Arguments about Hall of Fame induction and NFL overtime rules overshadowed blizzard and Ukraine news.
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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PC’s Ed Cooley passes Hall of Famer Dave Gavitt
Friars coach moves into second place in the win column.
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Farewell to hockey icon Bill Belisle
The Mount St. Charles hockey coach left a legacy for the ages.
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Farewell to Celtics legend Sam Jones
Sam Jones’s death means we have lost another link to the great Celtics dynasty 1957-1969.
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Decades later, Bob Griffin and the ’84-’85 URI Rams are still a gift
The glory days of URI football featured the record-smashing, high-flying Ehr Force.
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For many teams, it’s not holiday season it’s humbug season
Ho! Ho! Ho! is what I had planned to write in this space — after raiding the basket of red and green M&Ms in the front hall — but given the ongoing attack of the COVID omicron variant, I decided on BAH, HUMBUG! instead. COVID news worsens by the hour. Close to home, Georgetown has […]
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On Sports: Giving Thanks For Football, Kids Soccer And Much More
Even in 2021, there’s much to be thankful for.
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Jumping On The Bandwagon!
The bandwagon for the 7-4 New England Patriots
is getting crowded.
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Farewell To Hammer Guru Bob Gourley
For close to four decades Bob Gourley taught the Art of the Hammer to anyone who wanted to learn.
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Gordie Ernst: “Life is about choices, and there are consequences. It’s been tough.”
Gordie Ernst never lost a tennis match in high school. He was an All-State hockey player for Cranston High School East as well in the early 1980s. He played both sports at Brown and coached tennis at three elite universities for two decades. On Oct. 25, 2021, he pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges and faces imprisonment. Last week, in an exclusive interview with The Public’s Radio’s Mike Szostak, Ernst broke his silence.
