May 4, 2012
Mixed Martial Arts Bill Gets Mixed Reviews In Final Push
by Christine Stuart | May 4, 2012 8:32pm
This week Vermont became the 46th state to embrace the sport of Mixed Martial Arts, but a similar bill that would legalize it in Connecticut is stalled in the Senate.
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Tags: MMA, mixed marshal arts, Russell Leak, Martin Looney, Beth Bye, Lori Pelletier, Stacey Scapeccia, dh
November 21, 2011
Baldwin Says Need To Invest In XL Center Is Obvious; Gov. Says Baldwin’s Plan Is Too Expensive
by Christine Stuart | November 21, 2011 5:52pm
Hockey promoter and Hartford cheerleader Howard Baldwin helped unveil a $105 million plan to modernize and revitalized downtown Hartford’s XL Center last week, but in order to make it happen he needs the state to make a sizeable investment to be matched by private funds.
Tags: Howard Baldwin, Whalers, XL Center, Hartford, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Oz Griebel, NHL, AHL
May 27, 2011
ANALYSIS | Can Hartford Be the Next Winnipeg for the NHL?
by Susan Bigelow | May 27, 2011 12:15pm
The buzz this week in the hockey world has been all about Atlanta and Winnipeg, and at least some in Connecticut are listening. Sometime over the next few weeks, if things stay on track, the Atlanta Thrashers will likely pull up stakes and move to Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Tags: NHL, hartford, Whale, Whalers, hockey, small market challenges
May 16, 2011
UConn Huskies Congratulated By President Obama At The White House
by Chris Golden | May 16, 2011 10:55pm
Calling it a special moment for him personally and for his program, University of Connecticut Coach Jim Calhoun and his national champion men’s basketball team visited The White House on Monday to receive congratulations from President Obama and to present him with a custom UConn basketball jersey.
It was the third visit for Calhoun and the UConn men’s program, which also won national titles in 1999 and 2004.
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Tags: uconn basketball, ncaa, Obama, Calhoun, Kemba Walker
April 1, 2011
Jepsen Jumps In With His Own Wager
by CTNewsjunkie Staff | April 1, 2011 4:33pm
Attorney General George Jepsen and Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway couldn’t let their governors have all the fun betting on the UConn-Kentucky matchup in the NCAA college basketball Final Four. Jepsen and Conway decided to make their own wager on Saturday’s game.
Malloy Doubles Down on Huskies
by CTNewsjunkie Staff | April 1, 2011 10:40am
Though results from his wager with Kentucky’s governor on this weekend’s Final Four men’s basketball game are still up in the air, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is doubling down on the UConn Huskies. He’s now entered into another friendly basketball bet, this time with Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.
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Tags: Malloy, uconn women
March 9, 2011
Act Concerning Falconry Soars Through Committee
by Hugh McQuaid | March 9, 2011 6:10pm
The Environment Committee approved a bill Wednesday that would allow hunting on Sundays — that is if you happen to be hunting with a falcon.
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Tags: Falconry, legislation
March 1, 2011
‘Bird at the Buzzer’ Book Signings Thursday, Friday
by CTNewsjunkie Staff | March 1, 2011 8:55pm
Jeff Goldberg will be signing copies of his new book, “Bird and the Buzzer: UConn, Notre Dame, and a Women’s Basketball Classic,” this week in West Hartford and Madison.
Goldberg is an occasional contributing sports columnist for CTNewsJunkie and a former Courant sportswriter. He covered the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team from 2001 to 2006 and is the only writer to cover all 70 games of UConn’s winning streak from 2001 to 2003. “Bird at the Buzzer” is his account of the greatest basketball game in women’s basketball history and is his first book. It was released March 1 and is available here.
Goldberg, who is a West Hartford native and a Hall High School graduate, will sign copies of the book Thursday at 7 p.m. at the West Hartford Public Library and Friday, 7 p.m. at R.J. Julia Independent Book Sellers in Madison.
Tags: jeff goldberg, uconn, bird at the buzzer
February 2, 2011
UConn Donor Disaster Discussed Briefly
by Christine Stuart | February 2, 2011 6:36pm
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and incoming University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst talked for about 30 minutes Wednesday about economic development issues and spent about one minute on the controversy regarding the peeved football donor.
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Tags: uconn, Herbst, Malloy, football
January 3, 2011
Analysis | Not That 90 Isn’t Pretty Darn Special
by Jeff Goldberg | January 3, 2011 9:51am
Ultimately, the only winning streak that really matters to the UConn women is six games.
Not that 90 isn’t pretty darn special. Love it or loathe it, the Huskies’ record winning streak, bookended by losses to Stanford in 2008 and last Thursday, will stand – perhaps forever — as a testament to consistency and excellence in a sports landscape where parity so often rules the playing field.
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