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WORCESTER — D.A. “Lefty” Foster and the Shaboo All-Stars are going to bring their uncompromising blend of “maximum rhythm & blues” to “Jazz at Sunset” Aug. 27.

In addition to great music, the evening also marks a series of returns — the return of Foster fronting the Shaboo All-Stars (after “officially” retiring in December 2019) and the return of the maximum power trio of keyboardist extraordinaire Mitch Chakour, sizzling saxophonist Deric Dyer and guitar virtuoso Cliff Goodwin, who haven’t played together since the coronavirus pandemic began.

Although he gave his final farewell performance with the Shaboo All-Stars on Dec. 20, 2019, in Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den, Foster is back.

Foster retired not because he lost his voice or his love for performing — he still has both — but due to “significant, ongoing medical reasons,” which, at the time, indicated that he would not be able to perform live ever again.

“Lefty returned and somewhere along the line he found the right doctor and changed his medication and he got better,” Goodwin said. “It’s unbelievable. It’s an unbelievable story.”

“Jazz at Sunset,” which would be aptly titled “Maximum R&B at Sunset” for this outing, also marks the 20th anniversary of the Shaboo All-Stars becoming Mohegan Sun Casino’s house band (and being renamed the Mohegan Sun All-Stars).

Not only is he well enough to sing and perform, Foster wanted to make his return to the stage since his premature retirement to be for all the good people of Worcester. And, yes, he still got the voice, the energy, charisma and stage presence.

Foster, who began his singing career at 14 and has worked with such legendary artists as B.B. King, the Temptations, Chuck Berry and Keith Richards, assembled the Shaboo All-Stars in 1979.

If Foster wasn’t enough to draw you out your post-COVID comfort zone, then you have the power trio of Chakour, Dyer and Goodwin.

These…

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In a step up from their past holiday concert celebrations, Connecticut indie-jam darlings Goose will bring their eighth annual Goosemas show to Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday, December 18.

The past two years have seen Connecticut rockers Goose grow from a local bar band to a premiere festival headliner who are today announcing their biggest show to date.

Goosemas began as a tradition with humble roots in the basement of a Norwalk, CT music studio. While the next four years would see the band hold an intimate event inside underground venues in Norwalk, the sixth iteration of Goosemas found the band moving the event to Wall Street Theatre. During 2020, Goosemas went up to the top of Rockefeller Plaza for a Twitch exclusive livestream, drawing over 60,000 viewers worldwide,and raised over $45,000 for charity.

We’re so stoked to host Goosemas back home in Connecticut. It has truly been incredible to see how the event has grown over the past few years, and we can’t wait to do it again in front of a live audience

guitarist/vocalist Rick Mitarotonda

This year’s show will see Goose take the stage for three sets, with plenty of surprises in store for fans. Goosemas will be the last show of a highly anticipated, 19-date national fall run, with over half of the tour already sold out.

Initial tickets will be available through a lottery, with a request period running today Tuesday, August 24th at 12 PM ET through Wednesday, August 25 at 5 PM ET. Winners will be notified before the general on-sale, beginning Friday, August 27 at 10 AM ET. Venue Presale will be held on Thurs, Aug 26 @…

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If you’re like most people who play a handful of online games for fun, you love to keep your costs down. There’s nothing wrong in spending $100 on an in-game purchase. But if there’s a way to get the same item for free, that’s the option you want to follow.

Thankfully, the Internet is jam-packed with free games and real money games with plenty of freebies. This article takes a look at some of the best online games with bonuses. Let’s get started.

Video Slots

Video slots aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. They are games of pure chance. And that means you can’t use skills or strategies to win. But if you love to play real money games for fun, video slots are excellent games for claiming bonuses.

The games have two types of freebies. First, you can play a slot and activate bonuses in a bonus round. Here, you earn five, 10 or 30 free spins depending on the number of winning symbols you line up on the reels.

The second way to earn bonuses from slots is through casinos. Some websites reward new players with slot bonuses immediately they create a new account. Or they wait until a player makes their first deposit. 

The Mohegan Sun casino is an excellent example. The New Jersey-based casino offers Mohegan Sun bonus codes to all new customers. The offers include a $20 no deposit bonus and a 100% match on your first deposit worth a maximum of $1000.

Rocket League

Launched in 2015, Rocket League has been growing popular day after day. The game’s involvement in eSports is advancing its stock even more: winning millions of new customers monthly.

For the uninitiated, Rocket League is a video game about controlling massively flexible, unbelievably indestructible vehicles to…

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As legal sports betting is at the doorstep in Connecticut and is set to debut next month, the market will no longer be a duopoly in which the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes control the market. The competition will now be three-way, as the Connecticut Lottery Corp. will be another major player. This quasi-public agency was authorized to operate in as many as 15 retail sportsbook locations around Connecticut.

