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The University of Connecticut women’s basketball team used a big run in the third quarter to advance past Indiana University in Saturday’s NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 game. UConn’s 16 unanswered points at the start of the second half propelled the Huskies to a 75-58 win over the Hoosiers.

The Huskies survived the University of Central Florida Monday night in Storrs to advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA women's basketball Tournament.

Last month, the state received $501,516 in tax payments on sports betting revenue from the three entities licensed to offer sports betting in Connecticut. It's the lowest tax figure since sports betting went live in Connecticut last fall.

New York City FC (Major League Soccer) beat Comunicaciones FC (Liga Nacional de Futbol de Guatemala) 3-1 Tuesday night at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field in East Hartford with 15,642 people in attendance.

The Huskies will compete for an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament in the Big East Tournament (March 4-7) this weekend at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville.

The Salisbury Ski Jumps have been embedded in northwestern Connecticut’s culture since Norwegian immigrants started teaching locals how to ski in the 1920s.

Industry officials said that Super Bowl LVI would have the most dollars wagered on a game ever. But, that doesn't mean that gambling operators actually turn a profit.

Madison’s Zachary Donohue won a bronze medal in Olympic ice dancing Monday. He and partner Madison Hubbell had a score of 130.89, placing them third in the free dance.

A Los Angeles Rams win for example could help one local sports betting operator make money, according to data collected two days before Super Bowl Sunday.

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, our weekly pop culture roundtable tackles crying, Super Bowl ads, and the new HBO comedy Somebody Somewhere.