Connecticut News Advisory, 8:30 am

Good morning. Here's a look at how AP's general news coverage is shaping up in Connecticut.

Questions about today's coverage plans are welcome and can be directed to Mike Melia at 860-246-6876 or [email protected]. New England News Editor Bill Kole can be reached at 617-357-8100 or [email protected]. New England Photo Editor Bill Sikes is reachable at 617-357-8106 or [email protected].

For up-to-the minute information on AP's coverage, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org.

A reminder that this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change. Expected stories may not develop, or late-breaking and more newsworthy events may take precedence. Advisories and digests will keep you up to date. All times are Eastern.

Some TV and radio stations will receive shorter versions of the stories below, along with all updates.

TOP STORY:

NAVY-SHIPBUILDING-CUTS

The Democratic chairman and ranking Republican on a House Armed Services subcommittee are paying a visit Friday to Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works in Maine, amid an initial Navy proposal to cut shipbuilding. Democratic Rep. Joe Courtney of Connecticut and GOP Rep. Rob Wittman of Virginia will be touring the shipyard. SENT: 120 words. Will be updated after 1 p.m. tour.

SPORTS:

NFL AT 100-AFC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Tom Brady has been synonymous with the AFC championship for the last two decades. Thirteen times he played for the Lamar Hunt Trophy and nine times he won it. Sunday's showdown between the throwback Tennessee Titans and the top-seeded Kansas City Chiefs marks the first AFC championship game since 2010 without Brady barking under center and Bill Belichick scowling on the sideline. By Arnie Stapleton. SENT: 1,295 words, photos.

ON BASEBALL-SIGN STEALING

Technology unleashed baseball's Analytics Era and now holds the sport prisoner. AJ Hinch, Alex Cora and Carlos Beltrán are casualties, a triple play of hubris. At the cutting edge with the Houston Astros, now they have been cut, deposed within a whirlwind 72 hours this week that raised questions of how rife are the rule breakers? By Baseball Writer Ronald Blum. SENT: 800 words, photos.

MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL (150-word stories, more on merits)

Brown at Yale, 7:30 p.m.

Fairfield at Iona, 7 p.m.

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