State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal was never captain of the Harvard University swim team. A 1978 Courant story incorrectly reported that he was — an error repeated in subsequent Courant stories, including profiles in 1980 and 2004.
Correction of the day, Richard Blumenthal edition
The Hartford Courant regrets the 30-year-old error
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