Author: Pat Eaton-Robb
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No. 3 UConn routs Seton Hall 91-61 to earn first outright Big East regular-season title in 25 years
Donovan Clingan scored 19 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to lead a balanced attack and No. 3 UConn clinched its first outright Big East regular-season title in 25 years Sunday with a 91-61 rout of Seton Hall
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No. 10 UConn closes undefeated Big East regular season with 65-42 rout of Providence
Paige Bueckers scored all 17 of her points in the first half Saturday and No. 10 UConn completed an undefeated conference season with a 65-42 win at Providence
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Paige Bueckers and Geno Auriemma both announce they will spend at least one more year at UConn
UConn star Paige Bueckers and coach Geno Auriemma both say they will be back at the school next season
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UConn players are putting winning over statistics and hoping the NBA will notice
Top-ranked UConn doesn’t have a superstar on its roster and is instead being carried this season by a group of NBA hopefuls who are banking on the idea that winning will do more for their draft prospects than putting up big individual numbers
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Auriemma reaches 1,200 wins, joining exclusive group of coaches
Geno Auriemma becomes third Division I coach to win 1,200 games
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Clingan leads top-ranked UConn to its 11th straight win, 71-62 over Butler
Donovan Clingan had 18 points and 14 rebounds to lead top-ranked UConn to its 11th straight win, 71-62 over Butler
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Wreckage of submarine found by divers in Long Island Sound
HARTFORD, Conn. • Connecticut divers have discovered the wreckage of an experimental submarine that was built in 1907 and later scuttled in Long Island Sound. The Defender, a 92-foot-long boat, was found Sunday by a team led by Richard Simon, a commercial diver from Coventry, Conn. Simon said he had been interested in the story…
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Alex Jones testifies in trial over his Sandy Hook hoax lies
WATERBURY, Conn. • Alex Jones took the stand Thursday at his Connecticut defamation trial, acknowledging he had promoted the conspiracy theory that the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax, but angrily refusing to keep apologizing for that. More than a dozen relatives of the 26 shooting victims showed up to observe his often contentious…
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Minorities underrepresented in service academy nominations
WASHINGTON • Minority students are significantly underrepresented when it comes to getting nominations from members of Congress to attend the nation’s military service academies, according to an analysis released Wednesday. The study by the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center and the Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School included nearly 25 years of admissions nomination…
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Search for fugitive Conn. man stretches to Maryland
HARTFORD, Conn. • A college student wanted by police in a crime spree that included two slayings in Connecticut has been captured in Maryland, police said Wednesday night. Peter Manfredonia, 23, had been the subject of a six-day search involving several police agencies and the FBI. He was found in the area of a truck…