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Dom Amore
Dom Amore is the sports columnist and a reporter for the Hartford Courant.
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![For a year, Thomas Vancaeyezeele had the game he loves taken away, and he was home in France recovering from Achilles surgery. He has recovered and returned with Hartford Athletic, bringing positive energy and strong defensive play. For a year, Thomas Vancaeyezeele had the game he loves taken away, and he was home in France recovering from Achilles surgery. He has recovered and returned with Hartford Athletic, bringing positive energy and strong defensive play.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_1864.jpg?w=122)
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Thomas Vancaeyezeele’s long road back from injury leads to Hartford Athletic
For a year, Thomas Vancaeyezeele had the game he loves taken away, and he was home in France recovering from Achilles surgery. He has recovered and returned with Hartford Athletic,...
![Ben Rice, a Cohasset, Mass., kid, has helped breath new life into the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Ben Rice, a Cohasset, Mass., kid, has helped breath new life into the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Reds-Yankees-Baseball.jpg?w=132)
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Dom Amore: Stolen bases, slow trots and Ben Rice; the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry is revived
Dormant for a couple of years, the last few weeks have brought the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry back on the front burner. Great news for summer in Connecticut.
![Yard Goats skipper Bobby Meacham is developing prospects, and teaching them how to win in Hartford; Hamden's Alexis Holmes blazes trail to Paris, where has Yankees professionalism gone? And more for your Sunday Read. Yard Goats skipper Bobby Meacham is developing prospects, and teaching them how to win in Hartford; Hamden's Alexis Holmes blazes trail to Paris, where has Yankees professionalism gone? And more for your Sunday Read.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_1853.jpg?w=81)
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Dom Amore’s Sunday Read: Yard Goats winning development; CT athlete closes Olympic deal, Yankee professionalism … and more
Yard Goats skipper Bobby Meacham is developing prospects, and teaching them how to win in Hartford; Hamden's Alexis Holmes blazes trail to Paris, where has Yankees professionalism gone? And more...
![Dan Hurley dropped by Yankee Stadium to deliver the first pitch before a Yankees-Red Sox game. As he goes for a threepeat with UConn men, he's sticking close to the routine that worked last year. Dan Hurley dropped by Yankee Stadium to deliver the first pitch before a Yankees-Red Sox game. As he goes for a threepeat with UConn men, he's sticking close to the routine that worked last year.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/hurleyyy.jpg?w=122)
Dan Hurley repeating a routine for UConn men that includes Yankee Stadium visit
Dan Hurley dropped by Yankee Stadium to deliver the first pitch before a Yankees-Red Sox game. As he goes for a threepeat with UConn men, he's sticking close to the...
![Dan Hurley, as back to back national champ, returns to Yankee Stadium for another first pitch ceremony before the Yankees and Red Sox meet Saturday at 1 p.m. Dan Hurley, as back to back national champ, returns to Yankee Stadium for another first pitch ceremony before the Yankees and Red Sox meet Saturday at 1 p.m.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/hurleyboone.jpg?w=101)
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UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley returning to Yankee Stadium to throw out first pitch
Dan Hurley, as back to back national champ, returns to Yankee Stadium for another first pitch ceremony before the Yankees and Red Sox meet Saturday at 1 p.m.
![As Kemba Walker retires from basketball, his career at UConn, and one incredible moment in particular, are a gift he left for Connecticut sports fans to cherish forever. As Kemba Walker retires from basketball, his career at UConn, and one incredible moment in particular, are a gift he left for Connecticut sports fans to cherish forever.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/THC-B581176184Z.1-HC0049101654.jpg?w=140)
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Dom Amore: Kemba Walker gave CT, UConn a gift that keeps on giving
As Kemba Walker retires from basketball, his career at UConn, and one incredible moment in particular, are a gift he left for Connecticut sports fans to cherish forever.
![Paige Bueckers, Year 5, now has the Huskies leadership role, and the women's basketball spotlight, New Big East deal will end UConn women's basketball on SNY after this season, last word on the Travelers chaos and more in the Sunday Read. Paige Bueckers, Year 5, now has the Huskies leadership role, and the women's basketball spotlight, New Big East deal will end UConn women's basketball on SNY after this season, last word on the Travelers chaos and more in the Sunday Read.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/NCAA_UConn_Basketball_12294-1.jpg?w=132)
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Dom Amore’s Sunday Read: UConn women about to unleash ‘Killer’ Paige Bueckers; future of Huskies on TV; travesty at Travelers and more
Paige Bueckers, Year 5, now has the Huskies leadership role, and the women's basketball spotlight, New Big East deal will end UConn women's basketball on SNY after this season, last...
![Hamden's Joe Castiglione's voice has become synonymous with the Red Sox, and the sound of summer in New England. Next month, he will take his place among the legends of baseball broadcasting in Cooperstown. Hamden's Joe Castiglione's voice has become synonymous with the Red Sox, and the sound of summer in New England. Next month, he will take his place among the legends of baseball broadcasting in Cooperstown.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AP22210098513893-e1701884611865.jpg?w=140)
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‘Can you believe it?’ CT’s Joe Castiglione, voice of the Red Sox, is taking his place in Cooperstown
Hamden's Joe Castiglione's voice has become synonymous with the Red Sox, and the sound of summer in New England. Next month, he will take his place among the legends of...
![Having to play back-to-back nights, the CT Sun dropped a close one to the Atlanta Dream Friday. Having to play back-to-back nights, the CT Sun dropped a close one to the Atlanta Dream Friday.](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/atlct.jpg?w=132)
CT Sun, fighting fatigue, lose for third time in last four after falling to Tina Charles, Dream, 77-74
Having to play back-to-back nights, the CT Sun dropped a close one to the Atlanta Dream Friday.
![Donovan Clingan poses for a photo on the red carpet before the NBA basketball draft, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson) Donovan Clingan poses for a photo on the red carpet before the NBA basketball draft, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)](https://www.courant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/AP24178757889946-1-e1719515696650.jpg?w=140)
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Dom Amore: With NBA Draft red carpet rolled up, hard tasks await UConn’s Stephon Castle, Donovan Clingan
Now that the NBA Draft's first round is over, and both UConn stars Donovan Clingan and Stephon Castle saw their dreams come true in the top seven picks, they enter...