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ECC will crown tournament champs in eight sports this week
First up is track and field.
That begins a jam-packed week in which eight Eastern Connecticut Conference sports will crown champions, from track and field Monday, boys’ a...
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Madison — The Stonington High School girls’ tennis team completed an unbeaten regular season with a 6-1 win over Daniel Hand in a nonleague match on Sunday.
Grace Duggan,...
DiJonai Carrington was drafted by the Connecticut Sun in the second round in 2021, with the Sun having reached the WNBA Finals in 2019 and the semifinals in 2020.
“I knew...
Louisville, Ky. — Xander Schauffele faced yet another major champion down the stretch and this time delivered some magic of his own. He swirled in a 6-foot birdie putt on...
New York — When the Indiana Pacers compiled one of the best offensive seasons in NBA history, they were just getting warmed up.
For Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semif...
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Lowell, Mass. — Jess Healey scored from the point late in the second period to lift Boston to a 4-3 win over Minnesota on Sunday night in the first game of the inaugural ...
Jersey City, N.J. — Nelly Korda won a back nine showdown with Hannah Green of Australia with a par on the 18th hole to capture the Mizuho Americas Open by a stroke Sunday...
Indianapolis — Scott McLaughlin in the famed “Yellow Submarine” entry led a Team Penske sweep of the front row of Indianapolis 500 qualifying with a new track record Sund...
Miami — Harrison Bader and Tyrone Taylor each drove in two runs in a four-run first inning, star closer Edwin Díaz was not used in a save situation and the New York Mets ...
St. Louis — Rafael Devers tied a Boston record by homering for his fifth consecutive game, and the Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-3 on Sunday to stop a season-hi...
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New York — Aaron Judge and Jon Berti homered into Yankee Stadium’s right field short porch, and New York extended its winning streak to seven by beating the Chicago White...
Boys’ singles
First round
No. 1 Tucker Callahan (Stonington) vs. No. 16 Benny Wu (Montville); No. 8 Sebastian Fieldsend (Ledyard) vs. No. 9 Owen Rigney (Killing...
Manchester, England — Manchester City fans could hardly stand the wait for the final whistle.
Not because they feared a last-minute twist and the unlikeliest of comeback...
Rome — The Italian Open was where it all began for Alexander Zverev with his first Masters Series title seven years ago.
On Sunday, another Rome trophy signaled a career ...
Imola, Italy — In the real world or the virtual world, Max Verstappen remains the driver to beat.
The defending Formula 1 champion held off a challenge from McLaren’s Lan...
Hartford — Simone Biles certainly looks ready for Paris with more than two months to go before the Olympic games begin.
The gymnastics superstar began her bid for a third...
The Mitchell College baseball team scored one of its biggest wins in program history on Saturday.
And the Mariners did it at a perfect time.
Riding senior righthander Cam...
Norwich — Norwich Free Academy rallied from a 7-0 deficit to beat Waterford 8-7 in an Eastern Connecticut Conference Division I baseball game on Saturday.
NFA scored fou...
Baltimore — D. Wayne Lukas worked his way to Seize the Grey after his horse won the Preakness Stakes and kept getting interrupted by well-wishes offering congratulations....
Louisville, Ky. — The cheers were endless Saturday in the PGA Championship, and when another record day of scoring finally ended at vulnerable Valhalla, so were the possi...
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Soto's 2 homers, Gil's 14 strikeouts lead Yankees over White Sox 6-1 for 6-game winning streak
New York — Juan Soto had his first multihomer game with the Yankees, Luis Gil struck out a career-high 14 and New York beat the Chicago White Sox 6-1 on Saturday to exten...
Oleksandr Usyk beats Tyson Fury by split decision to become the undisputed heavyweight champion
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Usyk (22-0) ...
Bell hits tying homer as Marlins score 4 in 9th off struggling Díaz and rally past Mets 10-9 in 10
Miami — Josh Bell hit a tying homer off Edwin Díaz in a four-run ninth inning, the latest costly meltdown by the struggling New York Mets closer, and Otto Lopez singled h...
Nelly Korda seizes 2-shot lead at Mizuho Americas Open, inches closer to 6th win in 7 events
It didn't take Nelly Korda long to put another tournament within her grasp.
Korda shot a 7-under 65 Saturday and will take a two-stroke lead over Hannah Green into the fi...
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