Charles Barkley used his college basketball platform to make a political statement. The loquacious hoops analyst and Hall of Famer criticized the treatment of immigrants in America during CBS’s Elite Eight pregame show Sunday. The network aired a segment on senior UConn forward Alex Karaban, whose mother, Olga, is from Ukraine, and whose father, Alexei, … Read more
UConn freshman guard Braylon Mullins had his high school sweetheart, Kylee Beranek, cheering him on as he became the hero of the Huskies’ March Madness run Sunday. The couple celebrated together in a hotel room after Mullins sank a long 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left to give UConn a 73-72 victory over top-seeded Duke — … Read more
Braylon Mullins’ game-winning 3-pointer sent shockwaves across Capitol One Arena. Bill Raftery and Grant Hill might’ve been the most stunned of them all. After Duke’s Cayden Boozer turned the ball over with five seconds left, Mullins’ long-range attempt hit nylon to give the Huskies a 73-72 lead they wouldn’t relinquish. While play-by-play announcer Ian Eagle … Read more
Duke radio broadcaster David Shumate encapsulated the school’s fans with his call of UConn’s heartbreaking defeat of the Blue Devils in the Elite Eight. Shumate sounded deflated when UConn’s Braylon Mullins hit a deep 3-pointer in the closing seconds to hand the Huskies a 73-72 win, and then he called for a technical foul on … Read more
Molly Qerim is set for her first appearance since her shock exit from ESPN earlier this month. The former “First Take” host will moderate a Q&A with UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley Wednesday night at the Student Union Theater on the school’s Storrs campus. Qerim announced her departure from ESPN two weeks ago, shortly … Read more
Paige Bueckers passed the test — and a WNBA-UConn relationship is publicly confirmed. On Thursday, the 2025 WNBA No.1 overall pick was asked a series of questions about her former teammate and long-time rumored girlfriend, Azzi Fudd, during an interview with WAG Talk while on the orange carpet during an event for the league’s All-Star weekend. … Read more
It wasn’t the Caitlin Clark Effect, but it was still pretty impressive. The 2025 women’s NCAA championship game between UConn and South Carolina drew 8.5 million viewers on Sunday, which was the third-most in the tournament’s history, per ESPN, but it was a steep decline from last year’s game and a slight drop from 2023’s … Read more
The CBS broadcast of UConn’s thrilling second-round clash against Florida on Sunday in the NCAA tournament featured an unexpected star. As the No. 8 seed Huskies contended for a March Madness three-peat, cameras zoned in on the mother of star UConn forward Liam McNeeley, who watched the team’s Sweet 16 bid fall short in the … Read more
A look at the key March Madness 2025 games to watch on Friday: (9) Baylor vs. (8) Mississippi St. 12:15 p.m., CBS Take a half day at work and get the weekend started early with 12 hours of Madness. St. John’s fans unfortunately are familiar with Baylor, having lost a wild, 99-98 thriller in 2OT back … Read more
Just call her, Pink Paige Bueckers. The UConn senior guard — who is projected to be the No. 1 pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft — changed her hair color from blonde to pink, as seen in new photos she shared to her Instagram on Wednesday. Bueckers said she loved her hair transformation in a … Read more
Donovan Clingan celebrated his big night Wednesday with a certain someone. The former UConn standout embraced girlfriend Madeleine Ross inside Barclays Center in Brooklyn after he was selected seventh overall by the Trail Blazers in the 2024 NBA Draft. Clingan, who honored his late mother with a personalized jacket, wore a black tux while Ross … Read more
Dan Hurley said his wife, Andrea, “got violently angry” during the Lakers’ courtship of the UConn men’s basketball coach, which transpired into a media circus over the last week. Hurley — who turned down the Lakers’ six-year, $70 million contract offer on Monday to pursue a three-peat with the Huskies — explained how the situation … Read more
Charles Barkley was in for a rude awakening when he wanted to hear about the NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Final on ESPN on Thursday. Earlier in the day, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski broke the news that the Lakers were “targeting” UConn basketball coach Danny Hurley for their vacant head coach job — a stunner given … Read more
Paige Bueckers loved Nika Mühl’s visa-inspired T-shirt the Storm rookie guard sported before an 85-83 win over Caitlin Clark and the Fever on Wednesday. Mühl — a Croatian-born guard who was teammates with Bueckers at UConn — made her WNBA debut at Climate Pledge Arena after she was unable to play in Seattle’s first four … Read more
Tracy Wolfson came prepared. CBS Sports’ lead sideline reporter conducted her postgame interview with UConn coach Dan Hurley and star center Donovan Clingan on a ladder Saturday after her previous exchange with Purdue’s 7-foot-4 superstar, Zach Edey, fueled jokes online. “That is right, Ian [Eagle], you said I needed a ladder, I got myself a … Read more
Molly Qerim turned some heads Thursday when the ESPN “First Take” host brought a hot take to the program. Qerim, a graduate of UConn, questioned whether the hype around Caitlin Clark would be as much as it has been if Huskies star Paige Bueckers hadn’t dealt with so many injuries. And she added that Iowa … Read more
The University of Connecticut tried to get ahead of the madness. UConn has both its men’s and women’s teams in the Final Four this weekend, and the school took precautions to ensure the safety of those who will be celebrating on its campus — after last year’s mayhem when the men’s basketball team won the … Read more
Larry David’s experience watching UConn blow out Illinois 77-52 felt like something straight out of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” — pretty, pretty, pretty miserable. “I’m in Boston and my friend got me tickets,” David told CT Insider. The HBO star was in attendance — sitting in the front row — to watch the Sweet 16 matchup … Read more
UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley had jokes about his wife and his lucky dragon underwear after the Huskies steamrolled San Diego State, 82-52, in their Sweet 16 matchup Thursday night. In a postgame interview, reporter Andy Katz mentioned that Hurley was waving to his wife, Andrea, who was featured on the TBS broadcast multiple … Read more
Kansas forward KJ Adams Jr. was playing with a heavy heart when the Jayhawks beat fourth-ranked UConn on Friday night. Adams’ mother, Yvonne, died after a lengthy battle with cancer in November, and her funeral is scheduled for Saturday. Against the Huskies in Lawrence on Friday night, Adams scored 18 points, including two free throws … Read more