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30-Year-Old CT Resident Remembered As Dedicated Coach, Loving Husband 30-Year-Old CT Resident Remembered As Dedicated Coach, Loving Husband
30-Year-Old CT Resident Remembered As Dedicated Coach, Loving Husband A late former Connecticut resident is being remembered as a dedicated basketball coach and a loving husband. Michael Freilich died in his sleep from natural causes on Friday, Dec. 17, according to his obituary. He was 30 years old. Born in Kentucky in 1991, Freilich was raised in West Hartford and was well-known on the basketball courts around town. His passion for the sport was obvious, and he was a force to be reckoned with at Morley and the JCC, those who knew him said. He attended Hebrew Academy and Hebrew High School of New England, and played for both basketball teams. He …

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by Nicole Valinote
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CT HS Grad Now Raiders' Interim Coach After Gruden Email Scandal CT HS Grad Now Raiders' Interim Coach After Gruden Email Scandal
CT HS Grad Now Raiders' Interim Coach After Gruden Email Scandal A veteran football coach from the Hudson Valley who graduated high school in Fairfield County is set to showcase his skills under the bright lights in Las Vegas. Yonkers native Rich Bisaccia, age 61, has been named interim head coach of the National Football League's Las Vegas Raiders following the overnight resignation of embattled former coach Jon Gruden, who stepped away following the emergence of racist and homophobic comments he made in emails a decade ago. Bisaccia, who graduated from New Fairfield High School, is in his 20th year as a coach in the NFL, but this will be his first appo…

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by Zak Failla