There aren’t many things that stick with me quite like my time with the Cigar. I remember my first meeting. I joined a Zoom meeting with great anticipation, however, I was reluctant to take a story. I sat behind a computer screen in a meeting filled with strangers, strangers that would soon become friends. By…
It was Fairfield before Richmond, and traveling northwest to Notre Dame and finally landing in Kingston that defined Jenna Slowey’s journey. The University of Rhode Island’s brand new women’s lacrosse team brought in Slowey to head the Rams team that will begin play in 2025. The team hired Slowey in July of 2022, three years…
Established in 1999, The University of Rhode Island’s women’s club hockey team boasts a relatively young presence on campus. Since its founding, the team has been able to capture nine Eastern Collegiate Women’s Hockey League conference championships, but in year 24, they are looking for new beginnings. This comes in the form of first-year head…
On Feb. 19, 2022, fifth-year Emma Squires led the University of Richmond Spiders with 27 points in a close 69-66 loss to the University of Rhode Island. Two months later, on April 25, Squires became a Ram herself, transferring to Kingston, Rhode Island for her graduate season. The 2021-22 Atlantic 10 Sixth Woman of the…
Former Atlantic 10 Sixth Woman of the Year at Dayton, fourth-year women’s basketball center Tenin Magassa is now taking advantage of her time with the University of Rhode Island. Magassa’s journey began in Morsang-Sur-Orge, France. She prioritized basketball from an early point in her life, dedicating herself to the game and putting in hard work….
The University of Rhode Island wasn’t Kyle Standing’s first choice, but it ended up being one of his best. A 2023 graduate and former sports editor at the Good Five Cent Cigar, Standing wrote more than 100 stories in seven semesters with the sports section, serving as a contributing reporter, staff reporter and eventually as…
Coming into college in 2020, I was deeply saddened to miss out on the absolute phenomenon that is college athletics. Upon resuming game days in my following three years, I found that what sets college games apart and makes them so special is the atmosphere. The electric energy, the fans, the music and, of course,…
For the 133rd time, the University of Rhode Island and Providence College men’s basketball teams faced off in the battle for the Ocean State in front of a sold-out crowd at the Amica Mutual Pavillion on Saturday, before Rhode Island returned home to face Brown Wednesday. The Friars took down the Rams 84-69 in Saturday’s…
For the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team, a turbulent week that began with a “devastating” loss was closely followed by their first ranked win in program history, but ultimately ended in defeat to their in-state rivals. The week started with a 61-59 loss to Quinnipiac University on Thursday, in a game that came…
Men’s Basketball: FINAL (12/2): Providence 84 – 69 URI FINAL (12/6): Brown 67 – 64 URI The Rams suffered two tough losses against their Rhode Island rivals this past week. On Saturday, the Rams took a 15-point loss to Providence College at the Amica Mutual Pavillion in Providence. On Wednesday, they lost in a 67-64…