SPORTS

An appeals court questioned whether female athletes have the right to sue over a policy allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ sports.

SOUTHINGTON — When Gretchen Rossi got a phone call from Mike Krzyzewski on Monday, a day before Coach K and his wife, Mickie, were to be feted at the Franciscan Sports Banquet, she feared there might be something wrong. When Krzyzewski told Rossi, longtime public relations director for the...

The Guilford Racquet and Swim Club’s (GRSC) annual Pickleball for Parkinson’s event on April 29 was a roaring success in its efforts to bring awareness and funds for Parkinson’s Disease. GRSC began hosting the event in 2013. That first year they had 30 participants, many of whom had never even heard of pickleball. Since then, the sport has skyrocketed in popularity, and this year’s Pickleball for Parkinson’s had over 150 participants and raised over $28,000.

New Britain — Josh Mooney already won two events, breaking the State Open and overall state record in the 110-meter high hurdles and adding a victory in the 300 hurdles, when he unleashed a personal best throw of 196 feet, 4 inches in the javelin. A crowd gathered around...

Bristol Central's Treshawn Blair was named the CIAC State Open Triple Jump Champion after his performance on Monday. Blair broke his own school record with a jump of 46-11. The City of Bristol has often been referred to as a great sports town. That sentiment became even more true after Bristol Eastern, Bristol Central and St. Paul competed in the track class championships last week.

Even as a senior rookie to the Branford track program, Ronan Hayes competed like a seasoned veteran while additionally learning the importance of friendship and fun when it comes to flourishing within a sport. The Hornets’ senior thrower did baseball and soccer when he was younger before concluding the latter...

“At the end of the day, this is just about fairness,” Chelsea Mitchell told The Post. “This is about biology.” The 20-year-old is fighting for the integrity of women’s sports after she lost more than 20 races over the course of her high school career — thanks to a Connecticut policy that allows transgender athletes to compete in girls’ sports. Now, Mitchell, who has declared herself “the fastest girl in Connecticut,” is challenging her state’s policy in court. Mitchell is teaming up with fellow Connecticut residents Selina Soule, 20, Ashley Nicoletti, 19, and Alanna Smith, 19, who ran high school track in the...

The 2023 edition of the June Klingberg Motorcar Series and the Pre-war Concours d’Elegance has been suspended, say event organizers for a time of planning and rebuilding, with plans to return in 2024. The spring tradition of vintage cars making their way through the streets of New Britain and...

For the first time since 1997 when Brian Hedstrom won the title and for just the second time in tournament history the Connecticut Amateur will be contested at the Country Club of Darien. The 121st playing of the championship will be held from June 12-16 with an impressive field set to compete.

Bristol Central finished second at the Division I Boys Golf Championship on Monday behind Cheshire. Scott Petrosky and Brandon Frye received Division I All-State honors. This season has been a year for success for the Bristol Central golf team. All year long the Rams have taken their claim as one of the best teams in the state and have been able to back it up in almost every golf tournament so far.

The Bristol Central Rams’ season came to a close Wednesday afternoon as the eighth-seeded Rams fell to ninth-seeded Notre-Dame West Haven 9-0 at Muzzy Field in the second round of the Class L State Tournament. While this year for the Rams was certainly deemed a success, it was a...

The North Haven softball team experienced a regular season of perfection and, while the Nighthawks did not come away with a conference crown in the opening postseason phase of their 2023 campaign, it just fired them up that much more to try and ensure a sweeter ending as it ventured into states.

HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac field hockey program has announced the addition of forward/midfield Sophia Pompeo, as revealed by Head Coach Nina Klein on Monday, June 5, 2023. A native of Gorham, Maine, Pompeo will be playing as a graduate student as she will be taking advantage of an...

In a quest to defend their Central Connecticut Conference South Championship from last year, the Bristol Central Rams managed to edge out a close race with the Bristol Eastern Lancers to claim the honor of back-to-back champs. The Rams were locked into a hard fought matchup between Bristol Eastern all...

WOODBURY – For more than 30 years, the Nonnewaug High School’s girls cross country and track and field team has been dominating the competition under head coach, Arleigh Duff, a finalist in the NHSACA 2020 National Girls’ Cross Country Coach of the Year Awards Program. Starting his...

NEW BRITAIN – It was an interesting day for Olivia Walters of Brookfield in the 400-meter event at the CIAC State Open track and field championships at Willow Brook Park on Monday. Victoria Francis of Windsor led most of the race. Walters,a junior, made her move with 200 meters...

June is an exciting month for Special Olympics Connecticut. The organization is hosting the 2023 Summer Games on two back-to-back weekends. Saturday marked the first day of competition. Athletes participated in swimming, soccer and tennis at Fairfield University. Others competed in cycling at Yale West Campus in Orange. Organizers say...

After he joined the Badgers as a walk-on for the 2022 college football season, Marshall Howe entered the transfer portal in May. He has now announced the next school he will be playing for, joining the Yale Bulldogs ahead of the 2023 campaign. Howe worked as the third-string quarterback behind...

HARTFORD — On a recent warm, spring night at Dunkin' Park, Seymour's Tom and Jackie Kuzia were nestled in their seats several rows above the Yard Goats' dugout. Where else would you expect the proud parents to be when their son, Nick, is one of the top arms out of the Yard Goats' bullpen? Except it wasn't just an hour-long drive from Seymour for the Kuzias. They've lived down in Cape Coral, Fla. since 2017, so getting to Nick's games takes a lot more planning these days.

Mountain Gateway Community College is forming an eSports team and plans to hire a coach, Ryan Borden, for the fall 2023 season, in part due to a $5,000 donation from Lumos. eSports – short for electronic sports – is a form of competition using video games, such as Call of Duty, Halo, Mario Kart, Rocket League, Madden 21, FIFA 21, Rainbow Six Siege and many more.