FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) – Rob Gronkowski says coach Bill Belichick makes it easy for the New England Patriots to ignore distractions such as the one created by last week’s ESPN report. “Throughout my years here, I’ve seen a lot of…

The UConn men host UCF tonight and depending on where you look, the game is either a pick ’em or UCF is a very slight favorite. The Huskies as a home underdog is unusual historically (19 times since 1997, or…

UConn coach Geno Auriemma: On Azura Stevens

UConn coach Geno Auriemma: On win over UCF

UConn women’s basketball coach talked about many things after the win over UCF Tuesday night. Below he covers his team’s occasional sense of entitlement and the play of Azura Stevens: Related

BY ROGER CLEAVELAND REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN STORRS – It became obvious the longer it took for the UConn women’s basketball team to leave the locker room and get back onto the court for the second half, that Coach Geno Auriemma was sending…

  STORRS – The Huskies play the next two games on the road with games at Houston and at the University of Texas on Saturday and Monday, respectfully. Then after a home game against Tulsa on Thursday, Jan. 18, UConn…

UConn coach Ollie on challenge of facing UCF

STORRS – When Johnny Dawkins took over the UCF men’s basketball program before last season, he clearly had a plan. Building some of it around 7-foot-6 center Tacko Fall wasn’t a bad idea. Suddenly, the Knights are another version of…

UCF at UConn men When: 7 p.m. Where: Gampel Pavilion TV, radio: CBS Sports Network, WTIC-AM (1080) Records: UConn 8-7, 1-2 AAC; UCF 12-4, 3-1 Series: UConn leads, 10-1. The Huskies have never lost an AAC encounter with the Knights….

That took a lot longer than I imagined. Shortly after midnight Monday, I hit “send” on my final AP Top 25 college football ballot of the season. About 30 minutes later, I tweeted that UCF was my No. 1 team,…

STORRS – Nykesha Sales finished her playing career at UConn as the Huskies’ all-time leading scorer with 2,178 points as well as one of the Huskies’ most disruptive defenders ever with a school-record 447 steals. She was also at the…

UConn forward Eric Cobb has been suspended indefinitely by coach Kevin Ollie for “conduct deemed detrimental to the team,” the school announced Monday night. Cobb has played in 11 games, averaging 2.1 points and 3.2 rebounds. The junior college transfer,…

ATLANTA — To add another championship to the greatest dynasty college football has ever seen, Alabama turned to its quarterback of the future, and Tua Tagovailoa proved that his time is now. The freshman quarterback, who had played mostly mop-up…

Auburn men’s basketball player Mustapha Heron was named the Southeastern Conference Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. The sophomore averaged 16.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game during a 2-0 week, with wins wins at No. 23 Tennessee…

Recharged and rekindled are the New England Patriots, who await a visit from the Tennessee Titans in the AFC divisional playoffs next weekend. The Titans (10-7) are coming off their first playoff win in 14 seasons, a 22-21 thriller at…

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Keita Bates-Diop had a career-high 32 points, and Ohio State stunned No. 1 Michigan State 80-64 on Sunday. The overachieving Buckeyes put together an electrifying 12-0 run to finish the first half and kept their foot on…

Paul Bourdeau wrote the book, literally. He drafted the first publication. It is the manual on how to referee a soccer match with a two-man crew. That was 50 years ago. He wrote it. It would be difficult to find…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Well, that didn’t last long. The Los Angeles Rams’ first playoff appearance in 13 seasons came to a quick end Saturday night when the young, upstart team led by the NFL’s youngest coach was schooled by…

Go figure, my best week of the year as the regular season ends. What it did was just about cement a full year above water, which is not bad at the end of the day. All four home teams were…