Matt Finkel

NBC Connecticut Sports Reporter Matt Finkel speaks with local athletes who are training for this year’s annual winter competition in Connecticut.

NBC Connecticut sports anchor Matt Finkel meets up with local hockey players who give tips for those trying out the winter sport for the first time!

NBC Connecticut presents an all-new holiday episode of the regional Emmy Award winning show, Kids Connection!

It’s game week in Connecticut for high school sports as players and coaches look forward to what they hope is a more normal fall sports season. “I’m so excited,” said Woodland senior Cassidy Doiron. “I’ve been looking forward to it since the season ended suddenly last year.” “Practices are just so exciting,” added Woodland senior Kylie Bulinski. “We’re just...

Central Connecticut State University junior linebacker Mike Mushaw welcomed 1-year-old Eleanor to Arute Field on Saturday.

Ryan Podann, Anthony Shonti and Justin Mazza are three of the most accomplished members of the Special Olympics Connecticut Unified Long Distance Running Team.

Elm City College Preparatory Elementary School in New Haven offers students the opportunity to develop their soccer skills through an elective class. The students have improved to the point that they are ready to compete so the school worked with the Connecticut Junior Soccer Association and registered the Elm City Wolves as a travel soccer team.

Two Sheehan students involved in a serious car crash last year are happy to be back on the football field.

The Farmington Polo Club concluded its second full season on Saturday with the Tito’s Town Cup. Team Ceder View defeated Team Tito’s in the championship match.

Peter J Foley Field in Naugatuck, the oldest Little League Stadium in New England, hosted a nine-inning game that gave the players the chance to experience a major league atmosphere.

Twenty teams took part in the CIAC Early Season Block Party in Woodbridge on Saturday.

The University of New Haven has hired Sheahon Zenger as the school’s new athletic director. Zenger was previously the Athletic Director at Kansas from 2011 to 2018. Prior to that, he was the athletic director at Illinois State where he succeeded former UConn AD Lew Perkins.

Rawlings suffered a leg injury midway through last season and missed the team’s last four games.

Steve Samuels and Chris Prescott founded ImpaCT Training in an effort to help athletes achieve their full potential.

Jeff Dooley has been behind the mic for the New Britain Rock Cats and Hartford Yard Goats for the last 22 years.

The Hartford Athletic will host the Puerto Rico national team for a friendly on Saturday and a portion of the ticket sales will go to benefit the San Juan Center in Hartford.

The Athletic hosted a goalie clinic on Tuesday, welcoming goalies from all across the state to train with the professionals. Hartford’s goalies and coaches led drills and offered tips to attendees.