Brown restores varsity status to men’s track and field and cross country.
Michael Szostak
Mike Szostak covered sports for The Providence Journal for 36 years until retiring in 2013. His career highlights included five Winter Olympics from Lake Placid to Nagano and 17 seasons covering the Boston Celtics. His beats also included tennis, skiing and college sports, especially Brown University and URI football.
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Brown dropping 11 varsity sports
The least competitive athletics program in the Ivy League will re-distribute funds to the remaining 29 programs.
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1970, Kent State, anti-war protests and a college baseball game
Small colleges Colby and Springfield played a memorable baseball game at the end of a tumultuous week that rocked the nation.
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Rowers row on and help out during pandemic shutdown
Narragansett Boat Club members have found ways to pursue their sport and support the struggle against the coronavirus pandemic.
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Tom Brady Is Leaving But Will Always Be A Patriot
Although we don’t know why Tom Brady is saying goodbye to New England, we should still celebrate his career here.
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Commentary: We Have Never Seen Anything Like This
From March Madness to Opening Day to The Great White Way, we are responding to the coronavirus public health menace.
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Black Histories Worth Telling Any Time
We should know more about these national figures and many prominent Rhode Islanders.
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February 22,1980: United States 4, Soviet Union 3
Forty years ago, a team of American college kids beat the mighty Soviet Union in the biggest upset in Winter Olympics history.
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Farewell To Roger Kahn, Who Gave Us “The Boys Of Summer”
The groundbreaking look at the Brooklyn Dodgers of the 1950s and what happened to them is a classic.
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Is Patrick Mahomes The New Tom Brady?
Many traits link the Super Bowl MVPs.
