Tom Renner

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No one knows local sports quite like Tom Renner, The Daily Voice's Sports Editor. For 22 years, he covered the field for The Stamford Advocate. He's been in Fairfield County since 1987.

Tom was formerly a reporter at Daily Voice.

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Darien, CT
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Darien 4 Wave Blanks Wilton Darien 4 Wave Blanks Wilton Darien 4 Wave Blanks Wilton
Darien 4 Wave Blanks Wilton The Darien fourth-grade Wave shut out Wilton Blue, 6-0, for its third straight victory in the Fairfield County Football League. Blake Cellar scored Darien's touchdown on a long run. Jake Hyde made an excellent block on the reverse to help spring Blake into the end zone. Fullbacks Justin Laughlin and Brian Cicero also successfully ran up the middle against Wilton's defense. Defense was the story, however. The Wave held Wilton to two first downs with strong performances by Chad Hildner and Griffin Martens at defensive end. The defensive line penetrated all game. The Wave looked in trouble aft…

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Westport, CT
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Voiceover Artist Is All Talk Voiceover Artist Is All Talk Voiceover Artist Is All Talk
Voiceover Artist Is All Talk Teachers frequently told Joan Franzino she talked too much. They were right. Franzino, a Greenwich resident who grew up in Westport, talks all day now. She's a voice artist who paints images with inflections that turn on a dime. "I was meant," she says, "to talk for a living." Franzino's career path, however, was not a straight line. She graduated from Fairfield University with a degree in mathematics. "I was math professor bound," she says. After graduating, faced with the prospect of spending more money and taking more courses, Franzino hit "career rock bottom." So she kept her retail job …

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Fairfield, CT
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Director Never Tires of Hearing Voices Director Never Tires of Hearing Voices Director Never Tires of Hearing Voices
Director Never Tires of Hearing Voices David Goldberg hears things. Not in the mystical sense that makes for bad television movies. The Fairfield resident is one of the nation’s leading producers and directors for voice-over projects. Goldberg needs a variety of tools for his job. His most important is his ears. “I remember pointing out stuff to my parents when we’d listen to music,’’ David says. “I’m able to listen to a band and hear all the different parts. It’s a good and bad thing. I’ll be somewhere with my wife and I’ll say ‘Did you hear that?’ She says let it go honey, let it go.” Music was Goldberg’s first love. He open…

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New Canaan, CT
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Rams Run Off With Wilton Win Rams Run Off With Wilton Win Rams Run Off With Wilton Win
Rams Run Off With Wilton Win New Canaan's Alex Spinu finished second overall and led the Rams to the team championship in the small school division of the Wilton Invitational on Saturday. The Rams compiled 38 points and narrowly edged Weston, which finished with 43 points. New Canaan's girls finished sixth in the small schools division. Spinu, a junior, completed the 5,000-meter course in 17:15. He finished 25 seconds behind winner Stephen Vento of Weston. The Rams had a tightly bunched pack after Spinu. Patrick Daly finished 10th overall, followed by Brant Hoffman at 14th; Taylor Parsons, 16th; and Paul Clemente, 23rd.…

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Fairfield, CT
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Shea Wins Giants Coaching Honor Shea Wins Giants Coaching Honor Shea Wins Giants Coaching Honor
Shea Wins Giants Coaching Honor Fairfield Prep's Tom Shea was named Lou Rettino High School Football Coach of the Week last week by the New York Giants and BP. Shea is in his first season as Prep head coach. In recognition of his success and commitment, he will receive a certificate signed by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Giants head coach Tom Coughlin. A $1,000 check will be given to the Fairfield Prep football program. Shea was acknowledged by a stadium announcement during the Giants' 17-3 win over Chicago on Sunday. Each week during the 2010 high school football season the Giants will select one area high school …

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Norwalk, CT
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Softball Playoffs Postponed Again Softball Playoffs Postponed Again Softball Playoffs Postponed Again
Softball Playoffs Postponed Again Games in the Norwalk Softball League playoffs continue to be on hold due to rain. Contests scheduled for Monday have been postponed. The playoffs resume Tuesday, weather permitting. Forecasts call for rain on Tuesday and Wednesday, which could further delay the tournament. In the winners bracket semifinals of the East Division, Smitty's Softball will play the Aces at 6 p.m. Marinello's Pizza will play Saugatuck Construction at 7 p.m. There will be two losers bracket games: the Wildcats vs. East Coast Irrigation at 8 p.m. and Gators vs. B.J. Ryan at 9 p.m. The West Division Tournament will…

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Westport, CT
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Players, Volunteers Deliver to Gillespie Players, Volunteers Deliver to Gillespie Players, Volunteers Deliver to Gillespie
Players, Volunteers Deliver to Gillespie Players and volunteers from the Westport Soccer Association delivered over 640 boxes of cereal, oatmeal and breakfast bars to the Gillespie Center in downtown Westport on Sunday. The WSA collected the food in its "Breakfast of Champions" drive. Member families brought a donation to their recreation or travel soccer game this past weekend. Collection points were set up at Wakeman, Long Lots, Coleytown Middle and Burrs Farms fields. The cereal drive was created to address a need for breakfast items in the center's food pantry. ?

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Fairfield, CT
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Moriarty Takes 2nd at Wilton Race Moriarty Takes 2nd at Wilton Race Moriarty Takes 2nd at Wilton Race
Moriarty Takes 2nd at Wilton Race Fairfield Ludlowe's Heather Moriarty finished second to lead the Falcons to a fourth place finish in the large school division of the Wilton Invitational on Saturday. Ludlowe's boys finished second behind Wilton in the large school division. Moriarty, a junior, finished the 4,000-meter course (2.47 miles) in 15:36. She was 41 seconds behind Hand's outstanding junior runner, Sarah Cotton, who won in 14:55. Moriarty pushed Cotton early in the race before the Hand runner pulled away. Other girls who scored for Ludlowe included Marisa Klein, 34th overall; Sydney Foulk, 47th; Shannon Rooney, 55t…

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Norwalk, CT
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Triathletes Race Throughout Darien Triathletes Race Throughout Darien Triathletes Race Throughout Darien
Triathletes Race Throughout Darien The ITPMan Triathlon in Darien on Saturday featured a half-mile swim, 15-mile bike ride and 5-mile run. Wilton's Katie Bottini won the women's race, and Jonathan Fecik of Lancaster, Pa., won the men's race. The event had a total of 317 finishers, most of whom live in Fairfield County.

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Norwalk, CT
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Senators, Bears Run at Wilton Senators, Bears Run at Wilton Senators, Bears Run at Wilton
Senators, Bears Run at Wilton Brien McMahon's Chris Madaffari finished fourth and Norwalk's Mike Corasaniti took ninth in the boys varsity race at Saturday's Wilton Invitational. Weston's Stephen Vento won the race. Madaffari ran 17:33 for the 3.1 mile course. He held Joel Barlow's Ross Boehme in a spirited battle down the stretch. Corasaniti finished ninth in 17:50. Brendon Prescott (30th), Edwin Rosales (31st), Matt Mason (56th) and Ian McGrath (59th) also ran for Norwalk, which finished fourth in team scoring. Wilton's boys won the race. McMahon finished sixth. It's other finishers included J.P. Consiglio (45th), Pat…

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