Sportswriter Jeff Goldberg To Speak at Library

Just in time for March Madness, sportswriter Jeff Goldberg will recount tales from his years covering UConn women’s basketball as the third speaker in the Eaton-Dimock-King Authors Series on March 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Tolland Public Library.

Goldberg, who was the UConn women’s basketball beat writer for the Hartford Courant from 2001 to 2006, will talk about his new book, “Bird at the Buzzer: UConn, Notre Dame, and a Women’s Basketball Classic.”

A West Hartford native who now covers the Red Sox and Bruins for Metro Boston, Goldberg will also sign copies of the book, which will be on sale at the event.

The book recounts in detail the March 6, 2001 game between UConn and Notre Dame – arguably the greatest game in the history of NCAA women’s basketball, featuring five future Olympians and eight first-round WNBA selections.

“If you love UConn women’s basketball, you’ll love this book,’’ said ESPN analyst Rebecca Lobo, who was one of UConn’s most popular players.

The authors series, sponsored by the library and the Tolland Public Library Foundation, is made possible through the Phoebe Dimock King and Elizabeth C. King Eaton Endowment.

The endowment was created in 2009 through a generous bequest from the late Elizabeth C. King Eaton. The benefactor, whose grandfather was born in Tolland in 1888, was raised in town and like her mother, the late Phoebe Dimock King, spent her professional life as a librarian.

Phoebe King served as a librarian in Tolland from 1958 until her retirement in 1982.  At the time of her death in February 2009, Elizabeth King Eaton was executive director of the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.

The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. For more information or to register, call the library at 860-871-3620