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Reports on Tennessee's victory over the Connecticut Huskies in women's basketball, 68-67, at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Free throw missed by Connecticut's Ann Strother in the final seconds that allowed the Tennessee win; Comment of Tennessee coach Pat Summitt on ending the team's losing streak to Connecticut over four years.

Presents the results of games and the schedule of coming games in the Women's National Basketball Association playoffs. Finals between Connecticut and Seattle in a three-game series with Connecticut leading with 1-0.

Reports on the victory of the Connecticut Sun over the Seattle Storm in the opener of the Women's National Basketball Association finals on October 8, 2004. Highlights of the game; Most notable players who contributed to the victory.

NEW LONDON, Conn. -- Except for a strategic bit of elastic that may be required, the blue running tunic, circa Smith College 1961, still fits. It will be worn again a half-century later, this time in celebration and tribute rather than defiance. On Thanksgiving Day, Dr. Julia Chase-Brand, 69, plans to run a 4.75-mile race in Manchester, Conn., where the presence of women will be plentiful and unremarkable. Fifty years ago, when she and two other women ran there the first time, it was a widely publicized act of civil disobedience that became a pioneering moment in female distance running in the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on Connecticut Sun's victory over the Washington Mystics in women's basketball, with Wendy Palmer scoring 21 points and 10 rebounds.

Reports on Villanova's 52-48 victory over the University of Connecticut (UCONN) in the women's college basketball championship game of the Big East tournament. Disruption of UCONN's winning streak; Discussion about UCONN's team and season performance; Details of the game.

Reports that the University of Connecticut (UConn) defeated West Virginia 78 to 58 in women's college basketball at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut. Details of the game; Comments from UConn Coach Geno Auriemma; How the top-ranked Huskies will proceed to the first round game of the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament on Sunday, March 23, 2003.

Discusses the possibility that the women's basketball team at the University of Connecticut will win the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament. Performance of the team in 2002.

Discusses women sports in the United States, while referring to Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut. Factors that suggest a change in the culture of girls and women's sports from politeness to competitiveness; Opposition from coaches and faculty on the revamping of the school's image to push women's sports; Information on the performance of the school in sports.