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UConn fans show support for Howard

Associated Press

Saturday, October 31, 2009

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Football fans lined up three deep Saturday to applaud and shake hands as players walked from their buses into Rentschler Field for the UConn Huskies' first home game since the slaying of Jasper Howard. All the players and many fans wore Howard's jersey number, 6, on T-shirts to honor the cornerback who was stabbed to death Oct. 18 outside a campus dance. Greg Shettle, 43, of Glastonbury flew a homemade flag from his tailgate site with the initials "JH," the number 6 a ...

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