On the college sports calendar in New England, spring feels like 3 o’clock in the morning, when all is quiet, when nothing much happens. Spring is the…
Mike Szostak
Mike Szostak has provided sports commentary for The Public's Radio since 2015. He focuses on Rhode Island's rich sports scene with an occasional look at Boston's pro teams and national issues. He was a sports writer and columnist for The Providence Journal for 36 years. His career highlights include five Winter Olympics from Lake Placid to Nagano, 17 seasons covering the Boston Celtics, and decades of tennis, skiing and college sports, especially Brown and URI football.
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Forget Opening Day; How About Those Closing Nights?
Forget about Opening Day of the baseball season this week. How about Closing Nights of the college basketball season? If you did not stay up to watch…
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Dr. Thomas L. Payne, Jr., 1924-2016
Another of the selfless volunteers who made the R.I. Giant Slalom Championships the highlight of the state’s winter sports calendar for decades has died…
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March Madness Descends On Downtown Providence
March Madness has hit Rhode Island. Providence hosts six games in the first and second round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball championship this week. Eight…
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PC Will Play USC In East Regional Thursday Night
Providence College is going to the NCAA basketball tournament for the third consecutive year. That’s the good news. The eighth-seeded Friars (23-10) wil…
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March Madness On Hold for Providence College, Over For J&W
March Madness is on hold for Providence College and has ended for Johnson & Wales University. March Melancholy has set in at the University of Rhode…
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Bud Collins, 1929-2016
Bud Collins, the incomparable tennis chronicler whose colorful prose matched his colorful wardrobe, died Friday at his home in Brookline, Mass. He was 8…
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NCAA-Bound Johnson & Wales Reaping Basketball Honors
NCAA Tournament-bound Johnson & Wales is reaping the rewards of a record-breaking men’s basketball season. The 26-2 and 14th-ranked Wildcats boast t…
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Guess Who Is Going To the NCAA Tournament
They’re going to the NCAA Tournament. The Big Dance. March Madness. No, not Providence College or the University of Rhode Island, although each won…
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Politics Was Buddy’s Sport, But He Led Cheers For Others
Buddy Cianci, the longest serving mayor in the history of Providence, 21 years, and one of the most colorful and controversial politicians in the histor…
