Bill Reynolds
Providence Journal
Rhode Island, United States
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Betts' trade just doesn't make sense, says columnist Bill Reynolds
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH: ◘So long Mookie? Say what? What in the name of Ted Williams is going on here? Do the Red Sox think they have so much talent → Read More
After 38-plus years, Journal columnist Bill Reynolds plans to slow down
I first walked into The Providence Journal as a full-time reporter in June of 1981.I was 36 years old.And even though I had freelanced for The Journal's → Read More
Bill Reynolds: 57 years ago, basketball was all a Barrington kid needed
The dinner the other night was to induct the 1962 basketball team into the Barrington High School Hall of Fame.I was a junior in high school that year, → Read More
Bill Reynolds: Ernie D was way ahead of his time
Three mini-columns for the price of oneERNIE DiGREGORIOHe was just named to the College Basketball Hall of Fame, and the only question is what took so → Read More
Bill Reynolds: URI's David Cox is living the dream
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — All coaches have journeys. All coaches have a past. Most have had to pay their dues, especially the ones who never had been great players themselves, the ones that didn't have the kind of name that opened doors and made fan bases all but go dancing in the streets. Coaches like the University of Rhode Island's David Cox, who on this gray morning is sitting in his office in the… → Read More
Bill Reynolds: Celtics season slipping away
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH: ■ Whatever is up with the Celtics is not good. More and more they seem like an AAU team that met for the weekend. Friday's win over Washington was much needed, but it was their first victory in five games. More and more they seem like the Kyrie All-Stars. More and more they seem like a team built for an All-Star Game, not the playoffs, a team that wants to outscore… → Read More
Bill Reynolds: Scandal will stick to Kraft, fair or not
It is a scandal, of course, Patriots owner Robert Kraft being charged in Florida on two counts of soliciting someone to commit prostitution. It is the → Read More
Bill Reynolds: LeBron is the king in more ways than one
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH: ■ The word is the NBA is the social media leader in sports, with LeBron having a reported 86 million-plus followers. → Read More
Bill Reynolds: Lots of talent in this town
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH: ■ They grew up in the same Portsmouth neighborhood. The mother of one of them works for the father of the other one. In short, → Read More
Bill Reynolds: Kyrie Irving in a class by himself
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH: ■ How good is Kyrie Irving? How about the best ball-handler I've ever seen good. How about he always seems to show me something new, a little nuance here, another one there. How about averaging nearly 23 points and more than 6 assists-a-game good. How about if he ever makes the ball talk back to him, I won't be surprised good. That's how good. ■ Pats-Steelers was the… → Read More
Bill Reynolds: World Series is icing on the cake
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH: ■ They won 108 games in the regular season, and now they're going to the World Series, dismantling first the Yankees and then the vaunted Houston Astros as though they were just over-matched teams. Do we see a trend here? We should. For this is already a dream season. The World Series is just frosting. ■ The Sox are playing like a team that won 108 regular-season games. ■… → Read More
Bill Reynolds: Red Sox now face new level of pressure
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH: Yeah, it's been a wonderful summer for the Red Sox — most wins in franchise history, third-straight division title, Mookie → Read More
Bill Reynolds: Ted Williams' legend has stood test of time
It was in August of 1953, and it was in Fenway Park in Boston, the first Red Sox game I'd ever been to. I was 8 years old, already a baseball nut, → Read More
Bill Reynolds: Paying the price for taking the PawSox for granted
The Pawtucket Red Sox began here in the spring of 1970 as a Double-A team, back when the Vietnam War seemingly had cut the country in half, back when an → Read More
Bill Reynolds: Sox sweep of Yankees bodes well for October
Another weekend, another reminder. Another weekend, another reminder that the Red Sox are in the midst of a dream season. Another weekend, → Read More
Bill Reynolds: John Gillooly had it covered for half a century
He walked into The Providence Journal building on Fountain Street in the summer of 1964, back when this new musical group called the Beatles was about to → Read More
Bill Reynolds: Despite Sox's success, passion for baseball waning
FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH: ■ Yes, the Red Sox are as hot as asphalt in the summer sun, but so far anyway, this has not been the greatest of seasons for baseball. Even with the Sox riding high in the saddle, it doesn’t seem like it once did when the Sox owned the summer. Blame it on the perception that the Patriots are the most popular team in New England, complete with the biggest superstar in Tom… → Read More
Bill Reynolds: Celts just keep defying the odds
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH: ● Let's see. No Gordon Hayward. No Kyrie Irving. No problem. Isn't this the story of this Celtics' team that's seemingly come out of nowhere this postseason? Isn't this the story of this team whose destiny seems to be all but sitting on the bench, just waiting to get into the game? Isn't this the story here, the sense that once Irving got hurt this train was going to start… → Read More
Reynolds: Danny Ainge deserves most of the credit for current Celtics success
He is the boss, no question about it. He is the one who selects the players. He is the one who hired Stevens. He is the architect of all of it. And in all the important ways he is fearless, whether it once was fighting the much bigger Tree Rollins as a player, or quickly becoming known as "Trader Danny'' in his front-office career. → Read More
Bill Reynolds: A farewell to another casualty to opioids
David Whelan "was so kind, a gentle soul, a good friend. ... He was a good boy and a beautiful soul ... His heart was as big as he was. He was all of these wonderful things,' says his sister. 'But he also was an addict.' → Read More