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Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd's 6 cutest moments since hard launching
Footage still via Instagram @paigebueckers;Paige Buecker and Azzi Fudd. Fans have been reading between the lines of interviews, social media posts, and press conferences for years, but last month, UConn basketball star Azzi Fudd subtly confirmed her relationship with WNBA rookie Paige Bueckers, and now the two can't stop being cute together in public. In a blink-and-you-miss-it detail in a mirror selfie, Fudd seemed to hard-launched her much-rumored lesbian romance with her bestie by showing off her phone case that read, 'Paige Bueckers' girlfriend,' in her Instagram Stories on June 21. Now that the cat's out of the bag, the couple has been so adorable together that it's a wonder there was ever a question at all about their relationship status. Between being caught on camera holding hands, wearing T-shirts with each other's faces on them, and Fudd traveling with Bueckers while she's on the road with the Dallas Wings, the pair has all of the 'Pazzi' fans melting down. Related: Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd's relationship timeline keeps sending lesbians into a spiral — (@) Fans keep noticing Fudd and Bueckers wearing T-shirts with each other's faces on them. We love to see supportive girlfriends. Could they get any cuter? — (@) Before a Dallas Wings game, Bueckers was asked about her sneakers, and she admitted that she "let Azzi choose my shoes." This isn't the first time this has happened, Bueckers has frequently talked about letting Fudd dress her, at least from the feet down. — (@) The Dallas Wings may have lost to the Phoenix Mercury on July 7, but one eagle-eyed fan noticed Fudd in the stands recording Bueckers' game because clearly she's her biggest fan. — (@) On July 8, a fan posted a video of Bueckers signing her poster, which read, "Azzi Fudd's girlfriend sign here_____." In case there were still some doubters out there, this feels like confirmation! my backcourt duo, I love them sm this is so cute 😭 #paigebueckers #azzifudd #dallaswings #uconnwbb #wnba #holdinghands #viral #fyp #couple #gf #together #hands #pazzi #postgame #today #paigeandazzi @Azzi Fudd On July 8, another fan posted a sneaky video, catching the lovebirds holding hands as they walked onto the backcourt after a Dallas Wings game. "Pazzi" truthers, this is your day! In case you were thinking, surely we won't get any more adorable moments of the couple together today, you'd be wrong. After Fudd posted a pic to her Instagram Stories with Bueckers' arm around her shoulders as they both donned track suits, Bueckers reposted it to her Stories as well with the caption, "Love when a former teammate joins me!" Sure, sports history will remember them as "just teammates." This article originally appeared on Pride: Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd's 6 cutest moments since hard launching Meet all of the queer WNBA stars set to play in the All-Star Game 2025 22 lesbian sports power couples who are winning at life and love 11 rookie fits that slayed at the 2025 WNBA Draft
Washington Post
02-06-2025
- Business
- Washington Post
Hartford home of UConn Huskies basketball renamed PeoplesBank Arena
HARTFORD, Conn. — The Hartford venue that's the part-time home of the storied UConn men's and women's basketball teams has a new name: PeoplesBank Arena. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont joined officials from the arena's management company and PeoplesBank to announce a new naming rights deal Monday on the floor of what had been called the XL Center since 2007. Terms of the multi-year agreement were not released.
Associated Press
02-06-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Hartford home of UConn Huskies basketball renamed PeoplesBank Arena
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Hartford venue that's the part-time home of the storied UConn men's and women's basketball teams has a new name: PeoplesBank Arena. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont joined officials from the arena's management company and PeoplesBank to announce a new naming rights deal Monday on the floor of what had been called the XL Center since 2007. Terms of the multi-year agreement were not released. 'We chose to invest in this arena because we believe in Hartford,' said Thomas Senecal, CEO and chairman of PeoplesBank, based in Holyoke, Massachusetts. 'We believe in the revitalization happening here, the momentum building downtown, the renewed energy in the business district, the arts, the restaurants, the culture. And of course, the sports.' The UConn men's and women's basketball teams generally play half their home games in Hartford and the other half at Gampel Pavilion on the school's Storrs campus. The men's team has won six national championships, including in 2023 and 2024, and the women's team has won a dozen, including this year's title. The UConn men's hockey team also plays some games in Hartford, where the arena is home to the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League. The arena, originally known as the Hartford Civic Center, turned 50 years old this year and hosts music concerts and other events throughout the year. It's currently closed for a $145 million renovation to add new seating, loge boxes, private box space and an upgraded main concourse, among other projects. It's scheduled to reopen in the fall. The Civic Center also was home to the NHL's Hartford Whalers, who left town in 1997 and became the Carolina Hurricanes. Three years after it opened, the arena was destroyed when its roof collapsed in 1978 due to design faults, only hours after a UConn men's basketball game.
