The Red Sox are a big surprise and the Celtics a big disappointment
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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A painful reminder of baseball’s past in Pawtucket
The Worcester Red Sox are in, the Pawtucket Red Sox are out, and other musings.
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A Life Well-Lived: Here Are Four
A golfer, two track athletes, and an Olympian did it all.
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Red Sox, Final Four, URI Football Highlight Easter Weekend
The Red Sox open their season with plenty of question marks.
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Four Reasons To Study Black History: Alton and Beverly Wiley, Ray Johnson, Bobby Thompson
The Rhode Island House is poised to pass legislation for the teaching of Black history in schools.
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An era ends in Rhode Island sports
Providence Journal columnist Bill Reynolds retires after a great four-decade run.
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Dustin Pedroia Deserved A Better Ending
The retired Red Sox infielder heads a list of sports figures worth discussing.
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Do Sports Really Matter? Sometimes
Even with so much COVID-related disruption in our lives, sports occasionally still do matter.
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March Madness In Indianapolis? Good Luck!
As COVID-19 surges, the NCAA pins its March Madness hopes on Indiana.
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A Holiday Gift From An Unlikely Source
A young U.S. Navy officer helps a pair of ice boat sailors.
