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Red Sox And Rams Highlight Weekend
The Red Sox and Yankees in the American League division series Friday night and the Rhode Island Rams and the Brown Bears in their 103 rd intrastate → Read More
Serena Williams Should Have Known Better
Serena Williams should have known better. The greatest women’s tennis champion of the last 50 years, perhaps ever, should have known she was one outburst, → Read More
Seismic Change Coming To Iconic Mount St. Charles Hockey Program
The twilight of a high-school hockey era and the dawn of a bold experiment coincided with the start of classes last week at Mount St. Charles Academy in → Read More
R.I. Leaders Struck Out In The Business Of Baseball
Pawtucket Red Sox fans are crushed that their team will be leaving town in two years. Rhode Island politicians are straining fingers pointing and blaming → Read More
John "Swisher" Mitchell, URI Athletic Hall of Famer, 1927-2018
By the time I met John “Swisher” Mitchell, he had already been a basketball star at Rhode Island State College – now the University of Rhode Island – and → Read More
Patriots Open Camp With More Questions Than Answers
Six months after their dispiriting Super Bowl loss to the Eagles, and an offseason of endless speculation about the state of the team, the Patriots opened → Read More
Red Sox Surging; PawSox Leaving?
July Fourth has come and gone, and the Red Sox and PawSox are on my mind. The Red Sox returned to Fenway Park Monday night after a 7-2 road trip and shut → Read More
Red Sox Surging; PawSox Leaving?
July Fourth has come and gone, and the Red Sox and PawSox are on my mind. The Red Sox returned to Fenway Park Monday night after a 7-2 road trip and shut → Read More
Happy Father's Day, Dads!
Happy Father’s Day, all you dads who watch ESPN in the middle of the night while feeding your infant, who change diapers between innings without → Read More
LeBron James Was The Difference, As Usual
It didn’t take long for the sniping to start, did it? I’d say minutes. Yes, minutes after LeBron James, with a little help from his friend Jeff Green, had → Read More
Celtics Have Proved Me Wrong
I was wrong. W-R-O-N-G! As many in the sports scribbling and babbling business did, I wrote off the Boston Celtics as an NBA championship threat when All → Read More
PASA To Celebrate Sports Partners
The Providence After School Alliance is one of the heroes of the beleaguered education system in Rhode Island’s capital city. PASA provides programming in → Read More
Sixers-Celtics: An Epic Rivalry Renewed
Sixers-Celtics. Philly-Boston. Roll those syllables off your tongue a few times, and try not to smile. For the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers → Read More
Gil Santos, 1938-2018
Another beloved member of the New England sports media has left us. Gil Santos, whose short, stocky stature belied his standing as a giant among the region → Read More
1933-1941: When Rhode Islanders Ruled The Boston Marathon
They say never say never in sports, and it’s good advice. Remember how we said the Patriots would never come back from 25 points down and win Super Bowl LI → Read More
Basketball Beat Down In Boston, Up In Kingston
Final Fours are finished, but the basketball beat goes on. In Boston, it’s a downbeat. Point guard Kyrie Irving, one of the NBA’s most dynamic players, is → Read More
In The End, It's Almost Always About Money
In the end, it’s almost always about money, isn’t it? A bigger paycheck, extra cash for the kids college fund, the retirement account, the vacation to → Read More
Rhode Island Basketball Fans Most Fortunate
How fortunate are we Rhode Islanders to have had two teams in the NCAA men's basketball tournament? Most fortunate, I’d say, considering the other five New → Read More
Rams, Friars NCAA Tournament-Bound
The hoop gods, also known as the NCAA men’s basketball tournament selection committee, blessed the University of Rhode Island and Providence College Sunday → Read More
Words Unlimited To Honor Rhode Island's Best for 2017
Rhode Island’s best sports performers of 2017 will receive their proper recognition during the 72 nd Annual Words Unlimited Sports Awards Banquet Sunday at → Read More