By the time I met John “Swisher” Mitchell, he had already been a basketball star at Rhode Island State College – now the University of Rhode Island –…
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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Patriots Open Camp With More Questions Than Answers
Six months after their dispiriting Super Bowl loss to the Eagles, and an offseason of endless speculation about the state of the team, the Patriots…
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Red Sox Surging; PawSox Leaving?
July Fourth has come and gone, and the Red Sox and PawSox are on my mind. The Red Sox returned to Fenway Park Monday night after a 7-2 road trip and…
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Happy Father’s Day, Dads!
Happy Father’s Day, all you dads who watch ESPN in the middle of the night while feeding your infant, who change diapers between innings without…
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LeBron James Was The Difference, As Usual
It didn’t take long for the sniping to start, did it? I’d say minutes. Yes, minutes after LeBron James, with a little help from his friend Jeff Green,…
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Celtics Have Proved Me Wrong
I was wrong. W-R-O-N-G! As many in the sports scribbling and babbling business did, I wrote off the Boston Celtics as an NBA championship threat when…
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PASA To Celebrate Sports Partners
The Providence After School Alliance is one of the heroes of the education system in Rhode Island’s capital city. PASA provides programming in the arts,…
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Sixers-Celtics: An Epic Rivalry Renewed
Sixers-Celtics. Philly-Boston. Roll those syllables off your tongue a few times, and try not to smile. For the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers…
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Gil Santos, 1938-2018
Another beloved member of the New England sports media has left us. Gil Santos, whose short, stocky stature belied his standing as a giant among the…
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1933-1941: When Rhode Islanders Ruled The Boston Marathon
They say never say never in sports, and it’s good advice. Remember how we said the Patriots would never come back from 25 points down and win Super Bowl…