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Before he became an American icon, Lou Gehrig came of age in Hartford

HARTFORD, Conn. — The 10-word telegram sizzled through the Western Union wires from Hartford to Manhattan and must have dropped in like a hand grenade in the Yankees’ offices on 42nd Street.

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Former UConn teammates Breanna Stewart and Stefanie Dolson enjoying reunion on Liberty

HARTFORD, Conn. — As Breanna Stewart sent out those famously cryptic emoji-filled tweets, leaving the entire WNBA on the edge of their seats with her free agency this past offseason, former UConn teammate Stefanie Dolson was in the dark just like everyone else.

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Former Connecticut Gov. and US Sen. Lowell P. Weicker dies at 92

HARTFORD, Conn. — Former Connecticut Gov. Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr., a larger-than-life former U.S. senator and governor who helped create the state income tax while becoming one of the most dominant figures in Connecticut politics for decades, died Wednesday after a short illness, his family confirmed.

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Former Connecticut Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr., maverick senator during Watergate, dies at 92

Former U.S. Senator and Connecticut governor Lowell P

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Former Connecticut senator, governor Weicker dies at 92 - Roll Call

Former Sen. and Gov. Lowell P. Weicker, the last surviving member of the Senate Watergate committee, died at age 92.

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Is Rory McIlroy right? Does it matter? Takeaways from the Travelers Championship.

CROMWELL, Conn. – The “elevated” Travelers Championship was every bit of that word. By all measures, Connecticut’s PGA Tour stop was all the way back to its pre-pandemic levels and beyond, due to its new status as a designated event, with a higher purse and the top golfers drawn to…

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New England native Keegan Bradley shows no sign of slowing down, an abundance of low scores and more from Saturday at Travelers Championship

Catch up on Saturday's action from Connecticut here.

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After ‘humiliating’ U.S. Open, the Travelers Championship is serving as the perfect palate cleanser for Justin Thomas

After a tough trip to LA, Thomas is seeing the ball go through the net in Connecticut.

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Dom Amore: As UConn celebrates a championship, Jim Mora can’t help but do some Power Five football dreaming

SOUTHINGTON, Conn. — As conference realignment chatter continues to churn, UConn football coach Jim Mora was contemplating what it could all mean for the program he resuscitated last year.

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Geno Auriemma adopts new mantra for UConn: ‘Shut the (bleep) up and win games’

HARTFORD, Conn. — Geno Auriemma held a discussion with the UConn women’s basketball team on Tuesday morning in which he invoked a lesson he learned from Svetlana Abrosimova, who played for the Huskies from 1997 to 2001.

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UConn’s Geno Auriemma Offers Positive Update on Standout Guard Paige Bueckers

The Huskies coach provided an update on the star guard.

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Connecticut is epicenter of gun violence prevention movement. Advocates ‘are at the forefront because we had to be’

HARTFORD, Conn. — Among the many that gathered at the University of Hartford for the National Safer Communities Summit last week were dozens of activists whose work to bring about federal gun reform legislation is rooted right here in Connecticut.

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Biden causes confusion after signing off speech ‘God Save the Queen’

President used the phrase as he finished talking at National Safer Communities Summit in Connecticut

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Biden, speaking near site of Sandy Hook shooting, renews call for assault weapons ban

HARTFORD, Conn. — Highlighting Connecticut’s role as a national leader in gun safety, President Joe Biden traveled Friday to West Hartford to hail the most comprehensive gun law in the past three decades and renew his call for a federal ban on assault weapons.

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New UConn guard Cam Spencer was once a recruit from Baltimore nobody wanted

HARTFORD, Conn. — Cliff Rees, the former head basketball coach at Boys Latin School of Maryland, has had several former players go on to play in college, but none like Cam Spencer.

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Biden will mark the anniversary of a gun safety law signed after the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre

President Joe Biden will speak at a summit in Connecticut to mark the first anniversary of a gun safety law signed after the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre

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Dom Amore: The Whalers left Hartford, but the hope of bringing them back never goes away

ROCKY HILL, Conn. — As Governor Ned Lamont was on his way in to the ballroom to make some remarks to the Small Business Summit, he was stopped bright and early Tuesday by a sportswriter with an on-topic question.

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Commentary: My Catholic mother-in-law didn’t rush to accept me as her gay son’s partner. But we surprised each other

My mother-in-law died on June 3. We first met in her Wallingford, Conn., kitchen the day after Christmas in 1987. This was a few years after her son Al, my partner (now husband) of 36 years, first disclosed to her that she had a gay son. She was accepting but…

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Connecticut House approves major gun control bill as Republicans blast attack on ‘citizens’ rights’

HARTFORD, Conn. — One day after the one-year anniversary of the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Connecticut legislators passed the state’s most comprehensive gun-control package since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings more than a decade ago.

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UConn men’s basketball team to make fifth White House visit Friday

HARTFORD, Conn. — The last time the UConn men’s basketball team visited the White House, the Huskies had company.

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Dom Amore: Taj McWilliams-Franklin, honored by the Sun, remains an inspiration

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Taj McWilliams-Franklin got off a plane in Connecticut 21 years ago, and immediately noticed one thing. It was cold.

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Dom Amore: If Big 12 calls, UConn will have to choose between Big East love and Power Five money

HARTFORD, Conn. — The head follows the money. The heart wants what it wants.

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Return of the Whalers? Connecticut Gov. requests meeting with NHL over Arizona Coyotes’ future.

HARTFORD, Conn. — The NHL’s Arizona Coyotes may soon have a new home, and Gov. Ned Lamont and Mayor Luke Bronin would like it to be Hartford.

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Vatican investigates potential miracle at Connecticut church

If the miracle is ‘verified’ by the Vatican, it could result in a sainthood for the founder of the Knights of Columbus

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Dom Amore: Trust between Dan Hurley and Andre Jackson Jr. goes right to UConn men’s championship core

STORRS, Conn. — In the exhilaration of the post-championship locker room, Andre Jackson Jr.’s heartstrings were pulled hard in one direction. He won two championships in high school, and he wanted to do the same at UConn.

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