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Red ink at CT sports stadium prompts need for $25M upgrades to boost revenue. Who will pay for them?
A $14 million, mostly taxpayer-funded renovation of Hartford’s Dillon Stadium in 2019 for the Hartford Athletic may now need nearly twice that investment for upgrades the professional soccer team sees as critical for the franchise to at least break-even, if not turn a profit. At least $25 million in improvements may be needed in the next few years to bring more revenue to the 5,500-seat, ...
Dom Amore: UConn’s baseball team took the long way home, then punched its NCAA ticket
STORRS — There wasn’t a whole lot to say, but a whole lot to think about. The UConn baseball team, after dominating the Big East all season, took an early, rather unceremonious exit from the conference tournament. After failing to get the winning run in from third with no outs in the ninth, they lost to Xavier in 11 innings, the completion of a suspended game. Then after leading four different ...
This CT athlete was born with a rare form of cancer. Now, she’s a two-sport state champion
Charlotte Wesoloskie was 21 days old when her mother picked her up and felt an odd bump between her ribs. The next day, the bump was as big as a golf ball. Tara Wesoloskie, who has been a nurse at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford for 24 years, brought her youngest daughter to the hospital, where it was discovered that Charlotte had a tumor the size of a potato in her chest ...
UConn baseball on the bubble, sweating out NCAA Tournament selection process
The UConn baseball players and coaches figured to do some tossing and turning Sunday night, and wake for an anxious breakfast on Memorial Day. The NCAA Tournament Field of 64 will be announced at noon on Monday (ESPN 2) and, though the Huskies have been a tournament fixture over the last decade and a half, they will have to sweat out the process this year. After an out-of-character early exit ...
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