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East Lyme heats up at just the right moment to earn Division I title over Fitch in boys’ track
East Lyme — At this point in the high school track season, the weather and competition heats up. It’s also when the East Lyme boys’ team usually rises to the occasion.
Th...
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Lebanon — Uliana Pokutnia won the 100- and 200-meter events and Liberty Frechette took the 300 hurdles and high jump as the St. Bernard School girls’ track and field team...
Old Lyme — Grace Duggan and Gwen McGugan won singles matches for the Stonington High School girls’ tennis team and the Bears edged defending Class S champion Old Lyme 4-3...
Mohegan — The 2016 WNBA Draft was held at Mohegan Sun Arena and Rachel Banham went fourth overall to the Connecticut Sun, who make their home in the arena.
The Sun, in fa...
New York — Jalen Brunson returned from a right foot injury to score 24 of his 29 points in the second half, leading the New York Knicks to a 130-121 victory over the Indi...
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Sunrise, Fla. — Aleksander Barkov had two goals and two assists, Sam Reinhart added four assists and the Florida Panthers beat the Boston Bruins 6-1 Wednesday night to ti...
New York — As the crack of Juan Soto’s bat began to blend with the sound of a roaring stadium on Wednesday night, the Yankees slugger followed through on his swing and le...
Nikola Jokic did it all again. And the MVP trophy is his again.
Jokic, the Denver Nuggets star from Serbia, was announced Wednesday night as the NBA's Most Valuable Playe...
Rory McIlroy won’t rejoin PGA Tour board, says others were ‘uncomfortable’ with his potential return
Charlotte, N.C. — Rory McIlroy won’t be returning to the PGA Tour board, saying Wednesday a plan to replace Webb Simpson was met with resistance from board members.
Simps...
Los Angeles — The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has agreed to plead guilty to bank and tax fraud in a sports betting case in which prosecu...
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Norwich — Gage Hinkley is a 6-foot-1, 225-pound middle linebacker who leaves June 24, just after his graduation from Norwich Free Academy, to play Division I football at...
Norwich — Host Norwich Free Academy won the Wildcat Invitational in a girls’ golf match on Tuesday at the Norwich Golf Course.
The Wildcats won with a team score of 201 a...
Groton — Boden Frost set the state record for most assists in one season (95) Tuesday and the Fitch High School boys’ lacrosse team pulled into a virtual tie for first pl...
Boston — When Jaylen Brown or Jayson Tatum have it going, it usually means good things for the Boston Celtics.
This postseason, it's also been opening up the floor — and ...
New York — Vincent Trocheck couldn't describe the feeling when he finally scored in the second overtime to give the New York Rangers another big win.
Trocheck scored a po...
Mohegan — The Connecticut Sun roster is slowly being pared to what it will look like on opening day, a 12-player limit for WNBA teams which Connecticut will likely trim ...
North Stonington — Bern Macca, who once held the same position at The Williams School for six years, has been named the new athletic director at Wheeler High School.
Macc...
The San Jose Sharks won the draft lottery on Tuesday and earned the right to have the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft for the first time in franchise history.
The Sharks fini...
Rudy Gobert wins record-tying 4th Defensive Player of the Year award. Victor Wembanyama finishes 2nd
Rudy Gobert made some history. Victor Wembanyama nearly did.
Gobert, the Minnesota center, was announced Tuesday night as the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year for a rec...
Paris — Central defender Mats Hummels headed Borussia Dortmund into the Champions League final as the German team won 1-0 at Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday.
Moments after...
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Waltke is back and NFA’s offense is strong; Wildcats beat Vikings 11-2 in ECC DI softball
Norwich — There are times the Norwich Free Academy softball team will spend an entire practice on offense, which is not entirely surprising if you’ve seen the Wildcats h...
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