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The Super Bowl is often long on spectacle and short on results.

The five best Super Bowls ever

By Andrew Fehribach, Opinion editor February 8, 2017

After 51 Super Bowls, there are, of course, certainly at least a few that stand out as great games, worthy of being remembered for a long time. Not every championship game, in any sport, will live up...

The Patriots have been fine in the regular season without tight end Rob Gronkowski, but they are only 1-2 in the playoffs without him.

Patriots hope to get by without big No. 87

By Marianne Mouawad, Sports editor January 13, 2017

The third time’s a charm, right? Not for New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski on having the third back surgery of his career. In 2009 and 2013 Gronkowski had surgeries to repair herniated disks...

UConns womens basketball team celebrating the second of four straight NCAA titles in 2014.

UConn women: Too good for their own good?

By Nick Sousa, Staff writer April 28, 2016

There is no doubting the talent of the University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball program. The Huskies won their fourth straight NCAA championship three weeks ago, crushing Syracuse by 31 points...

The mens and womens basketball teams at UConn were honored together at the White House when both won titles in 2014.

Critics of UConn’s success are missing the point

OPINION
By Alyana Vera, Co-opinion editor April 28, 2016

Honestly, female athletes can’t seem to get a break. It seems like our continued presence and dominance in sports warrants negative treatment. Even when women are playing the game right, and arguably...

Tom Brady and the Patriots saw injuries derail their Super Bowl hopes.

For Patriots, it’s wait ’til next year

By Sriharish Pingali, Sports editor February 23, 2016

Now what? Another NFL season is gone and every team, save for the Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos, will spend the next six months assessing what prevented them from lifting the Lombardi Trophy, in...

Long-time rivals Tom Brady, left, and Peyton Manning will meet in the playoffs yet again Sunday.

Brady and Manning, one more time

Two legendary quarterbacks face off with the Super Bowl on the line
By Sriharish Pingali, Sports editor January 22, 2016

The greatest rivalry in the NFL will likely see its final matchup Sunday. It’s not, of course, New England vs. Denver, but Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning. Manning and Brady are arguably the greatest...

Ken Griffey Jr. is the first No. 1 overall draft pick to make the Hall of Fame.

Griffey and Piazza gain baseball immortality

Griffey falls three votes shy of being a unanimous pick for Hall
By Billy Helenius, Correspondent January 16, 2016

The National Baseball Hall of Fame. It’s hard to think of anything more American. Every kid who has ever picked up a baseball glove dreams of one day becoming a professional baseball player and subsequently...

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