Connecticut’s gutsiest sports columnist is in…The New York Times?

Yes, the vaunted Times barely covers Connecticut anymore. There hasn’t been a Times reporter in the Capitol Press Room for years, compared to the mid-1990s, when there were three. But business columnist Joe Nocera today, on the op-ed page takes apart Jim Calhoun, the UConn basketball coach who somehow avoided a three-game suspension this season; and the NCAA’s system of deferral to “programs” over “student athletes.” Here’s the link:

 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/opinion/09nocera.html