XL CENTER, CRDA IN FULL CRISIS MODE PART 2
By Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA), which controls the XL Center, has plenty of issues on its plate, and there seem to be extra trips being made back for seconds and thirds. Two weeks ago,…
CANTLON: XL SPORTS BETTING UNVEILED Part 2
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Recently, articles published in both the Hartford Courant and The Day of New London suggest UCONN might move all of their sports operations to the Gampel Pavilion for both men’s and women’s hoops and the…
BECK: PLEASE…SPREAD THE WORD ON HOWLINGS
BY: Mitch Beck, Howlings MONROE, CT – I began Howlings over 15 years ago after spending some time writing for Blueshirt Bulletin and being the Editor-In-Chief of both the Hartford Wolf Pack and New York Rangers’ fan club newsletters. We got…
CANTLON: XL CENTER IN THE MIX OF GOVERNOR’S GRAND BARGAIN
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – Nobody ever saw this one coming. Over the past several months, Connecticut’s newly elected Governor, Ned Lamont, has been in secret negotiations with the state’s two Indian tribes, the…
CANTLON’S CORNER: XL CENTER EMINENT DOMAIN FOR THE ATRIUM AND A BIDDER IS REVEALED
BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT – The XL Center drama continues. Two weeks after no money was allocated toward the building, and after the state legislature took a pass on the $100 million dollar request, a new phase has opened up to keep…
HOWARD BALDWIN SPEAKS OUT ABOUT WHALE
The Jeff Jacobs column that recently appeared in the Hartford Courant was an accurate representation of the significant financial and business challenges that Whalers Sports & Entertainment faces in operating the Connecticut Whale under the current…
E.J. McGUIRE – MORE THAN JUST A GOOD COACH, AN EVEN BETTER HUMAN BEING
We only had a few opportunities to speak with E.J. McGuire. Sure we could have written something that would have sounded either totally disconnected and written like some heartless obituary. Instead we decided to speak to a few of the people who knew him…
ROLLING
VERSUS Chad Kolarik scored the game winner for the Connecticut Whale over the visiting Worcester Sharks Friday night. The Whale left-winger’s shot from the left circle with 29.5 left in overtime off the rush went over Worcester starting netminder Alex…
NIGHT VISION
By Bruce Berlet New York Rangers assistant general manager and Wolf Pack GM Jim Schoenfeld categorically denied a report that Wolf Pack wing Mats Zuccarello was leaving the organization. New York Rangers assistant general manager and Wolf Pack GM Jim…