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Brian KoonzGroup Sports Editor / Content

Brian Koonz has worked as a reporter, columnist and editor for the news and sports departments at Hearst Connecticut Media. He oversees local sports content in the Connecticut Post, The News-Times of Danbury, The Advocate of Stamford...

Brian Koonz has worked as a reporter, columnist and editor for the news and sports departments at Hearst Connecticut Media. He oversees local sports content in the Connecticut Post, The News-Times of Danbury, The Advocate of Stamford and Greenwich Time.

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Recent Stories By Brian Koonz

Rabbi Joshua Hammerman poses at Temple Beth El in Stamford.

Books: Rabbi Hammerman has a road map for today’s hard-knock world

April 14, 2019

Steve Bennett insists his delivery is not as wooden as the Viking statue next to him in this recent photo taken in Iceland.

You don’t have to be Jewish, but it helps, on comedy night

March 23, 2019

Sometimes, you can be in two places at once. Danbury's Ryan Fox crosses the Delaware River on the border between New Jersey and Pennsylvania during his Appalachian Trail hike last fall.

A personal challenge leads Danbury man, 21, to hike nearly all the Appalachian Trail

March 10, 2019

Queen Esther comes alive in new children’s book about Purim

February 7, 2019

Hillary Lipper, left, makes snickerdoodles with her job coach Melissa Weaver, a senior at Sacred Heart University.

Kosher bakery’s mission goes well beyond ‘legendary’ challah

December 2, 2018

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley cuts down the net as she and the team celebrate their win over Mississippi State in the final of NCAA women's Final Four college basketball tournament, Sunday, April 2, 2017, in Dallas. South Carolina won 67-55. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Final Four notebook: Staley a rising star in coaching

April 2, 2017

UConn women's basketball player Gabby Williams walks to the team's locker room Friday night after the Huskies lost to Mississippi State, 66-64, at the Final Four in Dallas.

Sometimes, the steps are as heavy as the heart at UConn

April 1, 2017

Five takeaways: UConn loses a game, finds its heart

April 1, 2017

As Final Four coaches in Dallas push for more head coaching opportunities for women, this sign is prominently displayed inside a men’s room at the American Airlines Center, site of the Final Four.

Brian Koonz: Strip club ad shows need for cultural reboot

March 31, 2017

espnW’s Carol Stiff speaks to the audience during the espnW Summit at St. Regis Monarch Resort on October 14, 2015 in Dana Point, Calif.

Brian Koonz: ESPN burns its base with late tipoff

March 30, 2017

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