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Sun visit the Lynx as teams square off in decisive Game 5 with trip to the WNBA Finals on the line
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Sun are no strangers to needing a win in Minnesota to advance in the playoffs. The Sun eliminated the Lynx in the first round last season with a victory at Minnesota in the decisive Game 3. They're in a similar position one year later. The...
Alyssa Thomas helps the Connecticut Sun force Game 5 with 92-82 win over the Minnesota Lynx
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — With the season on the line, Alyssa Thomas and Ty Harris helped Connecticut force a decisive Game 5. Thomas had 18 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds to help the Sun stave off elimination and beat the Minnesota Lynx 92-82 on Sunday in their semifinal...
Grant Jordan and Luke Foster connect for a go-ahead touchdown, and Yale holds off CCSU 23-22
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Luke Foster hauled in a 19-yard pass from Grant Jordan for a go-ahead touchdown with 8:15 remaining and Yale held off Central Connecticut 23-22 on Saturday in the first meeting between the programs. The Yale defense held strong in the fourth. Trailing 22-17,...
Aces avoid elimination against Liberty while Lynx take 2-1 lead in series with Sun
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A return home helped Las Vegas stave off elimination by New York and look like the team that has won consecutive WNBA championships, while Connecticut couldn't stop Minnesota and take advantage of their homecourt. Both the Aces and Sun now will try to avoid seeing...
Man fatally shoots his 81-year-old wife at a Connecticut nursing home
CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — A man fatally shot his 81-year-old wife and then took his own life at a Connecticut nursing home Friday, according to a company official. The woman, who had been a resident of Apple Rehab in Cromwell for three years, was shot in her room, said Michael Landi,...
Connecticut police officer stabbed during a traffic stop
WOODBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut police officer was stabbed in the neck Thursday afternoon by the driver of a vehicle he pulled over during a routine traffic stop, state police said. Officer Tim Wright, assigned to the town of Woodbury's resident state trooper office, was...
Alyssa Thomas helps the Connecticut Sun eliminate Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever from playoffs
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Alyssa Thomas and the Connecticut Sun were happy to finally close out an opening round series at home in two games. Thomas had 19 points and 13 assists to help the Sun sweep rookie sensation Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever out of the playoffs with an...
Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever eliminated from playoffs after loss to Connecticut
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Caitlin Clark did all she could to help the Indiana Fever stave off elimination. It just wasn't enough. The sensational rookie scored 25 points and had nine assists in Indiana's 87-81 loss to Connecticut in Game 2. A much better night than her playoff debut...
Connecticut Sun guard DiJonai Carrington wins WNBA Most Improved Player award
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Sun guard DiJonai Carrington won the WNBA's Most Improved Player award, the league announced Wednesday. Carrington received 28 of the 67 votes from a national media panel. Los Angeles Sparks forward Dearica Hamby finished second with 18 votes....
Rapper Fatman Scoop died of heart disease, medical examiner says
HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — Hip-hop artist Fatman Scoop, who collapsed onstage while performing in Connecticut last month, died of heart disease, the state medical examiner's office has determined. The official cause of death for the performer, born Isaac Freeman III, was hypertensive and...
