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Hoops in Connecticut, Sports

Home to both the University of Connecticut�s men�s and women�s NCAA championship teams as well as the Connecticut Sun WNBA team, this small state has made a name for itself in basketball. Infatuation with the sport started here in 1896 with the first intercollegiate game between Yale and Wesleyan Universities. The roster of Connecticut�s round ball greats includes Naismith Hall-of-Famer Calvin Murphy; NBA stars Vin Baker, Marcus Camby, Charles Smith, the late John Williamson, Johnny Egan and John Bagley; and Harlem Globetrotter Alvin Clinkscales. Award-winning sportswriter Don Harrison wows fans with stories of the Nutmeg State�s most notable players and coaches through personal interviews and firsthand accounts.

Don Harrison

Don Harrison has covered basketball for the Waterbury Republican, Waterbury American and New Haven Journal-Courier. During his tenure in Waterbury, he won two �Connecticut Sportswriter of the Year� awards from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. His cover story for the Fairfield County Advocate, �The Devil Drives,� was cited in The Best American Sportswriting 1993. Away from the sports arena, Don was the founding editor of the Greenwich Citizen, a weekly newspaper that garnered several awards� including one for General Excellence�from the New England Press Association and the Connecticut Press Club. He is a contributing columnist to two news websites, Fairfield Patch and Naugatuck Patch. Don and his wife, Patti, reside in Fairfield, Connecticut.

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