Tag: Connecticut
UConn trustees green-light $70 million on-campus hockey rink
STORRS, Conn. — The University of Connecticut’s Board of Trustees on Wednesday approved a new $70 million plan to build a 2,600-seat hockey rink...
Connecticut Sun’s Rizzotti to continue as Olympic assistant
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — New Connecticut Sun president Jennifer Rizzotti plans to keep her second job this summer as an assistant coach on the United...
Supreme Court declines to hear wrestlers’ brain damage cases
HARTFORD, Conn. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeals of several former pro wrestlers who claimed in lawsuits that...
Minority legislators sense moment to pass ‘bold’ legislation
In July after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, Black and Latino members of the Connecticut General Assembly worked to enact sweeping changes to...
Judge tosses suit that sought to block transgender athletes
HARTFORD, Conn. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to prevent transgender athletes from competing in girls high school sports in...
Morgan Valley leaves Hartford to become UConn assistant
STORRS, Conn. — Hartford women's basketball coach Morgan Valley has left the school to become an assistant at UConn, her alma mater.
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Former UConn star Jennifer Rizzotti named president of Sun
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Jennifer Rizzotti, who was the point guard on UConn's first national championship team before playing professionally and then becoming a college...
Northeast banks Webster, Sterling to merge in all-stock deal
NEW YORK — Webster Financial Corp. is buying Sterling Bancorp in an all-stock deal that values Sterling at more than $5 billion, the northeastern...
Pandemic good Samaritan faces hefty tax bill for his efforts
MANSFIELD, Conn. — A Connecticut middle school teacher who raised $41,000 to help hundreds of his struggling neighbors during the COVID-19 pandemic got an...
Spring storm brings rain, snow, wind to New England
BOSTON — A storm is bringing rain, snow and a messy morning commute to New England just as it appeared spring weather was arriving.
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