, 2-2 in AE) and then against the Maine Black Bears (12-6, 5-1 in AE). Hartford had really faltered down the stretch coming into
Brett Favre and his purple helmet, now attached to an almost certainly purple bruised body, drifted to his right and crept out of the pocket toward the sideline. If only we could understand what was happening underneath that helmet sometimes. Rolling right and needing to simply allow his kicker a
The second semester is just now getting underway but the University of Hartford women’s basketball team has been operating at full-speed over the break, all the way to its victory over Boston University, 52-44 to take first place in the American East. The Hawks improve to 15-3 overall, 6-0 in
The boys of winter around the National Hockey League are eager to earn points and secure a coveted spot in the playoffs and are stopping at nothing to reach their goal. Although the early season plague of injuries is slowly shrinking, some teams are still suffering major player losses including
Since before the launch of the iPhone 3GS there have been rumors of another mystery Apple device. Needless to say the iPhone 3GS premiered without its rumored counterpart. Six months later Apple delivers invitations to a creative event, saying, “Come see our latest creation.” The expectations which had been building
When Apple introduced its much anticipated tablet computing device called iPad, it immediately got mixed reviews from blogs and the general public who have not yet gotten their hands on the device. Where this device will win with consumers isn’t in the enhancements to the iPod/iPhone model, it’s the company’s
After much dispute and seemingly-impossible U.S. distribution, “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” has finally hit the big screen in select cities throughout the country. Distribution companies in the U.S. were oddly skeptical about taking on actor Heath Ledger’s final project. According to an August 2009 article on Variety.com, Sony Pictures
One of the most awaited movies of the winter, “Youth In Revolt” hit theaters in early January. Usually a final resting place for the worst movies a studio puts out in a given year, this winter has been surprisingly strong. That trend continued last night when I finally got to catch up
For more years than I care to count, NBC has been the pinnacle of programming from eight until eleven every weeknight. Shows such as “30 Rock,” “The Office,” “Friends,” “Deal or No Deal,” “ER,” Law and Order” and “Heroes” made NBC the it network for over a decade. With changing
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