In case you weren’t one of the 3.2 million people that tuned into the women’s championship game, the UConn Huskies crushed Louisville 93-60. Both teams played through injuries, with UConn’s leading scorer Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis playing through a stress fracture and a foot injury yet managing to add 18 points to the board.
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For those of you who are not familiar with the National Hockey League lockout, here is a quick overview of what went on this season: The NHL cancelled 510 games of the 2012-2013 season because the owners and the players couldn’t agree on how to share the $3.3 billion in revenue earned every year. The lockout lasted from Sept. 15, 2012 to Jan. 12 of this year — lockout just being a fancy word for the players refusing to play any games until they reach an agreement with the NHL.
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Troy Nickerson has had four shoulder surgeries and a sidelining back injury; most wrestlers would hang up their singlets and move on from the sport after college — but not Nickerson. He has decided to fight through the hardships and give the sport one last run.
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Moral Fibers takes on a new form of giving to those in need, something they like to call ‘‘charitable employment’’ and ‘‘supporting human capital.’’ As the old saying goes, if you give a man a fish, he will eat for a day. Teach him to fish, he will eat for a lifetime. Moral Fibers teaches poverty-stricken Haitians the craft of making unique clothing.