As some of you may have noticed, I have not posted an entry since Wednesday and you will not be a story coming out of me from the games Norfolk, Virginia this week.

I had a flight, hotel and was all set to embark for Virginia until my life was about to be shaken to its core and my heart broken when I received the news that my sister, who has not had an easy run in her life, died on Tuesday night at the age of 46. Naturally all my energy since that time has been focused completely and entirely on giving her the farewell that she deserved.

That came yesterday afternoon at Farwell Funeral Home in Nashua, N.H. Outside of finishing up a story on Tiffany Hayes which ran in today's paper, I have not been in UConn women's basketball mode since I received word of my sister's death. It will probably be a couple more days before I am in a state of mind when I can throw myself back into my work. I will not be in attendance at Tuesday's second-round game but have every intention of making the trip to Dayton on Friday assuming UConn wins on Tuesday and will follow UConn's quest for a seventh national title from that point on.

I don't really have much else to say at the current time but felt the readers of this blog deserved an explanation for my absence from the Norfolk subregional and lack of diligence in maintaining this blog.