Veteran sportswriter Kevin McNamara is heading to San Antonio this weekend for the NCAA Final Four and his induction into the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame. That’s right. Our own Kevin Mac — Providence Journal alum, website content producer and local sports talk radio host — is joining outstanding sports reporters who for […]
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Winning the conference championship is the key to March Madness for RI teams
Win the conference tournament. That should be the mantra of every college basketball team in Rhode Island the rest of this season. Win the conference tournament. An at-large bid to the NCAA men’s and women’s tournaments on Selection Sunday March 16 is unlikely for Rhode Island’s eight Division I programs. Big East, Little East, America […]
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Ed Cooley’s return becomes the sideshow to a Big East thriller
As expected, a thunderstorm of boos cascaded from every section of the Amica Mutual Pavilion when Ed Cooley strode into the arena at 12:26 last Saturday afternoon. The noisy, sold-out crowd of 12,580 resumed booing when Cooley was introduced with his Georgetown basketball team. Providence College students — 2,000 behind each basket — used more […]
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2022 provided thrills and spills; 2023 looks like more of the same
The Patriots still have a chance to make the playoffs, the Red Sox make a major move, and the Friars are still flying high.
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I’m a frustrated PC Friar
Playing slightly better against Kansas could have put PC in the Final Four.
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Friartown is Titletown; Rhode Island is Title Territory
The PC Friars are not the only college basketball champions in Rhode Island.
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Q and A On The Super Bowl, Brady, Betts And More
Chiefs will win, Brady will stay, Betts will go.
