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A Connecticut legislative committee has approved expanded gaming regulations, including a road map on licensing sports betting operators and the implementation of responsible gaming measures. The last major hurdle in the way of live sports betting in Connecticut is federal approval of a compact between the state and two tribes being licensed to carry it.

Yale boasts having the oldest collegiate boat club in America. Yet for the last 65 years, Yale Heavyweight Crew hasn’t produced an Olympic medalist. That changed Friday when Dan Williamson, one of nine Yale rowers at the Tokyo Olympics, won gold as part of the New Zealand men’s eight rowing team.

Two men are set to represent Old Lyme Thursday in the rowing eight final at the Tokyo Olympics. As Austin Hack and Liam Corrigan prepare to take to the water, Connecticut Public Radio brings you to a place where it all began for the Old Lyme rowers. It's where many people from Old Lyme and Lyme get their start in the sport.

Kieran Smith's 3:43.94 earned him a bronze medal in the finals of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics 400M Freestyle. Smith, a native of Ridgefield, was celebrated in his home town Saturday night as he swam thousands of miles away in Japan.

The Colin McEnroe ShowThe 2020 Olympics began late last week in Tokyo, Japan. This hour: we look back at the opening weekend, and ahead at the rest of the games.

This hour, on The Colin McEnroe Show: For decades, Christian evangelicals were the fastest-growing religious group in this country. Now, young evangelicals are abandoning the faith. And: A new competitive edge in pro sports — the COVID vaccines. And finally: our conversation with Wally Funk. Tomorrow, at age 82, she'll become the oldest person ever to fly to space.

The impending doom of an asteroid (or comet or whatever) colliding with the Earth is the premise of any number of movies and books and such. But what…

Minor League Baseball clubs like the Hartford Yard Goats may soon benefit from a congressional effort to provide coronavirus relief.Affiliated,…

The United States Supreme Court has issued a decision that experts say is sure to bring significant change to the business of college sports. That, of…

In Connecticut’s Quiet Corner, the small town of Killingly made national news a year ago by reinstating “Redmen” as the high school mascot, angering local…