Diana Taurasi

Some pretty strong three-point shooters have been among the pantheon of stars that UConn has walked down the red carpet of women's basketball. When asked who was the most reliable, coach Geno Auriemma rolled off an impressive list: Wendy Davis, Kerry...

A year of championships, suspensions and seemingly endless tension dominated the Pasadena-area sports scene in 2012. While the writers and editors of the Pasadena Sun came up with a list of 30 impact events that took place within the coverage area,...

While the 2012-13 women's basketball season takes its brief Christmas break, No. 2 UConn already has a substantive gift, the bow affixed by its dazzling freshman, Breanna Stewart, already the team's leading scorer (16.9) and rebounder (7.2). Here are 10...

Much has been made of UConn's extraordinary depth. Geno Auriemma has no shortage of options, on offense and defense, and he has shown an inclination to use them all in the first eight games. What you may not know is that Auriemma feels more comfortable...

– The day will likely come when both are professionals. Bria Hartley will see the rim and Kelly Faris will try to guard her. This might seem as if it would be a nostalgic moment between two former UConn teammates. But Hartley will understand the...

What's in a number? Well, apparently it depends on what number and how attached a player has become to wearing it during their careers. When Renee Montgomery played for the UConn women she wore No. 20 and then put it on again when the WNBA's Minnesota...

After leading the United States women's basketball team to its fifth straight Olympic gold in August, Geno Auriemma was asked if he'd be willing to accept one more term in office; you know, try to do it again in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. In that instant, a...

There is a small refrigerator in the women's basketball locker room at Gampel Pavilion that frequently needs to be replenished. Athletes tend to get thirsty after one of those famous Geno Auriemma practices. And the job of restocking it falls to a...

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After Clint Eastwood's back and forth with an empty chair at the Republican National Convention, I was thinking about doing a Q & A about Paul Ryan with my sofa. But then I thought, talking to furniture is probably something best left to the...

NEW HAVEN — Petra Kvitova recoiled at the question. Should women play five sets in the tennis majors like the men? "Five sets?" said Kvitova, the 2011 Wimbledon champion and No. 2 seed at the 2012 New Haven Open. "I'm so glad we are not playing...

— There has been much discussion in recent days about how this year's U.S. Olympic men's basketball team stacked up against its most famous predecessors, the Dream Team of 1992. There also has been a good deal of trash talking too by legendary trash...