Aniekan’s Corner

Live & In-Person. It still feels like yesterday I was a nervous freshman sitting inside the Good Five Cent Cigar office waiting for sports stories to be pitched, wondering if I made the right decision to join the student newspaper.  I had no intention of getting into sports writing and reporting after spending my senior…

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Coming full circle: Former URI star now leading the Rams

After an illustrious career at Rhody, Trent Baltzell is now tasked at continuing the legacy that his predecessor John Copeland started. Photo Credit gorhody.com Former University of Rhode Island distance runner and-five time Atlantic 10 champion Trent Baltzell has his eyes set on big goals for the Rams.  Baltzell assumed the head coaching position for…

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Men’s soccer knock off nationally-ranked VCU, fall to Albany in 2OT

Graduate midfielder Edvin Akselsen spins off VCU midfielder Celio Pompeu during Saturday night’s double overtime thriller. Photo Credit Greg Clark. The University of Rhode Island brought each of their last two games to double overtime, coming out on top 2-1 against Virginia Commonwealth University on Saturday before suffering a 3-2 loss in Tuesday’s matchup at…

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