Richard Blumenthal: “There is no question about the disparagement. There is no question about the dismissing and demeaning of the…”

Despite my bipartisan amendment to increase conference access, the legislation still does not adequately promote vigorous competition among teams and conferences and instead preserves the exclusive club of the current Power Four membership…

It’s illogical, illegal, intolerable — and that’s in effect what the court found.

After all the years I’ve spent working on this issue, I could never for one minute trust the NCAA to police itself.

This disaster declaration is a strong step toward bringing federal aid to Connecticut following severe floods last month.