Sports Quiz – August 9, 2024

#MiddleburyCT #Sports Questions What Baseball Hall of Famer served in World War II on the attack transport USS Bayfield during the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944? Alberto Spencer, ... Continue Reading →

Summer Park and Rec Programs

#Middlebury #ParkandRec Middlebury Park and Rec programs include summer camps, and opening of the Middlebury Recreation Area (MRA). In our July issue, we’ll provide information ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – March 28, 2020

#Middlebury #Sports Questions What business executive was chairman of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee and served as the sixth commissioner of Major League Baseball ... Continue Reading →

Sports equipment can spread COVID-19

#Middlebury #COVID19 Residents are reporting youth are gathering on athletic fields to play soccer and lacrosse. Please discourage your children from doing this! Both the close contact ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – Jan. 31, 2020

#Middlebury #Sports Questions Who was the last Oakland A’s player before Khris Davis in 2018 to lead the American League in home runs for a season? How many times has a Tampa ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – Jan. 10, 2020

#Middlebury #Sports Questions Kendrys Morales set a Toronto Blue Jays record in 2018 by homering in seven consecutive games. Who had held the franchise mark? How many consecutive seasons ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – Sept. 6, 2019

#Middlebury #Sports Questions For how many major-league teams did pitcher Bartolo Colon win at least one game during his 21-year career? Which Cincinnati Reds player had a .750 batting ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – May 7, 2019

#Middlebury On May 20, 1873, San Francisco businessman Levi Strauss and Reno, Nevada, tailor Jacob Davis are granted a patent for work pants reinforced with metal rivets, then known ... Continue Reading →

Heading soccer ball puts youths at risk

#Middlebury DEAR DR. ROACH: Can “heading” the ball in soccer cause a concussion? I have grandchildren who play soccer, and I am concerned. – G.W.H. ANSWER: The evidence is ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – Jan. 27, 2018

#Middlebury #SportsQuiz When Boston’s David Ortiz had 127 RBIs in his final season in 2016, whose record did he break for most RBIs in his last major-league season? In how many ... Continue Reading →