Vickie Fulkerson

Connecticut Sun coach Rachid Meziane is a native of her country, but that doesn't mean he's the only one who knew about Nell Angloma, who hails from Evreaux, France.

Will Fleeton, the Woodstock Academy girls' basketball coach, was about to be interviewed during Saturday's postgame, but he had to wait for his players. All of them. They do everything together.

In the end, it was the Merchant Marine football team which stormed the field at Fenway Park on Saturday after holding on for a 39-38 victory over the Bears in the teams' annual battle for the Secretaries' Cup.

That means that as he teaches freshman biology at the St. Bernard School or Advanced Placement bio, the students can't help but learn a little bit about volleyball, too.

The goalie for Bacon Academy on Wednesday afternoon, wearing a red jersey emblazoned with the No. 1, was a freshman, Gabi D'Atri.

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.

Behind a 26-point performance by Nneka Ogwunmike, the Storm opened up a 32-point lead by the third quarter with a dominant third quarter and blitzed Connecticut 101-85 at Mohegan Sun Arena.

The Sun (2-7) have had a week to regroup since a 104-67 loss last Sunday in Washington, with Connecticut continuing to be a streaky team — beating Atlanta 85-76 on June 6 and getting blown out by the Mystics two days later.

Paige Bueckers isn't one to necessarily sit still.