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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Christmas 2024: RI sports gifts received and awaiting delivery
We are still a few hours from Christmas, but some of us have received presents already. If you wore your Keaney Blue to the Ryan Center on Dec. 7, you went home celebrating URI’s 69-63 victory over Providence College. What a gift! The Rams improved to 9-0 and continued the program’s best start in 76 […]
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March Sadness grips PC, Brown, Bryant, URI
In the beginning there was hope for a date to the Big Dance, the NCAA Tournament. In the end there was none. Not at Providence College. Not at Bryant University or Brown. Certainly not at the University of Rhode Island. Brown came close. Yes, Brown, with its 13-17 record, its 38-year tournament drought, its history […]
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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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Farewell Don Kaull, a true Keaney Blue URI Ram
Rhode Island’s sports media fraternity has lost a respected voice.
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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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For many teams, it’s not holiday season it’s humbug season
Ho! Ho! Ho! is what I had planned to write in this space — after raiding the basket of red and green M&Ms in the front hall — but given the ongoing attack of the COVID omicron variant, I decided on BAH, HUMBUG! instead. COVID news worsens by the hour. Close to home, Georgetown has […]
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Q and A On The Super Bowl, Brady, Betts And More
Chiefs will win, Brady will stay, Betts will go.
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Congratulations To Teams And Coaches
After weeks of scandals, On Sports offers congratulations to deserving teams and coaches.
