Groton

A coach's fireballing son is the nation's top draft prospect

At the winter quarters of Greentree, one of the last of the classic stables, a loquacious groom (right) and his boss talk about their handcrafted Thoroughbreds

Dr. Homer Dodge, 76, of Burlington, Vt., president emeritus of Norwich University, paddled to second place behind 38-year-old Willard Holt in the one-man canoe class at the Hudson River White Water Derby giant slalom...

Major events through May 7

Johnny Kelley, 26-year-old schoolteacher from Groton, Conn., overcame long-suffered lack of confidence to trounce strong foreign field of runners by almost four minutes, emerge as first American winner since 1945 of...