Call them The Questionables because there was just a 50-50 chance they would play in their AFC divisional playoff game Saturday. Questionable Rob Gronko…
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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Reasons To Worry, But Patriots Should Win
Yellow caution flags should flutter over Gillette Stadium Saturday when the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs kick off their AFC divisional pl…
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Deflategate Trumps Super Bowl, NCAA Title And PawSox Sale As Top Story Of 2015
Deflated footballs proved more newsworthy than a Super Bowl trophy, NCAA hockey championship hardware and the bill of sale for a beloved minor-league…
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No Surprise: The Pats Are Back
After two consecutive losses, the second their worst performance in years, the Patriots are back. Are you surprised? You shouldn’t be. Bill Belichick…
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PC And URI Renew Basketball Rivalry
Providence College basketball coach Ed Cooley had to be joking when he suggested this week that the PC-URI basketball showdown Saturday night is not a…
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Wondering Why As The College Football Regular Season Winds Down
Another college football season is winding down, and I’m wondering why this new Division I playoff system has me feeling the old way might have been…
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Oh, The Pain Of Costly Fumbles, Interceptions And Blocked Kicks
Oh, the agony of interceptions, the pain of lost fumbles, the hurt of blocked punts and field-goal attempts, the ache of failed PATs. Oh, the sting of…
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It’s A Big Weekend For Salve Regina, Bryant, NESCAC Football Archrivals
Western New England is the place to be for championship football on Saturday. Yes, it’s Division III, but I doubt you will find more appealing matchups…
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College Football Is Weeknight Entertainment As Well As A Saturday Ritual
College football has gone wacky. Why else would Northern Illinois have played at Toledo on Tuesday night and Ohio University have traveled to Bowling…
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Brown To Honor Veteran Women’s Soccer Coach Phil Pincince
Brown university will honor one of its greatest coaches Saturday afternoon when it renames its soccer field for the retiring women’s soccer coach Phil…