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
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
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
UConn’s Paige Bueckers didn’t rise to the top of the WNBA Draft board without making rest a priority. “My goal is always to get eight to nine hours of sleep,” the 23-year-old basketball sensation told Mindbodygreen. To make it happen, she said, “routine is everything.” Bueckers recently shared the five things she does each night … 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
One of the longest-running feuds in sports media appears to have been settled. Rico Bosco, a late-thirties Barstool Sports personality whose real name is Terrence Mayrose, has held a grudge against star ESPN NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski for more than a decade over a direct message sent by Wojnarowski about now-UConn head coach Danny Hurley. … Read more
Commercial Content 21+ Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy celebrated Scottie Scheffler’s Masters win with gusto in a video posted to his account on X. Portnoy was likely as amped about Scheffler’s second career major championship victory as he was about cashing in on his bet that earned a $1.35 million payout after the world’s No. … 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
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
Underneath it all, Dan Hurley is a fire-breathing dragon. What’s the evidence for this, beyond the 50-year-old UConn head coach’s trademark intensity and sideline dramatics? That would be Hurley’s lucky game-day underwear: red boxers emblazoned with cartoon dragons. “They’re like underoos for adults,” his wife, Andrea Hurley, told The Post of the shorts from MeUndies … Read more