It has been a rocky season for Fairfield. Before Perry’s preposterous prayer, the Stags were just 8-14 overall, 4-7 in Metro Atlantic play. For a team searching for momentum, it is hard to concoct a better catalyst moving forward than Thursday night’s miracle.

It feels like miracle buzzer-beaters are happening nightly across college basketball. On Thursday, Fairfield had just a mere second (1.1 seconds to be exact) to find an unlikely bucket or face overtime against MAAC-leading foe Marist.

A motorcyclist was killed Wednesday night in Fairfield after a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction attempted a left turn in front of the motorcyclist, police said.

A driver fatally struck a 63-year-old motorcyclist in Fairfield Wednesday night, police said. The collision occurred at approximately 8:05 p.m., when a driver traveling eastbound on West Texas Street near First Street turned left toward the Circle K gas station,