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‘Callum Like I See ‘Em’
American Legion Baseball Naugatuck Post 17
CLISE: Logo Legal Wedgie
By now, you’ve probably seen the pun-tastic headlines: “Car Company Rams Florida High School,” read one on the Web site of Miami’s NBC affiliate. If you haven’t, the gist of the story is this: Lake Mary High School agreed Feb. 9 to discontinue use of its ram’s head logo, after Chrysler threatened a trademark... »
CLISE: Olympic Education
We’re pumped for the Winter Olympics. We really are. The problems is we don’t know much about ‘em—the events, the athletes, the whole shebang. To an extent, we feel this way every Olympiad, don’t we? The wonder of the Olympics is that for two weeks, we are enthralled by people we’ve never heard of... »
CLISE: Access Compromises Ethics
On Jan. 7, Pete Carroll was ESPN’s guest analyst at the BCS national championship game, on the company payroll, chumming around with the College Gameday crew and helping to break down No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 2 Texas. The very next day, he was The Worldwide Leader in Sports’ top story, rumored to be... »
CLISE: Communication Hierarchy
We need to talk … or e-mail. That’s fine too. But this is much too important for a Facebook wall post, and I’m afraid these first three sentences have already obliterated Twitter’s 140-character limit. It seems some of you (mainly the 35-and-older contingent) have over-extended the bounds of what you believe to be boundless... »
Football playoffs expand, season extends
The path to Connecticut high school football playoffs—the most exclusive postseason in the state—will get a little wider next fall. The CIAC has unveiled a new playoff format and divisional alignment that will increase from 24 to 32 the total number of teams that participate in the state tournament. Until now, four teams from... »
CLISE: Linda’s Beautiful Mind
She calls almost every day, my “old friend from Oak Terrace.” I can tell by the tenor of her voice, as soon as she greets me, what kind of day she’s having: Sometimes it’s a joyful chirp, quoting scripture and gushing about choir rehearsal; others it’s a smoker’s croak, bitter and depressed and “just... »
CLISE: Time for an athletic intervention
I’ve got it: A way to block the verbal haymakers being launched back and forth between Town Hall and Tuttle House. Maybe even a way to help fund the Board of Education’s more-than-$2 million budget shortfall, which rang the bell of this fight in the first place. Take it to court—the basketball court, that... »
CLISE: Conversation on loop
“Are you married? How many children do you have? Where do you live?” “Are you married? How many children do you have? Where do you live?” “Are you married? How many children do you have? Where do you live?” I had the same conversation over and over again last week with an elderly woman... »
CLISE: Bond debt a complexity
Democratic mayoral challenger Charles Mallon says Prospect’s bond debt exceeds $25 million. Republican incumbent Mayor Bob Chatfield claims the figure is more like $3 million. People are used to politicians disagreeing about facts and figures during campaigns, but a $22 million discrepancy is pretty substantial for a town this size (for perspective, $22 million... »
CLISE: Loss hurts record, roster
WEST HAVEN — The biggest number—practically, if not mathematically—haunting the Naugatuck High School football program after Friday’s blowout loss to Notre Dame-West Haven is not 388 (the total yards surrendered in the first half by the Greyhounds’ defense), nor is it 42 (the number of points it allowed, all in the first half). No,... »