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Sam Calhoun @calhounscorner.com · 6h

For those who have been waiting on book signings for "More Than A Game: How The UConn Basketball Dynasty Was Built on a Culture of Sharing", my grandfather will be signing books at the UConn Bookstore ahead of the Huskies' season-opener against New Haven on Nov. 3 from 5-7 p.m.!

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Dom Amore @amorecourant.bsky.social · 6h

UConn fans, upcoming events for Jim Calhoun's book, More Than A Game:

Book signing this Saturday, 1-3 p.m. at Book Ends in Ridgewood, N.J.

Big one - Book signing at UConn book store Nov. 3, 5-7 p.m. before MBB opener.

Q&A, signing 11/11 at RJ Julia in Middletown, 7 p.m..

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Dom Amore @amorecourant.bsky.social · 7h

Dom Amore: As college hockey grows in CT, UConn carries momentum back to downtown Hartford www.courant.com/2025/10/16/d...

Dom Amore: As college hockey grows in CT, UConn carries momentum back to downtown Hartford

UConn hockey games in Hartford could become an “event,” as program builds momentum. CT’s college scene with Saint Joe’s joining, is growing.

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Dom Amore @amorecourant.bsky.social · 8h

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The Jim Calhoun Way - Always More than a Game

YouTube video by John Mason

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Dom Amore @amorecourant.bsky.social · 10h

Fun fact 4 Today: Dibble’s afternoon drive program was named best talk show by CT Broadcaster’s Assoc. (he often has great guests).

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Dom Amore @amorecourant.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. women's soccer team will have star Trinity Rodman back for its match at Rentschler Field www.courant.com/2025/10/15/u...

U.S. women’s soccer team will have star Trinity Rodman back for its match at Rentschler Field

The USWNT released its roster for a match at Rentschler Field Oct. 26. Star scorer Trinity Rodman, who has been out with an injury, returns.

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Dom Amore @amorecourant.bsky.social · 1d

Dom Amore: This time, UConn men appear primed to play defense in Dan Hurley style www.courant.com/2025/10/14/d...

Dom Amore: This time, UConn men appear primed to play defense in Dan Hurley style

The will to play defense Dan Hurley’s way has to be present at the creation of a new team. For UConn men, it was visible Sunday night.

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Dom Amore @amorecourant.bsky.social · 1d

Fun facts: When MLB player reps voted 47-0 to strike in 1972, Parker was lone abstention. … He guest starred on Brady Bunch in 1970. He won Gold Gloves at 1B in each of his last 6 years in MLB, then won its equivalent in his only season in Japan. A walking fun fact.

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Dom Amore @amorecourant.bsky.social · 2d

Fun facts 4 today: House caught Henry Aaron’s 715th home run and ran it in from the Braves bullpen.

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Dom Amore @amorecourant.bsky.social · 2d

Dom Amore: For UConn women, this is what Sarah Strong 2.0 looks like www.courant.com/2025/10/13/d...

Dom Amore: For UConn women, this is what Sarah Strong 2.0 looks like

The UConn women’s basketball team’s bid for another NCAA title is just underway.

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Dom Amore @amorecourant.bsky.social · 4d

Fun fact: Tettlebach starred on Yale teams thst included George H.W. Bush.

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Dom Amore @amorecourant.bsky.social · 4d

Dom Amore's Sunday Read: UConn women newcomers adjusting; WNBA semantics, Jeter, ARod and more www.courant.com/2025/10/12/d...

Dom Amore’s Sunday Read: UConn women newcomers adjusting; WNBA semantics, Jeter, ARod and more

No getting around it, playing for UConn women’s basketball takes getting used to. CT Sun? Adam Silver still talking gibberish. Sunday Read

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Dom Amore @amorecourant.bsky.social · 4d

'Pathetic' no more, Hartford Athletic soccer team finally brings home the trophy www.courant.com/2025/10/10/p...

‘Pathetic’ no more, Hartford Athletic soccer team finally brings home the trophy

Hartford Athletic has been on a heater since mid-July. Now they have hardware to show for it: The USL in-season trophy. Playoffs come next.

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Dom Amore @amorecourant.bsky.social · 4d

Fun fact: Despite Hideki Matsui’s vastly superior season, Berroa was inexplicably voted AL ROY in 2003, the only time voters decided a Japanese player was too old, accomplished to be a true MLB rookie.

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Dom Amore @amorecourant.bsky.social · 6d

Fun fact: as a rookie in 1957, Maris was billed as “Cleveland’s Mickey Mantle.”

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Dom Amore @amorecourant.bsky.social · 7d

Dom Amore: Yankees left with another winter to wonder how to reach the top www.courant.com/2025/10/09/d...

Dom Amore: Yankees left with another winter to wonder how to reach the top

After another postseason disappointment, the Yankees are left to figure out what can be done to restore status as MLB’s marquee franchise.

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Dom Amore @amorecourant.bsky.social · 9d

Today’s Courant

Dom Amore @amorecourant.bsky.social · 10d

Dom Amore: UConn's George Springer is a veteran MLB star. He still plays like a kid in leading Jays www.courant.com/2025/10/06/d...

Dom Amore: UConn’s George Springer is a veteran MLB star. He still plays like a kid in leading Jays

UConn’s George Springer is the veteran leader the dynamic young Blue Jays need this October. They’re a win away from eliminating the Yankees

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Sam Calhoun @calhounscorner.com · 9d

Today’s the day. More Than A Game is out now in stores and available to order online. Go buy it and read it! linktr.ee/jimcalhounbook

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Dom Amore @amorecourant.bsky.social · 9d

Fun fact: HOFer Red Ruffing was 30-96 when Red Sox traded him to Yankees for Durst, a reserve OF, in 1930. A famously one-sided deal.

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Dom Amore @amorecourant.bsky.social · 10d

“If he hits a home run, he’s going to be coming around this and his eyes are just as wide as they were when he was in Little League, when he was at Avon Old Farms, or when he was hitting them in Storrs,”

Dom Amore @amorecourant.bsky.social · 10d

Dom Amore: UConn's George Springer is a veteran MLB star. He still plays like a kid in leading Jays www.courant.com/2025/10/06/d...

Dom Amore: UConn’s George Springer is a veteran MLB star. He still plays like a kid in leading Jays

UConn’s George Springer is the veteran leader the dynamic young Blue Jays need this October. They’re a win away from eliminating the Yankees

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