As Ray Crone remembers it, he always seemed to be pitching on the last day of the season. When he put on the uniform of the Hartford Chiefs for the last time, he knew he had to throw strikes and work quickly. "I knew all anybody cared about was getting out of there," Crone said. It was a warm,...
The UConn coaching staff will join the staffs from Michigan and Boston College at the Champions Football Camp June 4 at Cheshire Academy, the prep school announced Wednesday. The event was announced last week and initially included only Michigan, which holds numerous off-campus and out-of-state...
STORRS — On two occasions before Philippe Okounam had developed much of a lasting memory, his family moved to a different country on a different continent. Not long after he was born in 1995, the Okounams left Moscow, where they had endured violent racism, and settled in his father's native Congo....
UConn safety Andrew Adams will sign a three-year contract with the New York Giants Thursday upon arriving at the team's rookie minicamp, he said Monday. The contract is not guaranteed and Adams must make the 53-man roster, but the agreement does afford Adams an extended period to try to impress...
Stefanie Dolson, the All-America center from UConn now immersed in a respected professional career in the WNBA and Europe, will reveal in the May 23 issue of ESPN The Magazine that she is an LGBT athlete. "Someone I knew growing up always joked that I'd be gay just because I was into sports. Not...
WASHINGTON — Fresh off their first national title, the UConn women's basketball team visited Bill Clinton's White House with a sense of awe back in 1995. Clinton posed for pictures with each player and chatted about the team's journey to an NCAA championship. When it was over, the team and its coach...
Incoming UConn freshman Crystal Dangerfield will be among 27 participating in the U18 National Team Trials later this month in Colorado Springs. Dangerfield, a guard from Murfreesboro, Tenn., was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the FIBA U19 World Championship last summer. She is bidding...
SUFFIELD — Joe Sinicrope, who was the longtime Suffield High track and field coach, had the school's track facility named after him at a ceremony in the auditorium on Friday. "It really meant a lot," Sinicrope said. "When I said [in my speech for the ceremony] 'the name on the track is not the result...
Returning only two starters from its 12-victory team from a year ago, Class M member Plainville could have been intimidated with its schedule this season that includes games against five Class LL and 11 L foes. "Our schedule and the CCC is challenging," coach Lou Mandeville said. "But we like competing...
Kristine Drust was a little bit hoarse Thursday. Her Cheshire softball team had just beaten Amity 5-4 in nine innings Wednesday. "It was very, very intense," Drust said. "I am very tired today." And Cheshire, 16-0 and fourth in The Courant's rankings, had to play No. 7 East Haven Thursday night and...