Tag: Connecticut
Education Secretary Cardona encourages UConn grads in speech
HARTFORD, Conn. — U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona praised new University of Connecticut graduates on Saturday for their work in helping to respond to...
University of Hartford sports drops from Division I to III
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — The University of Hartford is dropping its sports teams from Division I to Division III.
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Baseball’s Bobby Valentine running for mayor of hometown
STAMFORD, Conn. — Former Major League Baseball player and manager Bobby Valentine is taking a swing at politics, announcing Friday that he's running for...
Pizza chef Bruno DiFabio gets prison time for tax evasion
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Bruno DiFabio, a celebrity pizza chef who owns restaurants in Connecticut and New York, was sentenced to 30 days in prison...
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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