Desi Cullen News

Congratulations to you UConn fans. Oh, I'm sure you're pleased. Not to beat a dead horse on this but the photos John Woike took of folks in the Joyce lot before the game will be up on courant.com not the blog.

University of Connecticut senior punter Desi Cullen was named one of ten semifinalists for the 2009 Ray Guy Award, which identifies the nation's top collegiate punter by the Augusta Sports Council.

A long, emotional and frustrating Saturday night had actually turned into Sunday morning when coach Randy Edsall emerged from UConn's locker room just past midnight and tried to give his take on the Huskies' 47-45 loss to fourth-ranked Cincinnati.

Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly has long expressed his admiration for the work Randy Edsall has done coaching at UConn, and the Husky head man has echoed that praise for his counterpart.

A A A In professional sports it's easy to forget that athletes have lives off the court or field.

On a possible arrest: "I know nothing." On being focused on football: "We are more so than any other time in the last 9-10 days." On kids dealing with Jasper Howard's death going forward: "It's time to move forward.

The UConn football team will wear a sticker with the initial JH on its helmets for the remainder of the season to honor teammate Jasper Howard.

As the University of Connecticut football team prepares to take the practice field forthe first time since its starting cornerback was killed, police still haven't said who they think fatally stabbed him during a fight outside a school dance over the weekend.

A lot of you have been wondering how the team has been doing this week in practice.

This is an Oct. 18, 2008 file photo showing Connecticut corner back Jasper Howard trying to get the crowd into the game during the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game against Rutgers, in Piscataway, N.J. Jasper Howard had his little sisters' names tatooed on his chest.

Standing arm-in-arm around a makeshift memorial to fallen teammate Jasper Howard Monday night outside the University of Connecticut Student Union was too much for some football players to bear.

University of Connecticut football Desi Cullen discusses the fatal stabbing of teammate Jasper Howard.

Andre Dixon finds his emotions difficult to control when talking about the death of teammate Jasper Howard.

As Joanglia Howard slowly made her way into the locker room inside the Burton Family Football Complex, grown men started to cry.

The football field at Miami Edison Senior High was the starting place for one teen's plan to live the life he never thought was possible.

Howie Kendrick fittingly scored the game- winning run in the 11th inning, racing all the way from first base after Jeff Mathis roped a line drive into the left-field gap to give the LA Angels of Anaheim a much-needed 5-4 decision over the Yankees in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series.

A Connecticut football player who was an expectant father was stabbed to death early Sunday after an on-campus dance, just hours after helping his team to a homecoming victory.

Here are some of Desi Cullen's thoughts on the passing of teammate Jasper Howard.

A University of Connecticut football player has died following an on-campus stabbing, hours after the team's victory over Louisville.

Desi Cullen understands this isn't the best time for personal tributes. The UConn senior punter and Louisville, Ky., native faces his hometown team Saturday when the Cardinals meet UConn at noon at Rentschler Field.