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...
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...
Idle Thoughts, while waiting for the next round of baseball playoffs, UConn-Wake Forest football and for the Yankees to explain why someone named Duke Ellis is on the postseason roster:
• Dr. Idle, Dr...
This is the story of two Connecticut cities smarting from recent public safety issues at high school football games.
This is the story of Waterbury and its swift, decisive and collaborative action, as...
Idle Thoughts, while waiting for a Mets-Yanks World Series, Opening Night in the NHL and for people to stop crowding into elevators at Mohegan Sun (the next car is due in roughly 17 seconds):
• A publ...
Mohegan — Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame? Here in Connecticut? During a women’s basketball game? This is why libraries have fiction sections, right?
Ah, but then there’s Mohegan Sun Arena, where the ...
The Michael Burrows Story, which has gone national in recent days, touches all the notes that touch us all: Small town kid. Against the odds. Overcomes adversity. And then ends up at Yankee Stadium, s...
There were a number of unhappy outcomes for football programs across the Eastern Connecticut Conference during the first week of the season. Happily, several did the resilience thing last weekend, per...
So now it is the Conference Formerly Known As The Pac-12. A few weeks back, UConn was courting the Big 12. No word whether Ocean’s Twelve and Adam 12 could be next. But if nothing else, the ongoing co...
Waterford — They were 14 when it happened. There was no manual to study, no textbook for guidance. At 14, Charlotte and Paige Jessuck, Waterford High’s version of the Wonder Twins, learned the hard wa...