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Sun forward Brionna Jones wins 2022 WNBA Sixth Player of the Year award

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Sun forward Brionna Jones has been named the 2022 WNBA Sixth Player of the Year, the league announced Thursday.

Tribune News Service · Sep 2, 2022

Yale psychiatrist loses attempt to get her job back after assertions about then-President Trump’s mental health

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Yale psychiatrist who was not reappointed after she called now former President Donald Trump “delusional” and responsible for spreading a “shared psychosis” among his followers has lost an attempt to win back her position.

Tribune News Service · Aug 31, 2022

Barber buys and runs shop where she worked. Her motto: ‘Don’t have any limit on what you can do.’

HARTFORD, Conn. — When Courtney Connors graduated from the International Institute of Cosmetology in Wethersfield several years ago, she had a dream of becoming a successful barber in her own barbershop.

Tribune News Service · Aug 17, 2022

Celtics point guard alumnus Tremont Waters plays in Greater Hartford Pro-Am, hopes to inspire next generation

The former Celtics floor general said he is 'trying to give back as much as I can when it comes to helping younger guys play.'

USA Today Sports Media Group · Aug 8, 2022

Donald Trump endorses Leora Levy for US Senate in Connecticut

HARTFORD, Conn. — In a surprise to Republicans, former President Donald Trump endorsed Leora Levy for U.S. Senate on Thursday night — throwing drama into Tuesday’s Republican primary.

Tribune News Service · Aug 5, 2022

Former UConn stars Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi and others react to Paige Bueckers’ ACL tear and where the Huskies go from here

HARTFORD, Conn. — When Breanna Stewart heard UConn women’s basketball star Paige Bueckers had torn the ACL in her left knee this week, she couldn’t help but think back to her own experience going through injuries, most notably an Achilles tendon tear in 2019.

Tribune News Service · Aug 5, 2022

Dom Amore: Brittney Griner verdict, sentence, leaves us to only wait and hope for a nightmare to end

HARTFORD, Conn. — Brittney Griner stared blankly from behind white bars as the ruling was translated for her. Her eyes were empty and when they did shift focus it was only downward.

Tribune News Service · Aug 5, 2022

Dom Amore: Paige Bueckers torn ACL a punch to the gut of UConn women’s basketball and to those who’ve grown to love watching her play

HARTFORD, Conn. — The iPhone shook and the email popped up at 3:17 p.m. On a nondescript summer day what could the UConn women’s basketball program be announcing? A scheduling change, a new NIL deal, a bit of routine housekeeping?

Tribune News Service · Aug 3, 2022

A Connecticut lawyer has gotten 522 years taken off prison sentences. He’s not done

HARTFORD, Conn. — There aren’t a lot of attorneys who are making it their mission to get inmates out of prison before they’ve served out their sentences.

Tribune News Service · Aug 1, 2022

Dom Amore: Sue Bird’s Connecticut farewell is another indication she’s leaving basketball in style

HARTFORD, Conn. — Sue Bird tried to make like it just another day, another game and another fond farewell as her season of fond farewells winds down.

Tribune News Service · Jul 29, 2022