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UConn forward Aaliyah Edwards inspired by Huskies legends
STORRS, Conn. — If Gampel Pavilion teems with legacy, the adjacent Werth Family UConn Basketball Champions Center overflows. Beyond the entrance adorned with glass-encased hardware, Aaliyah Edwards sits beside a court framed by banners celebrating first-team All-Americans, Olympic gold medalists, national players of the year and NCAA national championships. Edwards, in a black crewneck, sweatpants […]
Continue readingUConn’s Caroline Ducharme to sit season with head, neck pain
The 6-foot-2 junior started the first four games of this season, averaging 4.0 points and 2.0 rebounds, but has not played since the Huskies’ victory at Minnesota on Nov. 19. “I have been working tirelessly with my medical team to make a full return to basketball after sustaining head and neck injuries,” Ducharme said in […]
Continue readingUConn’s Aubrey Griffin out for season with torn ACL
Griffin, a fifth-year senior, suffered the injury during the No. 13 Huskies’ win over Creighton on Dec. 3. She was averaging 9.5 points and 6.0 rebounds in 14 games (five starts). She is the fourth UConn player — along with Azzi Fudd, (ACL/meniscus), Ayanna Patterson (knee) and forward Jana El Alfy (Achilles) — to suffer […]
Continue readingPaige Bueckers weighing more time at UConn vs. WNBA draft
“I think that’s what it’s all about,” Bueckers, the 2021 national player of the year, told reporters Tuesday. “It’s not about teams in the draft; who’s got what pick. It’s all about me loving playing here, me loving my teammates and wanting to get more experiences and more time with them and more time in […]
Continue readingPhiladelphia Eagles fight off Houston Texans, move to 8-0
HOUSTON — The Houston Texans put up one of the tougher fights the Philadelphia Eagles have seen this season, but Philly managed to prevail, 29-17, and preserve its undefeated start to the season. The Eagles are 8-0 for the first time in franchise history, while the Texans moved to 1-6-1 on the season during “Thursday […]
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