The story of Brendan Sherrer continues to prove to be a great human interest story. Everytime he enters the game, fans go crazy. Some have begun to call Sherrer the Human Victory Cigar because every game he has appeared in has signaled a comfortable UW lead.

Here is a great feature by KOMO TV's Mike Ferrerri that appeared in Sunday's newscast.

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Head track coach Greg Metcalf, a perennial favorite of Flotrack.org, is currently featured on the site as part of a series where prominent coaches discuss the mental aspect of the sport.

Coach Metcalf discusses the approach he takes with mental preparation and shares some anecdotes about 2009 World Championships participant Ryan Brown as well as praising the stability of current All-American Christine Babcock.

Watch the full video by clicking this link.

Former University of Washington quarterback Mark Brunell made NFL Super Bowl history today.  The problem is, he probably won't get any credit for it.

Brunell, the primary backup quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, served as the team's holder for PATs and field goals.  In the third quarter of Super Bowl XLIV from Miami, Fla., Saints kicker Garrett Hartley kicked a 47 yard field goal, his longest outdoor field goal of the season.

More notably, with Brunell holding, Hartley set a Super Bowl record with three field goals of more than 40 yards.

According to the Dallas Morning News, "In the first half he hit from 46 and 44 yards. Cincinnati's Jim Breech was the only kicker in the first 43 Super Bowls to have made two field goals from more than 40 yards when he accomplished it against San Francisco in Super Bowl XXIII.

Add that to his winning kick against Minnesota in the NFC title game and this has been a pretty good run for Hartley."

The USA Today posted this piece today on Brunell making it to the Super Bowl after 16 years in the NFL.

Husky Student-Athletes, including women's basketball players Lydia Young and Liz Lay (pictured right), roamed the stands and walkways prior to tip off for the UW-Arizona State game collecting change for Coins 4 Kids.

Through their Coins 4 Kids fundraiser, UW student athletes have raised nearly $5,000 this year in support of Seattle Public Schools' Physical Education program.

Prugh made his fourth cut of the season in four tournaments - this time the Northern Trust Open at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles. He will tee off for the third round at noon today.

You can follow Prugh's progress at many sites, but quickly becoming my favorite is PGATour.com where not only do they have a leaderboard, but a Shot Tracker that has very thorough descriptions and pictures of player's progress.

Prugh is tied for 25th at 2-under. His progress has been nothing short of amazing this year. In case you missed it, the Seattle TImes had a nice feature on Alex this week.

According to the Houston Chronicle, Will Conroy is a great injury replacement because he was with the Houston Rockets through training camp and was one of the team's last cuts. He was signed to a 10-day contract to replace the injuried Kyle Lowry.

Click here to read the entire article.

New University of Washington baseball coach Lindsay Meggs and softball coach Heather Tarr recently got together at Husky Softball Field to shoot a cover photo for the upcoming issue of Dawgs Digest.

Meggs joined the UW athletics program in July and has been tirelessly working to get the UW baseball team ready for the upcoming season.  The team started practice recently and opens the regular season on Feb 19 against New Mexico State in the Cactus Classic in Tucson, Ariz.  The Diamond Dawgs will play their first home game on Feb. 26 in the first of a three-game series against Fresno State.

Tarr led the Washington softball team to its first-ever national title last spring.  The Huskies were picked as the favorites to win the Pac-10 title and are ranked No. 1 in both national polls. The UW, which returns 2009 National Player of the Year Danielle Lawrieand five other starters in 2010, begins its title defense on Feb. 11 at the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz.  

The Washington Husky men's soccer team took a break from its traditional fitness and technical training for a spirited game of "soccer tennis."

Known as a widely recognized sport and training technique throughout the world, soccer tennis utilizes only the feet and head and is a great way to polish soccer skills through juggling and heading the ball across the net.

"A lot of professional teams around the world have a soccer tennis court at their training facilities," said UW men's coach Dean Wurzberger.  "It is a really great way to improve skills, get a bit of a workout and have fun playing it.  Our players really enjoy playing and it can be come quite competitive."

The rules are very similiar to the game of tennis.   Here are the playing rules, according to www.SoccerTennis.org:

"A player has two attempts to execute a kick-off and must play the ball out off his hands behind the service line, either per volley or drop kick. Ball can land anywhere on the opposing team side.

The kick-off must bounce on the opposing team side before being played by the receiver. Kick-off receiver is allowed to take two touches. The ball can not touch the ground between the two touches.

The receiving team is allowed to touch the ball a maximum of 3 times before returning the ball to the opposing team. (IMPORTANT NOTE: The two touches used by a receiving player off the kick-off count as 1 team touch). The ball can be directly returned to the opposing team, if desired.

The ball is allowed to touch the ground a maximum of two times on a team�s side before being returned. Ball contacts must be interrupted by a player touching it. (Ball cannot bounce twice in a row without being touched.) Ball must also be returned out of the air. (Ball cannot bounce from one side to the other without being touched.)"

News from various Huskies currently in the NBA today:

→ The Oregonian says Brandon Roy could return Saturday against the Los Angeles Lakers after missing nine-straight games and 11 of the last 12 due to a hamstring injury.

→ This blog post from Slam Magazine talks about how great it was to see Roy cheerleading from the bench in the Blazers' tight come-from-behind victory over the Spurs.

→ Cowbell Kingdom, an unofficial Sacramento Kings fan blog had some great things to say about Jon Brockman:  "I really like Jon Brockman. He's been one of my favorite players to watch this season out of anybody in the league. He's an old school type of player that brings his lunch pail, clocks in to work and throws himself into the other team. He bothers big men. He bothers BETTER big men all the time. He crashes the boards and makes things happen. Going into this game, he was fourth on the team in +/- and possessed one of the best rebounding rates in the entire NBA."

→ Rotoworld.com suggests Spencer Hawes might be a good pickup for your fantasy team.

→ It appears that once-banished-to-the-bench Nate Robinson has regained his starting position at point guard tonight for the New York Knicks.

→ Excellent Houston Chronicle writer Jonathan Feigen wrote this story recently about (somewhat) new Houston Rocket Will Conroy.

Husky student athletes will be out in force this weekend when the Dawgs take on Arizona State Saturday night at 7:30 PM.

Through their Coins 4 Kids fundraiser, UW student athletes have raised nearly $5,000 this year in support of Seattle Public Schools' Physical Education program. 

Student athletes will be roaming Bank of America Arena before, during and after the basketball game so bring some coins to help a good cause!