David Pindell’s NFL quest goes through Fan Controlled Football

By Dan­ny Barletta
The Dai­ly Campus
April 6, 2021

UConn quar­ter­back David Pin­dell throws a pass in a game against UMass on Oct. 27, 2018. Pho­to: Char­lotte Lao

David Pin­dell grad­u­at­ed from UConn in 2019 with a dream of play­ing pro­fes­sion­al foot­ball. Two years lat­er, his jour­ney has brought him to an unlike­ly place, play­ing in a league where fans call the plays in real time through an app. Pin­dell is still look­ing for an oppor­tu­ni­ty to get to the NFL, but his dif­fi­cult path has made him learn a few things about him­self and about life.

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Jor­dan Hall: From burn­ing out to show­ing out

By Dan­ny Barletta
UConnHuskies.com
Sep­tem­ber 30, 2019

UConn for­ward and lead­ing scor­er Jor­dan Hall. Pho­to: Stephen Slade

UConn soc­cer for­ward Jor­dan Hall is off to a hot start. He comes to UConn as grad­u­ate trans­fer. He is orig­i­nal­ly from Eng­land but is now on his third school in four years. His jour­ney to UConn is quite unique, with mul­ti­ple stops along the way and a hia­tus from the sport entire­ly. Hall has man­aged to over­come all that and do what he does best: score goals.

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Ten years lat­er: A look back at the 2009 UConn foot­ball season

By Dan­ny Barletta
UConnHuskies.com
Octo­ber 4, 2019

The 2009 team had a spe­cial year end­ing in a bowl vic­to­ry over South Car­oli­na. Pho­to: UConn Athletics

The 2009 UConn foot­ball team was one of the best in pro­gram his­to­ry. The ros­ter fea­tured a lot of future NFL tal­ent. The Huskies won a lot of big games that year, includ­ing a huge win over Notre Dame. The sea­son is remem­bered both for the on-field accom­plish­ments and the trag­ic death of cor­ner­back Jasper Howard mid­sea­son that brought the team even clos­er together.

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Alex Putterman: Being a sports reporter with no sports

By Dan­ny Barletta
The Dai­ly Campus
April 23, 2020

Alex Putterman is the UConn football beat writer and a general sports reporter for the Courant. Now he provides daily updates as one of the lead reporters for the Courant on the virus. Photo Courtesy of The Hartford Courant

Alex Put­ter­man is a jour­nal­ist for the Hart­ford Courant. Pho­to: Hart­ford Courant

Alex Put­ter­man is a sports reporter for the Hart­ford Courant. How­ev­er, when COVID-19 hit, he tran­si­tioned from cov­er­ing sports to cov­er­ing the pan­dem­ic in Con­necti­cut. For some sports reporters, such a tran­si­tion could have been intim­i­dat­ing, but Put­ter­man has tak­en it in stride.

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Senior Centers change to meet needs

By Dan­ny Barletta
Newswrit­ing II UConn
April 29, 2019

The Changing Face of Senior Centers

The Mans­field Senior Cen­ter. Pho­to: Dan­ny Barletta

Senior cen­ters have had to evolve a lot in recent years due to the expand­ing senior pop­u­la­tion. Seniors now have a wider range of wants and needs, and senior cen­ters need to have the resources to accom­mo­date that. The Mans­field Senior Cen­ter is a great exam­ple of these changes.

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