Major League Lacrosse Lands Team in Fairfield; Stags Welcome Hammerheads

Major League Lacrosse Lands Team in Fairfield; Stags Welcome Hammerheads

The Stags of Fairfield University will have some professional company this year. Major League Lacrosse has announced that the league’s newest franchise, the Connecticut Hammerheads, will host their games on Conway Field at Rafferty Stadium, which was built in 2015 on the Fairfield University Campus. Play for the 2020 season begins in late May.

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Stadiums and Snow – The Challenges of a New England Winter

Stadiums and Snow – The Challenges of a New England Winter

At the junction of winter’s snow and the increasing intensity of the football season during the crucial run to the playoffs, have you ever attended or watched a football game and wondered how the stadium gleams so clear and pristine amid the surrounding piles and crusts of brown-tinged, half-melted snow and ice?

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As UConn Football Seeks Way Forward, Big Time College Football Comes and Goes

As UConn Football Seeks Way Forward, Big Time College Football Comes and Goes

The reference to University of Connecticut football was succinct and unflattering. “They can’t draw anybody to games, they have no natural rivalries and they’re not very good,” said Peter Roby, former Athletic Director at Northeastern University.  “Is that what people want?”

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Yard Goats Earn National Community Award, Sea Unicorns Splash Tentatively to Life: Uncertainty Reigns as Baseball Winter Meetings Begin

Yard Goats Earn National Community Award, Sea Unicorns Splash Tentatively to Life: Uncertainty Reigns as Baseball Winter Meetings Begin

Baseball fans in Connecticut turn their attention to the West Coast this week, as the traditional “hot stove league” Winter Meetings get underway. While much of the interest will focus at the major league level, there will be plenty of action at the concurrent minor league baseball meetings

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If Minor League Baseball is Reduced, Norwich Franchise Could Disappear

If Minor League Baseball is Reduced, Norwich Franchise Could Disappear

Connecticut’s minor league franchise hosts may be in two different categories – the have and the have not – when the 2021 season gets underway, if Major League Baseball’s plan to cut 42 teams in Minor League Baseball becomes a reality. Norwich is on the list of affiliated franchises that may be disconnected.

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Sports Media, Spanish Media Degree Programs Unite University of Saint Joseph, Connecticut Public

Sports Media, Spanish Media Degree Programs Unite University of Saint Joseph, Connecticut Public

An innovative undergraduate program in Digital Media and Communication will launch in January 2020 at the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) in West Hartford, part of a pioneering collaboration with Connecticut Public. The undergraduate degree program offers students two distinct concentrations: Spanish Media and Communication or Sport Media and Communication. 

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Travelers Championship Raises $2.1 Million for Local Charities

Travelers Championship Raises $2.1 Million for Local Charities

The Travelers Championship has announced that the 2019 tournament generated more than $2.1 million for 150 local charities, including this year’s primary beneficiary, The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.  The impact of the tournament, one of the most highly regarded on the PGA Tour, reverberates throughout the state.

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Connecticut Has Strong Presence in Upcoming Sports Statistics Symposium; Research Reveals Unexpected Truths

Connecticut Has Strong Presence in Upcoming Sports Statistics Symposium; Research Reveals Unexpected Truths

When statisticians, academicians, and sports enthusiasts with a keen interest in the overlapping fields of sports and statistics get together for the annual New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports on September 28 at Harvard University, Connecticut will have a strong presence.

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Plans for Pediatric Dialysis Center Advance with Assist from Whalers License Plate

Plans for Pediatric Dialysis Center Advance with Assist from Whalers License Plate

Connecticut Children’s Medical Center is the only hospital in Connecticut dedicated exclusively to the care of children. A pediatric dialysis center - the state’s first - is now being planned, with support from a major gift - and an assist from purchases of Hartford Whalers license plates from the state Department of Motor Vehicles.

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