Thu, Jul 09
|Two Roads Brewing Company
Huskies, Hops & History — Meet & Greet Book Signing with Acclaimed Sports Journalist, Dave Borges
If you’re a UConn Basketball fan, how do you make the long summer between basketball seasons more bearable? StarFare is amped to present a super-fan-fun event on July 9th in collaboration with the “top dog” of CT breweries: Two Roads Brewing Company! (scroll down for details)
Time & Location
Jul 09, 2026, 5:00 PM
Two Roads Brewing Company, 1700 Stratford Ave, Stratford, CT 06615, USA
About the event
Portion of Proceeds to Benefit the UConn Fight On Athletic Fund!
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We are excited to present an evening with acclaimed sports journalist, Dave Borges, who will launch his brand-new book: UConn Men’s Basketball: An Illustrated Timeline
You’re invited! StarFare has organized a festive fan meet-up and mid-summer opportunity to speak with David Borges about what our elite Men’s Team’s 125-Year History means to Connecticut. We'll ask Dave what it’s like to have one of the best jobs in the state, and ask him to share stories from the past 20 years.
— Dave’s book is a UCONN fan’s dream —
He has managed to capture every glorious highlight of college basketball’s most successful men’s team of the 21st century. He has filled the book with famous images and anecdotes — and the cherished memories they recall. His stories read like a how-to guide for building a dynasty!
— Dedicated to the #1 Fans in the Nation! —
If you aren’t already a fan of Two Roads Brewing Company, you’ll love visiting this sprawling campus — home of the imminently drinkable Two Conn Ale! Join us in the Main Tap Room at 1700 Stratford Ave.
Admission is all ages. Optional $10 cover with a portion of proceeds to benefit the UConn Fight On Fund.
StarFare’s bringing extra sauce, too … we welcome fans to show off their UConn Men’s Memorabilia!
EVENT DETAILS
Admission
First-come-first-served, seating is limited.
General Admission - $10 optional cover Please note: Onsite book supplies are limited. Should demand exceed supply, look for Dave at book store signings across the state throughout 2026!
Super Fan Exhibitor Opportunity
Secure a display table for your UConn Fan Memorabilia! Show-and-tell – or trade and sell! Open to fans, collectors. and vendors. Contact StarFare (chel@starfare.org) for exhibition details, or purchase your spot today and we'll email you the details.
Exhibitor Table Fee: $100 per table.
Program & Event Schedule
5 pm: Registration Opens - option to purchase food and/or beverage from the bar
6 pm: David Borges Introduction and Q&A
Author Meet & Greet - Book signing and photo opportunity with Dave
BOOK RELEASE
UConn Men’s Basketball: An Illustrated Timeline
With six national championships under three different head coaches in one 26-year span, UConn basketball has been the most successful men’s program of the 21st century. No program has won more national titles in that span. No program has won more Big East championships, even though the Huskies were out of the league for seven seasons. And when UConn won back-to-back titles in 2023 and 2024, it became the first program to repeat in 17 years, and just the third to do so since the UCLA dynasties of the late 1960s/early 1970s.
UConn has spawned a Hall of Fame player in Ray Allen and a coach in Jim Calhoun. No doubt, Dan Hurley will be enshrined in Springfield someday, as well. Since Calhoun took over the program in 1986, the Huskies have had 17 NBA Draft lottery picks, 24 first-round selections and 40 overall . . . and counting. UConn’s success has shown no signs of slowing down under Hurley.
But Husky history dates back much further. From its time as a regional power in the Yankee Conference to its days of dominance in the Big East, UConn has had remarkable success—sprinkled in with the occasional spectacular failure. All the championship teams, All- American players, dynamic personalities, and iconic games and moments that have helped turn little Storrs, Connecticut, into the “Basketball Capital of the Word” are chronicled in this book by longtime UConn men’s basketball beat writer David Borges.
Hardcover, 9 x 12, 176 pages
Now available everywhere books are sold.
About the Author - David Borges
David Borges has covered the UConn men’s basketball team as a beat writer for the New Haven Register and Hearst Connecticut Media since 2007. In that span, he’s covered four national championships and six Final Four teams. Prior to that, he covered the 2004 Boston Red Sox team that snapped an 86-year World Series championship drought. Borges, a Rhode Island native who has lived in Connecticut for nearly two decades with his wife and two children, has won multiple awards covering UConn, including the National Sports Media Association’s Connecticut Sportswriter of the Year in 2019. Timeline is Dave’s second UConn Men’s book in the past year; Hurley’s Heroes is also on bookshelves.
THE DESTINATION
Worth the Trip!
Two Roads Brewing Company • Easy from everywhere at 1700 Stratford Ave, Stratford, CT, 2 mins off I-95 Exit 31
Launched in 2012, four friends took the “road less traveled” to revitalize a 100-year old factory in Stratford and chase their dream of starting a craft brewery. Today, Two Roads Brewing Company is a powerhouse of Connecticut innovation, offering indoor, outdoor and rooftop entertainment, facility rentals, delicious food, and quality-obsessed brewing that has produced Gold Medal-winning beers and a thriving contract brewing business.