Ludlowe names Darien assistant Ross new football coach
High school football Ludlowe names Ross new coach By Chris Elsberry It didn’t take Todd Parness long to find his man.
Russo Among Fairfield University honorees
John Starks, the former Knicks standout, Christopher Russo, the popular SiriusXM Radio personality, and Connecticut Post sports writer Chris Elsberry -- all longtime Connecticut residents -- will receive the ...
Galcetta shines in Warde lacrosse loss to Darien
Lacrosse: Darien 18, Warde 4 Mustangs building some character By Chris Elsberry FAIRFIELD - Go out and have some fun. ... When Ludlowe faced Darien about a week ago - and lost 23-5 - Falcons coach Chris Parisi ...
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Barrow rallies Stags off bench BRIDGEPORT -- The role now is to watch and learn, and when the time comes, react. So when Fairfield head coach Sydney Johnson signaled for Mo Barrow to replace Josip Mikulic barely ...
Darien girls tennis team blanks Ludlowe
FCIAC girls tennis: Darien 7, Ludlowe 0 Experienced Blue Wave too much for Falcons By Chris Elsberry FAIRFIELD — For the past three seasons, Ludlowe and Darien have battled for supremacy in regional girls ...
Ludlowe makes history in win over Darien
FCIAC Volleyball Championship Ludlowe makes history in win over Darien By Chris Elsberry FAIRFIELD - As Kylie McCaffery’s final kill found its mark just inside the box, a history-making point if there ever was ...
Darien beats Conard to reach Class L girls lacrosse championship
Chris Elsberry SOUTHINGTON -- After three quick scores had given Conard a two-goal lead early in the Class L girls' lacrosse semifinal, Darien coach Lisa Lindley called time out.
Darien upsets Ludlowe in Class L girls tennis semifinal
Chris Elsberry FAIRFIELD -- Darien's top singles player, Kateri Martin, has a little yellow smiley-faced symbol on her racquet.
Darien turns back Ludlowe
Chris Elsberry FAIRFIELD -- Sitting undefeated and in first place in the league standings, the Darien Blue Wave are looking forward to an upcoming three-game run in the FCIAC tournament. ... Michael O'Malley's ...
Chris Elsberry: Remembering when Arnold Palmer came to Brooklawn
When The King Came to Brooklawn CC Arnie didn’t disappoint FAIRFIELD — For four days on a hot, humid July weekend, we all stood and watched in awe one of the greatest gentlemen to ever play the game of golf. ...
James Blake to face Andy Roddick at CT Tennis Center
Chris Elsberry After putting your heart and soul into something for 14 years, after practicing for thousands of hours and traveling hundreds of thousands of miles playing in tennis tournaments all over the ...
Darien uses 8-goal run to beat Warde in girls lacrosse
FCIAC girls lacrosse: Darien 12, Warde 4 Darien’s big runthrottles Warde By Chris Elsberry FAIRFIELD — With two minutes left in the first half, the Warde girls lacrosse team had to be feeling like it was on cloud nine.
Fairfield Prep hockey handles Darien
Boys Hockey: Fairfield Prep 3, Darien 1 Walker stops Wave By Chris Elsberry BRIDGEPORT — As the final horn sounded, the entire Fairfield Prep hockey team exploded off its bench and raced as one toward ...
Chris Elsberry: The day the 1989 World Series stopped
I was also working on a story about Rickey Henderson and his impact on the first two games of the Series -- both of which Oakland won -- and a notebook leading with the Trumbull Little League, namely Chris ...
Chris Elsberry / Hang out the 'welcome home' banner
It's time to hang out the 'Welcome Home' banner In October of 1982, I saw it as the greatest job in the world. After spending a year with the weekly Darien News-Review -- where the job entailed not only being ...
Chris Elsberry: Dipping into the email bag
This from Lisa McCarthy, after reading about Chris Herren, the one-time promising NBA player with drug problems: "I wish I had known this fine young man was coming to speak when he did. ... Chris is indeed a very lucky man.
Chris Elsberry: Ferreira found football fortunes at UB
Ferreira found football fortunes at UB His backyard and first-choice college showed him no love, so Roy Ferreira decided to pack his bags and head south to a small university nestled against Long Island Sound. ...
Chris Elsberry: Catching up on news in return to Connecticut
Meanwhile, former Sun coach Mike Thibault, who was unceremoniously fired after 10 seasons by GM Chris Sienko after going 25-9 in 2012 and losing in the Eastern Conference finals, led the Washington Mystics (5-29 ...
Chris Elsberry: 'Uncle Bobby,' this win's for you
UNCASVILLE -- In a line of red there was a single spot of white. As Central went through its pregame lay-up drills, there was one player who stood out from the rest. Tyler Ancrum did not wear his usual red jersey, symbolic of the Hilltoppers colors.