Friday Dots: Full Circle
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Good Friday morning Dawg fans. It’s a fairly slow time for Husky athletics, save for softball action in the Fayetteville Regional tonight. Nevertheless, the Dots must go on!
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- Former Husky point guard Isaiah Thomas is back with the Celtics as a pro and college scout. Thomas finished 5th in MVP voting with the team in 2017, averaging 29 points per game:
New: According to sources, former Celtics superstar Isaiah Thomas is back with the franchise after being hired as a pro and college scout. https://t.co/YZRDT0q1Dq
— Adam Himmelsbach (@AdamHimmelsbach) May 14, 2026
- UW Softball’s Regional Opener has been elevated to ESPN2:
🚨 TV UPDATE 🚨
— Washington Softball (@UWSoftball) May 15, 2026
Our Regional matchup tomorrow against South Florida at 5 p.m. PT / 7 p.m. CT has been elevated to ESPN2! pic.twitter.com/Fvy80waPFO
— Washington Softball (@UWSoftball) May 14, 2026
- Caple looks at how a 24 team CFP field would’ve impacted UW in the CFP era. ($).
- And a new episode of Say Who, Say Pod is out now.
- Lord Byron was present when Mary Shelley formulated the idea of Frankenstein (at a mansion in Geneva, during the terribly rainy summer of 1816), and may also be responsible for the reason why UW’s colors of purple and gold were ultimately chosen over red, white and blue:
Story tells that the debate was settled after an English instructor, Miss Frazier, read aloud an excerpt from Lord Byron’s poem
— Washington Football (@UW_Football) May 14, 2026
“The Destruction of Sennacherib”: "The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold;” pic.twitter.com/wqJukPzSND
- As a sidenote, I highly recommend watching Guillermo Del Toro’s adaptation of Frankenstein on Netflix if you haven’t already.
That’s all for today, so thank you for making Dots a part of your morning and as always, Go Dawgs!