UCONN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Big East turns on the bright lights to welcome back UConn
Big East Conference commissioner Val Ackerman laid out the welcome mat UConn during a press conference at Madison Square Garden in New York.
UConn Board of Trustees votes to leave AAC and join Big East
The University of Connecticut Board of Trustees, as expected, voted Wednesday to accept an invitation to return its athletic programs to the Big East Conference.
Big East votes to extend invitation to UConn
UConn took another significant step toward rejoining the Big East Conference. Big East presidents voted to extend an invitation to UConn during a conference call on Monday, according to CBS Sports Network.
UConn reportedly close to rejoining Big East Conference
UConn is in the process of finalizing plans to return to the Big East Conference
UCONN MEN'S BASKETBALL
UConn men's basketball team gets probation for NCAA violations under Ollie
UConn's men's basketball program has been placed on probation for two years and former coach Kevin Ollie has been sanctioned individually for violations of NCAA rules during his tenure.
Hurley says recruiting getting a bump from Big East move
Men's basketball coach Dan Hurley says he's already seen benefits on the recruiting trail from UConn's decision to move back to the Big East
Return to the Big East a game changer for UConn men's basketball
No sport at UConn will benefit more from the move than men's basketball.
COLUMNS
Strecker's trying to drum up interest in football and dispel some myths
Example: A concussion is inevitable, if one decides to partake of high school football.
COLLEGES
Florida's Mullen hoping for sizable leap in second season
Dan Mullen made a big leap in his second season at Mississippi State, but his Florida team doesn't have quite so much room to grow
Big 12 opposites: Oklahoma at top, Kansas' Miles returns with ring
Oklahoma's streak of four consecutive Big 12 titles coincides with Kansas finishing last each of those years
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LOCAL ROUNDUP
Local roundup: Ledyard wins Senior League softball state title
Ledyard rolled to the Senior League (ages 13-16) softball state title with a 15-5 win over Bristol on Sunday night, winning the mercy-rule game in five innings.
Newest Coast Guard Academy Athletic Hall of Fame inductees announced
Coast Guard Academy will add five members to its Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 3 at the annual Hall of Fame Banquet held in the Otto Graham Hall of Athletic Excellence as part of Homecoming Weekend.
Mystic gets all the pitching it needs and then some, captures District 10 Little League title
Dylan Joyce, throwing darts for fastballs along with a sweeping curve, pitched a three-hitter Sunday as Mystic won the district Little League baseball (ages 10-12) title 7-1 over East Lyme.
PROFESSIONAL
Molinari returns claret jug, faces long odds getting it back
Fifty-one weeks after he won the British Open and gazed at his name etched on the silver claret jug, he had to return it.
Old Nets think Durant, Irving can succeed where they didn't
Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving gave the Brooklyn Nets two big victories in one night
Clarke's double-double leads Grizzlies to Summer League title
Brandon Clarke had 15 points and 16 rebounds to lead the eighth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies to a 95-92 victory over the third-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves in the championship game of the NBA Summer League on Monday
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Baseball
7 p.m., NESN, WTIC (1080-AM), WEEI (103.7-FM) — MLB: Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox.
7 p.m., YES, WFAN (660-AM) — MLB: Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees.
8 p.m., SNY, WCBS (880-AM) — MLB: New York Mets at Minnesota Twins.
Bowling
7 p.m., FS1 — PBA Summer League quarterfinals from Portland, Maine.
Soccer
9 p.m., ESPN2 — International Champions Cup: Fiorentina vs. Guadalajara from Bridgeview, Ill.
Tennis
6 a.m., Tennis Channel — ATP Swedish Open from Bastad, Sweden; WTA Bucharest Open from Romania; ATP Croatia Open from Umag.
11 a.m., Tennis Channel — ATP Hall of Fame Open from Newport, R.I.
7 p.m., CBSSN — WTT: Orlando Storm at Springfield Lasers.