Editor’s note: The Patriots have announced that linebackers coach Jerod Mayo will be the next head coach of the team. He will succeed Bill Belichick and will be the first Black head coach in Patriots history. A press conference with Robert Kraft, Jonathan Kraft and Mayo is scheduled for next Wednesday, Jan. 17, at Gillette […]
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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2023 was a year of many disappointments with a few bright spots
Good riddance, 2023! You were a no good, bad, terrible, rotten year. I can’t get rid of you fast enough. You were a disaster on so many fronts I don’t know where to start. The Washington Bridge closure? Wait! This is a sports commentary, so let’s lead off with sports. You gave us: Providence College […]
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Bobby Orr’s commitment to values is still shining bright
Sometimes we receive gifts when we least expect them. It’s Christmas 2023, but I got a present four months early. I’ll share with you. On Labor Day this year, my wife Anne and I embarked on a Great Lakes cruise aboard Le Bellot, an intimate 184-passenger French ship. Our third port of call was Parry […]
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Mount Saint Charles leaving Interscholastic League for prep ranks
A century of making high-school sports history in Rhode Island will end next spring for Mount Saint Charles Academy. More than 100 championship plaques mounted on a hallway wall — and glass trophy cases filled with hardware — will remind future Mount Saint Charles students of the glory their predecessors earned while competing in the […]
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Olympic excitement? Pass.
Are you excited about the 2022 Winter Olympics, the Opening Ceremony of which occurred Friday in Beijing? Beijing? You have to be kidding. The capital of China is anything but a capital of winter sports. Skiing, bobsled, luge and skeleton events will be held in Yanqing, 56 miles from Beijing. Cross-country, biathlon, Nordic combined, freestyle […]
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The Boston Red Sox will win the World Series. Here’s why.
The Public’s Radio sports blogger, Mike Szostak, has high hopes for the Red Sox in their latest bid to win the World Series.
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Finally, Price Is Right
David Price Finally won a playoff game Thursday night in Houston. And not just any playoff game. The playoff game that clinched the American League Championship Series and put the Red Sox into the World Series. A 4-1 victory that completed Boston’s improbable three-game sweep at Minute Maid Park after splitting the first two games […]
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Red Sox And Rams Highlight Weekend
The Red Sox and Yankees in the American League division series Friday night and the Rhode Island Rams and the Brown Bears in their 103rdintrastate football game Saturday afternoon, both attractions coming after the Patriots convincing 38-24 victory over the Colts Thursday night at Gillette Stadium. An autumn weekend in Rhode Island doesn’t get much […]
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Serena Williams Should Have Known Better
Serena Williams should have known better. The greatest women’s tennis champion of the last 50 years, perhaps ever, should have known she was one…
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Seismic Change Coming To Iconic Mount St. Charles Hockey Program
The twilight of a high-school hockey era and the dawn of a bold experiment coincided with the start of classes last week at Mount St. Charles Academy in…
