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	Joe Klein Has Not Missed Out on Much One of the nice things about this time of year in the Independent Baseball-writing business is we sometimes can sit back without the daily buzz of games and think about some of the factors -- and Read More » NFL Week 11: Preview capsules Browns at Lions WHEN -- 1 SKINNY -- This one has about as much pop as an open can of soda that's been sitting on the table all day. Two one-win teams with inept offenses meet. Read More » Saturday's high school notebook ST. JOSEPH/TRUMBULL THANKSGIVING TICKETS -- Tickets for the St. Joseph/Trumbull Thanksgiving Day football game at St. Joseph will be on sale beginning Nov. Read More » Late touchdown lifts Staples past Central in FCIAC football championship TRUMBULL -- With 2:33 left in the game Staples wide receiver Brendan Rankowitz felt as if he had just cost his team the FCIAC championship by dropping a certain touchdown pass. Read More » Honor roll: Friday's star, today's best bet n Friday's star: Football -- Staples' Brendan Rankowitz scored the winning touchdown on a 66-yard pass play with 1:05 to play in a 14-10 win over Central in the FCIAC championship. Read More » Late touchdown lifts Staples past Central in FCIAC TRUMBULL -- With 2:33 left in the game, Staples wide receiver Brendan Rankowitz felt like he had just cost his team the FCIAC championship by dropping a certain touchdown pass. Read More » Reeling Falcons, Giants looking to end slides EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons looked like powerhouse teams through five games. Now each team is struggling just to remain above . Read More » Pats-Jets rematch has different look than 1st game FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The New England Patriots are determined to bounce back from their big loss. No, not that one. While last Sunday night's 35-34 shocker against the Indianapolis Colts held the Read More » Last-minute loss heartbreaking for Central players TRUMBULL -- It didn't make sense. Some Central Hilltoppers didn't seem to quite believe it yet. For others, it had hit them harder than any Staples Wrecker had. Read More » Late touchdown lifts Staples past Central in FCIAC TRUMBULL -- With 2:33 left in the game, Staples wide receiver Brendan Rankowitz felt like he had just cost his team the FCIAC championship by dropping a certain touchdown pass. Read More » Giants' Pierce out indefinitely with neck injury EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Just when the Giants thought they were as healthy as they could be, they found out Friday night one of their defensive stalwarts, middle linebacker Antonio Pierce, will be Read More » NFL notebook: Falcons' Norwood questionable for Giants FALCONS -- Running back Jerious Norwood practiced for the second straight day after missing Atlanta's last four games with a hip flexor. The Falcons hope Norwood, who is listed as questionable for Read More » Jets' Revis up to task of shutting down Moss again FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Darrelle Revis has heard enough about his last matchup with Randy Moss. The New York Jets cornerback just wants to move on to the next one. Read More » Jets notebook: Leonhard questionable, Gholston out vs. Pats LEONHARD QUESTIONABLE -- Safety Jim Leonhard is questionable for the Sunday's game at New England after being limited in practice Friday with a broken right thumb. Read More » MLB notebook: White Sox close to deal with Vizquel CUBS -- Pitcher John Grabow became the first of the 171 free agents to reach agreement on a new deal, getting a $7.5 million, two-year contract. The 31-year-old left-hander combined to go 3-0 with a Read More » Today's high school schedule SCHEDULE TODAY Football SCC Cheshire at West Haven, 7 STATE Simsbury at Glastonbury, 1 Hall at Conard, 1 Canton at Avon, 1:30 Coventry/Windham Tech at Old Saybrook/Westbrook, 1 Morgan at Read More » Post tops Bridgeport 81-77 BRIDGEPORT -- The Bridgeport men's basketball team squandered a nine-point halftime lead in a 81-77 loss to Post in the Purple Knight Classic. The Purple Knights (0-2) led 43-34 at halftime, but Post Read More » Maritime Aquarium wants to hear your LI Sound fishing story The one thing that most fishermen do best is tell fish tales. Some of our tales are true and some are, well, let's just say, some are unsubstantiated. Read More » Moore, Charles lead UConn rout WORCESTER, Mass. -- There are many occasions each season when the UConn women's basketball team is not playing against the opponent. The mismatch is too great. Read More » College football notebook BUTKUS AWARD FINALISTS -- Alabama's Rolando McClain, Florida's Brandon Spikes and Missouri's Sean Weatherspoon are once again finalists for the Butkus Award, given annually to the nation's top Read More » Top 10 Topics for college football HARDY-HAR-HAR -- The computers that make up one component of the BCS standings are sure to have a big belly laugh (or whatever the midsection of a computer is called) over Florida and Alabama, the Read More » Man pleads not guilty for role in UConn case ROCKVILLE -- A man who allegedly was with the man charged with killing University of Connecticut football Jasper Howard, has pleaded not guilty to a conspiracy charge. Read More » College basketball game days Harvard at Sacred Heart WHAT -- Women's basketball WHEN -- Today, 2 p.m. WHERE -- Pitt Center, Fairfield RECORDS -- Harvard 2-0, SHU 0-2 SKINNY -- SHU is coming off a 50-49 loss at home to Villanova Read More » Ohio State-Michigan series has slipped in stature ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Game has lost a lot of luster. Ohio State has beaten Michigan five straight times, its best winning streak and the longest in the series since the 1920s. Read More » UConn notebook: Gardler finds her role ROLE PLAYER -- Plenty of statistics were impressive through the first two games for the Huskies. One that truly jumped off the season box score was the minutes played for senior All-American Tina Read More » Today's Sprint Cup race WHEN -- 3:15 p.m. (Ch. 7, 8, 2:30-7:30) TRACK -- Homestead-Miami Speedway (oval, 1.5 miles) RACE DISTANCE -- 400.5 miles, 267 laps DEFENDING CHAMPION -- Carl Edwards (Jimmie Johnson won his record Read More » Frazer could play big role in ending Weis' ND run The subplot surrounding the game is oh, so juicy. Movie directors get paid millions to make stuff like this up, but this isn't fantasy, it's reality. The story: Pennsylvania kid, quarterback Read More » UConn, ND have much in common these days Lou Holtz and his son Skip patrolled the sidelines for both programs at different times, so it's not as if the football teams from UConn and Notre Dame were without connections before today. Read More » A capsule look at today's Class LL boys soccer final WHAT -- Class LL boys soccer final WHEN -- Today, noon WHERE -- Tiger Hollow, Ridgefield ROAD TO FINAL -- Staples: beat No. 28 Conard 4-1; beat No. 21 Newtown 3-2 (PK 4-3); beat No. Read More » Husky kickoff: UConn at Notre Dame UConn at Notre Dame WHEN -- Today, 2:30 p.m. WHERE -- Notre Dame Stadium (80,795) ON THE AIR -- Ch. 4, 30; WTIC-AM 1080 LINE -- Notre Dame by 6 RECORDS -- UConn 4-5; Notre Dame 6-4 LAST GAME -- UConn Read More »

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