The Lottery Will Offer Sports Betting in Numerous Locations

The lottery will provide visitors with sportsbook services at ten of the 11 Sportech brick-and-mortar facilities. Some of the properties that are included are Bobby V’s restaurant at the Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, as well as its Stamford location. Sports Haven in New Haven and seven Winners locations in the state will also see sportsbooks.

Furthermore, Hartford and Bridgeport are two of the total of 15 venues where the lottery must set up shop, and none of them is allowed to be in the vicinity of Mohegan or Mashantucket reservations. That vicinity is 25 miles.

The no-compete zones were actually a small price that the lottery had to pay in order for tribes not to demand exclusive rights to sports betting in the state of Connecticut and that started the process of negotiating a deal between the Mohegans, the Mashantuckets, and Gov. Ned Lamont concerning landmark gaming expansion.

Rodney Butler, the chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, stated that this deal was major during a Friday interview and acknowledged the fact that Rush Street Interactive and the lottery will be fierce competitors on the market.

Land-Based Sports Betting Will be The Lottery’s Advantage

Connecticut Lottery Corp.’s contributions have gone beyond the payments that casinos make for slot revenue in each fiscal year so far, starting from 2012-2013. The corporation…

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FRIDAY,  SEPTEMBER 10TH

CLASS OF 2021 AUTOGRAPH SESSION – 11:00AM
Mohegan Sun (Uncasville, CT)

Meet the Class of 2021 at their first public Enshrinement Weekend event! A ticket to this event will give you the opportunity to receive one autograph per class member. This event will take place at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut.

 

PRESS CONFERENCE – 2:00PM
Mohegan Sun (Uncasville, CT)

The official media availability for the Hall of Fame Class of 2021. This availability is only open to credentialed members of the media along with Legends VIP Package ticket holders. This event will be held at Mohegan Sun. Please visit hoophall.com/media for more information on credential applications.

 

TIP OFF CELEBRATION AND AWARDS GALA – 6:00PM
Mohegan Sun (Uncasville, CT)

The Class of 2021, along with the Hall’s prestigious annual award winners, will be celebrated at this event at Mohegan Sun. The evening will feature a dinner and Awards Gala program in the Uncas Ballroom in the Sky Convention Center. This event will include the awarding of the Class of 2021 rings, presented by Baron Championship rings, and the presented of the Class of 2021 Hall of Fame Jackets. The program will additionally highlight the presentation of the Hall’s annual John W. Bunn Lifetime Achievement Award, the Mannie Jackson: Basketball’s Human Spirit Awards, and the Curt Gowdy Media Awards. This year’s Bunn Award recipient is Carol Stiff. The Curt Gowdy Media Award winners are Mike Gorman (electronic media), Mel Greenberg (print media), and George Kalinsky (electronic media). The Mannie Jackson: Basketball’s Human Spirit Award recipients will be named at a later date.

SATURDAY,  SEPTEMBER 11TH

VIP Enshrinement Ceremony Reception – 4:00PM
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (Springfield, MA)

Toast the incoming Hall of Fame Class of 2021 prior to the sport’s…

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Organisers of Harry Styles‘ upcoming US tour have today (August 25) announced COVID safety protocols for fans attending the shows.

Styles’ ‘Love On Tour’, which was postponed from last year until this autumn due to the ongoing pandemic, will require attendees to wear masks at all venues. It will also be mandatory for ticketholders to either show proof of full coronavirus vaccination or a negative PCR test taken within 48 hours of entering one of the concerts.

The pop star’s shows at NYC’s Madison Square Garden and at California’s SAP Center in San Jose, however, will only accept full vaccination. No one will be permitted to enter the venues with a negative PCR test only.

A statement accompanying the announcement read: “Requiring testing, or proof of vaccination, is the best way to protect the health and safety of our crew and fans, and is quickly becoming the new standard for concerts around the US. There will be no exceptions to these policies.”

It added that venue staff at each show will need to follow the same protocols as attendees.

Harry Styles performs live, 2021. CREDIT: Getty

Styles confirmed the rescheduled US shows in July. Last December, he said that the UK and European leg of the tour is postponed “indefinitely”.

Harry Styles ‘Love On Tour’ US dates 2021:

SEPTEMBER
04 – Las Vegas, NV, MGM Grand Garden Arena
07 – Denver, CO, Ball Arena
09 – San Antonio, TX, AT&T Center
11 – Dallas, TX, American Airlines Center
13 – Houston, TX, Toyota Center
15 – St. Louis, MO, Enterprise Center
17 – Philadelphia, PA, Wells Fargo Center
18 – Washington, DC, Capital One Arena
20 –…

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Final details are being completed to bring the New England high school golf championship to the Mohegan Sun Golf Club on Nov. 1 in Sprague.

“All indications are we will be moving the tournament there, which is exciting for us,” said Donn Friedman, executive director of the Council of New England Secondary Schools Principals’ Association.

The event, sponsored by the CNESSPA, has been held at Bretwood Golf Course in Keene, N.H., the past 24 years. With the New England tournament moved to the fall and concerns about cold weather, a more temperate course was sought. The CIAC has split its boys golf into two seasons this school year, with 51 teams playing in the fall and nearly twice that many the in the spring.

