The best of days: East Lyme's O'Dea set for her senior soccer season after surgery
East Lyme girls' soccer captain Caitlin O'Dea is coming off surgery for a torn ACL and meniscus in her right knee and coach Rachel Redding said her recovery is nothing short of remarkable.
ECC to begin 'alternative football activities' Friday
The Eastern Connecticut Conference announced Monday that "alternative football activities" will begin later this week, in lieu of the canceled fall season because of COVID-19.
Millsaps settling in as New London girls' basketball coach, conducts Toby May clinic
It was the coaching debut for Tammy Millsaps in the City of New London and it came Thursday night on the courts at Toby May Park as Millsaps helped conduct a basketball clinic in conjunction with the Kareem Brown Skills Academy.
Camaraderie gives state champion Stonington boys' soccer team an extra level of depth
Stonington High School's boys' soccer team has the camaraderie to go with its talent, with the combination making the defending Class M champ tough to beat.
CIAC cancels football for fall, but will now consider spring season
The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference's Board of Control canceled full contact (11 on 11) football for the fall Wednesday, but agreed to consider football in the spring, provided it doesn't negatively impact spring sports.
COLUMNS
Waterford's Petchark uses college experience to enjoy strong summer
With her junior golf days behind her, Caroline Petchark embraced the challenge of playing stiffer...
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MORE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Triple threat: Griswold's Strain triplets look to build on a successful freshman season
Griswold triplets Lucas, Michael and Jacob Strain earned All-ECC and all-state honors in boys' coss country as freshmen. Now they're running again and looking to build on that success.
State officials unmoved on fall football after CIAC's presentation
If the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference decides to move forward with a high school football season in the fall, it will do so without the blessing of the state Department of Public Health or Gov. Ned Lamont.
ECC's high school football players, despite an uncertain future, just keep showing up
High school football players and coaches are doing what they always do this time of year. Depite the cancellation of their season last Friday and an uncertain future, they just keep showing up.
ECC-SCC football proposal provides opportunity to play in the spring
Ledyard athletic director Jim Buonocore was surprised when the CIAC Board of Control denied the CIAC football committee's suggestion to move the sport to the spring last month, instead deciding to keep it in the fall.
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UConn's Martin receives waiver from NCAA and can play this season
Transfer Tyrese Martin received a waiver from the NCAA, making him eligible to play this season for the UConn men's basketball team.
Kevin Freeman is happy to be back at UConn
Kevin Freeman knows all the shortcuts driving around Storrs from his days as a player and basketball staff member at UConn.
Freeman returning as UConn assistant; Hurley promotes Kimani Young
Former UConn basketball player Kevin Freeman is joining Dan Hurley's staff as an assistant coach after spending the last two seasons as an assistant at Penn State.
COLLEGES
Former Georgia player says he experienced racism
Former Georgia defensive back Otis Reese says he left the school because of racist treatment on campus
Notre Dame-Wake Forest postponed
Notre Dame's game at Wake Forest on Saturday has been postponed after positive COVID-19 tests landed 13 Fighting Irish players in isolation and another 10 in quarantine
AP Top 25 Reality Check: Who's eligible? Who's playing?
The second regular-season AP Top 25 of the season includes Southeastern Conference teams that begin playing next week but not Big Ten teams that start playing in about a month
ON THE AIR
Auto Racing
3:55 a.m. (Friday), ESPN2 — Formula One Russian Grand Prix practice from Sochi, Russia.
Baseball
5:25 a.m., ESPN2 — Korean: KIA Tigers at KT Wiz.
1:30 p.m., MLB Network — MLB: Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates.
6 p.m., SNY, WCBS (880-AM) — MLB: New York Mets at Washington Nationals.
6:30 p.m., YES, WFAN (660-AM) — MLB: New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays.
7:30 p.m., NESN, WTIC (1080-AM), WEEI (103.7-FM) — MLB: Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox.
8 p.m., FS1 — MLB: Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals.
9:30 p.m., MLB Network — MLB: Oakland Athletics at Los Angeles Dodgers.
Basketball
7:30 p.m., ESPN2 — WNBA playoffs: Seattle Storm vs. Minnesota Lynx from Bradenton, Fla.
9 p.m., TNT — NBA playoffs: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets from Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
9:30 p.m., ESPN2 — WNBA playoffs: Las Vegas Aces vs. Connecticut Sun from Bradenton, Fla.
Football
7:30 p.m., ESPN — NCAA: Alabama-Birmingham at South Alabama.
8:20 p.m., NFL Network — NFL: Miami Dolphins at Jacksonville Jaguars.
Golf
8 a.m., Golf Channel — European PGA: Irish Open from Ballymena, Northern Ireland.
3 p.m., Golf Channel — PGA: Puntacana Resort and Club Championship from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
Horse Racing
12:30 p.m., FS2 — Live racing from Elmont, N.Y.
Soccer
2:40 p.m., CBSSN — UEFA Super Cup: Bayern Munich vs. Sevilla in final from Budapest, Hungary.
6:50 p.m., FS2 — Copa do Brasil: Atlético Goianiense vs. Fulminense from Goiãnia, Brazil.
Tennis
4 a.m., Tennis Channel — ATP: Hamburg Open from Germany; WTA Strasbourg International from France.
4 a.m. (Friday), Tennis Channel — ATP: Hamburg Open from Germany; WTA Strasbourg International from France.
Volleyball
7:30 p.m., ESPNU — NCAA women: Texas at Oklahoma.
LOCAL ROUNDUP
Chris Vincent lands job on Southern Miss. coaching staff
Chris Vincent landed a job at Southern Mississippi where he'll be the video coordinator on head coach Jay Ladner's staff.
Mitchell College faced Heat star Robinson
How could Todd Peretz ever get a chance to coach against a future NBA player?
Local calendar
BASEBALL/SOFTBALLNew London Babe Ruth baseball membership meeting — Thursday, Sept. 24, 6:30 p.m., New London Elks Club. Meeting will be held upstairs and attendees are reminded to wear a mask. Anyone...
PROFESSIONAL
Heat top Celtics, move a game from NBA Finals
Tyler Herro — still just 20 years old — scored a Heat rookie-record 37 points, Jimmy Butler had 24 and Miami beat the Boston Celtics 112-109 on Wednesday night in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals
Red Sox top Orioles 9-1
Nathan Eovaldi struck out eight over six scoreless innings, Rafael Devers hit a three-run double that capped a six-run third and the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-1 on Wednesday night in a matchup of the AL East’s worst teams
MLB roundup
Shane Bieber lowered his ERA to 1.63 in his final regular-season start, the lowest in the American League since Luis Tiant’s 1.60 for Cleveland in 1968, and Jordan Luplow hit a game-ending home run that gave the Indians a 3-2 win over Chicago...