Showing a little national pride at the Olympics is okay.
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Farewell to Art Martone, former Providence Journal sports editor
Everybody admired the Projo sports fixture, an early proponent of the sports blog.
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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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We worried about Ortiz elected to the Hall of Fame and NFL overtime rules.
Arguments about Hall of Fame induction and NFL overtime rules overshadowed blizzard and Ukraine news.
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PC’s Ed Cooley passes Hall of Famer Dave Gavitt
Friars coach moves into second place in the win column.
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Farewell to hockey icon Bill Belisle
The Mount St. Charles hockey coach left a legacy for the ages.
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Farewell to Celtics legend Sam Jones
Sam Jones’s death means we have lost another link to the great Celtics dynasty 1957-1969.
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Decades later, Bob Griffin and the ’84-’85 URI Rams are still a gift
The glory days of URI football featured the record-smashing, high-flying Ehr Force.
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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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Jumping On The Bandwagon!
The bandwagon for the 7-4 New England Patriots
is getting crowded.