Another of the selfless volunteers who made the R.I. Giant Slalom Championships the highlight of the state’s winter sports calendar for decades has died…
Mike Szostak
Mike Szostak covered sports for The Providence Journal for 36 years until retiring in 2013. His career highlights included five Winter Olympics from Lake Placid to Nagano and 17 seasons covering the Boston Celtics. His beats also included tennis, skiing and college sports, especially Brown and URI football.
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March Madness Descends On Downtown Providence
March Madness has hit Rhode Island. Providence hosts six games in the first and second round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball championship this week. Eight…
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PC Will Play USC In East Regional Thursday Night
Providence College is going to the NCAA basketball tournament for the third consecutive year. That’s the good news. The eighth-seeded Friars (23-10) wil…
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March Madness On Hold for Providence College, Over For J&W
March Madness is on hold for Providence College and has ended for Johnson & Wales University. March Melancholy has set in at the University of Rhode…
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Bud Collins, 1929-2016
Bud Collins, the incomparable tennis chronicler whose colorful prose matched his colorful wardrobe, died Friday at his home in Brookline, Mass. He was 8…
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NCAA-Bound Johnson & Wales Reaping Basketball Honors
NCAA Tournament-bound Johnson & Wales is reaping the rewards of a record-breaking men’s basketball season. The 26-2 and 14th-ranked Wildcats boast t…
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Guess Who Is Going To the NCAA Tournament
They’re going to the NCAA Tournament. The Big Dance. March Madness. No, not Providence College or the University of Rhode Island, although each won…
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Politics Was Buddy’s Sport, But He Led Cheers For Others
Buddy Cianci, the longest serving mayor in the history of Providence, 21 years, and one of the most colorful and controversial politicians in the histor…
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Why Did The Patriots Lose? Let Us Count The Ways
The Patriots did not lose to the Broncos Sunday because kicker Stephen Gostkowski missed a point after attempt in the first quarter. Allow me to repeat….
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It’s Not Brady Vs. Manning; It’s The Patriots Vs. The Broncos
All last week, Sports World focused on the rivalry between quarterbacks Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. Brady vs. Manning. Manning vs. Brady. Their 17th,…