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Star Donovan Clingan's Dad, An Eversource Worker By Day, Watches UConn Defend National Title Star Donovan Clingan's Dad, An Eversource Worker By Day, Watches UConn Defend National Title
Star Donovan Clingan's Dad, An Eversource Worker By Day, Watches UConn Defend National Title The University of Connecticut's men's basketball team has its second straight NCAA championship, and standout center Donovan Clingan's father, an Eversource supervisor, was there to witness both titles.  The No. 1-seeded Huskies defeated the Purdue Boilermakers in the title game 75-60 on Monday night, April 8 in Glendale, Arizona, winning the program's sixth national title, with all coming since 1999. There to see both impressive wins in person was Eversource electric field operations supervisor Bill Clingan, the father of Hartford County's own 7-foot-2, 280-pound center …

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by Ben Crnic
Sports
Victory Celebration Set For NCAA Champion Quinnipiac Men's Hockey Team Victory Celebration Set For NCAA Champion Quinnipiac Men's Hockey Team
Victory Celebration Set For NCAA Champion Quinnipiac Men's Hockey Team Fans of the Quinnipiac University men's hockey team will soon be gathering en masse to celebrate the team's first-ever stunning overtime win at the 2023 NCAA Division I national championship. A rally will be held by the university at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 10 at the M&T Bank Arena in Hamden at 305 Sherman Ave. and will celebrate the Bobcats' win over the Minnesota Gophers in the national championship game held on Saturday, April 8.  The win marks the first-ever NCAA championship title for the Quinnipiac men's hockey program, which won a record 34 games during the 2023 season and went …

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by Ben Crnic
Schools
UConn Student, Fan Celebration: 16 Hospitalized, 15 Charged After NCAA Title Win UConn Student, Fan Celebration: 16 Hospitalized, 15 Charged After NCAA Title Win
UConn Student, Fan Celebration: 16 Hospitalized, 15 Charged After NCAA Title Win As students and fans celebrated the huge win by the  University of Connecticut in the NCAA men's basketball championship, several ended up in handcuffs and 16 others were injured. The incidents took place in Tolland County on the UConn campus in Storrs as thousands celebrated the win over San Diego State University that was wrapped up late Monday evening, April 3. According to UConn spokesperson Stephanie Reitz, the vast majority of those celebrating the Husky victory last night did so safely and responsibly. "A small number chose to risk their safety and that of others by vandalizing or …

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by Kathy Reakes
Sports
UConn Women's Basketball Player Paige Bueckers Nears Millionaire's Club UConn Women's Basketball Player Paige Bueckers Nears Millionaire's Club
UConn Women's Basketball Player Paige Bueckers Nears Millionaire's Club Paige Bueckers is making money moves. Even though the 21-year-old UConn star is out for the season due to an ACL injury, she's still one of the most successful female athletes in the NCAA, according to On3 Sports. The record-setting Huskies point guard was ranked the third-most successful female Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) moneymaker by On3 Sports.  @paigebueckers Media day lighting😁 #uconn #media #day #5 #hoops ♬ normal girl sza - 🦖 Valued at $816,000, Bueckers and countless other college athletes have been able to profit off of their own names since the NCAA lifted the NIL…

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by Cecilia Levine
Sports
Lamont Signs Legislation Allowing Student-Athletes In CT To Benefit From Their Names, Likeness Lamont Signs Legislation Allowing Student-Athletes In CT To Benefit From Their Names, Likeness
Lamont Signs Legislation Allowing Student-Athletes In CT To Benefit From Their Names, Likeness Student-athletes in Connecticut have become the latest to be permitted to profit from their names and likeness, bucking a longstanding and much-maligned NCAA bylaw. On Wednesday, June 30, Gov. Ned Lamont announced that he has signed a bill into law that will allow student-athletes to be compensated for their names and likeness. 
“For decades, student-athletes have been unfairly prevented from benefitting from their own image,” Lamont said. “I'm glad to have signed this into law, adding Connecticut to a growing list of states.” Under the new law, college athletes will be able to engage in…

