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The high school basketball season is in its final stretch. The Northwest Catholic boys team is finding success playing in the top tier Division I this season. At 13-1, they have the best record in that division – their only loss coming from an out-of-state school. That success, though, in no small part because they have one of the best…

A Connecticut flag football team is preparing for a big opportunity at the Pro Bowl in Las Vegas. The 12U Lady Matrix girl’s flag football team qualified for the national tournament by winning in Orlando. Two players, Hailey Morgan from Vernon and Syniah Harding from Windsor, were selected to the U.S. National Team. “I get to be in Vegas...

A Connecticut flag football team has a big game in Las Vegas as they represent the state in the Pro Bowl this weekend.

Portsmouth, Virginia, Public Schools received a report from administrators at Nansemond River High School that a member of Churchland High School’s junior varsity coaching staff “took part in the game.”

A U.S. freestyle skier has died after being caught in an avalanche in Japan on Sunday, his family confirmed.

A sports sampling program that runs camps all over the country, called 2-4-1 Sports, has brought its fencing program to Hartford.

A sports sampling program that runs camps all over the country, called 2-4-1 Sports, has brought its fencing program to Hartford. “We go like this and try to hit each other in the stomachs,” said Yamillette, a fourth grader at Breakthrough Magnet School South. 2-4-1 Sports is working with the Breakthrough Magnet School in Hartford thanks to a district-wide...

Pro Football Hall of Famer and NBC Sports analyst Tony Dungy is facing renewed criticism for his history of anti-LGBTQ statements after he tweeted an anti-transgender conspiracy theory last week. Dungy shared a debunked myth to his nearly 950,000 followers that U.S. schools are providing litter boxes for students who identify as cats. His tweet was in response to an article regarding...

A bill that would ban the sale of kangaroo parts has been introduced in the Oregon Legislature.

Five players from the Connecticut Whale, the state’s professional women’s hockey team, will represent at the Premier Hockey Federation All Star Game at the end of January.

Five players from the Connecticut Whale, the state’s professional women’s hockey team, will represent at the Premier Hockey Federation All Star Game at the end of January. Of those five skaters, two played college hockey at Quinnipiac University. Goaltender Abbie Ives and forward Taylor Girard skated together in Hamden and now are back together on the ice in Simsbury,...

A trio of Americans are still in the hunt Down Under.

Chelsea has welcomed a decision from the English Football Association to make a homophobic chant aimed at its supporters a punishable offense.

The 2023 Australian Open starts on Monday, January 16.

Congratulations to NBC Connecticut’s Matt Finkel for being named the 2022 National Sports Media Association Connecticut Sportscaster of the Year. Matt covers Connecticut’s favorite NFL, MLB, and NHL teams, but he also provides in-depth coverage on local college and high school sports. He enjoys telling stories about the people of Connecticut. Stories from this past year include Glastonbury High...

The red-hot San Francisco 49ers will host the No. 7-seed Seattle Seahawks in the first game of NFL wild-card weekend.

TCU enters the National Championship game as double-digit underdogs. Where would their win land in sports history if they pull off the upset over Georgia?

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin remained hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday after going into cardiac arrest following an on-field tackle during Monday Night Football, but there appear to be some small signs of progress, according to a family spokesperson and the NFL team. Jordon Rooney, a marketing rep and Hamlin friend who released the family’s first official statement a...

Jordon Rooney, Damar Hamlin’s business manager and friend, provided an updated Wednesday morning saying that doctors at University of Cincinnati Medical Center “got promising readings” overnight and that “progress appears to be made” for the Bills’ safety who remains in critical condition.

As the country keeps Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin in its minds, what happened Monday night brings even more attention to the importance of proper cardiac arrest protocol. “Maybe he’s going to save lives. Hopefully, his will be saved, and this young man might save many lives,” said Lauren Rossi of the Michael Vincent Sage Dragonheart Foundation. At the...