Husky gridders face difficult schedule

Leading rusher Jordan Todman will return for his junior campaign next season for the University of Connecticut football program, which unveiled a challenging schedule on Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Marie Brennan.

The University of Connecticut football team will play an exciting 6-game home schedule, highlighted by the top three finishers in last year’s Big East Conference [...]

Huskies draw the UConn-Dixon line

University of Connecticut junior guard Lorin Dixon and her top-ranked Huskies hit the road tonight at 8 p.m. to take on Big East Conference women’s basketball rival DePaul. Photo by Al Malpa.

Lorin Dixon had put in the work during the offseason.
Dixon went to Point Guard College in Maryland where she learned about things on and [...]

Huskies handle latest challenge

University of Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma stresses a point with Husky junior forward Maya Moore during Tuesday night’s Big East Conference women’s basketball game against West Virginia at the XL Center in Hartford. Photo by Al Malpa.

The natives at the XL Center were getting restless.
The lead for the top-ranked University of Connecticut women’s [...]

UConn’s Coach Calhoun taking medical leave

“We will do everything possible to support Coach during this time. Jim and I both know that the men’s basketball program is in very capable hands under the leadership of Associate Head Coach George Blaney.” - UConn Dir. Athletics Jeffrey Hathaway

For starters, this one’s a rout

Senior forward Stanley Robinson continued to showcase his skills, a set of skills that rivals anyone else’s in the nation, en route to a 29-point effort on 13-for-18 shooting from the floor.

No. 11 Huskies get it halfway right

Jim Calhoun just absolutely loves the holiday season, a time for the University of Connecticut men’s basketball coach and his family to get together, unwind and enjoy each other’s company in the spirit of giving.
And Calhoun just absolutely loves his Huskies as well. It’s just that he wishes his Huskies weren’t so giving, holiday season [...]

Locals prepare to tip off season

Windham High boys basketball coach Bill Strand (pictured) enters his 14th season on the sidelines at Callaghan Gymnasium with some varsity experience as the Whips look to rebound from last year’s 5-win campaign with goals set on a return to the CIAC state tournament and a .500 record.
One key loss to graduation was All-Conference selection [...]

UConn shocks Notre Dame in 33-30 double overtime thriller

“I’ll remember that TD for the rest of my life. It’s overtime, last regular season road game, it’s here at Notre Dame, my senior year – it doesn’t get any better than this.” - Andre Dixon

Edsall looks to rise to the challenge

He had watched his Huskies play in fits and starts all game long.
Interceptions, missed assignments, poor tackling, incompletions and broken-off receiving routes were the order of the day Saturday as the University of Connecticut football team sputtered and clunked its way into the fourth quarter of its Big East Conference game against Rutgers at Rentschler [...]

UConn football player dies after campus stabbing

Howard was stabbed during a fight that broke out in the area of the Student Union, where a social event was being held.