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Basketball star Ray Allen, 47, receives degree from UConn

Basketball star Ray Allen, 47, receives degree from UConn

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Dawn Staley leads South Carolina over UConn for second NCAA title

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Paige Bueckers honors Black women during ESPYs acceptance speech

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Is a 13-year-old girl's 'rescinded' UConn admission fiction?

NEWS ONE – A story broke a 13-year-old black whiz girl admission to the University of Connecticut was rescinded — reported in the New York Daily News. But it might be fiction…
/ July 21, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

UConn alumna petitions to reinstate 13-year-old girl

NEWS ONE – The University of Connecticut denied the acceptance of 13-year-old girl. Although, she has an IQ test score of 149, it was declared she wasn’t “academically ready”…
/ July 15, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Maya Moore wants to push the WNBA to 'another level'

theGRIO Q&A – theGrio asked Moore several questions about growing the WNBA and women’s basketball as well as becoming the first female player to represent the iconic Jordan Brand…
/ July 13, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

University Of Connecticut revokes acceptance of 13-year-old girl

NEWS ONE – A savant from the Bronx was recently accepted to the University of Connecticut at the young age of thirteen…
/ July 5, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

UConn's Coombs-McDaniel apologizes for drugs

VERNON, Conn. (AP) – Jamal Coombs-McDaniel has apologized for his marijuana-possession arrest and says he will apply for the state’s drug education program…
/ May 19, 2011

Phony UConn basketball player busted for 'sexting'

CONNECTICUT – It all started when the man dialed the wrong number and got a teenage girl from Dutchess County, the Berlin Patch reports…
/ April 18, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Maya Moore taken first by Minnesota in WNBA Draft

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) – Moore helped UConn win a record 90-straight games and also led the school to two national championships…
/ April 11, 2011