Nobody asked me but I thought Little League was all about good sportsmanship. I thought Little League was all about fair play and losing with grace, style and dignity.   Read More »

NEW HAVEN — It was late, well past 1 a.m., when James Blake plopped himself down in the main dining hall to grab a bite to eat. He was exhausted, but man, it was a great feeling.   Read More »

NEW HAVEN — The latest picture that is American tennis shows a cool close-up of a star and a stud, and way, way, way in the back is everyone else.   Read More »

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NEW HAVEN — She has always been Anne Worcester's rock. Her cornerstone. And recently, she's become her savior. Lindsay Davenport is the jelly to Worcester's peanut butter.   Read More »

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JUAN IS GONE — Juan Martin Del Porto, who was riding a streak of four straight ATP Tour wins, will not make it five at the Pilot Pen. Del Porto, ranked No.   Read More »

NEW HAVEN — She just keeps on keeping on. Fighting the good fight. Grinding it out, week after week, month after month, year after year. Patty Schnyder is just (sssshhhh) four months away from   Read More »

NEW HAVEN — If you buy it, maybe they'll come. But most likely, they won't. Still, no harm in trying. It has been three years since Pilot Pen Tennis chairman Butch Buchholz and tournament   Read More »

NEW HAVEN — On Friday afternoon, Anne Worcester finally exhaled. For the past week, she's held her breath (not really, but you get the picture) wondering what was going to be the end result of   Read More »

BRIDGEPORT — Nobody asked me but ... -With the Sacred Heart men's basketball team bending over backwards over the past couple of weeks to change its original scheduled date with Fairfield from   Read More »

A look at Shelton National's 6-0 run through the New England Regional tournament: GAME 1 — Connecticut 12, Maine 1: Bobby Moretti strikes out eight in three innings and Eddie Kochiss and Jake   Read More »

FAIRFIELD — There is a grand vision still to be realized. Ever so slowly, that vision is coming into focus. You can already see subtle changes taking place, little things to whet the appetite   Read More »

FAIRFIELD  The letters came to Michael Van Schaicks house at least once a week. Nice handwritten ones, too. Not some silly pre-printed form letter that so many of the other schools that wanted him to play basketball were sending out. No, these letters were personal.   Read More »

"You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry, you'd better not pout, I'm telling you why, Santa Chris is coming to town." Yes, once again, it's Santa Chris, that jolly fella (who does bear a strong   Read More »

Nathan Grube and Andy Bessette have decided to go fishing. Fishing for golfers. But these aren't a couple of little bluegills that Grube, the tournament director for the Travelers Championship, and   Read More »

EAST HARTFORD — His home career ended with nothing more than a slight whimper, not the big bang that Terry Caulley had so dearly wanted his final game at Rentschler Field to be.   Read More »

BRIDGEPORT — There were 31 kids working out in the pouring rain Thursday morning. Thirty-one kids who could have been home, warm and comfortable, waiting to eat Thanksgiving turkey and watch   Read More »

EAST HARTFORD — He stumbled, and Rentschler gasped. He stumbled again, and Rentschler gasped again. But somehow, D.J. Hernandez didn't fall down. Somehow, D.J. Hernandez stayed on his feet. Somehow, D.J. Hernandez found the end zone. And maybe found himself in the process. The Huskies live.   Read More »

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FAIRFIELD — Every time Dylan and Ryan Pape went outside to play with their buddies, Amanda Pape went too. Football. Kickball. Basketball. She wasn't about to be left out. Growing up as the only girl living on a block full of boys? Didn't matter.   Read More »

NEW YORK — Maybe it was a bold statement. Maybe it wasn't. As the first couple of coaches stood up and offered their assessments of the Big East Conference, it was the same old, same old.   Read More »

NEW YORK — The first exhibition game is just a week away. The first game will come just 10 days after that. In the snap of the fingers, the honeymoon between Ed Cooley and Fairfield is over.   Read More »

Quick, someone on the University of Miami administrative board, hurry up and go buy your president Donna Shalala a wide-brimmed hat. Or better yet, find her a nice, quiet place in the shade with a   Read More »

EAST RUTHERFORD, N. J. — His Sunday afternoons for now, and the foreseeable future, will continue to involve wearing a headset and not a helmet.   Read More »

BRIDGEPORT — The two men had started talking. They were not friends, not even casual acquaintances, just a couple of fathers shooting the breeze while their boys played Little League.   Read More »

FAIRFIELD — The guy couldn't hit a lick. That was the label and it stuck right to Jim Leyland. He could field his position, had a decent arm and could call a pretty good game, but hit? Forget   Read More »

NEW YORK — The expression on Cliff Floyd's face said it all. He didn't have to tell the media crowded around his locker how he felt as he slowly peeled off his warm-up top after finishing his   Read More »

In a perfect world, Dave Baseggio would be standing behind the Sound Tigers bench today in Binghamton, N.Y., for its season opener against the Senators.   Read More »

NEW YORK — As he took a few steps back toward first base, his fourth hit of the day safely jotted down in the scorebooks, Carlos Delgado let a   Read More »

NEW YORK — One inning after another, from the first through the sixth, the zeros went up on the scoreboard. Once again, Tom Glavine was back in   Read More »

LANCASTER, Pa. — The season rested in his hands. It was that simple for T.J. Mathews. Pitch like a man possessed and hopefully, allow your team to live for another day.   Read More »

And she never stopped. Cohen, once a standout player on the Norwalk High School girls' soccer team, fought the sarcoma cancer that infected her   Read More »