NEW HAVEN — Anna Chakvetadze hasn't had much success duplicating the breakout year she had in 2007. But the Russian is sure on pace to finish her 2008 season off with a heck of a flourish.   Read More »

Brett Favre or Eli Manning? Eli Manning or Brett Favre? That's a question that lies within the realm of the hypothetical, unless you're my friend Nick who picked the two Big Apple quarterbacks with   Read More »

At least every other year, events transpire in the college football world that plainly illustrate the desperate need for some kind of playoff system to determine the national champion.   Read More »

TURNAROUND — It might have taken longer than left-hander Ryan DiPietro would have liked, but in the final weeks of the season his confidence level is at its highest point.   Read More »

EAST HARTFORD — Ottis Lewis had run his route to perfection. A quick 15-yard sprint up the field and a sharp hook-in to the right. UConn cornerback Jasper Howard was still backpedaling on   Read More »

NEW HAVEN — Fernando Verdasco kept calling it "strange." His Pilot Pen Tennis semifinal match Friday against Mardy Fish sure looked strange early, when Fish blew aces past a player who looked   Read More »

You can't miss it. It's the only Victorian house complete with landscaped lawn and garden in the vast blacktopped Captain's Cove parking lot.   Read More »

Will the UConn men's basketball team be a contender for the 2009 national championship or merely a pretender? The answer should be a little clearer by the time the Huskies hit the beach in November.   Read More »

PUT SOME TAPE ON IT — The Giants' injury situation is well documented, but there is no sympathy in the NFL. As coach Tom Coughlin has mentioned ad nauseam, there are 31 other teams in the same boat (Bears' MLB Brian Urlacher is nursing a sore toe and remains questionable, and their No.   Read More »

The fun part comes next week when I get to make my predictions for 2007. For now it's the annual task of sifting through the ruins from this year. Overall it's about a C-minus performance — and   Read More »

Let's go back a few years and see what was happening: 60 YEARS AGO The Raybestos Brake Liners shut out the Shamrocks 1-0 behind Don Beers' stellar pitching in softball action while Millie Elias' four   Read More »