Monday News--- Summer Solstice 2010

The Nashua Sports Legends Hall-of-Fame will elect former UMass QB Greg Landry this July 4th.

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The Hartford Courant's sports blogger does not remember UMass-UConn.

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The NCAA has made a couple of changes to FCS football Rules. Relevant quotes:

"The cabinet supports prohibiting institutions from providing accommodations to their student-athletes on the night before home contests in FCS football."

"Cabinet members sponsored legislation for the 2010-11 legislative cycle to increase the number of student-athletes allowed to practice before an institution’s first day of class to 95 in FCS football starting in 2011. Currently, FCS football teams may have a maximum of 90 participants."

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Today is Summer Solstice. Other holidays related to today are Litha (Norse/Anglo Saxon "longest Day"), Midsummer's Day and St. John's Eve.

Also there is "Comet McNaught" available if you are up before dawn. Binoculars will help.

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Today is seventy-five days until football. Wearing #75 for UMass this year is John Moran, a 6-4 315 pd RS SO OL from Salem, MA. Moran played in one game against Northeastern in 2009.

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