College football has gone wacky. Why else would Northern Illinois have played at Toledo on Tuesday night and Ohio University have traveled to Bowling…
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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Brown To Honor Veteran Women’s Soccer Coach Phil Pincince
Brown university will honor one of its greatest coaches Saturday afternoon when it renames its soccer field for the retiring women’s soccer coach Phil…
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Dartmouth-Harvard Could Be An Ivy League Classic
With apologies to Florida and Georgia, hosts of the world’s biggest cocktail party every autumn, the best college football game in America this weekend…
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Dartmouth-Harvard Could Be An Ivy League Classic
With apologies to Florida and Georgia, hosts of the world’s biggest cocktail party every autumn, the best college football game in America this weekend…
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God’s Chosen In College Football? You’ll Be Surprised
Everybody has heard of Notre Dame. You know, South Bend, the Fighting Irish, Knute Rockne, The Four Horsemen, Frank Leahy, Paul Hornung, Ara Parseghian,…
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Forty Years Ago, Carlton Fisk’s 12th Inning Home Run Ended The Greatest World Series Game
Do you remember Oct. 21, 1975? Game 6 of the World Series? Reds versus Red Sox? Carlton Fisk’s 12th-inning home run that ended what many baseball…
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No Weak Opponents This Homecoming Weekend
Homecoming is always one of the highlights of the fall calendar at most colleges and universities. Alumni meetings, lectures, symposiums, cocktail…
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QB Dalton Easton Leading The Bryant Charge
This was the season a freshman might have started at quarterback for the Bryant University football team. Tucker Beirne, a 6-2, 225-pounder from Coral…
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Bad News For URI Football Could Linger
The altercation allegedly involving seven University of Rhode Island football players and members of a fraternity in the overnight hours Sunday could…
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100th Brown-URI Football Game Saturday Night A Tough Ticket
The 100th football game between Rhode Island and Brown Saturday night at Brown Stadium will be a tough ticket. To sell, not to buy. Or, would you want…