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by Zak Failla
Sports
CT Lawmakers Clear Way For College Athletes To Sign Endorsement Deals CT Lawmakers Clear Way For College Athletes To Sign Endorsement Deals
CT Lawmakers Clear Way For College Athletes To Sign Endorsement Deals Connecticut has become the latest state to pass legislation allowing college athletes to profit from their names, images, and likenesses. Passed late on Tuesday, June 8 by the state Senate, college players will now have the ability to cash in on endorsements, content on social media, sponsorship deals, signatures, and personal appearances. Previously, such deals had been prohibited by the NCAA. Connecticut becomes the 17th state to pass “NIL legislation” permitting student-athletes to profit beginning as of Wednesday, Sept. 1. It now moves forward to Gov. Ned Lamont, who said he will revi…

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by Zak Failla
News
Fairfield County HS Students Made NCAA-Type Bracket To Rank Girls, Principals Say Fairfield County HS Students Made NCAA-Type Bracket To Rank Girls, Principals Say
Fairfield County HS Students Made Ncaa-type Bracket To Rank Girls, Principals Say March Madness got a little more maddening for some Connecticut educators in Fairfield County. Students at Fairfield Ludlowe and Fairfield Warde high schools are in hot water after allegedly collaborating to create an NCAA basketball tournament-like bracket to allow participants to “vote” on their female classmates. The brackets reportedly included the names of girls at both schools on the lines where teams would be listed on a traditional bracket, allowing students to vote. The bracket was then posted on social media, school officials said. Brackets were first posted on Instagram and inclu…

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by Zak Failla
Sports
COVID-19: UConn Cancels 2020 Football Season COVID-19: UConn Cancels 2020 Football Season
Covid-19: UConn Cancels 2020 Football Season The University of Connecticut has canceled competition for its football program for this fall because of COVID-19 concerns. "After receiving guidance from state and public health officials and consulting with football student-athletes, we've decided that we will not compete on the gridiron this season," UConn Athletic Director David Benedict said on Wednesday, Aug. 5. "The safety challenges created by COVID-19 place our football student-athletes at an unacceptable level of risk." Members of the team will remain enrolled in classes, either virtually or in-person, as full-time students at UCo…

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by Joe Lombardi
Sports
COVID-19: NBA Suspends Season After Player Tests Positive For Coronavirus COVID-19: NBA Suspends Season After Player Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Covid-19: NBA Suspends Season After Player Tests Positive For Coronavirus As college basketball's March Madness, Major League Baseball's Opening Day and the National Basketball Association and National Hockey League playoff approach, the novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is now having a major effect on American sports. In a shocking development, the NBA has suspended the regular season until further notice. The announcement came shortly after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday night, March 11. On Monday, March 9, the NBA instituted a policy banning non-essential personnel from locker rooms.  Earlier in th…

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by Joe Lombardi
Sports
COVID-19: March Madness Will Be Played Without Fans In Stands COVID-19: March Madness Will Be Played Without Fans In Stands
Covid-19: March Madness Will Be Played Without Fans In Stands March Madness will be less mad this year. Hours after the World Health Organization upgraded the COVID-19 outbreak a “pandemic,” the NCAA announced that the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments will be played without fans. NCAA President Mark Emmert said that only essential staff and some family members will be permitted to attend games during the tournament. “Based on [the panel’s] advice and my discussions with the NCAA Board of Governors, I have made the decision to conduct our upcoming championship events, including the Division I men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, with…

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by Zak Failla
Sports
COVID-19: Ivy League Cancels Men's, Women's Basketball Tournaments COVID-19: Ivy League Cancels Men's, Women's Basketball Tournaments
Covid-19: Ivy League Cancels Men's, Women's Basketball Tournaments The first Division I college basketball tournaments have been canceled due to the spread of the novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Ivy League has canceled its men's and women's basketball conference tournaments because of concerns about COVID-19. The league made the announcement on Tuesday, March 10. The four-team tournaments were scheduled for Friday, March 13 through Sunday, March 15 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  The Ivy League will award its automatic NCAA Tournament bids to the regular-season champions, the Yale men and Princeton women.

