NEW HAVEN, May 24 -- The Connecticut chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) held its annual Excellence in Journalism awards banquet on Thursday. Connecticut Sports Writers’ Alliance members Vicki Fulkerson of The Day in New London and Gerry deSimas, Jr., of the Collinsville Press were recognized with two first place awards. Fulkerson won a sports feature award for her story on Montville High cross country coach Steve LaBranche and his quest to complete the G

The Connecticut Sports' Writers Alliance hosted their 77th annual Gold Key banquet and awards ceremony Sunday at the Aqua Turf with more than 360 people in attendance. Five Gold Key award were presented to Dennis Coscina, a PGA golf professional; Dot Johnson, the long-time field hockey coach at Granby Memorial; Lou Marinelli, the New Canaan football coach and all-time leader in career wins in Connecticut; Len Tsantiris, who coached women's soccer at Connecticut for 37 years a

Ryan Fraleigh, a senior at RHAM High School in Hebron, has been selected to receive the 2018 Bohdan Kolinsky Memorial Sports Journalism Scholarship from the Connecticut Sports Writers Alliance. The scholarship honors the memory of Bohdan Kolinsky, longtime school sports editor of the Hartford Courant, who died in 2003. The scholarship provides a one-time award of $2,500 to a high school senior from Connecticut, who is admitted to an accredited four-year college for study lead