This was during the WNBA semifinals at Mohegan Sun Arena two weeks ago when a league official chatted about heretofore unimaginable levels of social media vitriol aimed at players this season.
“You wo...
New London — If nothing else, the recent events surrounding New London High School football — although nothing pertaining to the team whatsoever — have nonetheless sustained the aggravating, but quite...
Groton — There was nothing normal about any facet of this, not from the abnormal start time (4 p.m. Friday), to the reason for the abnormal start time (threats of violence on social media that postpon...
Groton — Among the escalating collection of frauds in this country are the dullards who bristle at condemning a whole group of people for the actions of a few … but are only too happy to apply the sam...
Mashantucket - Many of us in the crowd of more than 600 caught tears occasionally Tuesday night, awash in stories of perseverance and triumph. The best night of the whole year sure gets better with ea...
Ledyard — Randall Prose estimated he has “about 13 or 14 players” right now playing varsity football, although a few more dressed Friday night for Windham High.
Prose said all this after his Whips sta...
Idle Thoughts, while waiting for the high school football playoffs, Jayson Tatum’s MVP award and for the Giants to get a first down:
• Dr. Idle, Dr. I to his close friends, would like you to join him ...
Phoebe Carpenter, a busy goalie most of the night, punted the ball to midfield, a seemingly innocent development during a game earmarked for overtime. The closest Lyman Memorial teammate to the ball, ...
And so the caretaker of Huskymania has passed away, leaving us with memories of passion and professionalism that the great Tim Tolokan embodied all his 79 years with us.
Tolokan, the masterful maestro...
Somewhere in Columnist School comes the lesson about making points, not belaboring them. If we’re not careful, the columnist-who-cried-wolf thing happens and they either stop paying attention or think...
Full disclosure: I don’t like drinking. I love drinking. My next pet may be a grey goose. When I’m Czar of the Universe, Johnnie Walker wins the Nobel Prize.
But I’m also aware there is a time and pla...