Vickie Fulkerson

Tina Charles, in her 14th season in the WNBA, came to the interview room after Monday's matinee against Atlanta with ice packs everywhere, left shoulder, left ankle and both knees, not exactly how she was depicted on her bobblehead that was distributed before the game.

Keith Porter spent a month tossing and turning at night, finally deciding to accept a position as the player development coach for the WNBA's Indiana Fever under head coach Stephanie White.

Stonington head coach Cory Candelet describes the fire with which Max DeLaRosa competes.

Stonington High School boys' tennis coach John Adriano was explaining that while a number of his players have a vast amount of state tournament experience, there are also those with none at all.

Paige Bueckers isn't one to necessarily sit still.

He participated in the pentathlon at last year's Patriot Games at Coventry High School and, from that, Stonington High School's Hagen Drake learned a few things.

In the summer of 2024, Saniya Rivers was chosen to attend WNBA guard Kelsey Plum's "Dawg Class" in Bradenton, Fla., an endeavor Plum created to help top collegiate women's basketball players transition to the pro level — an area in which Plum, now of the Los Angeles Sparks, once struggled.

When Beth Lewis attended Fitch High School softball games at Washington Park, both when her daughter Jackie was an all-state shortstop for the Falcons or more recently when Jackie became the team's head coach, she was just as content to watch from the car on a cold day.

It was her teammate and good friend Paige Bueckers who jokingly gave the nickname to Azzi Fudd: "The Princess."

Sarah Strong, a freshman as dynamic with her movements on the court as she is unassuming off it, was one day removed from her first NCAA tournament game as a member of the UConn women's basketball team.