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by Joe Lombardi
Sports
COVID-19: College Basketball Conference Suspends Player Handshakes Before, After Playoff Games COVID-19: College Basketball Conference Suspends Player Handshakes Before, After Playoff Games
Covid-19: College Basketball Conference Suspends Player Handshakes Before, After Playoff Games March will be mad for a different reason this year, as one NCAA Division I conference announced that the long time pre- and post-game tradition is being temporarily shelved to help curtail the spread of coronavirus. The Atlantic 10 Conference announced that it won’t permit handshakes between players before or after games in its upcoming postseason conference tournaments. The league is also expected to provide sanitizing gel to teams to use in locker rooms. The University of Dayton Arena will host the women’s basketball tournament this weekend, Friday, March 6 Sunday, through March 8; while…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
Fairfield Native Elliot Herman Helps Final Four-Bound UConn Women Make NCAA History Fairfield Native Elliot Herman Helps Final Four-Bound UConn Women Make NCAA History
Fairfield Native Elliot Herman Helps Final Four-Bound UConn Women Make NCAA History The UConn women's basketball team will make history with an NCAA record 12th consecutive Final Four appearance when it faces Notre Dame on Friday night, April 5. That’s two more than John Wooden’s UCLA men's teams managed.  So many people share in this moment and hope for an unprecedented 12th title in a span of only 25 years. Among them is Fairfield native Elliot Herman. The Fairfield Ludlowe grad (Class of ’15), who is now a senior at UConn majoring in Communications with a Marketing minor, has served as one of several student managers for the team over the past two years. Herman h…

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
Sports
Adidas Executive, College Basketball Recruiting Insiders Convicted In SDNY Corruption Case Adidas Executive, College Basketball Recruiting Insiders Convicted In SDNY Corruption Case
Adidas Executive, College Basketball Recruiting Insiders Convicted In Sdny Corruption Case Three whistleblowers have been convicted have been convicted for funneling money to top prospects to steer them toward some of college basketball’s biggest programs. James Gatto, Merl Code and Christian Dawkins are facing up to 20 years in prison after being convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud for their roles in running schemes to recruit players in violation of NCAA rules. The three were tried in Manhattan federal court by the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York. Gatto, the director of global basketball sports marketing at Adidas, Code, an Ad…

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by Zak Failla
Sports
It's On: Kevin Ollie Starts Battle Against UConn For $10M Left On Contract It's On: Kevin Ollie Starts Battle Against UConn For $10M Left On Contract
It's On: Kevin Ollie Starts Battle Against UConn For $10M Left On Contract Kevin Ollie’s firing has been far from a layup for UConn. Ollie, the former Huskies star who coached the university's men's basketball program for four years - including an NCAA championship win in his second season - is fighting back after being fired in March amid an NCAA investigation. Ollie's lawyers have accused UConn officials of violating constitutional rights by firing him for “just cause” before he was offered an opportunity to contest the decision. In response, Ollie's attorneys sent a letter to the university to kick off a battle over the near $10 million that was left on his co…

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by Zak Failla
Sports
Ollie Contests UConn 'Just Cause' Firing, Says He Will 'Defend My Honor' Ollie Contests UConn 'Just Cause' Firing, Says He Will 'Defend My Honor'
Ollie Contests UConn 'Just Cause' Firing, Says He Will 'Defend My Honor' Kevin Ollie, who was fired as men’s basketball coach at the University of Connecticut, is contesting the university's decision was made with "just cause" and said he will "work vigorously to defend my honor." UConn said in the fall it had hired a law firm and was conducting an internal investigation after receiving allegations about violations that were not specified. Ollie's firing is with cause, UConn said, meaning the university does not believe it is obligated to play the remaining five years on a seven-year $18 million contract. "The University of Connecticut,…

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by Joe Lombardi
Sports
UConn Fires Head Men's Basketball Coach Kevin Ollie Amid NCAA Probe UConn Fires Head Men's Basketball Coach Kevin Ollie Amid NCAA Probe
UConn Fires Head Men's Basketball Coach Kevin Ollie Amid NCAA Probe Amid an ongoing NCAA investigation, the University of Connecticut announced Saturday that it has fired head men’s basketball coach Kevin Ollie. UConn said in the fall it had hired a law firm and was conducting an internal investigation after receiving allegations about violations that were not specified. Ollie's firing is with cause, UConn said, meaning the university does not believe it is obligated to play the remaining five years on a seven-year $18 million contract. “The University of Connecticut has initiated disciplinary procedures to terminate the employment of Head Men’s Basketball…

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by Joe Lombardi