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Wednesday, December 04, 2024
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Wednesday, December 04, 2024
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Whalers no match for Hand in Class M football quarters
Madison — It begins on summer’s green fields, in T-shirts and shorts, with the hopes and dreams of a season awaiting. It’s almost unfathomable at the time that it could e...
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Willimantic — Ledyard and Windham, two fierce Eastern Connecticut Conference rivals, waged an epic CIAC Class SS quarterfinal battle on Tuesday.
The outcome was decided ...
Bridgeport — Jax Higgins threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third as No. 5 Waterford beat No. 4 Bullard Havens 21-12 in the CIAC Class SS football quarterfinals on Tu...
Mohegan — Morgan Tuck has been named general manager of the Connecticut Sun and will replace Darius Taylor, who will become the team's chief basketball strategist and dir...
East Lyme — Al Opsahl has been named the head coach of the boys’ swimming program at East Lyme High School, athletic director Kevin Marcoux said in a release on Tuesday.
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Class M Quarterfinals
Hand 45, New London 6
Class SS Quarterfinals
Windham 17, Ledyard 14
Waterford 21, Bullard Havens 12
Killingly 75, Ellington 14
Class S...
Storrs — Freshman Sarah Strong scored 22 points and No. 2 UConn outscored Holy Cross by 30 points in the second half of an 88-52 victory on Tuesday night.
Kaitlyn Chen sc...
Miami's playoff hopes took an all-but-final nosedive while Alabama's got a boost Tuesday night in the last rankings before the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket is...
Storrs — The visit to Hawaii for the Maui Invitational was not exactly a trip to paradise for two-time defending national champion UConn.
Coach Dan Hurley was very much i...
Boston — The Boston Red Sox have agreed to terms with left-handed reliever Aroldis Chapman on a one-year deal that would pay him $10.75 million, a person with knowledge o...
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New York — Contracts for Blake Snell and Tommy Edman increased the Los Angeles Dodgers' obligations for deferred payments to more than $1 billion owed to seven players fr...
Charlotte, N.C. — NASCAR opened the season with near washouts in the first two races of the year that could have set the tone for a miserable 2024 campaign.
Instead, the...
The NHL's collective bargaining agreement does not expire until Sept. 15, 2026. That discussions are set to begin on a new deal in early 2025 is already one step ahead of...
Make more 3-pointers than your opponent in this NBA era, and you’re likely to win. Make a lot more 3s than your opponent, and you’re almost certain to win.
The Boston Cel...
Tiger Woods could not offer much of a timetable Tuesday on PGA Tour negotiations with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf or his own future as a player.
Woods is the tournament...
Houston — Houston's Azeez Al-Shaair was suspended by the NFL without pay for three games Tuesday for repeated violations of player safety rules following his violent hit ...
Four teams from the region, three from the Eastern Connecticut Conference, get to keep playing high school football this week, beginning with the Connecticut Interscholas...
New London — Connecticut College experienced a deja vu feeling when the NCAA Division III men’s soccer Final Four field came together.
Washington & Lee, the team that Con...
Foxborough, Mass. — The New England Patriots are focused on the future following their 25-24 loss to the Indianapolis Colts.
The Patriots (3-10) were officially eliminate...
Aaron Rodgers celebrated his 41st birthday with the news he's still the New York Jets' starting quarterback.
That's hardly a surprise gift, but it ends some of the specul...
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5 p.m., ESPN2 — NCAA women: Oklahoma at Louisville.
6:30 p.m., FS1 — NCAA men: Baylor at UConn.
6:30 p.m., CBSSN — NCAA men: Florida Atlantic ...
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WNBA season to tip May 16 with expansion Golden State Valkyries opening at home that night
New York — An expanded WNBA with more games and a new franchise will tip off on May 16.
The league extended its schedule to 44 games this year, up from 40, with the addit...
Giants place Dexter Lawrence on injured reserve
East Rutherford, N.J. — The New York Giants defense is going to have to learn to adjust without Pro Bowl tackle Dexter Lawrence.
Lawrence, who dislocated his left elbow i...
49ers running back Christian McCaffrey headed to IR with an injured right knee
Santa Clara, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers star running back Christian McCaffrey will not need surgery on his injured right knee but he will miss the rest of the regular s...
Bueckers is Big East Player of the Week in women’s basketball
Storrs — Redshirt senior Paige Bueckers was name Big East Conference Player of the Week after leading the UConn women’s basketball team to the Baha Mar Women’s Championsh...
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