Archive for Sports
by: HTNP.Com Staff
February 11, 2010

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 [...]
by: Rich Zalusky | Sports Writer
February 10, 2010

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 [...]
by: Rich Zalusky | Sports Writer
February 3, 2010

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 [...]
by: Rich Zalusky | Sports Writer
December 16, 2009

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 [...]
by: Vito J. Leo | HTNP Sports
November 22, 2009

“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
by: Mike Sypher | Sports Editor
November 4, 2009

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 [...]
by: Brenda Sullivan | HTNP Editor
October 18, 2009

Howard was stabbed during a fight that broke out in the area of the Student Union, where a social event was being held.
by: Brenda Sullivan | HTNP Editor
October 16, 2009

Come celebrate with UConn’s men’s and women’s basketball teams, enjoy a laser show, on Friday, Oct. 16 beginning at 6 p.m.
by: Mike Sypher | Sports Editor
October 15, 2009

There were a lot of smiles, lots of good-natured ribbing and the occasional wave or two to fans who showed up to get up close and personal with members of the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team.
Yep, Wednesday’s annual Husky Fun Run is a way to unofficially usher in the advent of a brand new [...]
by: Vito J. Leo | HTNP Sports
September 13, 2009

The Huskies (1-1) drop their first home opener since moving to Rentschler Field in 2003.