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...
Rivals Coast Guard, Merchant Marine to face off in three sports this fall, including football
On Monday, Coast Guard athletic director Dan Rose will announce that the football, men's soccer and volleyball teams will play one-game seasons this fall against their biggest rival, the Merchant Marine Academy, The Day has learned.
Jordan wins Potter Memorial at Speedbowl
Tim Jordan, however, was able to make the pass for the lead with less than 10 laps remaining on the way to the biggest wins of his SK Modified career.
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...
MORE LOCAL SPORTS
Montville-NL advances to Section 3 LL baseball final
PJ Evans and Eddie Torres combined to drive in five runs as Montville-New London beat Guilford 6-1 in the Connecticut Section 3 Little League baseball tournament on Sunday.
Local roundup: Black Wolves finish productive NLL virtual draft
The New England Black Wolves recently completed a productive National Lacrosse League Entry draft, trading for forward Jacob Ruest while selecting five players during the first virtual draft in league history.
Montville-NL strikes first, wins opener in Section 3 Little League tourney
Orlando Gonzalez has a (somewhat) secret strategy when it comes to the coin flip which decides who will be the home or visiting team.
UCONN
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.
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
CT SUN
Sun will fight on without Alyssa Thomas
A right shoulder injury will keep Connecticut Sun star forward Alyssa Thomas from playing in Game 3 of the best-of-five WNBA semifinals against the top-seeded Las Vegas Aces on Thursday night.
Sun lose both Alyssa Thomas to injury and game to Aces
The Connecticut Sun lost star Alyssa Thomas early in Tuesday's WNBA semifinal to a shoulder injury and lost late to the Las Vegas Aces, 83-75, to tie the best-of-five serires at a game apiece.
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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...
Sayers, Piccolo friendship lives on in 'Brian's Song'
NFL players of different colors didn't share hotel rooms on the road when the Chicago Bears put Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo together in 1967
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.