University of Rhode Island basketball coach Dan Hurley, who has resurrected the URI men’s program and taken the Rams to two consecutive NCAA tournaments…
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Rhode Island Basketball Fans Most Fortunate
How fortunate are we Rhode Islanders to have had two teams in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament? Most fortunate, I’d say, considering the other five…
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Rams, Friars NCAA Tournament-Bound
The hoop gods, also known as the NCAA men’s basketball tournament selection committee, blessed the University of Rhode Island and Providence College…
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RI Irish History Is The Pot Of Gold At The End Of The Rainbow
March Madness is here, and we’re not talking about the basketball games. St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated worldwide every March 17 th , and Rhode Island…
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Words Unlimited To Honor Rhode Island’s Best for 2017
Rhode Island’s best sports performers of 2017 will receive their proper recognition during the 72 nd Annual Words Unlimited Sports Awards Banquet Sunday…
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We Should Celebrate Black History Every Month
Black history month ends today, which leaves me just a few hours to celebrate the athletic achievements and lives of black Rhode Islanders I have known…
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URI Men’s Basketball Climbs National Rankings
The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team continues to shine. In what has become a special season, the Dan Hurley-coached Rams are drawing…
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In One Puerto Rican Mountain Town, Health Care Volunteers Frustrated By Logistics
Blanca Ortiz-Torres was sitting in a Puerto Rican oasis. She was at a working bakery in the tiny mountain town of Maricao that had both a generator and…
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Is The National Anthem Really Necessary Before Every Game?
Why does Sports World wrap itself in the American flag? I wondered about that last weekend as President Trump strained his thumbs firing off more than a…
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Former PC Friar Hoop Coach Pitino Fired By Louisville After Scandal
Rick Pitino, the celebrated college basketball coach who led the Providence College Friars to the team’s last Final Four appearance in 1987, was fired…
