Jordan Spieth did not write golf history this weekend by winning the PGA Championship and completing a career Grand Slam a month after turning 24. With…
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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Jordan Spieth And The Frustrating Game Of Golf
Jordan Spieth did not write golf history this weekend by winning the PGA Championship and completing a career Grand Slam a month after turning 24. With…
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Roger Federer: A Champion’s Champion
Professional tennis has returned to Newport this week with the Dell Technologies Hall of Fame Open, the grass-court tournament known for decades as the…
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Home Court Means The Celtics Will Win
The Celtics will win Game 7 of their Eastern Conference Semifinals Monday against Washington at TD Garden because of the home court advantage. The home…
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50 Years Ago: Billy Rohr’s Near No-Hitter, Yastrzemski’s ‘Tremendous Catch’
The Impossible Dream. For Red Sox fans who endured the Yankees dynasty of the 1950s or who grew up during the futile years of the early and mid-1960s,…
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10 Things You Need To Know About Gonzaga For The NCAA Tournament Championship Game
Ten things you need to know about Gonzaga University to better appreciate its first appearance in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship…
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One Unforgettable Play Wins For Mississippi State; UConn Streak Ends at 111
One play doesn’t cost you a game, but one play can win you a game. So spoke University of Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma about…
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Despite Loss To Oregon, URI Had An Exciting Season
They could have won. They could have beaten third-seeded Oregon and earned a trip to the Sweet 16. Victory was so close they could certainly see it,…
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Confident URI Can Beat Oregon
They can do it. They can win. The University of Rhode Island can beat Oregon Sunday night at Sacramento. Sure, Oregon (30-5) is seeded No. 3 in the…
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Future Bright For PC Basketball
We weren’t supposed to be there. We weren’t supposed to be there. Repeat it, PC basketball fans. We weren’t supposed to be there. We weren’t supposed to…