Local roundup: Ledyard girls surprise Waterford 41-35
Tallie Williams scored 12 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as Ledyard surprised Waterford 41-35 in an Eastern Connecticut Conference Division II girls' basketball game on Tuesday night.
Local college notes
A weekly look at The Day's local colleges and local athletes who have continued their careers at colleges outside the region:
Local Calendar
BASEBALL/SOFTBALLSoftball umpire classes — Begin Wednesday, Jan. 29. For high school, middle school games. Contact: Joe Auwood, (860) 443-1523 or jauwood@snet.netECSU softball clinics — At ECSU’s Geissler...
Local roundup: NFA, Montville break top 4 at Griswold Invite
Norwich Free Academy finished third at the 14-team Griswold Mid-Season Invitational wrestling meet on Sunday and fellow Eastern Connecticut Conference member Montville was fourth.
T-More wins 11th straight Founder's Tournament title
Playing their sixth game in nine days, St. Thomas More won its own tournament — the 29th annual Founder's Tournament — for the 11th straight year with an entertaining 80-67 rival over Bridgton Academy (Maine).
COLUMNS
UConn-Tennessee: drama, diatribe, Doral, choke signs and utter humanity
The residual effect of women's sports' greatest rivalry has been greater awareness for female...
MORE LOCAL SPORTS
Wolves go to 4-0 with overtime win over Wings
Callum Crawford delivered the game-winning goal 3 minutes, 47 seconds into sudden death overtime Saturday night to give the New England Black Wolves an 8-7 victory over the Philadelphia Wings before 4,084 fans at Mohegan Sun Arena.
Local Calendar
BASEBALL/SOFTBALLSoftball umpire classes — Begin Wednesday, Jan. 29. For high school, middle school games. Contact: Joe Auwood, (860) 443-1523 or jauwood@snet.netECSU softball clinics — At ECSU’s Geissler...
Local college roundup: Williams, Finke lead Mitchell to victory
Hasani Williams scored 28 points to help lead Mitchell College to an 86-73 win over Dean in an New England Collegiate Conference men's basketball game on Saturday.
UCONN
UConn's 1990 women's team holds 30-year reunion
Stacey Wetzel was one of five UConn women’s basketball players from Pennsylvania to see action in the Huskies’ first game at Gampel Pavilion on Jan. 31, 1990.
UConn moves up to No. 3 in AP women's basketball poll
South Carolina still sits atop The Associated Press women's college basketball poll with Baylor in second place
COLLEGES
Top 25 men's basketball roundup
Saddiq Bey hit four 3-pointers and scored 14 points and Jermaine Samuels had 20 points to lead No. 9 Villanova to a 76-61 win over No. 13 Butler
Jalen Hurts eyes NFL, with 'boulder' not chip on shoulder
Quarterback Jalen Hurts is trying to prove himself as a legitimate NFL prospect after leading two elite college programs. The Oklahoma and one-time Alabama star is auditioning for scouts, executives and coaches at the Senior Bowl all week
CT SUN
Sun expect to benefit from WNBA's new CBA
Eight of the Connecticut Sun's 12 players from last season are free agents, and the new CBA between the WNBA and its players gives the Sun more salary cap space.
Sun's 2020 schedule announced
The Connecticut Sun will play two of their four nationally televised games at the Washington Mystics in a rematch of last season's WNBA Finals, according to the league's regular-season schedule announced Thursday.
PROFESSIONAL
Derek Jeter, Larry Walker elected to baseball Hall of Fame
Derek Jeter came within one vote of being a unanimous pick for the Hall of Fame while Larry Walker also earned baseball's highest honor on Tuesday
Coco Gauff sets up Osaka showdown in Australia; Serena wins
Defending champion Naomi Osaka pulled it together in a swirling breeze on Margaret Court Arena to beat Zheng Saisai 6-2, 6-4 and advance to the third round of the Australian Open
Magic Johnson at Stern memorial: I'm going to miss my angel
David Stern was remembered at a memorial service as a mentor and a leader, a Little League parent and a loyal friend
Hunt family finally gets to see Chiefs back in Super Bowl
The Kansas City Chiefs are headed to their first Super Bowl in 50 years and nobody is happier than the family that owns the franchise
ON THE AIR
Basketball
6:30 p.m., FS1 — NCAA men: Georgetown at Xavier.
7 p.m., ESPN — NBA: Philadelphia 76ers at Toronto Raptors.
7 p.m., MSG — NBA: Los Angeles Lakers at New York Knicks.
7 p.m., CBSSN — NCAA men: St. Bonaventure at Dayton.
7 p.m., ESPN2 — NCAA men: Syracuse at Notre Dame.
7 p.m., ESPNU — NCAA men: South Carolina at Auburn.
7 p.m., ESPNews — NCAA men: Cincinnati at Temple.
7 p.m., NESN — NCAA men: Navy at Boston University.
7 p.m., YES — NCAA men: Georgia Tech at Louisville.
7:30 p.m., NBCSB — NBA: Memphis Grizzlies at Boston Celtics.
8:30 p.m., FS1 — NCAA men: Providence at Seton Hall.
9 p.m., CBSSN — NCAA men: Creighton at DePaul.
9 p.m., ESPNU — NCAA men: Memphis at Tulsa.
9 p.m., NESN, YES — NCAA men: Boston College at Pittsburgh.
9:30 p.m., ESPN — NBA: San Antonio Spurs at New Orleans Pelicans.
11 p.m., CBSSN — NCAA men: UNLV at Nevada.
Figure Skating
11:30 p.m., NBCSN — European Championships from Graz, Austria. (taped today)
Golf
1:30 p.m., Golf Channel — Korn Ferry: Great Abaco Classic from the Bahamas.
11 p.m., Golf Channel — European PGA: Dubai Desert Classic from United Arab Emirates.
Hockey
8 p.m., NBCSN — NHL: Detroit Red Wings at Minnesota Wild.
Soccer
2:25 p.m., NBCSN — Premier League: Burnley at Manchester United.
Tennis
7 p.m., Tennis Channel — Australian Open from Melbourne.
9 p.m., ESPN2 — Australian Open from Melbourne.