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February 04, 2012 | 
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February 04, 2012 |
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Erica Beverly achieved a record of 1,000 rebounds in the semi-final game against Stony Brook. (Bettina Hansen/Hartford Courant)
[caption id="attachment_1505" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Erica Beverly achieved a record of 1,000 rebounds in the semi-final game against Stony Brook. (Bettina Hansen/Hartford Courant)"][/caption] For the first time since 2000, the America East Women’s Basketball Championship game will consist of the top two seeds taking the court. The No.1 seeded Hartford Hawks
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The Hartford women’s basketball team defeated Stony Brook, 65-43, Sunday afternoon at Chase Family Arena in America East semifinal action and will play Vermont in the conference championship game next Saturday at home. However, the win was a costly one. Hartford senior forward Erica Beverly injured her right knee with
BU jumped out to a 28-point halftime lead against the Hawks Saturday, hitting a tournament-record nine first-half 3-pointers. (Adam Manison)
[caption id="attachment_1408" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="BU jumped out to a 28-point halftime lead against the Hawks Saturday, hitting a tournament-record nine first-half 3-pointers. (Adam Manison)"][/caption] No. 4 seed Boston University hit an America East tournament record nine 3-pointers in the first half and Jake O’Brien added a career-high 28 points to
The Hartford lacrosse team started off their season with two straight losses, but they rebounded this weekend with a solid win against Siena, and with a loss Wednesday against Brown. With two tough losses to UMass, a top-20 team in the nation, and Delaware, another large school, the Hawks needed
The America East hosted its annual women’s basketball award banquet and it was the host school Hartford that stole the show. Diana Delva, Hartford’s leading scorer and rebounder won the 2010 America East Player of the Year award last Thursday. The Hawks took home three of the four individual awards
I lived where you run, and I’m perfectly OK with it. For four days I wrote, blogged, interviewed, ate and by the final buzzer each night practically slept at the University of Hartford Sports Center during the America East tournament. Four days, 17 teams, 13 games; I saw it all.
Although many critics have a stigma against trailers, I love them. I think that a good trailer is part of a good movie and that some of the best movies were represented perfectly in their trailers. Movies like “The Dark Knight” and “Watchmen” represented exactly what you would see on
Chelsea Handler has been the host of her own late-night comedy show, “Chelsea Lately” since July of 2007. The host talks and makes fun of the latest happenings in Hollywood. Chelsea is full of off the wall and raunchy remarks such as when she refers to a woman’s personal place
Which is a more frightening antagonist in a horror movie: A town’s worth of insane citizens armed with weapons and a killer instinct, or the American military? The only reason I ask is because I was equally scared by both groups when I watched “The Crazies.” Sure, the blood-soaked, bug-eyed
Watching this year’s Academy Awards left me with an incredible sense of closure. The best movies won, the best actors won and there was nothing anyone could say about it. The biggest shock and triumph at the awards came in the battle between “The Hurt Locker” and “Avatar.” Expected to
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