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A new fact sheet from UConn’s agricultural community team aims to help beekeepers protect their beehives from bear-related damage. UConn Extension released “Protecting Beehives from Bears,” which provides methods to safeguard beehives. Tips from the fact sheet include: According to UConn extension, the Connecticut black bear population continues to grow, which means encounters between bears and beehives are more...

UConn greats Rebecca Lobo and Jen Rizzotti reunite to coach AAU team with their sons on it Rebecca Lobo had just finished broadcasting Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever’s nationally televised victory over the New York Liberty last month when she rushed to the airport to catch a flight back home to Connecticut. She had another game the next...

Approximately 170 golfers attended UConn women’s basketball head coach Geno Auriemma’s charity golf tournament at the Hartford Golf Club in West Hartford on Monday. “It’s just something that I was asked to do a long, long time ago,” said Auriemma. “It just kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger.” The tournament is a part of a charity series that...

UConn great and Dallas Wings rookie Paige Bueckers will miss her third consecutive game with a concussion when the Los Angeles Sparks visit Friday night. Bueckers, the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft out of UConn, was placed in the WNBA’s concussion protocol after a 97-92 loss at Chicago on May 29. The Wings said she would miss…

Paige Bueckers returned to a familiar place to get the first win of her WNBA career. The No. 1 pick in the draft by the Dallas Wings had lost the first four games as a pro and couldn’t remember a longer losing streak in her storied basketball career. She wouldn’t let it get to five. Bueckers scored a season-best 21…

Former UConn basketball star and Dallas Wings Rookie Paige Bueckers returned to Connecticut to play against the Connecticut Sun Tuesday night.

Former UConn basketball star and Dallas Wings Rookie Paige Bueckers returned to Connecticut to play against the Connecticut Sun Tuesday night. Fans packed the stands at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville to watch her play. “I’ve seen Paige so many times, but I’ve never seen her play on Dallas so I’m really excited,” Payton Baber, of Ledyard, said....

WNBA rookie Paige Bueckers will be making her first professional basketball appearance in the state as the Dallas Wings look for their first win at Mohegan Sun Arena.

Paige Bueckers is set to return to Connecticut Tuesday. “I think she’s just a great person and honest,” women’s basketball fan Melanie Scheuermann said. Scheuermann said her granddaughter and many other young girls look up to Bueckers. The WNBA rookie will be making her first professional basketball appearance in the state as the Dallas Wings look for their first...

Paige Bueckers admired the Minnesota Lynx as a kid not all that long ago, cheering on each of the four WNBA championships that played no small part in her ascension to becoming the first overall pick in the draft last month. Beating the Lynx might be a different story for Bueckers, whose Dallas Wings have lost to Minnesota twice in…

Paige Bueckers will make her WNBA regular-season debut on Friday night as the Dallas Wings host the Minnesota Lynx to open the season. The occasion is being marked in her hometown of Hopkins, Minnesota, with a renaming of the city in her honor and a local brewery’s offering of “Paige’s 3-Point Pale” ale. The 2025 first-overall pick from the...

On Friday, Hopkins, Minnesota will rename itself Paige Bueckers, Minnesota. “She’s an inspiration as an athlete,” said Hopkins Mayor Patrick Hanlon. “I think it’s an inspiration not only to the young women here, but just to all of our athletes in coming back in and competing at the highest level.” This comes after a unanimous proclamation passed in the...

Sue Bird is a two-time NCAA national champion and five-time Olympic gold medalist who played for the Seattle Storm, where she won four WNBA titles.

People are expected to speak out Monday night amid concerns about leaving their affordable apartments to make way for a new dorm at UConn Stamford.

Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers drove into the teeth of the Las Vegas Aces defense during the first quarter of her WNBA preseason debut. Launching from the left side, Bueckers connected on a left-handed floater from 5 feet, and then fell hard to the baseline. It was a welcome-to-the-league moment that might leave a bruise. Bueckers, the No. 1 overall…

Former Wisconsin forward Serah Williams says she is transferring to UConn. Williams posted on social media Wednesday that she had committed to the reigning national champions.  Williams had entered the transfer portal after Marisa Moseley stepped down as Wisconsin’s coach last month. Williams, who is 6-foot-4, averaged 19.2 points, 9.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.3 blocks this past season and was the 2023-2024 Big...

UConn great Paige Bueckers raised the expectations and excitement level for the Dallas Wings and their fans many months before she was even drafted by the WNBA team. It started with the viral video of new Wings general manager Curt Miller’s reaction when the franchise won the draft lottery for the No. 1 overall pick only days after he was…

The University of Connecticut is hoping to offer some relief from high housing demand at their Storrs campus by offering student housing near their Hartford campus. UConn plans on temporarily leasing studios and one-bedroom apartments at the newly renovated The Donaghue apartments near downtown Hartford. The university said that the apartments will help accommodate 57 students for the next academic…

Alex Karaban announced on social media on Tuesday that he will be returning to UConn next year to go for another national title for the men’s basketball team. “The last few years have been transformational for me as a person and player. I am forever grateful to my coaching staff, my brothers, the fans, and the community at UConn...

The federal government has restored visas for 13 UConn international students, according to the university. Twelve current students and one recent graduate who was completing postgraduate training recently had their Student and Exchange Visitor Information System records terminated, which UConn said threatened to cause serious disruptions in their academic careers. Absent some other unexpected change, the 13 students should be…