The CIAC moved up the start of the Connecticut fall season to Aug. 30, 10 days before the other fall sports. Divisional competition will be held the week of Oct. 18. Spring golfers will not have a New England championship, while the autumn golfers will not have a state tournament.

The New England event was held in 1991 at Lyman Orchards in Middlefield before moving around to various states and settling at Bretwood.

“In talking with the golf people, moving spring to fall, frost became an issue,” Friedman said. “You’re also going to have less daylight if there…

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Published: August 25, 2021 2:53 pm ET

With eliminations for the Pepsi North America Cup just over a week away, Trot Insider has provided a final update on where contenders are racing heading into the $1 million event.

The 38th edition of the $1 million Pepsi North America Cup for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings will take place on Saturday, Sept. 11 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The eliminations will be held a week prior on Saturday, Sept. 4.

For many years, TROT Magazine’s Pepsi North America Cup Spring Book has served as an initial barometer for the colts and geldings that may be in the running for the Glamour Boy division’s single biggest payday. As in past years, the Spring Book appeared in the April Horseplayers issue of TROT.

Clockwise from top left: Lawless Shadow (Curtis Salonick), Jimmy Connor B (New Image Media),
Komodo Beach (Amanda Stephens), Bulldog Hanover (New Image Media)

Here is a look at the horses that remain eligible to the 2021 Pepsi North America Cup, highlighting their previous race and next start entered as of press time on August 25, 2021.

Abuckabett Hanover – Trained by Tony Alagna, the Betting Line colt last raced on August 21 at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono in the Max C. Hempt Memorial, finishing eighth by 25 lengths after an early break, individually timed in 1:53.2.

Always A Miki – Trained by Nancy Takter, the Always B Miki colt last raced on August 21 at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono in the Max C. Hempt Memorial Consolation II, finishing second by nine lengths, individually timed in 1:50.3.

American Courage – Trained by Travis Alexander, the American Ideal colt was scratched…

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Actor and comedian David Spade warned in a recent interview that wokeness is killing comedy. “One wrong move and you’re canceled,” the Grown Ups star and Saturday Night Live alum said of being a comedian in the age of cancel culture.

“It’s very dicey. It’s very tricky. You used to have to say anything to go as far as you could, to push the envelope, to get attention, and people would be like, ‘I like this guy. He’s pushing it.’ And in comedy clubs, audiences really appreciate that,” Spade told Variety. “Now you say the one wrong move and you’re canceled. It’s a very tough world out there.”

“I think all the comedians have gotten together, in a way, to say we just have to keep doing what we were doing, and the people that come to the shows will appreciate it,” he added.

David Spade seen at KAABOO 2017 at the Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, in San Diego, Calif. (Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Spade also suggested that comedians are typically canceled after an “outsider” comes into a comedy club and decides they are offended after a show.

“But you get an outsider that comes in and goes, ‘I was so offended,’” he said.

“The intent is not to be mean,” Spade continued. “If the intent is to do it as a joke or a spin on something, and it is mean to people, but you’re just making fun of that, I don’t think that’s horrible.”

“I’ve been in the business doing it for 20 years, so I hope comics are allowed to be comics. I really hope so,” the comedian added.

Spade has been one of the recent celebrity guest hosts to replace longtime host Chris Harrison on ABC’s Bachelor in Paradise.

Harrison

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Mohegan — Mark Brown, the former long-serving Mohegan Tribal Council member who lost a 2019 reelection bid and then won a special election that later was invalidated and lost the do-over, is seeking to return to the council in ongoing voting among tribal members.

The voting concludes Sunday.

Brown confirmed this week he is among the candidates for five seats up for election to the nine-member council, which oversees tribal government and serves as the management board of Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, which operates the tribe’s gaming enterprises, including Mohegan Sun, its flagship casino.

Four incumbents — Chairman James Gessner Jr., Sarah Harris, William Quidgeon Jr. and Ken Davison — are seeking new, four-year terms. A fifth incumbent, Kathy Regan-Pyne, is not running for reelection.

A field of candidates was narrowed to 10 in primary voting earlier this year. In addition to the four incumbents, the other candidates are Brown, Bethany Seidel, Kim Strickland, Brian Bozsum, Chris Friday and David Rubino.

Brown, who served as council chairman from 2000 to 2005, was nearing the end of his sixth term when he lost his bid for a seventh in August 2019. Less than four months later, he won a special election held to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of his brother, former Chairman Kevin Brown. Mark Brown won the special election in a three-way race, edging Davison by a single vote.

Davison and another tribal member challenged the result, filing suit in tribal court and petitioning the tribe’s election committee and its elders’ council. They claimed the vote should be invalidated because tribal members had not been properly notified in advance that voting hours had been shortened, costing Davison two votes. The elders’ council, the tribe’s ultimate judicial authority, invalidated the special election and scheduled a new vote, which…

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