The up and down Boston Celtics will try for a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals in Game 3 Wednesday night against the Golden State Warriors.
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.
These Boston Celtics did not need the Spirits of Playoffs Past
The Celtics eliminated the Milwaukee Bucks with a convincing Game 7 performance.
Baseball season is a marathon, so relax!
Six out of 162 games do not a season make.
I’m a frustrated PC Friar
Playing slightly better against Kansas could have put PC in the Final Four.
Friars, Bulldogs and Brady made for a super sports Sunday
PC and Bryant are in the NCAA Tournament, and Tom Brady is back in the NFL game.
Friartown is Titletown; Rhode Island is Title Territory
The PC Friars are not the only college basketball champions in Rhode Island.
Winners and losers from the Beijing Winter Olympics
Norway remains the winter sports capital of the world.
Nationalism, flag waving, and U.S.-Canada women’s hockey at the Olympics
Showing a little national pride at the Olympics is okay.
Farewell to Art Martone, former Providence Journal sports editor
Everybody admired the Projo sports fixture, an early proponent of the sports blog.

