Dave Philips covered sailing and rowing for The Providence Journal for 36 years.
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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Colby Honors Cranston Native Mark Serdjenian With A Field
He did not play soccer growing up, but the game became his life’s work.
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Farewell To Celtics Great Tommy Heinsohn
Tommy Heinsohn joined the Boston Celtics in 1956 and never left.
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Farewell To Six Hall of Famers
Six sports super heroes from the ’50s to the ’70s have died in recent weeks.
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Athletes have protected themselves with masks for decades
Wearing a mask for safety is nothing new for athletes.
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Dennis Coleman remembers John Thompson
The Georgetown basketball coach stood for what is right.
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Farewell to three great Rhode Islanders: Jim Norman, Sandy McCulloch, Lou Schwechheimer
The coronavirus pandemic robs us of the chance to say a proper goodbye.
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Baseball is back, but not really
Major League baseball has returned, but it’s not baseball as we know it.
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A Bad Week For Sports; The Passing Of An Unsung Hero
College conferences cancelled fall sports, and a former tennis star from Woonsocket died.
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Farewell to Bryant’s Ron Machtley and PC’s Brian Shanley
Eras ended with the departure of two prominent college presidents.
