Just another quiet Friday in America, right? Thanks for stopping by as we hurtle into a new area, with lots to watch on the local and national level. As…
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Brown To Play Dartmouth In Football At Fenway Park
Barring an Ivy League championship next fall, the highlight of Brown University’s football season will be the Nov. 10 game against Dartmouth at Fenway…
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Lights, Turf Coming To Bryant’s Bulldog Stadium
Bryant University hired a new football coach this month, and thanks to the generosity of two trustees, he will send his players on to a new artificial…
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Add Brown Lacrosse To Top Sports Stories Of 2016
Apologies to the Brown University men’s lacrosse program and attackman Dylan Molloy for not including them among the top sports stories of 2016 posted…
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Scott MacKay Commentary: RIP RI 2016, The Lives We Lost
As a New Year dawns, RIPR political analyst summons the spirit of Scottish poet Robert Burns, author of Auld Lang Syne, to recall some prominent Rhode…
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TGIF: 20 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
Happy New Year and best wishes for 2017! Welcome to my last TGIF column of 2016, and thanks for following my reports throughout the year. As usual, your…
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Tom Brady, David Oritz Top Sports Stories Of 2016
Championships eluded New England’s Big Four this year, but the Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins still provided us with memorable moments. So did…
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The Pulse: Colleges Face Surge in Reports of Anxiety, Depression Among Students
For college students, the academic year is well underway. Students have spent the first semester making new friends and adjusting to classes and dorm…
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CSN Makes Big Mistake In Letting Sean McAdam Go
So I’m reading my Boston Globe sports page this a.m. when I spied Chad Finn’s sports media column and I almost tossed up in my Cheerios: CSN is cutting…
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College Football: New Year Should Bring New Coach To Bryant
While coaches Jim Fleming of the University of Rhode Island and Phil Estes of Brown shop for football talent these days, Bryant athletics director Bill…
