intensity

UConn’s Dan Hurley on the intensity he brings to coaching, his superstitions, and living up to the family name

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When the NCAA basketball tournament, better known as March Madness, starts in nine days, the University of Connecticut will try and do something that no men’s team has done since Richard Nixon was president: win a third straight national title. You might think this would infuse UConn’s man in charge with blazing optimism and swollen … Read more

As Western heat wave ends, scientists try to make sense of its length and intensity

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The scorching spring heat dome that baked the West for well over a week has finally moved along, after setting more than 1,500 temperature records across 11 states, according to the research group Climate Central. In its wake, climate scientists, irrigation managers and local officials are taking stock of a looming water crisis and trying … Read more