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Jake DeVellis, Special to the Southern News: As the NBA regular season comes to a close, playoff time is right around the corner. Beginning April 16, the top teams in the league

Pat Longobardi, Sports Writer: With the college basketball season no more than two weeks finished, many underclassmen are officially throwing their names into the NBA draft. I like players broadening their horizons

Pete Paguaga, Sports Editor: Last weekend, after a long day of classes and watching “The Office,” I turned on the Yankees game and saw that they were down 5-3. As I sat

Matt Borelli, Staff Writer: Basketball is a game of fundamentals and teamwork, and who else to teach you that than the coaching staff at Southern Connecticut State University? The Mike Donnelly basketball

Stephanie Paulino, Managing Editor:  Interim President Stanley Battle and Dr. Bill Cosby appeared together on NBC’s Today Show on Thursday, April 7, to discuss their efforts to close the achievement gap. President Battle

Pat Longobardi, Sports Writer: When the season began, the University of Connecticut was considered an average team, and picked to finish 10th in the deep Big East Conference. UConn got off to

Pete Paguaga, Sports Editor: Manny being Manny is what he and much of the media called his antics throughout his baseball career. He helped the Red Sox break the curse in 2004

Andrew Frosceno, Staff Writer: For Lady Owls softball player Alyssa Downs, it was the influence of her parents that gave her the inspiration to play softball back when she was just a

Pat Longobardi. Sports Writer: The Southern Owls Paintball Club has been striving high in this 2011 season, and has become a championship threat with nationals right around the corner. “We are definitely

Pat Longobardi, Sports Writer: Assumption College had three players account for 12 goals, leading to a 19-2 win over Southern women’s lacrosse, in a Northeast-10 Conference game on April 6 at Jess