define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); jeff jacobs – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Thu, 07 May 2009 23:57:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court Local Media Calls Out Jim Calhoun http://rushthecourt.net/2009/03/27/local-media-calls-out-jim-calhoun/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/03/27/local-media-calls-out-jim-calhoun/#respond Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:41:29 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=8118

When Yahoo! Sports first broke the story about UConn alledgedly violating multiple NCAA rules, we were curious whether the media in Connecticut would take on the sacred cow that is UConn basketball. Outside of the occasional activist reporter photographer, there has been a widespread belief even among outside media members (Scott Van Pelt and Bill Simmons and his buddy JackO being the ones that come to mind) that the Connecticut press would not criticize Jim Calhoun for fear of offending the university and losing their credentials to cover the program. Well we have our answer.

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