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Friday, April 26, 2024
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Friday, April 26, 2024
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The Day’s All-Area Boys’ Indoor Track Athlete of the Year: East Lyme’s Tommy Matlock
Tommy Matlock used to dress up in his dad’s Connecticut State Police uniform, hoping to someday emulate him.
The thing that he really ended up taking from Jim Matlock, ho...
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East Lyme — Making his first career varsity start, Liam Joyce pitched 6.2 innings of no-hit ball and the East Lyme High School baseball team blanked St. Bernard 3-0 Thurs...
Stonington — Gavin Arruda shot a 3-over-par 39 and the Wheeler High School boys’ golf team remained unbeaten Thursday with a 5-2 victory over Bacon Academy at Stonington ...
It’s been an odd spring for East Lyme High School first-year athletic director Kevin Marcoux, who formerly coached the Killingly High boys’ golf team in addition to his A...
UConn men’s basketball’s nonconference schedule for next season is taking shape.
It will feature some challenging opponents.
The most recent addition is the Big 12-Big Ea...
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Cleveland — José Ramírez belted his sixth career grand slam and had three hits, Will Brennan added a solo homer and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Boston Red Sox 6-4 on...
Kate Littler’s freshman year at Ledyard High School, when considering a spring sport, she bought a lacrosse stick and goggles. That’s how close she came to not competing ...
Norwich — Hailey Smith struck out six in a complete game performance and Aubrey Martin fueled the offense with a walk, two hits, two runs scored and an RBI, leading Norwi...
Waterford — Elliot Childs won four events as Waterford beat Stonington 122-27 in an Eastern Connecticut Conference Division II boys’ track meet on Wednesday.
Childs won t...
Old Lyme — The undefeated Old Lyme High School girls’ tennis team clinched the Shoreline Conference regular-season title with a 7-0 win over Cromwell on Wednesday.
The W...
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Boston — The Miami Heat beat Boston with an unprecedented barrage of 3-pointers on Wednesday night to erase the home-court advantage the Celtics worked all season to esta...
Toronto — Brad Marchand broke a tie midway through the third period and the Boston Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Wednesday night to take a 2-1 lead in the fi...
New York — Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the first inning after Oakland starting pitcher Joe Boyle was called for a balk on the previous pitch and the New York Yanke...
Cleveland — Connor Wong homered twice, Rafael Devers connected in his return to Boston's lineup and the banged-up Red Sox got another solid pitching effort in an 8-0 win ...
San Francisco — Francisco Lindor hit a pair of two-run homers and the New York Mets avoided a three-game series sweep on Wednesday with an 8-2 win over the San Francisco ...
Nadal says he is not 100% fit ahead of Madrid debut. Spaniard still unsure about playing French Open
Madrid — Rafael Nadal will play in the Madrid Open despite not being fully fit and didn't seem too optimistic about his chances of being ready for the French Open next mo...
Los Angeles — Reggie Bush has his Heisman back.
The Heisman Trust reinstated the former Southern California tailback as the 2005 Heisman Trophy winner on Wednesday, citin...
The No. 1 pick in the NFL draft already has traded hands, with Carolina sending it more than a year ago to Chicago in a trade to move up to take Bryce Young first overall...
Team Penske suffered a humiliating disqualification Wednesday when reigning Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden was stripped of his victory in the season-opening race...
After placing third at 160 pounds in the State Open as a sophomore, Lincoln Carlson made it his mission to come into the following year with a vengeance.
At 175 pounds, C...
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2:30 a.m. (Saturday), FS2 — AFL: Carlton Blues at Geelong Cats.
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Fitch graduate Scherer delivers game-winning hit in Coast Guard’s victory
New London — Nearly three and a half hours into Tuesday’s game, sophomore Tate Scherer came off the bench, shook off the bone-chilling cold and stepped to the plate.
Coas...
H.S. lacrosse roundup: LoVetere comes through for Bobcats in win over Vikings
Colchester — Ethan LoVetere scored the game-winning goal with 1 minute, 33 seconds left in the fourth quarter Tuesday and the Bacon Academy boys’ lacrosse team defeated ...
Local roundup: Montville baseball edges Griswold in extra innings
Griswold — Cole Terni pitched a three-hitter over seven innings and Jack Treat closed out the game with a scoreless eighth as the Montville High School baseball team edge...
UConn officially announces addition of transfer Tarris Reed Jr.
UConn officially added transfer Tarris Reed Jr. to the men’s basketball team on Tuesday.
And coach Dan Hurley is one happy Husky.
“We are very excited to have a big man w...
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