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If Kevin Ollie can find a silver lining in Friday nights opening loss to Wagner, its that his young team may well have learned a valuable lesson at the right time. Minkah Fitzpatrick Jersey .Weve got to step back and go back to the drawing board and figure it out, Ollie said after his No. 18 Huskies were stunned by the visitors from Staten Island -- and the Northeast Conference. This is a dark time right now, but its going to a period after this where we say we got better from it.Another good thing for UConn is getting right back at it, which the Huskies will do when they host Northeastern Monday night.Weve got to get tougher, Ollie said. Our two toughest guys were our two smallest guys out there. Thats (freshmen) C.V. (Christian Vital) and Al (Gilbert). Weve got to get tougher and that starts with me as a coach. Ive got to get these guys ready to play. I take full responsibility and I will do that.Northeastern topped local rival Boston University 87-77 Friday night, with senior guard T.J. Williams scoring a career-high 30 points, dishing out eight assists and grabbing four rebounds -- and graduate senior transfer Alex Murphy scoring 20 points in the opener of his sixth college season.While THOSE Huskies have youth, the experience of the two opening night stars is similar to what Wagner brought to Storrs to snap UConns 27-game Storrs opening game winning streak.We did have a 12-0 run to tie it (in the second half), but they hit a three and every time they needed a bucket they made some big-time plays, said Ollie. Thats what a veteran-laden team does.Northeastern, out of Colonial Conference, was put on the map by Jim Calhoun, who moved from those Huskies to the UConn Huskies and did pretty well there.Northeastern was picked to finish seventh in the Colonial. But Friday night, Williams became the first Northeastern player to score 30 in an opener since the late Reggie Lewis scored 32 at the Great Alaska Shootout -- against No. 2 Louisville -- in a win in 1986.That was Calhouns first year at UConn.We lost a lot of experience over the last two years, Northeastern coach Bill Coen said after Friday nights win.Murphy, who previously attended Duke and Florida, missed all last season because of injury and was granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA -- taking it at Northeastern.Clearly, the level of competition rises for Northeastern Monday night -- especially considering UConn already learned the lesson of perhaps overlooking an unheralded opponent.Transfer Terry Larrier was a bright spot for UConn in his debut, scoring 19 points and grabbing seven rebounds.He played well for us, said Ollie. He was a real bright spot for us. He played very, very well for us, played with a lot of heart and played with pure heart.After Monday nights game, UConn, which likely cost itself a spot in the rankings, heads west. They visit Los Angeles, Ollies hometown, to play Loyola Marymount -- and then across the Pacific to play in the Maui Invitational. They face Oklahoma State in the tourney opener Nov. 21. Larry Csonka Womens Jersey . After a lengthy wait, persistent rain finally forced the postponement of the Nationals game against the Miami Marlins on Saturday night. The teams, and a few thousand fans, waited nearly four hours from the 7:05 scheduled start time before an announcement was made shortly before 11 p. Mark Duper Womens Jersey . PAUL, Minn. http://www.authenticdolphinspro.com/Customized/ . In the lead up - which seemed to begin the moment Mike Geiger blew the whistle in Houston last Thursday night - the Impact rumour mill went into overdrive. The speculation went into meltdown mode, of the golden nugget variety.Ross Brawn has told Sky Sports he would be prepared to work alongside Bernie Ecclestone as a new boss of Formula 1. Brawn, the mastermind behind Mercedes current domination of the sport and a key figure in Michael Schumachers record-breaking success, has been in talks with Liberty Media as the group prepare to complete their takeover of F1.Although Brawn has insisted reports he has agreed to become the sports new chief executive are wide of the mark, he has admitted to Sky Sports he would get pleasure from trying to help Formula 1 move forward and revealed he is open to filling a role alongside Ecclestone, F1s current supremo. Brawns interview with Natalie Pinkham can be seen in a special edition of The F1 Report, published at the top of the page.Asked directly whether he could return to F1 in a dream team partnership alongside marketing guru Zak Brown, Brawn acknowledged: I would be interested in such a role but there are so many things that need to be resolved first.The one thing that Bernie is not is immortal, none of us are, and at some point he has to put his pen down. Hes a very special person, hes created most of what we are dealing with today, and there will never be a replacement for Bernie. Actually working for Bernie may be a fun and interesting thing to do.During the interview, Brawn also discusses how he lured Lewis Hamilton from McLaren to Mercedes, his own exit from the Silver Arrows just months before the dawn of the hybrid era they have dominated, and his relationship with Michael Schumacher. On working with SchumiBrawn worked with Schumacher during each of the Germans seven F1 world championships but says their partnership wasnt always plain sailing.He was the most complete driver of that era. He had fabulous talent but he also had the application, the intelligence and the devotion - and a love of driving. Michael is a very honest person, he doesnt like fun and games - and Im the same. So even if we disagreed, we would thrash it out aand sort it out. Jason Taylor Jersey. We were close and still are close... On signing HamiltonIn 2012, Brawn pulled off one of the most unexpected transfer coups in F1 history when he persuaded Lewis Hamilton to leave superpowers McLaren for a Mercedes outfit which had won just one race in the previous three years.We built it slowly with Lewis, explained our plans and explained what we were doing. There was an important meeting at his mums house which was a lot of fun. And it grew: Lewis started to understand what we wanted to achieve and why we hadnt achieved the results we wanted to and how critical being an engine supplier was going to be with the new regulations. And then we had the inevitable complication on the commercial side of finding a package Mercedes could afford and what Lewis felt was justified from his side... On why he left MercedesBrawn left Mercedes at the end of 2013, a decision which was linked to the recruitment, without his knowledge, of Paddy Lowe.I had my frustrations but l also had relief because what had evolved wasnt something l was comfortable with. Writing the book was therapeutic. I had many difficult decisions in my career and l tried to face them head-on. Finding out from McLaren what had happened [Lowe agreeing to join Mercedes] when they rang up and said hey, youre nicking our guy was a bit brutal...Can Nico Rosberg clinch the title at Interlagos? 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