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STORRS — Sarah Strong stood alone on the far end of the baseline of the Werth Champions Center court Saturday after missing a pair of contested but makeable 3-point shots during the five-on-five scrimmage portion of UConn’s practice. Strong’s hands were…
STORRS — UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma was asked about Nykesha Sales — long program legend, new assistant coach — on Saturday afternoon and started by wondering aloud. “How lucky are these kids?” he said. “Somebody who not only, at the time,…
The Mohegan Tribe made the Sun the first Native American-owned franchise in pro sports. Fans say the team’s move to Houston echoes centuries of erasure and displacement The Sun entered the league in 2003 and brought professional women’s basketball to Connecticut,…
For the Connecticut Sun, a season defined by injuries, losses and the impending end of an era in their home territory was about more than what happened on the court. Despite their 11-33 record and young, inexperienced roster, the bonds the…
Thursday, Sept. 24. That was the last day of professional-level basketball in Connecticut. It’s been common knowledge statewide for a while now: The Connecticut Sun, the state’s only major-league professional sports team, is relocating to Houston, as first reported by PaperCity…
Terrika Foster-Brasby tells Natalie Esquire about her experience covering the Connecticut Sun's final game before the franchise moves to Houston. They discuss what the team has meant to Connecticut and the entire WNBA. The Sun bid farewell to Connecticut in…
For Cass Meehan, childhood visits to their Mohegan homelands meant family time and basketball. At six, sporting a red jersey that hung past their knees, Meehan joined a roaring crowd at some of the Connecticut Sun’s first WNBA games. Two…
Any longtime Connecticut sports fan can list the indignities. The Whalers left Hartford for North Carolina in 1997. A few years later, the Patriots convinced Connecticut they were on their way, before recommitting to Massachusetts when they secured the new stadium…
For Cass Meehan, childhood visits to their Mohegan homelands meant family time and basketball. At 6, sporting a red jersey that hung past their knees, Meehan joined a roaring crowd at some of the Connecticut Sun’s first WNBA games. Two decades…
The Connecticut Sun have been a fixture in the WNBA for two decades, but on Thursday night the franchise bid goodbye to its longtime home. The Sun franchise moved to Connecticut in 2003 after starting in Orlando as the Miracle in…