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The Connecticut Sun will run it back with last year’s core – The Next
Jones was having a career year in 2023 before going down with an Achilles tear. If healthy, she will substantially elevate the Sun’s frontcourt. Bonner, who averaged 17.4 points per game last season, was an All-Star for just the second time in her career. While she reportedly explored joining other teams, including Phoenix and Seattle, Bonner opted to re-sign with the Sun, sources told The Next’s Howard Megdal.
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What would a healthy Jones mean for the Sun?
Jones averaged career highs of 15.9 points and 8.2 rebounds per game before rupturing her Achilles in June and sitting out the rest of the season. Her availability for the beginning of the 2024 season remains uncertain, but head coach Stephanie White indicated in a press release that she expects to have Jones back for the full year. An Achilles rupture typically takes at least a year to recover from — and oftentimes longer — in order to return to an elite level of play.
“We are looking forward to a full year with Breezy on the floor,” White said. “She is the ultimate teammate, competitor and leader. She’s worked hard through the process of her recovery and rehab and we are ready to get to work with her.”
Jones — a former Sixth Player of the Year (2022) and Most Improved Player (2021) — gives the Sun much-needed size and defensive versatility, if healthy. If she can get back to that level of play, the 28-year-old could reclaim her spot as a cornerstone of the franchise and go back to terrorizing opposing bigs.
“We are super excited that Brionna Jones will remain in a Connecticut Sun uniform,” said general manager Darius Taylor. “She was significantly missed last season and having her back will be tremendous for our organization on and off the court.”
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Can Bonner maintain her high level of play from last season?
Bonner, at age 36, played some of the best basketball of her career in 2023. The veteran was drafted by the Mercury, where she spent 10 seasons and helped the team won two championships. She was named the Sixth Player of the Year three times in her career but has emerged as a primary scoring option in recent years. Entering her 15th season, Bonner is still playing some of the best basketball and hasn’t showed many signs of slowing down.
Both Jones and Bonner signed one-year deals and will be free agents next season. That means Connecticut will have flexibility in the future, which is important given Bonner’s age (36) and Jones’s uncertain health.
A core centered on Alyssa Thomas, Bonner and Jones should be competitive, regardless of how other heavy hitters have elevated their roster. The challenge is that it’s uncertain what kind of player Jones will be in her first year back from such a major injury. And, there are very few professional basketball players Bonner’s age still performing at an elite level. By re-signing her, the Sun are banking on her being able to replicate last year’s success.
That being said, despite the uncertainties, in a market with limited free-agency prospects, Connecticut did the best it could to assemble a competitive core equipped to compete for a championship. Thomas was flat-out one of the best players in the WNBA last season. An offense centered on her, Bonner, and Jones is a difficult matchup for even the league’s most elite defenses.
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Florida High School State Bronze Medalist Dajah German Verbals To Connecticut For Fall 2027
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Florida high school state bronze medalist Dajah German has announced her verbal commitment to swim and study at the University of Connecticut beginning in the fall of 2027. She publicized the news on SwimCloud, writing:
I am so excited to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and athletic career at the University of Connecticut! I’m incredibly grateful for everyone who has supported me throughout this journey, my family, coaches, teammates, and friends who have pushed me to be my best throughout the years. And a very special thank you to Coach Chris and Coach Nicole for believing in me and giving me this opportunity. I’m so excited for what’s ahead. GO HUSKIES!
A rising senior at Fort Lauderdale High School in Florida, German trains year-round with Swim Fort Lauderdale and primarily specializes in the sprint and middle-distance freestyle events.
German has improved each year of her high school career, most recently dropping from 23.78, 51.39, and 1:50.56 in the 50/100/200 free to 23.54, 51.35, and 1:49.69 during the 2025-26 short course season.
German’s top meet of the season was the Florida Senior Championships in March, where she recorded her current PBs in both the 50 and 200 free. She finished second in the 500 free (4:55.94) and 1650 free (17:02.78), third in both the 50 free and 200 free, and fifth in the 100 free (51.43). She set her current 100 free PB at a smaller holiday meet in December. In the 500 free, she clocked a season-best 4:55.21 at the Speedo Cup in January, with her lifetime best of 4:53.19 coming at the 2025 Florida Senior Championships.
German has qualified for the FHSAA (Florida High School Athletic Association) State Championships for the past three years, with her top performance coming at the 2025 iteration in November. She placed third in the 50 free (23.96), fifth in the 500 free (5:01.12), and helped Fort Lauderdale to fourth place in both the 200 free relay (24.64 leadoff) and 400 free relay (53.08 anchor).
Top SCY Times:
- 50 Freestyle: 23.54
- 100 Freestyle: 51.35
- 200 Freestyle: 1:49.69
- 500 Freestyle: 4:53.19
A Division I Mid-Major program, Connecticut competes in the Big East, with the women’s team placing second out of seven teams at this past season’s conference championships. German’s current lifetime bests would have placed third in the 200 free, fourth in the 500 free, eighth in the 50 free, and ninth in the 100 free, setting her up as an immediate contributor with two full seasons of training still ahead before her first conference meet.
German joins Anna Mumford, Lyla Devlin, Lena Brown, and Louisa Holda in committing to the Huskies’ class of 2031 so far.
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Here are the forecast details for northern Connecticut via the National Weather Service:
Today: Sunny, with a high near 80. Light west wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Monday: A chance of showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 59. Southeast wind around 8 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
WASHINGTON (7News) — A Park Police chase ends with a moped rider getting hit and killed on the Taft Bridge in Northwest D.C.
7News’ Washington, D.C. reporter, Phylicia Ashley, went to the scene moments after it happened Saturday evening and spoke to multiple witnesses.
Ximen DeFillippes was riding her bike near Woodley Road when she saw the chase.
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“The Park Police passed me. We were on Woodley Road. And then I saw the car they were pursuing,” said DeFillippes. “It was going very fast on the sidewalk. It drove up on the sidewalk up Woodley Road.”
DeFilippes was on one side of the Taft Bridge.
“I’d never seen anything that crazy,” said DeFillippes. “It was, it was like really like homicidal. It was just insane. I’ve never seen anything like that.”
7News also saw the aftermath of the chase and found Lamont Penry on the other side of the bridge. He also saw the chase. It ended on the steps of the Chinese Embassy staff housing.
“The car crashed into the diplomatic car,” Penry said. “A young man jumps out, takes off running down the street. The other three guys came out kind of dizzy. They apprehended one who was on the bench. One was at the rear. Tire of the vehicle, looked to be a Camry, and the other was on the other side of the diplomatic car.”
In the middle of the bridge, 7News saw the victim’s body covered by a white sheet. Witnesses said that when the chase reached the Taft Bridge, one of the vehicles involved struck someone riding a scooter.
“Once the gentleman on the bridge was hit. We realized that no one stopped,” said Penry. “Police continued the pursuit until here, and then they turned around.”
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Penry said all the alleged suspects involved looked young. While on scene, 7News saw one person get arrested and placed in an ambulance.
DeFilippes was riding her bike when she said two cars blocked her from getting caught in the midst of the chase.
“I’m feeling lucky that for those few seconds of my path being kind of blocked,” said DeFillippes. “I’m just so glad that happened. Or else I would have been right there. I’m not at all surprised that someone was hurt. Just. Just from the way everything was unfolding, I could just tell it was going to be bad.
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