For those interested in such things, I thought I would mention that ESPNU will be televising the United States' opening match against Ghana in the FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup. There are no UConn players or Connecticut natives on the U.S. squad although Durham's Jillian Mastrioanni, a goalkeeper at Boston College, was in the U-20 player pool. The game is set to start at noon. The U.S./Switzerland match on Saturday at noon will be televised on ESPNU while the U.S./Korea match on July 21 at noon will be carried on ESPN2.

At 9 p.m. ESPN will televise the ESPYs. UConn's Maya Moore and former UConn star Diana Taurasi are up for the Best Female Athlete award along with tennis star Serena Williams and skier Lindsey Vonn.

UConn's 78-game winning streak is up for Best Record-Breaking Performance, UConn is also up for Best Team, Geno Auriemma is nominated in the Best Coach/Manager, Taurasi is in the running for Best WNBA Player, Moore and Tina Charles are in contention for Best Female College Athlete.


LYTTLE JOINS SPAIN
Spain's national team just got significantly stronger with the news that Sancho Lyttle of the Atlanta Dream has been granted Spanish citizenship and is already listed on its national team roster.

Here's the story from the FIBA.com website

Connecticut Sun draft pick Alba Torrens, whose rights are still owned by the team, is among those on the 16-player Spanish roster.