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Wednesday, May 01, 2024
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Wednesday, May 01, 2024
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A grizzly day in Guilford for East Lyme baseball
Guilford — A reasonable facsimile of baseball state tournament week is upon East Lyme, whose assignments in consecutive days Wednesday and Thursday mirrors what the Vikin...
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New London — Robbie DelaCruz gave himself a pep talk in the on-deck circle before his first at-bat since suffering a potential career-threatening injury.
Following a chal...
Storrs — Matt Malcom is a power source for the UConn baseball team.
He supplies energy with both his potent bat and electric personality.
The Huskies are happy to plug in...
Mohegan — It was the second day of practice and Connecticut Sun coach Stephanie White, baseball hat pulled down low, was using a clipboard to take notes on a team session...
Wethersfield — The Norwich Free Academy boys’ volleyball swept team Wethersfield on Tuesday, stretching its winning streak to nine.
NFA (12-1) won 25-13, 25-14, 25-18, Al...
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Griswold — Jeremiah Bobbi was 4-for-6 with three RBI as Lyman Memorial beat Griswold 13-10 on Tuesday afternoon.
Jared Russo had four hits and two RBI and Nick Chalifoux ...
UConn officially welcomed Liam McNeeley to the program and announced that veteran guard Hassan Diarra will return next season on Tuesday.
Coach Dan Hurley talked about Mc...
New London — The Connecticut College men’s lacrosse team closed out its season by beating crosstown rival Coast Guard Academy, 10-7, on Tuesday at Silfen Field.
The Camel...
Stonington High School girls’ tennis coach George Crouse will be inducted into the Connecticut High School Coaches’ Association Hall of Fame on May 9 at the Aqua Turf Cl...
Madrid — Carlos Alcaraz was put to the test and pulled through at the Madrid Open. Rafael Nadal couldn't overcome his challenge and is done in likely his last appearance ...
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Munich — Vinícius Júnior scored twice for Real Madrid to draw 2-2 at Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal on Tuesday.
Bayern dominated, but ...
Denver — The futures of LeBron James and Darvin Ham with the Los Angeles Lakers are murky after their first-round playoff exit.
One might choose to leave and the other m...
Brad Stevens was announced Tuesday as the NBA's executive of the year after helping build a Boston Celtics team that posted the league's best record in the regular season...
Louisville, Ky. — There was a brief moment three weeks ago when trainer Chad Brown’s Kentucky Derby outlook was jolted as one of his hopefuls resisted multiple attempts t...
Louisville, Ky. — Encino won’t run in the Kentucky Derby this weekend, trainer Brad Cox said Tuesday.
The colt didn't look right after morning training and was vanned to ...
Colchester — It was a few minutes after game time and, following a few words to both teams by Paul Dagle of the Brian Dagle Foundation — whose Lax2Live initiative brings...
UConn dipped into the transfer portal for the second time this spring to fill a key need on its men’s basketball roster.
The latest addition is 6-foot-3 guard Aidan Mahan...
Stonington — Ledyard capitalized on errors and Faith Dalton delivered a two-run single in the fifth inning in a 4-3 win over Stonington in a softball game on Monday.
Mia...
Montville — Montville remained unbeaten in Eastern Connecticut Conference Division III boys’ tennis action with a 5-2 win over Lyman Memorial on Monday.
Benny Wu, Danny Z...
Miami — The good news for the Miami Heat is that the Boston Celtics might not be back in South Florida for a few months.
And that's also the bad news for the Heat.
Boston...
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Noon, NESN — IL: Lehigh Valley IronPigs at Worcester Red Sox.
1 p.m., MLB Network — MLB: St. Louis Cardinals at Detroit Tigers.
6:30 p.m., Amazo...
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Around the region
• Eastern Connecticut State University junior Dan Driscoll (Waterford) is helping to anchor the pitching staff. He’s made 10 appearances, posting a...
Gunnar Henderson becomes youngest player to hit 10 homers before May 1 as Orioles defeat Yankees 2-0
Baltimore — Gunnar Henderson led off the first inning with a homer to become the youngest player in major league history with 10 before May 1 and the Baltimore Orioles de...
Morel hits tiebreaking HR off Díaz in 9th and Cubs top Mets 3-1 after spoiling Severino's no-hit bid
New York — Christopher Morel hit a two-run homer off Edwin Díaz to snap a ninth-inning tie and the Chicago Cubs beat the New York Mets 3-1 on Monday night after being hel...
U.S. and Mexico drop bid to host 2027 World Cup, Brazil and joint German-Dutch-Belgian bids remain
New York — The U.S. Soccer Federation and its Mexican counterpart dropped their joint bid to host the 2027 Women's World Cup on Monday and said they instead will focus on...
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