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	Tynes' 36-yard FG leads Giants over Falcons in OT EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Eli Manning and the New York Giants were just happy to celebrate a victory again. It had been six frustrating weeks, not that they were counting or anything. Read More » Huskies won, but didn't hold vs. Irish Late in its game against Notre Dame Saturday the UConn football team appeared to be following its usual pattern. The Huskies were in position to win but were having trouble finishing off the Read More » Huskies' ground attack powers win over Notre Dame SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Jordan Todman stood alone in the Notre Dame end zone looking up at the top of the stadium and the building behind it that has one of the most famous paintings in college sports. Read More » Sunday's college roundup: SHU volleyball falls in NEC championship WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL Sacred Heart........................................ 17 20 21--0 Long Island........................................... 25 25 25--3 Highlights: Top-seeded Long Island won the Read More » Fairfield men's basketball gameday Farirfield at American WHAT -- Men's basketball WHEN -- Tonight, 7:30 WHERE -- Bender Arena, Washington ON AIR -- WVOF-FM 88.5 RECORDS -- Fairfield 2-1; American 0-3 SKINNY -- Fairfield comes off a Read More » Garnett's jumper lifts Celtics over Knicks NEW YORK -- Kevin Garnett made a jumper to beat the overtime buzzer, giving the Boston Celtics a 107-105 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday. Paul Pierce scored a season-high 33 points, and Read More » Johnson wins 4th straight NASCAR championship HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- All Jimmie Johnson ever wanted was a chance to race with the best in NASCAR. Maybe even win a race or two. Never did he expect to be a champion. Read More » Montoya-Stewart feud sparks NASCAR finale HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- Juan Pablo Montoya and Tony Stewart could have used a referee. The final two races of the NASCAR season were more like a throwback to the good ol' boys who settled their feuds on Read More » BCS at-large bids up for grabs in final weeks NEW YORK -- Iowa and Penn State ended their seasons eligible for an at-large BCS bid, and Oklahoma State and Virginia Tech are also in position to be eligible for invites to the four big-money bowl Read More » A wish list of coaches for Notre Dame fans If Notre Dame makes the move that seems inevitable now -- the one so many Fighting Irish fans want and commentators endorse -- and fires Charlie Weis, who will replace him? Read More » Soccer stars use horse placenta treatment BELGRADE, Serbia -- Nothing like a little horse placenta to cure those aches and pains. Serbian health authorities are looking for a mysterious healer who has recently treated the injuries of Read More » Women's judo pioneer Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi dies DENVER -- Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi, known as the "Mother of Judo" partly for her role in bringing women's judo to the Olympic Games, has died. She was 74. Read More » Women's College Basketball Roundup Jantel Lavender scored 26 points, Brittany Johnson had a career-high 23 and Samantha Prahalis added 22 to lead No. 3 Ohio State to a 93-72 victory over Oklahoma State on Sunday to win the Preseason Read More » Men's Big East Roundup No. 5 VILLANOVA 79, OLE MISS 67 -- At San Juan, Puerto Rico, Scottie Reynolds scored 21 points, Corey Stokes added 18 and No. 5 Villanova beat Mississippi to win the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. Read More » Men's Top 25 Roundup No. 2 Michigan State 90, Valparaiso 60 -- At East Lansing, Mich., Chris Allen scored 22 points, Kalin Lucas added 15 and Michigan State routed Valparaiso to move coach Tom Izzo into a tie with Jud Read More » South Bend pilgrimage is more than a game SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Jared, Brendan and John Young packed the van on Thursday morning, said goodbye to the rest of their respective families and set off from Trumbull on the ride of their lives. Read More » Harvard comes back for 14-10 win over Yale NEW HAVEN -- Yale's first-year coach Tom Williams says he's ready to take responsibility for the Bulldogs' eighth loss in the last nine games to rival Harvard. Read More » Sound Tigers win in shootout against Abbotsford The Bridgeport Sound Tigers have 11 wins, and seven have come beyond regulation after Saturday's 4-3, shootout win in Abbotsford, British Columbia, over the Heat. Read More » Fairfield Ludlowe falls in 5 sets to Southington in Class LL girls volleyball final BERLIN -- Even after a loss in the Class LL girls volleyball final Saturday night, Brandi Segala couldn't help but smile. The Fairfield Ludlowe junior and her Falcons teammates had just fallen 3-2 Read More » Staples routs New Milford to claim Class LL boys soccer title RIDGEFIELD -- The instant the final whistle sounded, they took off for the stands. Since the fans couldn't come onto the field, the players decided the team would come to them. Read More » Xavier beats Sacred Heart men 105-65 CINCINNATI -- Jordan Crawford scored a career-high 26 points in Xavier's up-tempo offense, and Jason Love had his second straight double-double Saturday, leading the Musketeers to a 105-65 victory Read More » Pioneers top Harvard 92-77 FAIRFIELD -- Kiley Evans led four Sacred Heart players in double figure scoring with 24 points as the Pioneers topped Harvard 92-77 for their first win of the season. Read More » Washington leads Bridgeport over Southern Connecticut 82-59 BRIDGEPORT -- Jermaine Washington scored a game-high 23 points off the bench to lead the Bridgeport men's basketball team in a 82-59 victory over Southern Connecticut in the Purple Knights Classic. Read More » Blake believes he can come back like he did in '05 A change had to be made. James Blake knew it. Brian Barker knew it. The tennis world probably knew it, too. Barker had been Blake's coach for over a decade. Read More » UConn football notebook GOOD SPORT -- Although he was a scholarship quarterback for Notre Dame, Zach Frazer never got the chance to actually play a game in Notre Dame Stadium before Saturday. Read More » RHAM sweeps Barlow in volleyball final BERLIN -- Little did Barlow realize. The Falcons were leading No. 1 seed RHAM 24-20 in the third game of the Class M girls volleyball final Saturday at Berlin High. Read More » Ahearn, Fortin, Grindall stand out at State Open girls swim meet NEW HAVEN -- Trumbull's Shannon Ahearn and Weston's Shelby Fortin each had a second and third place finish at the State Open girls swimming championships Saturday at Yale. Read More » Fan mail: Fan defends Post's Notre Dame coverage The writer of the letter published in "Fan Mail" on Nov. 15, concerning what he felt was overemphasis in the Connecticut Post on Notre Dame football, seemed to base his opinion on the lesser coverage Read More » Ranking the NFL coaches: Despite gaffe, Belichick still the best Every weekend 32 men lead their NFL squads into battle, but are they really qualified to do so? Lets take a look and see: 32. Perry Fewell, Bills -- Has yet to coach a game, so who knows? 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 »

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